2006 New York Mets season

2006 New York Mets
NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s) Fred Wilpon
General manager(s) Omar Minaya
Manager(s) Willie Randolph
Local television WPIX
SportsNet New York
(Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Steve Berthiaume, Matt Yallof, Ralph Kiner)
Local radio WFAN
(Howie Rose, Ed Coleman, Tom McCarthy)
WADO (spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The New York Mets' 2006 season was the 45th regular season for the Mets. They went 97-65 and won the NL East, a feat the team would not repeat until 2015. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. They used the marketing slogan of "The Team. The Time. The Mets." throughout the season.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 97 65 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
Philadelphia Phillies 85 77 0.525 12 41–40 44–37
Atlanta Braves 79 83 0.488 18 40–41 39–42
Florida Marlins 78 84 0.481 19 42–39 36–45
Washington Nationals 71 91 0.438 26 41–40 30–51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona — 6–1 4–2 4–2 12–7 2–4 4–5 8–10 3–3 1–6 1–5 5–1 9–10 8–11 4–3 1–5 4–11
Atlanta 1–6 — 6–1 4–3 3–3 11–8 3–4 3–3 2–4 7–11 7–11 3–3 7–2 3–4 4–2 10–8 5–10
Chicago 2–4 1–6 — 10–9 2–4 2–4 7–8 4–2 8–8 3–3 2–5 6–9 0–7 2–4 11–8 2–4 4–11
Cincinnati 2–4 3–4 9–10 — 5–1 4–2 10–5 0–6 9–10 3–4 2–4 9–7 2–4 2–5 9–6 5–1 6-9
Colorado 7–12 3–3 4–2 1–5 — 3–3 4–2 4–15 2–4 1–5 3–4 3–3 10–9 10–8 2–7 8–0 11–4
Florida 4–2 8–11 4–2 2–4 3–3 — 3–4 1–5 7–0 8–11 6–13 5–2 3–3 3–3 1–5 11–7 9–9
Houston 5–4 4–3 8–7 5–10 2–4 4-3 — 3–3 10–5 2–4 2–4 13–3 3–3 1–5 9–7 4–4 7–11
Los Angeles 10–8 3–3 2–4 6–0 15–4 5–1 3–3 — 4–2 3–4 4–3 6–4 5–13 13–6 0–7 4–2 5–10
Milwaukee 3–3 4–2 8–8 10–9 4–2 0–7 5–10 2–4 — 3–3 5–1 7–9 4–3 6–3 7–9 1–5 6–9
New York 6–1 11–7 3–3 4–3 5–1 11–8 4–2 4–3 3–3 — 11–8 5–4 5–2 3–3 4–2 12–6 6–9
Philadelphia 5-1 11–7 5–2 4–2 4–3 13–6 4–2 3–4 1–5 8–11 — 3–3 2–4 5–1 3–3 9–10 5–13
Pittsburgh 1–5 3–3 9–6 7–9 3–3 2–5 3–13 4–6 9–7 4–5 3–3 — 1–5 6–1 6–9 3–3 3–12
San Diego 10–9 2–7 7–0 4–2 9–10 3–3 3–3 13–5 3–4 2–5 4–2 5–1 — 7–12 4–2 5–1 7–8
San Francisco 11–8 4–3 4–2 5–2 8–10 3–3 5–1 6–13 3–6 3–3 1–5 1–6 12–7 — 1–4 1–5 8–7
St. Louis 3–4 2–4 8–11 6–9 7–2 5-1 7–9 7–0 9–7 2–4 3–3 9–6 2–4 4–1 — 4–3 5–10
Washington 5–1 8–10 4–2 1–5 0–8 7-11 4–4 2–4 5–1 6–12 10–9 3–3 1–5 5–1 3–4 — 7–11

Transactions

Roster

2006 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
SS José Reyes 153 647 194 .300 19 81
3B David Wright 154 582 181 .311 26 116
C Paul Lo Duca 124 512 163 .318 5 49
CF Carlos Beltrán 140 510 140 .265 41 116
1B Carlos Delgado 144 524 139 .252 38 114
2B José Valentín 137 384 104 .271 18 62

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Endy Chávez 133 353 108 .306 4 42
Shawn Green 34 113 29 .257 4 15

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Glavine 32 180 15 7 3.82 131
Steve Trachsel 30 164⅔ 15 8 4.97 79
Pedro Martínez 23 132⅔ 9 8 4.48 137
Orlando Hernández 29 162⅓ 11 11 4.66 164
John Maine 16 90 6 5 3.60 71
Alay Soler 8 45 2 3 6.00 23
Óliver Pérez 22 112⅔ 3 13 6.55 102
Víctor Zambrano 5 21⅓ 1 2 6.75 15
Mike Pelfrey 4 21⅓ 2 1 5.48 13
José Lima 4 17⅓ 0 4 9.87 12

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Bannister 8 38 2 1 4.26 19
Dave Williams 6 29 3 1 5.59 16

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Playoffs

NLDS

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYM-LAD)

1 October 4 Los Angeles 5 New York 6 1-0
2 October 5 Los Angeles 1 New York 4 2-0
3 October 7 New York 9 Los Angeles 5 3-0
New York Mets win 3-0

NLCS

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(StL-NYM)

 Attendance
1 October 12* St. Louis 0 New York 2 0-1 56,311
2 October 13* St. Louis 9 New York 6 1-1 56,349
3 October 14 New York 0 St. Louis 5 2-1 47,053
4 October 15 New York 12 St. Louis 5 2-2 46,600
5 October 17 New York 2 St. Louis 4 3-2 46,496
6 October 18 St. Louis 2 New York 4 3-3 56,334
7 October 19 St. Louis 3 New York 1 4-3 56,357
St. Louis Cardinals win series 4–3 to advance to the World Series

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Ken Oberkfell
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Juan Samuel
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Gary Carter
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League George Greer
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Donovan Mitchell
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Xavier Nady Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/delgaca01.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wagnebi02.shtml
  4. ↑ Paul Lo Duca Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Kris Benson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ Ricky Ledée Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ Shawn Green Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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