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Sports season
The2006 Major League Baseball season ended with theNational League 'sSt. Louis Cardinals winning theWorld Series with the lowest regular-season victory total (83) in a fully-played season in major league history. TheAtlanta Braves failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 1990 (1994 there was no postseason due to the players strike). Individual achievements includedBarry Bonds who, despite questions surrounding his allegedsteroid use and involvement in theBALCO scandal, surpassedBabe Ruth for second place on thecareer home runs list . TheAmerican League continued its domination at theAll-Star Game by winning its fourth straight game, and ninth of the prior 10 contests (the2002 game was a tie).
Players of theSt. Louis Cardinals celebrate their World Series victory.
Players of theMinnesota Twins celebrateJustin Morneau 'sWalk-off home run in victory against theBaltimore Orioles , June 11. Player of the Month [ edit ] Pitcher of the Month [ edit ] Rookie of the Month [ edit ] Statistical leaders [ edit ] Statistic American League National League AVG Joe Mauer ,MIN .347 Freddy Sanchez ,PIT .344 HR David Ortiz ,BOS 54 Ryan Howard ,PHI 58 RBI David Ortiz ,BOS 137 Ryan Howard ,PHI 149 Wins Johan Santana ,MIN Chien-Ming Wang ,NYY 19 Aaron Harang ,CIN Derek Lowe ,LAD Brad Penny ,LAD John Smoltz ,ATL Brandon Webb ,AZ Carlos Zambrano ,CHC 16 ERA Johan Santana ,MIN 2.77 Roy Oswalt ,HOU 2.98 SO Johan Santana ,MIN 245 Aaron Harang ,CIN 216 SV Francisco Rodríguez ,LAA 47 Trevor Hoffman ,SD 46 SB Carl Crawford ,TB 58 José Reyes ,NYM 64
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[ edit ] The following players reached major home run milestones in 2006:
May 21 – reached 714 career homers, tyingBabe Ruth for second all time May 28 – reached 715 career homers, passing Ruth for second all time Entry into the top 500 [ edit ] Matt Holliday hit the longest home run of the season in MLB against theSan Francisco Giants on September 19 with an official distance of 443 feet (135 m); HitTracker estimated it at 496 feet (151 m).[ 1] Home field attendance and payroll [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Est. payroll %± New York Yankees [ 2] 97 2.1% 4,248,067 3.8% 52,445 $194,663,079 −6.5% Los Angeles Dodgers [ 3] 88 23.9% 3,758,545 4.3% 46,402 $98,447,187 18.6% St. Louis Cardinals [ 4] 83 −17.0% 3,407,104 −3.7% 42,589 $88,891,371 −3.5% Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim [ 5] 89 −6.3% 3,406,790 0.1% 42,059 $103,472,000 9.1% New York Mets [ 6] 97 16.9% 3,379,535 19.4% 41,723 $101,584,963 0.3% San Francisco Giants [ 7] 76 1.3% 3,130,313 −1.6% 38,646 $90,056,419 −0.2% Chicago Cubs [ 8] 66 −16.5% 3,123,215 0.7% 38,558 $94,424,499 8.5% Houston Astros [ 9] 82 −7.9% 3,022,763 7.8% 37,318 $100,894,435 31.4% Chicago White Sox [ 10] 90 −9.1% 2,957,414 26.2% 36,511 $102,750,667 36.7% Boston Red Sox [ 11] 86 −9.5% 2,930,588 2.9% 36,180 $120,099,824 −2.8% Philadelphia Phillies [ 12] 85 −3.4% 2,701,815 1.4% 33,356 $88,273,333 −7.6% San Diego Padres [ 13] 88 7.3% 2,659,757 −7.3% 32,837 $69,896,141 10.4% Detroit Tigers [ 14] 95 33.8% 2,595,937 28.2% 32,049 $82,612,866 19.6% Atlanta Braves [ 15] 79 −12.2% 2,550,524 1.2% 31,488 $90,156,876 4.3% Seattle Mariners [ 16] 78 13.0% 2,481,165 −9.0% 30,632 $87,959,833 0.2% Texas Rangers [ 17] 80 1.3% 2,388,757 −5.4% 29,491 $68,228,662 22.2% Milwaukee Brewers [ 18] 75 −7.4% 2,335,643 5.6% 28,835 $57,970,333 45.2% Toronto Blue Jays [ 19] 87 8.8% 2,302,212 14.3% 28,422 $71,365,000 56.1% Minnesota Twins [ 20] 96 15.7% 2,285,018 12.3% 28,210 $63,396,006 12.8% Baltimore Orioles [ 21] 70 −5.4% 2,153,139 −18.0% 26,582 $72,585,582 −1.8% Washington Nationals [ 22] 71 −12.3% 2,153,056 −21.2% 26,581 $63,143,000 30.0% Cincinnati Reds [ 23] 80 9.6% 2,134,607 9.9% 26,353 $60,909,519 −1.6% Colorado Rockies [ 24] 76 13.4% 2,104,362 9.9% 25,980 $41,233,000 −13.8% Arizona Diamondbacks [ 25] 76 −1.3% 2,091,685 1.6% 25,823 $59,984,226 −4.2% Cleveland Indians [ 26] 78 −16.1% 1,997,995 −0.8% 24,667 $56,031,500 35.0% Oakland Athletics [ 27] 93 5.7% 1,976,625 −6.3% 24,403 $64,843,079 17.0% Pittsburgh Pirates [ 28] 67 0.0% 1,861,549 2.4% 22,982 $46,717,750 22.5% Kansas City Royals [ 29] 62 10.7% 1,372,638 0.1% 16,946 $47,694,000 29.3% Tampa Bay Devil Rays [ 30] 61 −9.0% 1,368,950 19.9% 16,901 $34,917,967 17.7% Florida Marlins [ 31] 78 −6.0% 1,164,134 −37.2% 14,372 $14,671,500 −75.7%
Television coverage [ edit ] This was the sixth and final season that national television coverage was split betweenESPN andFox Sports (TBS would then be added to televising national coverage in 2007). ESPN andESPN2 aired selected weeknight andSunday night games , and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televisedSaturday baseball , theAll-Star Game , selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and theWorld Series .
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