| 2006 Seattle Mariners | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Division | West | |||
| Ballpark | Safeco Field | |||
| City | Seattle,Washington | |||
| Record | 78–84 (.481) | |||
| Divisional place | 4th | |||
| Owners | Nintendo of America (represented byHoward Lincoln) | |||
| General managers | Bill Bavasi | |||
| Managers | Mike Hargrove | |||
| Television | KSTW 11 FSN Northwest (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,Ron Fairly,Dave Valle, Dave Henderson,Jay Buhner) | |||
| Radio | KOMO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus,Rick Rizzs,Ron Fairly,Dave Valle,Dave Henderson,Jay Buhner) | |||
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The2006 Seattle Mariners season was the 30th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 7th full season (8th overall) atSafeco Field and their third consecutive season finishing at the bottom of theAmerican League West, finishing with a 78–84 (.481) record.
Two players were featured in theAll-Star Game:Ichiro Suzuki, making his sixth appearance in theAll-Star Game, andJosé López, with his first appearance.
The Mariners' longest winning streak was 5 games, which they managed twice, betweenJune 16–21 andJune 24–29, counterpointed by their longest losing streak of 11 games fromAugust 10–20.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Oakland Athletics | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 49–32 | 44–37 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 89 | 73 | .549 | 4 | 45–36 | 44–37 |
| Texas Rangers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 39–42 | 41–40 |
| Seattle Mariners | 78 | 84 | .481 | 15 | 44–37 | 34–47 |
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL | ||
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| Baltimore | — | 3–15 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 8–11 | 9–9 | ||
| Boston | 15–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 7–12 | 16–2 | ||
| Chicago | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 14–4 | ||
| Cleveland | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 | ||
| Detroit | 3–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 13–6 | — | 14–4 | 3–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 15–3 | ||
| Kansas City | 1–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 8–10 | 4–14 | — | 3–7 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 | ||
| Los Angeles | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 7–3 | — | 4–2 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 10–9 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 4–6 | 7–11 | ||
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 16–2 | ||
| New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 4–6 | 3–3 | — | 3–6 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 8–2 | 10–8 | 10–8 | ||
| Oakland | 4–2 | 7–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 4–6 | 6–3 | — | 17–2 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 8–10 | ||
| Seattle | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 5–3 | 9–10 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 2–17 | — | 6–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 14–4 | ||
| Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 5–13 | 3–6 | 3–6 | — | 3–6 | 6–12 | 11–7 | ||
| Texas | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 2–8 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 7–11 | ||
| Toronto | 11–8 | 12–7 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 2–4 | — | 9–9 | ||
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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 |
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| RF | Ichiro Suzuki | 161 | 695 | 224 | .322 | 9 | 49 |
| C | Kenji Johjima | 144 | 506 | 147 | .291 | 18 | 76 |
| LF | Raúl Ibañez | 159 | 626 | 181 | .289 | 33 | 123 |
| SS | Yuniesky Betancourt | 157 | 558 | 161 | .289 | 8 | 47 |
| 2B | José López | 151 | 603 | 170 | .282 | 10 | 79 |
| 3B | Adrián Beltré | 156 | 620 | 166 | .268 | 25 | 89 |
| 1B | Richie Sexson | 158 | 591 | 156 | .264 | 34 | 107 |
| DH | Carl Everett | 92 | 308 | 70 | .227 | 11 | 33 |
| CF | Jeremy Reed | 67 | 212 | 46 | .217 | 6 | 17 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Willie Bloomquist | 102 | 251 | 62 | .247 | 1 | 15 |
| Ben Broussard | 56 | 164 | 39 | .238 | 8 | 17 |
| René Rivera | 35 | 99 | 15 | .152 | 2 | 4 |
| Chris Snelling | 36 | 96 | 24 | .250 | 3 | 8 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 43 | 87 | 17 | .195 | 1 | 11 |
| Adam Jones | 32 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 1 | 8 |
| Mike Morse | 21 | 43 | 16 | .372 | 0 | 11 |
| Roberto Petagine | 31 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Lawton | 11 | 27 | 7 | .259 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Dobbs | 23 | 27 | 10 | .370 | 0 | 3 |
| T.J. Bohn | 18 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Borchard | 6 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Oswaldo Navarro | 4 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
| Guillermo Quiróz | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Félix Hernández | 31 | 191.0 | 12 | 14 | 4.52 | 176 |
| Jarrod Washburn | 31 | 187.0 | 8 | 14 | 4.67 | 103 |
| Gil Meche | 32 | 186.2 | 11 | 8 | 4.48 | 156 |
| Jamie Moyer | 25 | 160.0 | 6 | 12 | 4.39 | 82 |
| Cha Seung Baek | 6 | 34.1 | 4 | 1 | 3.67 | 23 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Joel Piñeiro | 40 | 165.2 | 8 | 13 | 6.36 | 87 |
| Jake Woods | 37 | 105.1 | 7 | 4 | 4.20 | 66 |
| Ryan Feierabend | 4 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.71 | 11 |
| César Jiménez | 4 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 3 |
| Francisco Cruceta | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | H | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Jon Huber | 16 | 16.2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.08 | 11 |
| Mark Lowe | 15 | 18.2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 | 20 |
| Rafael Soriano | 53 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2.25 | 65 |
| J. J. Putz | 72 | 78.1 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 2.30 | 104 |
| Eric O'Flaherty | 15 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 6 |
| Julio Mateo | 48 | 53.2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4.19 | 31 |
| George Sherrill | 72 | 40.0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 4.28 | 42 |
| Sean Green | 24 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.50 | 15 |
| Jeff Harris | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |
| Eddie Guardado | 28 | 23.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5.48 | 22 |
| Emiliano Fruto | 23 | 36.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.50 | 34 |
| Travis Chick | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 2 |
| Jorge Campillo | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 |
| Bobby Livingston | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 |
| Clint Nageotte | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Team | G | AB | H | R | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Mariners | 162 | 5670(2nd) | 1540(10th) | 756(21st) | .272(11th) | 172(18th) | 703(24th) |
| Opponents | 162 | 5611 | 1500 | 792 | .267 | 183 | 758 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts
| Team | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | SHO |
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| Mariners | 162 | 1446.2(12th) | 78(18th) | 84(11th) | 4.60(19th) | 1067(14th) | 6(22nd) |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Inland Empire[11]
| 2006 Seattle Mariners draft picks | |
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| Brandon Morrow(pictured right) was the Mariners first round pick in2006. | |
| Information | |
| Owner | Nintendo of America |
| General Manager(s) | Bill Bavasi |
| Manager(s) | Mike Hargrove |
| First pick | Brandon Morrow |
| Draft positions | 5 |
| Number of selections | 50 |
| Players signed(Rule 4) | 26(before deadline) |
| Links | |
| Results | Baseball-Reference |
| Official Site | The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners |
| Years | 2005 • 2006 •2007 |
Below is a completelist of Seattle Mariners draft picks from the June 2006 draft.[12]
TheSeattle Mariners took part in both theMajor League BaseballRule 4 draft but not theRule 5 draft in2006.[12]
The2006 Major League Baseball draft was held from June 6 to 7.[12] The Mariners selected a total of 50 players in the draft. Of those 50 players, the Mariners signed 26 players.[12] They did however sign multiple players after the draft deadline.
| Round (Pick) | Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted |
| Position | Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play |
| Bold | Indicates the player signed with the Mariners |
| Italics | Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners |




