2006 Cleveland Indians season

2006 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Jacobs Field (since 1994)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry Dolan
General manager(s)	Mark Shapiro
Manager(s)	Eric Wedge
Local television	SportsTime Ohio (John Sanders, Rick Manning, Mike Hegan) WKYC (Jim Donovan, Rick Manning, Mike Hegan)
Local radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan)
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The Cleveland Indians' 2006 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Indians attempting to win the AL Central.

Offseason

December 7, 2005: Paul Byrd was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[1]
January 6, 2006: Todd Hollandsworth was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[2]

Regular season

On September 2, 2006, Kevin Kouzmanoff became the 23rd Major Leaguer to hit a home run in his first Major League at bat, the 12th American Leaguer to do so, and the second of 2006 (along with Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals). He was only the third player to have the home run be a grand slam.^[3] Kouzmanoff is the only player in Major League Baseball history to hit a grand slam on his first pitch ever seen in the Big Leagues. The pitcher who gave up the hit was Edinson Vólquez.

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	96	66	0.593	—	54–27	42–39
Detroit Tigers	95	67	0.586	1	46–35	49–32
Chicago White Sox	90	72	0.556	6	49–32	41–40
Cleveland Indians	78	84	0.481	18	44–37	34–47
Kansas City Royals	62	100	0.383	34	34–47	28–53

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
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 of Anaheim	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

Transactions

April 7, 2006: Brandon Phillips was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Stevens (minors) (June 13, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.^[4]
July 20, 2006: Bob Wickman was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Max Ramirez (minors).^[5]
July 26, 2006: Ben Broussard was traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Shin-Soo Choo. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.^[6]
August 9, 2006: Todd Hollandsworth was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.^[2]

Roster

2006 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

63 Rafael Betancourt

58 Andrew Brown

36 Paul Byrd

56 Fernando Cabrera

55 Fausto Carmona

50 Jason Davis

32 Danny Graves

57 Jeremy Guthrie

16 Jason Johnson

46 Juan Lara

31 Cliff Lee

47 Tom Mastny

40 Matt Miller

59 Guillermo Mota

49 Edward Mujica

53 Rafael Pérez

52 CC Sabathia

47 Scott Sauerbeck

44 Brian Sikorski

54 Brian Slocum

45 Jeremy Sowers

37 Jake Westbrook

26 Bob Wickman

Catchers

13 Tim Laker

41 Víctor Martínez

10 Kelly Shoppach

Infielders

20 Ronnie Belliard

17 Aaron Boone

23 Ben Broussard

25 Ryan Garko

48 Travis Hafner

7 Joe Inglett

11 Kevin Kouzmanoff

27 Héctor Luna

30 Andy Marte

12 Lou Merloni

2 Jhonny Peralta

33 Eduardo Pérez

15 Ramón Vázquez

Outfielders

1 Casey Blake

16 Shin-Soo Choo

38 Franklin Gutiérrez

28 Todd Hollandsworth

8 Jason Michaels

24 Grady Sizemore

Manager

22 Eric Wedge

Coaches

29 Jeff Datz (third base)

4 Luis Isaac (bullpen)

6 Luis Rivera (first base)

39 Derek Shelton (hitting)

35 Joel Skinner (bench)

51 Carl Willis (pitching)

Game log

2006 Game Log

April

May

June

July

August

September/October

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Ronnie Belliard	93	350	43	102	21	0	8	44	.291	2
Rafael Betancourt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Casey Blake	109	401	63	113	20	1	19	68	.282	6
Aaron Boone	104	354	50	89	19	1	7	46	.251	5
Ben Broussard	88	268	44	86	14	0	13	46	.321	0
Paul Byrd	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Fernando Cabrera	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Fausto Carmona	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Shin-Soo Choo	45	146	23	43	11	3	3	22	.295	5
Ryan Garko	50	185	28	54	12	0	7	45	.292	0
Franklin Gutierrez	43	136	21	37	9	0	1	8	.272	0
Travis Hafner	129	454	100	140	31	1	42	117	.308	0
Todd Hollandsworth	56	156	21	37	12	1	6	27	.237	0
Joe Inglett	64	201	26	57	8	3	2	21	.284	5
Kevin Kouzmanoff	16	56	4	12	2	0	3	11	.214	0
Tim Laker	4	13	1	4	1	0	0	2	.308	0
Cliff Lee	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Héctor Luna	37	127	14	35	7	1	2	17	.276	0
Andy Marte	50	164	20	37	15	1	5	23	.226	0
Victor Martinez	153	572	82	181	37	0	16	93	.316	0
Tom Mastny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Lou Merloni	9	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	.211	1
Jason Michaels	123	494	77	132	32	1	9	55	.267	9
Guillermo Mota	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jhonny Peralta	149	569	84	146	28	3	13	68	.257	0
Eduardo Pérez	37	99	16	30	9	0	8	22	.303	0
Rafael Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
CC Sabathia	3	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	.222	0
Kelly Shoppach	41	110	7	27	6	0	3	16	.245	0
Grady Sizemore	162	655	134	190	53	11	28	76	.290	22
Ramón Vázquez	34	67	11	14	2	0	1	8	.209	0
Jake Westbrook	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.500	0
Bob Wickman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Totals	162	5619	870	1576	351	27	196	839	.280	55

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Rafael Betancourt	3	4	3.81	50	0	3	56.2	25	24	11	48
Andrew Brown	0	0	3.60	9	0	0	10.0	4	4	8	7
Paul Byrd	10	9	4.88	31	31	0	179.0	120	97	38	88
Fernando Cabrera	3	3	5.19	51	0	0	60.2	36	35	32	71
Fausto Carmona	1	10	5.42	38	7	0	74.2	46	45	31	58
Jason Davis	3	2	3.74	39	0	1	55.1	28	23	14	37
Danny Graves	2	1	5.79	13	0	0	14.0	12	9	5	3
Jeremy Guthrie	0	0	6.98	9	1	0	19.1	15	15	15	14
Jason Johnson	3	8	5.96	14	14	0	77.0	55	51	22	32
Juan Lara	0	0	1.80	9	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	2
Cliff Lee	14	11	4.40	33	33	0	200.2	114	98	58	129
Tom Mastny	0	1	5.51	15	0	5	16.1	10	10	8	14
Matt Miller	1	0	3.45	14	0	0	15.2	6	6	9	12
Guillermo Mota	1	3	6.21	34	0	0	37.2	27	26	19	27
Edward Mujica	0	1	2.95	10	0	0	18.1	6	6	0	12
Rafael Perez	0	0	4.38	18	0	0	12.1	6	6	6	15
CC Sabathia	12	11	3.22	28	28	0	192.2	83	69	44	172
Scott Sauerbeck	0	1	6.23	24	0	0	13.0	9	9	9	11
Brian Sikorski	2	1	4.58	17	0	0	19.2	10	10	4	24
Brian Slocum	0	0	5.60	8	2	0	17.2	11	11	9	11
Jeremy Sowers	7	4	3.57	14	14	0	88.1	36	35	20	35
Jake Westbrook	15	10	4.17	32	32	0	211.1	106	98	55	109
Bob Wickman	1	4	4.18	29	0	15	28.0	15	13	11	17
Totals	78	84	4.43	162	162	24	1423.1	782	701	429	948

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League	Season article
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	2006 Buffalo Bisons season
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	2006 Akron Aeros season
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Lake County Captains	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Gulf Coast Indians	Gulf Coast League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

References

2006 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

↑ Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollato01.shtml
↑ Kevin Kouzmanoff (2006). Kouzmanoff's Grand Debut (video clip). MLB.com.
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillbr01.shtml
↑ Bob Wickman Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Ben Broussard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

External links

Media related to 2006 Cleveland Indians season at Wikimedia Commons

2006 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Cleveland Indians

Founded in 1894
Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Lake Shores, Cleveland Bluebirds, Cleveland Broncos, and Cleveland Naps
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Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Terry Francona

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American League pennants (6)

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