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 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 @ White Sox 10 – 4 McCarthy (1-0) Cabrera (0-1) 38,802 0-1 2 April 4 @ White Sox 8 – 2 Westbrook (1-0) García (0-1) 37,591 1-1 3 April 5 @ White Sox 4 – 3 Graves (1-0) Cotts (0-1) Wickman (1) 33,586 2-1 4 April 7 Twins 11 – 6 Byrd (1-0) Lohse (0-1) 42,445 3-1 5 April 8 Twins 3 – 0 Johnson (1-0) Baker (0-1) Wickman (2) 25,107 4-1 6 April 9 Twins 3 – 2 Westbrook (2-0) Santana (0-2) Wickman (3) 23,311 5-1 7 April 11 Mariners 9 – 5 Lee (1-0) Washburn (1-1) 17,559 6-1 8 April 12 Mariners 11 – 9 Woods (1-0) Byrd (1-1) Guardado (1) 14,773 6-2 9 April 13 Mariners 9 – 5 Mateo (1-0) Sauerbeck (0-1) Putz (2) 24,638 6-3 10 April 14 @ Tigers 5 – 1 Rogers (2-1) Westbrook (2-1) 27,358 6-4 11 April 15 @ Tigers 7 – 2 Carmona (1-0) Bonderman (1-2) 30,107 7-4 12 April 16 @ Tigers 1 – 0 Maroth (2-0) Lee (1-1) Rodney (3) 14,303 7-5 13 April 17 @ Tigers 10 – 2 Byrd (2-1) Robertson (1-2) 19,126 8-5 14 April 18 @ Orioles 15 – 1 Johnson (2-0) Chen (0-2) 17,354 9-5 15 April 19 @ Orioles 18 – 9 Halama (1-0) Westbrook (2-2) 19,510 9-6 16 April 20 @ Orioles 9 – 4 Bédard (4-0) Carmona (1-1) 22,031 9-7 17 April 21 @ Royals 6 – 5 Graves (2-0) Dessens (1-1) Wickman (4) 16,791 10-7 18 April 22 @ Royals 11 – 5 Wood (2-0) Byrd (2-2) 19,645 10-8 19 April 23 @ Royals 5 – 1 Affeldt (1-2) Johnson (2-1) 12,194 10-9 20 April 25 Red Sox 8 – 6 Foulke (1-1) Mota (0-1) Papelbon (9) 18,438 10-10 21 April 26 Red Sox 7 – 1 Lee (2-1) Wakefield (1-4) 21,575 11-10 22 April 27 Red Sox 15 – 3 Byrd (3-2) Beckett (3-1) 26,952 12-10 23 April 28 Rangers 7 – 6 Davis (1-0) Bauer (1-1) Wickman (5) 22,106 13-10 24 April 29 Rangers 7 – 5 Millwood (2-2) Carmona (1-2) Otsuka (1) 37,496 13-11 25 April 30 Rangers 8 – 4 Padilla (3-1) Davis (1-1) 22,989 13-12
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 White Sox 8 – 6 Vázquez (3-1) Lee (2-2) Jenks (8) 17,845 13-13 27 May 2 White Sox 7 – 1 Sabathia (1-0) Buehrle (3-2) 22,630 14-13 28 May 3 @ Athletics 14 – 3 Byrd (4-2) Haren (1-3) 18,248 15-13 29 May 4 @ Athletics 12 – 4 Saarloos (1-0) Johnson (2-2) Gaudin (1) 14,695 15-14 30 May 5 @ Mariners 9 – 4 Westbrook (3-2) Soriano (0-1) 32,998 16-14 31 May 6 @ Mariners 4 – 1 Piñeiro (4-2) Lee (2-3) Putz (3) 28,672 16-15 32 May 7 @ Mariners 2 – 0 Sabathia (2-0) Washburn (2-5) Wickman (6) 35,562 17-15 33 May 8 @ Royals 4 – 3 Wood (3-0) Byrd (4-3) Burgos (5) 9,029 17-16 34 May 9 @ Royals 10 – 7 Peralta (1-0) Graves (2-1) 14,784 17-17 35 May 10 @ Royals 10 – 8 Burgos (1-0) Mota (0-2) 24,471 17-18 36 May 12 Tigers 5 – 4 Rogers (6-2) Lee (2-4) Jones (8) 23,588 17-19 37 May 13 Tigers 3 – 0 Bonderman (4-2) Sabathia (2-1) Jones (9) 24,051 17-20 38 May 14 Tigers 3 – 2 Maroth (5-2) Johnson (2-3) Rodney (6) 21,875 17-21 39 May 16 Royals 6 – 4 Davis (2-1) Burgos (1-2) 15,399 18-21 40 May 17 Royals 5 – 0 Westbrook (4-2) Affeldt (2-3) 15,064 19-21 41 May 18 Royals 6 – 5 Lee (3-4) Hernández (1-3) Wickman (7) 24,184 20-21 42 May 19 Pirates 4 – 1 Sabathia (3-1) Duke (2-5) 32,499 21-21 43 May 20 Pirates 9 – 6 Snell (3-3) Johnson (2-4) Gonzalez (6) 30,799 21-22 44 May 21 Pirates 3 – 2 (10) Wickman (1-0) Gonzalez (1-3) 31,589 22-22 45 May 23 @ Twins 6 – 5 (10) Nathan (2-0) Mota (0-3) 19,334 22-23 46 May 24 @ Twins 11 – 0 Sabathia (4-1) Radke (4-6) 22,789 23-23 47 May 26 @ Tigers 8 – 3 Robertson (5-3) Westbrook (4-3) 31,241 23-24 48 May 27 @ Tigers 3 – 1 Verlander (7-3) Byrd (4-4) Jones (16) 37,102 23-25 49 May 28 @ Tigers 9 – 0 Johnson (3-4) Rogers (7-3) 37,908 24-25 50 May 29 White Sox 11 – 0 Vázquez (6-3) Lee (3-5) 31,803 24-26 51 May 30 White Sox 4 – 3 Sabathia (5-1) Buehrle (6-3) Wickman (8) 20,944 25-26 52 May 31 White Sox 5 – 0 Westbrook (5-3) García (7-3) 21,671 26-26
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 White Sox 12 – 8 Cabrera (1-1) Thornton (0-1) 20,846 27-26 54 June 2 Angels 10 – 3 Weaver (2-0) Johnson (3-5) 22,957 27-27 55 June 3 Angels 14 – 2 Lee (4-5) Escobar (5-6) 23,769 28-27 56 June 4 Angels 14 – 2 Lackey (4-3) Sabathia (5-2) 19,148 28-28 57 June 6 Athletics 7 – 6 Zito (6-3) Betancourt (0-1) Street (10) 17,340 28-29 58 June 7 Athletics 11 – 2 Byrd (5-4) Blanton (5-6) 20,311 29-29 59 June 8 Athletics 4 – 1 Loaiza (1-3) Johnson (3-6) Street (11) 21,099 29-30 60 June 9 @ White Sox 5 – 4 Thornton (1-1) Betancourt (0-2) Jenks (18) 33,909 29-31 61 June 10 @ White Sox 4 – 3 (11) Montero (1-0) Wickman (1-1) 36,265 29-32 62 June 11 @ White Sox 10 – 8 Westbrook (6-3) García (7-4) Wickman (9) 34,410 30-32 63 June 13 @ Yankees 1 – 0 Wang (7-2) Byrd (5-5) Rivera (13) 50,365 30-33 64 June 14 @ Yankees 6 – 1 Johnson (8-5) Johnson (3-7) 53,448 30-34 65 June 15 @ Yankees 8 – 4 Lee (5-5) Mussina (8-3) 54,648 31-34 66 June 16 @ Brewers 6 – 4 Capuano (7-4) Sabathia (5-3) Turnbow (20) 33,178 31-35 67 June 17 @ Brewers 3 – 2 Capellán (2-0) Wickman (1-2) 42,069 31-36 68 June 18 @ Brewers 6 – 3 Turnbow (4-3) Betanourt (0-3) 43,391 31-37 69 June 19 Cubs 12 – 8 Marshall (4-5) Johnson (3-8) 26,769 31-38 70 June 20 Cubs 4 – 2 Lee (6-5) Maddux (7-7) Wickman (10) 25,049 32-38 71 June 21 Cubs 9 – 2 (7) Zambrano (6-3) Sabathia (5-4) 27,182 32-39 72 June 23 Reds 3 – 0 Harang (8-5) Westbrook (6-4) 32,927 32-40 73 June 24 Reds 4 – 0 Byrd (6-5) Arroyo (9-4) 33,072 33-40 74 June 25 Reds 4 – 2 Ramírez (3-6) Sowers (0-1) Coffey (6) 33,139 33-41 75 June 26 @ Cardinals 10 – 3 Lee (7-5) Marquis (9-6) 44,659 34-41 76 June 27 @ Cardinals 3 – 1 Sabathia (6-4) Reyes (1-2) Wickman (11) 44,446 35-41 77 June 28 @ Cardinals 5 – 4 Isringhausen (2-3) Wickman (1-3) 44,628 35-42 78 June 30 @ Reds 9 – 8 Mercker (1-1) Wickman (1-4) 34,930 35-43
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 @ Reds 12 – 7 Lee (8-5) Mays (0-1) 40,692 36-43 80 July 2 @ Reds 6 – 3 Mota (1-3) Weathers (3-3) Wickman (12) 36,849 37-43 81 July 3 Yankees 5 – 2 Sowers (1-1) Wang (8-4) Wickman (13) 42,706 38-43 82 July 4 Yankees 19 – 1 Westbrook (7-4) Chacón (4-3) 29,638 39-43 83 July 5 Yankees 11 – 3 Mussina (10-3) Byrd (6-6) 31,265 39-44 84 July 6 Yankees 10 – 4 Johnson (10-7) Lee (8-6) 34,982 39-45 85 July 7 Orioles 9 – 0 Sabathia (7-4) Benson (9-7) 27,110 40-45 86 July 8 Orioles 7 – 4 Bédard (10-6) Sowers (1-2) Ray (21) 28,902 40-46 87 July 9 Orioles 5 – 4 Birkins (4-1) Carmona (1-3) Ray (22) 26,452 40-47 All-Star Break 88 July 13 @ Twins 6 – 4 Lee (9-6) Liriano (10-2) Wickman (14) 21,085 41-47 89 July 14 @ Twins 3 – 2 (10) Nathan (6-0) Mujica (0-1) 21,279 41-48 90 July 15 @ Twins 6 – 2 Santana (10-5) Sabathia (7-5) 33,904 41-49 91 July 16 @ Twins 5 – 2 Silva (5-9) Sowers (1-3) Nathan (16) 31,838 41-50 92 July 17 @ Angels 10 – 5 Moseley (1-0) Westbrook (7-5) 43,921 41-51 93 July 18 @ Angels 7 – 5 Saunders (1-0) Lee (9-7) Rodríguez (23) 44,020 41-52 94 July 19 @ Angels 6 – 4 Byrd (7-6) Lackey (8-6) Wickman (15) 43,744 42-52 95 July 21 Twins 14 – 6 Reyes (2-0) Sabathia (7-6) 29,695 42-53 96 July 22 Twins 11 – 0 Sowers (2-3) Baker (3-6) 26,895 43-53 97 July 23 Twins 3 – 1 Liriano (12-2) Westbrook (7-6) Nathan (19) 25,889 43-54 98 July 24 Tigers 9 – 7 Bonderman (11-4) Lee (9-8) Jones (26) 19,045 43-55 99 July 25 Tigers 12 – 7 Davis (3-1) Rogers (11-4) 28,085 44-55 100 July 26 Tigers 4 – 1 Verlander (13-4) Sabathia (7-7) Jones (27) 31,220 44-56 101 July 28 Mariners 1 – 0 Sowers (3-3) Hernández (9-9) 25,045 45-56 102 July 29 Mariners 3 – 1 Washburn (5-10) Westbrook (7-7) Putz (21) 27,876 45-57 103 July 30 Mariners 7 – 3 Woods (3-1) Carmona (1-4) Putz (22) 23,146 45-58 104 July 31 @ Red Sox 9 – 8 Snyder (3-2) Carmona (1-5) 36,387 45-59
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 @ Red Sox 6 – 3 Sabathia (8-7) Johnson (3-11) 36,328 46-59 106 August 2 @ Red Sox 6 – 5 Papelbon (3-1) Carmona (1-6) 36,022 46-60 107 August 3 @ Red Sox 7 – 6 Westbrook (8-7) Beckett (13-6) Davis (1) 36,557 47-60 108 August 4 @ Tigers 7 – 6 Colón (2-0) Cabrera (1-2) Jones (30) 41,502 47-61 109 August 5 @ Tigers 4 – 3 Zumaya (6-1) Carmona (1-7) 43,015 47-62 110 August 6 @ Tigers 1 – 0 Ledezma (2-1) Sabathia (8-8) Jones (31) 39,178 47-63 111 August 8 Angels 5 – 4 Donnelly (2-0) Betancourt (0-4) Rodríguez (28) 23,293 47-64 112 August 9 Angels 4 – 0 Westbrook (9-7) Lackey (10-8) 18,804 48-64 113 August 10 Angels 14 – 2 Lee (10-8) Santana (12-6) 24,362 49-64 114 August 11 Royals 4 – 3 Cabrera (2-2) Burgos (2-5) 30,929 50-64 115 August 12 Royals 5 – 4 Betancourt (1-4) Nelson (0-1) 17,079 51-64 116 August 12 Royals 6 – 5 Sikorski (1-0) Gobble (3-4) 28,842 52-64 117 August 13 Royals 13 – 0 Sowers (4-3) Hudson (5-4) 25,251 53-64 118 August 15 @ Twins 4 – 1 Santana (14-5) Westbrook (9-8) 34,854 53-65 119 August 16 @ Twins 7 – 2 Neshek (2-0) Carmona (1-8) 42,328 53-66 120 August 17 @ Twins 3 – 2 Byrd (8-6) Garza (0-2) 27,664 54-66 121 August 18 @ Devil Rays 6 – 5 McClung (4-11) Sikorski (1-1) 15,405 54-67 122 August 19 @ Devil Rays 5 – 3 Sowers (5-3) Corcoran (4-5) Mastny (1) 17,865 55-67 123 August 20 @ Devil Rays 9 – 4 Westbrook (10-8) Orvella (1-5) 19,938 56-67 124 August 22 @ Royals 5 – 2 Pérez (1-1) Lee (10-9) Nelson (3) 13,270 56-68 125 August 23 @ Royals 15 – 13 (10) Betancourt (2-4) Sisco (1-3) Mastny (2) 12,671 57-68 126 August 24 @ Royals 8 – 4 Sabathia (9-8) Gobble (3-5) 13,098 58-68 127 August 25 Tigers 4 – 2 Sowers (6-3) Bonderman (11-6) Betancourt (1) 33,416 59-68 128 August 26 Tigers 8 – 5 Westbrook (11-8) Verlander (15-7) Mastny (3) 29,138 60-68 129 August 27 Tigers 7 – 1 Rogers (14-6) Lee (10-10) 28,342 60-69 130 August 28 Blue Jays 6 – 4 Byrd (9-6) Burnett (6-6) Mastny (4) 19,623 61-69 131 August 29 Blue Jays 5 – 2 Sabathia (10-8) League (0-2) 21,563 62-69 132 August 30 Blue Jays 3 – 2 (10) Betancourt (3-4) Ryan (1-2) 22,065 63-69
September/October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 @ Rangers 7 – 2 Westbrook (12-8) Padilla (13-9) 23,776 64-69 134 September 2 @ Rangers 6 – 5 Lee (11-10) Vólquez (1-4) Mastny (5) 40,222 65-69 135 September 3 @ Rangers 5 – 2 Millwood (14-9) Byrd (9-7) Otsuka (30) 19,667 65-70 136 September 4 @ Blue Jays 4 – 3 League (1-2) Sabathia (10-9) Ryan (30) 27,864 65-71 137 September 5 @ Blue Jays 7 – 2 Sowers (7-3) Accardo (1-1) 18,517 66-71 138 September 6 @ Blue Jays 3 – 2 Lilly (12-12) Westbrook (12-9) Ryan (31) 20,406 66-72 139 September 7 @ White Sox 9 – 1 Lee (12-10) Buehrle (12-12) 34,671 67-72 140 September 8 @ White Sox 7 – 6 Thornton (5-2) Mastny (0-1) 37,188 67-73 141 September 9 @ White Sox 10 – 8 Garland (17-4) Carmona (1-9) Thornton (2) 38,422 67-74 142 September 10 @ White Sox 5 – 2 Sabathia (11-9) McCarthy (3-7) 37,723 68-74 143 September 12 Royals 5 – 3 Hernández (6-9) Sowers (7-4) Nelson (7) 18,883 68-75 144 September 13 Royals 6 – 2 de la Rosa (3-2) Westbrook (12-10) 20,089 68-76 145 September 14 Twins 9 – 4 Crain (4-5) Davis (3-2) 21,424 68-77 146 September 15 Twins 5 – 4 (10) Cabrera (3-2) Neshek (4-2) 32,473 69-77 147 September 16 Twins 4 – 1 Silva (10-13) Sabathia (11-10) Nathan (33) 26,757 69-78 148 September 17 Twins 6 – 1 Baker (5-8) Byrd (9-8) Guerrier (1) 20,324 69-79 149 September 18 @ Athletics 7 – 2 Westbrook (13-10) Haren (14-12) 17,352 70-79 150 September 19 @ Athletics 7 – 3 Gaudin (2-2) Lee (12-11) 15,866 70-80 151 September 20 @ Athletics 4 – 3 Loaiza (11-8) Cabrera (3-3) Street (35) 25,131 70-81 152 September 21 @ Athletics 7 – 4 Gaudin (3-2) Sabathia (11-11) Street (36) 20,452 70-82 153 September 22 @ Rangers 12 – 4 Eaton (7-4) Byrd (9-9) 26,284 70-83 154 September 23 @ Rangers 6 – 3 Miller (1-0) Padilla (14-10) Betancourt (2) 38,351 71-83 155 September 24 @ Rangers 11 – 6 Westbrook (14-10) Millwood (16-11) 36,617 72-83 156 September 25 White Sox 14 – 1 Lee (13-11) Garland (17-7) 15,913 73-83 157 September 26 White Sox 6 – 0 Sabathia (12-11) Vázquez (11-11) 16,080 74-83 158 September 27 White Sox 2 – 1 (8) McCarthy (4-7) Carmona (1-10) Haeger (1) 16,404 74-84 159 September 28 Devil Rays 5 – 4 Byrd (10-9) Lugo (2-4) Betancourt (3) 14,503 75-84 160 September 29 Devil Rays 2 – 1 Sikorski (2-1) Miceli (1-2) 19,983 76-84 161 September 30 Devil Rays 6 – 1 Westbrook (15-10) Seo (1-8) 17,562 77-84 162 October 1 Devil Rays 6 – 3 Lee (14-11) Hammel (0-6) 22,079 78-84

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

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

External links

Media related to 2006 Cleveland Indians season at Wikimedia Commons