2006 Boston Red Sox season

2006 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
	East Division (since 1969);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912);
	Boston (since 1901);
Results
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
General manager(s)	Theo Epstein
Manager(s)	Terry Francona
Local television	NESN; (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radio	WEEI; (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione); WROL
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The 2006 Boston Red Sox season was the 106th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 11 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

November 24, 2005: Shortstop Hanley Ramírez was traded by the Boston Red Sox along with pitchers Jesús Delgado (minors), Harvey García and Aníbal Sánchez to the Florida Marlins, in exchange for P Josh Beckett, 3B Mike Lowell and P Guillermo Mota.^[1]
December 8, 2005: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte.^[2]
February 1, 2006: Free agent catcher Ken Huckaby was signed by Boston.^[3]

Regular season

Transactions

January 27, 2006: The Red Sox sent Guillermo Mota, Andy Marte, Kelly Shoppach, a player to be named later (Randy Newson, July 21) and cash to the Indians, in exchange for Coco Crisp, David Riske, and Josh Bard.^[4]
March 30, 2006: Charles Johnson and Chris Narveson were obtained by Boston from the Rockies for Byung-hyun Kim and cash consideration. Johnson was released the same day.^[5]
May 1, 2006: Doug Mirabelli was acquired by the Red Sox from the Padres in exchange for Josh Bard, Cla Meredith and cash.^[6]
June 21, 2006: Jason Johnson was purchased by the Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.^[7]
August 4: Javy López was purchased by Boston from the Orioles.^[8]
August 16, 2006: Carlos Peña signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.^[9]
August 17, 2006: Eric Hinske was purchased by the Red Sox from the Blue Jays.^[10]
August 28, 2006: Jason Johnson was released by the Red Sox.^[11]
September 8, 2006: Javy López was released by the Red Sox.^[12]

Season summary

The Boston Red Sox finished 11 games behind the first place team in the American League East, the New York Yankees. While part of the blame for the Red Sox demise could be the 5 game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees from August 18 – 21, the team had a poor record the entire month of August (going just 9-21) and September (13-14). Also, they suffered extensive injuries to Jason Varitek, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, and Keith Foulke.

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	0.537	10	50–31	37–44
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	11	48–33	38–43
Baltimore Orioles	70	92	0.432	27	40–41	30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	61	101	0.377	36	41–40	20–61

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

Opening Day Lineup

10	Coco Crisp	CF
3	Mark Loretta	2B
34	David Ortiz	DH
24	Manny Ramirez	LF
7	Trot Nixon	RF
33	Jason Varitek	C
25	Mike Lowell	3B
20	Kevin Youkilis	1B
11	Álex González	SS
38	Curt Schilling	P

Roster

2006 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitter

34 David Ortiz

Manager

47 Terry Francona

Coaches

44 Bill Haselman (first base)
35 DeMarlo Hale (third base)
15^[13] Ron Jackson (hitting)
31 Brad Mills (bench)
41 Al Nipper (bullpen; interim pitching)
53 Ralph Treuel (interim bullpen)
17 Dave Wallace (pitching)

Game log

Template:MLB game log Template:MLB game log section |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || @ Rangers || 7–3 || Schilling (1–0) || Millwood (0–1) || || 51,541 || 1–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 4 || @ Rangers || 10–4 || Padilla (1–0) || Wakefield (0–1) || || 29,442 || 1–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 3 || April 5 || @ Rangers || 2–1 || Beckett (1–0) || Loe (0–1) || Papelbon (1) || 32,416 || 2–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || @ Orioles || 14–8 || Clement (1–0) || Cabrera (0–1) || || 37,063 || 3–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || @ Orioles || 2–1 || Schilling (2–0) || Chen (0–1) || Papelbon (2) || 41,166 || 4–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 6 || April 9 || @ Orioles || 4–1 || Wakefield (1–1) || López (1–1) || Papelbon (3) || 37,998 || 5–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 7 || April 11 || Blue Jays || 6–1 || Beckett (2–0) || Towers (0–2) || Papelbon (4) || 35,491 || 6–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 12 || Blue Jays || 8–4 || Chacín (2–0) || Wells (0–1) || || 36,378 || 6–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 13 || Blue Jays || 8–6 || Lilly (1–0) || Clement (1–1) || Ryan (3) || 36,524 || 6–3 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 10 || April 14 || Mariners || 2–1 || Schilling (3–0) || Moyer (0–2) || Papelbon (5) || 36,431 || 7–3 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 11 || April 15 || Mariners || 3–0 || Piñeiro (2–1) || Wakefield (1–2) || Guardado (2) || 36,047 || 7–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 12 || April 16 || Mariners || 3–2 || Beckett (3–0) || Washburn (1–2) || Papelbon (6) || 36,181 || 8–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 13 || April 17 || Mariners || 7–6 || Timlin (1–0) || Guardado (0–1) || || 36,188 || 9–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 14 || April 18 || Devil Rays || 7–4 || Timlin (2–0) || Lugo (0–1) || Papelbon (7) || 36,423 || 10–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 15 || April 19 || Devil Rays || 9–1 || Schilling (4–0) || Waechter (0–1) || || 36,454 || 11–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 20 || Devil Rays || 5–1 || Kazmir (2–1) || Wakefield (1–3) || Miceli (4) || 36,607 || 11–5 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 21 || @ Blue Jays || 7–6 || Speier (1–0) || Foulke (0–1) || || 28,333 || 11–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 18 || April 22 || @ Blue Jays || 8–1 || Halladay (2–1) || DiNardo (0–1) || Walker (1) || 34,387 || 11–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 19 || April 23 || @ Blue Jays || 6–3 || Clement (2–1) || Towers (0–4) || Papelbon (8) || 28,737 || 12–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 20 || April 25 || @ Indians || 8–6 || Foulke (1–1) || Mota (0–1) || Papelbon (9) || 18,438 || 13–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 26 || @ Indians || 7–1 || Lee (2–1) || Wakefield (1–4) || || 21,575 || 13–8 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 27 || @ Indians || 15–3 || Byrd (3–2) || Beckett (3–1) || || 26,952 || 13–9 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 23 || April 28 || @ Devil Rays || 5–2 || Fossum (1–1) || Clement (2–2) || Walker (1) || 22,565 || 13–10 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 24 || April 29 || @ Devil Rays || 9–6 || Foulke (2–1) || Walker (0–1) || Papelbon (10) || 27,415 || 14–10 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 25 || April 30 || @ Devil Rays || 5–4 || Kazmir (3–2) || Schilling (4–1) || Camp (3) || 26,690 || 14–11 Template:MLB Game log month end Template:MLB game log section |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 26 || May 1 || Yankees || 7–3 || Timlin (3–0) || Small (0–1) || || 36,339 || 15–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || May 2 || Yankees || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 15–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 27 || May 3 || Blue Jays || 7–6 || McGowan (1–0) || Papelbon (0–1) || Ryan (6) || 35,881 || 15–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 28 || May 4 || Blue Jays || 7–4 || Clement (3–2) || Towers (0–6) || Papelbon (11) || 36,396 || 16–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 29 || May 5 || Orioles || 6–3 || Schilling (5–1) || López (1–4) || Papelbon (12) || 36,515 || 17–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 30 || May 6 || Orioles || 9–3 || Wakefield (2–4) || Bédard (4–2) || || 36,507 || 18–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 31 || May 7 || Orioles || 10–3 || DiNardo (1–1) || Benson (4–3) || || 36,022 || 19–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 32 || May 9 || @Yankees || 14–3 || Beckett (4–1) || Johnson (5–3) || || 54,688 || 20–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 33 || May 10 || @ Yankees || 7–3 || Mussina (6–1) || Schilling (5–2) || || 54,769 || 20–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 34 || May 11 || @ Yankees || 5–3 || Wakefield (3–4) || Villone (0–1) || Papelbon (13) || 54,956 || 21–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 35 || May 12 || Rangers || 6–0 || Loe (2–3) || Clement (3–3) || || 36,102 || 21–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || May 13 || Rangers || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 21–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || May 14 || Rangers || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 21–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 36 || May 15 || @ Orioles || 11–1 || Beckett (5–1) || López (1–6) || || 25,607 || 22–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 37 || May 16 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Schilling (6–2) || Williams (1–1) || Papelbon (14) || 27,565 || 23–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 38 || May 17 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || Bédard (5–2) || Wakefield (3–5) || Ray (10) || 32,089 || 23–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 39 || May 19 || @ Phillies || 5–3 || Clement (4–3) || Lieber (3–5) || Papelbon (15) || 44,296 || 24–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 40 || May 20 || @ Phillies || 8–4 || Beckett (6–1) || Myers (2–2) || || 44,809 || 25–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 41 || May 21 || @ Phillies || 10–5 || Lidle (4–4) || DiNardo (1–2) || || 44,738 || 25–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 42 || May 22 || Yankees || 9–5 || Schilling (7–2) || Wang (4–2) || || 36,342 || 26–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 43 || May 23 || Yankees || 7–5 || Wright (2–3) || Wakefield (3–6) || Rivera (9) || 36,290 || 26–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 44 || May 24 || Yankees || 8–6 || Johnson (6–4) || Clement (4–4) || Rivera (10) || 36,375 || 26–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 45 || May 25 || Devil Rays || 4–1 || Beckett (7–1) || Waechter (0–3) || Papelbon (16) || 36209 || 27–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 46 || May 26 || Devil Rays || 8–4 || Tavárez (1–0) || Kazmir (7–3) || Papelbon (17) || 36,129 || 28–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 47 || May 27 || Devil Rays || 6–4 || Schilling (8–2) || McClung (2–6) || Papelbon (18) || 36,409 || 29–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 48 || May 28 || Devil Rays || 5–4 || Wakefield (4–6) || Hendrickson (3–5) || Tavárez (1) || 36,015 || 30–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 49 || May 29 || @ Blue Jays || 7–6 || Ryan (1–0) || Riske (0–1) || || 24,038 || 30–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 50 || May 30 || @ Blue Jays || 8–5 || Chacín (6–1) || Beckett (7–2) || Ryan (12) || 27,324 || 30–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 51 || May 31 || @ Blue Jays || 8–6 || Van Buren (1–0) || Lilly (5–5) || Papelbon (19) || 24,526 || 31–20 Template:MLB Game log month end Template:MLB game log section |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 52 || June 2 || @ Tigers || 3–2 || Seánez (1–0) || Jones (0–3) || Papelbon (20) || 35,531 || 32–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 53 || June 3 || @ Tigers || 6–2 || Bonderman (6–4) || Wakefield (4–7) || Rodney (7) || 40,872 || 32–21 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 54 || June 4 || @ Tigers || 8–3 || Clement (5–4) || Miner (0–1) || || 35,764 || 33–21 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 55 || June 5 || @ Yankees || 13–5 || Mussina (8–1) || Beckett (7–3) || || 55,246 || 33–22 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 56 || June 6 || @ Yankees || 2–1 || Wang (6–2) || Pauley (0–1) || Rivera (12) || 55,141 || 33–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || June 7 || @ Yankees || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 33–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 57 || June 8 || @ Yankees || 9–3 || Schilling (9–2) || Wright (3–4) || || 55,225 || 34–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 58 || June 9 || Rangers || 4–3 || Papelbon (1–1) || Cordero (5–4) || || 36,133 || 35–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 59 || June 10 || Rangers || 7–4 || Corey (1–0) || Tavárez (1–1) || Otsuka (11) || 36,920 || 35–24 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || June 10 || Rangers || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 35–24 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 60 || June 11 || Rangers || 5–4 || Delcarmen (1–0) || Otsuka (2–2) || || 36,232 || 36–24 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 61 || June 11 || Rangers || 13–6 || Wasdin (1–0) || Pauley (0–2) || || 35,602 || 36–25 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 62 || June 13 || @ Twins || 5–2 || Reyes (1–0) || Tavárez (1–2) || || 23,531 || 36–26 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 63 || June 14 || @ Twins || 8–1 || Radke (5–7) || Clement (5–5) || || 26,492 || 36–27 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 64 || June 15 || @ Twins || 5–3 || Silva (3–8) || Wakefield (4–8) || Nathan (8) || 21,191 || 36–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 65 || June 16 || @ Braves || 4–1 || Lester (1–0) || Hudson (6–5) || Papelbon (21) || 51,038 || 37–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 66 || June 17 || @ Braves || 5–3 || Beckett (8–3) || Cormier (2–2) || Papelbon (22) || 49,364 || 38–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 67 || June 18 || @ Braves || 10–7 || Seánez (2–0) || McBride (1–1) || Papelbon (23) || 48,826 || 39–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 68 || June 19 || Nationals || 6–3 || Snyder (1–0) || Armas (6–4) || Timlin (1) || 36,252 || 40–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 69 || June 20 || Nationals || 11–3 || Wakefield (5–8) || Hernández (5–8) || || 36,421 || 41–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 70 || June 21 || Nationals || 9–3 || Lester (2–0) || Hill (1–2) || || 36,464 || 42–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 71 || June 23 || Phillies || 10–2 || Beckett (9–3) || Madson (7–5) || || 35,948 || 43–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 72 || June 24 || Phillies || 5–3 || Papelbon (2–1) || Gordon (2–3) || || 35,564 || 44–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || June 25 || Phillies || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 44–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 73 || June 26 || Phillies || 8–7 || Hansen (1–0) || Condrey (1–2) || || 36,459 || 45–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 74 || June 27 || Mets || 9–4 || Lester (3–0) || Soler (2–2) || || 36,250 || 46–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 75 || June 28 || Mets || 10–2 || Beckett (10–3) || Martínez (7–4) || || 36,035 || 47–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 76 || June 29 || Mets || 4–2 || Schilling (10–2) || Heilman (0–3) || Papelbon (24) || 36,028 || 48–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 77 || June 30 || @ Marlins || 5–2 || Willis (5–7) || Johnson (3–9) || Borowski (15) || 32,194 || 48–29 Template:MLB Game log month end Template:MLB game log section |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 78 || July 1 || @ Marlins || 11–5 || Wakefield (6–8) || Moehler (5–7) || || 38,014 || 49–29 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 79 || July 2 || @ Marlins || 4–3 || Timlin (4–0) || Messenger (1–4) || Papelbon (25) || 22,840 || 50–29 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 80 || July 3 || @ Devil Rays || 3–0 || Kazmir (10–5) || Beckett (10–4) || || 26,149 || 50–30 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 81 || July 4 || @ Devil Rays || 9–6 || Switzer (1–0) || Schilling (10–3) || Camp (4) || 21,186 || 50–31 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 82 || July 5 || @ Devil Rays || 5–2 || Corcoran (3–0) || Johnson (3–10) || Meadows (4) || 15,001 || 50–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 83 || July 6 || @ Devil Rays || 12–5 || Wakefield (7–8) || Shields (4–2) || || 19,330 || 51–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 84 || July 7 || @ White Sox || 7–2 || Lester (4–0) || Buehrle (9–6) || || 39,355 || 52–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 85 || July 8 || @ White Sox || 9–6 || Beckett (11–4) || Riske (0–2) || Papelbon (26) || 39,497 || 53–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 86 || July 9 || @ White Sox || 6–5 || Politte (2–2) || Seánez (2–1) || || 39,335 || 53–33 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 87 || July 13 || Athletics || 5–4 || Street (3–3) || Tavárez (1–3) || Saarloos (2) || 36,141 || 53–34 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 88 || July 14 || Athletics || 15–3 || Zito (9–6) || Beckett (11–5) || || 36,319 || 53–35 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 89 || July 15 || Athletics || 7–0 || Schilling (11–3) || Haren (6–8) || || 36,232 || 54–35 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 90 || July 16 || Athletics || 8–1 || Blanton (9–8) || Snyder (1–1) || || 35,643 || 54–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 91 || July 17 || Royals || 5–4 || Timlin (5–0) || Peralta (1–2) || Papelbon (27) || 36,436 || 55–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 92 || July 18 || Royals || 1–0 || Lester (5–0) || Duckworth (1–3) || Papelbon (28) || 36,224 || 56–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 93 || July 19 || Royals || 1–0 || Beckett (12–5) || Redman (6–5) || Papelbon (29) || 36,098 || 57–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 94 || July 20 || Rangers || 6–4 || Schilling (12–3) || Corey (1–1) || Timlin (2) || 36,489 || 58–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 95 || July 21 || @ Mariners || 9–4 || Snyder (2–1) || Moyer (5–9) || || 46,325 || 59–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 96 || July 22 || @ Mariners || 5–2 || Hernández (9–8) || Gabbard (0–1) || Putz (19) || 46,118 || 59–37 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 97 || July 23 || @ Mariners || 9–8 || Putz (2–0) || Timlin (5–1) || || 45,975 || 59–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 98 || July 24 || @ Athletics || 7–3 || Beckett (13–5) || Zito (10–7) || || 33,370 || 60–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 99 || July 25 || @ Athletics || 13–5 || Schilling (13–3) || Windsor (0–1) || || 34,077 || 61–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 100 || July 26 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Haren (7–9) || Snyder (2–2) || || 35,077 || 61–39 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 101 || July 28 || Angels || 8–3 || Escobar (7–9) || Lester (5–1) || || 36,109 || 61–40 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 102 || July 29 || Angels || 7–6 || Tavárez (2–3) || Carrasco (2–3) || || 35,621 || 62–40 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 103 || July 30 || Angels || 10–4 || Lackey (10–6) || Schilling (13–4) || || 36,048 || 62–41 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 104 || July 31 || Indians || 9–8 || Snyder (3–2) || Carmona (1–5) || || 36,387 || 63–41 Template:MLB Game log month end Template:MLB game log section |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 105 || August 1 || Indians || 6–3 || Sabathia (8–7) || Johnson (3–11) || || 36,328 || 63–42 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 106 || August 2 || Indians || 6–5 || Papelbon (3–1) || Carmona (1–6) || || 36,022 || 64–42 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 107 || August 3 || Indians || 7–6 || Westbrook (8–7) || Beckett (13–6) || Davis (1) || 36,557 || 64–43 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 108 || August 4 || @ Devil Rays || 3–2 || Schilling (14–4) || McClung (3–11) || Papelbon (30) || 27,871 || 65–43 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 109 || August 5 || @ Devil Rays || 8–5 || Fossum (6–4) || Wells (0–2) || Meadows (8) || 30,603 || 65–44 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 110 || August 6 || @ Devil Rays || 7–6 || Camp (4–0) || Tavárez (2–4) || || 30,093 || 65–45 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 111 || August 8 || @ Royals || 6–4 || Hudson (5–3) || Lester (5–2) || Burgos (17) || 26,687 || 65–46 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 112 || August 9 || @ Royals || 5–4 || Dohmann (1–1) || Papelbon (3–2) || || 21,928 || 65–47 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 113 || August 10 || @ Royals || 5–4 || Sisco (1–2) || Schilling (14–5) || Burgos (18) || 21,214 || 65–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 114 || August 11 || Orioles || 9–2 || Wells (1–2) || Loewen (2–4) || || 36,191 || 66–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 115 || August 12 || Orioles || 8–7 || Papelbon (4–2) || Chen (0–7) || || 35,768 || 67–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 116 || August 13 || Orioles || 11–9 || Lester (6–2) || Cabrera (5–8) || Papelbon (31) || 35,744 || 68–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 117 || August 14 || Tigers || 7–4 || Robertson (11–8) || Beckett (13–7) || Jones (32) || 36,392 || 68–49 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 118 || August 15 || Tigers || 3–2 || Rodney (6–3) || Timlin (5–2) || Jones (33) || 36,179 || 68–50 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 119 || August 16 || Tigers || 6–4 || Wells (2–2) || Verlander (14–6) || Papelbon (32) || 36,304 || 69–50 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 120 || August 18 || Yankees || 12–4 || Wang (14–5) || Johnson (3–12) || || 36,325 || 69–51 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 121 || August 18 || Yankees || 14–11 || Myers (1–0) || Timlin (5–3) || || 36,071 || 69–52 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 122 || August 19 || Yankees || 13–5 || Johnson (14–9) || Beckett (13–8) || || 35,738 || 69–53 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 123 || August 20 || Yankees || 8–5 (10) || Rivera (5–5) || Hansen (1–1) || || 36,155 || 69–54 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 124 || August 21 || Yankees || 2–1 || Lidle (2–2) || Wells (2–3) || Farnsworth (2) || 35,829 || 69–55 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 125 || August 22 || @ Angels || 4–3 || Shields (7–7) || Gabbard (0–2) || Rodríguez (35) || 44,041 || 69–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 126 || August 23 || @ Angels || 5–4 || Lester (7–2) || Escobar (9–11) || Papelbon (33) || 44,093 || 70–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 127 || August 24 || @ Angels || 2–1 || Beckett (14–8) || Weaver (9–1) || Papelbon (34) || 44,109 || 71–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 128 || August 25 || @ Mariners || 6–0 || Woods (4–1) || Schilling (14–6) || || 40,817 || 71–57 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 129 || August 26 || @ Mariners || 4–3 || Putz (3–1) || Timlin (5–4) || || 44,779 || 71–58 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 130 || August 27 || @ Mariners || 6–3 || Baek (1–0) || Snyder (3–3) || Putz (27) || 44,288 || 71–59 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 131 || August 28 || @ Athletics || 9–0 || Loaiza (8–7) || Gabbard (0–3) || || 30,159 || 71–60 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 132 || August 29 || @ Athletics || 2–1 || Saarloos (7–6) || Beckett (14–9) || Duchscherer (6) || 30,517 || 71–61 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 133 || August 30 || @ Athletics || 7–2 || Zito (15–8) || Schilling (14–7) || || 31,073 || 71–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 134 || August 31 || Blue Jays || 6–4 || Delcarmen (2–0) || Halladay (16–5) || Papelbon (35) || 36,238 || 72–62 Template:MLB Game log month end Template:MLB game log section |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 135 || September 1 || Blue Jays || 2–1 || Snyder (4–3) || Lilly (11–12) || Timlin (3) || 36,235 || 73–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 136 || September 2 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || Burnett (7–6) || Jarvis (0–1) || || 35,973 || 73–63 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 137 || September 3 || Blue Jays || 6–1 || Chacín (7–3) || Beckett (14–10) || || 35,719 || 73–64 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 138 || September 4 || White Sox || 3–2 || Timlin (6–4) || McCarthy (3–6) || || 36,206 || 74–64 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 139 || September 5 || White Sox || 1–0 || Gabbard (1–3) || Vázquez (11–9) || Timlin (4) || 35,912 || 75–64 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 140 || September 6 || White Sox || 8–1 || Contreras (12–7) || Snyder (4–4) || || 35,923 || 75–65 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 141 || September 8 || Royals || 10–9 || Burgos (4–5) || Timlin (6–5) || Nelson (6) || 36,531 || 75–66 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 142 || September 9 || Royals || 10–4 || Nelson (1–1) || Breslow (0–1) || || 36,402 || 75–67 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 143 || September 10 || Royals || 9–3 || Tavárez (3–4) || Redman (9–9) || || 35,703 || 76–67 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 144 || September 12 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Hansen (2–1) || Cabrera (7–10) || López (1) || 24,551 || 77–67 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 145 || September 13 || @ Orioles || 4–0 || Bédard (14–9) || Wakefield (7–9) || || 22,240 || 77–68 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 146 || September 14 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Foulke (3–1) || López (9–16) || Timlin (5) || 27,741 || 78–68 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || September 15 || @ Yankees || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 78–68 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 147 || September 16 || @ Yankees || 5–2 || Beckett (15–10) || Wang (17–6) || Timlin (6) || 55,091 || 79–68 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 148 || September 16 || @ Yankees || 7–5 || Proctor (6–4) || Breslow (0–2) || Farnsworth (5) || 55,167 || 79–69 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 149 || September 17 || @ Yankees || 6–3 || Corey (2–1) || Villone (3–3) || Timlin (7) || 55,002 || 80–69 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 150 || September 17 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || López (1–0) || Farnsworth (3–5) || Timlin (8) || 55,221 || 81–69 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 151 || September 19 || Twins || 7–3 || Garza (2–5) || Wakefield (7–10) || || 36,242 || 81–70 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 152 || September 20 || Twins || 8–2 || Bonser (6–5) || Hansen (2–2) || || 36,484 || 81–71 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 153 || September 21 || Twins || 6–0 || Beckett (16–10) || Santana (18–6) || || 36,434 || 82–71 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 154 || September 22 || @ Blue Jays || 7–1 || Tavárez (4–4) || Lilly (14–13) || || 33,874 || 83–71 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 155 || September 23 || @ Blue Jays || 5–3 || Burnett (9–8) || Hansack (0–1) || Ryan (35) || 42,267 || 83–72 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 156 || September 24 || @ Blue Jays || 13–4 || Chacín (9–3) || Snyder (4–5) || || 44,212 || 83–73 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 157 || September 25 || @ Blue Jays || 5–0 || Marcum (3–4) || Wakefield (7–11) || || 40,123 || 83–74 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 158 || September 26 || Devil Rays || 5–1 || Schilling (15–7) || Hammel (0–5) || || 36,134 || 84–74 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 159 || September 27 || Devil Rays || 11–0 || Corcoran (5–9) || Beckett (16–11) || || 36,028 || 84–75 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 160 || September 29 || Orioles || 4–3 || Tavárez (5–4) || Bédard (15–11) || Timlin (9) || 36,269 || 85–75 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 161 || September 30 || Orioles || 5–4 || Ray (4–4) || Timlin (6–6) || || 36,596 || 85–76 Template:MLB Game log month end Template:MLB game log section |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 162 || October 1 || Orioles || 9–0 || Hansack (4–4) || Penn (6–6) || || 35,826 || 86–76 Template:MLB Game log month end

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Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; BB = Bases on Balls; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen Bases

Bold indicates leader in category.

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg.	SB
Mark Loretta	155	635	75	181	33	0	5	59	49	63	.285	4
Mike Lowell	153	573	79	163	47	1	20	80	47	61	.284	2
Kevin Youkilis	147	569	100	159	42	2	13	72	91	120	.279	5
David Ortiz	151	558	115	160	29	2	54	137	119	117	.287	1
Manny Ramirez	130	449	79	144	27	1	35	102	100	102	.321	0
Coco Crisp	105	413	58	109	22	2	8	36	31	67	.264	22
Álex González	111	388	48	99	24	2	9	50	22	67	.255	1
Trot Nixon	114	381	59	102	24	0	8	52	60	56	.268	0
Jason Varitek	103	365	46	87	19	2	12	55	46	87	.238	1
Wily Mo Peña	84	276	36	83	15	2	11	42	20	90	.301	0
Alex Cora	96	235	31	56	7	2	1	18	19	29	.238	6
Doug Mirabelli	59	161	12	31	6	0	6	25	11	54	.193	0
Gabe Kapler	72	130	21	33	7	0	2	12	14	15	.254	1
Dustin Pedroia	31	89	5	17	4	0	2	7	7	7	.191	0
Eric Hinske	31	80	8	23	8	0	1	5	8	30	.288	1
Javy López	18	63	6	12	5	0	0	4	2	16	.190	0
Willie Harris	47	45	17	7	2	0	0	1	4	11	.156	6
J. T. Snow	38	44	5	9	0	0	0	4	8	8	.205	0
Dustan Mohr	21	40	5	7	1	0	2	3	3	20	.175	0
Carlos Peña	18	33	3	9	2	0	1	3	4	10	.273	0
David Murphy	20	22	4	5	1	0	1	2	4	4	.227	0
Adam Stern	10	20	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	4	.150	1
Josh Bard	7	18	2	5	1	0	0	0	3	3	.278	0
Josh Beckett	2	7	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	2	.429	0
Ken Huckaby	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	0
Corky Miller	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jon Lester	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Tim Wakefield	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Matt Clement	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	0
Curt Schilling	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Abe Alvarez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Lenny DiNardo	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jason Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

Mark Loretta – Hutch Award^[14]
David Ortiz – Silver Slugger Award (DH), AL Player of the Month (July)
Jonathan Papelbon – AL Rookie of the Month (April)
Manny Ramirez – Silver Slugger Award (OF)

All-Star Game

Mark Loretta, starting 2B
David Ortiz, starting 1B
Jonathan Papelbon, reserve P
Manny Ramírez, starting OF (did not attend)

Farm system

The Class A Greenville Drive had previously been nicknamed the Bombers.

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Ron Johnson
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Todd Claus
A-Advanced	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Chad Epperson
A	Greenville Drive	South Atlantic League	Luis Alicea
A-Short Season	Lowell Spinners	New York–Penn League	Bruce Crabbe
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Dave Tomlin
Rookie	DSL Red Sox	Dominican Summer League	Nelson Paulino
Rookie	cooperative	Venezuelan Summer League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland, GCL Red Sox^[15]^[16]

References

↑ Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Edgar Renteria Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Coco Crisp at Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Doug Mirabelli at Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Jason Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Javy López at Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Carlos Peña at Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Eric Hinske Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
↑ Jason Johnson Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
↑ Javy López Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
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↑ Hutch Award
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
↑ Baseball America 2007 Annual Directory

External links

Game Logs:

1st Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com

Batting Statistics: Boston Red Sox Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
2006 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Reference
2006 Boston Red Sox Draft Selections

[1] Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[2] Edgar Renteria Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

[3] Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[4] Coco Crisp at Baseball-Reference.com

[5] Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com

[6] Doug Mirabelli at Baseball-Reference.com

[7] Jason Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com

[8] Javy López at Baseball-Reference.com

[9] Carlos Peña at Baseball-Reference.com

[10] Eric Hinske Statistics - Baseball Reference.com

[11] Jason Johnson Statistics - Baseball Reference.com

[12] Javy López Statistics - Baseball Reference.com

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[14] Hutch Award

[15] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

[16] Baseball America 2007 Annual Directory

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2006 Boston Red Sox season

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2006 Boston Red Sox

Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston (since 1901)
Results
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
General manager(s)	Theo Epstein
Manager(s)	Terry Francona
Local television	NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radio	WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL
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