2006 New York Yankees

	2006 New York Yankees ; 2006 AL East Champions
	Major league affiliations
	American League (Since 1901) Eastern Division (Since 1969) ; ;
	Location
	Yankee Stadium (Since 1976) ; New York City, New York (Since 1903) ;
	2006 Information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	YES Network </br> WWOR
Local radio	WCBS
Baseball-Reference	2006 New York Yankees

1 2006 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page
2 Awards and Honors
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Player stats
  - 2.2.1 Batting
  - 2.2.2 Pitching
    - 2.2.2.1 Starting pitchers
    - 2.2.2.2 Relief pitchers
3 Postseason
- 3.1 American League Division Series
4 Related Sites
- 4.1 2006 Postseason

[edit] 2006 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

The New York Yankees 2006 season was the Yankees' 104th season in New York, and their 106th overall going back to their origins in Baltimore, MD. The season finished with the Yankees winning the AL East Division. They were defeated in the Division Series by the Detroit Tigers, 3 games to 1.

[edit] Awards and Honors

AL All-Stars: Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Alex Rodriguez
AL Gold Glove: Derek Jeter (SS)

[edit] Season standings

AL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Yankees	97	65	--	.599
Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	10	.537
Boston Red Sox	86	76	11	.531
Baltimore Orioles	70	92	27	.432
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	61	101	36	.377

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Derek Jeter	154	653	214	.343	14	97
Johnny Damon	149	593	169	.285	24	80
Alex Rodriguez	154	572	166	.290	35	121
Robinson Cano	122	482	165	.342	15	78
Jorge Posada	143	465	129	.277	23	93
Melky Cabrera	130	460	129	.280	7	50
Jason Giambi	139	446	113	.253	37	113

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Johnson	33	17	11	5.00	172
Chien-Ming Wang	34	19	6	3.63	76
Mike Mussina	32	15	7	3.51	172
Jaret Wright	30	11	7	4.49	84
Shawn Chacon	17	5	3	7.00	35
Cory Lidle	10	4	3	5.16	32
Jeff Karstens	8	2	1	3.80	16
Aaron Small	11	0	3	8.46	12
Sidney Ponson	5	0	1	10.47	15
Darrell Rasner	6	3	1	4.43	11
Kris Wilson	5	0	0	8.64	6
Sean Henn	4	0	1	4.82	7

[edit] Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Myers	62	0	3.23	22
Tanyon Sturtze	18	0	7.59	6
Ron Villone	70	0	5.04	72
Mariano Rivera	63	34	1.80	55
Octavio Dotel	14	0	10.80	7
Scott Proctor	83	1	3.52	89
Colter Bean	2	0	9.00	1
Brian Bruney	19	0	0.87	25
Matt Smith	12	0	0.00	9
T.J. Beam	20	0	8.56	12
Jose Veras	12	1	4.09	6
Kyle Farnsworth	72	6	4.36	75
Scott Erickson	9	0	7.94	2

[edit] Postseason

[edit] American League Division Series

The 2006 American League Division Series was played between New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. New York finished 1st in the American League East, while Detroit won the wild card. Detroit ended up winning the series 3-1.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win/Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	October 3	Detroit	4 - 8	New York (AL)		Wang		56,291	1-0
2	October 5	Detroit	4 - 3	New York (AL)		Mussina		56,252	1-1
3	October 6	New York (AL)	0 - 6	Detroit		Johnson		43,440	1-2
4	October 7	New York (AL)	3 - 8	Detroit		Wright		43,126	1-3