2006 League Championship Series - Detroit Tigers over Oakland Athletics (4-0)

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2006 League Championship Series (4-0): Detroit Tigers (95-67) over Oakland Athletics (93-69)

WS: STL-DET / ALCS: DET-OAK / NLCS: STL-NYM / Div. Series: DET-NYY / OAK-MIN / NYM-LAD / STL-SDP
2005 ALCS / 2007 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at McAfee Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  2    3  0  0    0  0  0     5 11  1
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  8  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Robertson, Rodney (6), Zumaya (8), Jones (9)
              OAK - Zito, Gaudin (4), Kennedy (6), Calero (7), Blanton (8)

               WP - Nate Robertson
	       LP - Barry Zito
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Inge, Rodriguez
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,655

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at McAfee Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  1  0    4  0  2    0  0  1     8 11  0
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  2    0  0  1    1  0  0     5 11  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Verlander, Ledezma (6), Grilli (7), Rodney (8), Jones (9)
              OAK - Loaiza, Gaudin (7), Kennedy (7), Street (9)

               WP - Justin Verlander
	       LP - Esteban Loaiza
             SAVE - Todd Jones

   HOME RUNS: DET - Gomez, Granderson
              OAK - Bradley (2), Chavez

  ATTENDANCE: 36,168

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 13, 2006 at Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  0
    Detroit Tigers               2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x     3  6  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Harden, Gaudin (6), Kennedy (7), Calero (8)
              DET - Rogers, Rodney (8), Jones (9)

               WP - Kenny Rogers
	       LP - Rich Harden
             SAVE - Todd Jones

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              DET - Monroe

  ATTENDANCE: 41,669

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 14, 2006 at Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  8  1
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  3     6 11  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Haren, Kennedy (6), Calero (7), Street (7)
              DET - Bonderman, Walker (7), Grilli (8), Ledezma (8)

               WP - Wil Ledezma
	       LP - Huston Street
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Payton
              DET - Ordonez (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 42,967

Series MVP - Placido Polanco

Series Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jeremy Bonderman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Sean Casey	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	*112	397	47	108	8	59	0	.272	.724
Alexis Gomez	3	9	1	4	0	0	1	4	0	2	.444	.444	.778	1.222	0	0	62	103	17	28	1	6	4	.272	.707
Curtis Granderson	4	15	4	5	2	0	1	2	4	2	.333	.474	.667	1.140	1	0	159	596	90	155	19	68	8	.260	.773
Jason Grilli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Guillen	4	16	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.250	.485	0	0	153	543	100	174	19	85	20	.320	.920
Omar Infante	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	78	224	35	62	4	25	3	.277	.740
Brandon Inge	4	12	3	4	1	0	1	3	3	3	.333	.438	.667	1.104	0	0	159	542	83	137	27	83	7	.253	.776
Todd Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wil Ledezma	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Monroe	4	14	5	6	2	0	1	4	3	4	.429	.500	.786	1.286	0	0	147	541	89	138	28	92	2	.255	.783
Magglio Ordonez	4	17	3	4	0	0	2	6	2	2	.235	.316	.588	.904	0	0	155	593	82	177	24	104	1	.298	.827
Neifi Perez	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*108	301	31	73	2	29	1	.243	.575
Placido Polanco	4	17	2	9	1	0	0	2	2	1	.529	.579	.588	1.167	0	0	110	461	58	136	4	52	1	.295	.693
Nate Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	6	0	1	0	1	0	.167	.333
Fernando Rodney	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	63	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ivan Rodriguez	4	16	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	4	.125	.176	.313	.489	0	0	136	547	74	164	13	69	8	.300	.769
Kenny Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.429
Ramon Santiago	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	43	80	9	18	0	3	2	.225	.506
Marcus Thames	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	110	348	61	89	26	60	1	.256	.882
Justin Verlander	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jamie Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Zumaya	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	55	137	22	39	7	0	7	22	19	25	.285	.367	.489	.856	2	0	162	5642	822	1548	203		60	.274	.777

Oakland Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Joe Blanton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Milton Bradley	4	18	4	9	2	0	2	5	0	2	.500	.500	.944	1.444	0	0	96	351	53	97	14	52	10	.276	.818
Kiko Calero	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Chavez	4	13	1	3	1	0	1	2	2	4	.231	.333	.538	.872	0	0	137	485	74	117	22	72	3	.241	.786
Chad Gaudin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Harden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Haren	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
D'Angelo Jimenez	4	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	*28	71	8	13	1	8	0	.183	.601
Jason Kendall	4	17	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	.294	.368	.294	.663	0	0	143	552	76	163	1	50	11	.295	.709
Joe Kennedy	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Kielty	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	81	270	35	73	8	36	2	.270	.770
Mark Kiger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Kotsay	4	16	3	4	2	0	0	0	2	3	.250	.333	.375	.708	0	0	129	502	57	138	7	59	6	.275	.719
Esteban Loaiza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Adam Melhuse	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	49	128	10	28	4	18	0	.219	.648
Jay Payton	4	14	1	4	2	0	1	2	1	2	.286	.333	.643	.976	0	0	142	557	78	165	10	59	8	.296	.743
Marco Scutaro	4	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.067	.067	.067	.133	0	0	117	365	52	97	5	41	5	.266	.747
Huston Street	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Swisher	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	.100	.400	.100	.500	0	0	157	556	106	141	35	95	1	.254	.864
Frank Thomas	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.188	.000	.188	0	0	137	466	77	126	39	114	0	.270	.926
Barry Zito	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	58	131	9	29	7	0	4	9	14	28	.221	.301	.366	.668	0	0	162	5500	771	1429	175		61	.260	.752

Detroit Tigers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jeremy Bonderman	1	1	4.05	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	3	2	3	1.200	34	34	4.08	14	8	0	214.0	214	64	202	1.299
Jason Grilli	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	3	1	4.000	51	0	4.21	2	3	0	62.0	61	25	31	1.387
Todd Jones	3	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	3.0	3	0	1	2	1.333	62	0	3.94	2	6	37	64.0	70	11	28	1.266
Wil Ledezma	2	0	3.38	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	1.125	24	7	3.58	3	3	0	60.1	60	23	39	1.376
Nate Robertson	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	0	3	4	1.800	32	32	3.84	13	13	0	208.2	206	67	137	1.308
Fernando Rodney	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	1	4	0.545	63	0	3.52	7	4	7	71.2	51	34	65	1.186
Kenny Rogers	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	7.1	2	0	2	6	0.545	34	33	3.84	17	8	0	204.0	195	62	99	1.260
Justin Verlander	1	1	6.75	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	4	1	6	1.500	30	30	3.63	17	9	0	186.0	187	60	124	1.328
Jamie Walker	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	56	0	2.81	0	1	0	48.0	47	8	37	1.146
Joel Zumaya	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	62	0	1.94	6	3	1	83.1	56	42	97	1.176
Totals	16	4	2.25	4	0	2	0	36.0	29	9	14	28	1.194	162	162	3.841	95	67		1448.0	1420	489	1003	1.318

Oakland Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Joe Blanton	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	2	2	1.000	32	31	4.82	16	12	0	194.1	241	58	107	1.539
Kiko Calero	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	1	1	2.000	70	0	3.41	3	2	2	58.0	50	24	67	1.276
Chad Gaudin	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	3	1	1.500	55	0	3.09	4	2	2	64.0	51	42	36	1.453
Rich Harden	1	1	4.76	0	1	0	0	5.2	5	3	5	4	1.765	9	9	4.24	4	0	0	46.2	31	26	49	1.221
Dan Haren	1	1	5.40	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	2	7	1.800	34	34	4.12	14	13	0	223.0	224	45	176	1.206
Joe Kennedy	4	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	0	2	2	1.091	39	0	2.31	4	1	1	35.0	34	13	29	1.343
Esteban Loaiza	1	1	10.50	0	1	0	0	6.0	9	7	1	5	1.667	26	26	4.89	11	9	0	154.2	179	40	97	1.416
Huston Street	2	0	10.80	0	1	0	0	3.1	4	4	0	3	1.200	69	0	3.31	4	4	37	70.2	64	13	67	1.090
Barry Zito	1	1	12.27	0	1	0	0	3.2	7	5	3	0	2.727	34	34	3.83	16	10	0	221.0	211	99	151	1.403
Totals	17	4	5.71	0	4	0	0	34.2	39	22	19	25	1.673	162	162	4.210	93	69		1451.2	1525	529	1003	1.415

WS: STL-DET / ALCS: DET-OAK / NLCS: STL-NYM / Div. Series: DET-NYY / OAK-MIN / NYM-LAD / STL-SDP
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