2006 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2006 season was the 106th season of the Athletics franchise and its 43rd in Oakland. The A's finished 1st in the American League West with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses. In the postseason the team swept the Minnesota Twins in three games in the American League Division Series, then were swept in four games by the Detroit Tigers in the American League Championship Series. Their ALCS appearance marks the best postseason result of the Billy Beane era.

It was the last season as manager for Ken Macha and the last season on the team for Barry Zito. The season featured a comeback year from Frank Thomas who had performed poorly the previous two seasons due to injury. Thomas, who signed a one-year deal with the A's for this season, led the team with 39 home runs.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References

Offseason

November 29, 2005: Esteban Loaiza was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[1]
December 9, 2005: Scott McClain was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[2]
December 13, 2005: Milton Bradley was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Antonio Perez to the Oakland Athletics for Andre Ethier.^[3]
January 31, 2006: Frank Thomas signed as a Free Agent.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Oakland Athletics	93	69	–	.574
Los Angeles Angels	89	73	4	.549
Texas Rangers	80	82	13	.494
Seattle Mariners	78	84	15	.481

Game log

2006 game log

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Roster

2006 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

35 Frank Thomas

Manager

39 Ken Macha

Coaches

35 Brad Fischer (bullpen)
53 Bob Geren (bench)
15 Rene Lachemann (first base)
48 Gerald Perry (hitting)
38 Ron Washington (third base)
41 Curt Young (pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dan Haren	34	223.0	14	13	4.12	176
Barry Zito	34	221.0	16	10	3.83	151
Joe Blanton	32	194.3	16	12	4.82	107
Esteban Loaiza	26	154.7	11	9	4.89	97
Rich Harden	9	46.7	4	0	4.24	49

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento RiverCats	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Von Hayes
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Todd Steverson
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Aaron Nieckula
Short-Season A	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Dennis Rogers
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Ruben Escalera

References

2006 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
2006 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History in Philadelphia • History in Oakland • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks * Opening Day starting pitchers * Record holders

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; HoHoKam Stadium(2015)

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Catfish Hunter's perfect game • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

A.L. West Division
Championships (16)

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1981
1988
1989
1990
1992
2000
2002
2003
2006
2012
2013

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Beloit Snappers; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (114)

1900s-1910s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s-1930s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s-1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s-1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s-1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s-2010s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Preceded by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2005	AL West Championship Season 2006	Succeeded by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2007

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