2006 Boston Red Sox

86-76 • .531 Win% • 3rd in AL E

The 2006 Boston Red Sox went 86-76 (.531) finishing 3rd in the AL E division. The club scored 820 runs, allowed 825, and played home games at Fenway Park II. Team leaders included David Ortiz (54 HR, 137 RBI) and Josh Beckett (16-11, 5.01 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
76 Losses
.531 Win %
3rd Rank
820 R 825 RA
Diff -5

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820 Runs Scored
825 Runs Allowed
-5 Run Diff
2,930K Attendance

📈 vs. 2006 AL Average

Batting Avg .268 2% below the 2006 league average (.274)
OBP .350 3% above the 2006 league average (.339)
SLG .435 equal to the 2006 league average (.436)
Team ERA 4.83 6% worse than the 2006 league average (4.56)
Runs Scored 820 2% above the 2006 league average (804 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,930,768
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Avg per Game 36,182

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2006

Batting Avg

1 Manny Ramirez 0.321 2 Wily Mo Peña 0.301 3 Eric Hinske 0.287 4 David Ortiz 0.287 5 Mark Loretta 0.285

Home Runs

1 David Ortiz 54 2 Manny Ramirez 35 3 Mike Lowell 20 4 Kevin Youkilis 13 5 Jason Varitek 12

RBI

1 David Ortiz 137 2 Manny Ramirez 102 3 Mike Lowell 80 4 Kevin Youkilis 72 5 Mark Loretta 59
2006 Boston Red Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mark Loretta 155 635 75 181 33 0 5 59 49 63 4 0.285
Mike Lowell 153 573 79 163 47 1 20 80 47 61 2 0.284
Kevin Youkilis 147 569 100 159 42 2 13 72 91 120 5 0.279
David Ortiz 151 558 115 160 29 2 54 137 119 117 1 0.287
Manny Ramirez 130 449 79 144 27 1 35 102 100 102 0 0.321
Coco Crisp 105 413 58 109 22 2 8 36 31 67 22 0.264
Alex Gonzalez 111 388 48 99 24 2 9 50 22 67 1 0.255
Trot Nixon 114 381 59 102 24 0 8 52 60 56 0 0.268
Jason Varitek 103 365 46 87 19 2 12 55 46 87 1 0.238
Wily Mo Peña 84 276 36 83 15 2 11 42 20 90 0 0.301
Alex Cora 96 235 31 56 7 2 1 18 19 29 6 0.238
Doug Mirabelli 59 161 12 31 6 0 6 25 11 54 0 0.193
Gabe Kapler 72 130 21 33 7 0 2 12 14 15 1 0.254
Dustin Pedroia 31 89 5 17 4 0 2 7 7 7 0 0.191
Eric Hinske 31 80 8 23 8 0 1 5 8 30 1 0.287
Javy Lopez 18 63 6 12 5 0 0 4 2 16 0 0.190
Willie Harris 47 45 17 7 2 0 0 1 4 11 6 0.156
J. T. Snow 38 44 5 9 0 0 0 4 8 8 0 0.205
Dustan Mohr 21 40 5 7 1 0 2 3 3 20 0 0.175
Carlos Peña 18 33 3 9 2 0 1 3 4 10 0 0.273
David Murphy 20 22 4 5 1 0 1 2 4 4 0 0.227
Adam Stern 10 20 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 1 0.150
Josh Bard 7 18 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.278
Josh Beckett 33 7 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0.429
Ken Huckaby 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200
Jon Lester 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Corky Miller 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tim Wakefield 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Matt Clement 12 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Curt Schilling 31 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Abe Alvarez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lenny DiNardo 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jason Johnson 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Craig Breslow 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Burns 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Corey 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Manny Delcarmen 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Keith Foulke 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kason Gabbard 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Devern Hansack 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Hansen 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Holtz 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Jarvis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Javier Lopez 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jonathan Papelbon 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Pauley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Riske 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rudy Seanez 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Snyder 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Julian Tavarez 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Timlin 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jermaine Van Buren 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Wells 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2006

ERA

1 Jonathan Papelbon 0.92 2 Curt Schilling 3.97 3 Keith Foulke 4.35 4 Mike Timlin 4.36 5 Julian Tavarez 4.47

Wins

1 Josh Beckett 16 2 Curt Schilling 15 3 Jon Lester 7 4 Tim Wakefield 7 5 Mike Timlin 6

Strikeouts

1 Curt Schilling 183 2 Josh Beckett 158 3 Tim Wakefield 90 4 Jonathan Papelbon 75 5 Jon Lester 60
2006 Boston Red Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Josh Beckett 16 11 5.01 33 33 0 204.2 191 114 74 158
Curt Schilling 15 7 3.97 31 31 0 204.0 220 90 28 183
Tim Wakefield 7 11 4.63 23 23 0 140.0 135 72 51 90
Julian Tavarez 5 4 4.47 58 6 1 98.2 110 49 44 56
Jon Lester 7 2 4.76 15 15 0 81.1 91 43 43 60
Jonathan Papelbon 4 2 0.92 59 0 35 68.1 40 7 13 75
Matt Clement 5 5 6.61 12 12 0 65.1 77 48 38 43
Mike Timlin 6 6 4.36 68 0 9 64.0 78 31 16 30
Kyle Snyder 4 5 6.02 16 10 0 58.1 77 39 19 55
Manny Delcarmen 2 0 5.06 50 0 0 53.1 68 30 17 45
Keith Foulke 3 1 4.35 44 0 0 49.2 52 24 7 36
David Wells 2 3 4.98 8 8 0 47.0 64 26 8 24
Rudy Seanez 2 1 4.82 41 0 0 46.2 51 25 26 48
Lenny DiNardo 1 2 7.85 13 6 0 39.0 61 34 20 17
Craig Hansen 2 2 6.63 38 0 0 38.0 46 28 15 30
Jason Johnson 0 4 7.36 6 6 0 29.1 41 24 13 18
Kason Gabbard 1 3 3.51 7 4 0 25.2 24 10 16 15
Bryan Corey 1 0 4.57 16 0 0 21.2 20 11 7 15
Kevin Jarvis 0 1 4.86 4 3 0 16.2 22 9 6 7
Javier Lopez 1 0 2.70 27 0 1 16.2 13 5 10 11
David Pauley 0 2 7.88 3 3 0 16.0 31 14 6 10
Jermaine Van Buren 1 0 11.77 10 0 0 13.0 14 17 15 8
Craig Breslow 0 2 3.75 13 0 0 12.0 12 5 6 12
Devern Hansack 1 1 2.70 2 2 0 10.0 6 3 1 8
David Riske 0 1 3.72 8 0 0 9.2 8 4 3 5
Mike Burns 0 0 4.70 7 0 0 7.2 10 4 1 7
Abe Alvarez 0 0 12.00 1 0 0 3.0 5 4 2 2
Mike Holtz 0 0 16.20 3 0 0 1.2 3 3 4 2

👥 Roster (53)

Abe Alvarez Josh Bard Josh Beckett Craig Breslow Mike Burns Matt Clement Alex Cora Bryan Corey Coco Crisp Manny Delcarmen Lenny DiNardo Keith Foulke +41 more

53 players

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The 2006 Boston Red Sox in brief

The 2006 Boston Red Sox finished 86-76, a .531 winning percentage, placing 3rd in the AL East. With 820 runs scored and 825 given up, the 2006 differential was -5. At the plate the Boston Red Sox hit .268, 2% worse than the league's .274. Pitchers allowed 4.83 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.56. Measured against the 804-run league average, the offense was 2% ahead.

The home park, Fenway Park II, recorded 2,930,768 in attendance, about 36,182 a game. The home run leader was David Ortiz, who hit 54. Mark Loretta collected the most hits, 181. Josh Beckett was the top winner, with 16 victories. Curt Schilling struck out 183, the most on the club. Jonathan Papelbon closed out 35 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2006 Boston Red Sox

What was the 2006 Boston Red Sox record?
The 2006 Boston Red Sox finished 86-76 (.531 win pct).
Who led the 2006 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
David Ortiz led the 2006 Boston Red Sox with 54 home runs.
What was the 2006 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 2006 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.83.
Did the 2006 Boston Red Sox win the World Series?
No. The 2006 Boston Red Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2006 Boston Red Sox play?
The 2006 Boston Red Sox played home games at Fenway Park II.
Who led the 2006 Boston Red Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were David Ortiz (54 HR, 137 RBI) and Josh Beckett (16-11, 5.01 ERA).
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