⭐ Division Winner

2006 New York Yankees

97-65 • .599 Win% • 1st in AL E

The 2006 New York Yankees went 97-65 (.599) finishing 1st in the AL E division. They won their division. The club scored 930 runs, allowed 767, and played home games at Yankee Stadium II. Team leaders included Jason Giambi (37 HR, 113 RBI) and Chien-Ming Wang (19-6, 3.63 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

97 Wins
65 Losses
.599 Win %
1st Rank
930 R 767 RA
Diff +163

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930 Runs Scored
767 Runs Allowed
+163 Run Diff
4,247K Attendance

📈 vs. 2006 AL Average

Batting Avg .284 4% above the 2006 league average (.274)
OBP .362 7% above the 2006 league average (.339)
SLG .461 6% above the 2006 league average (.436)
Team ERA 4.41 3% better than the 2006 league average (4.56)
Runs Scored 930 16% above the 2006 league average (804 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 4,247,980
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Avg per Game 52,444

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2006

Batting Avg

1 Derek Jeter 0.343 2 Robinson Cano 0.342 3 Bobby Abreu 0.330 4 Hideki Matsui 0.302 5 Gary Sheffield 0.298

Home Runs

1 Jason Giambi 37 2 Alex Rodriguez 35 3 Johnny Damon 24 4 Jorge Posada 23 5 Robinson Cano 15

RBI

1 Alex Rodriguez 121 2 Jason Giambi 113 3 Derek Jeter 97 4 Jorge Posada 93 5 Johnny Damon 80
2006 New York Yankees — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Derek Jeter 154 623 118 214 39 3 14 97 69 102 34 0.343
Johnny Damon 149 593 115 169 35 5 24 80 67 85 25 0.285
Alex Rodriguez 154 572 113 166 26 1 35 121 90 139 15 0.290
Robinson Cano 122 482 62 165 41 1 15 78 18 54 5 0.342
Jorge Posada 143 465 65 129 27 2 23 93 64 97 3 0.277
Melky Cabrera 130 460 75 129 26 2 7 50 56 59 12 0.280
Jason Giambi 139 446 92 113 25 0 37 113 110 106 2 0.253
Bernie Williams 131 420 65 118 29 0 12 61 33 53 2 0.281
Andy Phillips 110 246 30 59 11 3 7 29 15 56 3 0.240
Miguel Cairo 81 222 28 53 12 3 0 30 13 31 13 0.239
Bobby Abreu 58 209 37 69 16 0 7 42 33 52 10 0.330
Hideki Matsui 51 172 32 52 9 0 8 29 27 23 1 0.302
Gary Sheffield 39 151 22 45 5 0 6 25 13 16 5 0.298
Craig Wilson 40 104 15 22 4 0 4 8 4 34 0 0.212
Bubba Crosby 65 87 9 18 3 1 1 6 4 21 3 0.207
Aaron Guiel 44 82 16 21 3 0 4 11 7 20 2 0.256
Kelly Stinnett 34 79 6 18 3 0 1 9 5 29 0 0.228
Nick Green 46 75 8 18 5 0 2 4 5 29 1 0.240
Sal Fasano 28 49 3 7 4 0 1 5 2 14 0 0.143
Terrence Long 12 36 6 6 1 0 0 2 4 8 0 0.167
Kevin Thompson 19 30 5 9 3 0 1 6 6 9 2 0.300
Kevin Reese 10 12 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.417
Andy Cannizaro 13 8 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0.250
Randy Johnson 33 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.167
Wil Nieves 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Mussina 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chien-Ming Wang 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jaret Wright 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.000
Shawn Chacon 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
T. J. Beam 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mariano Rivera 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Aaron Small 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Colter Bean 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Bruney 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Octavio Dotel 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Erickson 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Farnsworth 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sean Henn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Karstens 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cory Lidle 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Myers 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sidney Ponson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Proctor 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Darrell Rasner 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Smith 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tanyon Sturtze 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Veras 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Villone 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kris Wilson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2006

ERA

1 Mariano Rivera 1.80 2 Mike Myers 3.23 3 Mike Mussina 3.51 4 Scott Proctor 3.52 5 Chien-Ming Wang 3.63

Wins

1 Chien-Ming Wang 19 2 Randy Johnson 17 3 Mike Mussina 15 4 Jaret Wright 11 5 Scott Proctor 6

Strikeouts

1 Randy Johnson 172 2 Mike Mussina 172 3 Scott Proctor 89 4 Jaret Wright 84 5 Chien-Ming Wang 76
2006 New York Yankees — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Chien-Ming Wang 19 6 3.63 34 33 1 218.0 233 88 52 76
Randy Johnson 17 11 5.00 33 33 0 205.0 194 114 60 172
Mike Mussina 15 7 3.51 32 32 0 197.1 184 77 35 172
Jaret Wright 11 7 4.49 30 27 0 140.1 157 70 57 84
Scott Proctor 6 4 3.52 83 0 1 102.1 89 40 33 89
Ron Villone 3 3 5.04 70 0 0 80.1 75 45 51 72
Mariano Rivera 5 5 1.80 63 0 34 75.0 61 15 11 55
Kyle Farnsworth 3 6 4.36 72 0 6 66.0 62 32 28 75
Shawn Chacon 5 3 7.00 17 11 0 63.0 77 49 36 35
Cory Lidle 4 3 5.16 10 9 0 45.1 49 26 19 32
Jeff Karstens 2 1 3.80 8 6 0 42.2 40 18 11 16
Mike Myers 1 2 3.23 62 0 0 30.2 29 11 10 22
Aaron Small 0 3 8.46 11 3 0 27.2 42 26 12 12
Brian Bruney 1 1 0.87 19 0 0 20.2 14 2 15 25
Darrell Rasner 3 1 4.43 6 3 0 20.1 18 10 5 11
T. J. Beam 2 0 8.50 20 0 0 18.0 26 17 6 12
Sidney Ponson 0 1 10.47 5 3 0 16.1 26 19 7 15
Matt Smith 0 0 0.00 12 0 0 12.0 4 0 8 9
Scott Erickson 0 0 7.94 9 0 0 11.1 13 10 7 2
Jose Veras 0 0 4.09 12 0 1 11.0 8 5 5 6
Tanyon Sturtze 0 0 7.59 18 0 0 10.2 17 9 6 6
Octavio Dotel 0 0 10.80 14 0 0 10.0 18 12 11 7
Sean Henn 0 1 4.82 4 1 0 9.1 11 5 5 7
Kris Wilson 0 0 8.64 5 1 0 8.1 14 8 4 6
Colter Bean 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Division Series
Lost to DET 3-1

👥 Roster (49)

Bobby Abreu T. J. Beam Colter Bean Brian Bruney Melky Cabrera Miguel Cairo Andy Cannizaro Robinson Cano Shawn Chacon Bubba Crosby Johnny Damon Octavio Dotel +37 more

49 players

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The 2006 New York Yankees in brief

A 97-65 record (.599) put the 2006 New York Yankees 1st in the AL East. The club took the division title. Runs came in at 930 scored against 767 allowed (+163). Against a league average of .274, the 2006 New York Yankees batted .284. Pitchers allowed 4.41 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.56. Yankee Stadium II was home in 2006, drawing a total attendance of 4,247,980.

Jason Giambi topped the New York Yankees with 37 home runs. Alex Rodriguez led in RBI with 121. The pitching staff's wins leader was Chien-Ming Wang (19). The strikeout leader was Randy Johnson with 172. Mariano Rivera saved 34 games. In the AL Division Series, the New York Yankees lost to DET 3-1.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2006 New York Yankees

What was the 2006 New York Yankees record?
The 2006 New York Yankees finished 97-65 (.599 win pct).
Did the 2006 New York Yankees make the playoffs?
The 2006 New York Yankees finished first in their division.
Who led the 2006 New York Yankees in home runs?
Jason Giambi led the 2006 New York Yankees with 37 home runs.
What was the 2006 New York Yankees team ERA?
The 2006 New York Yankees posted a team ERA of 4.41.
Did the 2006 New York Yankees win the World Series?
No. The 2006 New York Yankees did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2006 New York Yankees play?
The 2006 New York Yankees played home games at Yankee Stadium II.
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