2006 Cleveland Indians season


The 2006 Cleveland Indians season was the 106th season for the franchise. It began with the Cleveland Indians attempting to win the AL Central and make the Playoffs. The Indians finished with a mediocre 78-84 record and missed the playoffs. It was the final season before Progressive bought the naming rights to then-Jacobs Field.

Offseason

On September 2, 2006, Kevin Kouzmanoff became the 23rd Major Leaguer to hit a home run in his first Major League at bat, the 12th American Leaguer to do so, and the second of 2006. He was only the third player to have the home run be a grand slam.
Kouzmanoff is only one of two players in Major League Baseball history to hit a grand slam on his first pitch ever seen in the Big Leagues, along with Daniel Nava. The pitcher who gave up the hit was Edinson Vólquez.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

Game log

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Ronnie Belliard
93
350
43
102
21
0
8
44
.291
2
Rafael Betancourt
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
Casey Blake
109
401
63
113
20
1
19
68
.282
6
Aaron Boone
104
354
50
89
19
1
7
46
.251
5
Ben Broussard
88
268
44
86
14
0
13
46
.321
0
Paul Byrd
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
.250
0
Fernando Cabrera
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
Fausto Carmona
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
Shin-Soo Choo
45
146
23
43
11
3
3
22
.295
5
Ryan Garko
50
185
28
54
12
0
7
45
.292
0
Franklin Gutierrez
43
136
21
37
9
0
1
8
.272
0
Travis Hafner
129
454
100
140
31
1
42
117
.308
0
Todd Hollandsworth
56
156
21
37
12
1
6
27
.237
0
Joe Inglett
64
201
26
57
8
3
2
21
.284
5
Kevin Kouzmanoff
16
56
4
12
2
0
3
11
.214
0
Tim Laker
4
13
1
4
1
0
0
2
.308
0
Cliff Lee
2
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
.167
0
Héctor Luna
37
127
14
35
7
1
2
17
.276
0
Andy Marte
50
164
20
37
15
1
5
23
.226
0
Victor Martinez
153
572
82
181
37
0
16
93
.316
0
Tom Mastny
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
Lou Merloni
9
19
1
4
1
0
0
1
.211
1
Jason Michaels
123
494
77
132
32
1
9
55
.267
9
Guillermo Mota
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
Jhonny Peralta
149
569
84
146
28
3
13
68
.257
0
Eduardo Pérez
37
99
16
30
9
0
8
22
.303
0
Rafael Perez
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
CC Sabathia
3
9
0
2
0
0
0
2
.222
0
Kelly Shoppach
41
110
7
27
6
0
3
16
.245
0
Grady Sizemore
162
655
134
190
53
11
28
76
.290
22
Ramón Vázquez
34
67
11
14
2
0
1
8
.209
0
Jake Westbrook
2
4
0
2
1
0
0
1
.500
0
Bob Wickman
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
Totals
162
5619
870
1576
351
27
196
839
.280
55

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Rafael Betancourt
3
4
3.81
50
0
3
56.2
25
24
11
48
Andrew Brown
0
0
3.60
9
0
0
10.0
4
4
8
7
Paul Byrd
10
9
4.88
31
31
0
179.0
120
97
38
88
Fernando Cabrera
3
3
5.19
51
0
0
60.2
36
35
32
71
Fausto Carmona
1
10
5.42
38
7
0
74.2
46
45
31
58
Jason Davis
3
2
3.74
39
0
1
55.1
28
23
14
37
Danny Graves
2
1
5.79
13
0
0
14.0
12
9
5
3
Jeremy Guthrie
0
0
6.98
9
1
0
19.1
15
15
15
14
Jason Johnson
3
8
5.96
14
14
0
77.0
55
51
22
32
Juan Lara
0
0
1.80
9
0
0
5.0
2
1
1
2
Cliff Lee
14
11
4.40
33
33
0
200.2
114
98
58
129
Tom Mastny
0
1
5.51
15
0
5
16.1
10
10
8
14
Matt Miller
1
0
3.45
14
0
0
15.2
6
6
9
12
Guillermo Mota
1
3
6.21
34
0
0
37.2
27
26
19
27
Edward Mujica
0
1
2.95
10
0
0
18.1
6
6
0
12
Rafael Perez
0
0
4.38
18
0
0
12.1
6
6
6
15
CC Sabathia
12
11
3.22
28
28
0
192.2
83
69
44
172
Scott Sauerbeck
0
1
6.23
24
0
0
13.0
9
9
9
11
Brian Sikorski
2
1
4.58
17
0
0
19.2
10
10
4
24
Brian Slocum
0
0
5.60
8
2
0
17.2
11
11
9
11
Jeremy Sowers
7
4
3.57
14
14
0
88.1
36
35
20
35
Jake Westbrook
15
10
4.17
32
32
0
211.1
106
98
55
109
Bob Wickman
1
4
4.18
29
0
15
28.0
15
13
11
17
Totals
78
84
4.43
162
162
24
1423.1
782
701
429
948

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