2006 New York Yankees season


The New York Yankees 2006 season was the Yankees 104th season in New York, and their 106th overall going back to their origins in Baltimore. The season finished with the Yankees winning the AL East Division. They were defeated in the ALDS by the Detroit Tigers in a 3-1 series.
and Derek Jeter on April 3, 2006.

Offseason

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Derek Jeter154653214.3431497
Johnny Damon149593169.2852480
Alex Rodriguez154572166.29035121
Robinson Canó122482165.3421578
Jorge Posada143465129.2772393
Melky Cabrera130460129.280750
Jason Giambi139446113.25337113
Bernie Williams131420118.2811261
Andy Phillips11024659.240729
Miguel Cairo8122253.239030
Bobby Abreu5820969.330742
Hideki Matsui5117252.302829
Gary Sheffield3915145.298625
Craig Wilson4010422.21248
Bubba Crosby658718.20716
Aaron Guiel448221.256411
Kelly Stinnett347918.22819
Nick Green467518.24024
Sal Fasano28497.14315
Terrence Long12366.16702
Kevin Thompson19309.30016
Kevin Reese10125.41701
Andy Cannizaro1382.25011
Wil Nieves660.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLERASO
Randy Johnson3317115.00172
Chien-Ming Wang341963.6376
Mike Mussina321573.51172
Jaret Wright301174.4984
Shawn Chacón17537.0035
Cory Lidle10435.1632
Jeff Karstens8213.8016
Aaron Small11038.4612
Sidney Ponson50110.4715
Darrell Rasner6314.4311
Kris Wilson5008.646
Sean Henn4014.827
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGSVERASO
Mike Myers6203.2322
Tanyon Sturtze1807.596
Ron Villone7005.0472
Mariano Rivera63341.8055
Octavio Dotel14010.807
Scott Proctor8313.5289
Colter Bean209.001
Brian Bruney1900.8725
Matt Smith1200.009
T.J. Beam2008.5612
José Veras1214.096
Kyle Farnsworth7264.3675
Scott Erickson907.942

Playoffs

American League Division Series

The 2006 American League Division Series was played between New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. New York finished 1st in the American League East, while Detroit won the wild card. Detroit ended up winning the series 3-1.
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTWin/LossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 3Detroit4 – 8New York Wang56,2911-0
2October 5Detroit4 – 3New York Mussina56,2521-1
3October 6New York 0 – 6DetroitJohnson43,4401-2
4October 7New York 3 – 8DetroitWright43,1261-3

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island