2006 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 125th season of the franchise; the 120th in the National League. This was their sixth season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.Regular season
Season standings
Game log
Record vs. opponents
Detailed records
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | | |
| April | 26 | 7 | 19 | | 101 | 141 |
| May | 27 | 12 | 15 | | 150 | 123 |
| June | 28 | 8 | 20 | | 113 | 163 |
| July | 25 | 13 | 12 | | 119 | 122 |
| August | 28 | 13 | 15 | | 113 | 141 |
| September | 27 | 13 | 14 | | 94 | 107 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 162 | 67 | 95 | | 691 | 797 |
Roster
All-Star game
The 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 77th playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League and National League, the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 2006 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. The contest was the fifth hosted by the city of Pittsburgh. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3-2, thus awarding the AL champion home-field advantage in the 2006 World Series.Statistics
;Hitting
| Player | | | | | | |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.429 | 0 | 1 |
| 157 | 582 | 200 | 0.344 | 6 | 85 |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | 442 | 137 | 0.310 | 6 | 55 |
| 55 | 203 | 61 | 0.300 | 3 | 23 |
| 59 | 213 | 63 | 0.296 | 3 | 29 |
| 159 | 570 | 163 | 0.286 | 35 | 109 |
| 142 | 543 | 148 | 0.273 | 8 | 35 |
| 89 | 206 | 55 | 0.267 | 4 | 28 |
| 67 | 120 | 32 | 0.267 | 2 | 12 |
| 85 | 255 | 68 | 0.267 | 13 | 41 |
| 84 | 314 | 80 | 0.255 | 2 | 18 |
| 148 | 518 | 131 | 0.253 | 14 | 65 |
| 117 | 400 | 94 | 0.235 | 16 | 51 |
| 106 | 270 | 63 | 0.233 | 7 | 16 |
| 111 | 313 | 72 | 0.230 | 16 | 49 |
| 61 | 149 | 31 | 0.208 | 6 | 17 |
| 91 | 5 | 1 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 68 | 13 | 0.191 | 0 | 7 |
| 38 | 100 | 19 | 0.190 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | 16 | 3 | 0.188 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 38 | 6 | 0.158 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | 14 | 2 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 25 | 3 | 0.120 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | 55 | 6 | 0.109 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 19 | 2 | 0.105 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | 1 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | 1 | 0.077 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | 54 | 3 | 0.056 | 0 | 2 |
| 82 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 |
| 68 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
;Pitching
| Player | | | | | | |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 6 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 7 |
| 25 | 115 | 5 | 9 | 5.70 | 81 |
| 7 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 6.69 | 16 |
| 34 | 215 | 10 | 15 | 4.47 | 117 |
| 20 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6.39 | 27 |
| 15 | 76 | 2 | 10 | 6.63 | 61 |
| 30 | 176 | 8 | 10 | 4.76 | 117 |
| 32 | 186 | 14 | 11 | 4.74 | 169 |
| 94 | 93 | 3 | 6 | 3.28 | 72 |
| 9 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 5.48 | 27 |
| 85 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 3.79 | 56 |
| 46 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 2.93 | 33 |
| 72 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 4.13 | 66 |
| 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2.04 | 8 |
| 75 | 58 | 1 | 7 | 3.70 | 63 |
| 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4.30 | 15 |
| 11 | 61 | 2 | 5 | 3.79 | 40 |
| 54 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 2.17 | 64 |
| 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2.91 | 5 |
| 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 7 |
Awards and honors
2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Jason Bay, RF, Starter
- Freddy Sanchez, 3B, Reserve
NL Batting Champion
