2006 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 2006 season was the 45th regular season for the Mets. They went 97-65 and won the NL East. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. They used the marketing slogan of "The Team. The Time. The Mets." throughout the season. As of 2013, the last season in which the Mets reached the postseason.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Playoffs
- 4.1 NLDS
- 4.2 NLCS
5 Awards and honors
6 Farm system
7 References

Offseason

November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron.^[1]
November 24, 2005: Carlos Delgado was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the New York Mets for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit, and Grant Psomas (minors).^[2]
November 29, 2005: Billy Wagner was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[3]
December 5, 2005: Paul Lo Duca was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Dante Brinkley (minors) and Gaby Hernandez (minors).^[4]
December 12, 2005: Julio Franco was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[5]
January 22, 2006: Kris Benson was traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Mets	97	65	–	.599
Philadelphia Phillies	85	77	12	.525
Atlanta Braves	79	83	18	.488
Florida Marlins	78	84	19	.481
Washington Nationals	71	91	26	.438

Transactions

July 31, 2006: Xavier Nady was traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Roberto Hernandez and Óliver Pérez.^[1]
August 8, 2006: Ricky Ledée was selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[7]
August 22, 2006: Shawn Green was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with cash to the New York Mets for Evan MacLane (minors).^[8]

Roster

2006 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

11 Ramón Castro
6 Mike DiFelice
16 Paul Lo Duca
36 Kelly Stinnett

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12 Willie Randolph

Coaches

50 Manny Acta (third base)
2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (bench)
56 Guy Conti (bullpen)
54 Rick Down (hitting)
53 Jerry Manuel (first base)
51 Rick Peterson (pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
SS	José Reyes	153	647	194	.300	19	81
3B	David Wright	154	582	181	.311	26	116
C	Paul Lo Duca	124	512	163	.318	5	49
CF	Carlos Beltrán	140	510	140	.265	41	116
1B	Carlos Delgado	144	524	139	.252	38	114
2B	José Valentín	137	384	104	.271	18	62

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Endy Chávez	133	353	108	.306	4	42
Shawn Green	34	113	29	.257	4	15

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Glavine	32	180	15	7	3.82	131
Steve Trachsel	30	164⅔	15	8	4.97	79
Pedro Martínez	23	132⅔	9	8	4.48	137
Orlando Hernández	29	162⅓	11	11	4.66	164
John Maine	16	90	6	5	3.60	71
Alay Soler	8	45	2	3	6.00	23
Óliver Pérez	22	112⅔	3	13	6.55	102
Víctor Zambrano	5	21⅓	1	2	6.75	15
Mike Pelfrey	4	21⅓	2	1	5.48	13
José Lima	4	17⅓	0	4	9.87	12

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brian Bannister	8	38	2	1	4.26	19
Dave Williams	6	29	3	1	5.59	16

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Playoffs

NLDS

Main article: 2006 National League Division Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYM-LAD)
1	October 4	Los Angeles	5	New York	6	1-0
2	October 5	Los Angeles	1	New York	4	2-0
3	October 7	New York	9	Los Angeles	5	3-0
New York Mets win 3-0

NLCS

Main article: 2006 National League Championship Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (StL-NYM)	Attendance
1	October 12*	St. Louis	0	New York	2	0-1	56,311
2	October 13*	St. Louis	9	New York	6	1-1	56,349
3	October 14	New York	0	St. Louis	5	2-1	47,053
4	October 15	New York	12	St. Louis	5	2-2	46,600
5	October 17	New York	2	St. Louis	4	3-2	46,496
6	October 18	St. Louis	2	New York	4	3-3	56,334
7	October 19	St. Louis	3	New York	1	4-3	56,357
St. Louis Cardinals win series 4–3 to advance to the World Series

Awards and honors

Carlos Delgado, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	Ken Oberkfell
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Juan Samuel
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Gary Carter
A	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	Frank Cacciatore
Short-Season A	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	George Greer
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Donovan Mitchell
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie^[9]

References

2006 New York Mets
2006 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

2006 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

New York Mets

Based in Queens, New York City, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Al Lang Stadium; Tradition Field

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Fred Wilpon
President: Saul Katz
COO: Jeff Wilpon
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Manager: Terry Collins
Team Captain: David Wright

Rivalries

Retired numbers

37
14
41
42
Shea

World Series championships

1969
1986

National League pennants

Other titles

Eastern Division

1969

1973

1986

1988

2006

Wild Card

1999

tie-breaker game

2000

Minor league affliates

Seasons (53)

1960s-1970s	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s-1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s-2010s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Preceded by 2005	New York Mets seasons 2006	Succeeded by 2007

Preceded by Atlanta Braves 2005	NL East Championship Season 2006	Succeeded by Philadelphia Phillies 2007

2006 New York Mets season