2006 Boston Red Sox season

The 2006 Boston Red Sox season was the 106th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 11 games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2002. It was also the first time that the Red Sox finished lower than second in the American League East since 1997.

2006 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
President	Larry Lucchino
General manager	Theo Epstein
Manager	Terry Francona
Television	NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Radio	WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Offseason

• November 24, 2005: Shortstop Hanley Ramírez was traded by the Boston Red Sox along with pitchers Jesús Delgado (minors), Harvey García and Aníbal Sánchez to the Florida Marlins, in exchange for P Josh Beckett, 3B Mike Lowell and P Guillermo Mota.^[1]
• December 8, 2005: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte.^[2]
• February 1, 2006: Free agent catcher Ken Huckaby was signed by Boston.^[3]

Regular season

Transactions

• January 27, 2006: The Red Sox sent Guillermo Mota, Andy Marte, Kelly Shoppach, a player to be named later (Randy Newson, July 21) and cash to the Indians, in exchange for Coco Crisp, David Riske, and Josh Bard.^[4]
• March 30, 2006: Charles Johnson and Chris Narveson were obtained by Boston from the Rockies for Byung-hyun Kim and cash consideration. Johnson was released the same day.^[5]
• May 1, 2006: Doug Mirabelli was acquired by the Red Sox from the Padres in exchange for Josh Bard, Cla Meredith and cash.^[6]
• June 21, 2006: Jason Johnson was purchased by the Red Sox from the Indians.^[7]
• August 4: Javy López was purchased by Boston from the Orioles.^[8]
• August 16, 2006: Carlos Peña signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.^[9]
• August 17, 2006: Eric Hinske was purchased by the Red Sox from the Blue Jays.^[10]
• August 28, 2006: Jason Johnson was released by the Red Sox.^[11]
• September 8, 2006: Javy López was released by the Red Sox.^[12]

Season summary

The Boston Red Sox finished eleven games behind the first place team in the American League East, the New York Yankees. While part of the blame for the Red Sox's demise could be the five-game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees from August 18 – 21, the team had a poor record the entire month of August (going just 9-21) and September (13-14). Also, they suffered extensive injuries to Jason Varitek, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, and Keith Foulke.

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	65	.599	—	50‍–‍31	47‍–‍34
Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	.537	10	50‍–‍31	37‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	11	48‍–‍33	38‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles	70	92	.432	27	40‍–‍41	30‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	61	101	.377	36	41‍–‍40	20‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–15	2–5	4–2	3–3	5–1	4–6	3–6	7–12	2–4	4–6	13–6	3–6	8–11	9–9
Boston	15–3	—	4–2	3–4	3–3	4–5	3–3	1–5	8–11	3–7	4–6	10–9	5–4	7–12	16–2
Chicago	5–2	2–4	—	8–11	12–7	11–8	6–3	9–10	2–4	3–3	5–4	3–3	5–5	5–4	14–4
Cleveland	2–4	4–3	11–8	—	6–13	10–8	4–5	8–11	3–4	3–6	4–5	6–1	5–4	4–2	8–10
Detroit	3–3	3–3	7–12	13–6	—	14–4	3–5	11–8	2–5	5–4	6–3	5–3	5–5	3–3	15–3
Kansas City	1–5	5–4	8–11	8–10	4–14	—	3–7	7–12	2–7	4–5	3–5	1–5	3–3	3–4	10–8
Los Angeles	6–4	3–3	3–6	5–4	5–3	7–3	—	4–2	6–4	11–8	10–9	7–2	11–8	4–6	7–11
Minnesota	6–3	5–1	10–9	11–8	8–11	12–7	2–4	—	3–3	6–4	5–3	6–1	4–5	2–5	16–2
New York	12–7	11–8	4–2	4–3	5–2	7–2	4–6	3–3	—	3–6	3–3	13–5	8–2	10–8	10–8
Oakland	4–2	7–3	3–3	6–3	4–5	5–4	8–11	4–6	6–3	—	17–2	6–3	9–10	6–4	8–10
Seattle	6–4	6–4	4–5	5–4	3–6	5–3	9–10	3–5	3–3	2–17	—	6–3	8–11	4–5	14–4
Tampa Bay	6–13	9–10	3–3	1–6	3–5	5–1	2–7	1–6	5–13	3–6	3–6	—	3–6	6–12	11–7
Texas	6–3	4–5	5–5	4–5	5–5	3–3	8–11	5–4	2–8	10–9	11–8	6–3	—	4–2	7–11
Toronto	11–8	12–7	4–5	2–4	3–3	4–3	6–4	5–2	8–10	4–6	5–4	12–6	2–4	—	9–9

Red Sox vs. National League East

Team	ATL	FLA	NYM	PHI	WSH
Boston	3–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	3–0

Opening Day lineup

10	Coco Crisp	CF
3	Mark Loretta	2B
34	David Ortiz	DH
24	Manny Ramirez	LF
7	Trot Nixon	RF
33	Jason Varitek	C
25	Mike Lowell	3B
20	Kevin Youkilis	1B
11	Álex González	SS
38	Curt Schilling	P

Roster

2006 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 59 Abe Alvarez 19 Josh Beckett 54 Craig Breslow 59 Mike Burns 30 Matt Clement 63 Bryan Corey 57 Manny Delcarmen 55 Lenny DiNardo 29 Keith Foulke 61 Kason Gabbard 68 Devern Hansack 56 Craig Hansen 43 Mike Holtz 39 Kevin Jarvis 18 Jason Johnson 62 Jon Lester 48 Javier López 58 Jonathan Papelbon 60 David Pauley 54 David Riske 38 Curt Schilling 37 Rudy Seánez 52 Kyle Snyder 51 Julián Tavárez 50 Mike Timlin 46 Jermaine Van Buren 49 Tim Wakefield 16 David Wells		Catchers 77 Josh Bard 40 Ken Huckaby 23 Javy López 36 Corky Miller 28 Doug Mirabelli 33 Jason Varitek Infielders 23,13 Alex Cora 11 Álex González  3 Mark Loretta 25 Mike Lowell 64 Dustin Pedroia 37 Carlos Peña 84 J. T. Snow 20 Kevin Youkilis		Outfielders 10 Coco Crisp  2 Willie Harris 12 Eric Hinske 44 Gabe Kapler 18 Dustan Mohr 60 David Murphy  7 Trot Nixon 22 Wily Mo Peña 24 Manny Ramírez 39 Adam Stern Designated hitter 34 David Ortiz		Manager 47 Terry Francona Coaches 32 Bill Haselman (first base) 35 DeMarlo Hale (third base) 15[13] Ron Jackson (hitting) 31 Brad Mills (bench) 41 Al Nipper (bullpen; interim pitching) 53 Ralph Treuel (interim bullpen) 17 Dave Wallace (pitching)

Game log

2006 Game Log
April (14–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @ Rangers 7–3 Schilling (1–0) Millwood (0–1) 51,541 1–0 2 April 4 @ Rangers 10–4 Padilla (1–0) Wakefield (0–1) 29,442 1–1 3 April 5 @ Rangers 2–1 Beckett (1–0) Loe (0–1) Papelbon (1) 32,416 2–1 4 April 7 @ Orioles 14–8 Clement (1–0) Cabrera (0–1) 37,063 3–1 5 April 8 @ Orioles 2–1 Schilling (2–0) Chen (0–1) Papelbon (2) 41,166 4–1 6 April 9 @ Orioles 4–1 Wakefield (1–1) López (1–1) Papelbon (3) 37,998 5–1 7 April 11 Blue Jays 6–1 Beckett (2–0) Towers (0–2) Papelbon (4) 35,491 6–1 8 April 12 Blue Jays 8–4 Chacín (2–0) Wells (0–1) 36,378 6–2 9 April 13 Blue Jays 8–6 Lilly (1–0) Clement (1–1) Ryan (3) 36,524 6–3 10 April 14 Mariners 2–1 Schilling (3–0) Moyer (0–2) Papelbon (5) 36,431 7–3 11 April 15 Mariners 3–0 Piñeiro (2–1) Wakefield (1–2) Guardado (2) 36,047 7–4 12 April 16 Mariners 3–2 Beckett (3–0) Washburn (1–2) Papelbon (6) 36,181 8–4 13 April 17 Mariners 7–6 Timlin (1–0) Guardado (0–1) 36,188 9–4 14 April 18 Devil Rays 7–4 Timlin (2–0) Lugo (0–1) Papelbon (7) 36,423 10–4 15 April 19 Devil Rays 9–1 Schilling (4–0) Waechter (0–1) 36,454 11–4 16 April 20 Devil Rays 5–1 Kazmir (2–1) Wakefield (1–3) Miceli (4) 36,607 11–5 17 April 21 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Speier (1–0) Foulke (0–1) 28,333 11–6 18 April 22 @ Blue Jays 8–1 Halladay (2–1) DiNardo (0–1) Walker (1) 34,387 11–7 19 April 23 @ Blue Jays 6–3 Clement (2–1) Towers (0–4) Papelbon (8) 28,737 12–7 20 April 25 @ Indians 8–6 Foulke (1–1) Mota (0–1) Papelbon (9) 18,438 13–7 21 April 26 @ Indians 7–1 Lee (2–1) Wakefield (1–4) 21,575 13–8 22 April 27 @ Indians 15–3 Byrd (3–2) Beckett (3–1) 26,952 13–9 23 April 28 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Fossum (1–1) Clement (2–2) Walker (1) 22,565 13–10 24 April 29 @ Devil Rays 9–6 Foulke (2–1) Walker (0–1) Papelbon (10) 27,415 14–10 25 April 30 @ Devil Rays 5–4 Kazmir (3–2) Schilling (4–1) Camp (3) 26,690 14–11
May (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 Yankees 7–3 Timlin (3–0) Small (0–1) 36,339 15–11 – May 2 Yankees Postponed (rain) 15–11 27 May 3 Blue Jays 7–6 McGowan (1–0) Papelbon (0–1) Ryan (6) 35,881 15–12 28 May 4 Blue Jays 7–4 Clement (3–2) Towers (0–6) Papelbon (11) 36,396 16–12 29 May 5 Orioles 6–3 Schilling (5–1) López (1–4) Papelbon (12) 36,515 17–12 30 May 6 Orioles 9–3 Wakefield (2–4) Bédard (4–2) 36,507 18–12 31 May 7 Orioles 10–3 DiNardo (1–1) Benson (4–3) 36,022 19–12 32 May 9 @Yankees 14–3 Beckett (4–1) Johnson (5–3) 54,688 20–12 33 May 10 @ Yankees 7–3 Mussina (6–1) Schilling (5–2) 54,769 20–13 34 May 11 @ Yankees 5–3 Wakefield (3–4) Villone (0–1) Papelbon (13) 54,956 21–13 35 May 12 Rangers 6–0 Loe (2–3) Clement (3–3) 36,102 21–14 – May 13 Rangers Postponed (rain) 21–14 – May 14 Rangers Postponed (rain) 21–14 36 May 15 @ Orioles 11–1 Beckett (5–1) López (1–6) 25,607 22–14 37 May 16 @ Orioles 6–5 Schilling (6–2) Williams (1–1) Papelbon (14) 27,565 23–14 38 May 17 @ Orioles 4–3 Bédard (5–2) Wakefield (3–5) Ray (10) 32,089 23–15 39 May 19 @ Phillies 5–3 Clement (4–3) Lieber (3–5) Papelbon (15) 44,296 24–15 40 May 20 @ Phillies 8–4 Beckett (6–1) Myers (2–2) 44,809 25–15 41 May 21 @ Phillies 10–5 Lidle (4–4) DiNardo (1–2) 44,738 25–16 42 May 22 Yankees 9–5 Schilling (7–2) Wang (4–2) 36,342 26–16 43 May 23 Yankees 7–5 Wright (2–3) Wakefield (3–6) Rivera (9) 36,290 26–17 44 May 24 Yankees 8–6 Johnson (6–4) Clement (4–4) Rivera (10) 36,375 26–18 45 May 25 Devil Rays 4–1 Beckett (7–1) Waechter (0–3) Papelbon (16) 36209 27–18 46 May 26 Devil Rays 8–4 Tavárez (1–0) Kazmir (7–3) Papelbon (17) 36,129 28–18 47 May 27 Devil Rays 6–4 Schilling (8–2) McClung (2–6) Papelbon (18) 36,409 29–18 48 May 28 Devil Rays 5–4 Wakefield (4–6) Hendrickson (3–5) Tavárez (1) 36,015 30–18 49 May 29 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Ryan (1–0) Riske (0–1) 24,038 30–19 50 May 30 @ Blue Jays 8–5 Chacín (6–1) Beckett (7–2) Ryan (12) 27,324 30–20 51 May 31 @ Blue Jays 8–6 Van Buren (1–0) Lilly (5–5) Papelbon (19) 24,526 31–20
June (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 2 @ Tigers 3–2 Seánez (1–0) Jones (0–3) Papelbon (20) 35,531 32–20 53 June 3 @ Tigers 6–2 Bonderman (6–4) Wakefield (4–7) Rodney (7) 40,872 32–21 54 June 4 @ Tigers 8–3 Clement (5–4) Miner (0–1) 35,764 33–21 55 June 5 @ Yankees 13–5 Mussina (8–1) Beckett (7–3) 55,246 33–22 56 June 6 @ Yankees 2–1 Wang (6–2) Pauley (0–1) Rivera (12) 55,141 33–23 – June 7 @ Yankees Postponed (rain) 33–23 57 June 8 @ Yankees 9–3 Schilling (9–2) Wright (3–4) 55,225 34–23 58 June 9 Rangers 4–3 Papelbon (1–1) Cordero (5–4) 36,133 35–23 59 June 10 Rangers 7–4 Corey (1–0) Tavárez (1–1) Otsuka (11) 36,920 35–24 – June 10 Rangers Postponed (rain) 35–24 60 June 11 Rangers 5–4 Delcarmen (1–0) Otsuka (2–2) 36,232 36–24 61 June 11 Rangers 13–6 Wasdin (1–0) Pauley (0–2) 35,602 36–25 62 June 13 @ Twins 5–2 Reyes (1–0) Tavárez (1–2) 23,531 36–26 63 June 14 @ Twins 8–1 Radke (5–7) Clement (5–5) 26,492 36–27 64 June 15 @ Twins 5–3 Silva (3–8) Wakefield (4–8) Nathan (8) 21,191 36–28 65 June 16 @ Braves 4–1 Lester (1–0) Hudson (6–5) Papelbon (21) 51,038 37–28 66 June 17 @ Braves 5–3 Beckett (8–3) Cormier (2–2) Papelbon (22) 49,364 38–28 67 June 18 @ Braves 10–7 Seánez (2–0) McBride (1–1) Papelbon (23) 48,826 39–28 68 June 19 Nationals 6–3 Snyder (1–0) Armas (6–4) Timlin (1) 36,252 40–28 69 June 20 Nationals 11–3 Wakefield (5–8) Hernández (5–8) 36,421 41–28 70 June 21 Nationals 9–3 Lester (2–0) Hill (1–2) 36,464 42–28 71 June 23 Phillies 10–2 Beckett (9–3) Madson (7–5) 35,948 43–28 72 June 24 Phillies 5–3 Papelbon (2–1) Gordon (2–3) 35,564 44–28 – June 25 Phillies Postponed (rain) 44–28 73 June 26 Phillies 8–7 Hansen (1–0) Condrey (1–2) 36,459 45–28 74 June 27 Mets 9–4 Lester (3–0) Soler (2–2) 36,250 46–28 75 June 28 Mets 10–2 Beckett (10–3) Martínez (7–4) 36,035 47–28 76 June 29 Mets 4–2 Schilling (10–2) Heilman (0–3) Papelbon (24) 36,028 48–28 77 June 30 @ Marlins 5–2 Willis (5–7) Johnson (3–9) Borowski (15) 32,194 48–29
July (15–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Marlins 11–5 Wakefield (6–8) Moehler (5–7) 38,014 49–29 79 July 2 @ Marlins 4–3 Timlin (4–0) Messenger (1–4) Papelbon (25) 22,840 50–29 80 July 3 @ Devil Rays 3–0 Kazmir (10–5) Beckett (10–4) 26,149 50–30 81 July 4 @ Devil Rays 9–6 Switzer (1–0) Schilling (10–3) Camp (4) 21,186 50–31 82 July 5 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Corcoran (3–0) Johnson (3–10) Meadows (4) 15,001 50–32 83 July 6 @ Devil Rays 12–5 Wakefield (7–8) Shields (4–2) 19,330 51–32 84 July 7 @ White Sox 7–2 Lester (4–0) Buehrle (9–6) 39,355 52–32 85 July 8 @ White Sox 9–6 Beckett (11–4) Riske (0–2) Papelbon (26) 39,497 53–32 86 July 9 @ White Sox 6–5 Politte (2–2) Seánez (2–1) 39,335 53–33 87 July 13 Athletics 5–4 Street (3–3) Tavárez (1–3) Saarloos (2) 36,141 53–34 88 July 14 Athletics 15–3 Zito (9–6) Beckett (11–5) 36,319 53–35 89 July 15 Athletics 7–0 Schilling (11–3) Haren (6–8) 36,232 54–35 90 July 16 Athletics 8–1 Blanton (9–8) Snyder (1–1) 35,643 54–36 91 July 17 Royals 5–4 Timlin (5–0) Peralta (1–2) Papelbon (27) 36,436 55–36 92 July 18 Royals 1–0 Lester (5–0) Duckworth (1–3) Papelbon (28) 36,224 56–36 93 July 19 Royals 1–0 Beckett (12–5) Redman (6–5) Papelbon (29) 36,098 57–36 94 July 20 Rangers 6–4 Schilling (12–3) Corey (1–1) Timlin (2) 36,489 58–36 95 July 21 @ Mariners 9–4 Snyder (2–1) Moyer (5–9) 46,325 59–36 96 July 22 @ Mariners 5–2 Hernández (9–8) Gabbard (0–1) Putz (19) 46,118 59–37 97 July 23 @ Mariners 9–8 Putz (2–0) Timlin (5–1) 45,975 59–38 98 July 24 @ Athletics 7–3 Beckett (13–5) Zito (10–7) 33,370 60–38 99 July 25 @ Athletics 13–5 Schilling (13–3) Windsor (0–1) 34,077 61–38 100 July 26 @ Athletics 5–1 Haren (7–9) Snyder (2–2) 35,077 61–39 101 July 28 Angels 8–3 Escobar (7–9) Lester (5–1) 36,109 61–40 102 July 29 Angels 7–6 Tavárez (2–3) Carrasco (2–3) 35,621 62–40 103 July 30 Angels 10–4 Lackey (10–6) Schilling (13–4) 36,048 62–41 104 July 31 Indians 9–8 Snyder (3–2) Carmona (1–5) 36,387 63–41
August (9–21) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Indians 6–3 Sabathia (8–7) Johnson (3–11) 36,328 63–42 106 August 2 Indians 6–5 Papelbon (3–1) Carmona (1–6) 36,022 64–42 107 August 3 Indians 7–6 Westbrook (8–7) Beckett (13–6) Davis (1) 36,557 64–43 108 August 4 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Schilling (14–4) McClung (3–11) Papelbon (30) 27,871 65–43 109 August 5 @ Devil Rays 8–5 Fossum (6–4) Wells (0–2) Meadows (8) 30,603 65–44 110 August 6 @ Devil Rays 7–6 Camp (4–0) Tavárez (2–4) 30,093 65–45 111 August 8 @ Royals 6–4 Hudson (5–3) Lester (5–2) Burgos (17) 26,687 65–46 112 August 9 @ Royals 5–4 Dohmann (1–1) Papelbon (3–2) 21,928 65–47 113 August 10 @ Royals 5–4 Sisco (1–2) Schilling (14–5) Burgos (18) 21,214 65–48 114 August 11 Orioles 9–2 Wells (1–2) Loewen (2–4) 36,191 66–48 115 August 12 Orioles 8–7 Papelbon (4–2) Chen (0–7) 35,768 67–48 116 August 13 Orioles 11–9 Lester (6–2) Cabrera (5–8) Papelbon (31) 35,744 68–48 117 August 14 Tigers 7–4 Robertson (11–8) Beckett (13–7) Jones (32) 36,392 68–49 118 August 15 Tigers 3–2 Rodney (6–3) Timlin (5–2) Jones (33) 36,179 68–50 119 August 16 Tigers 6–4 Wells (2–2) Verlander (14–6) Papelbon (32) 36,304 69–50 120 August 18 Yankees 12–4 Wang (14–5) Johnson (3–12) 36,325 69–51 121 August 18 Yankees 14–11 Myers (1–0) Timlin (5–3) 36,071 69–52 122 August 19 Yankees 13–5 Johnson (14–9) Beckett (13–8) 35,738 69–53 123 August 20 Yankees 8–5 (10) Rivera (5–5) Hansen (1–1) 36,155 69–54 124 August 21 Yankees 2–1 Lidle (2–2) Wells (2–3) Farnsworth (2) 35,829 69–55 125 August 22 @ Angels 4–3 Shields (7–7) Gabbard (0–2) Rodríguez (35) 44,041 69–56 126 August 23 @ Angels 5–4 Lester (7–2) Escobar (9–11) Papelbon (33) 44,093 70–56 127 August 24 @ Angels 2–1 Beckett (14–8) Weaver (9–1) Papelbon (34) 44,109 71–56 128 August 25 @ Mariners 6–0 Woods (4–1) Schilling (14–6) 40,817 71–57 129 August 26 @ Mariners 4–3 Putz (3–1) Timlin (5–4) 44,779 71–58 130 August 27 @ Mariners 6–3 Baek (1–0) Snyder (3–3) Putz (27) 44,288 71–59 131 August 28 @ Athletics 9–0 Loaiza (8–7) Gabbard (0–3) 30,159 71–60 132 August 29 @ Athletics 2–1 Saarloos (7–6) Beckett (14–9) Duchscherer (6) 30,517 71–61 133 August 30 @ Athletics 7–2 Zito (15–8) Schilling (14–7) 31,073 71–62 134 August 31 Blue Jays 6–4 Delcarmen (2–0) Halladay (16–5) Papelbon (35) 36,238 72–62
September (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 Blue Jays 2–1 Snyder (4–3) Lilly (11–12) Timlin (3) 36,235 73–62 136 September 2 Blue Jays 5–1 Burnett (7–6) Jarvis (0–1) 35,973 73–63 137 September 3 Blue Jays 6–1 Chacín (7–3) Beckett (14–10) 35,719 73–64 138 September 4 White Sox 3–2 Timlin (6–4) McCarthy (3–6) 36,206 74–64 139 September 5 White Sox 1–0 Gabbard (1–3) Vázquez (11–9) Timlin (4) 35,912 75–64 140 September 6 White Sox 8–1 Contreras (12–7) Snyder (4–4) 35,923 75–65 141 September 8 Royals 10–9 Burgos (4–5) Timlin (6–5) Nelson (6) 36,531 75–66 142 September 9 Royals 10–4 Nelson (1–1) Breslow (0–1) 36,402 75–67 143 September 10 Royals 9–3 Tavárez (3–4) Redman (9–9) 35,703 76–67 144 September 12 @ Orioles 6–5 Hansen (2–1) Cabrera (7–10) López (1) 24,551 77–67 145 September 13 @ Orioles 4–0 Bédard (14–9) Wakefield (7–9) 22,240 77–68 146 September 14 @ Orioles 6–5 Foulke (3–1) López (9–16) Timlin (5) 27,741 78–68 – September 15 @ Yankees Postponed (rain) 78–68 147 September 16 @ Yankees 5–2 Beckett (15–10) Wang (17–6) Timlin (6) 55,091 79–68 148 September 16 @ Yankees 7–5 Proctor (6–4) Breslow (0–2) Farnsworth (5) 55,167 79–69 149 September 17 @ Yankees 6–3 Corey (2–1) Villone (3–3) Timlin (7) 55,002 80–69 150 September 17 @ Yankees 5–4 López (1–0) Farnsworth (3–5) Timlin (8) 55,221 81–69 151 September 19 Twins 7–3 Garza (2–5) Wakefield (7–10) 36,242 81–70 152 September 20 Twins 8–2 Bonser (6–5) Hansen (2–2) 36,484 81–71 153 September 21 Twins 6–0 Beckett (16–10) Santana (18–6) 36,434 82–71 154 September 22 @ Blue Jays 7–1 Tavárez (4–4) Lilly (14–13) 33,874 83–71 155 September 23 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Burnett (9–8) Hansack (0–1) Ryan (35) 42,267 83–72 156 September 24 @ Blue Jays 13–4 Chacín (9–3) Snyder (4–5) 44,212 83–73 157 September 25 @ Blue Jays 5–0 Marcum (3–4) Wakefield (7–11) 40,123 83–74 158 September 26 Devil Rays 5–1 Schilling (15–7) Hammel (0–5) 36,134 84–74 159 September 27 Devil Rays 11–0 Corcoran (5–9) Beckett (16–11) 36,028 84–75 160 September 29 Orioles 4–3 Tavárez (5–4) Bédard (15–11) Timlin (9) 36,269 85–75 161 September 30 Orioles 5–4 Ray (4–4) Timlin (6–6) 36,596 85–76
October (1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 Orioles 9–0 Hansack (4–4) Penn (6–6) 35,826 86–76

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Bold indicates leader in category.

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg.	SB
Mark Loretta	155	635	75	181	33	0	5	59	49	63	.285	4
Mike Lowell	153	573	79	163	47	1	20	80	47	61	.284	2
Kevin Youkilis	147	569	100	159	42	2	13	72	91	120	.279	5
David Ortiz	151	558	115	160	29	2	54	137	119	117	.287	1
Manny Ramirez	130	449	79	144	27	1	35	102	100	102	.321	0
Coco Crisp	105	413	58	109	22	2	8	36	31	67	.264	22
Álex González	111	388	48	99	24	2	9	50	22	67	.255	1
Trot Nixon	114	381	59	102	24	0	8	52	60	56	.268	0
Jason Varitek	103	365	46	87	19	2	12	55	46	87	.238	1
Wily Mo Peña	84	276	36	83	15	2	11	42	20	90	.301	0
Alex Cora	96	235	31	56	7	2	1	18	19	29	.238	6
Doug Mirabelli	59	161	12	31	6	0	6	25	11	54	.193	0
Gabe Kapler	72	130	21	33	7	0	2	12	14	15	.254	1
Dustin Pedroia	31	89	5	17	4	0	2	7	7	7	.191	0
Eric Hinske	31	80	8	23	8	0	1	5	8	30	.288	1
Javy López	18	63	6	12	5	0	0	4	2	16	.190	0
Willie Harris	47	45	17	7	2	0	0	1	4	11	.156	6
J. T. Snow	38	44	5	9	0	0	0	4	8	8	.205	0
Dustan Mohr	21	40	5	7	1	0	2	3	3	20	.175	0
Carlos Peña	18	33	3	9	2	0	1	3	4	10	.273	0
David Murphy	20	22	4	5	1	0	1	2	4	4	.227	0
Adam Stern	10	20	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	4	.150	1
Josh Bard	7	18	2	5	1	0	0	0	3	3	.278	0
Josh Beckett	2	7	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	2	.429	0
Ken Huckaby	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	0
Corky Miller	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jon Lester	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Tim Wakefield	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Matt Clement	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	0
Curt Schilling	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Abe Alvarez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Lenny DiNardo	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jason Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Team Totals	162	5619	820	1510	327	16	192	777	672	1056	.269	51

Pitching

Bold indicates leader in category.

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Josh Beckett	33	204.2	16	11	5.01	158
Curt Schilling	31	204.0	15	7	3.97	183
Tim Wakefield	23	140.0	7	11	4.63	90
Jon Lester	15	81.1	7	2	4.76	60
Matt Clement	12	65.1	5	5	6.61	43
David Wells	8	47.0	2	3	4.98	24
Jason Johnson	6	29.1	0	4	7.36	18
David Pauley	3	16.0	0	2	7.88	10
Devern Hansack	2	10.0	1	1	2.70	8

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kyle Snyder	16	58.1	4	5	6.02	55
Lenny DiNardo	13	39.0	1	2	7.85	17
Kason Gabbard	7	25.2	1	3	3.51	15
Kevin Jarvis	4	16.2	0	1	4.86	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jonathan Papelbon	59	68.1	6	4	35	0.92	75
Mike Timlin	68	64.0	6	6	9	4.36	30
Julián Tavárez	58	98.2	5	4	1	4.47	56
Manny Delcarmen	50	53.1	2	0	0	5.06	45
Keith Foulke	44	49.2	3	1	0	4.35	36
Rudy Seánez	41	46.2	2	1	0	4.82	48
Craig Hansen	38	38.0	2	2	0	6.63	30
Javier López	27	16.2	1	0	1	2.70	11
Bryan Corey	16	21.2	1	0	0	4.57	15
Craig Breslow	13	12.0	0	2	0	3.75	12
Jermaine Van Buren	10	13.0	1	0	0	11.77	8
David Riske	8	9.2	0	1	0	3.72	5
Mike Burns	7	7.2	0	0	0	4.70	7
Mike Holtz	3	1.2	0	0	0	16.20	2
Abe Alvarez	1	3.0	0	0	0	12.00	2
Team Pitching Totals	162	1441.1	86	76	46	4.83	1070

Awards and honors

• Mark Loretta – Hutch Award^[14]
• David Ortiz – Silver Slugger Award (DH), AL Player of the Month (July)
• Jonathan Papelbon – AL Rookie of the Month (April)
• Manny Ramirez – Silver Slugger Award (OF)

All-Star Game

• Mark Loretta, starting 2B
• David Ortiz, starting 1B
• Jonathan Papelbon, reserve P
• Manny Ramírez, starting OF (did not attend)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Class A Greenville Drive had previously been nicknamed the Bombers.

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Ron Johnson
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Todd Claus
A-Advanced	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Chad Epperson
A	Greenville Drive	South Atlantic League	Luis Alicea
A-Short Season	Lowell Spinners	New York–Penn League	Bruce Crabbe
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Dave Tomlin
Rookie	DSL Red Sox	Dominican Summer League	Nelson Paulino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland, GCL Red Sox
Source:^[15][16]

References

1. Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. Edgar Renteria Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
3. Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. Coco Crisp at Baseball-Reference.com
5. Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com
6. Doug Mirabelli at Baseball-Reference.com
7. Jason Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com
8. Javy López at Baseball-Reference.com
9. Carlos Peña at Baseball-Reference.com
10. Eric Hinske Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
11. Jason Johnson Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
12. Javy López Statistics - Baseball Reference.com
13. "Red Sox All-Time Uniform Numbers". www.redsoxdiehard.com. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
14. Hutch Award
15. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
16. Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 2006. p. 546. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

External links

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Boston Red Sox Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
• 2006 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Reference
• 2006 Boston Red Sox Draft Selections Archived July 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine