2006 San Diego Padres season

The 2006 San Diego Padres season was the 38th season in franchise history. The Padres captured their second consecutive National League West title, with a record of 88–74, tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers by virtue of winning the season series 13–5 against the Dodgers. The 2006 season also marked the end of Bruce Bochy's tenure as manager of the team, after 24 seasons overall, 12 seasons as manager (1995–2006), winning 4 division titles (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006). The Padres were eliminated in the NLDS by the eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, losing 3–1. The Padres would not make the playoffs again until 2020.

2006 San Diego Padres
National League West champions
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Petco Park
City	San Diego, California
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	John Moores
General managers	Kevin Towers
Managers	Bruce Bochy
Television	4SD (Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian)
Radio	XEPRS-AM (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Tim Flannery) XEMO (Juan Angel Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
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Offseason

• November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron.^[1]
• December 2, 2005: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.^[2]
• December 5, 2005: Brian Giles was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[3]
• December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs.^[4]
• December 22, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[5]
• January 4, 2006: Adam Eaton, Akinori Otsuka, and Billy Killian were traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Adrián González, Chris Young, and Terrmel Sledge.
• January 12, 2006: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[6]
• February 3, 2006: Mike Piazza signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
• May 1, 2006: Doug Mirabelli was traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Josh Bard and Cla Meredith.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Played at Petco Park on April 3, 2006 against the San Francisco Giants.

Player	Pos
Dave Roberts	CF
Eric Young	LF
Brian Giles	RF
Mike Piazza	C
Adrián González	1B
Khalil Greene	SS
Vinny Castilla	3B
Josh Barfield	2B
Jake Peavy	P

San Diego 6, San Francisco 1

Season standings

National League West

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	88	74	.543	—	43‍–‍38	45‍–‍36
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	.543	—	49‍–‍32	39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants	76	85	.472	11½	43‍–‍38	33‍–‍47
Arizona Diamondbacks	76	86	.469	12	39‍–‍42	37‍–‍44
Colorado Rockies	76	86	.469	12	44‍–‍37	32‍–‍49

• NOTE: Although the Padres final record equaled that of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Padres record of 13-5 against the Dodgers awarded them the official division title.

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2006
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	AL
Arizona	—	6–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	2–4	4–5	8–10	3–3	1–6	1–5	5–1	9–10	8–11	4–3	1–5	4–11
Atlanta	1–6	—	6–1	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	3–3	2–4	7–11	7–11	3–3	7–2	3–4	4–2	10–8	5–10
Chicago	2–4	1–6	—	10–9	2–4	2–4	7–8	4–2	8–8	3–3	2–5	6–9	0–7	2–4	11–8	2–4	4–11
Cincinnati	2–4	3–4	9–10	—	5–1	4–2	10–5	0–6	9–10	3–4	2–4	9–7	2–4	2–5	9–6	5–1	6-9
Colorado	7–12	3–3	4–2	1–5	—	3–3	4–2	4–15	2–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	10–9	10–8	2–7	8–0	11–4
Florida	4–2	8–11	4–2	2–4	3–3	—	3–4	1–5	7–0	8–11	6–13	5–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	11–7	9–9
Houston	5–4	4–3	8–7	5–10	2–4	4-3	—	3–3	10–5	2–4	2–4	13–3	3–3	1–5	9–7	4–4	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	3–3	2–4	6–0	15–4	5–1	3–3	—	4–2	3–4	4–3	6–4	5–13	13–6	0–7	4–2	5–10
Milwaukee	3–3	4–2	8–8	10–9	4–2	0–7	5–10	2–4	—	3–3	5–1	7–9	4–3	6–3	7–9	1–5	6–9
New York	6–1	11–7	3–3	4–3	5–1	11–8	4–2	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	5–4	5–2	3–3	4–2	12–6	6–9
Philadelphia	5-1	11–7	5–2	4–2	4–3	13–6	4–2	3–4	1–5	8–11	—	3–3	2–4	5–1	3–3	9–10	5–13
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–3	9–6	7–9	3–3	2–5	3–13	4–6	9–7	4–5	3–3	—	1–5	6–1	6–9	3–3	3–12
San Diego	10–9	2–7	7–0	4–2	9–10	3–3	3–3	13–5	3–4	2–5	4–2	5–1	—	7–12	4–2	5–1	7–8
San Francisco	11–8	4–3	4–2	5–2	8–10	3–3	5–1	6–13	3–6	3–3	1–5	1–6	12–7	—	1–4	1–5	8–7
St. Louis	3–4	2–4	8–11	6–9	7–2	5-1	7–9	7–0	9–7	2–4	3–3	9–6	2–4	4–1	—	4–3	5–10
Washington	5–1	8–10	4–2	1–5	0–8	7-11	4–4	2–4	5–1	6–12	10–9	3–3	1–5	5–1	3–4	—	7–11

Transactions

• June 6, 2006: David Freese was drafted in the 9th round of the 2006 amateur draft.^[7]
• August 24, 2006: Russell Branyan was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Evan Meek (minors). The San Diego Padres sent Dale Thayer (minors) (September 15, 2006) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade.^[8]

Game log

2006 Game Log
April (9–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Giants 6–1 1–0 2 April 5 Giants 1–3 1–1 3 April 7 Rockies 4–10 1–2 4 April 8 Rockies 4–12 1–3 5 April 9 Rockies 4–10 1–4 6 April 11 @ Marlins 9–3 2–4 7 April 12 @ Marlins 7–2 3–4 8 April 13 @ Marlins 2–9 3–5 9 April 14 @ Braves 4–5 3–6 10 April 15 @ Braves 0–2 3–7 11 April 16 @ Braves 4–3 4–7 12 April 17 @ Rockies 5–2 5–7 13 April 18 @ Rockies 2–3 5–8 14 April 19 @ Rockies 13–4 6–8 15 April 20 Mets 2–7 6–9 16 April 21 Mets 2–1 7–9 17 April 22 Mets 1–8 7–10 18 April 23 Mets 7–4 8–10 19 April 24 Dbacks 1–4 8–11 20 April 25 Dbacks 0–7 8–12 21 April 26 Dbacks 2–3 8–13 22 April 28 Dodgers 0–3 8–14 23 April 29 Dodgers 2–4 8–15 24 April 30 Dodgers 6–5 9–15
May (19–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 @ Giants 10–4 10–15 26 May 2 @ Giants 5–3 11–15 27 May 3 @ Dodgers 11–5 12–15 28 May 4 @ Dodgers 3–0 13–15 29 May 5 Cubs 1–0 14–15 30 May 6 Cubs 2–1 15–15 31 May 7 Cubs 6–3 16–15 32 May 8 Cubs 8–3 17–15 33 May 9 Brewers 4–5 17–16 34 May 10 Brewers 3–0 18–16 35 May 11 Brewers 8–5 19–16 36 May 12 @ Cubs 10–5 20–16 37 May 13 @ Cubs 4–3 21–16 38 May 14 @ Cubs 9–0 22–16 39 May 15 @ Dbacks 5–6 22–17 40 May 16 @ Dbacks 2–5 22–18 41 May 17 @ Dbacks 14–10 23–18 42 May 19 @ Mariners 4–7 23–19 43 May 20 @ Mariners 3–6 23–20 44 May 21 @ Mariners 8–10 23–21 45 May 22 Braves 1–3 23–22 46 May 23 Braves 2–1 24–22 47 May 24 Braves 6–10 24–23 48 May 26 Cardinals 7–1 25–23 49 May 27 Cardinals 3–4 25–24 50 May 28 Cardinals 10–8 26–24 51 May 29 Rockies 0–5 26–25 52 May 30 Rockies 2–0 27–25 53 May 31 Rockies 3–2 28–25
June (14–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 2 @ Pirates 7–0 29–25 55 June 3 @ Pirates 4–6 29–26 56 June 4 @ Pirates 1–0 30–26 57 June 5 @ Brewers 2–5 30–27 58 June 6 @ Brewers 1–5 30–28 59 June 7 @ Brewers 6–5 31–28 60 June 8 @ Brewers 3–4 31–29 61 June 9 Marlins 3–2 32–29 62 June 10 Marlins 1–2 32–30 63 June 11 Marlins 3–7 32–31 64 June 13 Dodgers 9–1 33–31 65 June 14 Dodgers 5–3 34–31 66 June 15 Dodgers 3–7 34–32 67 June 16 @ Angels 5–4 35–32 68 June 17 @ Angels 2–3 35–33 69 June 18 @ Angels 7–3 36–33 70 June 20 @ Rangers 6–5 37–33 71 June 21 @ Rangers 3–2 38–33 72 June 22 @ Rangers 3–5 38–34 73 June 23 Mariners 2–1 39–34 74 June 24 Mariners 5–9 39–35 75 June 25 Mariners 4–9 39–36 76 June 27 Athletics 3–0 40–36 77 June 28 Athletics 8–1 41–36 78 June 29 Athletics 5–6 41–37 79 June 30 Giants 6–5 42–37
July (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 (1) Giants 7–4 43–37 81 July 1 (2) Giants 1–4 43–38 82 July 2 Giants 2–6 43–39 83 July 4 @ Phillies 5–6 43–40 84 July 5 @ Phillies 6–3 44–40 85 July 6 @ Phillies 5–3 45–40 86 July 7 @ Nationals 3–2 46–40 87 July 8 @ Nationals 5–2 47–40 88 July 9 @ Nationals 10–9 48–40 89 July 14 Braves 12–15 48–41 90 July 15 Braves 3–11 48–42 91 July 16 Braves 5–10 48–43 92 July 17 Phillies 8–6 49–43 93 July 18 Phillies 10–6 50–43 94 July 19 Phillies 4–5 50–44 95 July 20 @ Giants 3–9 50–45 96 July 21 @ Giants 2–8 50–46 97 July 22 @ Giants 3–4 50–47 98 July 23 @ Giants 6–5 51–47 99 July 24 @ Dodgers 7–6 52–47 100 July 25 @ Dodgers 7–3 53–47 101 July 26 @ Dodgers 10–3 54–47 102 July 27 @ Rockies 8–9 54–48 103 July 28 @ Rockies 1–3 54–49 104 July 29 @ Rockies 4–2 55–49 105 July 30 @ Rockies 1–3 55–50
August (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 Astros 0–1 55–51 107 August 2 Astros 1–7 55–52 108 August 3 Astros 5–2 56–52 109 August 4 Nationals 2–6 56–53 110 August 5 Nationals 6–3 57–53 111 August 6 Nationals 3–2 58–53 112 August 8 @ Mets 2–3 58–54 113 August 9 @ Mets 3–4 58–55 114 August 10 @ Mets 3–7 58–56 115 August 11 @ Astros 2–4 58–57 116 August 12 @ Astros 6–3 59–57 117 August 13 @ Astros 7–2 60–57 118 August 14 Giants 0–1 60–58 119 August 15 Giants 2–3 60–59 120 August 16 Giants 5–7 60–60 121 August 17 Giants 4–8 60–61 122 August 18 Dbacks 8–2 61–61 123 August 19 Dbacks 3–5 61–62 124 August 20 Dbacks 2–1 62–62 125 August 21 Dodgers 4–2 63–62 126 August 22 Dodgers 1–0 64–62 127 August 23 Dodgers 7–2 65–62 128 August 25 @ Rockies 5–13 65–63 129 August 26 @ Rockies 5–2 66–63 130 August 27 @ Rockies 3–6 66–64 131 August 28 @ Dbacks 4–7 66–65 132 August 29 @ Dbacks 8–3 67–65 133 August 30 @ Dbacks 4–1 68–65
September/October (20–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Reds 2–6 68–66 135 September 2 Reds 7–1 69–66 136 September 3 Reds 2–1 70–66 137 September 4 Rockies 7–5 71–66 138 September 5 Rockies 5–4 72–66 139 September 6 Rockies 2–0 73–66 140 September 8 @ Giants 0–4 73–67 141 September 9 @ Giants 4–5 73–68 142 September 10 @ Giants 10–2 74–68 143 September 12 @ Reds 4–5 74–69 144 September 13 @ Reds 10–0 75–69 145 September 14 @ Reds 4–2 76–69 146 September 15 @ Dodgers 1–3 76–70 147 September 16 @ Dodgers 11–2 77–70 148 September 17 @ Dodgers 2–1 78–70 149 September 18 @ Dodgers 10–11 78–71 150 September 19 Dbacks 5–2 79–71 151 September 20 Dbacks 2–8 79–72 152 September 21 Dbacks 3–1 80–72 153 September 22 Pirates 6–2 81–72 154 September 23 Pirates 2–1 82–72 155 September 24 Pirates 2–1 83–72 156 September 25 @ Cardinals 6–5 84–72 157 September 26 @ Cardinals 7–5 85–72 158 September 27 @ Cardinals 2–4 85–73 159 September 28 @ Dbacks 12–4 86–73 160 September 29 @ Dbacks 1–3 86–74 161 September 30 @ Dbacks 3–1 87–74 162 October 1 @ Dbacks 7–6 88–74

Postseason Game Log

2006 Postseason Game Log
NLDS (1–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 3 Cardinals 1–5 0–1 2 October 5 Cardinals 0–2 0–2 3 October 7 @ Cardinals 3–1 1–2 4 October 8 @ Cardinals 2–6 1–3

Roster

2006 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 57 Jon Adkins 45 Dewon Brazelton 26 Doug Brocail 46 Jim Brower 56 Scott Cassidy 41 Alan Embree 55 Shawn Estes 52 Clay Hensley 51 Trevor Hoffman 38 Scott Linebrink 43 Cla Meredith 61 Chan Ho Park 44 Jake Peavy 37 Rudy Seánez 50 Brian Sikorski 54 Tim Stauffer 49 Brian Sweeney 39 Mike Thompson 21 David Wells 17 Woody Williams 50 Scott Williamson 32 Chris Young		Catchers 28 Josh Bard 14 Rob Bowen 28 Doug Mirabelli 33 Mike Piazza Infielders 20 Manny Alexander 29 Josh Barfield 16 Mark Bellhorn 27 Geoff Blum 34 Russell Branyan  9 Vinny Castilla 23 Adrián González  3 Khalil Greene  7 Todd Walker		Outfielders 25 Mike Cameron  9 Jack Cust 24 Brian Giles  4 Ben Johnson 18 Paul McAnulty 10 Dave Roberts  8 Terrmel Sledge  7 Eric Young Other batters 30 Ryan Klesko  2 Jon Knott 12 Justin Leone		Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 48 Darrel Akerfelds (bullpen) 36 Darren Balsley (pitching) 47 Glenn Hoffman (third base) 12 Dave Magadan (hitting) 40 Tony Muser (bench) 11 Merv Rettenmund 22 Tye Waller (first base)

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
C	Mike Piazza	126	399	113	.283	22	68
1B	Adrián González	156	570	173	.304	24	82
2B	Josh Barfield	150	539	151	.280	13	58
SS	Khalil Greene	121	412	101	.245	15	55
3B	Vinny Castilla	72	254	59	.232	4	23
LF	Dave Roberts	129	499	146	.293	2	44
CF	Mike Cameron	141	552	148	.268	22	83
RF	Brian Giles	158	604	159	.263	14	83

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Geoff Blum	109	276	70	.254	4	34
Mark Bellhorn	115	253	48	.190	8	27
Josh Bard	93	231	78	.338	9	40
Eric Young Sr.	56	128	26	.203	3	13
Todd Walker	44	124	35	.282	3	13
Ben Johnson	58	120	30	.250	4	12
Rob Bowen	94	94	23	.245	3	13
Russell Branyan	27	72	21	.292	6	9
Terrmel Sledge	38	70	16	.229	2	7
Manny Alexander	22	34	6	.176	0	4
Doug Mirabelli	14	22	4	.182	0	0
Paul McAnulty	16	13	3	.231	1	3
Ryan Klesko	6	4	3	.750	0	2
Jack Cust	4	3	1	.333	0	0
Jon Knott	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Justin Leone	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Jake Peavy	32	202.1	11	14	4.09	215
Clay Hensley	37	187.0	11	12	3.71	122
Chris Young	31	179.1	11	5	3.46	164
Woody Williams	25	145.1	12	5	3.65	72
Chan Ho Park	24	136.2	7	7	4.81	96
Mike Thompson	19	92.0	4	5	4.99	35
David Wells	5	28.1	1	2	3.49	14
Shawn Estes	1	6.0	0	1	4.50	4
Tim Stauffer	1	6.0	1	0	1.50	2

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
Dewon Brazelton	9	18.0	0	2	12.00	9

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Trevor Hoffman	65	0	2	46	2.14	50
Scott Linebrink	73	7	4	2	3.57	68
Alan Embree	73	4	3	0	3.27	53
Jon Adkins	55	2	1	0	3.98	30
Cla Meredith	45	5	1	0	1.07	37
Scott Cassidy	42	6	4	0	2.53	49
Brian Sweeney	37	2	0	2	3.20	23
Doug Brocail	25	2	2	0	4.76	19
Brian Sikorski	13	1	1	0	5.65	14
Scott Williamson	11	0	1	0	7.36	10
Rudy Seánez	8	1	2	0	5.68	6
Jim Brower	6	0	0	0	9.39	5

National League Division Series

Main article: 2006 National League Division Series

San Diego Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis wins the series, 3-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	St. Louis Cardinals – 5, San Diego Padres – 1	October 3	Petco Park	43,107[9]
2	St. Louis Cardinals – 2, San Diego Padres – 0	October 5	Petco Park	43,463[10]
3	San Diego Padres – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 1	October 7	Busch Stadium III	46,634[11]
4	San Diego Padres – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 6	October 8	Busch Stadium III	46,476[12]

Award winners

Rawlings Gold Glove Winners

• Mike Cameron, OF

National League Fireman of the Year

• Trevor Hoffman, The Sporting News, Rolaids

National League Pitcher of the Month

• Chris Young, May 2006

2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Trevor Hoffman, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Craig Colbert
AA	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	Gary Jones
A	Lake Elsinore Storm	California League	Rick Renteria
A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	Randy Ready
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Doug Dascenzo
Rookie	AZL Padres	Arizona League	Carlos Lezcano

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Padres^[13]