2006 Seattle Mariners season

The 2006 Seattle Mariners season was the 30th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 7th full season (8th overall) at Safeco Field and their third consecutive season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a 78–84 (.481) record.

2006 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Safeco Field
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Nintendo of America (represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managers	Bill Bavasi
Managers	Mike Hargrove
Television	KSTW 11 FSN Northwest (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner)
Radio	KOMO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner)
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Two players were featured in the All-Star Game: Ichiro Suzuki, making his sixth appearance in the All-Star Game, and José López, with his first appearance.

The Mariners' longest winning streak was 5 games, which they managed twice, between June 16–21 and June 24–29, counterpointed by their longest losing streak of 11 games from August 10–20.

Offseason

• November 21, 2005: Kenji Johjima signed a three-year $16.5 million contract.^[1][2]
• December 7: Yorvit Torrealba traded by the Mariners to the Colorado Rockies for Marcos Carvajal.^[3]
• January 4, 2006: Carl Everett signed as a free agent.^[4]
• January 9, 2006: Cody Ransom signed as a free agent.^[5]
• March 30, 2006: Cody Ransom's contract purchased by the Houston Astros from the Mariners.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	93	69	.574	—	49‍–‍32	44‍–‍37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	.549	4	45‍–‍36	44‍–‍37
Texas Rangers	80	82	.494	13	39‍–‍42	41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	15	44‍–‍37	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2006 v t e
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

Notable transactions

• July 26: Ben Broussard was traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Mariners for Shin-Soo Choo and a player to be named later. The Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham on August 24 to Cleveland to complete the trade.^[6]
• July 26: Carl Everett released.^[4]
• August 19: Jamie Moyer traded by the Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor leaguers Andrew Baldwin and Andy Barb.^[7][8]
• September 14: Bench coach Ron Hassey and administrative coach Dan Rohn removed from their positions. Hassey left the team after being told he would not have a job the following year, while Rohn was immediately let go.^[9][10]

Roster

2006 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 58 Cha Seung Baek 66 Jorge Campillo 64 Travis Chick 31 Francisco Cruceta 63 Ryan Feierabend 53 Emiliano Fruto 54 Sean Green 18 Eddie Guardado 58 Jeff Harris 34 Félix Hernández 60 Jon Huber 62 César Jiménez 35 Bobby Livingston 57 Mark Lowe 40 Julio Mateo 55 Gil Meche 50 Jamie Moyer 37 Clint Nageotte 59 Eric O'Flaherty 38 Joel Piñeiro 20 J. J. Putz 52 George Sherrill 39 Rafael Soriano 56 Jarrod Washburn 49 Jake Woods		Catchers  2 Kenji Johjima 26 Guillermo Quiróz 30 René Rivera Infielders 29 Adrián Beltré  3 Yuniesky Betancourt 23 Ben Broussard 22 Greg Dobbs  4 José López 61 Oswaldo Navarro 33 Eduardo Pérez 23 Roberto Petagine 44 Richie Sexson		Outfielders 16 Willie Bloomquist 17 T. J. Bohn 17 Joe Borchard 17 Shin-Soo Choo  8 Carl Everett 28 Raúl Ibañez 25 Adam Jones 15 Matt Lawton 12 Mike Morse  7 Jeremy Reed 32 Chris Snelling 51 Ichiro Suzuki		Manager 21 Mike Hargrove Coaches 43 Rafael Chaves (pitching) 13 Carlos García (third base) 47 Mike Goff (first base)  9 Ron Hassey (bench) 45 Jeff Pentland (hitting) 41 Jim Slaton (bullpen)

Game log

2006 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Angels 5–4 Shields (1–0) Sherrill (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 45,515 0–1 2 April 4 Angels 10–8 Piñeiro (1–0) Lackey (0–1) 20,051 1–1 3 April 5 Angels 6–4 Washburn (1–0) Weaver (0–1) Sherrill (1) 21,394 2–1 4 April 6 Athletics 6–2 Meche (1–0) Loaiza (0–1) Putz (1) 22,701 3–1 5 April 7 Athletics 5–0 Blanton (1–0) Hernández (0–1) 30,612 3–2 6 April 8 Athletics 3–0 Zito (1–1) Moyer (0–1) Street (1) 37,904 3–3 7 April 9 Athletics 6–4 Harden (1–0) Piñeiro (1–1) Street (2) 27,139 3–4 8 April 11 @ Indians 9–5 Lee (1–0) Washburn (1–1) 17,559 3–5 9 April 12 @ Indians 11–9 Woods (1–0) Byrd (1–1) Guardado (1) 14,773 4–5 10 April 13 @ Indians 9–5 Mateo (1–0) Sauerbeck (0–1) Putz (2) 24,638 5–5 11 April 14 @ Red Sox 2–1 Schilling (3–0) Moyer (0–2) Papelbon (5) 36,431 5–6 12 April 15 @ Red Sox 3–0 Piñeiro (2–1) Wakefield (1–2) Guardado (2) 36,047 6–6 13 April 16 @ Red Sox 3–2 Beckett (3–0) Washburn (1–2) Papelbon (6) 36,181 6–7 14 April 17 @ Red Sox 7–6 Timlin (1–0) Guardado (0–1) 36,188 6–8 15 April 18 Rangers 7–4 Koronka (2–1) Hernández (0–2) Cordero (2) 17,927 6–9 16 April 19 Rangers 9–6 Putz (1–0) Cordero (1–2) 17,613 7–9 17 April 20 Rangers 4–3 Bauer (1–0) Guardado (0–2) Cordero (3) 17,917 7–10 18 April 21 Tigers 2–1 Maroth (3–0) Washburn (1–3) Jones (1) 35,237 7–11 19 April 22 Tigers 2–0 Robertson (2–2) Meche (1–1) Rodney (4) 27,893 7–12 20 April 23 Tigers 6–4 Verlander (2–2) Hernández (0–3) Jones (2) 28,659 7–13 21 April 24 White Sox 4–3 Mateo (2–0) McCarthy (1–1) 20,390 8–13 22 April 25 White Sox 13–3 Vázquez (2–1) Piñeiro (2–2) Logan (1) 20,451 8–14 23 April 26 White Sox 5–1 Washburn (2–3) Buehrle (3–1) 23,848 9–14 24 April 28 @ Orioles 5–2 Cabrera (2–2) Meche (1–2) Ray (7) 26,934 9–15 25 April 29 @ Orioles 8–6 Hernández (1–3) Brower (0–1) Guardado (3) 34,161 10–15 26 April 30 @ Orioles 4–3 Moyer (1–2) López (1–3) Guardado (4) 32,421 11–15
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 @ Twins 8–2 Piñeiro (3–2) Baker (1–3) 11,796 12–15 28 May 2 @ Twins 5–1 Santana (2–3) Washburn (2–4) 14,513 12–16 29 May 3 @ White Sox 6–5 Jenks (1–0) Woods (1–1) 27,569 12–17 30 May 4 @ White Sox 4–1 Contreras (5–0) Hernández (1–4) Jenks (9) 26,313 12–18 31 May 5 Indians 9–4 Westbrook (3–2) Soriano (0–1) 32,998 12–19 32 May 6 Indians 4–1 Piñeiro (4–2) Lee (2–3) Putz (3) 28,672 13–19 33 May 7 Indians 2–0 Sabathia (2–0) Washburn (2–5) Wickman (6) 35,562 13–20 34 May 8 Devil Rays 6–3 Meche (2–2) Orvella (1–4) Putz (4) 16,102 14–20 35 May 9 Devil Rays 8–1 Hernández (2–4) Waechter (0–2) Soriano (1) 19,726 15–20 36 May 10 Devil Rays 1–0 Kazmir (5–2) Moyer (1–3) Walker (4) 21,801 15–21 37 May 12 @ Angels 12–7 Escobar (5–2) Piñeiro (4–3) Carrasco (1) 43,912 15–22 38 May 13 @ Angels 5–4 Sherrill (1–1) Gregg (2–2) Woods (1) 43,821 16–22 39 May 14 @ Angels 9–4 Meche (3–2) Weaver (1–6) Fruto (1) 43,191 17–22 40 May 16 @ Athletics 12–6 Blanton (4–4) Hernández (2–5) 16,397 17–23 41 May 17 @ Athletics 7–2 Zito (3–3) Moyer (1–4) 19,208 17–24 42 May 18 @ Athletics 6–3 Saarloos (2–1) Piñeiro (4–4) Street (6) 16,397 17–25 43 May 19 Padres 7–4 Soriano (1–1) Cassidy (3–2) 35,338 18–25 44 May 20 Padres 6–3 Meche (4–2) Hensley (2–3) Putz (5) 33,946 19–25 45 May 21 Padres 10–8 Hernández (3–5) Park (2–2) Putz (6) 37,132 20–25 46 May 22 Orioles 8–6 Moyer (2–4) Bédard (5–3) Guardado (5) 18,819 21–25 47 May 23 Orioles 14–4 Halama (3–1) Piñeiro (4–5) Ray (11) 19,435 21–26 48 May 24 Orioles 7–4 Washburn (3–5) Benson (6–4) Putz (7) 21,991 22–26 49 May 25 Orioles 2–0 López (2–7) Meche (4–3) Ray (12) 23,806 22–27 50 May 26 @ Twins 3–1 Liriano (3–0) Hernández (3–6) Nathan (6) 28,082 22–28 51 May 27 @ Twins 9–5 Bonser (1–0) Moyer (2–5) Rincón (1) 25,305 22–29 52 May 28 @ Twins 4–3 Nathan (3–0) Guardado (0–3) 24,388 22–30 53 May 29 @ Rangers 2–0 Rheinecker (1–0) Washburn (3–6) Bauer (1) 23,771 22–31 54 May 30 @ Rangers 6–4 Millwood (6–3) Meche (4–4) Otsuka (9) 18,084 22–32 55 May 31 @ Rangers 14–5 Hernández (4–6) Koronka (4–3) 19,131 23–32
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 June 2 Royals 4–0 Moyer (3–5) Keppel (0–1) 28,382 24–32 57 June 3 Royals 12–1 Piñeiro (5–5) Etherton (1–1) 29,659 25–32 58 June 4 Royals 9–4 Redman (1–4) Washburn (3–7) Dessens (1) 28,886 25–33 59 June 5 Royals 4–1 Meche (5–4) Wood (3–1) Putz (8) 18,409 26–33 60 June 6 Twins 4–2 Hernández (5–6) Liriano (4–1) Putz (9) 21,028 27–33 61 June 7 Twins 10–9 Mateo (3–0) Crain (0–4) 24,785 28–33 62 June 8 Twins 7–3 Santana (6–4) Piñeiro (5–6) 27,341 28–34 63 June 9 @ Angels 4–1 Washburn (4–7) Escobar (5–7) Putz (10) 44,114 29–34 64 June 10 @ Angels 12–6 Meche (6–4) Lackey (4–4) 44,129 30–34 65 June 11 @ Angels 6–2 Hernández (6–6) Weaver (3–9) 42,198 31–34 66 June 13 @ Athletics 2–0 Blanton (6–6) Moyer (3–6) Street (15) 15,216 31–35 67 June 14 @ Athletics 7–2 Haren (6–5) Piñeiro (5–7) 20,550 31–36 68 June 15 @ Athletics 9–6 Loaiza (2–3) Washburn (4–8) Street (16) 16,563 31–37 69 June 16 Giants 5–4 Hernández (7–6) Lowry (2–5) Putz (11) 41,133 32–37 70 June 17 Giants 8–1 Meche (7–4) Schmidt (6–3) 45,229 33–37 71 June 18 Giants 5–1 Moyer (4–6) Wright (5–7) 45,216 34–37 72 June 20 @ Dodgers 9–4 Piñeiro (6–7) Penny (7–2) Soriano (2) 43,949 35–37 73 June 21 @ Dodgers 8–5 Mateo (4–0) Báez (4–4) Putz (12) 40,419 36–37 74 June 22 @ Dodgers 4–2 Lowe (6–3) Hernández (7–7) 46,207 36–38 75 June 23 @ Padres 2–1 Linebrink (5–2) Mateo (4–1) 40,049 36–39 75 June 24 @ Padres 9–5 Moyer (5–6) Park (5–4) 33,349 37–39 77 June 25 @ Padres 9–4 Sherrill (2–1) Embree (2–1) 32,707 38–39 78 June 27 @ D-backs 11–7 Woods (2–1) Lyon (1–2) Putz (13) 25,068 39–39 79 June 28 @ D-backs 11–3 Hernández (8–7) González (0–2) 19,723 40–39 80 June 29 @ D-backs 3–2 Guardado (1–3) Julio (1–3) Putz (14) 20,649 41–39 81 June 30 Rockies 2–0 Fogg (6–5) Moyer (5–7) 31,612 41–40
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 Rockies 8–7 Mateo (5–1) Cortés (3–1) Putz (15) 33,638 42–40 83 July 2 Rockies 4–3 Fuentes (2–1) Mateo (5–2) King (1) 31,709 42–41 84 July 3 Angels 7–1 Weaver (5–0) Hernández (8–8) 30,632 42–42 85 July 4 Angels 14–6 Santana (9–3) Mateo (5–3) 30,853 42–43 86 July 5 Angels 4–0 Colón (1–4) Moyer (5–8) 25,009 42–44 87 July 7 Tigers 6–1 Bonderman (8–4) Piñeiro (6–8) 31,727 42–45 88 July 8 Tigers 2–1 Miner (6–1) Washburn (4–9) Jones (23) 32,404 42–46 89 July 9 Tigers 3–2 Meche (8–4) Robertson (8–5) Putz (16) 37,364 43–46 90 July 14 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Meche (9–4) Janssen (6–8) Putz (17) 23,443 44–46 91 July 15 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Downs (3–0) Fruto (0–1) 36,069 44–47 92 July 16 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Downs (4–0) Sherrill (2–2) 28,679 44–48 93 July 17 @ Yankees 4–2 Wang (10–4) Washburn (4–10) Rivera (22) 53,444 44–49 94 July 18 @ Yankees 5–4 Proctor (3–2) Mateo (5–4) 52,992 44–50 95 July 19 @ Yankees 3–2 Lowe (1–0) Johnson (10–8) Putz (18) 54,121 45–50 96 July 21 Red Sox 9–4 Snyder (2–1) Moyer (5–9) 46,325 45–51 97 July 22 Red Sox 5–2 Hernández (9–8) Gabbard (0–1) Putz (19) 46,118 46–51 98 July 23 Red Sox 9–8 Putz (2–0) Timlin (5–1) 45,975 47–51 99 July 24 Blue Jays 7–3 Piñeiro (7–8) Janssen (6–10) 29,787 48–51 100 July 25 Blue Jays 12–3 Halladay (13–2) Meche (9–5) 30,793 48–52 101 July 26 Blue Jays 7–4 Moyer (6–9) Burnett (2–4) Putz (20) 33,629 49–52 102 July 28 @ Indians 1–0 Sowers (3–3) Hernández (9–9) 25,045 49–53 103 July 29 @ Indians 3–1 Washburn (5–10) Westbrook (7–7) Putz (21) 27,876 50–53 104 July 30 @ Indians 7–3 Woods (3–1) Carmona (1–4) Putz (22) 23,146 51–53 105 July 31 @ Orioles 10–5 Mateo (6–4) Loewen (1–3) 16,620 52–53
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 @ Orioles 2–0 López (8–11) Moyer (6–10) Ray (27) 20,226 52–54 107 August 2 @ Orioles 2–1 Hernández (10–9) Bédard (12–7) Putz (23) 17,682 53–54 108 August 4 Athletics 5–2 Zito (12–7) Washburn (5–11) 44,277 53–55 109 August 5 Athletics 5–2 Haren (9–9) Piñeiro (7–9) Street (24) 40,115 53–56 110 August 6 Athletics 7–6 Blanton (12–9) Meche (9–6) Street (25) 37,437 53–57 111 August 7 Devil Rays 5–4 Mateo (7–4) Corcoran (4–3) Putz (24) 30,735 54–57 112 August 8 Devil Rays 5–1 Mateo (8–4) Camp (4–1) 32,951 55–57 113 August 9 Devil Rays 2–0 Washburn (6–11) Shields (4–6) Putz (25) 39,856 56–57 114 August 10 @ Rangers 8–2 Eaton (2–2) Piñeiro (7–10) 31,763 56–58 115 August 11 @ Rangers 14–7 Littleton (2–0) Meche (9–7) 28,207 56–59 116 August 12 @ Rangers 5–4 Vólquez (1–1) Moyer (6–11) Ostuka (23) 35,784 56–60 117 August 13 @ Rangers 10–6 Millwood (11–8) Hernández (10–10) 29,717 56–61 118 August 14 @ Athletics 5–4 Kennedy (3–0) Soriano (1–2) Duchscherer (3) 21,859 56–62 119 August 15 @ Athletics 11–2 Saarloos (5–6) Piñeiro (7–11) 23,726 56–63 120 August 16 @ Athletics 4–0 Haren (11–9) Meche (9–8) 34,077 56–64 121 August 17 @ Angels 5–2 Escobar (9–10) Moyer (6–12) Rodríguez (32) 43,813 56–65 122 August 18 @ Angels 3–0 Weaver (9–0) Hernández (10–11) Rodríguez (33) 44,072 56–66 123 August 19 @ Angels 9–7 Carrasco (4–3) Washburn (6–12) Rodríguez (34) 44,106 56–67 124 August 20 @ Angels 3–2 Donnelly (3–0) Putz (2–1) 43,876 56–68 125 August 22 Yankees 6–5 Mateo (9–4) Villone (3–2) 42,454 57–68 126 August 23 Yankees 9–2 Wang (15–5) Hernández (10–12) 41,380 57–59 127 August 24 Yankees 4–2 Washburn (7–12) Johnson (14–10) Putz (26) 44,634 58–69 128 August 25 Red Sox 6–0 Woods (4–1) Schilling (14–6) 40,817 59–69 129 August 26 Red Sox 4–3 Putz (3–1) Timlin (5–4) 44,779 60–69 130 August 27 Red Sox 6–3 Baek (1–0) Snyder (3–3) Putz (27) 44,288 61–69 131 August 28 Angels 2–0 Hernández (11–12) Escobar (9–12) 28,748 62–69 132 August 29 Angels 6–4 Washburn (8–12) Weaver (9–2) J. J. Putz (28) 29,059 63–69 133 August 30 Angels 5–3 Lackey (11–9) Woods (4–2) Rodríguez (37) 31,269 63–70
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 @ Devil Rays 2–1 McClung (5–12) Sherrill (2–3) 11,196 63–71 135 September 2 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Baek (2–0) Howell (0–2) Putz (29) 14,503 64–71 136 September 3 @ Devil Rays 7–6 Meadows (3–5) Hernández (11–12) McClung (4) 14,501 64–72 137 September 4 @ Tigers 6–2 Robertson (12–11) Washburn (8–13) 32,948 64–73 138 September 5 @ Tigers 4–3 Piñeiro (8–11) Miller (0–1) Putz (30) 23,583 65–73 139 September 6 @ Tigers 5–4 Huber (1–0) Zumaya (6–3) Putz (31) 23,066 66–73 140 September 8 Rangers 7–2 Baek (3–0) Millwood (14–10) Piñeiro (1) 28,646 67–73 141 September 9 Rangers 3–2 Fruto (1–1) Rheinecker (4–6) 33,454 68–73 142 September 10 Rangers 4–2 Wilson (2–2) Huber (1–1) Otsuka (32) 34,321 68–74 143 September 11 Blue Jays 6–2 Lilly (13–12) Woods (4–3) 24,462 68–75 144 September 12 Blue Jays 4–2 Meche (10–8) Marcum (2–4) Putz (32) 26,144 69–75 145 September 13 Blue Jays 10–0 Burnett (8–7) Baek (3–1) 26,225 69–76 146 September 14 @ Royals 10–8 Pérez (2–3) Washburn (8–14) 8,839 69–77 147 September 15 @ Royals 11–8 Woods (5–3) Braun (0–1) 16,412 70–77 148 September 16 @ Royals 7–4 Redman (10–9) Piñeiro (8–12) Nelson (8) 12,116 70–78 149 September 17 @ Royals 10–5 Meche (11–8) Gobble (3–6) 9,817 71–78 150 September 18 @ Rangers 8–1 Millwod (16–10) Hernández (11–14) 18,214 71–79 151 September 19 @ Rangers 9–7 Huber (2–1) Wilson (2–1) Putz (33) 18,551 72–79 152 September 20 @ Rangers 6–3 Baek (4–1) Tejeda (4–4) Putz (34) 26,006 73–79 153 September 21 @ White Sox 9–0 Woods (6–3) Vázquez (11–10) 33,976 74–79 154 September 22 @ White Sox 11–6 Fruto (2–1) Contreras (13–9) 37,557 75–79 155 September 23 @ White Sox 11–7 Haeger (1–1) Piñeiro (8–13) 37,400 75–80 156 September 24 @ White Sox 12–7 García (16–9) Feierabend (0–1) 37,518 75–81 157 September 25 Athletics 10–9 Putz (4–1) Calero (3–2) 20,982 76–81 158 September 26 Athletics 12–3 Harden (4–0) Jake Woods (6–4) 19,604 76–82 159 September 27 Athletics 7–6 Witasick (4–0) Sherrill (2–4) Street (37) 23,421 76–83 160 September 29 Rangers 6–5 Padilla (15–10) Fruto (2–2) Wilson (2–2) 30,766 76–84 161 September 30 Rangers 3–1 Hernández (12–14) Millwood (16–12) Putz (35) 23,310 77–84
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 Rangers 3–2 Woods (7–4) Tejeda (5–5) Putz (36) 28,361 78–84

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
RF	Ichiro Suzuki	161	695	224	.322	9	49
C	Kenji Johjima	144	506	147	.291	18	76
LF	Raúl Ibañez	159	626	181	.289	33	123
SS	Yuniesky Betancourt	157	558	161	.289	8	47
2B	José López	151	603	170	.282	10	79
3B	Adrián Beltré	156	620	166	.268	25	89
1B	Richie Sexson	158	591	156	.264	34	107
DH	Carl Everett	92	308	70	.227	11	33
CF	Jeremy Reed	67	212	46	.217	6	17

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
Willie Bloomquist	102	251	62	.247	1	15
Ben Broussard	56	164	39	.238	8	17
René Rivera	35	99	15	.152	2	4
Chris Snelling	36	96	24	.250	3	8
Eduardo Pérez	43	87	17	.195	1	11
Adam Jones	32	74	16	.216	1	8
Mike Morse	21	43	16	.372	0	11
Roberto Petagine	31	27	5	.185	1	2
Matt Lawton	11	27	7	.259	0	1
Greg Dobbs	23	27	10	.370	0	3
T.J. Bohn	18	14	2	.143	1	2
Shin-Soo Choo	4	11	1	.091	0	0
Joe Borchard	6	9	2	.222	0	0
Oswaldo Navarro	4	3	2	.667	0	0
Guillermo Quiróz	1	2	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
Félix Hernández	31	191.0	12	14	4.52	176
Jarrod Washburn	31	187.0	8	14	4.67	103
Gil Meche	32	186.2	11	8	4.48	156
Jamie Moyer	25	160.0	6	12	4.39	82
Cha Seung Baek	6	34.1	4	1	3.67	23

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
Joel Piñeiro	40	165.2	8	13	6.36	87
Jake Woods	37	105.1	7	4	4.20	66
Ryan Feierabend	4	17.0	0	1	3.71	11
César Jiménez	4	7.1	0	0	14.73	3
Francisco Cruceta	4	6.2	0	0	10.80	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	H	SV	ERA	SO
Jon Huber	16	16.2	2	1	6	0	1.08	11
Mark Lowe	15	18.2	1	0	6	0	1.93	20
Rafael Soriano	53	60.0	1	2	18	2	2.25	65
J. J. Putz	72	78.1	4	1	59	5	2.30	104
Eric O'Flaherty	15	11.0	0	0	1	0	4.09	6
Julio Mateo	48	53.2	9	4	7	0	4.19	31
George Sherrill	72	40.0	2	4	17	1	4.28	42
Sean Green	24	32.0	0	0	3	0	4.50	15
Jeff Harris	3	3.1	0	0	0	0	5.40	1
Eddie Guardado	28	23.0	1	3	2	5	5.48	22
Emiliano Fruto	23	36.0	2	2	1	1	5.50	34
Travis Chick	3	5.0	0	0	0	0	12.60	2
Jorge Campillo	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	15.43	1
Bobby Livingston	3	5.0	0	0	0	0	18.00	3
Clint Nageotte	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	27.00	1

Team statistics

Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams

Batting

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

Team	G	AB	H	R	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mariners	162	5670 (2nd)	1540 (10th)	756 (21st)	.272 (11th)	172 (18th)	703 (24th)
Opponents	162	5611	1500	792	.267	183	758

Pitching

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

Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SHO
Mariners	162	1446.2 (12th)	78 (18th)	84 (11th)	4.60 (19th)	1067 (14th)	6 (22nd)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dave Brundage
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Daren Brown
A	Inland Empire 66ers	California League	Gary Thurman
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Scott Steinmann
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Dave Myers
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Dana Williams

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Inland Empire^[11]

Major League Baseball draft

2006 Seattle Mariners draft picks
Brandon Morrow (pictured right) was the Mariners first round pick in 2006.
Information
Owner	Nintendo of America
General Manager(s)	Bill Bavasi
Manager(s)	Mike Hargrove
First pick	Brandon Morrow
Draft positions	5
Number of selections	50
Players signed (Rule 4)	26 (before deadline)
Links
Results	Baseball-Reference
Official Site	The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners
Years	2005 • 2006 • 2007

Below is a complete list of Seattle Mariners draft picks from the June 2006 draft.^[12]

The Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft but not the Rule 5 draft in 2006.^[12]

The 2006 Major League Baseball draft was held from June 6 to 7.^[12] The Mariners selected a total of 50 players in the draft. Of those 50 players, the Mariners signed 26 players.^[12] They did however sign multiple players after the draft deadline.

June amateur draft

Key

Round (Pick)	Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
Position	Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Bold	Indicates the player signed with the Mariners
Italics	Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners

Table

In the second round the Mariners selected Chris Tillman.

Ricky Orta was the Mariners fourth round selection.

Nathan Adcock was pick number 141 in the fifth round.

Kam Mickolio was selected in the 18th round by the Mariners.

Kyle Parker was the Mariners 24th round draft pick out of the University of Washington.

Round (Pick)	Name	Position	School	Ref
1 (5)	Brandon Morrow	Right-handed pitcher	University of California, Berkeley	[13]
2 (49)	Chris Tillman	Right-handed pitcher	Fountain Valley High School	[14]
3 (81)	Anthony Butler	Left-handed pitcher	Oak Creek High School	[15]
4 (111)	Ricky Orta	Right-handed pitcher	University of Miami	[15]
5 (141)	Nathan Adcock	Right-handed pitcher	North Hardin High School	[15]
6 (171)	Adam Moore	Catcher	University of Texas at Arlington	[15]
7 (201)	Doug Fister	Right-handed pitcher	California State University, Fresno	[15]
8 (231)	Steven Richard	Right-handed pitcher	Clemson University	[15]
9 (261)	Justin Souza	Right-handed pitcher	Sacramento Community College	[15]
10 (291)	Christopher Minaker	Shortstop	Stanford University	[15]
11 (321)	Aaron Solomon	Right-handed pitcher	Cumberland University	[15]
12 (351)	Gavin Dickey	Outfielder	University of Florida	[15]
13 (381)	Joseph Kantakevich	Right-handed pitcher	College of William & Mary	[15]
14 (411)	Jared Baehl	Third baseman	North Posey High School	[15]
15 (441)	Andrew Fiorenza	Right-handed pitcher	Clemson University	[15]
16 (471)	Austin Bibens-Dirkx	Right-handed pitcher	University of Portland	[15]
17 (501)	Dan Runzler	Left-handed pitcher	University of California, Riverside	[15]
18 (531)	Kam Mickolio	Right-handed pitcher	Utah Valley State College	[15]
19 (561)	Cameron Nobles	Right-handed pitcher	Jackson High School	[12]
20 (591)	Johan Limonta	First baseman	Miami Dade College	[12]
21 (621)	Brent Gaphardt	Left-handed pitcher	University of Delaware	[12]
22 (651)	Fabian Williamson	Left-handed pitcher	Kennedy High School	[12]
23 (681)	Marcos Villezcas	Shortstop	Brigham Young University	[12]
24 (711)	Kyle Parker	Right-handed pitcher	University of Washington	[12]
25 (741)	Tyson Gillies	Outfielder	R.E. Mountain SS	[12]
26 (771)	Gregory Moviel	Left-handed pitcher	Vanderbilt University	[12]
27 (801)	Bryan Ball	Right-handed pitcher	University of Florida	[12]
28 (831)	Everett Collis	Right-handed pitcher	Cornell University	[12]
29 (861)	Gregory Nesbitt	Left-handed pitcher	James Madison University	[12]
30 (891)	Matthew Vogel	Shortstop	Lewis-Clark State College	[12]
31 (921)	David McClain	Right-handed pitcher	San Jacinto College	[12]
32 (951)	Joe Agreste	First baseman	Potomac State College	[12]
33 (981)	Robert Harmon	Right-handed pitcher	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	[12]
34 (1011)	Stanley Posluszny	Outfielder	West Virginia University	[12]
35 (1041)	Alex Meneses	Shortstop	Barry University	[12]
36 (1071)	Kyle Haas	Right-handed pitcher	Douglas College	[12]
37 (1101)	Christopher Walden	Right-handed pitcher	Bellefontaine High School	[12]
38 (1131)	Michael Drake	Outfielder	Cosumnes River College	[12]
39 (1161)	Philip Roy	Right-handed pitcher	Miami Dade College	[12]
40 (1191)	Haley Winter	Right-handed pitcher	University of California, Riverside	[12]
41 (1221)	Brandon Fromm	First baseman	San Jose State University	[12]
42 (1251)	Shane Cox	Right-handed pitcher	Alvin Community College	[12]
43 (1280)	Clint Straka	Right-handed pitcher	Northern Oklahoma College	[12]
44 (1309)	Bryan Earley	Right-handed pitcher	Elder High School	[12]
45 (1338)	Jeremy Camacho	Shortstop	Eagle Rock High School	[12]
46 (1367)	Robbie Dominguez	Right-handed pitcher	Cerritos College	[12]
47 (1395)	Sean Ward	Outfielder	Evans High School	[12]
48 (1423)	Jeremy Beeching	Left-handed pitcher	Volunteer State Community College	[12]
49 (1451)	Nathan Tacker	Right-handed pitcher	Rice University	[12]
50 (1479)	Tyler Sanford	Catcher	Saguaro High School	[12]