# 2006 San Francisco Giants season

The 2006 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 124th year in Major League Baseball, their 49th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at AT&T Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with a 76–85 record, 11½ games behind the San Diego Padres.

## Regular season
### Season summary

Barry Bonds of the Giants pursued his quest toward Hank Aaron's all-time mark of 755 home runs. Bonds finished the season with 734 career home runs, 21 short of tying Aaron's mark. On June 3, 2006, Eliezer Alfonzo made his big league debut. In his debut, his name was misspelled on his jersey (it should have ended in "zo", not "so"). Alfonzo hit a two-run shot in the sixth inning that ultimately won the game against the Mets. The following day, the jersey was still misspelled. The Giants finished 76-85, 11½ games behind the division winner, the San Diego Padres, and also 11½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants finished in third place in their division, just ½ game ahead of both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, who both finished their season with a record of 76-86.

### Season standings
#### National League West

vteNL 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 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2006 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | 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 |

### Notable transactions

* December 8, 2005: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
* June 6, 2006: Tim Lincecum was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2006.
* July 22, 2006: Jeremy Accardo was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for third baseman Shea Hillenbrand and relief pitcher Vinnie Chulk.
* July 28, 2006: Mike Stanton was traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Francisco Giants for Shairon Martis (minors).

### Roster
## 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; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Pedro Feliz | 160 | 603 | 75 | 147 | 35 | 5 | 22 | 98 | 1 | 33 | .244 | .428 |
| Omar Vizquel | 153 | 579 | 88 | 171 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 24 | 56 | .295 | .389 |
| Randy Winn | 149 | 573 | 82 | 150 | 34 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 10 | 48 | .262 | .396 |
| Ray Durham | 137 | 498 | 79 | 146 | 30 | 7 | 26 | 93 | 7 | 51 | .293 | .538 |
| Steve Finley | 139 | 426 | 66 | 105 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 46 | .246 | .394 |
| Barry Bonds | 130 | 367 | 74 | 99 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 77 | 3 | 115 | .270 | .545 |
| Moisés Alou | 98 | 345 | 52 | 104 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 74 | 2 | 28 | .301 | .571 |
| Eliézer Alfonzo | 87 | 286 | 27 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 1 | 9 | .266 | .465 |
| Mark Sweeney | 114 | 259 | 32 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 28 | .251 | .382 |
| Shea Hillenbrand | 60 | 234 | 33 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 7 | .248 | .415 |
| Lance Niekro | 66 | 199 | 27 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 11 | .246 | .387 |
| Mike Matheny | 47 | 160 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 9 | .231 | .338 |
| Todd Greene | 61 | 159 | 16 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | .289 | .428 |
| José Vizcaíno | 64 | 119 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | .210 | .261 |
| Kevin Frandsen | 41 | 93 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .215 | .323 |
| Jason Ellison | 84 | 81 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .222 | .383 |
| Todd Linden | 61 | 77 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .273 | .455 |
| Travis Ishikawa | 12 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .292 | .500 |
| Tomás de la Rosa | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .313 | .313 |
| Daniel Ortmeier | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 |
| Fred Lewis | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .545 |
| Chad Santos | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .857 |
| Justin Knoedler | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 |
| Pitcher Totals | 161 | 337 | 19 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | .169 | .226 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 5472 | 746 | 1418 | 297 | 52 | 163 | 711 | 58 | 494 | .259 | .422 |
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### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Jason Schmidt | 11 | 9 | 3.59 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 213.1 | 189 | 94 | 85 | 80 | 180 |
| Matt Morris | 10 | 15 | 4.98 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 207.2 | 218 | 123 | 115 | 63 | 117 |
| Matt Cain | 13 | 12 | 4.15 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 190.2 | 157 | 93 | 88 | 87 | 179 |
| Noah Lowry | 7 | 10 | 4.74 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 159.1 | 166 | 89 | 84 | 56 | 84 |
| Jamey Wright | 6 | 10 | 5.19 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 156.0 | 167 | 95 | 90 | 64 | 79 |
| Brad Hennessey | 5 | 6 | 4.26 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 99.1 | 92 | 53 | 47 | 42 | 42 |
| Kevin Correia | 2 | 0 | 3.49 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 69.2 | 64 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 57 |
| Steve Kline | 4 | 3 | 3.66 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 51.2 | 53 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 33 |
| Jeremy Accardo | 1 | 3 | 4.91 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 40.1 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 40 |
| Jonathan Sánchez | 3 | 1 | 4.95 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 40.0 | 39 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 33 |
| Armando Benítez | 4 | 2 | 3.52 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 38.1 | 39 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 31 |
| Brian Wilson | 2 | 3 | 5.40 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 32 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 23 |
| Mike Stanton | 4 | 2 | 3.09 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 23.1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| Scott Munter | 0 | 1 | 8.74 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 7 |
| Vinnie Chulk | 0 | 3 | 5.24 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 25 |
| Tim Worrell | 3 | 2 | 7.52 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 20.1 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 12 |
| Jack Taschner | 0 | 1 | 8.38 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 15 |
| Jeff Fassero | 1 | 1 | 7.80 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
| Tyler Walker | 0 | 1 | 15.19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Billy Sadler | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Pat Misch | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 76 | 85 | 4.63 | 161 | 161 | 37 | 1429.2 | 1422 | 790 | 735 | 584 | 992 |
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## Awards and honors

* Omar Vizquel SS, Willie Mac Award
All-Star Game
* Jason Schmidt P

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Fresno Grizzlies | Pacific Coast League | Shane Turner |
| AA | Connecticut Defenders | Eastern League | Dave Machemer |
| A | San Jose Giants | California League | Lenn Sakata |
| A | Augusta GreenJackets | South Atlantic League | Roberto Kelly |
| A-Short Season | Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | Northwest League | Steve Decker |
| Rookie | AZL Giants | Arizona League | Bert Hunter |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salem-Keizer