# 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.

## Offseason

* November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron.
* December 2, 2005: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
* December 5, 2005: Brian Giles was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs.
* December 22, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
* 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.
* 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

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

#### 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 |

### Transactions

* June 6, 2006: David Freese was drafted in the 9th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
* 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.

### Game log

2006 Game Log :
April (9–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Giants6–11–0
2April 5Giants1–31–1
3April 7Rockies4–101–2
4April 8Rockies4–121–3
5April 9Rockies4–101–4
6April 11@ Marlins9–32–4
7April 12@ Marlins7–23–4
8April 13@ Marlins2–93–5
9April 14@ Braves4–53–6
10April 15@ Braves0–23–7
11April 16@ Braves4–34–7
12April 17@ Rockies5–25–7
13April 18@ Rockies2–35–8
14April 19@ Rockies13–46–8
15April 20Mets2–76–9
16April 21Mets2–17–9
17April 22Mets1–87–10
18April 23Mets7–48–10
19April 24Dbacks1–48–11
20April 25Dbacks0–78–12
21April 26Dbacks2–38–13
22April 28Dodgers0–38–14
23April 29Dodgers2–48–15
24April 30Dodgers6–59–15 :
May (19–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Giants10–410–15
26May 2@ Giants5–311–15
27May 3@ Dodgers11–512–15
28May 4@ Dodgers3–013–15
29May 5Cubs1–014–15
30May 6Cubs2–115–15
31May 7Cubs6–316–15
32May 8Cubs8–317–15
33May 9Brewers4–517–16
34May 10Brewers3–018–16
35May 11Brewers8–519–16
36May 12@ Cubs10–520–16
37May 13@ Cubs4–321–16
38May 14@ Cubs9–022–16
39May 15@ Dbacks5–622–17
40May 16@ Dbacks2–522–18
41May 17@ Dbacks14–1023–18
42May 19@ Mariners4–723–19
43May 20@ Mariners3–623–20
44May 21@ Mariners8–1023–21
45May 22Braves1–323–22
46May 23Braves2–124–22
47May 24Braves6–1024–23
48May 26Cardinals7–125–23
49May 27Cardinals3–425–24
50May 28Cardinals10–826–24
51May 29Rockies0–526–25
52May 30Rockies2–027–25
53May 31Rockies3–228–25 :
June (14–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 2@ Pirates7–029–25
55June 3@ Pirates4–629–26
56June 4@ Pirates1–030–26
57June 5@ Brewers2–530–27
58June 6@ Brewers1–530–28
59June 7@ Brewers6–531–28
60June 8@ Brewers3–431–29
61June 9Marlins3–232–29
62June 10Marlins1–232–30
63June 11Marlins3–732–31
64June 13Dodgers9–133–31
65June 14Dodgers5–334–31
66June 15Dodgers3–734–32
67June 16@ Angels5–435–32
68June 17@ Angels2–335–33
69June 18@ Angels7–336–33
70June 20@ Rangers6–537–33
71June 21@ Rangers3–238–33
72June 22@ Rangers3–538–34
73June 23Mariners2–139–34
74June 24Mariners5–939–35
75June 25Mariners4–939–36
76June 27Athletics3–040–36
77June 28Athletics8–141–36
78June 29Athletics5–641–37
79June 30Giants6–542–37 :
July (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1 (1)Giants7–443–37
81July 1 (2)Giants1–443–38
82July 2Giants2–643–39
83July 4@ Phillies5–643–40
84July 5@ Phillies6–344–40
85July 6@ Phillies5–345–40
86July 7@ Nationals3–246–40
87July 8@ Nationals5–247–40
88July 9@ Nationals10–948–40
89July 14Braves12–1548–41
90July 15Braves3–1148–42
91July 16Braves5–1048–43
92July 17Phillies8–649–43
93July 18Phillies10–650–43
94July 19Phillies4–550–44
95July 20@ Giants3–950–45
96July 21@ Giants2–850–46
97July 22@ Giants3–450–47
98July 23@ Giants6–551–47
99July 24@ Dodgers7–652–47
100July 25@ Dodgers7–353–47
101July 26@ Dodgers10–354–47
102July 27@ Rockies8–954–48
103July 28@ Rockies1–354–49
104July 29@ Rockies4–255–49
105July 30@ Rockies1–355–50 :
August (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Astros0–155–51
107August 2Astros1–755–52
108August 3Astros5–256–52
109August 4Nationals2–656–53
110August 5Nationals6–357–53
111August 6Nationals3–258–53
112August 8@ Mets2–358–54
113August 9@ Mets3–458–55
114August 10@ Mets3–758–56
115August 11@ Astros2–458–57
116August 12@ Astros6–359–57
117August 13@ Astros7–260–57
118August 14Giants0–160–58
119August 15Giants2–360–59
120August 16Giants5–760–60
121August 17Giants4–860–61
122August 18Dbacks8–261–61
123August 19Dbacks3–561–62
124August 20Dbacks2–162–62
125August 21Dodgers4–263–62
126August 22Dodgers1–064–62
127August 23Dodgers7–265–62
128August 25@ Rockies5–1365–63
129August 26@ Rockies5–266–63
130August 27@ Rockies3–666–64
131August 28@ Dbacks4–766–65
132August 29@ Dbacks8–367–65
133August 30@ Dbacks4–168–65 :
September/October (20–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Reds2–668–66
135September 2Reds7–169–66
136September 3Reds2–170–66
137September 4Rockies7–571–66
138September 5Rockies5–472–66
139September 6Rockies2–073–66
140September 8@ Giants0–473–67
141September 9@ Giants4–573–68
142September 10@ Giants10–274–68
143September 12@ Reds4–574–69
144September 13@ Reds10–075–69
145September 14@ Reds4–276–69
146September 15@ Dodgers1–376–70
147September 16@ Dodgers11–277–70
148September 17@ Dodgers2–178–70
149September 18@ Dodgers10–1178–71
150September 19Dbacks5–279–71
151September 20Dbacks2–879–72
152September 21Dbacks3–180–72
153September 22Pirates6–281–72
154September 23Pirates2–182–72
155September 24Pirates2–183–72
156September 25@ Cardinals6–584–72
157September 26@ Cardinals7–585–72
158September 27@ Cardinals2–485–73
159September 28@ Dbacks12–486–73
160September 29@ Dbacks1–386–74
161September 30@ Dbacks3–187–74
162October 1@ Dbacks7–688–74 :

### Postseason Game Log

2006 Postseason Game Log :
NLDS (1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 3Cardinals1–50–1
2October 5Cardinals0–20–2
3October 7@ Cardinals3–11–2
4October 8@ Cardinals2–61–3 :

### Roster
## 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
### 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 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals – 2, San Diego Padres – 0 | October 5 | Petco Park | 43,463 |
| 3 | San Diego Padres – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 1 | October 7 | Busch Stadium III | 46,634 |
| 4 | San Diego Padres – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 6 | October 8 | Busch Stadium III | 46,476 |

## 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

| 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