# 2006 Cleveland Indians season

The 2006 Cleveland Indians season was the 106th season for the franchise. It began with the Cleveland Indians attempting to win the American League Central and make the playoffs. The Indians finished with a mediocre 78–84 record and missed the playoffs. It was the final season before Progressive bought the naming rights to then-Jacobs Field.

## Offseason

* December 7, 2005: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
* January 6, 2006: Todd Hollandsworth was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.

## Regular season

On September 2, 2006, Kevin Kouzmanoff became the 23rd Major Leaguer to hit a home run in his first Major League at bat, the 12th American Leaguer to do so, and the second of 2006 (along with Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals). He was only the third player to have the home run be a grand slam. Kouzmanoff is only one of two players in Major League Baseball history to hit a grand slam on his first pitch ever seen in the Major Leagues, along with Daniel Nava. The pitcher who gave up the hit was Edinson Vólquez.

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1 | 46‍–‍35 | 49‍–‍32 |
| Chicago White Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6 | 49‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 | 44‍–‍37 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Kansas City Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | 34‍–‍47 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

2006 American League recordvte 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 |

### Transactions

* April 7, 2006: Brandon Phillips was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Stevens (minors) (June 13, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
* July 20, 2006: Bob Wickman was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Max Ramirez (minors).
* July 26, 2006: Ben Broussard was traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Shin-Soo Choo. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
* August 9, 2006: Todd Hollandsworth was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.

### Game log

2006 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2@ White Sox10 – 4McCarthy (1-0)Cabrera (0-1)38,8020-1
2April 4@ White Sox8 – 2Westbrook (1-0)García (0-1)37,5911-1
3April 5@ White Sox4 – 3Graves (1-0)Cotts (0-1)Wickman (1)33,5862-1
4April 7Twins11 – 6Byrd (1-0)Lohse (0-1)42,4453-1
5April 8Twins3 – 0Johnson (1-0)Baker (0-1)Wickman (2)25,1074-1
6April 9Twins3 – 2Westbrook (2-0)Santana (0-2)Wickman (3)23,3115-1
7April 11Mariners9 – 5Lee (1-0)Washburn (1-1)17,5596-1
8April 12Mariners11 – 9Woods (1-0)Byrd (1-1)Guardado (1)14,7736-2
9April 13Mariners9 – 5Mateo (1-0)Sauerbeck (0-1)Putz (2)24,6386-3
10April 14@ Tigers5 – 1Rogers (2-1)Westbrook (2-1)27,3586-4
11April 15@ Tigers7 – 2Carmona (1-0)Bonderman (1-2)30,1077-4
12April 16@ Tigers1 – 0Maroth (2-0)Lee (1-1)Rodney (3)14,3037-5
13April 17@ Tigers10 – 2Byrd (2-1)Robertson (1-2)19,1268-5
14April 18@ Orioles15 – 1Johnson (2-0)Chen (0-2)17,3549-5
15April 19@ Orioles18 – 9Halama (1-0)Westbrook (2-2)19,5109-6
16April 20@ Orioles9 – 4Bédard (4-0)Carmona (1-1)22,0319-7
17April 21@ Royals6 – 5Graves (2-0)Dessens (1-1)Wickman (4)16,79110-7
18April 22@ Royals11 – 5Wood (2-0)Byrd (2-2)19,64510-8
19April 23@ Royals5 – 1Affeldt (1-2)Johnson (2-1)12,19410-9
20April 25Red Sox8 – 6Foulke (1-1)Mota (0-1)Papelbon (9)18,43810-10
21April 26Red Sox7 – 1Lee (2-1)Wakefield (1-4)21,57511-10
22April 27Red Sox15 – 3Byrd (3-2)Beckett (3-1)26,95212-10
23April 28Rangers7 – 6Davis (1-0)Bauer (1-1)Wickman (5)22,10613-10
24April 29Rangers7 – 5Millwood (2-2)Carmona (1-2)Otsuka (1)37,49613-11
25April 30Rangers8 – 4Padilla (3-1)Davis (1-1)22,98913-12 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1White Sox8 – 6Vázquez (3-1)Lee (2-2)Jenks (8)17,84513-13
27May 2White Sox7 – 1Sabathia (1-0)Buehrle (3-2)22,63014-13
28May 3@ Athletics14 – 3Byrd (4-2)Haren (1-3)18,24815-13
29May 4@ Athletics12 – 4Saarloos (1-0)Johnson (2-2)Gaudin (1)14,69515-14
30May 5@ Mariners9 – 4Westbrook (3-2)Soriano (0-1)32,99816-14
31May 6@ Mariners4 – 1Piñeiro (4-2)Lee (2-3)Putz (3)28,67216-15
32May 7@ Mariners2 – 0Sabathia (2-0)Washburn (2-5)Wickman (6)35,56217-15
33May 8@ Royals4 – 3Wood (3-0)Byrd (4-3)Burgos (5)9,02917-16
34May 9@ Royals10 – 7Peralta (1-0)Graves (2-1)14,78417-17
35May 10@ Royals10 – 8Burgos (1-0)Mota (0-2)24,47117-18
36May 12Tigers5 – 4Rogers (6-2)Lee (2-4)Jones (8)23,58817-19
37May 13Tigers3 – 0Bonderman (4-2)Sabathia (2-1)Jones (9)24,05117-20
38May 14Tigers3 – 2Maroth (5-2)Johnson (2-3)Rodney (6)21,87517-21
39May 16Royals6 – 4Davis (2-1)Burgos (1-2)15,39918-21
40May 17Royals5 – 0Westbrook (4-2)Affeldt (2-3)15,06419-21
41May 18Royals6 – 5Lee (3-4)Hernández (1-3)Wickman (7)24,18420-21
42May 19Pirates4 – 1Sabathia (3-1)Duke (2-5)32,49921-21
43May 20Pirates9 – 6Snell (3-3)Johnson (2-4)Gonzalez (6)30,79921-22
44May 21Pirates3 – 2 (10)Wickman (1-0)Gonzalez (1-3)31,58922-22
45May 23@ Twins6 – 5 (10)Nathan (2-0)Mota (0-3)19,33422-23
46May 24@ Twins11 – 0Sabathia (4-1)Radke (4-6)22,78923-23
47May 26@ Tigers8 – 3Robertson (5-3)Westbrook (4-3)31,24123-24
48May 27@ Tigers3 – 1Verlander (7-3)Byrd (4-4)Jones (16)37,10223-25
49May 28@ Tigers9 – 0Johnson (3-4)Rogers (7-3)37,90824-25
50May 29White Sox11 – 0Vázquez (6-3)Lee (3-5)31,80324-26
51May 30White Sox4 – 3Sabathia (5-1)Buehrle (6-3)Wickman (8)20,94425-26
52May 31White Sox5 – 0Westbrook (5-3)García (7-3)21,67126-26 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1White Sox12 – 8Cabrera (1-1)Thornton (0-1)20,84627-26
54June 2Angels10 – 3Weaver (2-0)Johnson (3-5)22,95727-27
55June 3Angels14 – 2Lee (4-5)Escobar (5-6)23,76928-27
56June 4Angels14 – 2Lackey (4-3)Sabathia (5-2)19,14828-28
57June 6Athletics7 – 6Zito (6-3)Betancourt (0-1)Street (10)17,34028-29
58June 7Athletics11 – 2Byrd (5-4)Blanton (5-6)20,31129-29
59June 8Athletics4 – 1Loaiza (1-3)Johnson (3-6)Street (11)21,09929-30
60June 9@ White Sox5 – 4Thornton (1-1)Betancourt (0-2)Jenks (18)33,90929-31
61June 10@ White Sox4 – 3 (11)Montero (1-0)Wickman (1-1)36,26529-32
62June 11@ White Sox10 – 8Westbrook (6-3)García (7-4)Wickman (9)34,41030-32
63June 13@ Yankees1 – 0Wang (7-2)Byrd (5-5)Rivera (13)50,36530-33
64June 14@ Yankees6 – 1Johnson (8-5)Johnson (3-7)53,44830-34
65June 15@ Yankees8 – 4Lee (5-5)Mussina (8-3)54,64831-34
66June 16@ Brewers6 – 4Capuano (7-4)Sabathia (5-3)Turnbow (20)33,17831-35
67June 17@ Brewers3 – 2Capellán (2-0)Wickman (1-2)42,06931-36
68June 18@ Brewers6 – 3Turnbow (4-3)Betanourt (0-3)43,39131-37
69June 19Cubs12 – 8Marshall (4-5)Johnson (3-8)26,76931-38
70June 20Cubs4 – 2Lee (6-5)Maddux (7-7)Wickman (10)25,04932-38
71June 21Cubs9 – 2 (7)Zambrano (6-3)Sabathia (5-4)27,18232-39
72June 23Reds3 – 0Harang (8-5)Westbrook (6-4)32,92732-40
73June 24Reds4 – 0Byrd (6-5)Arroyo (9-4)33,07233-40
74June 25Reds4 – 2Ramírez (3-6)Sowers (0-1)Coffey (6)33,13933-41
75June 26@ Cardinals10 – 3Lee (7-5)Marquis (9-6)44,65934-41
76June 27@ Cardinals3 – 1Sabathia (6-4)Reyes (1-2)Wickman (11)44,44635-41
77June 28@ Cardinals5 – 4Isringhausen (2-3)Wickman (1-3)44,62835-42
78June 30@ Reds9 – 8Mercker (1-1)Wickman (1-4)34,93035-43 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Reds12 – 7Lee (8-5)Mays (0-1)40,69236-43
80July 2@ Reds6 – 3Mota (1-3)Weathers (3-3)Wickman (12)36,84937-43
81July 3Yankees5 – 2Sowers (1-1)Wang (8-4)Wickman (13)42,70638-43
82July 4Yankees19 – 1Westbrook (7-4)Chacón (4-3)29,63839-43
83July 5Yankees11 – 3Mussina (10-3)Byrd (6-6)31,26539-44
84July 6Yankees10 – 4Johnson (10-7)Lee (8-6)34,98239-45
85July 7Orioles9 – 0Sabathia (7-4)Benson (9-7)27,11040-45
86July 8Orioles7 – 4Bédard (10-6)Sowers (1-2)Ray (21)28,90240-46
87July 9Orioles5 – 4Birkins (4-1)Carmona (1-3)Ray (22)26,45240-47
All-Star Break
88July 13@ Twins6 – 4Lee (9-6)Liriano (10-2)Wickman (14)21,08541-47
89July 14@ Twins3 – 2 (10)Nathan (6-0)Mujica (0-1)21,27941-48
90July 15@ Twins6 – 2Santana (10-5)Sabathia (7-5)33,90441-49
91July 16@ Twins5 – 2Silva (5-9)Sowers (1-3)Nathan (16)31,83841-50
92July 17@ Angels10 – 5Moseley (1-0)Westbrook (7-5)43,92141-51
93July 18@ Angels7 – 5Saunders (1-0)Lee (9-7)Rodríguez (23)44,02041-52
94July 19@ Angels6 – 4Byrd (7-6)Lackey (8-6)Wickman (15)43,74442-52
95July 21Twins14 – 6Reyes (2-0)Sabathia (7-6)29,69542-53
96July 22Twins11 – 0Sowers (2-3)Baker (3-6)26,89543-53
97July 23Twins3 – 1Liriano (12-2)Westbrook (7-6)Nathan (19)25,88943-54
98July 24Tigers9 – 7Bonderman (11-4)Lee (9-8)Jones (26)19,04543-55
99July 25Tigers12 – 7Davis (3-1)Rogers (11-4)28,08544-55
100July 26Tigers4 – 1Verlander (13-4)Sabathia (7-7)Jones (27)31,22044-56
101July 28Mariners1 – 0Sowers (3-3)Hernández (9-9)25,04545-56
102July 29Mariners3 – 1Washburn (5-10)Westbrook (7-7)Putz (21)27,87645-57
103July 30Mariners7 – 3Woods (3-1)Carmona (1-4)Putz (22)23,14645-58
104July 31@ Red Sox9 – 8Snyder (3-2)Carmona (1-5)36,38745-59 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1@ Red Sox6 – 3Sabathia (8-7)Johnson (3-11)36,32846-59
106August 2@ Red Sox6 – 5Papelbon (3-1)Carmona (1-6)36,02246-60
107August 3@ Red Sox7 – 6Westbrook (8-7)Beckett (13-6)Davis (1)36,55747-60
108August 4@ Tigers7 – 6Colón (2-0)Cabrera (1-2)Jones (30)41,50247-61
109August 5@ Tigers4 – 3Zumaya (6-1)Carmona (1-7)43,01547-62
110August 6@ Tigers1 – 0Ledezma (2-1)Sabathia (8-8)Jones (31)39,17847-63
111August 8Angels5 – 4Donnelly (2-0)Betancourt (0-4)Rodríguez (28)23,29347-64
112August 9Angels4 – 0Westbrook (9-7)Lackey (10-8)18,80448-64
113August 10Angels14 – 2Lee (10-8)Santana (12-6)24,36249-64
114August 11Royals4 – 3Cabrera (2-2)Burgos (2-5)30,92950-64
115August 12Royals5 – 4Betancourt (1-4)Nelson (0-1)17,07951-64
116August 12Royals6 – 5Sikorski (1-0)Gobble (3-4)28,84252-64
117August 13Royals13 – 0Sowers (4-3)Hudson (5-4)25,25153-64
118August 15@ Twins4 – 1Santana (14-5)Westbrook (9-8)34,85453-65
119August 16@ Twins7 – 2Neshek (2-0)Carmona (1-8)42,32853-66
120August 17@ Twins3 – 2Byrd (8-6)Garza (0-2)27,66454-66
121August 18@ Devil Rays6 – 5McClung (4-11)Sikorski (1-1)15,40554-67
122August 19@ Devil Rays5 – 3Sowers (5-3)Corcoran (4-5)Mastny (1)17,86555-67
123August 20@ Devil Rays9 – 4Westbrook (10-8)Orvella (1-5)19,93856-67
124August 22@ Royals5 – 2Pérez (1-1)Lee (10-9)Nelson (3)13,27056-68
125August 23@ Royals15 – 13 (10)Betancourt (2-4)Sisco (1-3)Mastny (2)12,67157-68
126August 24@ Royals8 – 4Sabathia (9-8)Gobble (3-5)13,09858-68
127August 25Tigers4 – 2Sowers (6-3)Bonderman (11-6)Betancourt (1)33,41659-68
128August 26Tigers8 – 5Westbrook (11-8)Verlander (15-7)Mastny (3)29,13860-68
129August 27Tigers7 – 1Rogers (14-6)Lee (10-10)28,34260-69
130August 28Blue Jays6 – 4Byrd (9-6)Burnett (6-6)Mastny (4)19,62361-69
131August 29Blue Jays5 – 2Sabathia (10-8)League (0-2)21,56362-69
132August 30Blue Jays3 – 2 (10)Betancourt (3-4)Ryan (1-2)22,06563-69 :
September/October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Rangers7 – 2Westbrook (12-8)Padilla (13-9)23,77664-69
134September 2@ Rangers6 – 5Lee (11-10)Vólquez (1-4)Mastny (5)40,22265-69
135September 3@ Rangers5 – 2Millwood (14-9)Byrd (9-7)Otsuka (30)19,66765-70
136September 4@ Blue Jays4 – 3League (1-2)Sabathia (10-9)Ryan (30)27,86465-71
137September 5@ Blue Jays7 – 2Sowers (7-3)Accardo (1-1)18,51766-71
138September 6@ Blue Jays3 – 2Lilly (12-12)Westbrook (12-9)Ryan (31)20,40666-72
139September 7@ White Sox9 – 1Lee (12-10)Buehrle (12-12)34,67167-72
140September 8@ White Sox7 – 6Thornton (5-2)Mastny (0-1)37,18867-73
141September 9@ White Sox10 – 8Garland (17-4)Carmona (1-9)Thornton (2)38,42267-74
142September 10@ White Sox5 – 2Sabathia (11-9)McCarthy (3-7)37,72368-74
143September 12Royals5 – 3Hernández (6-9)Sowers (7-4)Nelson (7)18,88368-75
144September 13Royals6 – 2de la Rosa (3-2)Westbrook (12-10)20,08968-76
145September 14Twins9 – 4Crain (4-5)Davis (3-2)21,42468-77
146September 15Twins5 – 4 (10)Cabrera (3-2)Neshek (4-2)32,47369-77
147September 16Twins4 – 1Silva (10-13)Sabathia (11-10)Nathan (33)26,75769-78
148September 17Twins6 – 1Baker (5-8)Byrd (9-8)Guerrier (1)20,32469-79
149September 18@ Athletics7 – 2Westbrook (13-10)Haren (14-12)17,35270-79
150September 19@ Athletics7 – 3Gaudin (2-2)Lee (12-11)15,86670-80
151September 20@ Athletics4 – 3Loaiza (11-8)Cabrera (3-3)Street (35)25,13170-81
152September 21@ Athletics7 – 4Gaudin (3-2)Sabathia (11-11)Street (36)20,45270-82
153September 22@ Rangers12 – 4Eaton (7-4)Byrd (9-9)26,28470-83
154September 23@ Rangers6 – 3Miller (1-0)Padilla (14-10)Betancourt (2)38,35171-83
155September 24@ Rangers11 – 6Westbrook (14-10)Millwood (16-11)36,61772-83
156September 25White Sox14 – 1Lee (13-11)Garland (17-7)15,91373-83
157September 26White Sox6 – 0Sabathia (12-11)Vázquez (11-11)16,08074-83
158September 27White Sox2 – 1 (8)McCarthy (4-7)Carmona (1-10)Haeger (1)16,40474-84
159September 28Devil Rays5 – 4Byrd (10-9)Lugo (2-4)Betancourt (3)14,50375-84
160September 29Devil Rays2 – 1Sikorski (2-1)Miceli (1-2)19,98376-84
161September 30Devil Rays6 – 1Westbrook (15-10)Seo (1-8)17,56277-84
162October 1Devil Rays6 – 3Lee (14-11)Hammel (0-6)22,07978-84 :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Ronnie Belliard | 93 | 350 | 43 | 102 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 44 | .291 | 2 |
| Rafael Betancourt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Casey Blake | 109 | 401 | 63 | 113 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 68 | .282 | 6 |
| Aaron Boone | 104 | 354 | 50 | 89 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 46 | .251 | 5 |
| Ben Broussard | 88 | 268 | 44 | 86 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 46 | .321 | 0 |
| Paul Byrd | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
| Fernando Cabrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Fausto Carmona | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 45 | 146 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 22 | .295 | 5 |
| Ryan Garko | 50 | 185 | 28 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 45 | .292 | 0 |
| Franklin Gutierrez | 43 | 136 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .272 | 0 |
| Travis Hafner | 129 | 454 | 100 | 140 | 31 | 1 | 42 | 117 | .308 | 0 |
| Todd Hollandsworth | 56 | 156 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 27 | .237 | 0 |
| Joe Inglett | 64 | 201 | 26 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | .284 | 5 |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff | 16 | 56 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 0 |
| Tim Laker | 4 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 | 0 |
| Cliff Lee | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
| Héctor Luna | 37 | 127 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .276 | 0 |
| Andy Marte | 50 | 164 | 20 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 23 | .226 | 0 |
| Victor Martinez | 153 | 572 | 82 | 181 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 93 | .316 | 0 |
| Tom Mastny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Lou Merloni | 9 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .211 | 1 |
| Jason Michaels | 123 | 494 | 77 | 132 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 55 | .267 | 9 |
| Guillermo Mota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 149 | 569 | 84 | 146 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 68 | .257 | 0 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 37 | 99 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .303 | 0 |
| Rafael Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| CC Sabathia | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | 0 |
| Kelly Shoppach | 41 | 110 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .245 | 0 |
| Grady Sizemore | 162 | 655 | 134 | 190 | 53 | 11 | 28 | 76 | .290 | 22 |
| Ramón Vázquez | 34 | 67 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .209 | 0 |
| Jake Westbrook | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Bob Wickman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5619 | 870 | 1576 | 351 | 27 | 196 | 839 | .280 | 55 |

### 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; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Rafael Betancourt | 3 | 4 | 3.81 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 56.2 | 52 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 48 |
| Andrew Brown | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Paul Byrd | 10 | 9 | 4.88 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 179.0 | 232 | 120 | 97 | 38 | 88 |
| Fernando Cabrera | 3 | 3 | 5.19 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 60.2 | 53 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 71 |
| Fausto Carmona | 1 | 10 | 5.42 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 74.2 | 88 | 46 | 45 | 31 | 58 |
| Jason Davis | 3 | 2 | 3.74 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 55.1 | 67 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 37 |
| Danny Graves | 2 | 1 | 5.79 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 6.98 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 19.1 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Jason Johnson | 3 | 8 | 5.96 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 77.0 | 108 | 55 | 51 | 22 | 32 |
| Juan Lara | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cliff Lee | 14 | 11 | 4.40 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 200.2 | 224 | 114 | 98 | 58 | 129 |
| Tom Mastny | 0 | 1 | 5.51 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 16.1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| Matt Miller | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Guillermo Mota | 1 | 3 | 6.21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 45 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 27 |
| Edward Mujica | 0 | 1 | 2.95 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Rafael Perez | 0 | 0 | 4.38 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| CC Sabathia | 12 | 11 | 3.22 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 192.2 | 182 | 83 | 69 | 44 | 172 |
| Scott Sauerbeck | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Brian Sikorski | 2 | 1 | 4.58 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| Brian Slocum | 0 | 0 | 5.60 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17.2 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| Jeremy Sowers | 7 | 4 | 3.57 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 88.1 | 85 | 36 | 35 | 20 | 35 |
| Jake Westbrook | 15 | 10 | 4.17 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 211.1 | 247 | 106 | 98 | 55 | 109 |
| Bob Wickman | 1 | 4 | 4.18 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 28.0 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 17 |
| Team Totals | 78 | 84 | 4.41 | 162 | 162 | 24 | 1423.1 | 1583 | 782 | 698 | 429 | 948 |

## Minor league affiliates

| Classification level | Team | League | Season article |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | 2006 Buffalo Bisons season |
| AA | Akron Aeros | Eastern League | 2006 Akron Aeros season |
| Advanced A | Kinston Indians | Carolina League | |
| A | Lake County Captains | South Atlantic League | |
| Short Season A | Mahoning Valley Scrappers | New York–Penn League | |
| Rookie | Gulf Coast Indians | Gulf Coast League | |
| Rookie | Burlington Indians | Appalachian League | |