# 2006 New York Yankees season

The 2006 New York Yankees season was the 104th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The season finished with the Yankees winning the American League East. They were defeated in the ALDS by the Detroit Tigers, 3 games to 1.

## Offseason

* January 3, 2006: Bernie Williams signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* January 30, 2006: Ramiro Mendoza was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* Sal Fasano signed with the New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 10 | 50‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 48‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 70 | 92 | .432 | 27 | 40‍–‍41 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | 41‍–‍40 | 20‍–‍61 |

### 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

* June 6, 2006: Ian Kennedy was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2006.
* June 6, 2006: Joba Chamberlain was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (41st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed September 2, 2006.

### Game log

2006 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Yankees15–2OaklandJohnson (1–0)35,0771–0
2April 4Yankees3–4OaklandProctor (0–1)31,2841–1
3April 5Yankees4–9OaklandWright (0–1)30,1651–2
4April 7Yankees1–4AngelsChacón (0–1)44,2211–3
5April 8Yankees2–3AngelsJohnson (1–1)44,0441–4
6April 9Yankees10–1AngelsMussina (1–0)44,0202–4
7April 11Kansas City7–9YankeesProctor (1–1)Rivera (1)54,6983–4
8April 12Kansas City5–12YankeesChacón (1–1)41,4484–4
9April 13Kansas City3–9YankeesJohnson (2–1)54,3815–4
10April 14Yankees1–5MinnesotaMussina (1–1)30,6225–5
11April 15Yankees5–6MinnesotaRivera (0–1)42,3165–6
12April 16Yankees9–3MinnesotaWang (1–0)22,6276–6
13April 18Yankees5–10TorontoJohnson (2–2)48,7766–7
14April 19Yankees3–1TorontoMussina (2–1)Rivera (2)32,8867–7
15April 21Baltimore6–5YankeesWang (1–1)51,2827–8
16April 22Baltimore1–6YankeesChacón (2–1)50,8728–8
17April 23Baltimore1–7YankeesJohnson (3–2)47,9969–8
18April 25Tampa Bay1–9YankeesMussina (3–1)36,33410–8
19April 26Tampa Bay4–2YankeesRivera (0–2)35,64210–9
20April 27Tampa Bay1–4YankeesChacón (2–1)Rivera (3)45,82611–9
21April 28Toronto7–2YankeesWright (0–2)47,20411–10
22April 29Toronto6–17YankeesJohnson (4–2)50,11912–10
23April 30Toronto1–4YankeesMussina (4–1)Rivera (4)52,95413–10 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1Yankees7–3BostonSmall (0–1)36,33913–11
–May 2YankeesBostonPostponed13–11
25May 3Yankees4–2Tampa BayFarnsworth (1–0)Rivera (5)17,05914–11
26May 4Yankees10–5Tampa BayJohnson (5–2)22,16415–11
27May 5Yankees8–7TexasMussina (5–1)Rivera (6)39,00216–11
28May 6Yankees6–1TexasChacón (4–1)48,63417–11
29May 7Yankees8–5TexasWang (2–1)46,01318–11
30May 9Boston14–3YankeesJohnson (5–3)54,68818–12
31May 10Boston3–7YankeesMussina (6–1)54,76919–12
32May 11Boston5–3YankeesVillone (0–1)54,95619–13
33May 12Oakland0–2YankeesWang (3–1)Rivera (7)47,79720–13
34May 13Oakland3–4YankeesWright (1–2)Farnsworth (1)53,90721–13
35May 14Oakland6–1YankeesJohnson (5–4)52,58721–14
36May 15Texas4–3YankeesFarnsworth (1–1)41,11521–15
37May 16Texas13–14YankeesRivera (1–2)40,75722–15
38May 17Texas3–4YankeesWang (4–1)Rivera (8)52,54723–15
39May 18Texas6–2YankeesWright (1–3)47,19423–16
40May 19Yankees6–7MetsRivera (1–3)56,28923–17
41May 20Yankees5–4MetsRivera (2–3)56,18524–17
42May 21Yankees3–4MetsSmall (0–2)56,20524–18
43May 22Yankees5–9BostonWang (4–2)36,34224–19
44May 23Yankees7–5BostonWright (2–3)Rivera (9)36,29025–19
45May 24Yankees8–6BostonJohnson (6–4)Rivera (10)36,37526–19
46May 26Kansas City7–6YankeesFarnsworth (1–2)48,03526–20
47May 27Kansas City4–15YankeesWang (5–2)54,21627–20
48May 28Kansas City5–6YankeesWright (3–3)Rivera (11)54,37228–20
49May 29Yankees4–0DetroitJohnson (7–4)39,75929–20
50May 30Yankees11–6DetroitRivera (3–3)24,76530–20
51May 31Yankees6–1DetroitMussina (7–1)23,73731–20 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Yankees6–7DetroitFarnsworth (1–3)27,23131–21
53June 2Yankees6–5BaltimoreFarnsworth (2–3)48,16832–21
54June 3Yankees6–5BaltimoreProctor (2–1)Wang (1)48,19533–21
55June 4Yankees4–11BaltimoreSmall (0–3)47,53533–22
56June 5Boston5–13YankeesMussina (8–1)55,24634–22
57June 6Boston1–2YankeesWang (6–2)Rivera (12)55,14135–22
–June 7BostonYankeesPostponed35–22
58June 8Boston9–3YankeesWright (3–4)55,22535–23
59June 9Oakland6–5YankeesJohnson (7–5)53,83735–24
60June 10Oakland5–2YankeesMussina (8–2)53,77935–25
61June 11Oakland6–5YankeesFarnsworth (2–4)54,57035–26
62June 13Cleveland0–1YankeesWang (7–2)Rivera (13)50,36536–26
63June 14Cleveland1–6YankeesJohnson (7–5)53,44837–26
64June 15Cleveland8–4YankeesMussina (8–3)54,64837–27
65June 16Yankees7–5WashingtonRivera (4–3)44,74938–27
66June 17Yankees9–11WashingtonRivera (4–4)45,08538–28
67June 18Yankees2–3WashingtonWang (7–3)45,15738–29
68June 19Yankees2–4PhiladelphiaJohnson (8–6)44,74738–30
69June 20Yankees9–7PhiladelphiaBeam (1–0)Rivera (14)44,77539–30
70June 21Yankees5–0PhiladelphiaWright (4–4)45,11140–30
71June 23Florida5–6YankeesWang (8–3)Rivera (15)54,02541–30
–June 24FloridaYankeesPostponed41–30
72June 25Florida1–2YankeesMussina (9–3)Rivera (16)53,61542–30
73June 25Florida1–2YankeesChacón (4–2)6,80942–31
74June 26Atlanta2–5YankeesJohnson (9–6)Rivera (17)54,22643–31
75June 27Atlanta5–2YankeesWright (4–5)53,76343–32
76June 28Atlanta3–4YankeesVillone (1–1)54,18644–32
77June 30Mets0–2YankeesVillone (2–1)Rivera (18)55,24545–32 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Mets8–3YankeesJohnson (9–7)55,13245–33
79July 2Mets7–16YankeesVillone (3–1)55,21246–33
80July 3Yankees2–5ClevelandWang (8–4)42,70646–34
81July 4Yankees1–19ClevelandChacón (4–3)29,63846–35
82July 5Yankees11–3ClevelandMussina (10–3)31,26547–35
83July 6Yankees10–4ClevelandJohnson (10–7)34,98248–35
84July 7Yankees1–0Tampa BayWright (5–5)Rivera (19)25,58449–35
85July 8Yankees5–1Tampa BayWang (9–4)34,98250–35
86July 9Yankees5–6Tampa BayProctor (2–2)31,58350–36
87July 14White Sox5–6YankeesFarnsworth (3–4)Rivera (20)55,06951–36
88July 15White Sox3–14YankeesMussina (11–3)55,01952–36
89July 16White Sox4–6YankeesWright (6–5)Rivera (21)53,78153–36
90July 17Seattle2–4YankeesWang (10–4)Rivera (22)53,44454–36
91July 18Seattle4–5YankeesProctor (3–2)52,99255–36
92July 19Seattle3–2YankeesJohnson (10–8)54,12155–37
93July 20Yankees4–5TorontoRivera (4–5)42,33655–38
94July 21Yankees3–7TorontoWright (6–6)40,14955–39
95July 22Yankees5–4TorontoWang (11–4)Rivera (23)50,01456–39
96July 23Yankees5–13TorontoPonson (0–1)42,33756–40
97July 24Yankees6–2TexasJohnson (11–8)43,20657–40
98July 25Yankees7–4TexasMussina (12–3)Rivera (24)42,17158–40
99July 26Yankees8–7TexasChacón (4–3)Rivera (25)43,52759–40
100July 28Tampa Bay0–6YankeesWang (12–4)53,97960–40
101July 29Tampa Bay19–6YankeesJohnson (11–9)54,48560–41
102July 30Tampa Bay2–4YankeesMussina (13–3)Rivera (26)54,10261–41 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1Toronto1–5YankeesWright (7–6)52,23762–41
104August 2Toronto2–7YankeesWang (13–4)54,41463–41
105August 3Toronto1–8YankeesLidle (1–0)52,15664–41
106August 4Yankees5–4BaltimoreProctor (4–2)Rivera (27)44,84065–41
107August 5Yankees0–5BaltimoreMussina (13–4)49,15965–42
108August 6Yankees6–1BaltimoreWright (8–6)Rivera (28)45,56366–42
109August 8Yankees5–6White SoxProctor (4–3)39,87266–43
110August 9Yankees7–6White SoxJohnson (12–9)Rivera (29)39,40666–44
111August 10Yankees4–5White SoxMussina (13–5)39,28967–44
112August 11Angels7–4YankeesLidle (1–1)54,45067–45
113August 12Angels2–5YankeesWright (9–6)Rivera (30)54,15768–45
114August 13Angels5–3YankeesWang (13–5)54,30968–46
115August 14Angels2–7YankeesJohnson (13–9)52,10069–46
116August 15Baltimore3–6YankeesMussina (11–3)Rivera (31)52,41870–46
117August 16Baltimore3–2YankeesProctor (5–3)54,24470–47
118August 17Baltimore12–2YankeesLidle (1–2)54,33370–48
119August 18Yankees12–4BostonWang (14–5)36,32571–48
120August 18Yankees14–11BostonMyers (1–0)36,07172–48
121August 19Yankees13–5BostonJohnson (14–9)35,73873–48
122August 20Yankees8–5BostonRivera (5–5)36,15574–48
123August 21Yankees2–1BostonLidle (2–2)Farnsworth (2)35,82975–48
124August 22Yankees5–6SeattleVillone (3–2)42,45475–49
125August 23Yankees9–2SeattleWang (15–5)41,38076–49
126August 24Yankees2–4SeattleJohnson (14–10)44,63476–50
127August 25Yankees5–6AngelsMyers (1–1)44,25377–51
128August 26Yankees7–12AngelsBruney (0–1)44,18578–52
129August 27Yankees11–8AngelsKarstens (1–0)44,22579–52
–August 29YankeesDetroitPostponed79–52
130August 30Yankees2–0DetroitWang (16–5)Rivera (32)52,58580–52
131August 30Yankees3–5DetroitProctor (5–4)54,50980–53
132August 31Yankees6–4DetroitJohnson (15–10)Rivera (33)54,77181–53 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Minnesota1–8YankeesLidle (3–2)54,31180–53
134September 2Minnesota6–1YankeesKarstens (1–1)53,22080–54
135September 3Minnesota1–10YankeesRasner (1–0)55,15581–54
136September 4Yankees12–5Kansas CityBeam (2–0)27,12382–54
137September 5Yankees0–5Kansas CityMussina (13–6)25,10482–55
138September 6Yankees8–3Kansas CityJohnson (16–10)16,42183–55
139September 8Yankees4–9BaltimoreLidle (3–3)36,21483–56
140September 9Yankees3–2BaltimoreWang (17–5)Farnsworth (3)45,82784–56
141September 10Yankees9–4BaltimoreWright (10–7)40,12585–56
142September 11Yankees9–6BaltimoreJohnson (17–10)Farnsworth (4)21,74286–56
143September 12Tampa Bay4–12YankeesMussina (14–6)54,57087–56
144September 13Tampa Bay4–8YankeesBruney (1–1)52,26588–56
145September 14Tampa Bay4–7YankeesRasner (2–0)51,96589–56
–September 15BostonYankeesPostponed89–56
146September 16Boston5–2YankeesWang (17–6)55,09189–57
147September 16Boston5–7YankeesProctor (6–4)Farnsworth (5)55,16790–57
148September 17Boston6–3YankeesVillone (3–3)55,00290–58
149September 17Boston5–4YankeesFarnsworth (3–5)55,22190–59
150September 18Yankees7–6TorontoRasner (3–0)Veras (1)32,28691–59
151September 19Yankees6–3TorontoKarstens (2–1)Farnsworth (6)30,79392–59
152September 20Yankees2–3TorontoHenn (0–1)33,02992–60
153September 22Yankees4–1Tampa BayWang (18–6)Rivera (34)26,33793–60
154September 23Yankees0–8Tampa BayJohnson (17–11)33,49293–61
155September 24Yankees4–11Tampa BayMussina (14–7)31,42293–62
156September 25Yankees16–1Tampa BayWright (11–7)24,05394–62
157September 26Baltimore4–5YankeesLidle (4–3)Proctor (1)53,42095–62
158September 27Baltimore5–16YankeesWang (19–6)53,04096–62
159September 28Baltimore7–1YankeesRasner (3–1)54,04696–63
160September 29Toronto2–7YankeesMussina (15–7)52,33197–63
161September 30Toronto6–5YankeesMyers (1–2)54,57697–64 :
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Toronto5–7YankeesFarnsworth (3–6)54,88697–65 :

### Player stats
#### Batting

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 |
| Derek Jeter | 154 | 653 | 214 | .343 | 14 | 97 |
| Johnny Damon | 149 | 593 | 169 | .285 | 24 | 80 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 154 | 572 | 166 | .290 | 35 | 121 |
| Robinson Canó | 122 | 482 | 165 | .342 | 15 | 78 |
| Jorge Posada | 143 | 465 | 129 | .277 | 23 | 93 |
| Melky Cabrera | 130 | 460 | 129 | .280 | 7 | 50 |
| Jason Giambi | 139 | 446 | 113 | .253 | 37 | 113 |
| Bernie Williams | 131 | 420 | 118 | .281 | 12 | 61 |
| Andy Phillips | 110 | 246 | 59 | .240 | 7 | 29 |
| Miguel Cairo | 81 | 222 | 53 | .239 | 0 | 30 |
| Bobby Abreu | 58 | 209 | 69 | .330 | 7 | 42 |
| Hideki Matsui | 51 | 172 | 52 | .302 | 8 | 29 |
| Gary Sheffield | 39 | 151 | 45 | .298 | 6 | 25 |
| Craig Wilson | 40 | 104 | 22 | .212 | 4 | 8 |
| Bubba Crosby | 65 | 87 | 18 | .207 | 1 | 6 |
| Aaron Guiel | 44 | 82 | 21 | .256 | 4 | 11 |
| Kelly Stinnett | 34 | 79 | 18 | .228 | 1 | 9 |
| Nick Green | 46 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 2 | 4 |
| Sal Fasano | 28 | 49 | 7 | .143 | 1 | 5 |
| Terrence Long | 12 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Thompson | 19 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 1 | 6 |
| Kevin Reese | 10 | 12 | 5 | .417 | 0 | 1 |
| Andy Cannizaro | 13 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 1 | 1 |
| Wil Nieves | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 22 | 1 | .045 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5651 | 1608 | .285 | 210 | 902 |
Note: Individual pitchers batting not included

#### Pitching
##### Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Chien-Ming Wang (1 SV) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 3.63 | 76 |
| Randy Johnson | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5.00 | 172 |
| Mike Mussina | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3.51 | 172 |
| Jaret Wright | 30 | 11 | 7 | 4.49 | 84 |
| Shawn Chacón | 17 | 5 | 3 | 7.00 | 35 |
| Aaron Small | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8.46 | 12 |
| Cory Lidle | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5.16 | 32 |
| Jeff Karstens | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3.80 | 16 |
| Darrell Rasner | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4.43 | 11 |
| Sidney Ponson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10.47 | 15 |
| Kris Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 6 |
| Sean Henn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4.82 | 7 |

##### 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 |
| Mariano Rivera | 63 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 1.80 | 55 |
| Scott Proctor | 83 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3.52 | 89 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 72 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4.36 | 75 |
| Ron Villone | 70 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.04 | 72 |
| Mike Myers | 62 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.23 | 22 |
| T.J. Beam | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.56 | 12 |
| Brian Bruney | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.87 | 25 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.59 | 6 |
| Octavio Dotel | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 7 |
| Matt Smith | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 |
| José Veras | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.09 | 6 |
| Scott Erickson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 2 |
| Colter Bean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 97 | 65 | 43 | 4.41 | 1019 |

## Playoffs
### American League Division Series

The 2006 American League Division Series was played between New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. New York finished 1st in the American League East, while Detroit won the wild card. Detroit ended up winning the series 3-1.
| # | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Win/Loss | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | October 3 | Detroit | 4 – 8 | New York (AL) | Wang | 56,291 | 1-0 |
| 2 | October 5 | Detroit | 4 – 3 | New York (AL) | Mussina | 56,252 | 1-1 |
| 3 | October 6 | New York (AL) | 0 – 6 | Detroit | Johnson | 43,440 | 1-2 |
| 4 | October 7 | New York (AL) | 3 – 8 | Detroit | Wright | 43,126 | 1-3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Clippers | International League | Dave Miley |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | Bill Masse |
| A | Tampa Yankees | Florida State League | Luis Sojo |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Bill Mosiello |
| A-Short Season | Staten Island Yankees | New York–Penn League | Gaylen Pitts |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees | Gulf Coast League | Matt Martin |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island