# 2006 Kansas City Royals season

The 2006 Kansas City Royals season was the 38th season for the franchise, and their 34th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses and missed the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.

## Regular season
### 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 |

### Roster
## 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 |
| Paul Bako C | 56 | 153 | 32 | .209 | 0 | 10 |
| Ángel Berroa SS | 132 | 474 | 111 | .234 | 9 | 54 |
| Emil Brown OF | 147 | 527 | 151 | .287 | 15 | 81 |
| John Buck C | 114 | 371 | 91 | .245 | 11 | 50 |
| Shane Costa OF | 72 | 237 | 65 | .274 | 3 | 27 |
| David DeJesus OF | 119 | 491 | 145 | .295 | 8 | 56 |
| Joey Gathright OF | 134 | 383 | 91 | .238 | 1 | 41 |
| Esteban Germán 2B | 106 | 279 | 91 | .326 | 3 | 34 |
| Tony Graffanino 3B | 69 | 220 | 59 | .268 | 5 | 32 |
| Mark Grudzielanek 2B | 134 | 548 | 163 | .297 | 7 | 52 |
| Doug Mientkiewicz 1B | 91 | 314 | 89 | .283 | 4 | 43 |
| Reggie Sanders OF | 88 | 325 | 80 | .246 | 11 | 49 |
| Ryan Shealy 1B | 51 | 193 | 54 | .280 | 7 | 36 |
| Matt Stairs DH | 77 | 226 | 59 | .261 | 8 | 32 |
| Mike Sweeney 1B | 60 | 217 | 56 | .258 | 8 | 33 |
| Mark Teahen 3B | 109 | 393 | 114 | .290 | 18 | 69 |

#### 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 |
| Jeremy Affeldt P | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrés Blanco SS | 33 | 87 | 21 | .241 | 0 | 9 |
| Brandon Duckworth P | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Elarton P | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Guiel OF | 19 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 3 | 7 |
| Justin Huber DH | 5 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Keppel P | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Keppinger 2B | 22 | 60 | 16 | .267 | 2 | 8 |
| Mitch Maier OF | 5 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Phillips C | 23 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 1 | 5 |
| Mark Redman P | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Robinson OF | 18 | 64 | 17 | .266 | 0 | 5 |
| Ángel Sánchez SS | 8 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Todd Wellemeyer P | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wood P | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: Pitchers batting data also included above

### Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games pitched; SHO = Shutouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | CG | SHO |
| Jeremy Affeldt LHP | 27 | 70.0 | 4 | 6 | 5.91 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Bautista RHP | 8 | 35.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.66 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Bernero RHP | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge de la Rosa LHP | 10 | 48.2 | 3 | 4 | 5.18 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duckworth RHP | 10 | 45.2 | 1 | 5 | 6.11 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Elarton RHP | 20 | 114.2 | 4 | 9 | 5.34 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Etherton RHP | 2 | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 9.39 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Runelvys Hernández RHP | 21 | 114.2 | 4 | 9 | 6.58 | 50 | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Hudson RHP | 26 | 102.0 | 7 | 6 | 5.12 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Keppel RHP | 8 | 34.1 | 0 | 4 | 5.50 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Mays RHP | 6 | 23.2 | 0 | 4 | 10.27 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Odalis Pérez LHP | 12 | 67.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.64 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Redman LHP | 29 | 167.0 | 11 | 10 | 5.71 | 76 | 2 | 1 |
| Kyle Snyder RHP | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wood RHP | 23 | 64.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.71 | 29 | 0 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Ambiorix Burgos RHP | 68 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 5.52 | 72 |
| Andrew Sisco LHP | 65 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7.10 | 52 |
| Joel Peralta RHP | 64 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.40 | 57 |
| Jimmy Gobble LHP | 60 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5.14 | 80 |
| Elmer Dessens RHP | 43 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4.50 | 36 |
| Joe Nelson RHP | 43 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.43 | 44 |
| Todd Wellemeyer RHP | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.63 | 37 |
| Scott Dohmann RHP | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7.99 | 22 |
| Ryan Braun RHP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 |
| Juan Carlos Oviedo RHP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 7 |
| Steve Stemle RHP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 |
| Joselo Díaz RHP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 |
| Steve Andrade RHP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 5 |
| Mike MacDougal RHP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Zack Greinke RHP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 |
| Chris Booker RHP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Omaha Royals | Pacific Coast League | Mike Jirschele |
| AA | Wichita Wranglers | Texas League | Frank White |
| A | High Desert Mavericks | California League | Jeff Carter |
| A | Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Jim Gabella |
| Rookie | AZL Royals | Arizona League | Lloyd Simmons |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Chukars | Pioneer League | Brian Rupp |