# 2006 Seattle Mariners season

The 2006 Seattle Mariners season was the 30th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 7th full season (8th overall) at Safeco Field and their third consecutive season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a 78–84 (.481) record.
Two players were featured in the All-Star Game: Ichiro Suzuki, making his sixth appearance in the All-Star Game, and José López, with his first appearance.
The Mariners' longest winning streak was 5 games, which they managed twice, between June 16–21 and June 24–29, counterpointed by their longest losing streak of 11 games from August 10–20.

## Offseason

* November 21, 2005: Kenji Johjima signed a three-year $16.5 million contract.
* December 7: Yorvit Torrealba traded by the Mariners to the Colorado Rockies for Marcos Carvajal.
* January 4, 2006: Carl Everett signed as a free agent.
* January 9, 2006: Cody Ransom signed as a free agent.
* March 30, 2006: Cody Ransom's contract purchased by the Houston Astros from the Mariners.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 89 | 73 | .549 | 4 | 45‍–‍36 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Texas Rangers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 39‍–‍42 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Seattle Mariners | 78 | 84 | .481 | 15 | 44‍–‍37 | 34‍–‍47 |

### 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 |

### Notable transactions

* July 26: Ben Broussard was traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Mariners for Shin-Soo Choo and a player to be named later. The Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham on August 24 to Cleveland to complete the trade.
* July 26: Carl Everett released.
* August 19: Jamie Moyer traded by the Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor leaguers Andrew Baldwin and Andy Barb.
* September 14: Bench coach Ron Hassey and administrative coach Dan Rohn removed from their positions. Hassey left the team after being told he would not have a job the following year, while Rohn was immediately let go.

### Roster
## Game log

2006 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Angels5–4Shields (1–0)Sherrill (0–1)Rodríguez (1)45,5150–1
2April 4Angels10–8Piñeiro (1–0)Lackey (0–1)20,0511–1
3April 5Angels6–4Washburn (1–0)Weaver (0–1)Sherrill (1)21,3942–1
4April 6Athletics6–2Meche (1–0)Loaiza (0–1)Putz (1)22,7013–1
5April 7Athletics5–0Blanton (1–0)Hernández (0–1)30,6123–2
6April 8Athletics3–0Zito (1–1)Moyer (0–1)Street (1)37,9043–3
7April 9Athletics6–4Harden (1–0)Piñeiro (1–1)Street (2)27,1393–4
8April 11@ Indians9–5Lee (1–0)Washburn (1–1)17,5593–5
9April 12@ Indians11–9Woods (1–0)Byrd (1–1)Guardado (1)14,7734–5
10April 13@ Indians9–5Mateo (1–0)Sauerbeck (0–1)Putz (2)24,6385–5
11April 14@ Red Sox2–1Schilling (3–0)Moyer (0–2)Papelbon (5)36,4315–6
12April 15@ Red Sox3–0Piñeiro (2–1)Wakefield (1–2)Guardado (2)36,0476–6
13April 16@ Red Sox3–2Beckett (3–0)Washburn (1–2)Papelbon (6)36,1816–7
14April 17@ Red Sox7–6Timlin (1–0)Guardado (0–1)36,1886–8
15April 18Rangers7–4Koronka (2–1)Hernández (0–2)Cordero (2)17,9276–9
16April 19Rangers9–6Putz (1–0)Cordero (1–2)17,6137–9
17April 20Rangers4–3Bauer (1–0)Guardado (0–2)Cordero (3)17,9177–10
18April 21Tigers2–1Maroth (3–0)Washburn (1–3)Jones (1)35,2377–11
19April 22Tigers2–0Robertson (2–2)Meche (1–1)Rodney (4)27,8937–12
20April 23Tigers6–4Verlander (2–2)Hernández (0–3)Jones (2)28,6597–13
21April 24White Sox4–3Mateo (2–0)McCarthy (1–1)20,3908–13
22April 25White Sox13–3Vázquez (2–1)Piñeiro (2–2)Logan (1)20,4518–14
23April 26White Sox5–1Washburn (2–3)Buehrle (3–1)23,8489–14
24April 28@ Orioles5–2Cabrera (2–2)Meche (1–2)Ray (7)26,9349–15
25April 29@ Orioles8–6Hernández (1–3)Brower (0–1)Guardado (3)34,16110–15
26April 30@ Orioles4–3Moyer (1–2)López (1–3)Guardado (4)32,42111–15 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Twins8–2Piñeiro (3–2)Baker (1–3)11,79612–15
28May 2@ Twins5–1Santana (2–3)Washburn (2–4)14,51312–16
29May 3@ White Sox6–5Jenks (1–0)Woods (1–1)27,56912–17
30May 4@ White Sox4–1Contreras (5–0)Hernández (1–4)Jenks (9)26,31312–18
31May 5Indians9–4Westbrook (3–2)Soriano (0–1)32,99812–19
32May 6Indians4–1Piñeiro (4–2)Lee (2–3)Putz (3)28,67213–19
33May 7Indians2–0Sabathia (2–0)Washburn (2–5)Wickman (6)35,56213–20
34May 8Devil Rays6–3Meche (2–2)Orvella (1–4)Putz (4)16,10214–20
35May 9Devil Rays8–1Hernández (2–4)Waechter (0–2)Soriano (1)19,72615–20
36May 10Devil Rays1–0Kazmir (5–2)Moyer (1–3)Walker (4)21,80115–21
37May 12@ Angels12–7Escobar (5–2)Piñeiro (4–3)Carrasco (1)43,91215–22
38May 13@ Angels5–4Sherrill (1–1)Gregg (2–2)Woods (1)43,82116–22
39May 14@ Angels9–4Meche (3–2)Weaver (1–6)Fruto (1)43,19117–22
40May 16@ Athletics12–6Blanton (4–4)Hernández (2–5)16,39717–23
41May 17@ Athletics7–2Zito (3–3)Moyer (1–4)19,20817–24
42May 18@ Athletics6–3Saarloos (2–1)Piñeiro (4–4)Street (6)16,39717–25
43May 19Padres7–4Soriano (1–1)Cassidy (3–2)35,33818–25
44May 20Padres6–3Meche (4–2)Hensley (2–3)Putz (5)33,94619–25
45May 21Padres10–8Hernández (3–5)Park (2–2)Putz (6)37,13220–25
46May 22Orioles8–6Moyer (2–4)Bédard (5–3)Guardado (5)18,81921–25
47May 23Orioles14–4Halama (3–1)Piñeiro (4–5)Ray (11)19,43521–26
48May 24Orioles7–4Washburn (3–5)Benson (6–4)Putz (7)21,99122–26
49May 25Orioles2–0López (2–7)Meche (4–3)Ray (12)23,80622–27
50May 26@ Twins3–1Liriano (3–0)Hernández (3–6)Nathan (6)28,08222–28
51May 27@ Twins9–5Bonser (1–0)Moyer (2–5)Rincón (1)25,30522–29
52May 28@ Twins4–3Nathan (3–0)Guardado (0–3)24,38822–30
53May 29@ Rangers2–0Rheinecker (1–0)Washburn (3–6)Bauer (1)23,77122–31
54May 30@ Rangers6–4Millwood (6–3)Meche (4–4)Otsuka (9)18,08422–32
55May 31@ Rangers14–5Hernández (4–6)Koronka (4–3)19,13123–32 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 2Royals4–0Moyer (3–5)Keppel (0–1)28,38224–32
57June 3Royals12–1Piñeiro (5–5)Etherton (1–1)29,65925–32
58June 4Royals9–4Redman (1–4)Washburn (3–7)Dessens (1)28,88625–33
59June 5Royals4–1Meche (5–4)Wood (3–1)Putz (8)18,40926–33
60June 6Twins4–2Hernández (5–6)Liriano (4–1)Putz (9)21,02827–33
61June 7Twins10–9Mateo (3–0)Crain (0–4)24,78528–33
62June 8Twins7–3Santana (6–4)Piñeiro (5–6)27,34128–34
63June 9@ Angels4–1Washburn (4–7)Escobar (5–7)Putz (10)44,11429–34
64June 10@ Angels12–6Meche (6–4)Lackey (4–4)44,12930–34
65June 11@ Angels6–2Hernández (6–6)Weaver (3–9)42,19831–34
66June 13@ Athletics2–0Blanton (6–6)Moyer (3–6)Street (15)15,21631–35
67June 14@ Athletics7–2Haren (6–5)Piñeiro (5–7)20,55031–36
68June 15@ Athletics9–6Loaiza (2–3)Washburn (4–8)Street (16)16,56331–37
69June 16Giants5–4Hernández (7–6)Lowry (2–5)Putz (11)41,13332–37
70June 17Giants8–1Meche (7–4)Schmidt (6–3)45,22933–37
71June 18Giants5–1Moyer (4–6)Wright (5–7)45,21634–37
72June 20@ Dodgers9–4Piñeiro (6–7)Penny (7–2)Soriano (2)43,94935–37
73June 21@ Dodgers8–5Mateo (4–0)Báez (4–4)Putz (12)40,41936–37
74June 22@ Dodgers4–2Lowe (6–3)Hernández (7–7)46,20736–38
75June 23@ Padres2–1Linebrink (5–2)Mateo (4–1)40,04936–39
75June 24@ Padres9–5Moyer (5–6)Park (5–4)33,34937–39
77June 25@ Padres9–4Sherrill (2–1)Embree (2–1)32,70738–39
78June 27@ D-backs11–7Woods (2–1)Lyon (1–2)Putz (13)25,06839–39
79June 28@ D-backs11–3Hernández (8–7)González (0–2)19,72340–39
80June 29@ D-backs3–2Guardado (1–3)Julio (1–3)Putz (14)20,64941–39
81June 30Rockies2–0Fogg (6–5)Moyer (5–7)31,61241–40 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Rockies8–7Mateo (5–1)Cortés (3–1)Putz (15)33,63842–40
83July 2Rockies4–3Fuentes (2–1)Mateo (5–2)King (1)31,70942–41
84July 3Angels7–1Weaver (5–0)Hernández (8–8)30,63242–42
85July 4Angels14–6Santana (9–3)Mateo (5–3)30,85342–43
86July 5Angels4–0Colón (1–4)Moyer (5–8)25,00942–44
87July 7Tigers6–1Bonderman (8–4)Piñeiro (6–8)31,72742–45
88July 8Tigers2–1Miner (6–1)Washburn (4–9)Jones (23)32,40442–46
89July 9Tigers3–2Meche (8–4)Robertson (8–5)Putz (16)37,36443–46
90July 14@ Blue Jays5–3Meche (9–4)Janssen (6–8)Putz (17)23,44344–46
91July 15@ Blue Jays7–6Downs (3–0)Fruto (0–1)36,06944–47
92July 16@ Blue Jays4–3Downs (4–0)Sherrill (2–2)28,67944–48
93July 17@ Yankees4–2Wang (10–4)Washburn (4–10)Rivera (22)53,44444–49
94July 18@ Yankees5–4Proctor (3–2)Mateo (5–4)52,99244–50
95July 19@ Yankees3–2Lowe (1–0)Johnson (10–8)Putz (18)54,12145–50
96July 21Red Sox9–4Snyder (2–1)Moyer (5–9)46,32545–51
97July 22Red Sox5–2Hernández (9–8)Gabbard (0–1)Putz (19)46,11846–51
98July 23Red Sox9–8Putz (2–0)Timlin (5–1)45,97547–51
99July 24Blue Jays7–3Piñeiro (7–8)Janssen (6–10)29,78748–51
100July 25Blue Jays12–3Halladay (13–2)Meche (9–5)30,79348–52
101July 26Blue Jays7–4Moyer (6–9)Burnett (2–4)Putz (20)33,62949–52
102July 28@ Indians1–0Sowers (3–3)Hernández (9–9)25,04549–53
103July 29@ Indians3–1Washburn (5–10)Westbrook (7–7)Putz (21)27,87650–53
104July 30@ Indians7–3Woods (3–1)Carmona (1–4)Putz (22)23,14651–53
105July 31@ Orioles10–5Mateo (6–4)Loewen (1–3)16,62052–53 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Orioles2–0López (8–11)Moyer (6–10)Ray (27)20,22652–54
107August 2@ Orioles2–1Hernández (10–9)Bédard (12–7)Putz (23)17,68253–54
108August 4Athletics5–2Zito (12–7)Washburn (5–11)44,27753–55
109August 5Athletics5–2Haren (9–9)Piñeiro (7–9)Street (24)40,11553–56
110August 6Athletics7–6Blanton (12–9)Meche (9–6)Street (25)37,43753–57
111August 7Devil Rays5–4Mateo (7–4)Corcoran (4–3)Putz (24)30,73554–57
112August 8Devil Rays5–1Mateo (8–4)Camp (4–1)32,95155–57
113August 9Devil Rays2–0Washburn (6–11)Shields (4–6)Putz (25)39,85656–57
114August 10@ Rangers8–2Eaton (2–2)Piñeiro (7–10)31,76356–58
115August 11@ Rangers14–7Littleton (2–0)Meche (9–7)28,20756–59
116August 12@ Rangers5–4Vólquez (1–1)Moyer (6–11)Ostuka (23)35,78456–60
117August 13@ Rangers10–6Millwood (11–8)Hernández (10–10)29,71756–61
118August 14@ Athletics5–4Kennedy (3–0)Soriano (1–2)Duchscherer (3)21,85956–62
119August 15@ Athletics11–2Saarloos (5–6)Piñeiro (7–11)23,72656–63
120August 16@ Athletics4–0Haren (11–9)Meche (9–8)34,07756–64
121August 17@ Angels5–2Escobar (9–10)Moyer (6–12)Rodríguez (32)43,81356–65
122August 18@ Angels3–0Weaver (9–0)Hernández (10–11)Rodríguez (33)44,07256–66
123August 19@ Angels9–7Carrasco (4–3)Washburn (6–12)Rodríguez (34)44,10656–67
124August 20@ Angels3–2Donnelly (3–0)Putz (2–1)43,87656–68
125August 22Yankees6–5Mateo (9–4)Villone (3–2)42,45457–68
126August 23Yankees9–2Wang (15–5)Hernández (10–12)41,38057–59
127August 24Yankees4–2Washburn (7–12)Johnson (14–10)Putz (26)44,63458–69
128August 25Red Sox6–0Woods (4–1)Schilling (14–6)40,81759–69
129August 26Red Sox4–3Putz (3–1)Timlin (5–4)44,77960–69
130August 27Red Sox6–3Baek (1–0)Snyder (3–3)Putz (27)44,28861–69
131August 28Angels2–0Hernández (11–12)Escobar (9–12)28,74862–69
132August 29Angels6–4Washburn (8–12)Weaver (9–2)J. J. Putz (28)29,05963–69
133August 30Angels5–3Lackey (11–9)Woods (4–2)Rodríguez (37)31,26963–70 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Devil Rays2–1McClung (5–12)Sherrill (2–3)11,19663–71
135September 2@ Devil Rays4–3Baek (2–0)Howell (0–2)Putz (29)14,50364–71
136September 3@ Devil Rays7–6Meadows (3–5)Hernández (11–12)McClung (4)14,50164–72
137September 4@ Tigers6–2Robertson (12–11)Washburn (8–13)32,94864–73
138September 5@ Tigers4–3Piñeiro (8–11)Miller (0–1)Putz (30)23,58365–73
139September 6@ Tigers5–4Huber (1–0)Zumaya (6–3)Putz (31)23,06666–73
140September 8Rangers7–2Baek (3–0)Millwood (14–10)Piñeiro (1)28,64667–73
141September 9Rangers3–2Fruto (1–1)Rheinecker (4–6)33,45468–73
142September 10Rangers4–2Wilson (2–2)Huber (1–1)Otsuka (32)34,32168–74
143September 11Blue Jays6–2Lilly (13–12)Woods (4–3)24,46268–75
144September 12Blue Jays4–2Meche (10–8)Marcum (2–4)Putz (32)26,14469–75
145September 13Blue Jays10–0Burnett (8–7)Baek (3–1)26,22569–76
146September 14@ Royals10–8Pérez (2–3)Washburn (8–14)8,83969–77
147September 15@ Royals11–8Woods (5–3)Braun (0–1)16,41270–77
148September 16@ Royals7–4Redman (10–9)Piñeiro (8–12)Nelson (8)12,11670–78
149September 17@ Royals10–5Meche (11–8)Gobble (3–6)9,81771–78
150September 18@ Rangers8–1Millwod (16–10)Hernández (11–14)18,21471–79
151September 19@ Rangers9–7Huber (2–1)Wilson (2–1)Putz (33)18,55172–79
152September 20@ Rangers6–3Baek (4–1)Tejeda (4–4)Putz (34)26,00673–79
153September 21@ White Sox9–0Woods (6–3)Vázquez (11–10)33,97674–79
154September 22@ White Sox11–6Fruto (2–1)Contreras (13–9)37,55775–79
155September 23@ White Sox11–7Haeger (1–1)Piñeiro (8–13)37,40075–80
156September 24@ White Sox12–7García (16–9)Feierabend (0–1)37,51875–81
157September 25Athletics10–9Putz (4–1)Calero (3–2)20,98276–81
158September 26Athletics12–3Harden (4–0)Jake Woods (6–4)19,60476–82
159September 27Athletics7–6Witasick (4–0)Sherrill (2–4)Street (37)23,42176–83
160September 29Rangers6–5Padilla (15–10)Fruto (2–2)Wilson (2–2)30,76676–84
161September 30Rangers3–1Hernández (12–14)Millwood (16–12)Putz (35)23,31077–84 :
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Rangers3–2Woods (7–4)Tejeda (5–5)Putz (36)28,36178–84 :

## 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 |
| RF | Ichiro Suzuki | 161 | 695 | 224 | .322 | 9 | 49 |
| C | Kenji Johjima | 144 | 506 | 147 | .291 | 18 | 76 |
| LF | Raúl Ibañez | 159 | 626 | 181 | .289 | 33 | 123 |
| SS | Yuniesky Betancourt | 157 | 558 | 161 | .289 | 8 | 47 |
| 2B | José López | 151 | 603 | 170 | .282 | 10 | 79 |
| 3B | Adrián Beltré | 156 | 620 | 166 | .268 | 25 | 89 |
| 1B | Richie Sexson | 158 | 591 | 156 | .264 | 34 | 107 |
| DH | Carl Everett | 92 | 308 | 70 | .227 | 11 | 33 |
| CF | Jeremy Reed | 67 | 212 | 46 | .217 | 6 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Willie Bloomquist | 102 | 251 | 62 | .247 | 1 | 15 |
| Ben Broussard | 56 | 164 | 39 | .238 | 8 | 17 |
| René Rivera | 35 | 99 | 15 | .152 | 2 | 4 |
| Chris Snelling | 36 | 96 | 24 | .250 | 3 | 8 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 43 | 87 | 17 | .195 | 1 | 11 |
| Adam Jones | 32 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 1 | 8 |
| Mike Morse | 21 | 43 | 16 | .372 | 0 | 11 |
| Roberto Petagine | 31 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Lawton | 11 | 27 | 7 | .259 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Dobbs | 23 | 27 | 10 | .370 | 0 | 3 |
| T.J. Bohn | 18 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 1 | 2 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Borchard | 6 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Oswaldo Navarro | 4 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
| Guillermo Quiróz | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Félix Hernández | 31 | 191.0 | 12 | 14 | 4.52 | 176 |
| Jarrod Washburn | 31 | 187.0 | 8 | 14 | 4.67 | 103 |
| Gil Meche | 32 | 186.2 | 11 | 8 | 4.48 | 156 |
| Jamie Moyer | 25 | 160.0 | 6 | 12 | 4.39 | 82 |
| Cha Seung Baek | 6 | 34.1 | 4 | 1 | 3.67 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Joel Piñeiro | 40 | 165.2 | 8 | 13 | 6.36 | 87 |
| Jake Woods | 37 | 105.1 | 7 | 4 | 4.20 | 66 |
| Ryan Feierabend | 4 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.71 | 11 |
| César Jiménez | 4 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 3 |
| Francisco Cruceta | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | H | SV | ERA | SO |
| Jon Huber | 16 | 16.2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.08 | 11 |
| Mark Lowe | 15 | 18.2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.93 | 20 |
| Rafael Soriano | 53 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2.25 | 65 |
| J. J. Putz | 72 | 78.1 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 2.30 | 104 |
| Eric O'Flaherty | 15 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 6 |
| Julio Mateo | 48 | 53.2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4.19 | 31 |
| George Sherrill | 72 | 40.0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 4.28 | 42 |
| Sean Green | 24 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.50 | 15 |
| Jeff Harris | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |
| Eddie Guardado | 28 | 23.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5.48 | 22 |
| Emiliano Fruto | 23 | 36.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.50 | 34 |
| Travis Chick | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 2 |
| Jorge Campillo | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 |
| Bobby Livingston | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 |
| Clint Nageotte | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |

### Team statistics

Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams

#### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Team | G | AB | H | R | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Mariners | 162 | 5670 (2nd) | 1540 (10th) | 756 (21st) | .272 (11th) | 172 (18th) | 703 (24th) |
| Opponents | 162 | 5611 | 1500 | 792 | .267 | 183 | 758 |

#### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts
| Team | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | SHO |
| Mariners | 162 | 1446.2 (12th) | 78 (18th) | 84 (11th) | 4.60 (19th) | 1067 (14th) | 6 (22nd) |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tacoma Rainiers | Pacific Coast League | Dave Brundage |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Daren Brown |
| A | Inland Empire 66ers | California League | Gary Thurman |
| A | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | Midwest League | Scott Steinmann |
| A-Short Season | Everett AquaSox | Northwest League | Dave Myers |
| Rookie | AZL Mariners | Arizona League | Dana Williams |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Inland Empire

## Major League Baseball draft

Below is a complete list of Seattle Mariners draft picks from the June 2006 draft.
The Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft but not the Rule 5 draft in 2006.
The 2006 Major League Baseball Draft was held from June 6 to 7. The Mariners selected a total of 50 players in the draft. Of those 50 players, the Mariners signed 26 players. They did however sign multiple players after the draft deadline.

### Key

| Round (Pick) | Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted |
| Position | Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play |
| Bold | Indicates the player signed with the Mariners |
| Italics | Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners |

### Table

| Round (Pick) | Name | Position | School |
| 1 (5) | Brandon Morrow | Right-handed pitcher | University of California, Berkeley |
| 2 (49) | Chris Tillman | Right-handed pitcher | Fountain Valley High School |
| 3 (81) | Anthony Butler | Left-handed pitcher | Oak Creek High School |
| 4 (111) | Ricky Orta | Right-handed pitcher | University of Miami |
| 5 (141) | Nathan Adcock | Right-handed pitcher | North Hardin High School |
| 6 (171) | Adam Moore | Catcher | University of Texas at Arlington |
| 7 (201) | Doug Fister | Right-handed pitcher | California State University, Fresno |
| 8 (231) | Steven Richard | Right-handed pitcher | Clemson University |
| 9 (261) | Justin Souza | Right-handed pitcher | Sacramento Community College |
| 10 (291) | Christopher Minaker | Shortstop | Stanford University |
| 11 (321) | Aaron Solomon | Right-handed pitcher | Cumberland University |
| 12 (351) | Gavin Dickey | Outfielder | University of Florida |
| 13 (381) | Joseph Kantakevich | Right-handed pitcher | College of William & Mary |
| 14 (411) | Jared Baehl | Third baseman | North Posey High School |
| 15 (441) | Andrew Fiorenza | Right-handed pitcher | Clemson University |
| 16 (471) | Austin Bibens-Dirkx | Right-handed pitcher | University of Portland |
| 17 (501) | Dan Runzler | Left-handed pitcher | University of California, Riverside |
| 18 (531) | Kam Mickolio | Right-handed pitcher | Utah Valley State College |
| 19 (561) | Cameron Nobles | Right-handed pitcher | Jackson High School |
| 20 (591) | Johan Limonta | First baseman | Miami Dade College |
| 21 (621) | Brent Gaphardt | Left-handed pitcher | University of Delaware |
| 22 (651) | Fabian Williamson | Left-handed pitcher | Kennedy High School |
| 23 (681) | Marcos Villezcas | Shortstop | Brigham Young University |
| 24 (711) | Kyle Parker | Right-handed pitcher | University of Washington |
| 25 (741) | Tyson Gillies | Outfielder | R.E. Mountain SS |
| 26 (771) | Gregory Moviel | Left-handed pitcher | Vanderbilt University |
| 27 (801) | Bryan Ball | Right-handed pitcher | University of Florida |
| 28 (831) | Everett Collis | Right-handed pitcher | Cornell University |
| 29 (861) | Gregory Nesbitt | Left-handed pitcher | James Madison University |
| 30 (891) | Matthew Vogel | Shortstop | Lewis-Clark State College |
| 31 (921) | David McClain | Right-handed pitcher | San Jacinto College |
| 32 (951) | Joe Agreste | First baseman | Potomac State College |
| 33 (981) | Robert Harmon | Right-handed pitcher | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| 34 (1011) | Stanley Posluszny | Outfielder | West Virginia University |
| 35 (1041) | Alex Meneses | Shortstop | Barry University |
| 36 (1071) | Kyle Haas | Right-handed pitcher | Douglas College |
| 37 (1101) | Christopher Walden | Right-handed pitcher | Bellefontaine High School |
| 38 (1131) | Michael Drake | Outfielder | Cosumnes River College |
| 39 (1161) | Philip Roy | Right-handed pitcher | Miami Dade College |
| 40 (1191) | Haley Winter | Right-handed pitcher | University of California, Riverside |
| 41 (1221) | Brandon Fromm | First baseman | San Jose State University |
| 42 (1251) | Shane Cox | Right-handed pitcher | Alvin Community College |
| 43 (1280) | Clint Straka | Right-handed pitcher | Northern Oklahoma College |
| 44 (1309) | Bryan Earley | Right-handed pitcher | Elder High School |
| 45 (1338) | Jeremy Camacho | Shortstop | Eagle Rock High School |
| 46 (1367) | Robbie Dominguez | Right-handed pitcher | Cerritos College |
| 47 (1395) | Sean Ward | Outfielder | Evans High School |
| 48 (1423) | Jeremy Beeching | Left-handed pitcher | Volunteer State Community College |
| 49 (1451) | Nathan Tacker | Right-handed pitcher | Rice University |
| 50 (1479) | Tyler Sanford | Catcher | Saguaro High School |