# 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 125th season of the franchise; the 120th in the National League. This was their sixth season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 78 | .516 | — | 49‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Houston Astros | 82 | 80 | .506 | 1½ | 44‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 80 | 82 | .494 | 3½ | 42‍–‍39 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 75 | 87 | .463 | 8½ | 48‍–‍33 | 27‍–‍54 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 16½ | 43‍–‍38 | 24‍–‍57 |
| Chicago Cubs | 66 | 96 | .407 | 17½ | 36‍–‍45 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Game log

2006 Game Log (67–95) :
April (7–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Brewers2–5LehrTorres (0–1)Turnbow45,0230–1
2April 4@ Brewers5–7CapuanoSantos (0–1)Turnbow15,5150–2
3April 5@ Brewers2–3WiseMarte (0–1)Turnbow15,4300–3
4April 6@ Reds5–6WhiteGonzalez (0–1)Weathers13,8870–4
5April 7@ Reds6–7MiltonMaholm (0–1)Mercker16,5730–5
6April 8@ Reds9–11HarangPerez (0–1)White20,2440–6
7April 9@ Reds5–3Santos (1–1)WilliamsHernandez (1)22,0901–6
8April 10Dodgers3–8PerezDuke (0–1)—39,1291–7
9April 11Dodgers7–6Torres (1–1)CarterGonzalez (1)17,2402–7
10April 12Dodgers9–5Torres (2–1)Kuo—13,2373–7
11April 13Dodgers5–13LowePerez (0–2)—18,1343–8
12April 14Cubs6–11MarshallSantos (1–2)—20,2333–9
13April 15Cubs2–1Duke (1–1)WilliamsGonzalez (2)34,2644–9
14April 16Cubs3–7RuschSnell (0–1)—15,0204–10
15April 17Cardinals1–2MarquisMaholm (0–2)Isringhausen15,2784–11
16April 18Cardinals12–4Perez (1–2)Suppan—16,6825–11
17April 19Cardinals0–4CarpenterSantos (1–3)—15,0855–12
18April 21@ Astros2–3RodriguezDuke (1–2)Lidge31,3335–13
19April 22@ Astros0–3BuchholzSnell (0–2)Lidge38,5755–14
20April 23@ Astros2–7OswaltMaholm (0–3)—39,0745–15
21April 24@ Cardinals2–7CarpenterPerez (1–3)—38,9535–16
22April 25@ Cardinals3–6SuppanSantos (1–4)Isringhausen38,8095–17
23April 26@ Cardinals3–4IsringhausenHernandez (0–1)—38,7285–18
24April 28Phillies3–1Snell (1–2)MyersGonzalez (3)30,5686–18
25April 29Phillies3–2Maholm (1–3)LidleHernandez (2)33,9447–18
26April 30Phillies1–5FloydPerez (1–4)—22,3207–19 :
May (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Cubs1–2HowryGrabow (0–1)Dempster36,6027–20
28May 2@ Cubs8–0Duke (2–2)Guzman—39,1108–20
29May 3@ Mets3–4 (12)BradfordGonzalez (0–2)—33,6688–21
30May 4@ Mets0–6GlavineMaholm (1–4)—30,7568–22
31May 5@ Nationals0–6DayPerez (1–5)—21,0598–23
32May 6@ Nationals5–4 (11)Gonzalez (1–2)Rodriguez—29,9539–23
33May 7@ Nationals4–5O'ConnorDuke (2–3)Cordero30,6599–24
34May 9Diamondbacks3–0Snell (2–2)BatistaGonzalez (4)16,96110–24
35May 10Diamondbacks4–7WebbMarte (0–2)Valverde14,50910–25
36May 12Marlins12–9Capps (1–0)WellemeyerGonzalez (5)24,99011–25
37May 13Marlins3–4OlsenDuke (2–4)Borowski29,28911–26
38May 14Marlins2–8MoehlerSnell (2–3)—15,92111–27
39May 16Reds9–3Maholm (2–4)Harang—14,31512–27
40May 17Reds7–2Perez (2–5)Arroyo—14,89713–27
41May 18Reds8–9BelisleCapps (1–1)Coffey18,50213–28
42May 19@ Indians1–4SabathiaDuke (2–5)—32,49913–29
43May 20@ Indians9–6Snell (3–3)JohnsonGonzalez (6)30,79914–29
44May 21@ Indians2–3 (10)WickmanGonzalez (1–3)—31,58914–30
45May 22@ Diamondbacks3–4MeddersMarte (0–3)Valverde18,10314–31
46May 23@ Diamondbacks3–7VargasSantos (1–5)—19,99314–32
47May 24@ Diamondbacks7–8BatistaDuke (2–6)Valverde18,39414–33
48May 26Astros12–5Snell (4–3)Buchholz—29,24715–33
49May 27Astros8–7 (18)Santos (2–5)Gallo—31,87816–33
50May 28Astros4–5 (10)QuallsTorres (2–2)Lidge24,99216–34
51May 29Brewers14–3Duke (3–6)Davis—17,56117–34
52May 30Brewers12–1Santos (3–5)De La Rosa—14,30018–34
53May 31Brewers6–1Snell (5–3)Capuano—15,43419–34 :
June (8–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Brewers4–3Grabow (1–1)Turnbow—12,89920–34
55June 2Padres0–7 (6)ParkPerez (2–6)—20,77720–35
56June 3Padres6–4Duke (4–6)ThompsonGonzalez (7)30,63921–35
57June 4Padres0–1YoungSantos (3–6)Hoffman26,85721–36
58June 5@ Rockies5–2Snell (6–3)CookGonzalez (8)20,15222–36
59June 6@ Rockies4–5FrancisMaholm (2–5)Fuentes20,27722–37
60June 7@ Rockies9–16DohmannPerez (2–7)—21,50922–38
61June 8@ Giants4–5BenitezMarte (0–4)—34,54022–39
62June 9@ Giants3–2Santos (4–6)MorrisGonzalez (9)38,76623–39
63June 10@ Giants2–0Snell (7–3)LowryGonzalez (10)37,30224–39
64June 11@ Giants7–5Capps (2–1)WorrellGonzalez (11)39,85025–39
65June 13Cardinals1–2CarpenterPerez (2–8)Isringhausen24,44325–40
66June 14Cardinals9–7Duke (5–6)PonsonGonzalez (12)20,28926–40
67June 15Cardinals5–6MulderSantos (4–7)Isringhausen18,24826–41
68June 16Twins2–4LirianoSnell (7–4)Nathan33,02526–42
69June 17Twins3–5CrainMarte (0–5)Nathan34,08526–43
70June 18Twins2–8SantanaPerez (2–9)—25,10426–44
71June 19Diamondbacks4–5 (11)AquinoTorres (2–3)Julio15,03226–45
72June 20@ Royals6–10RedmanWells (0–1)—15,90626–46
73June 21@ Royals4–6DessensTorres (2–4)Burgos15,50126–47
74June 22@ Royals7–15ElartonMaholm (2–6)—13,15326–48
75June 23@ Dodgers4–10TomkoPerez (2–10)—55,82326–49
76June 24@ Dodgers0–7SeleDuke (5–7)—47,78526–50
77June 25@ Dodgers4–7PennyWells (0–2)Saito55,54526–51
78June 27White Sox2–4BuehrleSnell (7–5)Jenks24,97626–52
79June 28White Sox3–4GarciaMaholm (2–7)Jenks23,11826–53
80June 29White Sox7–6Gonzalez (2–3)Politte—21,38027–53
81June 30Tigers6–7ColonWells (0–3)Jones27,31827–54 :
July (13–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Tigers9–2Capps (3–1)Grilli—37,11128–54
83July 2Tigers8–9MinerSnell (7–6)Jones28,13628–55
84July 3@ Mets11–1Maholm (3–7)Maine—54,11129–55
85July 4@ Mets6–7SanchezHernandez (0–2)Wagner38,48729–56
86July 5@ Mets0–5HernandezWells (0–4)—40,36029–57
87July 6@ Mets5–7TrachselGorzelanny (0–1)Wagner39,74329–58
88July 7@ Phillies3–2Snell (8–6)LieberGonzalez (13)45,02530–58
89July 8@ Phillies2–6LidleMaholm (3–8)—37,46230–59
90July 9@ Phillies3–8HamelsDuke (5–8)—32,52730–60
–July 1177th All-Star GameNational League vs. American League (PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
91July 14Nationals7–4Duke (6–8)OrtizGonzalez (14)26,72031–60
92July 15Nationals7–6Gonzalez (3–3)Corcoran—32,62632–60
93July 16Nationals4–8 (11)StantonHernandez (0–3)—18,90832–61
94July 17Rockies3–1Grabow (2–1)KimCapps (1)18,83533–61
95July 18Rockies4–13FrancisGorzelanny (0–2)—20,08633–62
96July 19Rockies6–5Duke (7–8)JenningsGonzalez (15)19,88134–62
97July 20@ Marlins5–3Torres (3–4)MessengerGonzalez (16)9,13935–62
98July 21@ Marlins1–4OlsenMaholm (3–9)Borowski11,35735–63
99July 22@ Marlins0–5NolascoWells (0–5)—15,29135–64
100July 23@ Marlins4–5BorowskiGonzalez (3–4)—11,46835–65
101July 24@ Brewers8–12DavisDuke (7–9)—30,25235–66
102July 25@ Brewers6–1Snell (9–6)Bush—35,92336–66
103July 26@ Brewers8–4Maholm (4–9)Capuano—37,67837–66
104July 28Giants3–0Wells (1–5)SchmidtGonzalez (17)38,09238–66
105July 29Giants4–3Gorzelanny (1–2)WrightGonzalez (18)38,37339–66
106July 30Giants2–1 (10)Grabow (3–1)Kline—26,51640–66 :
August (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Braves2–4SmoltzSnell (9–7)Wickman22,14540–67
108August 2Braves2–3YatesTorres (3–5)Wickman21,06440–68
109August 3Braves3–2Chacon (1–0)HudsonGonzalez (19)17,32441–68
110August 4@ Cubs6–0Gorzelanny (2–2)Zambrano—39,97342–68
111August 5@ Cubs5–7PriorDuke (7–10)Dempster41,00742–69
112August 6@ Cubs1–6HillSnell (9–8)—40,32042–70
113August 8@ Astros1–3BackeMaholm (4–10)Lidge38,85642–71
114August 9@ Astros1–14OswaltChacon (1–1)—31,07742–72
115August 10@ Astros2–5ClemensGorzelanny (2–3)—41,47642–73
116August 11Cardinals7–1Duke (8–10)Suppan—30,51643–73
117August 12Cardinals3–2Snell (10–8)WeaverGonzalez (20)35,03744–73
118August 13Cardinals7–0Maholm (5–10)Marquis—27,10145–73
119August 14Brewers4–2Santos (5–7)BushGonzalez (21)16,27946–73
120August 15Brewers3–6DavisMarte (0–6)Cordero17,87746–74
121August 16Brewers2–5 (13)GonzalezMarte (0–7)Cordero14,90146–75
122August 18@ Reds7–3Snell (11–8)Michalak—31,71847–75
123August 19@ Reds7–14FranklinTorres (3–6)—34,24547–76
124August 20@ Reds1–5HarangSantos (5–8)—29,93547–77
125August 21@ Braves0–3SmoltzDuke (8–11)Wickman21,89847–78
126August 22@ Braves5–3Marte (1–7)BaezGonzalez (22)21,83048–78
127August 23@ Braves5–4Capps (4–1)ParontoGonzalez (23)23,08249–78
128August 24Astros5–3Maholm (6–10)RodriguezGonzalez (24)32,34550–78
129August 25Astros1–5ClemensSantos (5–9)—37,00950–79
130August 26Astros4–7PettitteDuke (8–12)Lidge37,19050–80
131August 27Astros1–13HirshChacon (1–2)—19,45950–81
132August 28Cubs11–6Snell (12–8)Guzman—12,66651–81
133August 29Cubs7–6 (11)Capps (5–1)Dempster—14,61852–81
134August 30Cubs10–9 (11)McLeary (1–0)Dempster—12,73053–81 :
September (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Cardinals1–3CarpenterDuke (8–13)—42,09153–82
136September 2@ Cardinals1–0Capps (6–1)WeaverTorres (1)41,46654–82
137September 3@ Cardinals3–6ReyesSnell (12–9)—42,20554–83
138September 4@ Cubs5–4Maholm (7–10)ZambranoTorres (2)37,99455–83
139September 5@ Cubs6–5Grabow (4–1)DempsterTorres (3)31,49456–83
140September 6@ Cubs2–7WuertzGrabow (4–2)—32,55756–84
141September 7@ Cubs7–5Bayliss (1–0)EyreTorres (4)27,10557–84
142September 8@ Reds1–9LohseSnell (12–10)—17,63157–85
143September 9@ Reds7–4Capps (7–1)CoffeyTorres (5)25,03858–85
144September 10@ Reds2–4ArroyoYouman (0–1)Schoeneweis20,73158–86
145September 11Brewers4–3Duke (9–13)DavisTorres (6)13,64359–86
146September 13Brewers6–3Snell (13–10)CapuanoTorres (7)—60–86
147September 13Brewers1–2SheetsChacon (1–3)Cordero11,62760–87
148September 15Mets5–3Maholm (8–10)MartinezTorres (8)24,41061–87
149September 16Mets3–2Capps (8–1)Heilman—37,62362–87
150September 17Mets3–0Duke (10–13)MaineTorres (9)34,86663–87
151September 19@ Dodgers10–6Snell (14–10)Kuo—43,73464–87
152September 20@ Dodgers6–4Chacon (2–3)MadduxTorres (10)46,31965–87
153September 21@ Dodgers2–5BillingsleyYouman (0–2)Saito48,56765–88
154September 22@ Padres2–6YoungGorzelanny (2–4)—40,07765–89
155September 23@ Padres1–2PeavyDuke (10–14)Hoffman43,16865–90
156September 24@ Padres1–2HensleyPerez (2–11)Hoffman41,93265–91
157September 26Astros4–7PettitteSnell (14–11)—17,14165–92
158September 27Astros6–7 (15)SampsonBayliss (1–1)Miller16,35265–93
159September 28Astros0–3OswaltGorzelanny (2–5)Lidge12,67165–94
160September 29Reds2–5HarangDuke (10–15)—27,03365–95
161September 30Reds3–0McLeary (2–0)ArroyoTorres (11)35,51466–95 :
October (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Reds1–0Capps (9–1)CoffeyTorres (12)25,00467–95 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member      Source: baseball-reference.com :

### 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 |

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| NL East |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 17 | 19 |
| Florida Marlins | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 27 | 38 |
| New York Mets | 4 | 5 | 0.444 | 36 | 35 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 15 | 24 |
| Washington Nationals | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 27 | 33 |
| Total | 15 | 19 | 0.441 | 122 | 149 |
| NL Central |||||||
| Chicago Cubs | 9 | 6 | 0.600 | 80 | 76 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 9 | 0.438 | 80 | 85 |
| Houston Astros | 3 | 13 | 0.188 | 53 | 97 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 9 | 7 | 0.563 | 87 | 61 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 9 | 0.400 | 58 | 54 |
| Total | 34 | 44 | 0.436 | 358 | 373 |
| NL West |||||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | 5 | 0.167 | 24 | 31 |
| Colorado Rockies | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 31 | 42 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 50 | 71 |
| San Diego Padres | 1 | 5 | 0.167 | 10 | 22 |
| San Francisco Giants | 6 | 1 | 0.857 | 25 | 16 |
| Total | 15 | 20 | 0.429 | 140 | 182 |
| American League |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 12 | 14 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 12 | 13 |
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 23 | 18 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 17 | 31 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 7 | 17 |
| Total | 3 | 12 | 0.200 | 71 | 93 |
| Season Total | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 691 | 797 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0.269 | 101 | 141 |
| May | 27 | 12 | 15 | 0.444 | 150 | 123 |
| June | 28 | 8 | 20 | 0.286 | 113 | 163 |
| July | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0.520 | 119 | 122 |
| August | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0.464 | 113 | 141 |
| September | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0.481 | 94 | 107 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 162 | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 691 | 797 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 43 | 38 | 0.531 | 380 | 367 |
| Away | 81 | 24 | 57 | 0.296 | 311 | 430 |
| Total | 162 | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 691 | 797 |

## Roster
### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| Name | Position |
| Chris Duffy | CF |
| Jack Wilson | SS |
| Sean Casey | 1B |
| Jason Bay | LF |
| Joe Randa | 3B |
| Jeromy Burnitz | RF |
| José Castillo | 2B |
| Humberto Cota | C |
| Óliver Pérez | SP |

## All-Star game

The 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 77th playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 2006 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. The contest was the fifth hosted by the city of Pittsburgh. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3-2, thus awarding the AL champion (which was eventually the Detroit Tigers) home-field advantage in the 2006 World Series.

## Statistics
### Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| S. Youman | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.429 | 0 | 1 |
| F. Sanchez | 157 | 582 | 200 | 0.344 | 6 | 85 |
| R. Vogelsong | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Paulino | 129 | 442 | 137 | 0.310 | 6 | 55 |
| X. Nady | 55 | 203 | 61 | 0.300 | 3 | 23 |
| S. Casey | 59 | 213 | 63 | 0.296 | 3 | 29 |
| J. Bay | 159 | 570 | 163 | 0.286 | 35 | 109 |
| J. Wilson | 142 | 543 | 148 | 0.273 | 8 | 35 |
| J. Randa | 89 | 206 | 55 | 0.267 | 4 | 28 |
| J. Hernández | 67 | 120 | 32 | 0.267 | 2 | 12 |
| C. Wilson | 85 | 255 | 68 | 0.267 | 13 | 41 |
| C. Duffy | 84 | 314 | 80 | 0.255 | 2 | 18 |
| J. Castillo | 148 | 518 | 131 | 0.253 | 14 | 65 |
| J. Bautista | 117 | 400 | 94 | 0.235 | 16 | 51 |
| N. McLouth | 106 | 270 | 63 | 0.233 | 7 | 16 |
| J. Burnitz | 111 | 313 | 72 | 0.230 | 16 | 49 |
| R. Doumit | 61 | 149 | 31 | 0.208 | 6 | 17 |
| S. Torres | 91 | 5 | 1 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Duke | 33 | 68 | 13 | 0.191 | 0 | 7 |
| H. Cota | 38 | 100 | 19 | 0.190 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Edwards | 14 | 16 | 3 | 0.188 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Santos | 25 | 38 | 6 | 0.158 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Davis | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 |
| Ó. Pérez | 16 | 25 | 3 | 0.120 | 0 | 3 |
| P. Maholm | 28 | 55 | 6 | 0.109 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Maldonado | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0.105 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Wells | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Chacón | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0.077 | 0 | 1 |
| I. Snell | 35 | 54 | 3 | 0.056 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Capps | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Y. DeCaster | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Gonzalez | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Gorzelanny | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Grabow | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Marte | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. McLeary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bayliss | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| R. Hernández | 43 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Pérez | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| B. Reames | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| B. Rogers | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Sharpless | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5,558 | 1,462 | 0.263 | 141 | 656 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| J. Pérez | 7 | 31⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 3 |
| B. Reames | 6 | 71⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 6 |
| B. Rogers | 10 | 82⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 7 |
| V. Santos | 25 | 1151⁄3 | 5 | 9 | 5.70 | 81 |
| K. Wells | 7 | 361⁄3 | 1 | 5 | 6.69 | 16 |
| Z. Duke | 34 | 2151⁄3 | 10 | 15 | 4.47 | 117 |
| R. Vogelsong | 20 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6.39 | 27 |
| Ó. Pérez | 15 | 76 | 2 | 10 | 6.63 | 61 |
| P. Maholm | 30 | 176 | 8 | 10 | 4.76 | 117 |
| I. Snell | 32 | 186 | 14 | 11 | 4.74 | 169 |
| S. Torres | 94 | 931⁄3 | 3 | 6 | 3.28 | 72 |
| S. Chacón | 9 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 5.48 | 27 |
| M. Capps | 85 | 802⁄3 | 9 | 1 | 3.79 | 56 |
| R. Hernández | 46 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 2.93 | 33 |
| J. Grabow | 72 | 692⁄3 | 4 | 2 | 4.13 | 66 |
| M. McLeary | 5 | 172⁄3 | 2 | 0 | 2.04 | 8 |
| D. Marte | 75 | 581⁄3 | 1 | 7 | 3.70 | 63 |
| J. Bayliss | 11 | 142⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 4.30 | 15 |
| T. Gorzelanny | 11 | 612⁄3 | 2 | 5 | 3.79 | 40 |
| M. Gonzalez | 54 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 2.17 | 64 |
| S. Youman | 5 | 212⁄3 | 0 | 2 | 2.91 | 5 |
| J. Sharpless | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 7 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 1,435 | 67 | 95 | 4.52 | 1,060 |

## Awards and honors

2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Jason Bay, RF, starter
* Freddy Sanchez, 3B, reserve
NL Batting Champion
* Freddy Sanchez

## Transactions

* July 31, 2006: Xavier Nady was traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Roberto Hernandez and Óliver Pérez.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | International League | Trent Jewett |
| AA | Altoona Curve | Eastern League | Tim Leiper |
| A | Lynchburg Hillcats | Carolina League | Gary Green |
| A | Hickory Crawdads | South Atlantic League | Jeff Branson |
| A-Short Season | Williamsport Crosscutters | New York–Penn League | Tom Prince |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League | Jeff Livesey |