# 2006 Florida Marlins season

The 2006 Florida Marlins season was the 14th in Marlins franchise history; an American Major League Baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished the season in fourth place in the National League East. They are notable for greatly exceeding expectations and remaining close in the Wild Card race until September, despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues and using primarily rookies and low priced veterans. They also became the first team in MLB history to be at least 20 games under .500 (11–31), and at any later point in the same season be above .500 (69–68). The team ultimately fell back under .500, and missed the postseason for the third consecutive year.

## Offseason

* November 24, 2005: Hanley Ramírez was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Jesus Delgado (minors), Harvey Garcia, and Aníbal Sánchez to the Florida Marlins for Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, and Guillermo Mota.
* November 24, 2005: Carlos Delgado was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the New York Mets for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit, and Grant Psomas (minors).
* December 5, 2005: Paul Lo Duca was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Dante Brinkley (minors) and Gaby Hernandez (minors).
* December 7, 2005: Juan Pierre was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Chicago Cubs for Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco, and Renyel Pinto.
* December 8, 2005: Dan Uggla was drafted by the Florida Marlins from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2005 minor league draft.
* December 15, 2005: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
* January 15, 2006: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### National League East

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Mets | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 41‍–‍40 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Atlanta Braves | 79 | 83 | .488 | 18 | 40‍–‍41 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Florida Marlins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 | 42‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Washington Nationals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26 | 41‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍51 |

#### 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 |

### Transactions

* May 18, 2006: Buddy Carlyle was released by the Florida Marlins.
* July 15, 2006: Scott Seabol was released by the Florida Marlins.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Offense

The team hit more home runs than the 2005 Marlins, hitting 182 home runs this season as opposed to 128 home runs the previous year.

### 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 |
| C | Miguel Olivo | 127 | 430 | 113 | .263 | 16 | 58 |
| 1B | Mike Jacobs | 136 | 469 | 123 | .262 | 20 | 77 |
| 2B | Dan Uggla | 154 | 611 | 172 | .282 | 27 | 90 |
| SS | Hanley Ramírez | 158 | 633 | 185 | .292 | 17 | 59 |
| 3B | Miguel Cabrera | 158 | 576 | 195 | .339 | 26 | 114 |
| LF | Josh Willingham | 142 | 502 | 139 | .277 | 26 | 74 |
| CF | Reggie Abercrombie | 111 | 255 | 54 | .212 | 5 | 24 |
| RF | Jeremy Hermida | 99 | 307 | 77 | .251 | 5 | 28 |

#### 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 |
| Alfredo Amézaga | 132 | 334 | 87 | .260 | 3 | 19 |
| Cody Ross | 91 | 250 | 53 | .212 | 11 | 37 |
| Wes Helms | 140 | 240 | 79 | .329 | 10 | 47 |
| Joe Borchard | 108 | 230 | 53 | .230 | 10 | 28 |
| Matt Treanor | 67 | 157 | 36 | .229 | 2 | 14 |
| Chris Aguila | 47 | 95 | 22 | .232 | 0 | 7 |
| Eric Reed | 42 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Andino | 11 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Matthew Cepicky | 9 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Wood | 12 | 13 | 6 | .462 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Hoover | 4 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Dontrelle Willis | 34 | 223.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.87 | 160 |
| Scott Olsen | 31 | 180.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.04 | 166 |
| Josh Johnson | 31 | 157.0 | 12 | 7 | 3.10 | 133 |
| Brian Moehler | 29 | 122.0 | 7 | 11 | 6.57 | 58 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 18 | 114.1 | 10 | 3 | 2.83 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 35 | 140.0 | 11 | 11 | 4.82 | 99 |
| Jason Vargas | 12 | 43.0 | 1 | 2 | 7.33 | 25 |
| Sergio Mitre | 15 | 41.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.71 | 31 |

##### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Joe Borowski | 72 | 69.2 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 3.75 | 64 |
| Matt Herges | 66 | 71.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.31 | 36 |
| Randy Messenger | 59 | 60.1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5.67 | 45 |
| Taylor Tankersley | 49 | 41.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.85 | 46 |
| Logan Kensing | 37 | 37.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.54 | 45 |
| Renyel Pinto | 27 | 29.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.03 | 36 |
| Chris Resop | 22 | 21.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 10 |
| Todd Wellemeyer | 18 | 21.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.48 | 17 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 15 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.57 | 20 |
| Franklyn Germán | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 |
| Carlos Martínez | 12 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.74 | 11 |
| José García | 5 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 8 |
| Jeff Fulchino | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Albuquerque Isotopes | Pacific Coast League | Dean Treanor |
| AA | Carolina Mudcats | Southern League | Luis Dorante |
| A | Jupiter Hammerheads | Florida State League | Tim Cossins |
| A | Greensboro Grasshoppers | South Atlantic League | Brandon Hyde |
| A-Short Season | Jamestown Jammers | New York–Penn League | Bo Porter |
| Rookie | GCL Marlins | Gulf Coast League | Edwin Rodríguez |