# 2006 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2006 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 37th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the ninth in the National League, and 38th overall. They finished the season in fourth place in the National League Central and did not make the playoffs.

## Offseason

* December 7, 2005: Lyle Overbay was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Ty Taubenheim to the Toronto Blue Jays for David Bush, Gabe Gross, and Zach Jackson.
* January 6, 2006: Russell Branyan was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### National League Central

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 |

#### 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 |

### Notable transactions

* July 28, 2006: Carlos Lee was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Nelson Cruz to the Texas Rangers for Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench, Francisco Cordero, and Julian Cordero (minors).
* July 28, 2006: David Bell was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Wilfrido Laureano (minors).

### Roster
## Game log

2006 Game Log :
April (14-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Pittsburgh Pirates5-2Lehr (1–0)Torres (0–1)Turnbow (1)45,0231-0
2April 4Pittsburgh Pirates7-5Capuano (1-0)Santos (0-1)Turnbow (2)15,5152-0
3April 5Pittsburgh Pirates3-2Wise (1-0)Marte (0-1)Turnbow (3)15,4303-0
4April 7Arizona Diamondbacks3-1Bush (1-0)Ortiz (0-1)Turnbow (4)25,7374-0
5April 8Arizona Diamondbacks5-4Kolb (1-0)Vizcaíno (0-1)29,2265-0
6April 9Arizona Diamondbacks0-7Vargas (1-0)Capuano (1-1)28,1155-1
7April 10@ St. Louis Cardinals4-6Mulder (1-0)Ohka (0-1)Isringhausen (3)41,9365-2
8April 12@ St. Louis Cardinals3-5Marquis (2-0)Bush (1-1)40,6485-3
9April 13@ St. Louis Cardinals4-3 (11)de la Rosa (1-0)Isringhausen (0-2)Turnbow (5)40,2226-3
10April 14@ New York Mets3-4Glavine (2-0)Capuano (1-2)Wagner (3)37,4896-4
11April 15@ New York Mets8-2Ohka (1-1)Trachsel (1-1)55,8307-4
12April 16@ New York Mets3-9Bannister (2-0)Sheets (0-1)38,1197-5
13April 17@ Houston Astros7-8Astacio (1-0)Wise (1-1)Lidge (4)26,0937-6
14April 18@ Houston Astros12-13Oswalt (3-0)Davis (0-1)Lidge (5)27,9947-7
15April 19@ Houston Astros7-2Capuano (2-2)Pettitte (1-3)27,0028-7
16April 20Cincinnati Reds8-12Belisle (1-0)Lehr (1-1)15,3478-8
17April 21Cincinnati Reds1-3Arroyo (3-0)Sheets (0-2)Weathers (4)29,8258-9
18April 22Cincinnati Reds11-0Bush (2-1)Claussen (1-2)35,7689-9
19April 23Cincinnati Reds0-11Harang (3-1)Davis (0-2)29,1749-10
20April 24Atlanta Braves3-2Capuano (3-2)Davies (1-2)Turnbow (6)11,66010-10
21April 25Atlanta Braves4-2Ohka (2-1)Hudson (1-2)Turnbow (7)16,27611-10
22April 26Atlanta Braves5-4Sheets (1-2)Sosa (0-4)Turnbow (8)18,51112-10
23April 28@ Chicago Cubs2-6Maddux (5-0)Bush (2-2)39,52212-11
24April 29@ Chicago Cubs16-2Davis (1-2)Rusch (1-4)40,64413-11
25April 30@ Chicago Cubs9-0Capuano (4-2)Zambrano (0-2)39,22914-11 :
May (12-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Houston Astros4-2Wise (2-1)Wheeler (0-1)Turnbow (9)12,25815-11
27May 2Houston Astros5-8Nieve (1-0)Sheets (1-3)Lidge (9)12,66415-12
28May 3San Francisco0-2Schmidt (2-2)Bush (2-3)17,35815-13
29May 4San Francisco7-4Davis (2-2)Hennessey (2-1)Turnbow (10)21,03816-13
30May 5@ Los Angeles Dodgers3-4Báez (1-1)Wise (2-2)47,73116-14
31May 6@ Los Angeles Dodgers4-5Báez (1-2)Demaria (0-1)46,08716-15
32May 7@ Los Angeles Dodgers2-10Sele (1-0)Bush (2-4)53,53216-16
33May 9@ San Diego Padres5-4 (10)Kolb (2-0)Hoffman (0-1)Turnbow (11)22,19617-16
34May 10@ San Diego Padres0-3Park (2-1)Capuano (4-3)Hoffman (6)20,08817-17
35May 11@ San Diego Padres5-8Peavy (3-3)Hendrickson (0-1)22,50017-18
36May 12New York Mets9-6Bush (3-4)Lima (0-2)Turnbow (12)26,36218-18
37May 13New York Mets8-9Bradford (2-1)Turnbow (0-1)Wagner (8)45,15018-19
38May 14New York Mets6-5 (10)de la Rosa (2-0)Bradford (2-2)28,10419-19
39May 16Philadelphia Phillies3-2Turnbow (1-1)Franklin (1-3)14,59220-19
40May 17Philadelphia Phillies8-7Capellan (1-0)Rhodes (0-1)20,87421-19
41May 18Philadelphia Phillies5-4Lehr (2-1)Ryan Madson (4-2)Turnbow (13)27,41922-19
42May 19Minnesota Twins1-7Liriano (2-0)Davis (2-3)28,46222-20
43May 20Minnesota Twins10-16Baker (2-4)Hendrickson (0-2)43,42222-21
44May 21Minnesota Twins5-3Capuano (5-3)Crain (0-2)Turnbow (14)35,18023-21
45May 22@ Cincinnati Reds5-15Arroyo (6-2)Bush (3-5)16,56723-22
46May 23@ Cincinnati Reds3-7Ramírez (2-3)Eveland (0-1)16,52823-23
47May 24@ Cincinnati Reds6-2Davis (3-3)Claussen (3-5)29,06524-23
48May 26@ Philadelphia Phillies6-5 (10)Turnbow (2-1)Gordon (2-2)Shouse (1)43,85225-23
49May 27@ Philadelphia Phillies9-6Wise (3-2)Franklin (1-4)Turnbow (15)32,08926-23
50May 28@ Philadelphia Phillies2-6Madson (5-3)Eveland (0-2)35,67426-24
51May 29@ Pittsburgh Pirates3-14Duke (3-6)Davis (3-4)17,56126-25
52May 30@ Pittsburgh Pirates1-12Santos (3-5)de la Rosa (2-1)14,30026-26
53May 31@ Pittsburgh Pirates1-6Snell (5-3)Capuano (5-4)15,43426-27 :
June (14-14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Pittsburgh Pirates3-4Grabow (1-1)Turnbow (2-2)12,89926-28
55June 2Washington Nationals4-10Ortiz (4-4)Eveland (0-3)21,47626-29
56June 3Washington Nationals3-4Bray (1-0)Turnbow (2-3)Cordero (9)40,39226-30
57June 4Washington Nationals4-8Armas (6-3)de la Rosa (2-2)21,60826-31
58June 5San Diego Padres5-2Capuano (6-4)Hensley (4-4)Turnbow (16)13,61127-31
59June 6San Diego Padres5-1Bush (4-5)Peavy (4-6)14,72228-31
60June 7San Diego Padres5-6Cassidy (4-2)Wise (3-3)Hoffman (13)16,98228-32
61June 8San Diego Padres4-3 (10)Turnbow (3-3)Cassidy (4-3)20,51029-32
62June 9St. Louis Cardinals6-10Hancock (2-2)Winkelsas (0-1)Isringhausen (19)24,49029-33
63June 10St. Louis Cardinals4-3Wise (4-3)Flores (0-1)Turnbow (17)36,98130-33
64June 11St. Louis Cardinals5-7Hancock (3-2)Bush (4-6)Isringhausen (20)29,12230-34
65June 12@ Cincinnati Reds6-5Jackson (1-0)Mercker (0-1)Turnbow (18)19,27931-34
66June 13@ Cincinnati Reds6-4Davis (4-4)Arroyo (8-3)Turnbow (19)21,82932-34
67June 14@ Cincinnati Reds0-3 (11)Hammond (1-1)Kolb (2-1)27,71632-35
68June 16Cleveland Indians6-4Capuano (7-4)Sabathia (5-3)Turnbow (20)33,17833-35
69June 17Cleveland Indians3-2Capellan (2-0)Wickman (1-2)42,06934-35
70June 18Cleveland Indians6-3Turnbow (4-3)Betancourt (0-3)43,39135-35
71June 19Detroit Tigers1-3Bonderman (7-4)Wise (4-4)Jones (19)29,62335-36
72June 20Detroit Tigers1-10Miner (3-1)Helling (0-1)33,11935-37
73June 21Detroit Tigers4-3Capuano (8-4)Zumaya (3-1)Turnbow (21)31,22236-37
74June 23@ Kansas City Royals7-2Bush (5-6)Keppel (0-4)18,11237-37
75June 24@ Kansas City Royals5-6Duckworth (1-1)Davis (4-5)Burgos (12)20,46437-38
76June 25@ Kansas City Royals0-6Redman (5-4)Helling (0-2)Gobble (1)14,72637-39
77June 26@ Chicago Cubs6-0Capuano (9-4)Maddux (7-8)39,69838-39
78June 27@ Chicago Cubs8-5Shouse (1-0)Dempster (1-4)Turnbow (22)39,39939-39
79June 28@ Chicago Cubs3-6Howry (3-2)Kolb (2-2)Dempster (12)39,32139-40
80June 29@ Chicago Cubs5-4González (1-0)Prior (0-3)Turnbow (23)39,14440-40
81June 30@ Minnesota Twins2-8Radke (7-7)Villanueva (0-1)28,41240-41 :
July (10-15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Minnesota Twins7-10Rincón (3-0)Turnbow (4-4)Nathan (14)35,05640-42
83July 2@ Minnesota Twins0-8Liriano (9-1)Jackson (1-1)35,46640-43
84July 3Cincinnati Reds8-7Wise (5-4)Coffey (3-3)31,35341-43
85July 4Cincinnati Reds5-2Davis (5-5)Arroyo (9-5)Shouse (2)39,28042-43
86July 5Cincinnati Reds6-5 (13)González (2-0)Standridge (1-1)19,65143-43
87July 6Chicago Cubs2-0Capuano (10-4)Maddux (7-9)37,32644-43
88July 7Chicago Cubs2-7Zambano (8-3)Jackson (1-2)41,17244-44
89July 8Chicago Cubs1-3Mármol (2-3)Bush (5-7)Dempster (14)42,26844-45
90July 9Chicago Cubs4-11Rusch (3-7)Davis (5-6)41,52844-46
91July 14@ Arizona Diamondbacks3-4Medders (3-2)Turnbow (4-5)24,11744-47
92July 15@ Arizona Diamondbacks1-8Webb (10-3)Capuano (10-5)26,31844-48
93July 16@ Arizona Diamondbacks10-5Bush (6-7)Vargas (7-6)29,30845-48
94July 17@ San Francisco Giants10-1Jackson (2-2)Schmidt (6-6)36,73846-48
95July 18@ San Francisco Giants3-4Wright (6-8)González (2-1)Benítez (12)37,05446-49
96July 19@ San Francisco Giants6-7Wilson (1-2)Turnbow (4-6)39,57046-50
97July 21@ Cincinnati Reds5-6Majewski (4-3)Turnbow (4-7)19,67746-51
98July 22@ Cincinnati Reds7-8Coffey (6-4)González (2-2)Guardado (10)41,91546-52
99July 23@ Cincinnati Reds4-1Ohka (3-1)Milton (6-6)Kolb (1)22,72647-52
100July 24Pittsburgh Pirates12-8Davis (6-6)Duke (7-9)30,25248-52
101July 25Pittsburgh Pirates1-6Snell (9-6)Bush (6-8)35,92348-53
102July 26Pittsburgh Pirates4-8Maholm (4-9)Capuano (10-6)37,67848-54
103July 28Cincinnati Reds3-4Milton (7-6)Wise (5-5)Guardado (11)32,74348-55
104July 29Cincinnati Reds6-3González (3-2)Germano (0-1)Turnbow (24)43,00049-55
105July 30Cincinnati Reds4-3Sheets (2-3)Harang (11-7)Cordero (7)42,97650-55
106July 31@ Colorado Rockies2-4Cook (7-9)Capuano (10-7)Fuentes (20)23,18950-56 :
August (12-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Colorado Rockies1-0Bush (7-8)Fogg (7-6)Cordero (8)22,08251-56
108August 2@ Colorado Rockies2-8Kim (7-6)Ohka (3-2)24,03451-57
109August 4@ St. Louis Cardinals4-3Davis (7-6)Carpenter (10-6)Cordero (9)43,16252-57
110August 5@ St. Louis Cardinals3-4Reyes (3-5)Sheets (2-4)Isringhausen (29)43,29952-58
111August 6@ St. Louis Cardinals1-7Suppan (9-6)Capuano (10-8)Sosa (4)43,14052-59
112August 8Chicago Cubs3-6Mármol (5-5)Ohka (3-3)Dempster (22)36,20052-60
113August 9Chicago Cubs6-3Bush (8-8)Zambrano (12-5)Cordero (10)36,01253-60
114August 10Chicago Cubs8-6Davis (8-6)Prior (1-6)Cordero (11)41,68654-60
115August 11@ Atlanta Braves1-2Smoltz (10-5)Turnbow (4-8)31,33654-61
116August 12@ Atlanta Braves8-5Sheets (3-4)Barry (0-1)Cordero (12)40,48055-61
117August 13@ Atlanta Braves4-7Paronto (1-0)Wise (5-6)Wickman (22)34,71855-62
118August 14@ Pittsburgh Pirates2-4Santos (5-7)Bush (8-9)Gonzalez (21)16,27955-63
119August 15@ Pittsburgh Pirates6-3Davis (9-6)Marte (0-6)Cordero (13)17,87756-63
120August 16@ Pittsburgh Pirates5-2 (13)González (4-2)Marte (0-7)Cordero (14)14,90157-63
121August 17Houston Astros3-7Hirsh (1-1)Sheets (3-5)30,25257-64
122August 18Houston Astros3-2Cordero (8-4)Lidge (0-4)30,29458-64
123August 19Houston Astros6-4Bush (9-9)Rodríguez (9-7)Cordero (15)42,34759-64
124August 20Houston Astros1-3Clemens (5-4)Davis (9-7)Wheeler (4)41,22259-65
125August 22Colorado Rockies4-1Capuano (11-8)Cook (8-12)Cordero (16)25,15860-65
126August 23Colorado Rockies7-1Sheets (4-5)Kim (7-9)35,56961-65
127August 24Colorado Rockies12-6OhkaFogg (9-8)35,48462-65
128August 25@ Florida Marlins5-6Moehler (7-8)Bush (9-10)Borowski (30)13,44762-66
129August 26@ Florida Marlins2-7Willis (9-10)Davis (9-8)30,01762-67
130August 27@ Florida Marlins3-4Borowski (2-2)Shouse (1-1)13,54462-68
131August 28@ Florida Marlins2-4Johnson (12-6)Sheets (4-6)Borowski (31)10,22662-69
132August 29@ Florida Marlins3-10Qualls (5-3)Shouse (1-2)32,98162-70
133August 30@ Houston Astros0-1Lidge (1-4)Capellan (2-1)35,02162-71
134August 31@ Houston Astros3-5Pettitte (13-13)Davis (9-9)Lidge (28)36,43862-72 :
September (12-15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Florida Marlins2-3Sánchez (6-2)Capuano (11-9)Borowski (32)33,33462-73
136September 2Florida Marlins6-9Borowski (3-2)Turnbow (4-9)Tankersley (3)44,00562-74
137September 3Florida Marlins3-10Olsen (12-7)Ohka (4-4)25,05862-75
138September 4Los Angeles Dodgers3-6Bush (10-10)Maddux (12-12)Cordero (17)33,64563-75
139September 5Los Angeles Dodgers9-0Davis (10-9)Hendrickson (5-15)13,42764-75
140September 6Los Angeles Dodgers1-2Lowe (14-8)Capuano (11-10)Saito (18)25,10664-76
141September 8Houston Astros3-4Oswalt (12-8)Capellan (2-2)Lidge (31)19,67764-77
142September 9Houston Astros4-10Hirsh (3-3)Ohka (4-5)31,21664-78
143September 10Houston Astros4-0Bush (11-10)Rodríguez (9-9)23,45665-78
144September 11@ Pittsburgh Pirates3-4Duke (9-13)Davis (10-10)Torres (6)13,64365-79
September 12@ Pittsburgh PiratesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 13 (double header)
145September 13@ Pittsburgh Pirates3-6Snell (13-10)Capuano (11-11)Torres (7) ?65-80
146September 13@ Pittsburgh Pirates2-1Sheets (5-6)Chacón (6-6)Cordero (18)11,62766-80
147September 15@ Washington Nationals5-2Villanueva (1-1)Ortiz (10-14)Cordero (19)21,16867-80
148September 16@ Washington Nationals5-8Astacio (4-5)Bush (11-11)Cordero (27)24,25267-81
149September 17@ Washington Nationals1-6Rivera (3-0)Davis (10-11)26,12867-82
150September 18St. Louis Cardinals4-3Cordero (9-4)Looper (9-2)19,36068-82
151September 19St. Louis Cardinals2-12Weaver (7-14)Sheets (5-7)15,20468-83
152September 20St. Louis Cardinals1-0Cordero (10-4)Johnson (0-3)14,24269-83
153September 21San Francisco Giants9-4Bush (12-11)Morris (10-15)28,71970-83
154September 22San Francisco Giants13-12Capellan (3-2)Chulk (1-3)Cordero (20)21,79671-83
155September 23San Francisco Giants10-8Capellan (4-2)Taschner (0-1)Cordero (21)33,98972-83
156September 24San Francisco Giants5-3Sheets (6-7)Cain (13-11)Cordero (22)23,04973-83
157September 26@ Chicago Cubs6-14Marshall (6-9)Villanueva (1-2)31,93273-84
158September 27@ Chicago Cubs2-3Howry (4-5)Cordero (10-5)36,27373-85
159September 28@ St. Louis Cardinals9-4Davis (11-11)Marquis (14-16)40,31374-85
160September 29@ St. Louis Cardinals5-10Weaver (8-14)Capuano (11-12)41,71874-86
161September 30@ St. Louis Cardinals2-3Johnson (2-4)Shouse (1-3)Wainwright (3)44,29474-87 :
October (1-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1@ St. Louis Cardinals5-3Villanueva (2-2)Reyes (5-8)44,13375-87 :

## 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 |
| C | Damian Miller | 101 | 331 | 83 | .251 | 6 | 38 |
| 1B | Prince Fielder | 157 | 569 | 154 | .271 | 28 | 81 |
| 2B | Rickie Weeks Jr. | 95 | 359 | 100 | .279 | 8 | 34 |
| SS | Bill Hall | 148 | 537 | 145 | .270 | 35 | 85 |
| 3B | Corey Koskie | 76 | 257 | 67 | .261 | 12 | 33 |
| LF | Carlos Lee | 102 | 388 | 111 | .286 | 28 | 81 |
| CF | Brady Clark | 138 | 415 | 109 | .263 | 4 | 29 |
| RF | Geoff Jenkins | 147 | 484 | 131 | .271 | 17 | 70 |

#### 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 |
| Jeff Cirillo | 112 | 263 | 84 | .319 | 3 | 23 |
| Corey Hart | 87 | 237 | 67 | .283 | 9 | 33 |
| Tony Graffanino | 60 | 236 | 66 | .280 | 2 | 27 |
| Gabe Gross | 117 | 208 | 57 | .274 | 9 | 38 |
| David Bell | 53 | 180 | 46 | .256 | 4 | 29 |
| Mike Rivera | 46 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 6 | 24 |
| J.J. Hardy | 35 | 128 | 31 | .242 | 5 | 14 |
| Kevin Mench | 40 | 126 | 29 | .230 | 1 | 18 |
| Chad Moeller | 29 | 98 | 18 | .184 | 2 | 5 |
| Tony Gwynn Jr. | 32 | 77 | 20 | .260 | 0 | 4 |
| Laynce Nix | 10 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 1 | 6 |
| Chris Barnwell | 13 | 30 | 2 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinny Rottino | 9 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Drew Anderson | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 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 |
| Chris Capuano | 34 | 221.1 | 11 | 12 | 4.03 | 174 |
| Dave Bush | 34 | 210.0 | 12 | 11 | 4.41 | 166 |
| Doug Davis | 34 | 203.1 | 11 | 11 | 4.91 | 159 |
| Ben Sheets | 17 | 106.0 | 6 | 7 | 3.82 | 116 |
| Tomo Ohka | 18 | 97.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.82 | 50 |
| Zach Jackson | 8 | 38.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.40 | 22 |
| Ben Hendrickson | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 12.00 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Carlos Villanueva | 10 | 53.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.69 | 39 |
| Dana Eveland | 9 | 27.2 | 0 | 3 | 8.13 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Derrick Turnbow | 64 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 6.87 | 69 |
| José Capellán | 61 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.40 | 58 |
| Brian Shouse | 59 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.97 | 20 |
| Dan Kolb | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.84 | 26 |
| Matt Wise | 40 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3.86 | 27 |
| Francisco Cordero | 28 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1.69 | 30 |
| Geremi González | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5.14 | 36 |
| Rick Helling | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.11 | 32 |
| Jorge De La Rosa | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.60 | 31 |
| Justin Lehr | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8.62 | 12 |
| Chris Demaria | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.93 | 11 |
| Dennis Sarfate | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 11 |
| Chris Spurling | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 |
| Joe Winkelsas | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 4 |
| Jared Fernández | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 1 |
| Allan Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 |
| Mike Adams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 1 |
| Chris Mabeus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 2 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2006.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Nashville Sounds | Pacific Coast League | Frank Kremblas |
| Double-A | Huntsville Stars | Southern League | Don Money |
| Class A-Advanced | Brevard County Manatees | Florida State League | Ramón Avilés |
| Class A | West Virginia Power | South Atlantic League | Mike Guerrero |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Ed Sedar |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers | Arizona League | Charlie Greene |