2006 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2006 Pittsburgh Pirates
2006 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Dave Littlefield
Managers	Jim Tracy
Television	FSN Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
	Seasons
	Seasons

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. The Pirates also hosted the All-Star Game on July 11.

Regular season

Season standings

NL 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
	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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 3	@ Brewers	2–5	Lehr	Torres (0–1)	Turnbow	45,023	0–1
2	April 4	@ Brewers	5–7	Capuano	Santos (0–1)	Turnbow	15,515	0–2
3	April 5	@ Brewers	2–3	Wise	Marte (0–1)	Turnbow	15,430	0–3
4	April 6	@ Reds	5–6	White	Gonzalez (0–1)	Weathers	13,887	0–4
5	April 7	@ Reds	6–7	Milton	Maholm (0–1)	Mercker	16,573	0–5
6	April 8	@ Reds	9–11	Harang	Perez (0–1)	White	20,244	0–6
7	April 9	@ Reds	5–3	Santos (1–1)	Williams	Hernandez (1)	22,090	1–6
8	April 10	Dodgers	3–8	Perez	Duke (0–1)	—	39,129	1–7
9	April 11	Dodgers	7–6	Torres (1–1)	Carter	Gonzalez (1)	17,240	2–7
10	April 12	Dodgers	9–5	Torres (2–1)	Kuo	—	13,237	3–7
11	April 13	Dodgers	5–13	Lowe	Perez (0–2)	—	18,134	3–8
12	April 14	Cubs	6–11	Marshall	Santos (1–2)	—	20,233	3–9
13	April 15	Cubs	2–1	Duke (1–1)	Williams	Gonzalez (2)	34,264	4–9
14	April 16	Cubs	3–7	Rusch	Snell (0–1)	—	15,020	4–10
15	April 17	Cardinals	1–2	Marquis	Maholm (0–2)	Isringhausen	15,278	4–11
16	April 18	Cardinals	12–4	Perez (1–2)	Suppan	—	16,682	5–11
17	April 19	Cardinals	0–4	Carpenter	Santos (1–3)	—	15,085	5–12
18	April 21	@ Astros	2–3	Rodriguez	Duke (1–2)	Lidge	31,333	5–13
19	April 22	@ Astros	0–3	Buchholz	Snell (0–2)	Lidge	38,575	5–14
20	April 23	@ Astros	2–7	Oswalt	Maholm (0–3)	—	39,074	5–15
21	April 24	@ Cardinals	2–7	Carpenter	Perez (1–3)	—	38,953	5–16
22	April 25	@ Cardinals	3–6	Suppan	Santos (1–4)	Isringhausen	38,809	5–17
23	April 26	@ Cardinals	3–4	Isringhausen	Hernandez (0–1)	—	38,728	5–18
24	April 28	Phillies	3–1	Snell (1–2)	Myers	Gonzalez (3)	30,568	6–18
25	April 29	Phillies	3–2	Maholm (1–3)	Lidle	Hernandez (2)	33,944	7–18
26	April 30	Phillies	1–5	Floyd	Perez (1–4)	—	22,320	7–19

May (12–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 1	@ Cubs	1–2	Howry	Grabow (0–1)	Dempster	36,602	7–20
28	May 2	@ Cubs	8–0	Duke (2–2)	Guzman	—	39,110	8–20
29	May 3	@ Mets	3–4 (12)	Bradford	Gonzalez (0–2)	—	33,668	8–21
30	May 4	@ Mets	0–6	Glavine	Maholm (1–4)	—	30,756	8–22
31	May 5	@ Nationals	0–6	Day	Perez (1–5)	—	21,059	8–23
32	May 6	@ Nationals	5–4 (11)	Gonzalez (1–2)	Rodriguez	—	29,953	9–23
33	May 7	@ Nationals	4–5	O'Connor	Duke (2–3)	Cordero	30,659	9–24
34	May 9	Diamondbacks	3–0	Snell (2–2)	Batista	Gonzalez (4)	16,961	10–24
35	May 10	Diamondbacks	4–7	Webb	Marte (0–2)	Valverde	14,509	10–25
36	May 12	Marlins	12–9	Capps (1–0)	Wellemeyer	Gonzalez (5)	24,990	11–25
37	May 13	Marlins	3–4	Olsen	Duke (2–4)	Borowski	29,289	11–26
38	May 14	Marlins	2–8	Moehler	Snell (2–3)	—	15,921	11–27
39	May 16	Reds	9–3	Maholm (2–4)	Harang	—	14,315	12–27
40	May 17	Reds	7–2	Perez (2–5)	Arroyo	—	14,897	13–27
41	May 18	Reds	8–9	Belisle	Capps (1–1)	Coffey	18,502	13–28
42	May 19	@ Indians	1–4	Sabathia	Duke (2–5)	—	32,499	13–29
43	May 20	@ Indians	9–6	Snell (3–3)	Johnson	Gonzalez (6)	30,799	14–29
44	May 21	@ Indians	2–3 (10)	Wickman	Gonzalez (1–3)	—	31,589	14–30
45	May 22	@ Diamondbacks	3–4	Medders	Marte (0–3)	Valverde	18,103	14–31
46	May 23	@ Diamondbacks	3–7	Vargas	Santos (1–5)	—	19,993	14–32
47	May 24	@ Diamondbacks	7–8	Batista	Duke (2–6)	Valverde	18,394	14–33
48	May 26	Astros	12–5	Snell (4–3)	Buchholz	—	29,247	15–33
49	May 27	Astros	8–7 (18)	Santos (2–5)	Gallo	—	31,878	16–33
50	May 28	Astros	4–5 (10)	Qualls	Torres (2–2)	Lidge	24,992	16–34
51	May 29	Brewers	14–3	Duke (3–6)	Davis	—	17,561	17–34
52	May 30	Brewers	12–1	Santos (3–5)	De La Rosa	—	14,300	18–34
53	May 31	Brewers	6–1	Snell (5–3)	Capuano	—	15,434	19–34

June (8–20)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54	June 1	Brewers	4–3	Grabow (1–1)	Turnbow	—	12,899	20–34
55	June 2	Padres	0–7 (6)	Park	Perez (2–6)	—	20,777	20–35
56	June 3	Padres	6–4	Duke (4–6)	Thompson	Gonzalez (7)	30,639	21–35
57	June 4	Padres	0–1	Young	Santos (3–6)	Hoffman	26,857	21–36
58	June 5	@ Rockies	5–2	Snell (6–3)	Cook	Gonzalez (8)	20,152	22–36
59	June 6	@ Rockies	4–5	Francis	Maholm (2–5)	Fuentes	20,277	22–37
60	June 7	@ Rockies	9–16	Dohmann	Perez (2–7)	—	21,509	22–38
61	June 8	@ Giants	4–5	Benitez	Marte (0–4)	—	34,540	22–39
62	June 9	@ Giants	3–2	Santos (4–6)	Morris	Gonzalez (9)	38,766	23–39
63	June 10	@ Giants	2–0	Snell (7–3)	Lowry	Gonzalez (10)	37,302	24–39
64	June 11	@ Giants	7–5	Capps (2–1)	Worrell	Gonzalez (11)	39,850	25–39
65	June 13	Cardinals	1–2	Carpenter	Perez (2–8)	Isringhausen	24,443	25–40
66	June 14	Cardinals	9–7	Duke (5–6)	Ponson	Gonzalez (12)	20,289	26–40
67	June 15	Cardinals	5–6	Mulder	Santos (4–7)	Isringhausen	18,248	26–41
68	June 16	Twins	2–4	Liriano	Snell (7–4)	Nathan	33,025	26–42
69	June 17	Twins	3–5	Crain	Marte (0–5)	Nathan	34,085	26–43
70	June 18	Twins	2–8	Santana	Perez (2–9)	—	25,104	26–44
71	June 19	Diamondbacks	4–5 (11)	Aquino	Torres (2–3)	Julio	15,032	26–45
72	June 20	@ Royals	6–10	Redman	Wells (0–1)	—	15,906	26–46
73	June 21	@ Royals	4–6	Dessens	Torres (2–4)	Burgos	15,501	26–47
74	June 22	@ Royals	7–15	Elarton	Maholm (2–6)	—	13,153	26–48
75	June 23	@ Dodgers	4–10	Tomko	Perez (2–10)	—	55,823	26–49
76	June 24	@ Dodgers	0–7	Sele	Duke (5–7)	—	47,785	26–50
77	June 25	@ Dodgers	4–7	Penny	Wells (0–2)	Saito	55,545	26–51
78	June 27	White Sox	2–4	Buehrle	Snell (7–5)	Jenks	24,976	26–52
79	June 28	White Sox	3–4	Garcia	Maholm (2–7)	Jenks	23,118	26–53
80	June 29	White Sox	7–6	Gonzalez (2–3)	Politte	—	21,380	27–53
81	June 30	Tigers	6–7	Colon	Wells (0–3)	Jones	27,318	27–54

July (13–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
82	July 1	Tigers	9–2	Capps (3–1)	Grilli	—	37,111	28–54
83	July 2	Tigers	8–9	Miner	Snell (7–6)	Jones	28,136	28–55
84	July 3	@ Mets	11–1	Maholm (3–7)	Maine	—	54,111	29–55
85	July 4	@ Mets	6–7	Sanchez	Hernandez (0–2)	Wagner	38,487	29–56
86	July 5	@ Mets	0–5	Hernandez	Wells (0–4)	—	40,360	29–57
87	July 6	@ Mets	5–7	Trachsel	Gorzelanny (0–1)	Wagner	39,743	29–58
88	July 7	@ Phillies	3–2	Snell (8–6)	Lieber	Gonzalez (13)	45,025	30–58
89	July 8	@ Phillies	2–6	Lidle	Maholm (3–8)	—	37,462	30–59
90	July 9	@ Phillies	3–8	Hamels	Duke (5–8)	—	32,527	30–60
–	July 11	77th All-Star Game	National League vs. American League (PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
91	July 14	Nationals	7–4	Duke (6–8)	Ortiz	Gonzalez (14)	26,720	31–60
92	July 15	Nationals	7–6	Gonzalez (3–3)	Corcoran	—	32,626	32–60
93	July 16	Nationals	4–8 (11)	Stanton	Hernandez (0–3)	—	18,908	32–61
94	July 17	Rockies	3–1	Grabow (2–1)	Kim	Capps (1)	18,835	33–61
95	July 18	Rockies	4–13	Francis	Gorzelanny (0–2)	—	20,086	33–62
96	July 19	Rockies	6–5	Duke (7–8)	Jennings	Gonzalez (15)	19,881	34–62
97	July 20	@ Marlins	5–3	Torres (3–4)	Messenger	Gonzalez (16)	9,139	35–62
98	July 21	@ Marlins	1–4	Olsen	Maholm (3–9)	Borowski	11,357	35–63
99	July 22	@ Marlins	0–5	Nolasco	Wells (0–5)	—	15,291	35–64
100	July 23	@ Marlins	4–5	Borowski	Gonzalez (3–4)	—	11,468	35–65
101	July 24	@ Brewers	8–12	Davis	Duke (7–9)	—	30,252	35–66
102	July 25	@ Brewers	6–1	Snell (9–6)	Bush	—	35,923	36–66
103	July 26	@ Brewers	8–4	Maholm (4–9)	Capuano	—	37,678	37–66
104	July 28	Giants	3–0	Wells (1–5)	Schmidt	Gonzalez (17)	38,092	38–66
105	July 29	Giants	4–3	Gorzelanny (1–2)	Wright	Gonzalez (18)	38,373	39–66
106	July 30	Giants	2–1 (10)	Grabow (3–1)	Kline	—	26,516	40–66

August (13–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	Braves	2–4	Smoltz	Snell (9–7)	Wickman	22,145	40–67
108	August 2	Braves	2–3	Yates	Torres (3–5)	Wickman	21,064	40–68
109	August 3	Braves	3–2	Chacon (1–0)	Hudson	Gonzalez (19)	17,324	41–68
110	August 4	@ Cubs	6–0	Gorzelanny (2–2)	Zambrano	—	39,973	42–68
111	August 5	@ Cubs	5–7	Prior	Duke (7–10)	Dempster	41,007	42–69
112	August 6	@ Cubs	1–6	Hill	Snell (9–8)	—	40,320	42–70
113	August 8	@ Astros	1–3	Backe	Maholm (4–10)	Lidge	38,856	42–71
114	August 9	@ Astros	1–14	Oswalt	Chacon (1–1)	—	31,077	42–72
115	August 10	@ Astros	2–5	Clemens	Gorzelanny (2–3)	—	41,476	42–73
116	August 11	Cardinals	7–1	Duke (8–10)	Suppan	—	30,516	43–73
117	August 12	Cardinals	3–2	Snell (10–8)	Weaver	Gonzalez (20)	35,037	44–73
118	August 13	Cardinals	7–0	Maholm (5–10)	Marquis	—	27,101	45–73
119	August 14	Brewers	4–2	Santos (5–7)	Bush	Gonzalez (21)	16,279	46–73
120	August 15	Brewers	3–6	Davis	Marte (0–6)	Cordero	17,877	46–74
121	August 16	Brewers	2–5 (13)	Gonzalez	Marte (0–7)	Cordero	14,901	46–75
122	August 18	@ Reds	7–3	Snell (11–8)	Michalak	—	31,718	47–75
123	August 19	@ Reds	7–14	Franklin	Torres (3–6)	—	34,245	47–76
124	August 20	@ Reds	1–5	Harang	Santos (5–8)	—	29,935	47–77
125	August 21	@ Braves	0–3	Smoltz	Duke (8–11)	Wickman	21,898	47–78
126	August 22	@ Braves	5–3	Marte (1–7)	Baez	Gonzalez (22)	21,830	48–78
127	August 23	@ Braves	5–4	Capps (4–1)	Paronto	Gonzalez (23)	23,082	49–78
128	August 24	Astros	5–3	Maholm (6–10)	Rodriguez	Gonzalez (24)	32,345	50–78
129	August 25	Astros	1–5	Clemens	Santos (5–9)	—	37,009	50–79
130	August 26	Astros	4–7	Pettitte	Duke (8–12)	Lidge	37,190	50–80
131	August 27	Astros	1–13	Hirsh	Chacon (1–2)	—	19,459	50–81
132	August 28	Cubs	11–6	Snell (12–8)	Guzman	—	12,666	51–81
133	August 29	Cubs	7–6 (11)	Capps (5–1)	Dempster	—	14,618	52–81
134	August 30	Cubs	10–9 (11)	McLeary (1–0)	Dempster	—	12,730	53–81

September (13–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	@ Cardinals	1–3	Carpenter	Duke (8–13)	—	42,091	53–82
136	September 2	@ Cardinals	1–0	Capps (6–1)	Weaver	Torres (1)	41,466	54–82
137	September 3	@ Cardinals	3–6	Reyes	Snell (12–9)	—	42,205	54–83
138	September 4	@ Cubs	5–4	Maholm (7–10)	Zambrano	Torres (2)	37,994	55–83
139	September 5	@ Cubs	6–5	Grabow (4–1)	Dempster	Torres (3)	31,494	56–83
140	September 6	@ Cubs	2–7	Wuertz	Grabow (4–2)	—	32,557	56–84
141	September 7	@ Cubs	7–5	Bayliss (1–0)	Eyre	Torres (4)	27,105	57–84
142	September 8	@ Reds	1–9	Lohse	Snell (12–10)	—	17,631	57–85
143	September 9	@ Reds	7–4	Capps (7–1)	Coffey	Torres (5)	25,038	58–85
144	September 10	@ Reds	2–4	Arroyo	Youman (0–1)	Schoeneweis	20,731	58–86
145	September 11	Brewers	4–3	Duke (9–13)	Davis	Torres (6)	13,643	59–86
146	September 13	Brewers	6–3	Snell (13–10)	Capuano	Torres (7)	—	60–86
147	September 13	Brewers	1–2	Sheets	Chacon (1–3)	Cordero	11,627	60–87
148	September 15	Mets	5–3	Maholm (8–10)	Martinez	Torres (8)	24,410	61–87
149	September 16	Mets	3–2	Capps (8–1)	Heilman	—	37,623	62–87
150	September 17	Mets	3–0	Duke (10–13)	Maine	Torres (9)	34,866	63–87
151	September 19	@ Dodgers	10–6	Snell (14–10)	Kuo	—	43,734	64–87
152	September 20	@ Dodgers	6–4	Chacon (2–3)	Maddux	Torres (10)	46,319	65–87
153	September 21	@ Dodgers	2–5	Billingsley	Youman (0–2)	Saito	48,567	65–88
154	September 22	@ Padres	2–6	Young	Gorzelanny (2–4)	—	40,077	65–89
155	September 23	@ Padres	1–2	Peavy	Duke (10–14)	Hoffman	43,168	65–90
156	September 24	@ Padres	1–2	Hensley	Perez (2–11)	Hoffman	41,932	65–91
157	September 26	Astros	4–7	Pettitte	Snell (14–11)	—	17,141	65–92
158	September 27	Astros	6–7 (15)	Sampson	Bayliss (1–1)	Miller	16,352	65–93
159	September 28	Astros	0–3	Oswalt	Gorzelanny (2–5)	Lidge	12,671	65–94
160	September 29	Reds	2–5	Harang	Duke (10–15)	—	27,033	65–95
161	September 30	Reds	3–0	McLeary (2–0)	Arroyo	Torres (11)	35,514	66–95

October (1–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
162	October 1	Reds	1–0	Capps (9–1)	Coffey	Torres (12)	25,004	67–95

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member Source: baseball-reference.com^[2]

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2006
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	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
	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

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
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

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

Roster

2006 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

23 Jim Tracy

Coaches

48 Jim Colborn (pitching)
45 Jeff Cox (third base)
17 Bobby Cuellar (bullpen)
15 Jim Lett (bench)
30 Jeff Manto (hitting)
31 John Shelby (first base)

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^[3]
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^[4]
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.^[5]

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

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
^ "2006 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule and Results". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
^ Xavier Nady Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com

2006 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
2006 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[2] "2006 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule and Results". Baseball-Reference.com.

[3] "Major League Baseball Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.

[4] "Major League Baseball Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.

[5] Xavier Nady Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com

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