2006 Kansas City Royals | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Record | 62–100 (.383) | |
Owners | David Glass | |
General managers | Allard Baird, Dayton Moore | |
Managers | Buddy Bell | |
Television | KMCI Royals Sports Television Network (Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis) | |
Radio | WHB KLRX (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre) | |
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The 2006 Kansas City Royals season was the 38th season for the franchise, and their 36th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finishing fifth in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses and missed the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 54–27 | 42–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1 | 46–35 | 49–32 |
Chicago White Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6 | 49–32 | 41–40 |
Cleveland Indians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 | 44–37 | 34–47 |
Kansas City Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | 34–47 | 28–53 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||
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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 |
Roster
[edit]Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]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 |
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Paul Bako C | 56 | 153 | 32 | .209 | 0 | 10 |
Ángel Berroa SS | 132 | 474 | 111 | .234 | 9 | 54 |
Emil Brown OF | 147 | 527 | 151 | .287 | 15 | 81 |
John Buck C | 114 | 371 | 91 | .245 | 11 | 50 |
Shane Costa OF | 72 | 237 | 65 | .274 | 3 | 27 |
David DeJesus OF | 119 | 491 | 145 | .295 | 8 | 56 |
Joey Gathright OF | 134 | 383 | 91 | .238 | 1 | 41 |
Esteban Germán 2B | 106 | 279 | 91 | .326 | 3 | 34 |
Tony Graffanino 3B | 69 | 220 | 59 | .268 | 5 | 32 |
Mark Grudzielanek 2B | 134 | 548 | 163 | .297 | 7 | 52 |
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B | 91 | 314 | 89 | .283 | 4 | 43 |
Reggie Sanders OF | 88 | 325 | 80 | .246 | 11 | 49 |
Ryan Shealy 1B | 51 | 193 | 54 | .280 | 7 | 36 |
Matt Stairs DH | 77 | 226 | 59 | .261 | 8 | 32 |
Mike Sweeney 1B | 60 | 217 | 56 | .258 | 8 | 33 |
Mark Teahen 3B | 109 | 393 | 114 | .290 | 18 | 69 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Jeremy Affeldt P | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Andrés Blanco SS | 33 | 87 | 21 | .241 | 0 | 9 |
Brandon Duckworth P | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Elarton P | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Aaron Guiel OF | 19 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 3 | 7 |
Justin Huber DH | 5 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Keppel P | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Keppinger 2B | 22 | 60 | 16 | .267 | 2 | 8 |
Mitch Maier OF | 5 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Phillips C | 23 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 1 | 5 |
Mark Redman P | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Kerry Robinson OF | 18 | 64 | 17 | .266 | 0 | 5 |
Ángel Sánchez SS | 8 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Todd Wellemeyer P | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Wood P | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: Pitchers batting data also included above
Starting and other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games pitched; SHO = Shutouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | CG | SHO |
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Jeremy Affeldt LHP | 27 | 70.0 | 4 | 6 | 5.91 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Denny Bautista RHP | 8 | 35.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.66 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Bernero RHP | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Jorge de la Rosa LHP | 10 | 48.2 | 3 | 4 | 5.18 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Brandon Duckworth RHP | 10 | 45.2 | 1 | 5 | 6.11 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Elarton RHP | 20 | 114.2 | 4 | 9 | 5.34 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
Seth Etherton RHP | 2 | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 9.39 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Runelvys Hernández RHP | 21 | 114.2 | 4 | 9 | 6.58 | 50 | 1 | 1 |
Luke Hudson RHP | 26 | 102.0 | 7 | 6 | 5.12 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Keppel RHP | 8 | 34.1 | 0 | 4 | 5.50 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Mays RHP | 6 | 23.2 | 0 | 4 | 10.27 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Odalis Pérez LHP | 12 | 67.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.64 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Redman LHP | 29 | 167.0 | 11 | 10 | 5.71 | 76 | 2 | 1 |
Kyle Snyder RHP | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Wood RHP | 23 | 64.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.71 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ambiorix Burgos RHP | 68 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 5.52 | 72 |
Andrew Sisco LHP | 65 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7.10 | 52 |
Joel Peralta RHP | 64 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.40 | 57 |
Jimmy Gobble LHP | 60 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5.14 | 80 |
Elmer Dessens RHP | 43 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4.50 | 36 |
Joe Nelson RHP | 43 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.43 | 44 |
Todd Wellemeyer RHP | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.63 | 37 |
Scott Dohmann RHP | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7.99 | 22 |
Ryan Braun RHP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 |
Juan Carlos Oviedo RHP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 7 |
Steve Stemle RHP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 |
Joselo Díaz RHP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 |
Steve Andrade RHP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 5 |
Mike MacDougal RHP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 |
Zack Greinke RHP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 |
Chris Booker RHP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- 2006 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
- 2006 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com