2006 Boston Red Sox
Record: 82-80
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 790
Runs Allowed: 818
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,744,849
Manager: Greg Grasso

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-62, 4th in the American
AA: 83-55, 1st in the American
A: 74-64, 6th in the American
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Michael Young 29 154 657 90 190 26 6 9 89 47 21 37 99 .289 .326 .388 .714 78.3 11.0 8.5
CF *Mark Kotsay 30 153 620 91 208 36 4 13 77 44 46 63 96 .335 .395 .469 .864 100.2 20.0 2.1
DH *David Ortiz 30 155 588 80 120 28 1 29 81 2 0 76 153 .204 .294 .403 .698 74.3 8.9 0.0
3B #Dmitri Young 32 153 578 90 194 55 1 19 111 3 0 57 89 .336 .401 .533 .934 110.5 26.6 2.6
LF *Raul Ibanez 34 154 540 61 146 35 5 13 75 7 5 72 102 .270 .358 .426 .784 79.8 14.6 1.2
2B #Jose Vidro 31 154 519 77 163 28 2 18 76 5 3 48 46 .314 .374 .480 .854 88.5 18.5 8.0
C #Jason Varitek 34 141 493 57 107 22 2 14 53 1 0 44 121 .217 .287 .355 .642 48.0 3.1 6.4
RF *Karim Garcia 30 130 426 62 111 12 1 20 63 0 0 35 110 .261 .315 .434 .750 55.4 7.9 0.9
3B  Chris Stynes 33 105 352 63 110 21 1 5 47 0 0 22 55 .313 .354 .420 .775 49.1 9.3 1.3
LF *Ben Grieve 30 82 213 26 57 10 0 6 32 0 1 24 72 .268 .340 .399 .739 28.0 4.0 0.4
2B  Placido Polanco 30 43 146 25 43 12 0 3 22 2 2 4 9 .295 .314 .438 .752 17.9 2.8 0.9
C  Doug Mirabelli 35 35 99 9 16 1 1 1 3 0 0 10 28 .162 .239 .222 .461 4.3 0.0 1.0
CF  Gabe Kapler 30 57 89 24 21 6 0 1 8 8 4 5 27 .236 .277 .337 .614 8.0 0.4 0.2
3B  Earl Snyder 30 38 87 11 25 6 0 4 12 0 0 1 20 .287 .303 .494 .798 11.2 1.8 0.2
1B *Carlos Pena 28 31 49 8 9 1 0 3 6 0 0 8 16 .184 .298 .388 .686 5.4 0.3 0.2
LF #Todd Linden 26 12 49 8 11 3 0 1 6 2 0 2 9 .224 .255 .347 .602 4.3 0.1 0.0
2B  Josh Wilson 25 10 40 5 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .250 .262 .325 .587 2.9 0.0 0.8
2B *Joe Thurston 26 6 15 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.4
3B  Jeff Baker 25 6 11 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .545 .909 1.9 0.4 0.0
C  Kelly Shoppach 26 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.8 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 29.7 1622 5582 790 1549 308 25 159 766 121 83 509 1067 .277 .339 .427 .766 767.5 129.9 35.1
  Rank among 14 AL teams 8 8 7 2 11 8 8 9 10 6 6 7 6 7 5 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Derek Lowe 33 11 9 .550 33 33 0 212.3 227 102 10 55 168 4.32 12.2
*Eric Milton 30 9 17 .346 33 33 0 186.3 214 111 28 63 126 5.36 4.6
 Carl Pavano 30 8 8 .500 32 32 0 181.0 207 97 17 53 103 4.82 8.3
 Freddy Garcia 30 8 10 .444 22 21 0 148.7 168 73 18 30 99 4.42 7.2
*Brandon Claussen 27 9 8 .529 24 24 0 144.0 131 66 7 43 122 4.13 9.6
 Cory Lidle 34 6 8 .429 35 14 0 130.7 168 82 18 43 69 5.65 3.1
 Mike Dejean 35 3 5 .375 86 0 3 87.7 95 44 10 32 55 4.52 4.9
 Keith Foulke 33 7 5 .583 67 0 30 79.3 68 26 7 32 81 2.95 14.6
 Vladimir Nunez 31 9 1 .900 68 0 0 78.7 87 37 10 42 51 4.23 5.8
 Reynaldo Garcia 32 7 3 .700 46 0 1 71.7 72 32 8 36 50 4.02 5.4
 Bronson Arroyo 29 2 4 .333 21 4 0 54.3 77 35 12 19 34 5.80 0.2
*Mark Malaska 28 2 2 .500 56 0 6 48.7 50 21 4 18 36 3.88 4.6
 Joaquin Benoit 28 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 5.0 6 2 1 5 3 3.60 0.5
Team Totals 30.8 82 80 .506 525 161 40 1428.3 1570 728 150 471 997 4.59 81.0
Rank among 14 AL teams 7 7 11 7 13 12 5 6 2 11 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 29.4
J.Varitek 1145.0 130 137 848 79 11 1 .988 34.8
D.Mirabelli 255.3 29 35 167 9 5 1 .972 15.2
K.Shoppach 27.0 3 3 15 1 1 0 .941 16.7
G.Kapler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1428.3 162 176 1030 89 17 2 .985 31.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.66
D.Young 1278.0 147 147 1561 110 14 137 .992 11.77
C.Pena 114.3 12 18 141 5 0 17 1.000 11.49
G.Kapler 31.0 3 9 35 2 0 4 1.000 10.74
E.Snyder 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
R.Ibanez 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Ortiz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 162 178 1742 117 14 158 .993 11.71
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.20
J.Vidro 1348.3 154 154 283 559 14 117 .984 5.62
P.Polanco 149.9 15 19 26 47 1 9 .986 4.38
J.Thurston 44.0 4 6 11 22 1 4 .971 6.75
C.Stynes 23.6 2 3 5 4 0 1 1.000 3.43
C.Pena 11.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
D.Young 8.0 1 1 3 3 1 2 .857 6.75
M.Kotsay 8.0 1 1 1 5 0 2 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1592.8 178 186 334 640 17 135 .983 5.50
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.63
C.Stynes 800.8 86 92 43 215 12 17 .956 2.90
E.Snyder 203.7 21 31 14 39 5 0 .914 2.34
P.Polanco 155.6 15 17 7 39 3 1 .939 2.66
J.Baker 14.0 2 2 1 2 1 0 .750 1.93
D.Young 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1175.1 124 143 65 295 21 18 .945 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.79
M.Young 1341.3 152 154 227 598 23 111 .973 5.54
J.Wilson 85.0 10 10 19 42 1 11 .984 6.46
P.Polanco 27.8 3 3 3 6 1 0 .900 2.91
E.Snyder 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1456.1 165 168 250 646 25 122 .973 5.54
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.73
R.Ibanez 1270.0 146 149 208 2 5 0 .977 1.49
B.Grieve 105.3 12 15 19 1 5 0 .800 1.71
K.Garcia 31.0 3 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.45
J.Baker 13.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
G.Kapler 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Young 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
P.Polanco 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.7 162 175 235 3 11 0 .956 1.50
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.34
M.Kotsay 1286.3 146 148 301 10 2 3 .994 2.18
G.Kapler 121.0 14 16 28 0 1 0 .966 2.08
T.Linden 18.0 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50
K.Garcia 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1428.3 162 168 331 10 4 3 .988 2.15
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.86
K.Garcia 962.0 112 119 172 6 17 0 .913 1.67
B.Grieve 423.3 47 59 64 2 5 0 .930 1.40
G.Kapler 30.0 2 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Linden 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Ibanez 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 162 192 243 8 22 0 .919 1.58
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.01
D.Lowe 212.3 33 33 12 39 1 2 .981 2.16
E.Milton 186.3 33 33 13 44 3 2 .950 2.75
C.Pavano 181.0 32 32 15 16 0 0 1.000 1.54
F.Garcia 148.7 21 22 7 25 2 1 .941 1.94
B.Claussen 144.0 24 24 8 23 1 3 .969 1.94
C.Lidle 130.7 14 35 7 28 0 5 1.000 2.41
M.Dejean 87.7 0 86 5 15 0 2 1.000 2.05
K.Foulke 79.3 0 67 4 11 0 3 1.000 1.70
V.Nunez 78.7 0 68 7 13 1 1 .952 2.29
R.Garcia 71.7 0 46 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.38
B.Arroyo 54.3 4 21 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.33
M.Malaska 48.7 0 56 4 7 1 1 .917 2.03
J.Benoit 5.0 0 2 0 1 1 1 .500 1.80
Team Total 1428.3 161 525 87 236 10 21 .970 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Young .336
On-Base Pct Young .401
Slugging Pct Young .533
OPS Young .934
XR Young 110.5
Games Ortiz 155
At-Bats Young 657
Runs Kotsay 91
Hits Kotsay 208
Total Bases Young 308
Singles Kotsay 155
Doubles Young 55
Triples Young 6
Homeruns Ortiz 29
RBIs Young 111
Stolen Bases Young 47
Caught Stealing Kotsay 46
Walks Ortiz 76
Strikeouts Ortiz 153
ERA Lowe 4.32
Wins Lowe 11
Losses Milton 17
Winning Pct Lowe .550
Saves Foulke 30
Games Pitched Dejean 86
Games Started Lowe, Milton 33
Complete Games Lidle, Milton 2
Shutouts Claussen, Lowe, Milton 1
Innings Pitched Lowe 212.3
Hits Allowed Lowe 227
Homeruns Allowed Milton 28
Strikeouts Lowe 168
Walks Allowed Milton 63
Walks per 9IP Lowe 2.3
Hits per 9IP Lowe 9.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Lowe 7.1
WHiP Lowe 1.33
OAVG Lowe .273
OOBP Lowe .323
OSLG Lowe .366
OOPS Lowe .689
Team All-Stars
Dmitri Young
Player Salaries
Carl Pavano $ 11,000,000
Eric Milton $ 7,250,000
David Ortiz $ 6,500,000
Freddy Garcia $ 5,000,000
Karim Garcia $ 5,000,000
Keith Foulke $ 4,900,000
Jason Varitek $ 4,690,000
Cory Lidle $ 4,590,000
Mark Kotsay $ 4,550,000
Derek Lowe $ 4,200,000
Dmitri Young $ 4,000,000
Jose Vidro $ 4,000,000
Raul Ibanez $ 3,090,000
Vladimir Nunez $ 2,300,000
Michael Young $ 2,000,000
Ben Grieve $ 1,500,000
Chris Stynes $ 1,020,000
Will Cunnane $ 1,000,000
Carlos Pena $ 928,571
Gabe Kapler $ 900,000
Doug Mirabelli $ 500,000
Mike Dejean $ 500,000
Joaquin Benoit $ 450,000
Bronson Arroyo $ 350,000
Brandon Larson $ 350,000
Jeff Baker $ 300,000
Brandon Claussen $ 300,000
Kelly Shoppach $ 300,000
Reynaldo Garcia $ 300,000
Mark Malaska $ 300,000
Todd Linden $ 300,000
Earl Snyder $ 300,000
Joe Thurston $ 300,000
Josh Wilson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/30 Signed     Dmitri Young
2/20 Traded David Murphy
Kevin Huang
Texas Mark Kotsay
2/28 Released Jose Lima    
3/30 Traded Kevin Youkilis Cincinnati Chris Gruler
Kevin Howard
5/21 Traded Harvey Garcia
Placido Polanco
Chicago (N) Freddy Garcia
5/21 Traded Floyd Redding Philadelphia Chris Stynes
5/29 Released Adam Hyzdu    
6/22 Traded Mickey Hall Colorado Jeff Baker