2006 Red Sox

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1 General Information
2 Season Summary
3 Remarkable Moments
4 Offseason Changes
5 Inseason Changes
6 Roster
7 External Links

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General Information

W-L Record: 85 - 76
Pythagorean W-L: 81 - 81
Scored 820 runs, Allowed 825 runs
3rd in the American League East
Manager: Terry Francona
General Manager/Executive Vice President: Theo Epstein
Assistan General Manger: Allard Baird
Principal Owner: John W. Henry
President/Chief Executive Officer: Larry Lucchino
2006 Schedule

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Season Summary

The Murphy's Law of Baseball Seasons: Everything that could go wrong after the All-Star Break, went wrong.

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Remarkable Moments

April 5, 2006: Jonathan Papelbon is brought in to close and saves a 2-1 game vs. the Texas Rangers
April 17, 2006: Mark Loretta walk-off homerun against the Mariners on Patriot's Day
May 1, 2006: First Yankees game of the year, Doug Mirabelli goes from San Diego to Boston to arrive just in time for the game to catch Wakefield.
May 11, 2006: Hell freezes over as Willie Harris is the first Red Sox player this year to get a hit off of Mariano Rivera. Red Sox win 5-3 on game winning 2-run single from Mark Loretta.
June 11, 2006: David Ortiz, with the Sox down 2-4 in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, hits a 3-run walk-off against the Rangers' closer Akinori Otsuka.
June 24, 2006: David Ortiz hits a two-run walk-off bomb to center in the bottom of the 10th against the Phillies, and a familiar foe, closer Tom Gordon.
June 26, 2006: David Ortiz singles in Mark Loretta in the bottom of the 12th to beat the Phillies for the Red Sox' ninth straight victory.
June 28, 2006: Sweep the Mets, set AL record for error-less games in a row, incredible catch by Coco
June 30, 2006: Set Major League Record with 17th consecutive errorless game in 5-2 loss to the Marlins
July 18-19, 2006: Back-to-back 1-0 wins over the Kansas City Royals.
July 29, 2006: David Ortiz singles in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th to beat the Angels.
July 31, 2006: Another David Ortiz walkoff, a three-run HR in the bottom of the ninth, this time against the Indians' Fausto Carmona. Fans at Fenway really rattled Carmona this night.
August 2, 2006: After the first 2 Sox are retired in the bottom of the 9th, 2 hit batters, a walk, and a double off the Green Monster by Mark Loretta give the Sox another walk-off win against poor Fausto Carmona.
August 19, 2006: Sox defeated by the Yankees 11-14 in a game that lasted 4 hours and 45 minutes, a new MLB record for a nine-inning game. This was also the second game of a day-night doubleheader.
September 4, 2006: Recently acquired Carlos Pena, a native of Haverhill, Mass., hits a walkoff homerun off of Chicago White Sox pitcher Brandon McCarthy in the 10th inning for a 3-2 win over Chicago.
September 21, 2006: David Ortiz breaks the Red Sox single season HR record set by Jimmie Foxx in 1938 with his 51st homerun in the 1st inning off Johan Santana.

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Offseason Changes

Key acquisitions:

Josh Beckett (trade/Marlins)
Mike Lowell (trade/Marlins)
John Flaherty (FA/Yankees)
Rudy Seanez (FA/Padres)
Mark Loretta (trade/Padres)
JT Snow (FA/Giants)
Julian Tavarez (FA/Cardinals)
Coco Crisp (trade/Indians)
David Riske (trade/Indians)
Josh Bard (trade/Indians)
Alex Gonzalez (FA/Marlins)

Notes About the Acquisitions: Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell were acquired along with relief pitcher Guillermo Mota, who was subsequently included in the trade for Coco Crisp. First baseman JT Snow wore #84, the number his dad wore in the NFL. With the signing of shortstop Alex Gonzalez, the Red Sox have both members of the 2005 Florida Marlins left-side of the infield. John Flaherty eventually decided to retire rather than compete for the backup catcher position in Spring Training.

Key losses:

Edgar Renteria (trade/Braves),
Johnny Damon (FA/Yankees),
Doug Mirabelli (trade/Padres),
John Olerud (retired),
Kevin Millar (FA/Orioles),
Bill Mueller (FA/Dodgers),
Gabe Kapler (injured),
Hanley Ramirez (trade/Florida),
Anibal Sanchez (trade/Florida).

Notes About the Losses: Edgar Renteria was traded for Braves prospect Andy Marte, who was subsequently included in the trade for Coco Crisp. Gabe Kapler was released from his major league contract, but re-signed a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.

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Inseason Changes

25-Man Roster Acquisitions (not including Contract Purchases from Minors or Promotions/Demotions):

Javier Lopez (trade/White Sox)
Doug Mirabelli (trade/Padres)
Wily Mo Pena (trade/Reds)
Jason Johnson (trade/Indians)
Kyle Snyder (waivers)
Javy Lopez (trade/Orioles)
Bryan Corey (trade/Rangers)
Eric Hinske (trade/Blue Jays)

NOTE: The year that Javier Lopez (both of them!) becomes a true Paw Sox/Red Sox.

Losses (via DFA or trade):

JT Snow (DFA & outright release)
Josh Bard (trade/Padres)
Bronson Arroyo (trade/Reds)
Mike Holtz (DFA & outright release)
Dustan Mohr (DFA & requested release)
David Riske (trade/White Sox)
Willie Harris (DFA & outrighted to AAA)
Jason Johnson (DFA)
Rudy Seanez (DFA)
David Wells (trade/Padres)
Javy Lopez (outright release)
Kevin Jarvis (DFA & outrighted to AAA, elected for free agency)
Ken Huckaby (DFA & outrighted to AAA, elected for free agency)
Alejandro Machado (DFA & outrighted to AAA, elected for free agency)
Carlos Pena (DFA & outrighted to AAA, elected for free agency)

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Roster

REGULARS		G	BA	AB	HR	RBI	BB	SB	OPS+
C	Jason Varitek	103	0.238	365	12	55	46	1	85
1B	Kevin Youkilis	147	0.279	569	13	72	91	5	108
2B	Mark Loretta	155	0.285	635	5	59	49	4	82
3B	Mike Lowell	153	0.284	573	20	80	47	2	106
SS	Alex Gonzalez	111	0.255	388	9	50	22	1	77
LF	Manny Ramirez	130	0.321	449	35	102	100	0	168
CF	Coco Crisp	105	0.264	413	8	36	31	22	80
RF	Trot Nixon	114	0.268	381	8	52	60	0	98
DH	David Ortiz	151	0.287	558	54	137	119	1	164

BENCH
BN	Wily Mo Pena	84	0.301	276	11	42	20	0	112
BN	Alex Cora	96	0.238	235	1	18	19	5	58
BN	Doug Mirabelli	59	0.193	161	6	25	11	0	54
BN	Gabe Kapler	72	0.254	130	2	12	14	1	79
BN	Dustin Pedroia	31	0.191	89	2	7	7	0	44
BN	Eric Hinske	31	0.288	80	1	5	8	1	99
BN	Javy Lopez	18	0.190	63	0	4	2	0	24
BN	Willie Harris	47	0.156	45	0	1	4	6	18
BN	JT Snow	38	0.205	44	0	4	8	0	45
BN	Dustan Mohr	21	0.175	40	2	3	3	0	47
BN	Carlos Pena	18	0.273	33	1	3	4	0	99
BN	David Murphy	20	0.227	22	1	2	4	0	94
BN	Adam Stern	10	0.150	20	0	4	0	1	1
BN	Josh Bard	7	0.278	18	0	0	3	0	87
BN	Ken Huckaby	8	0.200	5	0	1	0	0	4
BN	Corky Miller	0	0.000	4	0	0	0	0	-100
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STARTERS		G	ERA	W	L	SV	GS	SO	ERA+
SP	Josh Beckett	33	5.01	16	11	0	33	158	92
SP	Curt Schilling	31	3.97	15	7	0	31	183	116
SP	Tim Wakefield	23	4.63	7	11	0	23	90	99
SP	Jon Lester	15	4.76	7	2	0	15	60	97
SP	Matt Clement	12	6.61	5	5	0	12	43	70
SP	Kyle Snyder	16	6.02	4	5	0	10	55	77

BULLPEN
CL	Jonathan Papelbon	59	0.92	4	2	35	0	75	500
SU	Mike Timlin	68	4.36	6	6	9	0	30	106
RP	Julian Tavarez	58	4.47	5	4	1	6	56	103
RP	Manny Delcarmen	50	5.06	2	0	0	0	45	91
RP	Keith Foulke	44	4.35	3	1	0	0	36	106
RP	David Wells	8	4.98	2	3	0	8	24	92
RP	Rudy Seanez	41	4.82	2	1	0	0	48	96
RP	Lenny DiNardo	13	7.85	1	2	0	6	17	59
RP	Craig Hansen	38	6.63	2	2	0	0	30	69
RP	Jason Johnson	6	7.36	0	4	0	6	18	63
RP	Kason Gabbard	7	3.51	1	3	0	4	15	131
RP	Bryan Corey	16	4.57	1	0	0	0	15	101
RP	Kevin Jarvis	4	4.86	0	1	0	3	7	95
RP	Javier Lopez	27	2.7	1	0	1	0	11	171
RP	David Pauley	3	7.88	0	2	0	3	10	58
RP	Craig Breslow	13	3.75	0	2	0	0	12	123
RP	Devern Hansack	2	2.70	1	1	0	2	8	171
RP	David Riske	8	3.72	0	1	0	0	5	124
RP	Mike Burns	7	4.70	0	0	0	0	7	98
RP	Abe Alvarez	1	12.00	0	0	0	0	2	38
RP	Mike Holtz	3	16.20	0	0	0	0	2	28