2006 Red Sox

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Lowell

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Varitek

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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

Season Summary

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

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 and game 2 of the Boston Massacre 2.
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.

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.

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)

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