2006 Season

Season Notes

• 2006 Season Page at Baseball Reference
• 2006 Season page at Wikipedia
• Final Record: 80-82 (.494), 3rd/4 AL West, 13Gb
• Interleague Home: Astros, Diamondbacks, Padres
• Interleague Away: Astros, Rockies, Giants
• This was Buck Showalter’s last season as manager.
• All Star Representatives (2): Gary Matthews Jr & Michael Young
• Michael Young was All Star MVP
• The Interactive schedule is not available for this season – the first year MLB.com did that was 2009.

• G1: Rangers beat Red Sox 15-0 to start 2006 season (2/9/2006)
• Rangers & Royals play to a 5-5 tie in first Spring Training Game (3/2/2006)
• Rangers lose to Royals on Friday, 7-6 (3/3/2006)
• Rangers hang on in Spring Game 3 to beat Royals 9-8 (3/4/2006)
• Rangers lose to Brewers Sunday 9-3 (3/5/2006)
• ST5: Rangers win slugfest, 13-11 over Diamondbacks (3/6/2006)
• ST6: Rangers beat Cubs 6-5 on Tuesday (3/7/2006)
• ST7: Rangers beat up A’s 10-3 on Wednesday (3/8/2006)
• ST8: Rangers get shelled by Royals Thu, 12-4 (3/9/2006)
• ST9: Rangers beat Padres in a slugfest, 15-10 (3/10/2006)
• Rangers beat Team Japan on Thursday 8-4 (3/11/2006)
• Rangers rained out Saturday (3/11/2006)
• ST10: Rangers lose to M’s Sunday 4-2 (3/12/2006)
• ST11: Rangers drop second in a row, 3-2 to Royals (3/13/2006)
• ST12: Rangers drop under 500 after losing to Giants 3-2 (3/14/2006)
• ST13: Rangers drop fourth in a row, 8-5 to Angels (3/15/2006)
• ST14: Rangers win on Thursday, 4-3 over Giants (3/16/2006)
• ST15: Back to .500 with 10-9 slugfest win on Friday (3/17/2006)
• ST16: Rangers lose to DBacks 6-5 on Saturday (3/18/2006)
• ST17: Rangers shut out Cubs, 2-0 on Sunday (3/20/2006)
• ST18: Rangers blown out 9-0 on Tuesday (3/21/2006)
• ST19: Rangers lose again, 10-5 to Brewers (3/22/2006)
• ST20: Rangers drop third in a row, 5-4 to ChiSox (3/23/2006)
• ST21: Rangers beat Cubs, 5-1 (3/24/2006)
• ST22: Rangers lose 3-2 to Rockies on Saturday (3/25/2006)
• ST23: Rangers beat Brewers 4-3, on TV! (3/26/2006)
• ST24: Rangers lose to Mariners 10-9 on Monday (3/27/2006)
• ST25: Rangers lose to A’s on Tueday, 8-3 (3/28/2006)
• ST26: Rangers lose 13-11 (3/29/2006)
• ST27: Rangers lose again in Arizona finale, 6-4 (3/30/2006)
• ST28: Rangers fry fish in Frisco, 4-1 on Friday (4/1/2006)
• ST29: Rangers win Spring Finale, 6-4 (4/1/2006)
• G1: Rangers lose season opener to BoSox, 7-4 (4/3/2006)
• G2: Rangers beat up Wakefield and Sox, 10-4 (4/5/2006)
• G3: Rangers lose frustrating game to Sox, 2-1 (4/6/2006)
• G4: Rangers bombed to another loss, 10-6 on Thursday (4/6/2006)
• G5: Rangers lose to Tigers again, 5-2 (4/7/2006)
• G6: Rangers shut out 7-0 by rookie pitcher (4/8/2006)
• G7: Pidente and Rangers beat Camera Boy & Tigers, 5-3 (4/9/2006)
• G8: Early season misery continues in Anaheim; Rangers lose 5-2 (4/10/2006)
• G9: Rangers now 2-7 after a really annoying loss Tuesday (4/12/2006)
• G10: Rangers finally win again, 11-3 against the Angels (4/13/2006)
• G11: Rangers beat Barry Zito & A’s, 6-3 (4/15/2006)
• G12: Padilla homered to loss, 5-4 (4/15/2006)
• G13: Rangers beat A’s on Sunday, 5-3 (4/16/2006)
• G14: Rangers beat Mariners Tuesday, 7-4 (4/19/2006)
• G15: Rangers blow it late, 9-6 (4/20/2006)
• G16: Rangers win in Seattle, 4-3 (4/21/2006)
• Devil Rays Series (4/24/2006)
• G20: Rangers pen drops game to A’s, 3-2. (4/24/2006)
• G21: Rangers win in bottom of 9th, but shouldn’t have had to (4/26/2006)
• G22: Rangers drop a maddening game, 6-4 (4/27/2006)
• G23: Rangers lose a game of inches, 7-6 (4/28/2006)
• G24: Milwood & Rangers beat Indians, 7-5 (5/1/2006)
• G25: Six run inning leads Rangers to 8-4 win (5/1/2006)
• G26: Rangers shut out Devil Rays, 3-0 (5/1/2006)
• G27: Rangers beat Devil Rays, 7-5 (5/2/2006)
• G28: Rangers walk off to a 2-1 win (5/3/2006)
• G29: Millwood throws complete game win, 8-2 (5/4/2006)
• G30: Rangers lose to Yankees, 8-7 (5/5/2006)
• Yankees Series (5/8/2006)
• G33: Rangers down Twins, 6-4 on Monday (5/9/2006)
• G34: Rangers blown out bigtime on Tue, 15-5 (5/10/2006)
• G35: Rangers lose again to Twins 4-3 (5/10/2006)
• G36: Rangers win soggy, shortened, game 6-0 (5/13/2006)
• Saturday’s game rained out, makeup in June (5/13/2006)
• G37: Rangers take opener in the Bronx, 4-2 (5/15/2006)
• G38: Rangers lose 14-13 (5/16/2006)
• G39: Rangers lose Wednesday, 4-3 (5/17/2006)
• G40: Rangers split in NY (5/19/2006)
• G41: Rangers blow it in Houston, 5-3 (5/19/2006)
• G42: Rangers shut out Houston, 6-0 (5/20/2006)
• G43: Turnabout – Rangers shut out Sunday, 5-0 (5/21/2006)
• Angels Series (5/24/2006)
• G47: Welcome back Ian Kinsler, bombs away! (5/25/2006)
• G48: Rangers beat A’s Friday, 5-3 (5/27/2006)
• G49: Rangers lose to Planet Zito, 6-3 (5/27/2006)
• G50: Rangers beat A’s Sunday night, 4-3 (5/29/2006)
• G51: It’s all about the Rhine (5/29/2006)
• G52: Rangers survive 4 errors, win 6-4 on Tuesday (5/30/2006)
• G53: Rangers bombed by Mariners, 14-5 (5/31/2006)
• G54, 55, 56: Rangers take two of three from White Sox (6/5/2006)
• G57: Rangers beat Royals Tuesday, 6-2 (6/6/2006)
• G58: Late inning heroics lift Rangers, 4-2 (6/7/2006)
• G59: Rangers lay an egg in Kansas City; lose 16-12 (6/8/2006)
• G60: Rangers lose to Red Sox, 4-3 (6/10/2006)
• What a soggy mess (6/10/2006)
• G61: Rangers beat Sox 7-4 (6/10/2006)
• G62 & 63: Rangers split DH with Sox (6/12/2006)
• G64: Rangers dominated by Contreras; lose 8-3 (6/12/2006)
• G65: Rangers lose to White Sox, 5-2 (6/14/2006)
• G66: Rangers shut out White Sox, 8-0 (6/14/2006)
• G67: Rangers lose game and series to Sox, 8-2 (6/15/2006)
• G68: Rangers beat Diamondbacks, 5-3 (6/16/2006)
• Getting caught up (6/23/2006)
• G74: Rangers beat Rockies 8-6 (6/24/2006)
• G75: Rangers can’t overcome Tejeda’s start, lose 11-6 to Rockies (6/25/2006)
• G76: Rangers drop series finale to Rockies, 3-0 (6/25/2006)
• G77: Tex screwed by umps twice in same week, Rangers lose 5-3 (6/28/2006)
• The big catchup from my trip (7/21/2006)
• G97: Rangers pound Buehrle & White Sox, 10-3 (7/21/2006)
• G98: Rangers take Saturday’s game against White Sox, 3-1 (7/22/2006)
• G99: Rangers shut out AGAIN (7/24/2006)
• G100: Rangers lose to Yankees, 6-2 (7/24/2006)
• G101: Rangers lose to Yankees, 7-4 (7/25/2006)
• G102: Rangers swept by Yankees, 8-7 (7/26/2006)
• G103: Rangers lose to Royals, 11-3 (7/28/2006)
• G104: Rangers can’t seal the deal, lose to Royals again 5-3 (7/29/2006)
• G105: Rangers bomb Royals, 15-2 (7/30/2006)
• G106: Twins unload on Rangers 15-2 (7/31/2006)
• G107: Rangers return favor, unload on Twins; win 9-0 (8/1/2006)
• G108: Rangers win series finale against Twins, 10-2 (8/2/2006)
• G109: Rangers win in 12 innings at Anaheim, 7-6 (8/4/2006)
• G110: Rangers Mark DeRosa beats Angels, 7-3 (8/5/2006)
• G111: Rangers lose to Angels, 10-3 (8/6/2006)
• Catching up with the Road Trip (8/10/2006)
• G116: Rangers come home, beat Mariners, 8-2 (8/11/2006)
• G117: Rangers clobber M’s 14-7; I miss getting a bobblehead. (8/12/2006)
• G118: Rangers beat Mariners again, 5-4 (8/12/2006)
• G119: Rangers beat M’s 10-6, sweep series (8/13/2006)
• G120: Padilla ejected, Rangers 4 HR’s not enough, Angels win, 9-7 (8/15/2006)
• G121: Rangers win big 9-3, fight the Angels in the 9th (8/16/2006)
• A little behind (8/19/2006)
• Devil Rays Series So Far (8/23/2006)
• I normally don’t do this, but… (8/24/2006)
• G129: Rangers beat Devil Rays, stop slide (8/25/2006)
• G130: Rangers lose to Planet Zito 9-3, drop 8 back (8/25/2006)
• G131: Rangers lose to A’s 5-3, now 9 games out (8/26/2006)
• G132: Rangers salvage finale of A’s series, 3-0 behind Padilla (8/28/2006)
• G133: Rangers beat O’s 9-4 behind Millwood complete game (8/29/2006)
• G134: Tejeda not good, Rangers lose 7-4 in 10 (8/31/2006)
• G135: Rangers beat O’s on Thursday 7-5, take series (9/1/2006)
• G136: Rangers drop series opener to Tribe, 7-2 (9/1/2006)
• G137: Darnit Darnit Darnit (9/2/2006)
• G138: Rangers win behind Millwood, 5-2 (9/3/2006)
• G139: Rangers ride Nelson Cruz to victory, 8-1 (9/4/2006)
• G140: Rangers hang on and beat A’s 5-4 (9/6/2006)
• G142: Rangers lose to Mariners, 7-2 (9/8/2006)
• G143: Rangers lose to Mariners in 13 innings, 3-2 (9/10/2006)
• G144: Rangers win finale of Seattle series, 4-2 (9/11/2006)
• G145: Rangers lose walking off in the rain, 3-2 (9/12/2006)
• G146: Rangers blow out Tigers to take Wed’s game, 11-3 (9/14/2006)
• G147: Rangers lose low scoring affair, 2-1 to Angels (9/15/2006)
• Playing catchup again (9/21/2006)
• G154: Rangers beat Indians into submission, 12-4 (9/23/2006)
• G155: Rangers lose to Indians Saturday, 6-3 (9/23/2006)
• G156: Rangers drop home finale, 11-6 (9/24/2006)
• G157: Vlad Guerrero beats the Rangers, 8-3 (9/25/2006)
• G158: Rangers strike early, hang on for 5-2 win (9/27/2006)
• G159: Rangers lose to Angels, 6-5 (9/28/2006)
• G159-162: Rangers drop two of three in Seattle (10/1/2006)