2006 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers finished the 2006 season, third in the American League West. They had two players feature in the 2006 All-Star Game: Michael Young who in his 3rd appearance was named the All Star Game's Most Valuable Player; and Gary Matthews Jr. making his first appearance.

2006 Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Ameriquest Field in Arlington
City	Arlington, Texas
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Tom Hicks
General managers	Jon Daniels
Managers	Buck Showalter
Television	KDFI KDFW FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Radio	KRLD (Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas) KFLC (Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)
Seasons

Offseason

• December 8, 2005: Termel Sledge was traded by the Washington Nationals with Armando Galarraga and Brad Wilkerson to the Texas Rangers for Alfonso Soriano.
• January 6, 2006: Termel Sledge was traded by the Texas Rangers with Adrian Gonzalez and Chris Young to the San Diego Padres for Billy Killian (minors), Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

All Star Ian Kinsler

• Rod Barajas, C
• Mark Teixeira, 1B
• Ian Kinsler, 2B*
• Hank Blalock, 3B
• Michael Young, SS
• Brad Wilkerson, LF
• Laynce Nix, CF
• Kevin Mench, RF
• Phil Nevin, DH
• Kevin Millwood, RHP

*Rookie

Season standings

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	93	69	.574	—	49‍–‍32	44‍–‍37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	.549	4	45‍–‍36	44‍–‍37
Texas Rangers	80	82	.494	13	39‍–‍42	41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	15	44‍–‍37	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

Notable transactions

• July 28, 2006: Carlos Lee was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Nelson Cruz to the Texas Rangers for Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench, Francisco Cordero, and Julian Cordero (minors).
• August 4, 2006: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• September 1, 2006: Randall Simon was purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Texas Rangers.

Roster

2006 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 30 Rick Bauer 53 Joaquín Benoit 51 Fabio Castro 31 Francisco Cordero 37 Bryan Corey 45 R. A. Dickey 21 Adam Eaton 39 Scott Feldman 50 Frank Francisco 41 John Koronka 58 Wes Littleton 43 Kameron Loe 32 Ron Mahay 57 Nick Masset 33 Kevin Millwood 40 Akinori Otsuka 44 Vicente Padilla 48 John Rheinecker 59 Josh Rupe 58 Brian Shouse 55 Robinson Tejeda 38 Edinson Vólquez 47 John Wasdin 31 Kip Wells 36 C. J. Wilson		Catchers 27 Rod Barajas 15 Gerald Laird 49 Miguel Ojeda Infielders  3 Joaquín Árias  9 Hank Blalock  4 D'Angelo Jiménez  5 Ian Kinsler  2 Drew Meyer 25 Phil Nevin 12 Matt Stairs 23 Mark Teixeira  2 Eric Young 10 Michael Young		Outfielders 20 Jason Botts 24 Adrian Brown 17 Nelson Cruz  7 Mark DeRosa  4 Freddy Guzmán 25 Jerry Hairston Jr. 16 Adam Hyzdu 45 Carlos Lee 14 Gary Matthews Jr. 28 Kevin Mench 17 Laynce Nix  6 Brad Wilkerson		Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches 56 Dom Chiti (bullpen) 52 Mark Connor (pitching)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting) 46 Bobby Jones (first base)  1 Steve Smith (third base) 18 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

Game log

2006 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Red Sox 7–3 Schilling Millwood (0–1) 51,541 0–1 2 April 4 Red Sox 10–4 Padilla (1–0) Wakefield 29,442 1–1 3 April 5 Red Sox 2–1 Beckett Loe (0–1) Papelbon 32,416 1–2 4 April 6 Tigers 10–6 Robertson Dickey (0–1) 21,713 1–3 5 April 7 Tigers 5–2 Maroth Koronka (0–1) Rodney 21,155 1–4 6 April 8 Tigers 7–0 Verlander Millwood (0–2) 35,066 1–5 7 April 9 Tigers 5–3 Padilla (2–0) Rogers Cordero (1) 31,032 2–5 8 April 10 @ Angels 5–2 Lackey Loe (0–2) Rodríguez 38,003 2–6 9 April 11 @ Angels 5–4 Romero Cordero (0–1) 40,012 2–7 10 April 12 @ Angels 11–3 Koronka (1–1) Escobar 42,911 3–7 11 April 14 @ Athletics 6–3 Millwood (1–2) Zito 14,049 4–7 12 April 15 @ Athletics 5–4 Harden Padilla (2–1) Street 16,186 4–8 13 April 16 @ Athletics 5–3 Cordero (1–1) Street 21,256 5–8 14 April 18 @ Mariners 7–4 Koronka (2–1) Hernández Cordero (2) 17,927 6–8 15 April 19 @ Mariners 9–6 Putz Cordero (1–2) 17,613 6–9 16 April 20 @ Mariners 4–3 Bauer (1–0) Guardado Cordero (3) 17,917 7–9 17 April 21 Devil Rays 13–7 Wilson (1–0) McClung 25,129 8–9 18 April 22 Devil Rays 6–5 Cordero (2–2) Orvella 35,302 9–9 19 April 23 Devil Rays 8–3 Koronka (3–1) Fossum 29,232 10–9 20 April 24 Athletics 3–2 Blanton Wilson (1–1) Duchscherer 23,802 10–10 21 April 25 Athletics 6–5 Cordero (3–2) Gaudin 25,492 11–10 22 April 26 Athletics 6–4 Duchscherer Wilson (1–2) Kennedy 23,756 11–11 23 April 28 @ Indians 7–6 Davis Bauer (1–1) Wickman 22,106 11–12 24 April 29 @ Indians 7–5 Millwood (2–2) Carmona Otsuka (1) 37,496 12–12 25 April 30 @ Indians 8–4 Padilla (3–1) Davis 22,989 13–12
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 @ Devil Rays 3–0 Loe (1–2) McClung Otsuka (2) 7,295 14–12 27 May 2 @ Devil Rays 7–5 Tejeda (1–0) Hendrickson Otsuka (3) 7,147 15–12 28 May 3 Orioles 2–1 Bauer (2–1) Halama 23,783 16–12 29 May 4 Orioles 8–2 Millwood (3–2) Chen 21,962 17–12 30 May 5 Yankees 8–7 Mussina Padilla (3–2) Rivera 39,002 17–13 31 May 6 Yankees 6–1 Chacón Loe (1–3) 48,634 17–14 32 May 7 Yankees 8–5 Wang Tejeda (1–1) 46,013 17–15 33 May 8 Twins 6–4 Koronka (4–1) Radke Otsuka (4) 18,608 18–15 34 May 9 Twins 15–5 Silva Millwood (3–3) Liriano 19,309 18–16 35 May 10 Twins 4–3 Lohse Padilla (3–3) Nathan 23,037 18–17 36 May 12 @ Red Sox 6–0 Loe (2–3) Clement 36,102 19–17 – May 13 @ Red Sox Postponed 19–17 – May 14 @ Red Sox Postponed 19–17 37 May 15 @ Yankees 4–2 Millwood (4–3) Farnsworth Otsuka (5) 41,115 20–17 38 May 16 @ Yankees 14–13 Rivera Otsuka (0–1) 40,757 20–18 39 May 17 @ Yankees 4–3 Wang Loe (2–4) Rivera 52,547 20–19 40 May 18 @ Yankees 6–2 Padilla (4–3) Wright 47,194 21–19 41 May 19 @ Astros 5–3 Qualls Benoit (0–1) Lidge 40,790 21–20 42 May 20 @ Astros 6–0 Millwood (5–3) Pettitte 41,480 22–20 43 May 21 @ Astros 5–0 Buchholz Koronka (4–2) 37,979 22–21 44 May 22 Angels 3–2 Loe (3–4) Escobar Otsuka (6) 22,032 23–21 45 May 23 Angels 7–6 Carrasco Cordero (3–3) Rodríguez 21,833 23–22 46 May 24 Angels 8–5 Weaver Tejeda (1–2) 16,536 23–23 47 May 25 Athletics 8–7 Otsuka (1–1) Street 22,006 24–23 48 May 26 Athletics 5–3 Cordero (4–3) Gaudin Otsuka (7) 27,791 25–23 49 May 27 Athletics 6–3 Zito Loe (3–5) Street 41,226 25–24 50 May 28 Athletics 4–3 Padilla (5–3) Saarloos Otsuka (8) 38,905 26–24 51 May 29 Mariners 2–0 Rheinecker (1–0) Washburn Bauer (1) 23,771 27–24 52 May 30 Mariners 6–4 Millwood (6–3) Meche Otsuka (9) 18,084 28–24 53 May 31 Mariners 14–5 Hernández Koronka (4–3) 19,131 28–25
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 2 @ White Sox 4–3 Cordero (5–3) McCarthy Otsuka (10) 32,802 29–25 55 June 3 @ White Sox 8–6 Vázquez Padilla (5–4) Jenks 38,697 29–26 56 June 4 @ White Sox 10–2 Rheinecker (2–0) Buehrle 35,915 30–26 57 June 6 @ Royals 6–2 Millwood (7–3) Elarton Cordero (4) 11,715 31–26 58 June 7 @ Royals 4–2 Otsuka (2–1) Burgos Cordero (5) 11,246 32–26 59 June 8 @ Royals 16–12 Gobble Mahay (0–1) 11,815 32–27 60 June 9 @ Red Sox 4–3 Papelbon Cordero (5–4) 36,133 32–28 61 June 10 @ Red Sox 7–4 Corey (1–0) Tavárez Otsuka (11) 36,920 33–28 – June 10 @ Red Sox Postponed 33–28 62 June 11 @ Red Sox 5–4 Delcarmen Otsuka (2–2) 36,232 33–29 63 June 11 @ Red Sox 13–6 Wasdin (1–0) Pauley 35,602 34–29 64 June 12 @ White Sox 8–3 Contreras Koronka (4–4) 29,182 34–30 65 June 13 @ White Sox 5–2 Garland Loe (3–6) Jenks 18,354 34–31 66 June 14 @ White Sox 8–0 Padilla (6–4) Vázquez 28,776 35–31 67 June 15 @ White Sox 8–2 Buehrle Rheinecker (2–1) 19,424 35–32 68 June 16 Diamondbacks 5–3 Millwood (8–3) Webb Otsuka (12) 28,167 36–32 69 June 17 Diamondbacks 8–4 Koronka (5–4) Jarvis 41,165 37–32 70 June 18 Diamondbacks 10–7 Cordero (6–4) Vizcaíno Otsuka (13) 24,358 38–32 71 June 20 Padres 6–5 Thompson Feldman (0–1) Hoffman 24,064 38–33 72 June 21 Padres 3–2 Linebrink Otsuka (2–3) Hoffman 29,047 38–34 73 June 22 Padres 5–3 Rheinecker (3–1) Hensley Otsuka (14) 24,637 39–34 74 June 23 @ Rockies 8–6 Koronka (6–4) Francis Otsuka (15) 28,360 40–34 75 June 24 @ Rockies 11–6 Fogg Tejeda (1–3) 31,439 40–35 76 June 25 @ Rockies 3–0 Kim Padilla (6–5) Fuentes 28,313 40–36 77 June 27 @ Giants 5–3 Morris Millwood (8–4) Accardo 36,053 40–37 78 June 28 @ Giants 5–1 Lowry Rheinecker (3–2) 37,275 40–38 79 June 29 @ Giants 2–1 Sánchez Feldman (0–2) Accardo 38,212 40–39 80 June 30 Astros 3–1 Padilla (7–5) Oswalt Otsuka (16) 40,177 41–39
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Astros 7–0 Buchholz Wasdin (1–1) 35,131 41–40 82 July 2 Astros 9–5 Rodríguez Millwood (8–5) Lidge 39,298 41–41 83 July 3 Blue Jays 6–1 Rheinecker (4–2) Lilly 30,021 42–41 84 July 4 Blue Jays 3–2 Halladay Koronka (6–5) Ryan 42,255 42–42 85 July 5 Blue Jays 9–3 Padilla (8–5) Janssen Cordero (6) 25,803 43–42 86 July 7 Twins 9–4 Wasdin (2–1) Silva 30,207 44–42 87 July 8 Twins 4–0 Liriano Rheinecker (4–3) 36,035 44–43 88 July 9 Twins 5–2 Bauer (3–1) Santana Otsuka (17) 23,268 45–43 89 July 13 @ Orioles 15–1 Padilla (9–5) Cabrera 22,780 46–43 90 July 14 @ Orioles 2–1 Millwood (9–5) Benson Otsuka (18) 28,201 47–43 91 July 15 @ Orioles 8–1 Bédard Rheinecker (4–4) 35,804 47–44 92 July 16 @ Orioles 4–0 López Wasdin (2–2) 25,169 47–45 93 July 17 @ Blue Jays 10–1 Lilly Koronka (6–6) 16,872 47–46 94 July 18 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Padilla (10–5) Schoeneweis Otsuka (19) 20,017 48–46 95 July 19 @ Blue Jays 5–4 Millwood (10–5) Janssen Otsuka (20) 20,778 49–46 96 July 20 @ Red Sox 6–4 Schilling Corey (1–1) Timlin 36,489 49–47 97 July 21 @ White Sox 10–3 Mahay (1–1) Buehrle Bauer (2) 38,246 50–47 98 July 22 @ White Sox 3–1 Cordero (7–4) Jenks Otsuka (21) 39,250 51–47 99 July 23 @ White Sox 5–0 Garland Padilla (10–6) 38,312 51–48 100 July 24 Yankees 6–2 Johnson Millwood (10–6) 43,206 51–49 101 July 25 Yankees 7–4 Mussina Eaton (0–1) Rivera 42,171 51–50 102 July 26 Yankees 8–7 Chacón Otsuka (2–4) Rivera 43,527 51–51 103 July 28 Royals 11–3 Hudson Padilla (10–7) 30,202 51–52 104 July 29 Royals 5–3 de la Rosa Millwood (10–7) Burgos 42,017 51–53 105 July 30 Royals 15–2 Koronka (7–6) Redman 29,726 52–53 106 July 31 @ Twins 15–2 Silva Rheinecker (4–5) 19,532 52–54
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 @ Twins 9–0 Eaton (1–1) Baker 25,969 53–54 108 August 2 @ Twins 10–2 Wells (1–0) Bonser 26,492 54–54 109 August 3 @ Angels 7–6 Littleton (1–0) Gregg Otsuka (22) 43,569 55–54 110 August 4 @ Angels 7–3 Padilla (11–7) Lackey 44,074 56–54 111 August 5 @ Angels 10–3 Santana Koronka (7–7) 43,701 56–55 112 August 6 @ Angels 9–1 Saunders Eaton (1–2) 43,804 56–56 113 August 7 @ Athletics 7–4 Loaiza Vólquez (0–1) Calero 21,208 56–57 114 August 8 @ Athletics 7–6 Saarloos Millwood (10–8) Street 21,650 56–58 115 August 9 @ Athletics 14–0 Padilla (12–7) Zito 30,127 58–57 116 August 10 Mariners 8–2 Eaton (2–2) Piñeiro 31,763 58–58 117 August 11 Mariners 14–7 Littleton (2–0) Meche 28,207 59–58 118 August 12 Mariners 5–4 Vólquez (1–1) Moyer Otsuka (23) 35,784 60–58 119 August 13 Mariners 10–6 Millwood (11–8) Hernández 29,717 61–58 120 August 15 Angels 9–7 Carrasco Littleton (2–1) Rodríguez 26,561 61–59 121 August 16 Angels 9–3 Eaton (3–2) Saunders 31,723 62–59 122 August 17 @ Tigers 4–2 Rogers Vólquez (1–2) Jones 34,756 62–60 123 August 18 @ Tigers 2–1 Millwood (12–8) Miner Otsuka (24) 39,327 63–60 124 August 19 @ Tigers 3–1 Tejeda (2–3) Robertson Otsuka (25) 41,643 64–60 125 August 20 @ Tigers 7–6 Benoit (1–1) Grilli Otsuka (26) 39,071 65–60 126 August 21 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Shields Eaton (3–2) McClung 7,820 65–61 127 August 22 @ Devil Rays 5–3 Camp Padilla (12–8) McClung 8,028 65–62 128 August 23 @ Devil Rays 7–3 Camp Millwood (12–9) 9,701 65–63 129 August 24 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Tejeda (3–3) Corcoran Otsuka (27) 9,454 66–63 130 August 25 Athletics 9–3 Zito Vólquez (1–3) 31,178 66–64 131 August 26 Athletics 5–3 Blanton Eaton (3–4) Duchscherer 37,752 66–65 132 August 27 Athletics 3–0 Padilla (13–8) Haren Otsuka (28) 25,708 67–65 133 August 29 Orioles 9–4 Millwood (13–9) López 23,684 68–65 134 August 30 Orioles 7–4 Hawkins Mahay (1–2) 23,812 68–66 135 August 31 Orioles 7–5 Eaton (4–4) Cabrera Otsuka (29) 21,446 69–66
September/October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 Indians 7–2 Westbrook Padilla (13–9) 23,776 69–67 137 September 2 Indians 6–5 Lee Vólquez (1–4) Mastny 40,222 69–68 138 September 3 Indians 5–2 Millwood (14–9) Byrd Otsuka (30) 19,667 70–68 139 September 4 @ Athletics 8–1 Tejeda (4–3) Zito 23,949 71–68 140 September 5 @ Athletics 5–4 Eaton (5–4) Saarloos Otsuka (31) 27,225 72–68 141 September 6 @ Athletics 9–6 Blanton Rupe (0–1) Duchscherer 17,838 72–69 142 September 8 @ Mariners 7–2 Baek Millwood (14–10) Piñeiro 28,646 72–70 143 September 9 @ Mariners 3–2 Fruto Rheinecker (4–6) 33,454 72–71 144 September 10 @ Mariners 4–2 Wilson (2–2) Huber Otsuka (32) 34,321 73–71 145 September 12 @ Tigers 3–2 Rodney Mahay (1–3) 24,196 73–72 146 September 13 @ Tigers 11–3 Millwood (15–10) Verlander 24,672 74–72 147 September 14 Angels 2–1 Carrasco Vólquez (1–5) Rodríguez 21,488 74–73 148 September 15 Angels 2–1 Donnelly Francisco (0–1) 30,788 74–74 149 September 16 Angels 12–6 Eaton (6–4) Lackey 40,196 75–74 150 September 17 Angels 8–1 Padilla (14–9) Santana 24,303 76–74 151 September 18 Mariners 8–1 Millwood (16–10) Hernández 18,214 77–74 152 September 19 Mariners 9–7 Huber Wilson (2–3) Putz 18,551 77–75 153 September 20 Mariners 6–3 Baek Tejeda (4–4) Putz 26,006 77–76 154 September 22 Indians 12–4 Eaton (7–4) Byrd 26,284 78–76 155 September 23 Indians 6–3 Miller Padilla (14–10) Betancourt 38,351 78–77 156 September 24 Indians 11–6 Westbrook Millwood (16–11) 36,617 78–78 157 September 25 @ Angels 8–3 Saunders Vólquez (1–6) Shields 39,781 78–79 158 September 26 @ Angels 5–2 Tejeda (5–4) Escobar Littleton (1) 37,339 79–79 159 September 27 @ Angels 6–5 Donnelly Wilson (2–4) Rodríguez 38,032 79–80 160 September 29 @ Mariners 6–5 Padilla (15–10) Fruto Wilson (1) 30,766 80–80 161 September 30 @ Mariners 3–1 Hernández Millwood (16–12) Putz 23,310 80–81 162 October 1 @ Mariners 3–2 Woods Tejeda (5–5) Putz 28,361 80–82

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
SS	Michael Young	162	691	217	.314	14	103
CF	Gary Matthews Jr.	147	620	194	.313	19	79
RF	Mark DeRosa	136	520	154	.296	13	74
2B	Ian Kinsler	120	423	121	.286	14	55
1B	Mark Teixeira	162	628	177	.282	33	110
3B	Hank Blalock	152	591	157	.266	16	89
C	Rod Barajas	97	344	88	.256	11	41
LF	Brad Wilkerson	95	320	71	.222	15	44
DH	Phil Nevin	46	176	38	.216	9	31

Other batters

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
Kevin Mench	87	320	91	.284	12	50
Gerald Laird	78	243	72	.296	7	22
Carlos Lee	59	236	76	.322	9	35
Nelson Cruz	41	130	29	.223	6	22
Jerry Hairston Jr.	63	88	18	.205	0	6
Matt Stairs	26	81	17	.210	3	11
D'Angelo Jimenez	20	57	12	.211	1	8
Jason Botts	20	50	11	.220	1	6
Adrian Brown	25	36	7	.194	0	2
Laynce Nix	9	32	3	.094	0	4
Drew Meyer	5	14	3	.214	0	0
Miguel Ojeda	5	13	4	.308	0	4
Joaquín Arias	6	11	6	.545	0	1
Eric Young Sr.	4	10	2	.200	0	2
Freddy Guzmán	9	7	2	.286	0	0
Adam Hyzdu	2	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kevin Millwood	34	215.0	16	12	4.52	157
Vicente Padilla	33	200.0	15	10	4.50	156
John Koronka	23	125.0	7	7	5.69	61
Kameron Loe	15	78.1	3	6	5.86	34
Rob Tejeda	14	73.2	5	5	4.28	40
Adam Eaton	13	65.0	7	4	5.12	43
Edinson Vólquez	8	33.1	1	6	7.29	15
Kip Wells	2	8.0	1	0	5.63	4
R.A. Dickey	1	3.1	0	1	18.90	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Rheinecker	21	70.2	4	6	5.86	28
John Wasdin	9	30.0	2	2	5.10	16

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Akinori Otsuka	63	2	4	32	2.11	47
Ron Mahay	62	1	3	0	3.95	56
Rick Bauer	58	3	1	2	3.55	35
Joaquin Benoit	56	1	1	0	4.86	85
Francisco Cordero	49	7	4	6	4.81	54
C.J. Wilson	44	2	4	1	4.06	43
Scott Feldman	36	0	2	0	3.92	30
Wes Littleton	33	2	1	1	1.73	17
Antonio Alfonseca	19	0	0	0	5.63	5
Josh Rupe	16	0	1	0	3.41	14
Bryan Corey	16	1	1	0	2.60	13
Nick Masset	8	0	0	0	4.15	4
Frank Francisco	8	0	1	0	4.91	6
Brian Shouse	6	0	0	0	4.15	3
Fabio Castro	4	0	0	0	4.32	5

Team statistics

Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Team	G	AB	H	R	Avg.	HR	RBI
Rangers	162	5659 (3rd)	1571 (6th)	835 (6th)	.278 (6th)	183 (13th)	799 (7th)
Opponents	162	5601	1558	784	.278	162	750

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts

Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SHO
Rangers	162	1431.1 (22nd)	80 (15th)	82 (15th)	4.60 (18th)	972 (25th)	8 (18th)

Awards and honors

• Mark Teixeira, 1B, Gold Glove

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	Tim Ireland and Mike Boulanger
AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League	Darryl Kennedy
A	Bakersfield Blaze	California League	Carlos Subero
A	Clinton LumberKings	Midwest League	Andy Fox
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Mike Micucci
Rookie	AZL Rangers	Arizona League	Pedro López

External links

• 2006 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 2006 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com