2006 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 2006 Boston Red Sox cap logo.svg American League East Fenway Park Boston 86–76 (.531) 3rd John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures) Larry Lucchino Theo Epstein Terry Francona NESN(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy) WEEI(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)WROL bos BOS The 2006 Boston Red Sox season was the 106th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 11 games behind the New York Yankees. The Red Sox failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2002. It was also the first time that the Red Sox finished lower than second in the American League East since 1997. Offseason November 24, 2005: Shortstop Hanley Ramírez was traded by the Boston Red Sox along with pitchers Jesús Delgado (minors), Harvey García and Aníbal Sánchez to the Florida Marlins, in exchange for P Josh Beckett, 3B Mike Lowell and P Guillermo Mota.Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com December 8, 2005: Édgar Rentería was traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte.Edgar Renteria Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com February 1, 2006: Free agent catcher Ken Huckaby was signed by Boston.Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Regular season Transactions January 27, 2006: The Red Sox sent Guillermo Mota, Andy Marte, Kelly Shoppach, a player to be named later (Randy Newson, July 21) and cash to the Indians, in exchange for Coco Crisp, David Riske, and Josh Bard.Coco Crisp at Baseball-Reference.com March 30, 2006: Charles Johnson and Chris Narveson were obtained by Boston from the Rockies for Byung-hyun Kim and cash consideration. Johnson was released the same day.Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com May 1, 2006: Doug Mirabelli was acquired by the Red Sox from the Padres in exchange for Josh Bard, Cla Meredith and cash.Doug Mirabelli at Baseball-Reference.com June 21, 2006: Jason Johnson was purchased by the Red Sox from the Indians.Jason Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com August 4: Javy López was purchased by Boston from the Orioles.Javy López at Baseball-Reference.com August 16, 2006: Carlos Peña signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.Carlos Peña at Baseball-Reference.com August 17, 2006: Eric Hinske was purchased by the Red Sox from the Blue Jays.Eric Hinske Statistics - Baseball Reference.com August 28, 2006: Jason Johnson was released by the Red Sox.Jason Johnson Statistics - Baseball Reference.com September 8, 2006: Javy López was released by the Red Sox.Javy López Statistics - Baseball Reference.com Season summary The Boston Red Sox finished eleven games behind the first place team in the American League East, the New York Yankees. While part of the blame for the Red Sox's demise could be the five-game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees from August 18 – 21, the team had a poor record the entire month of August (going just 9-21) and September (13–14). Also, they suffered extensive injuries to Jason Varitek, Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, and Keith Foulke. Season standings Boston Red Sox Record vs. opponents BOS +Red Sox vs. National League East TeamATLFLANYMPHIWSHBoston3–02–13–05–13–0 Opening Day lineup 10 Coco Crisp CF  3 Mark Loretta 2B34 David Ortiz DH24 Manny Ramirez LF  7 Trot Nixon RF33 Jason Varitek C25 Mike Lowell 3B20 Kevin Youkilis 1B11 Álex González SS38 Curt Schilling P Roster 2006 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 59 Abe Alvarez 19 Josh Beckett 54 Craig Breslow 59 Mike Burns 30 Matt Clement 63 Bryan Corey 57 Manny Delcarmen 55 Lenny DiNardo 29 Keith Foulke 61 Kason Gabbard 68 Devern Hansack 56 Craig Hansen 43 Mike Holtz 39 Kevin Jarvis 18 Jason Johnson 62 Jon Lester 48 Javier López 58 Jonathan Papelbon 60 David Pauley 54 David Riske 38 Curt Schilling 37 Rudy Seánez 52 Kyle Snyder 51 Julián Tavárez 50 Mike Timlin 46 Jermaine Van Buren 49 Tim Wakefield 16 David Wells Catchers 77 Josh Bard 40 Ken Huckaby 23 Javy López 36 Corky Miller 28 Doug Mirabelli 33 Jason Varitek Infielders 23,13 Alex Cora 11 Álex González  3 Mark Loretta 25 Mike Lowell 64 Dustin Pedroia 37 Carlos Peña 84 J. T. Snow 20 Kevin Youkilis Outfielders 10 Coco Crisp  2 Willie Harris 12 Eric Hinske 44 Gabe Kapler 18 Dustan Mohr 60 David Murphy  7 Trot Nixon 22 Wily Mo Peña 24 Manny Ramírez 39 Adam Stern Designated hitter 34 David Ortiz Manager 47 Terry Francona CoachesRed Sox All-Time Uniform Numbers http://www.redsoxdiehard.com/players/unifnums.html www.redsoxdiehard.com 12 December 2018 32 Bill Haselman (first base) 35 DeMarlo Hale (third base) 15 Ron Jackson (hitting) 31 Brad Mills (bench) 41 Al Nipper (bullpen; interim pitching) 53 Ralph Treuel (interim bullpen) 17 Dave Wallace (pitching) Game log #c60c30 border: 5px solid #024 white 2006 y #024 border: 3px solid #c60c30 white April (14–11) |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || @ Rangers || 7–3 || Schilling (1–0) || Millwood (0–1) || || 51,541 || 1–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 4 || @ Rangers || 10–4 || Padilla (1–0) || Wakefield (0–1) || || 29,442 || 1–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 3 || April 5 || @ Rangers || 2–1 || Beckett (1–0) || Loe (0–1) || Papelbon (1) || 32,416 || 2–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 4 || April 7 || @ Orioles || 14–8 || Clement (1–0) || Cabrera (0–1) || || 37,063 || 3–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 5 || April 8 || @ Orioles || 2–1 || Schilling (2–0) || Chen (0–1) || Papelbon (2) || 41,166 || 4–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 6 || April 9 || @ Orioles || 4–1 || Wakefield (1–1) || López (1–1) || Papelbon (3) || 37,998 || 5–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 7 || April 11 || Blue Jays || 6–1 || Beckett (2–0) || Towers (0–2) || Papelbon (4) || 35,491 || 6–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 12 || Blue Jays || 8–4 || Chacín (2–0) || Wells (0–1) || || 36,378 || 6–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 13 || Blue Jays || 8–6 || Lilly (1–0) || Clement (1–1) || Ryan (3) || 36,524 || 6–3 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 10 || April 14 || Mariners || 2–1 || Schilling (3–0) || Moyer (0–2) || Papelbon (5) || 36,431 || 7–3 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 11 || April 15 || Mariners || 3–0 || Piñeiro (2–1) || Wakefield (1–2) || Guardado (2) || 36,047 || 7–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 12 || April 16 || Mariners || 3–2 || Beckett (3–0) || Washburn (1–2) || Papelbon (6) || 36,181 || 8–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 13 || April 17 || Mariners || 7–6 || Timlin (1–0) || Guardado (0–1) || || 36,188 || 9–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 14 || April 18 || Devil Rays || 7–4 || Timlin (2–0) || Lugo (0–1) || Papelbon (7) || 36,423 || 10–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 15 || April 19 || Devil Rays || 9–1 || Schilling (4–0) || Waechter (0–1) || || 36,454 || 11–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 20 || Devil Rays || 5–1 || Kazmir (2–1) || Wakefield (1–3) || Miceli (4) || 36,607 || 11–5 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 21 || @ Blue Jays || 7–6 || Speier (1–0) || Foulke (0–1) || || 28,333 || 11–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 18 || April 22 || @ Blue Jays || 8–1 || Halladay (2–1) || DiNardo (0–1) || Walker (1) || 34,387 || 11–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 19 || April 23 || @ Blue Jays || 6–3 || Clement (2–1) || Towers (0–4) || Papelbon (8) || 28,737 || 12–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 20 || April 25 || @ Indians || 8–6 || Foulke (1–1) || Mota (0–1) || Papelbon (9) || 18,438 || 13–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 26 || @ Indians || 7–1 || Lee (2–1) || Wakefield (1–4) || || 21,575 || 13–8 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 27 || @ Indians || 15–3 || Byrd (3–2) || Beckett (3–1) || || 26,952 || 13–9 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 23 || April 28 || @ Devil Rays || 5–2 || Fossum (1–1) || Clement (2–2) || Walker (1) || 22,565 || 13–10 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 24 || April 29 || @ Devil Rays || 9–6 || Foulke (2–1) || Walker (0–1) || Papelbon (10) || 27,415 || 14–10 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 25 || April 30 || @ Devil Rays || 5–4 || Kazmir (3–2) || Schilling (4–1) || Camp (3) || 26,690 || 14–11 y #024 border: 3px solid #c60c30 white May (17–9) |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 26 || May 1 || Yankees || 7–3 || Timlin (3–0) || Small (0–1) || || 36,339 || 15–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || May 2 || Yankees || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 15–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 27 || May 3 || Blue Jays || 7–6 || McGowan (1–0) || Papelbon (0–1) || Ryan (6) || 35,881 || 15–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 28 || May 4 || Blue Jays || 7–4 || Clement (3–2) || Towers (0–6) || Papelbon (11) || 36,396 || 16–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 29 || May 5 || Orioles || 6–3 || Schilling (5–1) || López (1–4) || Papelbon (12) || 36,515 || 17–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 30 || May 6 || Orioles || 9–3 || Wakefield (2–4) || Bédard (4–2) || || 36,507 || 18–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 31 || May 7 || Orioles || 10–3 || DiNardo (1–1) || Benson (4–3) || || 36,022 || 19–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 32 || May 9 || @Yankees || 14–3 || Beckett (4–1) || Johnson (5–3) || || 54,688 || 20–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 33 || May 10 || @ Yankees || 7–3 || Mussina (6–1) || Schilling (5–2) || || 54,769 || 20–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 34 || May 11 || @ Yankees || 5–3 || Wakefield (3–4) || Villone (0–1) || Papelbon (13) || 54,956 || 21–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 35 || May 12 || Rangers || 6–0 || Loe (2–3) || Clement (3–3) || || 36,102 || 21–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || May 13 || Rangers || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 21–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || May 14 || Rangers || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 21–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 36 || May 15 || @ Orioles || 11–1 || Beckett (5–1) || López (1–6) || || 25,607 || 22–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 37 || May 16 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Schilling (6–2) || Williams (1–1) || Papelbon (14) || 27,565 || 23–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 38 || May 17 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || Bédard (5–2) || Wakefield (3–5) || Ray (10) || 32,089 || 23–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 39 || May 19 || @ Phillies || 5–3 || Clement (4–3) || Lieber (3–5) || Papelbon (15) || 44,296 || 24–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 40 || May 20 || @ Phillies || 8–4 || Beckett (6–1) || Myers (2–2) || || 44,809 || 25–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 41 || May 21 || @ Phillies || 10–5 || Lidle (4–4) || DiNardo (1–2) || || 44,738 || 25–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 42 || May 22 || Yankees || 9–5 || Schilling (7–2) || Wang (4–2) || || 36,342 || 26–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 43 || May 23 || Yankees || 7–5 || Wright (2–3) || Wakefield (3–6) || Rivera (9) || 36,290 || 26–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 44 || May 24 || Yankees || 8–6 || Johnson (6–4) || Clement (4–4) || Rivera (10) || 36,375 || 26–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 45 || May 25 || Devil Rays || 4–1 || Beckett (7–1) || Waechter (0–3) || Papelbon (16) || 36209 || 27–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 46 || May 26 || Devil Rays || 8–4 || Tavárez (1–0) || Kazmir (7–3) || Papelbon (17) || 36,129 || 28–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 47 || May 27 || Devil Rays || 6–4 || Schilling (8–2) || McClung (2–6) || Papelbon (18) || 36,409 || 29–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 48 || May 28 || Devil Rays || 5–4 || Wakefield (4–6) || Hendrickson (3–5) || Tavárez (1) || 36,015 || 30–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 49 || May 29 || @ Blue Jays || 7–6 || Ryan (1–0) || Riske (0–1) || || 24,038 || 30–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 50 || May 30 || @ Blue Jays || 8–5 || Chacín (6–1) || Beckett (7–2) || Ryan (12) || 27,324 || 30–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 51 || May 31 || @ Blue Jays || 8–6 || Van Buren (1–0) || Lilly (5–5) || Papelbon (19) || 24,526 || 31–20 y #024 border: 3px solid #c60c30 white June (17–9) |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 52 || June 2 || @ Tigers || 3–2 || Seánez (1–0) || Jones (0–3) || Papelbon (20) || 35,531 || 32–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 53 || June 3 || @ Tigers || 6–2 || Bonderman (6–4) || Wakefield (4–7) || Rodney (7) || 40,872 || 32–21 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 54 || June 4 || @ Tigers || 8–3 || Clement (5–4) || Miner (0–1) || || 35,764 || 33–21 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 55 || June 5 || @ Yankees || 13–5 || Mussina (8–1) || Beckett (7–3) || || 55,246 || 33–22 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 56 || June 6 || @ Yankees || 2–1 || Wang (6–2) || Pauley (0–1) || Rivera (12) || 55,141 || 33–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || June 7 || @ Yankees || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 33–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 57 || June 8 || @ Yankees || 9–3 || Schilling (9–2) || Wright (3–4) || || 55,225 || 34–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 58 || June 9 || Rangers || 4–3 || Papelbon (1–1) || Cordero (5–4) || || 36,133 || 35–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 59 || June 10 || Rangers || 7–4 || Corey (1–0) || Tavárez (1–1) || Otsuka (11) || 36,920 || 35–24 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || June 10 || Rangers || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 35–24 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 60 || June 11 || Rangers || 5–4 || Delcarmen (1–0) || Otsuka (2–2) || || 36,232 || 36–24 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 61 || June 11 || Rangers || 13–6 || Wasdin (1–0) || Pauley (0–2) || || 35,602 || 36–25 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 62 || June 13 || @ Twins || 5–2 || Reyes (1–0) || Tavárez (1–2) || || 23,531 || 36–26 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 63 || June 14 || @ Twins || 8–1 || Radke (5–7) || Clement (5–5) || || 26,492 || 36–27 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 64 || June 15 || @ Twins || 5–3 || Silva (3–8) || Wakefield (4–8) || Nathan (8) || 21,191 || 36–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 65 || June 16 || @ Braves || 4–1 || Lester (1–0) || Hudson (6–5) || Papelbon (21) || 51,038 || 37–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 66 || June 17 || @ Braves || 5–3 || Beckett (8–3) || Cormier (2–2) || Papelbon (22) || 49,364 || 38–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 67 || June 18 || @ Braves || 10–7 || Seánez (2–0) || McBride (1–1) || Papelbon (23) || 48,826 || 39–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 68 || June 19 || Nationals || 6–3 || Snyder (1–0) || Armas (6–4) || Timlin (1) || 36,252 || 40–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 69 || June 20 || Nationals || 11–3 || Wakefield (5–8) || Hernández (5–8) || || 36,421 || 41–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 70 || June 21 || Nationals || 9–3 || Lester (2–0) || Hill (1–2) || || 36,464 || 42–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 71 || June 23 || Phillies || 10–2 || Beckett (9–3) || Madson (7–5) || || 35,948 || 43–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 72 || June 24 || Phillies || 5–3 || Papelbon (2–1) || Gordon (2–3) || || 35,564 || 44–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || June 25 || Phillies || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 44–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 73 || June 26 || Phillies || 8–7 || Hansen (1–0) || Condrey (1–2) || || 36,459 || 45–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 74 || June 27 || Mets || 9–4 || Lester (3–0) || Soler (2–2) || || 36,250 || 46–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 75 || June 28 || Mets || 10–2 || Beckett (10–3) || Martínez (7–4) || || 36,035 || 47–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 76 || June 29 || Mets || 4–2 || Schilling (10–2) || Heilman (0–3) || Papelbon (24) || 36,028 || 48–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 77 || June 30 || @ Marlins || 5–2 || Willis (5–7) || Johnson (3–9) || Borowski (15) || 32,194 || 48–29 y #024 border: 3px solid #c60c30 white July (15–12) |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 78 || July 1 || @ Marlins || 11–5 || Wakefield (6–8) || Moehler (5–7) || || 38,014 || 49–29 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 79 || July 2 || @ Marlins || 4–3 || Timlin (4–0) || Messenger (1–4) || Papelbon (25) || 22,840 || 50–29 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 80 || July 3 || @ Devil Rays || 3–0 || Kazmir (10–5) || Beckett (10–4) || || 26,149 || 50–30 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 81 || July 4 || @ Devil Rays || 9–6 || Switzer (1–0) || Schilling (10–3) || Camp (4) || 21,186 || 50–31 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 82 || July 5 || @ Devil Rays || 5–2 || Corcoran (3–0) || Johnson (3–10) || Meadows (4) || 15,001 || 50–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 83 || July 6 || @ Devil Rays || 12–5 || Wakefield (7–8) || Shields (4–2) || || 19,330 || 51–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 84 || July 7 || @ White Sox || 7–2 || Lester (4–0) || Buehrle (9–6) || || 39,355 || 52–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 85 || July 8 || @ White Sox || 9–6 || Beckett (11–4) || Riske (0–2) || Papelbon (26) || 39,497 || 53–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 86 || July 9 || @ White Sox || 6–5 || Politte (2–2) || Seánez (2–1) || || 39,335 || 53–33 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 87 || July 13 || Athletics || 5–4 || Street (3–3) || Tavárez (1–3) || Saarloos (2) || 36,141 || 53–34 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 88 || July 14 || Athletics || 15–3 || Zito (9–6) || Beckett (11–5) || || 36,319 || 53–35 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 89 || July 15 || Athletics || 7–0 || Schilling (11–3) || Haren (6–8) || || 36,232 || 54–35 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 90 || July 16 || Athletics || 8–1 || Blanton (9–8) || Snyder (1–1) || || 35,643 || 54–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 91 || July 17 || Royals || 5–4 || Timlin (5–0) || Peralta (1–2) || Papelbon (27) || 36,436 || 55–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 92 || July 18 || Royals || 1–0 || Lester (5–0) || Duckworth (1–3) || Papelbon (28) || 36,224 || 56–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 93 || July 19 || Royals || 1–0 || Beckett (12–5) || Redman (6–5) || Papelbon (29) || 36,098 || 57–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 94 || July 20 || Rangers || 6–4 || Schilling (12–3) || Corey (1–1) || Timlin (2) || 36,489 || 58–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 95 || July 21 || @ Mariners || 9–4 || Snyder (2–1) || Moyer (5–9) || || 46,325 || 59–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 96 || July 22 || @ Mariners || 5–2 || Hernández (9–8) || Gabbard (0–1) || Putz (19) || 46,118 || 59–37 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 97 || July 23 || @ Mariners || 9–8 || Putz (2–0) || Timlin (5–1) || || 45,975 || 59–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 98 || July 24 || @ Athletics || 7–3 || Beckett (13–5) || Zito (10–7) || || 33,370 || 60–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 99 || July 25 || @ Athletics || 13–5 || Schilling (13–3) || Windsor (0–1) || || 34,077 || 61–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 100 || July 26 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Haren (7–9) || Snyder (2–2) || || 35,077 || 61–39 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 101 || July 28 || Angels || 8–3 || Escobar (7–9) || Lester (5–1) || || 36,109 || 61–40 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 102 || July 29 || Angels || 7–6 || Tavárez (2–3) || Carrasco (2–3) || || 35,621 || 62–40 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 103 || July 30 || Angels || 10–4 || Lackey (10–6) || Schilling (13–4) || || 36,048 || 62–41 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 104 || July 31 || Indians || 9–8 || Snyder (3–2) || Carmona (1–5) || || 36,387 || 63–41 y #024 border: 3px solid #c60c30 white August (9–21) |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 105 || August 1 || Indians || 6–3 || Sabathia (8–7) || Johnson (3–11) || || 36,328 || 63–42 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 106 || August 2 || Indians || 6–5 || Papelbon (3–1) || Carmona (1–6) || || 36,022 || 64–42 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 107 || August 3 || Indians || 7–6 || Westbrook (8–7) || Beckett (13–6) || Davis (1) || 36,557 || 64–43 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 108 || August 4 || @ Devil Rays || 3–2 || Schilling (14–4) || McClung (3–11) || Papelbon (30) || 27,871 || 65–43 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 109 || August 5 || @ Devil Rays || 8–5 || Fossum (6–4) || Wells (0–2) || Meadows (8) || 30,603 || 65–44 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 110 || August 6 || @ Devil Rays || 7–6 || Camp (4–0) || Tavárez (2–4) || || 30,093 || 65–45 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 111 || August 8 || @ Royals || 6–4 || Hudson (5–3) || Lester (5–2) || Burgos (17) || 26,687 || 65–46 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 112 || August 9 || @ Royals || 5–4 || Dohmann (1–1) || Papelbon (3–2) || || 21,928 || 65–47 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 113 || August 10 || @ Royals || 5–4 || Sisco (1–2) || Schilling (14–5) || Burgos (18) || 21,214 || 65–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 114 || August 11 || Orioles || 9–2 || Wells (1–2) || Loewen (2–4) || || 36,191 || 66–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 115 || August 12 || Orioles || 8–7 || Papelbon (4–2) || Chen (0–7) || || 35,768 || 67–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 116 || August 13 || Orioles || 11–9 || Lester (6–2) || Cabrera (5–8) || Papelbon (31) || 35,744 || 68–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 117 || August 14 || Tigers || 7–4 || Robertson (11–8) || Beckett (13–7) || Jones (32) || 36,392 || 68–49 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 118 || August 15 || Tigers || 3–2 || Rodney (6–3) || Timlin (5–2) || Jones (33) || 36,179 || 68–50 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 119 || August 16 || Tigers || 6–4 || Wells (2–2) || Verlander (14–6) || Papelbon (32) || 36,304 || 69–50 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 120 || August 18 || Yankees || 12–4 || Wang (14–5) || Johnson (3–12) || || 36,325 || 69–51 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 121 || August 18 || Yankees || 14–11 || Myers (1–0) || Timlin (5–3) || || 36,071 || 69–52 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 122 || August 19 || Yankees || 13–5 || Johnson (14–9) || Beckett (13–8) || || 35,738 || 69–53 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 123 || August 20 || Yankees || 8–5 (10) || Rivera (5–5) || Hansen (1–1) || || 36,155 || 69–54 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 124 || August 21 || Yankees || 2–1 || Lidle (2–2) || Wells (2–3) || Farnsworth (2) || 35,829 || 69–55 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 125 || August 22 || @ Angels || 4–3 || Shields (7–7) || Gabbard (0–2) || Rodríguez (35) || 44,041 || 69–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 126 || August 23 || @ Angels || 5–4 || Lester (7–2) || Escobar (9–11) || Papelbon (33) || 44,093 || 70–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 127 || August 24 || @ Angels || 2–1 || Beckett (14–8) || Weaver (9–1) || Papelbon (34) || 44,109 || 71–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 128 || August 25 || @ Mariners || 6–0 || Woods (4–1) || Schilling (14–6) || || 40,817 || 71–57 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 129 || August 26 || @ Mariners || 4–3 || Putz (3–1) || Timlin (5–4) || || 44,779 || 71–58 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 130 || August 27 || @ Mariners || 6–3 || Baek (1–0) || Snyder (3–3) || Putz (27) || 44,288 || 71–59 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 131 || August 28 || @ Athletics || 9–0 || Loaiza (8–7) || Gabbard (0–3) || || 30,159 || 71–60 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 132 || August 29 || @ Athletics || 2–1 || Saarloos (7–6) || Beckett (14–9) || Duchscherer (6) || 30,517 || 71–61 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 133 || August 30 || @ Athletics || 7–2 || Zito (15–8) || Schilling (14–7) || || 31,073 || 71–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 134 || August 31 || Blue Jays || 6–4 || Delcarmen (2–0) || Halladay (16–5) || Papelbon (35) || 36,238 || 72–62 y #024 border: 3px solid #c60c30 white September (13–14) |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 135 || September 1 || Blue Jays || 2–1 || Snyder (4–3) || Lilly (11–12) || Timlin (3) || 36,235 || 73–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 136 || September 2 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || Burnett (7–6) || Jarvis (0–1) || || 35,973 || 73–63 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 137 || September 3 || Blue Jays || 6–1 || Chacín (7–3) || Beckett (14–10) || || 35,719 || 73–64 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 138 || September 4 || White Sox || 3–2 || Timlin (6–4) || McCarthy (3–6) || || 36,206 || 74–64 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 139 || September 5 || White Sox || 1–0 || Gabbard (1–3) || Vázquez (11–9) || Timlin (4) || 35,912 || 75–64 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 140 || September 6 || White Sox || 8–1 || Contreras (12–7) || Snyder (4–4) || || 35,923 || 75–65 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 141 || September 8 || Royals || 10–9 || Burgos (4–5) || Timlin (6–5) || Nelson (6) || 36,531 || 75–66 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 142 || September 9 || Royals || 10–4 || Nelson (1–1) || Breslow (0–1) || || 36,402 || 75–67 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 143 || September 10 || Royals || 9–3 || Tavárez (3–4) || Redman (9–9) || || 35,703 || 76–67 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 144 || September 12 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Hansen (2–1) || Cabrera (7–10) || López (1) || 24,551 || 77–67 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 145 || September 13 || @ Orioles || 4–0 || Bédard (14–9) || Wakefield (7–9) || || 22,240 || 77–68 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 146 || September 14 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Foulke (3–1) || López (9–16) || Timlin (5) || 27,741 || 78–68 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBBBBB" | – || September 15 || @ Yankees || colspan=5|Postponed (rain) || 78–68 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 147 || September 16 || @ Yankees || 5–2 || Beckett (15–10) || Wang (17–6) || Timlin (6) || 55,091 || 79–68 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 148 || September 16 || @ Yankees || 7–5 || Proctor (6–4) || Breslow (0–2) || Farnsworth (5) || 55,167 || 79–69 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 149 || September 17 || @ Yankees || 6–3 || Corey (2–1) || Villone (3–3) || Timlin (7) || 55,002 || 80–69 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 150 || September 17 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || López (1–0) || Farnsworth (3–5) || Timlin (8) || 55,221 || 81–69 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 151 || September 19 || Twins || 7–3 || Garza (2–5) || Wakefield (7–10) || || 36,242 || 81–70 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 152 || September 20 || Twins || 8–2 || Bonser (6–5) || Hansen (2–2) || || 36,484 || 81–71 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 153 || September 21 || Twins || 6–0 || Beckett (16–10) || Santana (18–6) || || 36,434 || 82–71 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 154 || September 22 || @ Blue Jays || 7–1 || Tavárez (4–4) || Lilly (14–13) || || 33,874 || 83–71 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 155 || September 23 || @ Blue Jays || 5–3 || Burnett (9–8) || Hansack (0–1) || Ryan (35) || 42,267 || 83–72 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 156 || September 24 || @ Blue Jays || 13–4 || Chacín (9–3) || Snyder (4–5) || || 44,212 || 83–73 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 157 || September 25 || @ Blue Jays || 5–0 || Marcum (3–4) || Wakefield (7–11) || || 40,123 || 83–74 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 158 || September 26 || Devil Rays || 5–1 || Schilling (15–7) || Hammel (0–5) || || 36,134 || 84–74 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 159 || September 27 || Devil Rays || 11–0 || Corcoran (5–9) || Beckett (16–11) || || 36,028 || 84–75 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 160 || September 29 || Orioles || 4–3 || Tavárez (5–4) || Bédard (15–11) || Timlin (9) || 36,269 || 85–75 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFBBBB" | 161 || September 30 || Orioles || 5–4 || Ray (4–4) || Timlin (6–6) || || 36,596 || 85–76 y #024 border: 3px solid #c60c30 white October (1–0) |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#BBFFBB" | 162 || October 1 || Orioles || 9–0 || Hansack (4–4) || Penn (6–6) || || 35,826 || 86–76 Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Bold indicates leader in category. Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Avg. SB Mark Loretta 155 635 75 181 33 0 5 59 49 63 .285 4 Mike Lowell 153 573 79 163 47 1 20 80 47 61 .284 2 Kevin Youkilis 147 569 100 159 42 2 13 72 91 120 .279 5 David Ortiz 151 558 115 160 29 2 54 137 119 117 .287 1 Manny Ramirez 130 449 79 144 27 1 35 102 100 102 .321 0 Coco Crisp 105 413 58 109 22 2 8 36 31 67 .264 22 Álex González 111 388 48 99 24 2 9 50 22 67 .255 1 Trot Nixon 114 381 59 102 24 0 8 52 60 56 .268 0 Jason Varitek 103 365 46 87 19 2 12 55 46 87 .238 1 Wily Mo Peña 84 276 36 83 15 2 11 42 20 90 .301 0 Alex Cora 96 235 31 56 7 2 1 18 19 29 .238 6 Doug Mirabelli 59 161 12 31 6 0 6 25 11 54 .193 0 Gabe Kapler 72 130 21 33 7 0 2 12 14 15 .254 1 Dustin Pedroia 31 89 5 17 4 0 2 7 7 7 .191 0 Eric Hinske 31 80 8 23 8 0 1 5 8 30 .288 1 Javy López 18 63 6 12 5 0 0 4 2 16 .190 0 Willie Harris 47 45 17 7 2 0 0 1 4 11 .156 6 J. T. Snow 38 44 5 9 0 0 0 4 8 8 .205 0 Dustan Mohr 21 40 5 7 1 0 2 3 3 20 .175 0 Carlos Peña 18 33 3 9 2 0 1 3 4 10 .273 0 David Murphy 20 22 4 5 1 0 1 2 4 4 .227 0 Adam Stern 10 20 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 .150 1 Josh Bard 7 18 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 .278 0 Josh Beckett 2 7 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 .429 0 Ken Huckaby 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 0 Corky Miller 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Jon Lester 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 Tim Wakefield 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 Matt Clement 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 0 Curt Schilling 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 0 Abe Alvarez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Lenny DiNardo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Jason Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0Team totals16256198201510327161927776721056.26951 Pitching Bold indicates leader in category. 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 Josh Beckett 33 204.2 16 11 5.01 158 Curt Schilling 31 204.0 15 7 3.97 183 Tim Wakefield 23 140.0 7 11 4.63 90 Jon Lester 15 81.1 7 2 4.76 60 Matt Clement 12 65.1 5 5 6.61 43 David Wells 8 47.0 2 3 4.98 24 Jason Johnson 6 29.1 0 4 7.36 18 David Pauley 3 16.0 0 2 7.88 10 Devern Hansack 2 10.0 1 1 2.70 8 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 Kyle Snyder 16 58.1 4 5 6.02 55 Lenny DiNardo 13 39.0 1 2 7.85 17 Kason Gabbard 7 25.2 1 3 3.51 15 Kevin Jarvis 4 16.2 0 1 4.86 7 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Jonathan Papelbon 5968.16 4 35 0.92 75 Mike Timlin 68 64.0 6 6 9 4.36 30 Julián Tavárez 58 98.2 5 4 1 4.47 56 Manny Delcarmen 50 53.1 2 0 0 5.06 45 Keith Foulke 44 49.2 3 1 0 4.35 36 Rudy Seánez 4146.2 2 1 0 4.82 48 Craig Hansen 38 38.0 2 2 0 6.63 30 Javier López 27 16.2 1 0 1 2.70 11 Bryan Corey 16 21.2 1 0 0 4.57 15 Craig Breslow 13 12.0 0 2 0 3.75 12 Jermaine Van Buren 10 13.0 1 0 0 11.77 8 David Riske 8 9.2 0 1 0 3.72 5 Mike Burns 7 7.2 0 0 0 4.70 7 Mike Holtz 3 1.2 0 0 0 16.20 2 Abe Alvarez 1 3.0 0 0 0 12.00 2Team Pitching Totals1621441.18676464.831070 Awards and honors Mark Loretta – Hutch AwardHutch Award David Ortiz – Silver Slugger Award (DH), AL Player of the Month (July) Jonathan Papelbon – AL Rookie of the Month (April) Manny Ramirez – Silver Slugger Award (OF) All-Star Game Mark Loretta, starting 2B David Ortiz, starting 1B Jonathan Papelbon, reserve P Manny Ramírez, starting OF (did not attend) Farm system Minor League Baseball The Class A Greenville Drive had previously been nicknamed the Bombers. AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ron Johnson AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Todd Claus A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Chad Epperson A Greenville Drive South Atlantic League Luis Alicea A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Bruce Crabbe Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Dave Tomlin Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Paulino LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland, GCL Red Sox Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxmedi2006bost/page/546/mode/2up Boston Red Sox Media Guide 2006 546 March 14, 2021 Wayback Machine References 30em External links Game logs: 1st half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com 2nd half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com Batting statistics: Boston Red Sox Batting Stats on ESPN.com Pitching statistics: Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats on ESPN.com 2006 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Reference 2006 Boston Red Sox Draft Selections https://web.archive.org/web/20170708014507/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/draft.jsp?c_id=bos&year=2006 July 8, 2017 53em Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Red Sox