2006 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees 2006 season was the Yankees 104th season in New York, and their 106th overall going back to their origins in Baltimore. The season finished with the Yankees winning the AL East Division. They were defeated in the ALDS by the Detroit Tigers in a 3-1 series.

Hideki Matsui (left) and Derek Jeter (right) on April 3, 2006.

2006 New York Yankees
American League East Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976) New York (since 1903)
Results
Record	97–65 (.599)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Brian Cashman
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WWOR-TV YES Network (Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice, Al Leiter, John Flaherty)
Local radio	WCBS (AM) (John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman ) WKDM (Francisco X. Rivera, Beto Villa)
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Offseason

• January 3, 2006: Bernie Williams signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[1]
• January 30, 2006: Ramiro Mendoza was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[2]
• Sal Fasano signed with the New York Yankees

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	0.537	10	50–31	37–44
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	11	48–33	38–43
Baltimore Orioles	70	92	0.432	27	40–41	30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	61	101	0.377	36	41–40	20–61

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League Records Sources:
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

Transactions

• June 6, 2006: Ian Kennedy was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2006.[3]
• June 6, 2006: Joba Chamberlain was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (41st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed September 2, 2006.[4]

Roster

2006 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 38 T. J. Beam 58 Colter Bean 33 Brian Bruney 39 Shawn Chacón 29 Octavio Dotel 46 Scott Erickson 48 Kyle Farnsworth 62 Sean Henn 41 Randy Johnson 58 Jeff Karstens 30 Cory Lidle 35 Mike Mussina 36 Mike Myers 24 Sidney Ponson 43 Scott Proctor 61 Darrell Rasner 42 Mariano Rivera 31 Aaron Small 30 Matt Smith 56 Tanyon Sturtze 31 José Veras 47 Ron Villone 40 Chien-Ming Wang 38 Kris Wilson 34 Jaret Wright		Catchers 26 Sal Fasano 60 Wil Nieves 20 Jorge Posada 33 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 14 Miguel Cairo 63 Andy Cannizaro 22 Robinson Canó 25 Jason Giambi 17 Nick Green  2 Derek Jeter 12 Andy Phillips 13 Alex Rodriguez 39 Craig Wilson		Outfielders 53 Bobby Abreu 28 Melky Cabrera 19 Bubba Crosby 18 Johnny Damon 46 Aaron Guiel 26 Terrence Long 55 Hideki Matsui 27 Kevin Reese 11 Gary Sheffield 27 Kevin Thompson 51 Bernie Williams		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 53,50 Larry Bowa (third base) 49 Ron Guidry (pitching) 57 Joe Kerrigan (bullpen) 23 Don Mattingly (hitting) 54 Lee Mazzilli (bench) 52 Tony Peña (first base)

Game log

2006 Game Log ({{{win}}}–{{{loss}}})
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Yankees 15–2 Oakland Johnson (1–0) 35,077 1–0 2 April 4 Yankees 3–4 Oakland Proctor (0–1) 31,284 1–1 3 April 5 Yankees 4–9 Oakland Wright (0–1) 30,165 1–2 4 April 7 Yankees 1–4 Angels Chacón (0–1) 44,221 1–3 5 April 8 Yankees 2–3 Angels Johnson (1–1) 44,044 1–4 6 April 9 Yankees 10–1 Angels Mussina (1–0) 44,020 2–4 7 April 11 Kansas City 7–9 Yankees Proctor (1–1) Rivera (1) 54,698 3–4 8 April 12 Kansas City 5–12 Yankees Chacón (1–1) 41,448 4–4 9 April 13 Kansas City 3–9 Yankees Johnson (2–1) 54,381 5–4 10 April 14 Yankees 1–5 Minnesota Mussina (1–1) 30,622 5–5 11 April 15 Yankees 5–6 Minnesota Rivera (0–1) 42,316 5–6 12 April 16 Yankees 9–3 Minnesota Wang (1–0) 22,627 6–6 13 April 18 Yankees 5–10 Toronto Johnson (2–2) 48,776 6–7 14 April 19 Yankees 3–1 Toronto Mussina (2–1) Rivera (2) 32,886 7–7 15 April 21 Baltimore 6–5 Yankees Wang (1–1) 51,282 7–8 16 April 22 Baltimore 1–6 Yankees Chacón (2–1) 50,872 8–8 17 April 23 Baltimore 1–7 Yankees Johnson (3–2) 47,996 9–8 18 April 25 Tampa Bay 1–9 Yankees Mussina (3–1) 36,334 10–8 19 April 26 Tampa Bay 4–2 Yankees Rivera (0–2) 35,642 10–9 20 April 27 Tampa Bay 1–4 Yankees Chacón (2–1) Rivera (3) 45,826 11–9 21 April 28 Toronto 7–2 Yankees Wright (0–2) 47,204 11–10 22 April 29 Toronto 6–17 Yankees Johnson (4–2) 50,119 12–10 23 April 30 Toronto 1–4 Yankees Mussina (4–1) Rivera (4) 52,954 13–10
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 Yankees 7–3 Boston Small (0–1) 36,339 13–11 – May 2 Yankees Boston Postponed 13–11 25 May 3 Yankees 4–2 Tampa Bay Farnsworth (1–0) Rivera (5) 17,059 14–11 26 May 4 Yankees 10–5 Tampa Bay Johnson (5–2) 22,164 15–11 27 May 5 Yankees 8–7 Texas Mussina (5–1) Rivera (6) 39,002 16–11 28 May 6 Yankees 6–1 Texas Chacón (4–1) 48,634 17–11 29 May 7 Yankees 8–5 Texas Wang (2–1) 46,013 18–11 30 May 9 Boston 14–3 Yankees Johnson (5–3) 54,688 18–12 31 May 10 Boston 3–7 Yankees Mussina (6–1) 54,769 19–12 32 May 11 Boston 5–3 Yankees Villone (0–1) 54,956 19–13 33 May 12 Oakland 0–2 Yankees Wang (3–1) Rivera (7) 47,797 20–13 34 May 13 Oakland 3–4 Yankees Wright (1–2) Farnsworth (1) 53,907 21–13 35 May 14 Oakland 6–1 Yankees Johnson (5–4) 52,587 21–14 36 May 15 Texas 4–3 Yankees Farnsworth (1–1) 41,115 21–15 37 May 16 Texas 13–14 Yankees Rivera (1–2) 40,757 22–15 38 May 17 Texas 3–4 Yankees Wang (4–1) Rivera (8) 52,547 23–15 39 May 18 Texas 6–2 Yankees Wright (1–3) 47,194 23–16 40 May 19 Yankees 6–7 Mets Rivera (1–3) 56,289 23–17 41 May 20 Yankees 5–4 Mets Rivera (2–3) 56,185 24–17 42 May 21 Yankees 3–4 Mets Small (0–2) 56,205 24–18 43 May 22 Yankees 5–9 Boston Wang (4–2) 36,342 24–19 44 May 23 Yankees 7–5 Boston Wright (2–3) Rivera (9) 36,290 25–19 45 May 24 Yankees 8–6 Boston Johnson (6–4) Rivera (10) 36,375 26–19 46 May 26 Kansas City 7–6 Yankees Farnsworth (1–2) 48,035 26–20 47 May 27 Kansas City 4–15 Yankees Wang (5–2) 54,216 27–20 48 May 28 Kansas City 5–6 Yankees Wright (3–3) Rivera (11) 54,372 28–20 49 May 29 Yankees 4–0 Detroit Johnson (7–4) 39,759 29–20 50 May 30 Yankees 11–6 Detroit Rivera (3–3) 24,765 30–20 51 May 31 Yankees 6–1 Detroit Mussina (7–1) 23,737 31–20
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 Yankees 6–7 Detroit Farnsworth (1–3) 27,231 31–21 53 June 2 Yankees 6–5 Baltimore Farnsworth (2–3) 48,168 32–21 54 June 3 Yankees 6–5 Baltimore Proctor (2–1) Wang (1) 48,195 33–21 55 June 4 Yankees 4–11 Baltimore Small (0–3) 47,535 33–22 56 June 5 Boston 5–13 Yankees Mussina (8–1) 55,246 34–22 57 June 6 Boston 1–2 Yankees Wang (6–2) Rivera (12) 55,141 35–22 – June 7 Boston Yankees Postponed 35–22 58 June 8 Boston 9–3 Yankees Wright (3–4) 55,225 35–23 59 June 9 Oakland 6–5 Yankees Johnson (7–5) 53,837 35–24 60 June 10 Oakland 5–2 Yankees Mussina (8–2) 53,779 35–25 61 June 11 Oakland 6–5 Yankees Farnsworth (2–4) 54,570 35–26 62 June 13 Cleveland 0–1 Yankees Wang (7–2) Rivera (13) 50,365 36–26 63 June 14 Cleveland 1–6 Yankees Johnson (7–5) 53,448 37–26 64 June 15 Cleveland 8–4 Yankees Mussina (8–3) 54,648 37–27 65 June 16 Yankees 7–5 Washington Rivera (4–3) 44,749 38–27 66 June 17 Yankees 9–11 Washington Rivera (4–4) 45,085 38–28 67 June 18 Yankees 2–3 Washington Wang (7–3) 45,157 38–29 68 June 19 Yankees 2–4 Philadelphia Johnson (8–6) 44,747 38–30 69 June 20 Yankees 9–7 Philadelphia Beam (1–0) Rivera (14) 44,775 39–30 70 June 21 Yankees 5–0 Philadelphia Wright (4–4) 45,111 40–30 71 June 23 Florida 5–6 Yankees Wang (8–3) Rivera (15) 54,025 41–30 – June 24 Florida Yankees Postponed 41–30 72 June 25 Florida 1–2 Yankees Mussina (9–3) Rivera (16) 53,615 42–30 73 June 25 Florida 1–2 Yankees Chacón (4–2) 6,809 42–31 74 June 26 Atlanta 2–5 Yankees Johnson (9–6) Rivera (17) 54,226 43–31 75 June 27 Atlanta 5–2 Yankees Wright (4–5) 53,763 43–32 76 June 28 Atlanta 3–4 Yankees Villone (1–1) 54,186 44–32 77 June 30 Mets 0–2 Yankees Villone (2–1) Rivera (18) 55,245 45–32
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 Mets 8–3 Yankees Johnson (9–7) 55,132 45–33 79 July 2 Mets 7–16 Yankees Villone (3–1) 55,212 46–33 80 July 3 Yankees 2–5 Cleveland Wang (8–4) 42,706 46–34 81 July 4 Yankees 1–19 Cleveland Chacón (4–3) 29,638 46–35 82 July 5 Yankees 11–3 Cleveland Mussina (10–3) 31,265 47–35 83 July 6 Yankees 10–4 Cleveland Johnson (10–7) 34,982 48–35 84 July 7 Yankees 1–0 Tampa Bay Wright (5–5) Rivera (19) 25,584 49–35 85 July 8 Yankees 5–1 Tampa Bay Wang (9–4) 34,982 50–35 86 July 9 Yankees 5–6 Tampa Bay Proctor (2–2) 31,583 50–36 87 July 14 White Sox 5–6 Yankees Farnsworth (3–4) Rivera (20) 55,069 51–36 88 July 15 White Sox 3–14 Yankees Mussina (11–3) 55,019 52–36 89 July 16 White Sox 4–6 Yankees Wright (6–5) Rivera (21) 53,781 53–36 90 July 17 Seattle 2–4 Yankees Wang (10–4) Rivera (22) 53,444 54–36 91 July 18 Seattle 4–5 Yankees Proctor (3–2) 52,992 55–36 92 July 19 Seattle 3–2 Yankees Johnson (10–8) 54,121 55–37 93 July 20 Yankees 4–5 Toronto Rivera (4–5) 42,336 55–38 94 July 21 Yankees 3–7 Toronto Wright (6–6) 40,149 55–39 95 July 22 Yankees 5–4 Toronto Wang (11–4) Rivera (23) 50,014 56–39 96 July 23 Yankees 5–13 Toronto Ponson (0–1) 42,337 56–40 97 July 24 Yankees 6–2 Texas Johnson (11–8) 43,206 57–40 98 July 25 Yankees 7–4 Texas Mussina (12–3) Rivera (24) 42,171 58–40 99 July 26 Yankees 8–7 Texas Chacón (4–3) Rivera (25) 43,527 59–40 100 July 28 Tampa Bay 0–6 Yankees Wang (12–4) 53,979 60–40 101 July 29 Tampa Bay 19–6 Yankees Johnson (11–9) 54,485 60–41 102 July 30 Tampa Bay 2–4 Yankees Mussina (13–3) Rivera (26) 54,102 61–41
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 Toronto 1–5 Yankees Wright (7–6) 52,237 62–41 104 August 2 Toronto 2–7 Yankees Wang (13–4) 54,414 63–41 105 August 3 Toronto 1–8 Yankees Lidle (1–0) 52,156 64–41 106 August 4 Yankees 5–4 Baltimore Proctor (4–2) Rivera (27) 44,840 65–41 107 August 5 Yankees 0–5 Baltimore Mussina (13–4) 49,159 65–42 108 August 6 Yankees 6–1 Baltimore Wright (8–6) Rivera (28) 45,563 66–42 109 August 8 Yankees 5–6 White Sox Proctor (4–3) 39,872 66–43 110 August 9 Yankees 7–6 White Sox Johnson (12–9) Rivera (29) 39,406 66–44 111 August 10 Yankees 4–5 White Sox Mussina (13–5) 39,289 67–44 112 August 11 Angels 7–4 Yankees Lidle (1–1) 54,450 67–45 113 August 12 Angels 2–5 Yankees Wright (9–6) Rivera (30) 54,157 68–45 114 August 13 Angels 5–3 Yankees Wang (13–5) 54,309 68–46 115 August 14 Angels 2–7 Yankees Johnson (13–9) 52,100 69–46 116 August 15 Baltimore 3–6 Yankees Mussina (11–3) Rivera (31) 52,418 70–46 117 August 16 Baltimore 3–2 Yankees Proctor (5–3) 54,244 70–47 118 August 17 Baltimore 12–2 Yankees Lidle (1–2) 54,333 70–48 119 August 18 Yankees 12–4 Boston Wang (14–5) 36,325 71–48 120 August 18 Yankees 14–11 Boston Myers (1–0) 36,071 72–48 121 August 19 Yankees 13–5 Boston Johnson (14–9) 35,738 73–48 122 August 20 Yankees 8–5 Boston Rivera (5–5) 36,155 74–48 123 August 21 Yankees 2–1 Boston Lidle (2–2) Farnsworth (2) 35,829 75–48 124 August 22 Yankees 5–6 Seattle Villone (3–2) 42,454 75–49 125 August 23 Yankees 9–2 Seattle Wang (15–5) 41,380 76–49 126 August 24 Yankees 2–4 Seattle Johnson (14–10) 44,634 76–50 127 August 25 Yankees 5–6 Angels Myers (1–1) 44,253 77–51 128 August 26 Yankees 7–12 Angels Bruney (0–1) 44,185 78–52 129 August 27 Yankees 11–8 Angels Karstens (1–0) 44,225 79–52 – August 29 Yankees Detroit Postponed 79–52 130 August 30 Yankees 2–0 Detroit Wang (16–5) Rivera (32) 52,585 80–52 131 August 30 Yankees 3–5 Detroit Proctor (5–4) 54,509 80–53 132 August 31 Yankees 6–4 Detroit Johnson (15–10) Rivera (33) 54,771 81–53
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Minnesota 1–8 Yankees Lidle (3–2) 54,311 80–53 134 September 2 Minnesota 6–1 Yankees Karstens (1–1) 53,220 80–54 135 September 3 Minnesota 1–10 Yankees Rasner (1–0) 55,155 81–54 136 September 4 Yankees 12–5 Kansas City Beam (2–0) 27,123 82–54 137 September 5 Yankees 0–5 Kansas City Mussina (13–6) 25,104 82–55 138 September 6 Yankees 8–3 Kansas City Johnson (16–10) 16,421 83–55 139 September 8 Yankees 4–9 Baltimore Lidle (3–3) 36,214 83–56 140 September 9 Yankees 3–2 Baltimore Wang (17–5) Farnsworth (3) 45,827 84–56 141 September 10 Yankees 9–4 Baltimore Wright (10–7) 40,125 85–56 142 September 11 Yankees 9–6 Baltimore Johnson (17–10) Farnsworth (4) 21,742 86–56 143 September 12 Tampa Bay 4–12 Yankees Mussina (14–6) 54,570 87–56 144 September 13 Tampa Bay 4–8 Yankees Bruney (1–1) 52,265 88–56 145 September 14 Tampa Bay 4–7 Yankees Rasner (2–0) 51,965 89–56 – September 15 Boston Yankees Postponed 89–56 146 September 16 Boston 5–2 Yankees Wang (17–6) 55,091 89–57 147 September 16 Boston 5–7 Yankees Proctor (6–4) Farnsworth (5) 55,167 90–57 148 September 17 Boston 6–3 Yankees Villone (3–3) 55,002 90–58 149 September 17 Boston 5–4 Yankees Farnsworth (3–5) 55,221 90–59 150 September 18 Yankees 7–6 Toronto Rasner (3–0) Veras (1) 32,286 91–59 151 September 19 Yankees 6–3 Toronto Karstens (2–1) Farnsworth (6) 30,793 92–59 152 September 20 Yankees 2–3 Toronto Henn (0–1) 33,029 92–60 153 September 22 Yankees 4–1 Tampa Bay Wang (18–6) Rivera (34) 26,337 93–60 154 September 23 Yankees 0–8 Tampa Bay Johnson (17–11) 33,492 93–61 155 September 24 Yankees 4–11 Tampa Bay Mussina (14–7) 31,422 93–62 156 September 25 Yankees 16–1 Tampa Bay Wright (11–7) 24,053 94–62 157 September 26 Baltimore 4–5 Yankees Lidle (4–3) Proctor (1) 53,420 95–62 158 September 27 Baltimore 5–16 Yankees Wang (19–6) 53,040 96–62 159 September 28 Baltimore 7–1 Yankees Rasner (3–1) 54,046 96–63 160 September 29 Toronto 2–7 Yankees Mussina (15–7) 52,331 97–63 161 September 30 Toronto 6–5 Yankees Myers (1–2) 54,576 97–64
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 Toronto 5–7 Yankees Farnsworth (3–6) 54,886 97–65

Batting

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
Derek Jeter	154	653	214	.343	14	97
Johnny Damon	149	593	169	.285	24	80
Alex Rodriguez	154	572	166	.290	35	121
Robinson Canó	122	482	165	.342	15	78
Jorge Posada	143	465	129	.277	23	93
Melky Cabrera	130	460	129	.280	7	50
Jason Giambi	139	446	113	.253	37	113
Bernie Williams	131	420	118	.281	12	61
Andy Phillips	110	246	59	.240	7	29
Miguel Cairo	81	222	53	.239	0	30
Bobby Abreu	58	209	69	.330	7	42
Hideki Matsui	51	172	52	.302	8	29
Gary Sheffield	39	151	45	.298	6	25
Craig Wilson	40	104	22	.212	4	8
Bubba Crosby	65	87	18	.207	1	6
Aaron Guiel	44	82	21	.256	4	11
Kelly Stinnett	34	79	18	.228	1	9
Nick Green	46	75	18	.240	2	4
Sal Fasano	28	49	7	.143	1	5
Terrence Long	12	36	6	.167	0	2
Kevin Thompson	19	30	9	.300	1	6
Kevin Reese	10	12	5	.417	0	1
Andy Cannizaro	13	8	2	.250	1	1
Wil Nieves	6	6	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Randy Johnson pitching in 2006.

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Johnson	33	17	11	5.00	172
Chien-Ming Wang	34	19	6	3.63	76
Mike Mussina	32	15	7	3.51	172
Jaret Wright	30	11	7	4.49	84
Shawn Chacón	17	5	3	7.00	35
Cory Lidle	10	4	3	5.16	32
Jeff Karstens	8	2	1	3.80	16
Aaron Small	11	0	3	8.46	12
Sidney Ponson	5	0	1	10.47	15
Darrell Rasner	6	3	1	4.43	11
Kris Wilson	5	0	0	8.64	6
Sean Henn	4	0	1	4.82	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Myers	62	0	3.23	22
Tanyon Sturtze	18	0	7.59	6
Ron Villone	70	0	5.04	72
Mariano Rivera	63	34	1.80	55
Octavio Dotel	14	0	10.80	7
Scott Proctor	83	1	3.52	89
Colter Bean	2	0	9.00	1
Brian Bruney	19	0	0.87	25
Matt Smith	12	0	0.00	9
T.J. Beam	20	0	8.56	12
José Veras	12	1	4.09	6
Kyle Farnsworth	72	6	4.36	75
Scott Erickson	9	0	7.94	2

Playoffs

American League Division Series

The 2006 American League Division Series was played between New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. New York finished 1st in the American League East, while Detroit won the wild card. Detroit ended up winning the series 3-1.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win/Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	October 3	Detroit	4 – 8	New York (AL)		Wang		56,291	1-0
2	October 5	Detroit	4 – 3	New York (AL)		Mussina		56,252	1-1
3	October 6	New York (AL)	0 – 6	Detroit		Johnson		43,440	1-2
4	October 7	New York (AL)	3 – 8	Detroit		Wright		43,126	1-3

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Dave Miley
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Bill Masse
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Luis Sojo
A	Charleston RiverDogs	South Atlantic League	Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season	Staten Island Yankees	New York–Penn League	Gaylen Pitts
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Matt Martin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island[5][6]

References

• Game Logs:

1st Half: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com

Playoffs: New York Yankees Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: New York Yankees Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: New York Yankees Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
• 2006 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

1. Bernie Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. Ramiro Mendoza Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. Ian Kennedy Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. Joba Chamberlain Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
6. Baseball America 2007 Annual Directory