2006 Kansas City Royals season

2006 Kansas City Royals
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Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	David Glass
Managers	Buddy Bell
Television	KMCI Metro Sports FSN Midwest
Radio	WHB 810AM
Seasons

The 2006 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 4th in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	96	66	.593	—	54‍–‍27	42‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586	1	46‍–‍35	49‍–‍32
Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	6	49‍–‍32	41‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians	78	84	.481	18	44‍–‍37	34‍–‍47
Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	34	34‍–‍47	28‍–‍53

Player stats

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
Angel Berroa SS	132	474	111	.234	9	54
Emil Brown OF	147	527	151	.287	15	81
John Buck C	114	371	91	.245	11	50
Shane Costa OF	72	237	65	.274	3	27
David DeJesus OF	119	491	145	.295	8	56
Joey Gathright OF	134	383	91	.238	1	112
Esteban German 2B	106	279	91	.326	3	34
Tony Graffanino 3B	69	220	59	.268	5	32
Mark Grudzielanek 2B	134	548	163	.297	7	52
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B	91	314	89	.283	4	43
Reggie Sanders OF	88	325	80	.246	11	49
Ryan Shealy	51	193	54	.280	7	36
Mike Sweeney 1B	60	217	56	.258	8	33
Mark Teahen 3B	109	393	114	.290	18	69

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jeremy Affeldt P	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Andres Blanco SS	33	87	21	.241	0	9
Brandon Duckworth P	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Scott Elarton P	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Justin Huber DH	5	10	2	.200	0	1
Bob Keppel P	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Jeff Keppinger 2B	22	60	16	.267	2	8
Mitch Maier OF	5	13	2	.154	0	0
Paul Phillips C	23	65	18	.277	1	5
Mark Redman P	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Kerry Robinson OF	18	64	17	.266	0	5
Angel Sanchez SS	8	27	6	.222	0	1
Todd Wellemeyer P	4	2	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strike Outs; CG = Complete Games pitched; SHO = Shutouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	CG	SHO
Denny Bautista RHP	8	35.0	0	2	5.66	22	0	0
Jorge de la Rosa LHP	10	48.2	3	4	5.18	36	0	0
Brandon Duckworth RHP	10	45.2	1	5	6.11	27	0	0
Scott Elarton RHP	20	114.2	4	9	5.34	49	0	0
Runelvys Hernandez RHP	21	114.2	4	9	6.58	50	1	1
Luke Hudson RHP	26	102.0	7	6	5.12	64	0	0
Bobby Keppel RHP	8	34.1	0	4	5.50	20	0	0
Joe Mays RHP	6	23.2	0	4	10.27	9	0	0
Odalis Perez LHP	12	67.0	2	4	5.64	48	0	0
Mark Redman LHP	29	11	10	5.71	76	2	1

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	SVO	ERA	SO
Anbiorix Burgos RHP	68	4	5	18	30	5.52	72
Andrew Sisco LHP	65	1	3	1	5	7.10	52
Joel Peralta RHP	64	1	3	1	3	4.40	57
Jimmy Gobble LHP	60	4	6	2	4	5.14	80
Elmer Dessens RHP	43	5	7	2	7	4.50	36
Joe Nelson RHP	43	1	1	9	10	4.43	44
Jeremy Affeldt LHP	27	4	6	0	0	5.61	28

Bold indicates closer

References

• 2006 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 2006 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com