2006 Oakland Athletics season

2006 Oakland Athletics
American League West Champions
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	McAfee Coliseum
City	Oakland, California
Record	93–69 (.574)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Lewis Wolff
General managers	Billy Beane
Managers	Ken Macha
Television	KICU-TV FSN Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Glen Kuiper)
Radio	KYCY KNTS (Ray Fosse, Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo)
Seasons

The Oakland Athletics' 2006 season was their 39th in Oakland, California. It was also the 106th season in franchise history. The team finished first in the American League West with a record of 93–69.

The Athletics won their division (and reached the postseason) for the first time since 2003. The team was led, in large part, by eventual Hall-of-Famer Frank Thomas. Thomas, who was signed to a one-year contract in the offseason, hit a team-high 39 home runs over the course of the season. He ultimately finished fourth in American League MVP voting.

The Athletics managed to sweep the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the playoffs. In doing so, they advanced to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1992. The sweep was Oakland's first playoff series victory since 1990. It stood as the only playoff series victory during the Billy Beane era until 2020. The Athletics would themselves be swept, 4 games to 0, by the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS.

The team saw a number of key departures at the end of the season. Free agent pitcher Barry Zito, the team's lone All-Star in 2006, signed with the rival San Francisco Giants following the team's ALCS loss. Additionally, Frank Thomas signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. The coaching staff experienced similar turnover, as manager Ken Macha and longtime third base coach Ron Washington departed. Macha was fired at seasons' end; Washington, by contrast, was hired to manage the division rival Texas Rangers. They would be replaced by Bob Geren and Rene Lachemann, respectively.

Offseason

• November 29, 2005: Esteban Loaiza was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
• December 9, 2005: Scott McClain was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
• December 13, 2005: Milton Bradley was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Antonio Perez to the Oakland Athletics for Andre Ethier.
• January 31, 2006: Frank Thomas signed as a free agent.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	93	69	0.574	—	49–32	44–37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	0.549	4	45–36	44–37
Texas Rangers	80	82	0.494	13	39–42	41–40
Seattle Mariners	78	84	0.481	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

Game log

2006 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Yankees 2-15 Johnson (1-0) Zito (0-1) – 35,077 0-1 2 April 4 Yankees 4-3 Street (1-0) Proctor (0-1) – 31,284 1-1 3 April 5 Yankees 9-4 Kennedy (1-0) Wright (0-1) – 30,165 2-1 4 April 6 @ Mariners 2-6 Meche (1-0) Loaiza (0-1) Putz (1) 22,701 2-2 5 April 7 @ Mariners 5-0 Blanton (1-0) Hernández (0-1) – 30,612 3-2 6 April 8 @ Mariners 3-0 Zito (1-1) Moyer (0-1) Street (1) 37,904 4-2 7 April 9 @ Mariners 6-4 Harden (1-0) Piñeiro (1-1) Street (2) 27,139 5-2 8 April 11 @ Twins 6-7 Radke (2-0) Haren (0-1) Nathan (1) 48,911 5-3 9 April 12 @ Twins 5-6 Silva (1-1) Loaiza (0-2) Nathan (2) 22,603 5-4 10 April 13 @ Twins 2-8 Lohse (1-1) Blanton (1-1) – 13,520 5-5 11 April 14 Rangers 3-6 Millwood (1-2) Zito (1-2) – 14,049 5-6 12 April 15 Rangers 5-4 Harden (2-0) Padilla (2-1) Street (3) 16,186 6-6 13 April 16 Rangers 3-5 Cordero (1-1) Street (1-1) – 21,256 6-7 14 April 18 Tigers 4-3 Duchscherer (1-0) Verlander (1-2) Street (4) 16,857 7-7 15 April 19 Tigers 4-11 Rogers (3-1) Blanton (1-2) – 18,309 7-8 16 April 20 Tigers 3-4 Rodney (1-0) Duchscherer (1-1) – 15,489 7-9 17 April 21 Angels 5-3 Harden (3-0) Romero (1-2) Calero (1) 19,874 8-9 18 April 22 Angels 4-5 Weaver (1-2) Haren (0-2) F. Rodríguez (6) 22,670 8-10 19 April 23 Angels 3-4 Escobar (3-1) Loaiza (0-3) F. Rodríguez (7) 27,104 8-11 20 April 24 @ Rangers 3-2 Blanton (2-2) Wilson (1-1) Duchscherer (1) 23,802 9-11 21 April 25 @ Rangers 5-6 Cordero (3-2) Gaudin (0-1) – 25,492 9-12 22 April 26 @ Rangers 6-4 (10) Duchscherer (2-1) Wilson (1-2) Kennedy (1) 23,756 10-12 23 April 28 @ Royals 5-3 Haren (1-2) Mays (0-3) Saarloos (1) 12,203 11-12 --- April 29 @ Royals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 18 11-12 24 April 30 @ Royals 13-6 Blanton (3-2) Hudson (0-3) – 15,224 12-12
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 @ Angels 1-0 Zito (2-2) Carrasco (0-2) Duchscherer (2) 41,721 13-12 26 May 2 @ Angels 10-3 Halsey (1-0) Lackey (3-2) – 35,943 14-12 27 May 3 Indians 3-14 Byrd (4-2) Haren (1-3) – 18,248 14-13 28 May 4 Indians 12-4 Saarloos (1-0) Johnson (2-2) Gaudin (1) 14,695 15-13 29 May 5 Devil Rays 1-3 Kazmir (4-2) Blanton (3-3) Walker (2) 12,552 15-14 30 May 6 Devil Rays 3-2 Kennedy (2-0) Orvella (1-3) – 25,080 16-14 31 May 7 Devil Rays 2-3 Hendrickson (2-2) Halsey (1-1) Walker (3) 22,837 16-15 32 May 9 @ Blue Jays 6-5 Haren (2-3) Towers (0-7) Street (5) 36,269 17-15 33 May 10 @ Blue Jays 7-9 Rosario (1-0) Blanton (3-4) Ryan (8) 19,269 17-16 34 May 11 @ Blue Jays 3-8 Lilly (4-2) Saarloos (1-1) – 23,974 17-17 35 May 12 @ Yankees 0-2 Wang (3-1) Zito (2-3) Rivera (7) 47,497 17-18 36 May 13 @ Yankees 3-4 Wright (1-2) Halsey (1-2) Farnsworth (1) 53,907 17-19 37 May 14 @ Yankees 6-1 Haren (3-3) Johnson (5-4) – 52,587 18-19 38 May 16 Mariners 12-6 Blanton (4-4) Hernández (3-5) – 16,397 19-19 39 May 17 Mariners 7-2 Zito (3-3) Moyer (1-4) – 19,208 20-19 40 May 18 Mariners 6-3 Saarloos (2-1) Piñeiro (4-4) Street (6) 18,136 21-19 41 May 19 Giants 1-0 Haren (4-3) Lowry (1-1) Street (7) 35,077 22-19 42 May 20 Giants 2-4 (10) Benítez (3-0) Calero (0-1) – 35,077 22-20 43 May 21 Giants 0-6 Cain (2-5) Blanton (4-5) – 35,077 22-21 44 May 22 @ White Sox 4-5 (10) Jenks (2-1) Flores (0-1) – 39,354 22-22 45 May 23 @ White Sox 3-9 Vázquez (5-3) Saarloos (2-2) – 38,860 22-23 46 May 24 @ White Sox 2-3 Buehrle (6-2) Haren (4-4) Jenks (13) 38,434 22-24 47 May 25 @ Rangers 7-8 Otsuka (1-1) Street (1-2) – 22,006 22-25 48 May 26 @ Rangers 3-5 Cordero (4-3) Gaudin (0-2) Otsuka (7) 27,791 22-26 49 May 27 @ Rangers 6-3 Zito (4-3) Loe (3-5) Street (8) 41,226 23-26 50 May 28 @ Rangers 3-4 Padilla (5-3) Saarloos (2-3) Otsuka (8) 38,905 23-27 51 May 29 Royals 4-6 Etherton (1-0) Haren (4-5) Burgos (6) 28,040 23-28 52 May 30 Royals 7-8 (10) Dessens (3-5) Roney (0-1) Burgos (7) 12,516 23-29 53 May 31 Royals 7-0 Blanton (5-5) Elarton (1-6) – 25,181 24-29
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Twins 4-0 Zito (5-3) Bonser (1-1) – 12,025 25-29 55 June 2 Twins 1-2 Santana (5-4) Saarloos (2-4) Nathan (7) 16,138 25-30 56 June 3 Twins 2-1 Halsey (2-2) Radke (4-7) Street (9) 23,194 26-30 57 June 4 Twins 5-1 Halsey (3-2) Silva (2-7) – 25,247 27-30 58 June 6 @ Indians 7-6 Zito (6-3) Betancourt (0-1) Street (10) 17,340 28-30 59 June 7 @ Indians 2-11 Byrd (5-4) Blanton (5-6) – 20,311 28-31 60 June 8 @ Indians 4-1 Loaiza (1-3) Johnson (3-6) Street (11) 21,099 29-31 61 June 9 @ Yankees 6-5 Haren (5-5) Johnson (7-5) Street (12) 53,837 30-31 62 June 10 @ Yankees 5-2 Saarloos (3-4) Mussina (8-2) Street (13) 53,779 31-31 63 June 11 @ Yankees 6-5 Zito (7-3) Kyle Farnsworth (2-4) Street (14) 54,570 32-31 64 June 13 Mariners 2-0 Blanton (6-6) Moyer (3-6) Street (15) 15,216 33-31 65 June 14 Mariners 7-2 Haren (6-5) Piñeiro (5-7) – 20,550 34-31 66 June 15 Mariners 9-6 Loaiza (2-3) Washburn (4-8) Street (16) 16,563 35-31 67 June 16 Dodgers 7-3 Zito (8-3) Tomko (5-6) – 30,161 36-31 68 June 17 Dodgers 5-4 (17) Karsay (1-0) Seo (2-4) – 35,077 37-31 69 June 18 Dodgers 5-2 Blanton (7-6) Sele (3-2) Street (17) 35,077 38-31 70 June 19 @ Rockies 0-7 Kim (4-4) Haren (6-6) – 21,964 38-32 71 June 20 @ Rockies 0-6 Jennings (6-6) Loaiza (2-4) – 21,753 38-33 72 June 21 @ Rockies 3-2 (11) Calero (1-1) King (1-3) – 26,489 39-33 73 June 23 @ Giants 4-3 Calero (2-1) Benítez (4-1) Street (18) 42,948 40-33 74 June 24 @ Giants 7-8 Worrell (3-2) Street (1-3) – 42,866 40-34 75 June 25 @ Giants 10-4 Loaiza (3-4) Cain (6-6) – 42,414 41-34 76 June 27 @ Padres 0-3 Young (7-3) Zito (8-4) Hoffman (19) 34,102 41-35 77 June 28 @ Padres 1-8 Hensley (5-6) Blanton (7-7) – 39,874 41-36 78 June 29 @ Padres 6-5 (14) Flores (1-1) Cassidy (4-4) Gaudin (2) 30,301 42-36 79 June 30 Diamondbacks 4-6 Vargas (7-4) Halsey (3-3) Julio (7) 16,756 42-37
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Diamondbacks 2-7 Batista (8-5) Loaiza (3-5) – 19,024 42-38 81 July 2 Diamondbacks 1-3 Webb (9-3) Zito (8-5) – 19,130 42-39 82 July 3 Tigers 5-3 Blanton (8-7) Robertson (8-4) Street (19) 35,077 43-39 83 July 4 Tigers 2-1 (10) Gaudin (1-2) Rodney (4-3) – 21,096 44-39 84 July 5 Tigers 4-10 Rogers (11-3) Saarloos (3-5) Colón (1) 22,210 44-40 85 July 6 Angels 7-5 Street (2-3) Shields (4-6) – 14,673 45-40 86 July 7 Angels 0-3 Lackey (7-5) Zito (8-6) – 20,711 45-41 87 July 8 Angels 4-6 Weaver (6-0) Blanton (8-8) F. Rodríguez (20) 25,289 45-42 88 July 9 Angels 2-4 Santana (10-3) Haren (6-7) F. Rodríguez (21) 26,603 45-43 89 July 13 @ Red Sox 5-4 (11) Street (3-3) Tavárez (1-3) Saarloos (2) 36,141 46-43 90 July 14 @ Red Sox 15-3 Zito (9-6) Beckett (11-5) – 36,319 47-43 91 July 15 @ Red Sox 0-7 Schilling (11-3) Haren (6-8) – 36,232 47-44 92 July 16 @ Red Sox 8-1 Blanton (9-8) Snyder (1-1) – 35,643 48-44 93 July 17 @ Orioles 3-5 Birkins (5-1) Saarloos (3-6) Ray (23) 19,652 48-45 94 July 18 @ Orioles 5-4 Loaiza (4-5) E. Rodríguez (0-1) Street (20) 20,827 49-45 95 July 19 @ Orioles 5-1 Zito (10-6) Benson (9-9) – 29,407 50-45 96 July 21 @ Tigers 4-7 Verlander (12-4) Haren (6-9) – 40,687 50-46 97 July 22 @ Tigers 9-5 Blanton (10-8) Ledezma (1-1) – 38,923 51-46 98 July 23 @ Tigers 4-8 Robertson (9-6) Loaiza (4-6) – 40,355 51-47 99 July 24 Red Sox 3-7 Beckett (13-5) Zito (10-7) – 33,370 51-48 100 July 25 Red Sox 5-13 Schilling (13-3) Windsor (0-1) – 34,077 51-49 101 July 26 Red Sox 5-1 Haren (7-9) Snyder (2-2) – 35,077 52-49 102 July 27 Blue Jays 5-2 Blanton (11-8) Lilly (9-9) Street (21) 19,251 53-49 103 July 28 Blue Jays 3-4 Downs (5-1) Loaiza (4-7) Ryan (25) 22,217 53-50 104 July 29 Blue Jays 7-4 Zito (11-7) McGowan (1-1) Street (22) 25,627 54-50 105 July 30 Blue Jays 6-5 Street (4-3) Ryan (1-1) – 29,709 55-50 106 July 31 @ Angels 3-1 Haren (8-9) Santana (11-5) – 43,558 56-50
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 @ Angels 2-3 Saunders (2-0) Blanton (11-9) F. Rodríguez (26) 44,111 55-51 108 August 2 @ Angels 3-2 Calero Shields (6-7) Street (23) 44,149 57-51 109 August 4 @ Mariners 5-2 Zito (12-7) Washburn (5-11) – 44,277 58-51 110 August 5 @ Mariners 5-2 Haren (9-9) Piñeiro (7-9) Street (24) 40,115 59-51 111 August 6 @ Mariners 7-6 Blanton (12-9) Meche (9-6) Street (25) 37,437 60-51 112 August 7 Rangers 7-4 Loaiza (5-7) Vólquez (0-1) Calero (2) 21,208 61-51 113 August 8 Rangers 7-6 Saarloos (4-6) Millwood (10-8) Street (26) 21,650 62-51 114 August 9 Rangers 0-14 Padilla (12-7) Zito (12-8) – 30,127 62-52 115 August 11 Devil Rays 5-2 Haren (10-9) Kazmir (10-8) Street (27) 20,758 63-52 116 August 12 Devil Rays 6-3 Blanton (13-9) Fossum (6-5) Street (28) 26,523 64-52 117 August 13 Devil Rays 3-1 Loaiza (6-7) Corcoran (4-4) Street (29) 28,692 65-52 118 August 14 Mariners 5-4 Kennedy (3-0) Soriano (1-2) Duchscherer (3) 21,859 66-52 119 August 15 Mariners 11-2 Saarloos (5-6) Piñeiro (7-11) – 23,726 67-52 120 August 16 Mariners 4-0 Haren (11-9) Meche (9-8) – 34,077 68-52 121 August 18 @ Royals 1-7 Hudson (6-4) Blanton (13-10) – n/a 68-53 122 August 18 @ Royals 3-5 Burgos (3-5) Street (4-4) Nelson (2) 23,952 68-54 123 August 19 @ Royals 7-2 Zito (13-8) Redman (7-8) – 30,810 69-54 124 August 20 @ Royals 6-4 Saarloos (6-6) Hernández (3-8) – 16,592 70-54 125 August 21 @ Blue Jays 12-10 Haren (12-9) League (0-1) Duchscherer (4) 28,280 71-54 126 August 22 @ Blue Jays 3-4 Burnett (6-5) Halsey (3-4) Ryan (28) 30,071 71-55 127 August 23 @ Blue Jays 6-0 Loaiza (7-7) Chacín (6-3) – 32,516 72-55 128 August 25 @ Rangers 9-3 Zito (14-8) Vólquez (1-3) – 31,178 73-55 129 August 26 @ Rangers 5-3 Blanton (14-10) Eaton (3-4) Duchscherer (5) 37,752 74-55 130 August 27 @ Rangers 0-3 Padilla (13-8) Haren (12-10) Otsuka (28) 25,708 74-56 131 August 28 Red Sox 9-0 Loaiza (8-7) Gabbard (0-3) – 30,159 75-56 132 August 29 Red Sox 2-1 Saarloos (7-6) Beckett (14-9) Duchscherer (6) 30,517 76-56 133 August 30 Red Sox 7-2 Zito (15-8) Schilling (14-7) – 31,073 77-56
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Orioles 5-4 Halsey (4-4) Williams (2-4) Duchscherer (7) 31,179 78-56 135 September 2 Orioles 5-6 Loewen (5-4) Haren (12-11) Ray (31) 24,383 78-57 136 September 3 Orioles 10-1 Loaiza (9-7) Penn (0-1) – 26,280 79-57 137 September 4 Rangers 1-8 Tejeda (4-3) Zito (15-9) – 23,949 79-58 138 September 5 Rangers 4-5 Eaton (5-4) Saarloos (7-7) Otsuka (31) 27,225 79-59 139 September 6 Rangers 9-6 Blanton (15-10) Rupe (0-1) Duchscherer (8) 17,838 80-59 140 September 8 @ Devil Rays 8-6 Haren (13-11) Shields (6-7) Street (30) 12,821 81-59 141 September 9 @ Devil Rays 6-9 Miceli (1-1) Loaiza (9-8) McClung (6) 22,016 81-60 142 September 10 @ Devil Rays 9-7 Kennedy (4-0) Camp (7-3) Street (31) 16,791 82-60 143 September 11 @ Twins 4-9 Silva (9-13) Blanton (15-11) Nathan (31) 15,728 82-61 144 September 12 @ Twins 5-7 Reyes (5-0) Kennedy (4-1) Nathan (32) 20,991 82-62 145 September 13 @ Twins 1-0 Haren (14-11) Garza (1-5) Street (32) 18,902 83-62 146 September 15 White Sox 4-2 Loaiza (10-8) Garland (17-5) Street (33) 26,809 84-62 147 September 16 White Sox 7-4 Zito (16-9) Thornton (5-3) Street (34) 32,169 85-62 148 September 17 White Sox 5-4 Blanton (16-11) Contreras (13-8) Duchscherer (9) 28,806 86-62 149 September 18 Indians 2-7 Westbrook (13-10) Haren (14-12) – 17,352 86-63 150 September 19 Indians 7-3 Gaudin (2-2) Lee (12-11) – 15,866 87-63 151 September 20 Indians 4-3 Loaiza (11-8) Cabrera (3-3) Street (35) 25,131 88-63 152 September 21 Indians 7-4 Gaudin (3-2) Sabathia (11-11) Street (36) 20,452 89-63 153 September 22 Angels 5-4 (12) Halsey (5-4) F. Rodríguez (2-3) – 35,077 90-63 154 September 23 Angels 2-6 Lackey (12-11) Blanton (16-12) – 34,077 90-64 155 September 24 Angels 1-7 Santana (15-8) Haren (14-13) – 34,077 90-65 156 September 25 @ Mariners 9-10 (10) Putz (4-1) Calero (3-2) – 20,982 90-66 157 September 26 @ Mariners 12-3 Harden (4-0) Woods (6-4) – 19,604 91-66 158 September 27 @ Mariners 7-6 (10) Witasick (1-0) Sherrill (2-4) Street (37) 23,421 92-66 159 September 28 @ Angels 0-2 Lackey (13-11) Zito (16-10) F. Rodríguez (46) 41,944 92-67 160 September 29 @ Angels 0-6 Santana (16-8) Loaiza (11-9) – 43,948 92-68 161 September 30 @ Angels 6-7 Carrasco (7-3) Flores (1-2) F. Rodríguez (47) 43,944 92-69
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 @ Angels 11-10 Gaudin (4-2) Bootcheck (0-1) Flores (1) 44,107 93-69

Roster

2006 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 55 Joe Blanton 50 Kiko Calero 46 Santiago Casilla 58 Justin Duchscherer 47 Ron Flores 57 Chad Gaudin 51 Brad Halsey 40 Rich Harden 24 Dan Haren 32 Steve Karsay 37 Joe Kennedy 60 Shane Komine 25 Esteban Loaiza 52 Matt Roney 31 Kirk Saarloos 36,11 Scott Sauerbeck 20 Huston Street 61 Jason Windsor 45 Jay Witasick 75 Barry Zito		Catchers  5 Jeremy Brown 18 Jason Kendall 17 Adam Melhuse Infielders  3 Eric Chavez  7 Bobby Crosby 14 Mark Ellis 12 D'Angelo Jiménez 29 Dan Johnson  8 Mark Kiger  4 Antonio Pérez  2 Mike Rouse 19 Marco Scutaro 33 Nick Swisher		Outfielders 44 Hiram Bocachica 22 Milton Bradley 12 Doug Clark 23 Bobby Kielty 21 Mark Kotsay 16 Jay Payton Other batters 35 Frank Thomas		Manager 39 Ken Macha Coaches -- Brad Fischer (bullpen) 53 Bob Geren (bench) 15 Rene Lachemann (first base) 48 Gerald Perry (hitting) 38 Ron Washington (third base) 41 Curt Young (pitching)

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
C	Jason Kendall	143	552	163	.295	1	50
1B	Dan Johnson	91	286	67	.234	9	37
2B	Mark Ellis	124	441	110	.249	11	52
SS	Bobby Crosby	96	358	82	.229	9	40
3B	Eric Chavez	137	445	117	.241	22	72
LF	Nick Swisher	157	556	141	.254	35	95
CF	Mark Kotsay	129	502	138	.275	7	59
RF	Milton Bradley	96	351	97	.276	14	52
DH	Frank Thomas	137	466	126	.270	39	114

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
Jay Payton	142	557	165	.296	10	59
Marco Scutaro	117	365	97	.266	5	41
Bobby Kielty	81	270	73	.270	8	36
Adam Melhuse	49	128	28	.219	4	18
Antonio Pérez	57	98	10	.102	1	8
Mike Rouse	8	24	7	.292	0	2
D'Angelo Jiménez	8	14	1	.071	0	0
Hiram Bocachica	8	13	3	.231	0	0
Jeremy Brown	5	10	3	.300	0	0
Doug Clark	6	6	1	.167	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
Dan Haren	34	223.0	14	13	4.12	176
Barry Zito	34	221.0	16	10	3.83	151
Joe Blanton	32	194.1	16	12	4.82	107
Esteban Loaiza	26	154.2	11	9	4.89	97
Rich Harden	9	46.2	4	0	4.24	49
Shane Komine	2	9.0	0	0	5.00	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
Kirk Saarloos	35	121.1	7	7	4.75	52
Brad Halsey	52	94.1	5	4	4.67	53
Jason Windsor	4	13.2	0	1	6.59	6

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
Huston Street	69	4	4	37	3.31	67
Kiko Calero	70	3	2	2	3.41	67
Chad Gaudin	55	4	2	2	3.09	36
Justin Duchscherer	53	2	1	9	2.91	51
Joe Kennedy	39	4	1	1	2.31	29
Ron Flores	25	1	2	1	3.34	20
Scott Sauerbeck	22	0	0	0	3.65	6
Jay Witasick	20	1	0	0	6.75	23
Randy Keisler	11	0	0	0	4.50	5
Steve Karsay	9	1	0	0	5.79	5
Matt Roney	3	0	1	0	4.50	0
Santiago Casilla	2	0	0	0	11.57	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Von Hayes
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Todd Steverson
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Aaron Nieckula
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Dennis Rogers
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Ruben Escalera

References

• 2006 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 2006 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.