2006 Seattle Mariners season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Seattle Mariners
season = 2006
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1977
division = Western Division
y2 = 1977
Uniform
ballpark = Safeco Field
y4 = 1999
city = Seattle, Washington
y5 = 1977
owners = Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln
managers = Mike Hargrove
television = KSTW 11
FSN Northwest
radio = KOMO (AM) 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner)|The Seattle Mariners 2006 season was their 30th since the franchise creation, and their third consecutive season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a record of 78-84 (.481).They had two players feature in the 2006 All-Star Game: Ichiro Suzuki, making his sixth appearance in the All-Star Game, and José López, with his first appearance.

Their longest winning streak was 5 games, which they managed twice, between 16 - 21 June, 24 - 29 June, counterpointed by their longest losing streak of 11 games between 10 - 20 August.

Offseason

*December 7, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Colorado Rockies for Marcos Carvajal. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torreyo01.shtml]
*January 9, 2006: Cody Ransom was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml]
*March 30, 2006: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Houston Astros from the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*July 26, 2006: Ben Broussard was traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Shin-Soo Choo. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brousbe01.shtml Ben Broussard Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Game log

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"
"Only batters who qualified for the batting title have been listed"

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"

Pitching

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

References

*Game Logs::1st Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=sea&season=2006&seasonType=2&half=1 Seattle Mariners Game Log] on ESPN.com:2nd Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=sea&season=2006&seasonType=2&half=2 Seattle Mariners Game Log] on ESPN.com
*Batting Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/stats?team=sea&season=2006&seasonType=2 Seattle Mariners Batting Stats] on ESPN.com
*Pitching Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/pitching?team=sea&season=2006&seasonType=2 Seattle Mariners Pitching Stats] on ESPN.com

External links

* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2006&t=SEA 2006 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]