2006 San Diego Padres season

The 2006 San Diego Padres season captured their second consecutive National League West crown, with a record of 88-74, and for the first time in franchise history back-to-back postseason appearances, and three consecutive winning seasons. Although the Padres final record equaled that of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Padres record of 13-5 against the Dodgers awarded them of the official division title. The 2006 season also marked the end of Bruce Bochy's tenure as manager of the team, after 24 seasons overall, 12 seasons as manager (1995-2006), winning 4 division titles (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006). Unfortunately, the Padres were eliminated in the 2006 National League Division Series by the eventual World Champion St. Louis Cardinals losing 3-1.MLB yearly infobox
name = San Diego Padres
season = 2006
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1969
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = PETCO Park
y4 = 2004
city = San Diego, California
y5 = 1969
owners = John Moores
managers = Kevin Towers (GM) Bruce Bochy
television = 4SD
(Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian)
radio = XEPRS-AM
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Tim Flannery)
XEMO
(Juan Angel Avila, Eduardo Ortega)|

Offseason

* November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nadyxa01.shtml Xavier Nady page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 5, 2005: Brian Giles was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gilesbr02.shtml]
*December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brazede01.shtml Dewon Brazelton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* January 4, 2006: Adam Eaton, Akinori Otsuka, and Billy Killian were traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Adrian Gonzalez, Chris Young, and Terrmel Sledge.
*January 12, 2006: Alan Embree was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/embreal01.shtml Alan Embree Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* February 3, 2006: Mike Piazza signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
* May 1, 2006: Doug Mirabelli was traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Josh Bard and Cla Meredith.

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

Played at PETCO Park on April 3, 2006 against the San Francisco Giants.

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Award Winners

Rawlings Gold Glove Winners

* Mike Cameron, OF

National League Fireman of the Year

* Trevor Hoffman , The Sporting News, Rolaids

National League Pitcher of the Month

* Chris Young, May 2006

2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Trevor Hoffman, reserve

References

* [http://www.padres.com.shtml padres.com]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SDP/2006.shtml 2006 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2006&t=SDN 2006 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac]
* San Diego Padres media guide