2006 PSG2 Recap
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2006 A's TEAM NOTES A’s IN POST SEASON PLAY: The A’s re- 2006 RECAP: The A’s went 93-69 turn to post season play for the fifth time in MOST POST SEASON in 2006 and won their fourth Ameri- MLB BEST RECORDS, LAST the last seven years...this is the fourth Ameri- GAMES BY BALLPARK can League West Division Champi- EIGHT YEARS (1999-2006) can League West Championship over that onship in the last seven 157 Yankee Stadium W L PCT. span (2000, 02, 03, 06) and the A’s also years…finished four games ahead of reached the postseason as the AL Wild Card 59 Fenway Park New York (AL) 777 515 .601 second place Los Angeles and each (2001)...this is the A’s 14th AL West Cham- 53 Busch Stadium Atlanta 753 541 .582 of the A’s last four division titles have pionship, which is the third most division 48 McAfee Coliseum Oakland 751 544 .580 championships in baseball behind Atlanta 46 Dodger Stadium been won by four games or less…had St. Louis 733 561 .566 (16) and the New York Yankees (15)...the A’s the fourth best record in the AL and Boston 728 567 .562 will be making their 23rd post season appear- the fifth best mark in the ance which includes 15 with Oakland and eight with Philadelphia...only Majors…won 90 games for the sixth the Yankees (46) and the Dodgers (24) have made more appearances in time in the last seven years and the 15th time in Oakland history…now postseason play...the A’s have an all-time record of 75-65 (.536) in the have eight consecutive seasons with a winning record…only the New postseason...this will be the A’s sixth appearance in the American League York Yankees (14) and Boston (9) have longer active streaks with a win- Division Series as Oakland swept Kansas City 3-0 in 1981 and lost 3-2 in ning record…this is the third time in franchise history the A’s have put 2000 and 2001 to New York, 2002 to Minnesota and 2003 to Boston...the together at least eight straight winning seasons…the Philadelphia A’s had A’s have lost each of their last nine potential postseason clinching nine straight winning seasons from 1925-33 and the Oakland A’s finished games...that includes three games in 2003 against Boston, two against with a winning record in each of their first nine seasons in Oakland (1968- Minnesota in 2002, three against New York in 2001 and one against the 76)…the A’s are now 751-544 (.580) over the last eight years, which is Yankees in 2000...the A’s have lost each of their last six post season series which includes the four Division Series from 2000-03, the 1992 ALCS the second best record in the American League to New York (777-515, against Toronto and the 1990 World Series against Cincinnati...last won a .601) and third best in the Majors behind Atlanta (751-544, .580)…the post season series against Boston in the 1990 ALCS...the A’s have won 14 751 wins are the A’s third most over an eight-year span…the Philadelphia American League West Division Titles, 6 American League Pennants and A’s won 767 games from 1925-32 and 758 games from 1926-33…the A’s 4 World Championships in the first 39 seasons in Oakland...have won spent 128 days in first place in 2006 (102 alone in first, 26 tied for first), nine World Championships (five in Philadelphia, four in Oakland), a total which were the A’s most days in first place since 1992 when they had surpassed only by the Yankees 26...the A’s also have 15 American League 136…spent 108 of the final 109 days of the season in first starting on June Championships (nine in Philadelphia, six in Oakland). 15…the one exception was on July 28 when they trailed Los Angeles by ½ game…then spent each of the final 65 days in sole possession of first, MOST POST SEASON MOST POST MOST DIVISION which were the A’s most consecutive days in first since the final 88 days APPEARANCES* SEASON WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS* 46 Yankees 200 Yankees 16 Braves of the 1990 season…also spent 40 days in second, seven days tied for 24 Dodgers 87 Cardinals 15 Yankees second and seven days in third…hovered between three games over .500 23 Athletics 76 Braves 14 Athletics and three-game under .500 over the first month and a half of the season 22 Cardinals 75 Athletics 10 Cardinals and had a one-game lead in the West with a 22-19 record on May 19…then 22 Giants 68 Dodgers 9 Dodgers lost a season high seven consecutive games from May 20-26 and lost 10 *includes 2006 9 Pirates of 11 through May 30…that dropped the A’s a season low six games un- MOST LCS APPEARANCES MOST LCS SERIES WON MOST LCS GAMES WON der .500 at 23-29 and they were a season high five games out of first 12 Yankees 10 Yankees 39 Yankees place…on May 31, Joe Blanton tossed a five-hit shutout and Jason Kendall 11 Braves 6 Athletics 27 Braves hit his first home run since 2004 as the A’s defeated Kansas City, 7-0…that 10 Athletics 5 Orioles 23 Athletics started a season ending stretch where the A’s went 70-40 (.636)…only 9 Pirates 5 Dodgers 22 Cardinals 9 Orioles 5 Reds 21 Orioles Minnesota (73-38, .658) had a better record over that span…had a season 5 Braves best 10-game winning streak from June 8 to 18 and took over first place during the streak with a 9-6 win over Seattle on June 15…were 38-31 MOST WORLD SERIES MOST WORLD MOST WORLD entering play on June 19 and had a ½ game lead over Texas…then went 7- APPEARANCES CHAMPIONSHIPS SERIES WINS 12 over the final 19 games before the All-Star Break but lost just ½ game 39 Yankees 26 Yankees 130 Yankees 18 Dodgers 9 Athletics 48 Cardinals in the standings as the Rangers went 7-11, putting the A’s and Rangers in 17 Giants 9 Cardinals 45 Dodgers a first place tie at the break with 45-43 records…went 6-6 over the first 12 16 Cardinals 6 Dodgers 45 Giants games after the break, which put the A’s at 51-49 on July 25 and in a tie 14 Athletics 6 Red Sox 41 Athletics for first in the West with Los Angeles…then went 42-20 (.677) over their final 62 games beginning on July 26, which was the best record in the Majors over that span (Los Angeles-NL, 41-20, .672)…had their largest LOCKED UP: The A’s have nine players under contract for the 2007 lead of the season on September 1 when they led by 8½ games…that was season as of October 1…the players and the years they are signed the A’s largest lead since September 25, 1992 when they also led by 8½ through are: Eric Chavez (2010, club option 2011), Bobby Crosby games…clinched the West on September 26 at Seattle in game number (2009), Mark Ellis (2007, club option 2008), Rich Harden (2008, 157 when they defeated the Mariners 12-3 as the Angels lost to Texas, 5- club option 2009), Dan Haren (2009, club option 2010), Jason Kendall 2…that marked the earliest the A’s clinched a division title since 1992 (2007), Mark Kotsay (2008), Esteban Loaiza (2008, club option 2009) and Jay Witasick (2007, club option 2008)…four players on the cur- when they clinched it on an off day between games 156 and 157. rent roster will be eligible for free agency following the season (Payton, Sauerbeck, Thomas and Zito), 10 will be eligible for arbi- tration (Bocachica, Bradley, Calero, Duchscherer, Jimenez, Kennedy, Kielty, Melhuse, Saarloos, Scutaro) and one other may be arbitration eligible (Perez, 2 years, 130 days). 48 AFTER THE BREAK: The A’s had the best record in the Majors after THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s used the Disabled List 15 times this the All-Star Break as they posted a 48-26 (.649) record…Minnesota was year, which was the most times they have used the DL since 1997 when second best with a mark of 49-27 (.645)…this marked the third time in they used it 21 times…the players on the DL combined to missed 561 the last six years the A’s had the best post-break record in the Majors (also games, which are the most games missed by A’s players on the DL since 2001 and 2002)…it was Oakland’s fifth best record ever after the 1999 when 12 players combined to miss 566 games….had seven players break…the A’s are now 376-217 (.634) after the break since 1999, which on the DL at once from May 31 to June 3 and on June 5…four players had is the best record in the Majors ahead of the Yankees (365-234, .609)…have two stints on the DL (Bradley, Crosby, Harden and Witasick)…Rich Harden not finished worse than ninth in record after the break since 1999…the spent the most time on the DL, missing 128 games in his two stints…had A’s batted .279 and averaged 5.3 runs per game after the break after hit- two members of the starting rotation on the DL from April 29 to June 3 ting .243 while averaging 4.3 runs before the break…were last in the and June 5 to 7 (Harden and Loaiza) and three members of the Opening Majors in batting before the break and had the second fewest runs scored Day bullpen on the DL from May 11 to June 5 (Duchscherer, Kennedy (380)…ranked fifth in the ML in runs scored (391) and in batting after the and Witasick)…two members of the Opening Day bullpen (Halsey and break…went into the break with a winning record (45-43) for the seventh Saarloos) temporarily moved into the starting rotation, leaving the A’s consecutive year…that tied for first in the West with Texas, marking the with just two of their original relievers (Calero and Street) from May 11 first time the A’s were in first place at the break since 1990.