2006 Chicago Cubs season

The 2006 Chicago Cubs season was the 135th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 131st in the National League and the 91st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished with a record of 66–96 in last place of the National League Central Division. Chicago was managed by Dusty Baker.

2006 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record66–96 (.407)
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersTribune Company
General managersJim Hendry
ManagersDusty Baker
Local televisionCSN Chicago
Superstation WGN
WCIU-TV
(Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Local radioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8378 0.516 — 49–31 34–47
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 1½ 44–37 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 8082 0.494 3½ 42–39 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 7587 0.463 8½ 48–33 27–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795 0.414 16½ 43–38 24–57
Chicago Cubs 6696 0.407 17½ 36–45 30–51

Record vs. opponents
2006 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta1–6—6–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago2–41–6—10–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati2–43–49–10—5–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–5—3–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida4–28–114–22–43–3—3–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston5–44–38–75–102–44-3—3–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–3—4–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–4—3–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–3—11–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–11—3–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–3—1–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–1—7–124–25–17–8
San Francisco11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–7—1–41–58–7
St. Louis3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–1—4–35–10
Washington5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–4—7–11

Notable transactions

Roster
2006 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
2006 Game Log (66–96)
April: 13–10 (Home: 7–5 ; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Reds16–7Ohman (1–0)Harang (0–1)42,5911–0
2April 5@ Reds8–6Arroyo (1–0)Rusch (0–1)Weathers (1)27,2871–1
3April 7Cardinals5–1Maddux (1–0)Suppan (0–1)40,8692–1
4April 8Cardinals3–2Howry (1–0)Thompson (1–1)Dempster (1)40,1823–1
5April 9Cardinals8–4Williamson (1–0)Isringhausen (0–1)39,8394–1
6April 11Reds9–2Arroyo (2–0)Rusch (0–2)36,7084–2
7April 12Reds4–1Maddux (2–0)Claussen (0–1)Dempster (2)37,2525–2
8April 13Reds8–3Milton (2–0)Zambrano (0–1)40,8815–3
9April 14@ Pirates8–6Marshall (1–0)Santos (1–2)20,2336–3
10April 15@ Pirates2–1Duke (1–1)Williams (0–1)Gonzalez (2)34,2646–4
11April 16@ Pirates7–3Rusch (1–2)Snell (0–1)15,0207–4
12April 17@ Dodgers4–1Maddux (3–0)Tomko (1–1)Dempster (3)33,5118–4
13April 18@ Dodgers2–1Saito (1–0)Ohman (1–1)37,3428–5
14April 19@ Dodgers5–4Williamson (2–0)Báez (0–1)Dempster (4)41,2889–5
15April 21@ Cardinals9–3Mulder (2–0)Williams (0–2)41,3799–6
16April 22@ Cardinals4–1Ponson (2–0)Rusch (1–3)Isringhausen (5)41,4249–7
17April 23@ Cardinals7–3Maddux (4–0)Marquis (3–1)41,37310–7
18April 24Marlins6–3Aardsma (1–0)Johnson (1–2)Dempster (5)36,86511–7
19April 25Marlins3–1Marshall (2–0)Willis (1–1)Dempster (6)38,68012–7
20April 26Marlins7–5Nolasco (1–0)Williamson (2–1)Borowski (3)39,61112–8
21April 28Brewers6–2Maddux (5–0)Bush (2–2)39,52213–8
22April 29Brewers16–2Davis (1–2)Rusch (1–4)40,64413–9
23April 30Brewers9–0Capuano (4–2)Zambrano (0–2)39,22913–10
May: 7–22 (Home: 5–9; Away: 2–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1Pirates2–1Howry (2–0)Grabow (0–1)Dempster (7)36,60214–10
25May 2Pirates8–0Duke (2–2)Guzmán (0–1)39,11014–11
26May 3@ Diamondbacks5–1Batista (3–1)Maddux (5–1)Valverde (8)25,33514–12
27May 4@ Diamondbacks6–0Cruz (1–0)Hill (0–1)24,56514–13
28May 5@ Padres1–0Cassidy (2–0)Williamson (2–2)37,12314–14
29May 6@ Padres2–1Cassidy (3–0)Howry (2–1)37,74514–15
30May 7@ Padres6–3Williams (3–1)Guzmán (0–2)Sweeney (1)39,84714–16
31May 8@ Padres8–3Young (3–2)Maddux (5–2)24,13914–17
32May 9@ Giants6–1Schmidt (3–2)Hill (0–2)39,35714–18
33May 10@ Giants8–1Zambrano (1–2)Cain (1–5)39,65515–18
34May 11@ Giants9–3Wright (3–3)Marshall (2–1)38,13215–19
35May 12Padres10–5Sweeney (2–0)Rusch (1–5)39,24515–20
36May 13Padres4–3Meredith (1–0)Dempster (0–1)Hoffman (7)40,09515–21
37May 14Padres9–0Hensley (2–2)Hill (0–3)39,57015–22
38May 16Nationals4–0Zambrano (2–2)Hernández (1–5)39,29816–22
39May 17Nationals5–0Marshall (3–1)Day (2–4)39,75717–22
40May 18Nationals5–3Ortiz (1–4)Wood (0–1)Cordero (4)40,51717–23
41May 19@ White Sox6–1Buehrle (5–2)Maddux (5–3)39,30117–24
42May 20@ White Sox7–0García (7–1)Hill (0–4)39,38717–25
43May 21@ White Sox7–4Zambrano (3–2)Cotts (0–2)Dempster (8)38,64518–25
44May 22@ Marlins9–1Nolasco (3–1)Marshall (3–2)9,46218–26
45May 23@ Marlins5–4Kensing (1–1)Dempster (0–2)10,97918–27
46May 24@ Marlins9–3Moehler (2–4)Maddux (5–4)7,72018–28
47May 26Braves6–5Remlinger (2–2)Dempster (0–3)Ray (1)40,86518–29
48May 27Braves2–1Ramírez (1–0)Marshall (3–3)Remlinger (2)41,52618–30
49May 28Braves13–12Villarreal (7–0)Eyre (0–1)Ray (2)41,69818–31
50May 29Reds7–3Wood (1–1)Ramirez (2–4)Dempster (9)40,07219–31
51May 30Reds8–3Maddux (6–4)Claussen (3–6)39,00020–31
52May 31Reds3–2Milton (3–2)Zambrano (3–3)Coffey (2)39,81020–32
June: 9–18 (Home: 1–10 ; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 2@ Cardinals5–4Dempster (1–3)Hancock (1–2)45,79921–32
54June 3@ Cardinals8–5Rusch (2–5)Mulder (5–4)Howry (1)45,82022–32
55June 4@ Cardinals9–6Marquis (8–4)Maddux (6–5)Isringhausen (18)45,75322–33
56June 5@ Astros8–0Zambrano (4–3)Buchholz (3–5)32,81423–33
57June 6@ Astros4–1Rodríguez (7–3)Wood (1–2)35,90323–34
58June 7@ Astros1–0Sampson (1–0)Marshall (3–4)Lidge (15)42,49223–35
59June 8@ Reds7–1Arroyo (8–2)Rusch (2–6)26,05923–36
60June 9@ Reds6–5Maddux (7–5)Ramirez (2–5)Dempster (10)41,06424–36
61June 10@ Reds4–2Zambrano (5–3)Claussen (3–7)Dempster (11)34,14125–36
62June 11@ Reds9–3Mármol (1–0)Milton (4–3)27,25026–36
63June 13Astros9–2Pettitte (6–7)Marshall (3–5)40,56326–37
64June 14Astros5–4Oswalt (6–3)Maddux (7–6)Lidge (17)39,94626–38
65June 15Astros3–2Borkowski (1–0)Howry (2–2)Lidge (18)40,23626–39
66June 16Tigers5–3Robertson (7–3)Rusch (2–7)Jones (18)40,68326–40
67June 17Tigers9–3Verlander (8–4)Mármol (1–1)41,45926–41
68June 18Tigers12–3Rogers (10–3)Prior (0–1)39,93826–42
69June 19@ Indians12–8Marshall (4–5)Johnson (3–8)26,76927–42
70June 20@ Indians4–2Lee (6–5)Maddux (7–7)Wickman (10)25,04927–43
71June 21@ Indians9–2Zambrano (6–3)Sabathia (5–4)27,18228–43
72June 23@ Twins7–2Santana (8–4)Mármol (1–2)34,36128–44
73June 24@ Twins3–0Bonser (2–1)Prior (0–2)Nathan (12)42,30428–45
74June 25@ Twins8–1Radke (6–7)Marshall (4–6)35,12828–46
75June 26Brewers6–0Capuano (9–4)Maddux (7–8)39,69828–47
76June 27Brewers8–5Shouse (1–0)Dempster (1–4)Turnbow (22)39,39928–48
77June 28Brewers6–3Howry (3–2)Kolb (2–2)Dempster (12)39,32129–48
78June 29Brewers5–4González (1–0)Prior (0–3)Turnbow (23)39,14429–49
79June 30White Sox6–2Garland (7–3)Marshall (4–7)40,72029–50
July: 14–12 (Home: 8–5 ; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1White Sox8–6Cotts (1–2)Dempster (1–5)Jenks (25)41,02729–51
81July 2White Sox15–11Zambrano (7–3)Buehrle (9–5)Howry (2)40,91930–51
82July 3@ Astros7–2Clemens (1–2)Mármol (1–3)41,65530–52
83July 4@ Astros7–2Pettitte (7–9)Prior (0–4)41,50230–53
84July 5@ Astros1–0Marshall (5–7)Oswalt (6–5)Dempster (13)31,95231–53
85July 6@ Brewers2–0Capuano (10–4)Maddux (7–9)37,32631–54
86July 7@ Brewers7–2Zambrano (8–3)Jackson (1–2)41,17232–54
87July 8@ Brewers3–1Mármol (2–3)Bush (5–7)Dempster (14)42,26833–54
88July 9@ Brewers11–4Rusch (3–7)Davis (5–6)41,52834–54
89July 14Mets6–3Trachsel (9–4)Maddux (7–10)40,78234–55
90July 15Mets9–2Zambrano (9–3)Glavine (11–3)41,36835–55
91July 16Mets13–7Feliciano (3–2)Marshall (5–8)40,15735–56
92July 18Astros4–2Mármol (3–3)Oswalt (6–7)Dempster (15)39,88336–56
93July 19Astros4–2Clemens (2–3)Maddux (7–11)Lidge (22)40,34436–57
94July 20Astros4–1Zambrano (10–3)Pettitte (8–10)Dempster (16)40,20837–57
95July 21@ Nationals7–6Rauch (3–1)Howry (3–3)Cordero (15)35,44237–58
96July 22@ Nationals7–3Hernández (7–8)Williamson (2–3)38,02137–59
97July 23@ Nationals7–1Armas (7–5)Mármol (3–4)30,85137–60
98July 24@ Mets8–7Maddux (8–11)Trachsel (9–5)Dempster (17)45,63138–60
99July 25@ Mets8–6Zambrano (11–3)Glavine (11–4)Howry (3)47,68639–60
100July 26@ Mets1–0Heilman (1–3)Rusch (3–8)40,29939–61
101July 27Cardinals5–4Novoa (1–0)Johnson (0–2)Dempster (18)40,34640–61
102July 28Cardinals6–5Mármol (4–4)Marquis (12–8)Dempster (19)40,42041–61
103July 29Cardinals4–2Maddux (9–11)Reyes (2–5)Dempster (20)41,30242–61
104July 30Cardinals6–3Zambrano (12–3)Carpenter (10–5)40,03343–61
105July 31Diamondbacks15–4Webb (12–4)Prior (0–5)39,22643–62
August: 11–17 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Diamondbacks9–3Hill (1–4)Vargas (8–8)38,97044–62
---August 2DiamondbacksPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 344–62
107August 3Diamondbacks10–2Cruz (4–6)Mármol (4–5)44–63
108August 3Diamondbacks7–3Mateo (1–0)González (3–3)40,71545–63
109August 4Pirates6–0Gorzelanny (2–2)Zambrano (12–4)39,97345–64
110August 5Pirates7–5Prior (1–5)Duke (7–10)Dempster (21)41,00746–64
111August 6Pirates6–1Hill (2–4)Snell (9–8)40,32047–64
112August 8@ Brewers6–3Mármol (5–5)Ohka (3–3)Dempster (22)36,20048–64
113August 9@ Brewers6–3Bush (8–8)Zambrano (12–5)Cordero (4)36,01248–65
114August 10@ Brewers8–6Davis (8–6)Prior (1–6)Cordero (5)41,68648–66
115August 11@ Rockies10–2Cook (8–10)Hill (2–5)35,74448–67
116August 12@ Rockies8–4Fogg (8–7)Guzmán (0–3)43,48548–68
117August 13@ Rockies8–7Novoa (2–0)Corpas (0–1)Dempster (23)35,40849–68
118August 14@ Astros3–0Zambrano (13–5)Oswalt (9–8)Dempster (24)37,26050–68
119August 15@ Astros8–6Hill (3–5)Borkowski (1–1)41,53151–68
120August 16@ Astros1–0O'Malley (1–0)Pettitte (11–13)Howry (4)38,98952–68
121August 18Cardinals11–3Marquis (13–11)Mármol (5–6)40,34652–69
122August 19Cardinals5–4Wuertz (1–0)Isringhausen (4–6)40,86453–69
123August 20Cardinals5–3Carpenter (12–6)Mateo (1–1)Isringhausen (30)40,48553–70
124August 21Phillies6–5Lieber (6–9)Hill (3–6)Rhodes (3)38,95053–71
125August 22Phillies6–3Moyer (1–0)O'Malley (1–1)Madson (1)38,77053–72
126August 23Phillies2–1Myers (9–6)Howry (3–4)Geary (1)39,47053–73
127August 24Phillies11–2Zambrano (14–5)Hamels (6–7)39,46454–73
128August 25@ Cardinals2–0Suppan (10–7)Mateo (1–2)Isringhausen (31)46,00454–74
129August 26@ Cardinals2–1Flores (1–1)Novoa (2–1)46,03654–75
130August 27@ Cardinals10–6Looper (7–1)Howry (3–5)44,93754–76
131August 28@ Pirates11–6Snell (12–8)Guzmán (0–4)12,66654–77
132August 29@ Pirates7–6Capps (5–1)Dempster (1–6)14,61854–78
133August 30@ Pirates10–9McLeary (1–0)Dempster (1–7)12,73054–79
September: 11–17 (Home: 8–9 ; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Giants6–2Hill (4–6)Lowry (7–8)38,58255–79
135September 2Giants4–2Cain (11–9)Marshall (5–9)Stanton (4)40,13555–80
136September 3Giants7–4Schmidt (11–8)Wuertz (1–1)Stanton (5)40,70255–81
137September 4Pirates5–4Maholm (7–10)Zambrano (14–6)Torres (2)37,99455–82
138September 5Pirates6–5Grabow (4–1)Dempster (1–8)Torres (3)31,49455–83
139September 6Pirates7–2Wuertz (2–1)Grabow (4–2)32,55756–83
140September 7Pirates7–5Bayliss (1–0)Eyre (0–2)Torres (4)27,10556–84
141September 8@ Braves8–4Hudson (12–10)Guzmán (0–5)30,97756–85
142September 9@ Braves7–3James (9–3)Miller (0–1)40,58456–86
143September 10@ Braves2–1Cormier (3–4)Mateo (1–3)Wickman (13)28,21256–87
144September 11@ Braves8–3Hill (5–6)Smoltz (12–9)19,44457–87
145September 12Dodgers9–8Aardsma (2–0)Hamulack (0–3)35,61858–87
146September 13Dodgers6–0Penny (16–8)Guzmán (0–6)35,86858–88
147September 14Dodgers6–5Eyre (1–2)Tomko (8–7)Howry (5)31,36159–88
148September 15Reds4–0Arroyo (14–9)Mármol (5–7)37,18859–89
149September 16Reds4–0Hill (6–6)Michalak (1–3)40,52660–89
150September 17Reds11–3Zambrano (15–6)Milton (8–8)39,16461–89
151September 18@ Phillies11–6Wuertz (3–1)Lieber (8–10)31,10162–89
152September 19@ Phillies4–1Moyer (3–2)Miller (0–2)Gordon (32)31,89262–90
153September 20@ Phillies6–2Myers (12–6)Walrond (0–1)35,26962–91
154September 22@ Reds4–2Michalak (2–3)Hill (6–7)Coffey (8)21,33262–92
155September 23@ Reds11–4Zambrano (16–6)Lohse (2–5)28,26463–92
156September 24@ Reds3–2Harang (15–11)Dempster (1–9)22,22663–93
157September 25@ Reds5–4Schoeneweis (2–0)Eyre (1–3)Weathers (12)16,27863–94
158September 26Brewers14–6Marshall (6–9)Villanueva (1–2)31,93264–94
159September 27Brewers3–2Howry (4–5)Cordero (3–1)36,27365–94
160September 29Rockies5–2Fogg (11–9)Zambrano (16–7)Fuentes (30)33,72165–95
161September 30Rockies11–9Ramírez (4–3)Ryu (0–1)39,48365–96
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0 ; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Rockies8–5Aardsma (3–0)Affeldt (4–2)39,60966–96

Player stats

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
CFJuan Pierre162699204.292340
3BAramis Ramírez157593173.29138119
SSRonny Cedeño151534131.245641
RFJacque Jones149533152.2852781
LFMatt Murton144455135.2971362
CMichael Barrett107375115.3071653
2BTodd Walker9431888.277640
1BDerrek Lee5017550.286830

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
Henry Blanco7424164.266637
Neifi Pérez8723660.254224
John Mabry10721043.205525
Phil Nevin6717949.2741233
Ángel Pagán7717042.247518
Freddie Bynum7113635.257412
Ryan Theriot5313444.328316
Jerry Hairston Jr.388217.20704
Cesar Izturis227317.23306
Tony Womack195014.28012
Scott Moore163810.26325
Geovany Soto11255.20002
Buck Coats18183.16711
Michael Restovich10122.16711
José Reyes451.20002

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; S0 = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Carlos Zambrano33214.01673.41210
Greg Maddux22136.19114.6981
Sean Marshall24125.2695.5977
Rich Hill1799.1674.1790
Juan Mateo1145.2135.3235
Mark Prior943.2167.2138
Wade Miller521.2024.5720
Kerry Wood419.2124.1213
Ryan O'Malley212.2112.134

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
Carlos Mármol1977.0576.0859
Glendon Rusch2566.1387.4659
Ángel Guzmán1556.0067.3960
Jerome Williams512.1027.305

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
Ryan Dempster7419244.8067
Bob Howry844553.1771
Will Ohman781104.1374
Scott Eyre741303.3873
Roberto Novoa662104.2653
David Aardsma453004.0849
Michael Wuertz413102.6642
Scott Williamson312305.0832
Les Walrond100106.2321
Jae Kuk Ryu100108.4017

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Mike Quade and Bobby Dickerson
AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Bobby Dickerson and Pat Listach
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Don Buford and Buddy Bailey
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Jody Davis
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Steve McFarland
Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Carmelo Martínez

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References
  • Game Logs:
Chicago Cubs Game Log 1st Half on ESPN.com
Chicago Cubs Game Log 2nd Half on ESPN.com
  1. Juan Pierre Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Jacque Jones Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "1st Picks Overall in the MLB June Amateur Draft".
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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