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2006 Kansas City Royals season

Field	Value
name	Kansas City Royals
season	2006
league	American League
division	Central
ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	David Glass
general_managers	Allard Baird, Dayton Moore
managers	Buddy Bell
television	KMCI
Royals Sports Television Network
(Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis)
radio	WHB
KLRX
(Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre)

Royals Sports Television Network (Ryan Lefebvre, Paul Splittorff, Denny Matthews, Bob Davis) KLRX (Denny Matthews, Ryan Lefebvre) |}} The 2006 Kansas City Royals season was the 38th season for the franchise, and their 34th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses and missed the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

2006 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

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
Paul Bako C	56	153	32	.209	0	10
Ángel Berroa SS	132	474	111	.234	9	54
Emil Brown OF	147	527	151	.287	15	81
John Buck C	114	371	91	.245	11	50
Shane Costa OF	72	237	65	.274	3	27
David DeJesus OF	119	491	145	.295	8	56
Joey Gathright OF	134	383	91	.238	1	41
Esteban Germán 2B	106	279	91	.326	3	34
Tony Graffanino 3B	69	220	59	.268	5	32
Mark Grudzielanek 2B	134	548	163	.297	7	52
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B	91	314	89	.283	4	43
Reggie Sanders OF	88	325	80	.246	11	49
Ryan Shealy 1B	51	193	54	.280	7	36
Matt Stairs DH	77	226	59	.261	8	32
Mike Sweeney 1B	60	217	56	.258	8	33
Mark Teahen 3B	109	393	114	.290	18	69

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
Jeremy Affeldt P	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Andrés Blanco SS	33	87	21	.241	0	9
Brandon Duckworth P	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Scott Elarton P	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Aaron Guiel OF	19	50	11	.220	3	7
Justin Huber DH	5	10	2	.200	0	1
Bob Keppel P	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Jeff Keppinger 2B	22	60	16	.267	2	8
Mitch Maier OF	5	13	2	.154	0	0
Paul Phillips C	23	65	18	.277	1	5
Mark Redman P	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Kerry Robinson OF	18	64	17	.266	0	5
Ángel Sánchez SS	8	27	6	.222	0	1
Todd Wellemeyer P	4	2	0	.000	0	0
Mike Wood P	2	3	0	.000	0	0

Note: Pitchers batting data also included above

Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games pitched; SHO = Shutouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	CG	SHO
Jeremy Affeldt LHP	27	70.0	4	6	5.91	28	0	0
Denny Bautista RHP	8	35.0	0	2	5.66	22	0	0
Adam Bernero RHP	3	13.0	1	0	1.35	12	0	0
Jorge de la Rosa LHP	10	48.2	3	4	5.18	36	0	0
Brandon Duckworth RHP	10	45.2	1	5	6.11	27	0	0
Scott Elarton RHP	20	114.2	4	9	5.34	49	0	0
Seth Etherton RHP	2	7.2	1	1	9.39	4	0	0
Runelvys Hernández RHP	21	114.2	4	9	6.58	50	1	1
Luke Hudson RHP	26	102.0	7	6	5.12	64	0	0
Bobby Keppel RHP	8	34.1	0	4	5.50	20	0	0
Joe Mays RHP	6	23.2	0	4	10.27	9	0	0
Odalis Pérez LHP	12	67.0	2	4	5.64	48	0	0
Mark Redman LHP	29	167.0	11	10	5.71	76	2	1
Kyle Snyder RHP	1	2.0	0	0	22.50	2	0	0
Mike Wood RHP	23	64.2	3	3	5.71	29	0	0

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
Ambiorix Burgos RHP	68	4	5	18	5.52	72
Andrew Sisco LHP	65	1	3	1	7.10	52
Joel Peralta RHP	64	1	3	1	4.40	57
Jimmy Gobble LHP	60	4	6	2	5.14	80
Elmer Dessens RHP	43	5	7	2	4.50	36
Joe Nelson RHP	43	1	1	9	4.43	44
Todd Wellemeyer RHP	28	1	2	1	3.63	37
Scott Dohmann RHP	21	1	3	0	7.99	22
Ryan Braun RHP	9	0	1	0	6.75	6
Juan Carlos Oviedo RHP	7	0	0	0	4.73	7
Steve Stemle RHP	5	0	1	0	15.00	0
Joselo Díaz RHP	4	0	0	0	10.80	3
Steve Andrade RHP	4	0	0	0	9.64	5
Mike MacDougal RHP	4	0	0	1	0.00	2
Zack Greinke RHP	3	1	0	0	4.26	5
Chris Booker RHP	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Farm system

References

2006 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
2006 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com

References

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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