2006 San Francisco Giants season

Regular season

Season summary

Barry Bonds of the Giants pursued his quest toward Hank Aaron's all-time mark of 755 home runs. Bonds finished the season with 734 career home runs, 21 short of tying Aaron's mark. On June 3, 2006, Eliezer Alfonzo made his big league debut. In his debut, his name was misspelled on his jersey (it should have ended in "zo", not "so"). Alfonzo hit a two-run shot in the sixth inning that ultimately won the game against the Mets. The following day, the jersey was still misspelled. The Giants finished 76-85, 11½ games behind the division winner, the San Diego Padres, and also 11½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants finished in third place in their division, just ½ game ahead of both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, who both finished their season with a record of 76-86.

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• December 8, 2005: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
• June 6, 2006: Tim Lincecum was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2006.
• July 22, 2006: Jeremy Accardo was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for third baseman Shea Hillenbrand and relief pitcher Vinnie Chulk.
• July 28, 2006: Mike Stanton was traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Francisco Giants for Shairon Martis (minors).

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2006-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2006-pitching.shtml

Awards and honors

• Omar Vizquel SS, Willie Mac Award All-Star Game
• Jason Schmidt P

Farm system

References

References

1. "MLB's Misspelled Uniforms - ALFONSO {{!}} Sports Illustrated Kids".
2. "Mark Sweeney Stats".
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/linceti01.shtml Tim Lincecum Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
4. "Jeremy Accardo Stats".
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi02.shtml Mike Stanton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007