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2006 Texas Rangers season

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Owner(s)
  
Tom Hicks

Manager(s)
  
Buck Showalter

General manager(s)
  
Jon Daniels

2006 Texas Rangers season

Local television
  
KDFIKDFWFSN Southwest(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)

Local radio
  
KRLD(Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas)KFLC(Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)

The Texas Rangers finished the 2006 season in 3rd place of the West Division of the American League. They had two players feature in the 2006 All-Star Game: Michael Young who in his 3rd appearance was named the All Star Game's Most Valuable Player; and Gary Matthews, Jr. making his first appearance.

Contents

Offseason

  • December 8, 2005: Termel Sledge was traded by the Washington Nationals with Armando Galarraga and Brad Wilkerson to the Texas Rangers for Alfonso Soriano.
  • January 6, 2006: Termel Sledge was traded by the Texas Rangers with Adrian Gonzalez and Chris Young to the San Diego Padres for Billy Killian (minors), Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka.

    • Opening Day starters

  • Rod Barajas, C
  • Mark Teixeira, 1B
  • Ian Kinsler, 2B*
  • Hank Blalock, 3B
  • Michael Young, SS
  • Brad Wilkerson, LF
  • Laynce Nix, CF
  • Kevin Mench, RF
  • Phil Nevin, DH
  • Kevin Millwood, RHP

    • *Rookie

    Notable transactions

  • July 28, 2006: Carlos Lee was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Nelson Cruz to the Texas Rangers for Laynce Nix, Kevin Mench, Francisco Cordero, and Julian Cordero (minors).
  • August 4, 2006: Randall Simon was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
  • September 1, 2006: Randall Simon was purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Texas Rangers.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
    Only pitchers who qualified for the ERA title have been listed

    Team statistics

    Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams

    Batting

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

    Pitching

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts

    Awards and honors

  • Mark Teixeira, 1B, Gold Glove

    • All-Star Game

    References

    2006 Texas Rangers season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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