2006 Major League Baseball season pitching leaders

This is a list of leading pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 2006 MLB season. The National League's St. Louis Cardinals defeated the American League's Detroit Tigers to win the World Series with the lowest regular-season victory total of any Series champion. [cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps_06.jsp |title=2006 Postseason |accessdate=2008-06-08 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=MLB.com] The American League (AL) won the All-Star Game for a fourth straight year; the AL won nine of the previous 10 contests (the 2002 game was a tie). [cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2006/index.jsp |title=2006 All Star Game |accessdate=2008-06-10 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=MLB.com] In the 2006 season, the Atlanta Braves failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 1990. [cite web |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/Teams/ATL/2006.shtml |title=2006 Atlanta Braves |accessdate=2008-06-10 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Baseball-reference.com] Individual achievements included Barry Bonds who, despite questions surrounding his alleged steroid use and involvement in the BALCO scandal, surpassed Babe Ruth for second place on the career home runs list. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bonds' two-run shot helps Giants rally back vs. Jays |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270611126 |work= |publisher=ESPN.com |date= |accessdate=2008-06-10]

Salomon Torres, a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, led the major leagues in games pitched with a total of 94. John Smoltz started 35 games for the Atlanta Braves, leading the majors in games started, while Bronson Arroyo topped the majors by pitching over 240 innings for the Cincinnati Reds. Zach Duke gave up 255 hits pitching for the Pirates, while Jason Marquis of the Cardinals gave up 136 runs and 130 earned runs, leading both categories. Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs led the league in walks with 115. Johan Santana, starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, had league-leading statistics in strikeouts (245), wins (19), and earned run average (ERA), with 2.77. Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Rodrigo López led the league with 18 losses. Aaron Harang and C. C. Sabathia led the majors with six complete games each. Francisco Rodriguez, a closer for the Los Angeles Angels, had a league high of 47 saves.

Key

Games started

Innings pitched

Hits against

Runs

Earned runs

Base on balls

trikeouts

Wins

Losses

Complete games

aves

Earned run average

References