2006 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 2006
misc =
logo =
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = John Henry
Tom Werner
Larry Lucchino
managers = Terry Francona
television = NESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
radio = WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
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The Boston Red Sox' 2006 season was a season in American baseball. It included the Boston Red Sox attempting to win the American League East division. The Red Sox finished the season in third place in the AL East and missed the playoffs.

Offseason

*November 24, 2005: Shortstop Hanley Ramírez was traded by the Boston Red Sox along with pitchers Jesús Delgado (minors), Harvey García and Aníbal Sánchez to the Florida Marlins, in exchange for P Josh Beckett, 3B Mike Lowell and P Guillermo Mota. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirha01.shtml Hanley Ramirez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 8, 2005: Edgar Renteria was traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/renteed01.shtml]
*February 1, 2006: Free agent catcher Ken Huckaby was signed by Boston. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huckake01.shtml Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

Transactions

*January 27, 2006: The Red Sox sent P Guillermo Mota, IF Andy Marte, C Kelly Shoppach, a player to be named later (Randy Newson, July 21) and cash to the Cleveland Indians, in exchange for OF Coco Crisp, P David Riske, and C Josh Bard. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crispco01.shtml Coco Crisp at Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 30, 2005: C Charles Johnson and pitcher Chris Narveson were obtained by Boston from the Colorado Rockies for P Byung-Hyun Kim and cash consideration. Jonnson was released the same day. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsch04.shtml Charles Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 21. 2006: P Jason Johnson was purchased by Boston from the Cleveland Indians. He was released on August 28. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsja02.shtml Jason Johnson at Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

*August 4: C Javy López was purchased by Boston from the Baltimore Orioles. He was released on September 8. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lopezja01.shtml Javy López at Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 16, 2006: Free agent 1B Carlos Peña signed with Boston. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/penaca01.shtml Carlos Peña at Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

eason summary

The Boston Red Sox finished 11 games behind the first place team in the American League East, the New York Yankees.

eason standings

Opening Day Lineup

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Ron Johnson, manager)
* Class AA: Portland Sea Dogs (Eastern League; Todd Claus, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Wilmington Blue Rocks (Carolina League; Chad Epperson, manager)
* Class A: Greenville Drive (South Atlantic League; Luis Alicea, manager)
* Class SS-A: Lowell Spinners (New York-Penn League; Bruce Crabbe, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Red Sox (Gulf Coast League; Dave Tomlin, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2006.shtml 2006 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Reference]
*Game Logs::1st Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=bos&season=2006&seasonType=2&half=1 Boston Red Sox Game Log] on ESPN.com:2nd Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=bos&season=2006&seasonType=2&half=2 Boston Red Sox Game Log] on ESPN.com
*Batting Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=bos&season=2006&seasonType=2 Boston Red Sox Batting Stats] on ESPN.com
*Pitching Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/pitching?team=bos&season=2006&seasonType=2 Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats] on ESPN.com