2006 San Francisco Giants season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = San Francisco Giants
season = 2006
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1885
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = AT&T Park
y4 = 2000
city = San Francisco, California
y5 = 1958
owners = Peter Magowan
general managers = Brian Sabean
managers = Felipe Alou
television = KTVU
(Jon Miller, Greg Papa, Mike Krukow)
FSN Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
radio = KNBR
(Greg Papa, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow)
KLOK
(Tito Fuentes, Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)|

The San Francisco Giants are an American baseball team. Their 2006 season included the San Francisco Giants attempting to win the National League West division. The Giants finished 11½ games behind the division winner, the San Diego Padres.

Regular season

eason 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. 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.

eason standings

Notable transactions

*December 8, 2005: Mark Sweeney was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml]
*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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/linceti01.shtml Tim Lincecum Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 28, 2006: Mike Stanton was traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Francisco Giants for Shairon Martis (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi02.shtml Mike Stanton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster