2006 Cleveland Indians season

The 2006 Cleveland Indians season was the 106th season for the franchise. It began with the Cleveland Indians attempting to win the American League Central and make the playoffs. The Indians finished with a mediocre 78–84 record and missed the playoffs. It was the final season before Progressive bought the naming rights to then-Jacobs Field.

Offseason

December 7, 2005: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
January 6, 2006: Todd Hollandsworth was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.

Regular season

On September 2, 2006, Kevin Kouzmanoff became the 23rd Major Leaguer to hit a home run in his first Major League at bat, the 12th American Leaguer to do so, and the second of 2006. He was only the third player to have the home run be a grand slam.
Kouzmanoff is only one of two players in Major League Baseball history to hit a grand slam on his first pitch ever seen in the Major Leagues, along with Daniel Nava. The pitcher who gave up the hit was Edinson Vólquez.

Transactions

April 7, 2006: Brandon Phillips was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Stevens to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
July 20, 2006: Bob Wickman was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Max Ramirez.
July 26, 2006: Ben Broussard was traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Shin-Soo Choo. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
August 9, 2006: Todd Hollandsworth was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.

Player stats

Batting

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Ronnie Belliard	93	350	43	102	21	0	8	44	.291	2
Rafael Betancourt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Casey Blake	109	401	63	113	20	1	19	68	.282	6
Aaron Boone	104	354	50	89	19	1	7	46	.251	5
Ben Broussard	88	268	44	86	14	0	13	46	.321	0
Paul Byrd	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Fernando Cabrera	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Fausto Carmona	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Shin-Soo Choo	45	146	23	43	11	3	3	22	.295	5
Ryan Garko	50	185	28	54	12	0	7	45	.292	0
Franklin Gutierrez	43	136	21	37	9	0	1	8	.272	0
Travis Hafner	129	454	100	140	31	1	42	117	.308	0
Todd Hollandsworth	56	156	21	37	12	1	6	27	.237	0
Joe Inglett	64	201	26	57	8	3	2	21	.284	5
Kevin Kouzmanoff	16	56	4	12	2	0	3	11	.214	0
Tim Laker	4	13	1	4	1	0	0	2	.308	0
Cliff Lee	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Héctor Luna	37	127	14	35	7	1	2	17	.276	0
Andy Marte	50	164	20	37	15	1	5	23	.226	0
Victor Martinez	153	572	82	181	37	0	16	93	.316	0
Tom Mastny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Lou Merloni	9	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	.211	1
Jason Michaels	123	494	77	132	32	1	9	55	.267	9
Guillermo Mota	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jhonny Peralta	149	569	84	146	28	3	13	68	.257	0
Eduardo Pérez	37	99	16	30	9	0	8	22	.303	0
Rafael Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
CC Sabathia	3	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	.222	0
Kelly Shoppach	41	110	7	27	6	0	3	16	.245	0
Grady Sizemore	162	655	134	190	53	11	28	76	.290	22
Ramón Vázquez	34	67	11	14	2	0	1	8	.209	0
Jake Westbrook	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.500	0
Bob Wickman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Team Totals	162	5619	870	1576	351	27	196	839	.280	55

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; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Rafael Betancourt	3	4	3.81	50	0	3	56.2	52	25	24	11	48
Andrew Brown	0	0	3.60	9	0	0	10.0	6	4	4	8	7
Paul Byrd	10	9	4.88	31	31	0	179.0	232	120	97	38	88
Fernando Cabrera	3	3	5.19	51	0	0	60.2	53	36	35	32	71
Fausto Carmona	1	10	5.42	38	7	0	74.2	88	46	45	31	58
Jason Davis	3	2	3.74	39	0	1	55.1	67	28	23	14	37
Danny Graves	2	1	5.79	13	0	0	14.0	18	12	9	5	3
Jeremy Guthrie	0	0	6.98	9	1	0	19.1	24	15	15	15	14
Jason Johnson	3	8	5.96	14	14	0	77.0	108	55	51	22	32
Juan Lara	0	0	1.80	9	0	0	5.0	4	2	1	1	2
Cliff Lee	14	11	4.40	33	33	0	200.2	224	114	98	58	129
Tom Mastny	0	1	5.51	15	0	5	16.1	17	10	10	8	14
Matt Miller	1	0	3.45	14	0	0	15.2	11	6	6	9	12
Guillermo Mota	1	3	6.21	34	0	0	37.2	45	27	26	19	27
Edward Mujica	0	1	2.95	10	0	0	18.1	25	6	6	0	12
Rafael Perez	0	0	4.38	18	0	0	12.1	10	6	6	6	15
CC Sabathia	12	11	3.22	28	28	0	192.2	182	83	69	44	172
Scott Sauerbeck	0	1	6.23	24	0	0	13.0	9	9	9	9	11
Brian Sikorski	2	1	4.58	17	0	0	19.2	20	10	10	4	24
Brian Slocum	0	0	5.60	8	2	0	17.2	27	11	11	9	11
Jeremy Sowers	7	4	3.57	14	14	0	88.1	85	36	35	20	35
Jake Westbrook	15	10	4.17	32	32	0	211.1	247	106	98	55	109
Bob Wickman	1	4	4.18	29	0	15	28.0	29	15	13	11	17
Team Totals	78	84	4.41	162	162	24	1423.1	1583	782	698	429	948