The Arizona Diamondbacks went 76-86 in 2006, a .469 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 773 runs and allowed 788, a run differential of -15. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.43 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Orlando Hudson led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Brandon Webb the rotation at a 3.10 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 4th in the NL West, 12 games back. They spent 31 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 2.5 games on June 4 and were as far as 12 games back on October 1. Their best month was May at 18-9, their worst June at 8-20. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 30 to May 6 and a 7-game losing streak from June 5 to June 11. They were 39-42 at home and 37-44 on the road, 22-26 in one-run games and 31-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 against the Braves on May 20; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the Mets on June 11.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
13
.480
124
112
+12
May
18
9
.667
152
110
+42
June
8
20
.286
112
184
-72
July
16
9
.640
140
118
+22
August
10
18
.357
120
146
-26
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
125
118
+7
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
22-26
.458
Extra innings
7-5
.583
Within the division
37-38
.493
Against .500+ clubs
31-41
.431
Decided by 5+ runs
21-21
.500
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League West standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
26,035
25,025
18,030
48,977
Night
62
25,401
24,541
18,030
40,388
Day
19
28,104
28,111
18,411
48,977
Weekend
39
28,709
27,727
21,077
48,977
Weekday
42
23,553
23,174
18,030
37,351
On the road
80
31,437
33,836
10,430
55,816
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
23,751
May
16
23,576
Jun
16
24,411
Jul
10
26,090
Aug
15
27,622
Sep
13
29,182
Oct
1
48,977
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:47
150 games
All games
2:52
Extra innings
3:55
12 of them
Longest
5:07
2006-09-16, 16 inn
Shortest
1:54
2006-09-09
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:52
2:48
1:54
5:21
Regulation
150
2:47
2:46
1:54
3:45
Extra innings
12
3:55
3:42
2:47
5:21
Home
81
2:53
2:48
1:54
5:07
Road
81
2:50
2:47
2:00
5:21
Day
49
2:52
2:50
2:02
3:37
Night
113
2:51
2:47
1:54
5:21
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:56
May
16
2:50
Jun
16
2:53
Jul
10
2:47
Aug
15
2:58
Sep
13
2:54
Oct
1
2:39
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 167 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Arizona Diamondbacks are 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their -15 run differential implies .491. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
