The Cincinnati Reds went 80-82 in 2006, a .494 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 749 runs and allowed 801, a run differential of -52. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.68 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Felipe López led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Aaron Harang the rotation at a 3.76 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 3.5 games back. They spent 21 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on May 2 and were as far as 7 games back on September 17. Their best month was March/April at 17-8, their worst August at 12-17. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from May 31 to June 8 and a 6-game losing streak from July 1 to July 6. They were 42-39 at home and 38-43 on the road, 27-20 in one-run games and 27-34 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 against the Astros on August 22; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 against the Cardinals on August 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
8
.680
149
131
+18
May
12
16
.429
114
135
-21
June
15
12
.556
140
135
+5
July
11
14
.440
118
133
-15
August
12
17
.414
137
153
-16
Sept/Oct
13
15
.464
91
114
-23
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
27-20
.574
Extra innings
5-8
.385
Within the division
46-38
.548
Against .500+ clubs
27-34
.443
Decided by 5+ runs
19-28
.404
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League Central standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 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
26,353
25,127
13,887
42,591
Night
54
26,434
25,084
13,887
41,913
Day
27
26,193
25,133
16,280
42,591
Weekend
39
28,886
29,663
16,573
41,913
Weekday
42
24,002
22,105
13,887
42,591
On the road
81
33,915
37,086
11,422
49,758
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
23,169
May
14
23,377
Jun
14
29,582
Jul
12
29,135
Aug
16
30,802
Sep
13
20,979
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 161 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:47
148 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:41
13 of them
Longest
3:35
2006-05-11, 11 inn
Shortest
2:02
2006-09-05
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
161
2:51
2:48
2:02
4:54
Regulation
148
2:47
2:46
2:02
3:44
Extra innings
13
3:41
3:34
3:04
4:54
Home
80
2:53
2:51
2:02
3:35
Road
81
2:49
2:44
2:04
4:54
Day
57
2:48
2:45
2:10
3:54
Night
104
2:52
2:50
2:02
4:54
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:57
May
14
2:50
Jun
14
2:56
Jul
12
2:57
Aug
16
2:53
Sep
12
2:44
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
Cincinnati Reds are 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their -52 run differential implies .469. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
