The Florida Marlins went 78-84 in 2006, a .481 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 758 runs and allowed 772, a run differential of -14. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.35 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and Dontrelle Willis the rotation at a 3.87 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 19 games back. They were as far as 19 games back on September 30. Their best month was June at 18-7, their worst March/April at 6-16. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from June 10 to June 20 and a 7-game losing streak from May 15 to May 21. They were 42-39 at home and 36-45 on the road, 20-26 in one-run games and 27-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 at the Rockies on June 3; the heaviest defeat, 17-3 at the Mets on July 8.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
6
16
.273
94
110
-16
May
11
18
.379
140
160
-20
June
18
7
.720
118
74
+44
July
14
15
.483
140
159
-19
August
16
12
.571
132
130
+2
Sept/Oct
13
16
.448
134
139
-5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
20-26
.435
Extra innings
5-7
.417
Within the division
33-42
.440
Against .500+ clubs
27-45
.375
Decided by 5+ runs
23-23
.500
Last 10
3-7
.300
National League East standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 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
14,372
13,037
6,017
38,014
Night
60
13,755
12,637
6,017
38,014
Day
21
16,135
13,259
7,720
36,768
Weekend
39
17,435
15,291
10,242
38,014
Weekday
42
11,528
10,208
6,017
31,308
On the road
80
31,348
30,994
10,017
55,260
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
13,941
May
17
10,257
Jun
10
11,347
Jul
13
15,401
Aug
16
16,351
Sep
15
16,815
Oct
1
36,768
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
2:48
150 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:28
12 of them
Longest
3:49
2006-09-09, 10 inn
Shortest
2:13
2006-09-06
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
2:51
2:49
2:07
4:04
Regulation
150
2:48
2:48
2:07
3:54
Extra innings
12
3:28
3:29
2:47
4:04
Home
81
2:52
2:50
2:13
3:49
Road
81
2:50
2:47
2:07
4:04
Day
46
2:55
2:54
2:12
4:04
Night
116
2:50
2:47
2:07
3:54
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:06
May
17
2:47
Jun
10
2:50
Jul
13
2:48
Aug
16
2:45
Sep
15
2:59
Oct
1
3:18
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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
Florida Marlins are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -14 run differential implies .492. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
