The Los Angeles Angels went 89-73 in 2006, a .549 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 766 runs and allowed 732, a run differential of +34. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.06 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Vladimir Guerrero led the position players at 4.5 WAR, and John Lackey the rotation at a 3.56 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL West, 4 games back. They spent 24 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 3 and were as far as 8.5 games back on September 1. Their best month was July at 19-7, their worst May at 11-17. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 7 to July 18 and a 6-game losing streak from April 28 to May 3. They were 45-36 at home and 44-37 on the road, 25-22 in one-run games and 39-38 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 at the Indians on June 4; the heaviest defeat, 16-3 at the Dodgers on May 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
13
.480
112
117
-5
May
11
17
.393
120
153
-33
June
12
14
.462
119
124
-5
July
19
7
.731
162
99
+63
August
16
13
.552
138
138
0
Sept/Oct
19
9
.679
115
101
+14
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
25-22
.532
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
32-25
.561
Against .500+ clubs
39-38
.506
Decided by 5+ runs
26-22
.542
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League West standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American 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
42,059
43,744
33,736
44,253
Night
58
42,035
43,614
36,146
44,253
Day
23
42,120
43,804
33,736
44,225
Weekend
39
43,631
44,007
40,506
44,253
Weekday
42
40,600
40,007
33,736
44,149
On the road
81
27,685
24,879
8,947
55,662
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
41,889
May
14
41,151
Jun
14
41,682
Jul
9
43,684
Aug
16
44,011
Sep
15
40,201
Oct
1
44,107
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
2:43
147 games
All games
2:48
Extra innings
3:29
15 of them
Longest
4:11
2006-05-13, 13 inn
Shortest
2:14
2006-07-31
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
2:48
2:45
1:51
4:11
Regulation
147
2:43
2:42
1:51
3:46
Extra innings
15
3:29
3:23
2:55
4:11
Home
81
2:48
2:43
2:14
4:11
Road
81
2:47
2:47
1:51
4:04
Day
50
2:49
2:44
2:00
3:59
Night
112
2:47
2:45
1:51
4:11
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:38
May
14
2:56
Jun
14
2:41
Jul
9
2:46
Aug
16
3:02
Sep
15
2:40
Oct
1
3:45
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 163 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
Los Angeles Angels are 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +34 run differential implies .521. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
