The Oakland Athletics went 93-69 in 2006, a .574 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 771 runs and allowed 727, a run differential of +44. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.22 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Nick Swisher led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Dan Haren the rotation at a 4.12 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 4 games clear. They spent 128 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 8.5 games on September 1 and were as far as 5 games back on May 30. Their best month was August at 21-6, their worst May at 12-17. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from June 8 to June 18 and a 7-game losing streak from May 20 to May 26. They were 49-32 at home and 44-37 on the road, 32-22 in one-run games and 42-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 at the Red Sox on July 14; the heaviest defeat, 14-0 against the Rangers on August 9.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
12
.500
110
119
-9
May
12
17
.414
131
130
+1
June
18
8
.692
112
103
+9
July
14
13
.519
122
124
-2
August
21
6
.778
140
95
+45
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
156
156
0
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
32-22
.593
Extra innings
9-4
.692
Within the division
34-23
.596
Against .500+ clubs
42-37
.532
Decided by 5+ runs
21-22
.488
Last 10
4-6
.400
2006 postseason
In October the Oakland Athletics beat the Twins 3-0 in the ALDS, then lost the ALCS to the Tigers 4-0.
ALDS vs Twins3-0 W
Game 1, October 3 W 3-2 at Twins
Game 2, October 4 W 5-2 at Twins
Game 3, October 6 W 8-3 vs Twins
ALCS vs Tigers0-4 L
Game 1, October 10 L 1-5 vs Tigers
Game 2, October 11 L 5-8 vs Tigers
Game 3, October 13 L 0-3 at Tigers
Game 4, October 14 L 3-6 at Tigers
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
24,403
23,949
12,025
35,077
Night
45
23,719
21,859
12,025
35,077
Day
36
25,257
25,131
14,695
35,077
Weekend
39
25,785
25,627
12,552
35,077
Weekday
42
23,119
21,429
12,025
35,077
On the road
80
32,192
31,817
12,288
54,570
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
22,360
May
14
22,723
Jun
11
22,364
Jul
16
25,196
Aug
12
26,697
Sep
16
26,292
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
2:42
149 games
All games
2:47
Extra innings
3:40
13 of them
Longest
5:02
2006-06-17, 17 inn
Shortest
1:57
2006-06-01
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
2:47
2:45
1:57
5:02
Regulation
149
2:42
2:43
1:57
3:40
Extra innings
13
3:40
3:30
2:49
5:02
Home
81
2:42
2:42
1:57
5:02
Road
81
2:52
2:51
2:09
4:42
Day
61
2:46
2:42
2:01
4:42
Night
101
2:48
2:46
1:57
5:02
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:40
May
14
2:44
Jun
11
2:38
Jul
16
2:37
Aug
12
2:43
Sep
16
2:49
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 162 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
Oakland Athletics are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +44 run differential implies .527. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
