The Philadelphia Phillies went 85-77 in 2006, a .525 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 865 runs and allowed 812, a run differential of +53. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.59 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Ryan Howard led the position players at 7.2 WAR, and Brett Myers the rotation at a 3.91 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL East, 12 games back. They were as far as 16.5 games back on September 2. Their best month was August at 18-11, their worst June at 9-18. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from April 30 to May 9 and a 7-game losing streak from June 20 to June 28. They were 41-40 at home and 44-37 on the road, 22-23 in one-run games and 23-33 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 against the Mets on August 14; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the Marlins on July 31.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
14
.417
108
131
-23
May
17
11
.607
151
123
+28
June
9
18
.333
120
165
-45
July
13
12
.520
147
131
+16
August
18
11
.621
179
144
+35
Sept/Oct
18
11
.621
160
118
+42
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
22-23
.489
Extra innings
5-11
.313
Within the division
41-34
.547
Against .500+ clubs
23-33
.411
Decided by 5+ runs
21-21
.500
Last 10
6-4
.600
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
79
34,200
33,787
19,182
45,775
Night
56
33,531
33,177
19,182
45,459
Day
23
35,829
37,044
20,413
45,775
Weekend
37
36,060
37,044
20,227
45,025
Weekday
42
32,562
31,427
19,182
45,775
On the road
80
30,596
29,758
6,017
55,142
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
24,425
May
17
35,148
Jun
9
40,683
Jul
17
31,875
Aug
10
38,482
Sep
13
34,236
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
2:51
145 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:51
16 of them
Longest
4:29
2006-08-11, 14 inn
Shortest
2:03
2006-08-16
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
2:57
2:52
2:03
5:22
Regulation
145
2:51
2:50
2:03
3:38
Extra innings
16
3:51
3:44
2:54
5:22
Home
80
2:56
2:54
2:03
4:29
Road
81
2:58
2:50
2:11
5:22
Day
52
2:57
2:53
2:11
4:59
Night
109
2:57
2:52
2:03
5:22
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:55
May
16
2:55
Jun
9
3:03
Jul
17
2:49
Aug
10
3:07
Sep
13
2:55
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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
Philadelphia Phillies are 85-77, a .525 win rate, while their +53 run differential implies .529. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
