The San Diego Padres went 88-74 in 2006, a .543 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 731 runs and allowed 679, a run differential of +52. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.80 staff ERA was the best. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Mike Cameron led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Jake Peavy the rotation at a 4.09 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for first in the NL West. They spent 73 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on July 18 and were as far as 5.5 games back on April 29. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 20-9, their worst March/April at 9-15. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from April 30 to May 8 and a 5-game losing streak from April 24 to April 29. They were 43-38 at home and 45-36 on the road, 30-22 in one-run games and 30-19 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-0 at the Reds on September 13; the heaviest defeat, 12-4 against the Rockies on April 8.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
15
.375
88
115
-27
May
19
10
.655
154
115
+39
June
14
12
.538
107
100
+7
July
13
13
.500
138
147
-9
August
13
15
.464
105
107
-2
Sept/Oct
20
9
.690
139
95
+44
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
30-22
.577
Extra innings
10-12
.455
Within the division
39-36
.520
Against .500+ clubs
30-19
.612
Decided by 5+ runs
23-16
.590
Last 10
8-2
.800
2006 postseason
In October the San Diego Padres lost the NLDS to the Cardinals 3-1.
NLDS vs Cardinals1-3 L
Game 1, October 3 L 1-5 vs Cardinals
Game 2, October 5 L 0-2 vs Cardinals
Game 3, October 7 W 3-1 at Cardinals
Game 4, October 8 L 2-6 at Cardinals
National League West standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National 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
32,836
33,244
19,718
44,337
Night
56
32,903
33,338
19,718
44,337
Day
25
32,688
32,707
22,247
43,767
Weekend
40
36,329
36,487
23,888
44,337
Weekday
41
29,429
29,734
19,718
43,767
On the road
81
32,616
33,352
8,010
55,831
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
32,193
May
16
29,107
Jun
13
33,740
Jul
9
34,732
Aug
16
34,177
Sep
12
34,425
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
2:45
139 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:28
22 of them
Longest
4:42
2006-06-29, 14 inn
Shortest
2:16
2006-09-23
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
2:09
4:42
Regulation
139
2:45
2:46
2:09
3:26
Extra innings
22
3:28
3:14
2:47
4:42
Home
81
2:51
2:48
2:16
4:42
Road
80
2:51
2:51
2:09
3:56
Day
54
2:53
2:50
2:17
4:42
Night
107
2:50
2:48
2:09
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:51
May
16
2:45
Jun
13
2:56
Jul
9
3:05
Aug
16
2:53
Sep
12
2:37
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 165 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
San Diego Padres are 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +52 run differential implies .534. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
