The Seattle Mariners went 78-84 in 2006, a .481 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 756 runs and allowed 792, a run differential of -36. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.55 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Ichiro Suzuki led the position players at 3.5 WAR, and Félix Hernández the rotation at a 4.52 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL West, 15 games back. They spent 5 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 6 and were as far as 16.5 games back on September 27. Their best month was June at 18-8, their worst August at 11-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 24 to August 29 and an 11-game losing streak from August 10 to August 20. They were 44-37 at home and 34-47 on the road, 20-24 in one-run games and 41-57 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 against the Royals on June 3; the heaviest defeat, 13-3 against the White Sox on April 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
15
.423
114
126
-12
May
12
17
.414
138
149
-11
June
18
8
.692
151
100
+51
July
11
13
.458
101
119
-18
August
11
17
.393
99
133
-34
Sept/Oct
15
14
.517
153
165
-12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
20-24
.455
Extra innings
8-8
.500
Within the division
19-38
.333
Against .500+ clubs
41-57
.418
Decided by 5+ runs
16-22
.421
Last 10
5-5
.500
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
30,634
30,612
16,111
46,325
Night
56
29,063
29,365
16,111
46,325
Day
25
34,153
34,336
21,409
46,122
Weekend
39
35,320
34,001
23,305
46,325
Weekday
42
26,283
24,153
16,111
45,509
On the road
81
28,646
26,934
8,839
54,121
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
25,962
May
13
26,578
Jun
11
31,069
Jul
14
34,715
Aug
15
38,194
Sep
11
26,493
Oct
1
28,362
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
146 games
All games
2:47
Extra innings
3:31
16 of them
Longest
4:16
2006-09-09, 13 inn
Shortest
1:51
2006-08-28
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
2:46
1:51
4:23
Regulation
146
2:42
2:44
1:51
3:30
Extra innings
16
3:31
3:31
2:46
4:23
Home
81
2:45
2:44
1:51
4:16
Road
81
2:49
2:49
2:00
4:23
Day
50
2:46
2:45
2:05
4:23
Night
112
2:47
2:46
1:51
4:16
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
2:46
May
13
2:33
Jun
11
2:36
Jul
14
2:51
Aug
15
2:46
Sep
11
3:01
Oct
1
2:12
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
Seattle Mariners are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -36 run differential implies .479. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
