The San Francisco Giants went 76-85 in 2006, a .472 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 746 runs and allowed 790, a run differential of -44. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.66 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Barry Bonds led the position players at 4.2 WAR, and Jason Schmidt the rotation at a 3.59 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL West, 11.5 games back. They spent 20 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on April 17 and were as far as 11.5 games back on October 1. Their best month was March/April at 13-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 10-17. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from July 18 to July 22 and a 9-game losing streak from July 23 to August 1. They were 43-38 at home and 33-47 on the road, 23-22 in one-run games and 33-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 against the Marlins on June 5; the heaviest defeat, 20-8 at the Rockies on September 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
11
.542
115
127
-12
May
14
15
.483
143
123
+20
June
13
13
.500
110
107
+3
July
11
16
.407
127
143
-16
August
15
13
.536
129
120
+9
Sept/Oct
10
17
.370
122
170
-48
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
33-47
.412
One-run games
23-22
.511
Extra innings
6-7
.462
Within the division
37-38
.493
Against .500+ clubs
33-37
.471
Decided by 5+ runs
19-25
.432
Last 10
1-9
.100
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
38,639
38,266
33,034
42,985
Night
46
38,164
37,998
33,034
42,955
Day
35
39,264
39,051
34,267
42,985
Weekend
39
40,479
40,350
36,757
42,985
Weekday
42
36,931
37,080
33,034
42,795
On the road
79
33,270
33,938
7,683
55,699
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
37,442
May
15
39,248
Jun
16
38,423
Jul
11
39,728
Aug
15
39,395
Sep
11
36,929
Oct
1
42,831
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
2:43
148 games
All games
2:46
Extra innings
3:19
13 of them
Longest
3:56
2006-07-23, 12 inn
Shortest
2:00
2006-09-26
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
2:46
2:44
2:00
4:17
Regulation
148
2:43
2:42
2:00
3:38
Extra innings
13
3:19
3:07
2:27
4:17
Home
81
2:42
2:40
2:00
3:56
Road
80
2:51
2:47
2:02
4:17
Day
61
2:48
2:43
2:09
4:08
Night
100
2:45
2:45
2:00
4:17
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:45
May
15
2:36
Jun
16
2:40
Jul
11
2:55
Aug
15
2:36
Sep
11
2:42
Oct
1
2:46
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
San Francisco Giants are 76-85, a .472 win rate, while their -44 run differential implies .474. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
