The 2006 Florida Marlins season was the 14th in Marlins franchise history; an American Major League Baseball team based in Miami Gardens, Florida. They finished the season in fourth place in the National League East. They are notable for greatly exceeding expectations and remaining close in the Wild Card race until September, despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues and using primarily rookies and low priced veterans due to undergoing a fire sale after the 2005 season. They also became the first team in MLB history to be at least 20 games under .500 (11–31), and at any later point in the same season be above .500 (69–68). The team ultimately fell back under .500, and missed the postseason for the third consecutive year. Despite this, their efforts were widely noticed across the league, to the point that manager Joe Girardi won the NL Manager of the Year, the first time a manager of a team with a losing record won the award.

Offseason November 24, 2005: Hanley Ramírez was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Jesus Delgado (minors), Harvey Garcia, and Aníbal Sánchez to the Florida Marlins for Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, and Guillermo Mota. November 24, 2005: Carlos Delgado was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the New York Mets for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit, and Grant Psomas (minors). December 5, 2005: Paul Lo Duca was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Dante Brinkley (minors) and Gaby Hernandez (minors). December 7, 2005: Juan Pierre was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Chicago Cubs for Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco, and Renyel Pinto. December 8, 2005: Dan Uggla was drafted by the Florida Marlins from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2005 minor league draft. December 15, 2005: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins. January 15, 2006: Scott Seabol was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

Transactions May 18, 2006: Buddy Carlyle was released by the Florida Marlins. July 15, 2006: Scott Seabol was released by the Florida Marlins.

Roster 2006 Florida Marlins Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (bullpen) (first base) (pitching) (third base) (hitting) (bench)

Player stats

Offense The team hit more home runs than the 2005 Marlins, hitting 182 home runs this season as opposed to 128 home runs the previous year.

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Miguel Olivo 127 430 113 .263 16 58 1B Mike Jacobs 136 469 123 .262 20 77 2B Dan Uggla 154 611 172 .282 27 90 SS Hanley Ramírez 158 633 185 .292 17 59 3B Miguel Cabrera 158 576 195 .339 26 114 LF Josh Willingham 142 502 139 .277 26 74 CF Reggie Abercrombie 111 255 54 .212 5 24 RF Jeremy Hermida 99 307 77 .251 5 28

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Alfredo Amézaga 132 334 87 .260 3 19 Cody Ross 91 250 53 .212 11 37 Wes Helms 140 240 79 .329 10 47 Joe Borchard 108 230 53 .230 10 28 Matt Treanor 67 157 36 .229 2 14 Chris Aguila 47 95 22 .232 0 7 Eric Reed 42 41 4 .098 0 0 Robert Andino 11 24 4 .167 0 2 Matthew Cepicky 9 18 2 .111 0 0 Jason Wood 12 13 6 .462 0 1 Paul Hoover 4 5 2 .400 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SODontrelle Willis 34 223.1 12 12 3.87160Scott Olsen 31 180.212 10 4.04 166Josh Johnson 31 157.012 7 3.10 133Brian Moehler 29 122.0 7 11 6.57 58Aníbal Sánchez 18 114.1 10 3 2.83 72

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ricky Nolasco 35 140.0 11 11 4.82 99 Jason Vargas 12 43.0 1 2 7.33 25 Sergio Mitre 15 41.0 1 5 5.71 31

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Joe Borowski 72 69.2 3 3 36 3.75 64 Matt Herges 66 71.0 2 3 0 4.31 36 Randy Messenger 59 60.1 2 7 0 5.67 45 Taylor Tankersley 49 41.0 2 1 3 2.85 46 Logan Kensing 37 37.2 1 3 1 4.54 45 Renyel Pinto 27 29.2 0 0 1 3.03 36 Chris Resop 22 21.1 1 2 0 3.38 10 Todd Wellemeyer 18 21.1 0 2 0 5.48 17 Yusmeiro Petit 15 26.1 1 1 0 9.57 20 Franklyn Germán 12 12.0 0 0 0 3.00 6 Carlos Martínez 12 10.1 0 1 0 1.74 11 José García 5 11.0 0 0 0 4.91 8 Jeff Fulchino 1 0.1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

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