2006 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 117th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 49th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 44th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California.

The Dodgers looked to improve their record from 2005. The team switched General Managers from Paul DePodesta to Ned Colletti, and hired Grady Little as the new manager. This was also their first season to be broadcast on KCAL-TV (9). The Dodgers won 88 games and the National League wild card. In the NLDS the Dodgers dropped three straight games to the New York Mets, ending their season. This was the last time the Dodgers were swept in the postseason until 2023.

Offseason December 13, 2005: Acquired Andre Ethier from the Oakland Athletics for Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez. December 19, 2005: Signed free agent Nomar Garciaparra. January 4, 2006: Acquired Jae Seo and Tim Hamulack from the New York Mets for Duaner Sánchez and Steve Schmoll. January 14, 2006: Acquired Danys Báez and Lance Carter from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Edwin Jackson and Chuck Tiffany.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Game log Legend Dodgers win Dodgers loss PostponementBoldDodgers team member

|- style="background: #fbb;" | 1 || April 3 || Atlanta Braves || 11-10 || Villarreal (1-0) || Lowe (0-1) || Reitsma (1) || 56,000 || 0-1 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 2 || April 4 || Atlanta Braves || 4-5 || Penny (1-0) || Smoltz (0-1) || Báez (1) || 36,249 || 1-1 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 3 || April 5 || Atlanta Braves || 9-8 || Villarreal (2-0) || Osoria (0-1) || Reitsma (2) || 35,292 || 1-2 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 4 || April 7 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 5-3 || Tomko (1-0) || Floyd (0-1) || Báez (2) || 25,518 || 2-2 |- style="background: #bbb;" | -- || April 8 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 3:05pm ||colspan=5| PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for April 9 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 5 || April 9 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 3-6 || Gordon (1-1) || Hamulack (0-1) || None || – || 2-3 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 6 || April 9 || @ Philadelphia Phillies || 6-2 || Penny (2-0) || Lieber (0-2) || None || 38,056 || 3-3 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 7 || April 10 || @ Pittsburgh Pirates || 8-3 || Pérez (1-0) || Duke (0-1) || None || 39,129 || 4-3 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 8 || April 11 || @ Pittsburgh Pirates || 6-7 || Torres (1-1) || Carter (0-1) || Gonzalez (1) || 17,240 || 4-4 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 9 || April 12 || @ Pittsburgh Pirates || 5-9 || Torres (2-1) || Kuo (0-1) || None || 13,237 || 4-5 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 10 || April 13 || @ Pittsburgh Pirates || 13-5 || Lowe (1-1) || Pérez (0-2) || None || 18,134 || 5-5 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 11 || April 14 || San Francisco Giants || 2-1 || Wright || Kuo (0-2) || Worrell (4) || 45,940 || 5-6 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 12 || April 15 || San Francisco Giants || 1-3 || Pérez (2-0) || Schmidt (0-2) || Báez (3) || 55,132 || 6-6 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 13 || April 16 || San Francisco Giants || 2-0 || Hennessey (1-0) || Seo (0-1) || Worrell (5) || 47,024 || 6-7 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 14 || April 17 || Chicago Cubs || 4-1 || Maddux (3-0) || Tomko (1-1) || Dempster (3) || 33,551 || 6-8 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 15 || April 18 || Chicago Cubs || 1-2 || Saito (1-0) || Ohman (1-1) || None || 37,340 || 7-8 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 16 || April 19 || Chicago Cubs || 5-4 || Williamson (2-0) || Báez (0-1) || Dempster (4) || 41,288 || 7-9 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 17 || April 21 || Arizona Diamondbacks || 3-6 || Pérez (3-0) || Hernandez (1-3) || Daez (4) || 44,294 || 8-9 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 18 || April 22 || Arizona Diamondbacks || 5-4 || Batista (2-0) || Seo (0-2) || Valverde (3) || 51,878 || 8-10 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 19 || April 23 || Arizona Diamondbacks || 4-6 || Tomko (2-1) || Ortiz (0-3) || Báez (5) || 48,394 || 9-10 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 20 || April 24 || @ Houston Astros || 6-2 || Saito (2-0) || Lidge (0-1) || Báez (6) || 28,382 || 10-10 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 21 || April 25 || @ Houston Astros || 3-4 || Astacio (2-0) || Kuo (0-3) || None || 30,451 || 10-11 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 22 || April 26 || @ Houston Astros || 5-8 || Rodríguez (4-0) || Pérez (3-1) || None || 32,874 || 10-12 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 23 || April 28 || @ San Diego Padres || 3-0 || Seo (1-2) || Young (2-2) || Báez (7) || 36,435 || 11-12 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 24 || April 29 || @ San Diego Padres || 4-2 || Tomko (3-1) || Hensley (1-2) || Báez (8) || 44,337 || 12-12 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 25 || April 30 || @ San Diego Padres || 5-6 || Linebrink (2-2) || Hamulack (0-2) || None || 38,116 || 12-13

|- style="background: #fbb;" | 26 || May 1 || @ Arizona Diamondbacks || 2-3 || Vargas (3-1) || Penny (2-1) || Valverde (6) || 20,100 || 12-14 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 27 || May 2 || @ Arizona Diamondbacks || 8-10 || Vizcaino (1-2) || Saito (2-1) || Valverde (7) || 23,216 || 12-15 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 28 || May 3 || San Diego Padres || 11-5 || Cassidy (1-0) || Osoria (0-2) || None || 33,352 || 12-16 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 29 || May 4 || San Diego Padres || 3-0 || Embree (1-0) || Saito (2-2) || Hoffman (5) || 34,137 || 12-17 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 30 || May 5 || Milwaukee Brewers || 3-4 || Báez (1-1) || Wise (2-2) || None || 47,731 || 13-17 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 31 || May 6 || Milwaukee Brewers || 4-5 || Báez (2-1) || Demaria (0-1) || None || 46,087 || 14-17 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 32 || May 7 || Milwaukee Brewers || 2-10 || Sele (1-0) || Bush (2-4) || None || 53,528 || 15-17 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 33 || May 9 || Houston Astros || 7-12 || Saito (3-2) || Wheeler (0-2) || None || 55,992 || 16-17 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 34 || May 10 || Houston Astros || 6-9 || Tomko (4-1) || Buchholz (2-2) || None || 33,595 || 17-17 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 35 || May 11 || Houston Astros || 4-2 || Rodríguez (5-1) || Lowe (1-2) || Wheeler (1) || 37,133 || 17-18 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 36 || May 12 || @ San Francisco Giants || 6-1 || Penny (3-1) || Morris (2-4) || None || 42,885 || 18-18 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 37 || May 13 || @ San Francisco Giants || 5-6 || Benítez (2-0) || Báez (2-2) || None || 42,864 || 18-19 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 38 || May 14 || @ San Francisco Giants || 6-3 || Pérez (4-1) || Kline (1-1) || Beimel (1) || 42,985 || 19-19 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 39 || May 15 || @ Colorado Rockies || 5-4 || Tomko (5-1) || Ramírez (2-1) || Saito (1) || 20,208 || 20-19 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 40 || May 16 || @ Colorado Rockies || 1-5 || Kim (2-1) || Lowe (1-3) || None || 23,192 || 20-20 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 41 || May 17 || @ Colorado Rockies || 3-2 || Penny (4-1) || Jennings (2-4) || Báez (9) || 30,296 || 21-20 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 42 || May 19 || Los Angeles Angels || 3-16 || Sele (2-0) || Weaver (1-7) || None || 55,655 || 22-20 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 43 || May 20 || Los Angeles Angels || 4-8 || Beimel (1-0) || Shields (1-3) || None || 55,587 || 23-20 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 44 || May 21 || Los Angeles Angels || 0-7 || Lowe (2-3) || Santana (4-2) || None || 55,662 || 24-20 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 45 || May 22 || Colorado Rockies || 1-6 || Seo (2-2) || Kim (2-2) || None || 33,652 || 25-20 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 46 || May 23 || Colorado Rockies || 1-8 || Penny (5-1) || Jennings (2-5) || None || 40,228 || 26-20 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 47 || May 24 || Colorado Rockies || 1-7 || Sele (3-0) || Cook (5-4) || None || 39,299 || 27-20 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 48 || May 26 || @ Washington Nationals || 4-10 || Hernández (3-5) || Tomko (5-2) || None || 22,712 || 27-21 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 49 || May 27 || @ Washington Nationals || 3-1 || Lowe (3-3) || Stanton (1-5) || Saito (2) || 26,867 || 28-21 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 50 || May 28 || @ Washington Nationals || 4-10 || Ortiz (3-4) || Seo (2-3) || None || 30,348 || 28-22 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 51 || May 29 || @ Atlanta Braves || 12-5 || Beimel (2-0) || Thomson (2-4) || None || 41,825 || 29-22 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 52 || May 30 || @ Atlanta Braves || 8-3 || Báez (3-2) || Remlinger (2-3) || None || 29,517 || 30-22 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 53 || May 31 || @ Atlanta Braves || 3-9 || Hudson (5-3) || Tomko (5-3) || None || 28,880 || 30-23

|- style="background: #bfb;" | 54 || June 1 || Philadelphia Phillies || 2-7 || Lowe (4-3) || Floyd (4-3) || None || 38,643 || 31-23 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 55 || June 2 || Philadelphia Phillies || 8-6 || Geary (2-0) || Báez (3-3) || Gordon (16) || 55,142 || 31-24 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 56 || June 3 || Philadelphia Phillies || 2-8 || Penny (6-1) || Brito (0-1) || None || 46,561 || 32-24 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 57 || June 4 || Philadelphia Phillies || 6-4 || Geary (3-0) || Beimel (2-1) || Gordon (17) || 48,270 || 32-25 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 58 || June 5 || New York Mets || 4-1 || Soler (1-1) || Tomko (5-4) || Bradford (1) || 34,420 || 32-26 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 59 || June 6 || New York Mets || 5-8 || Lowe (5-3) || Martínez (5-2) || Gagné (1) || 46,347 || 33-26 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 60 || June 7 || New York Mets || 9-7 || Glavine (9-2) || Pérez (4-2) || Wagner (12) || 44,320 || 33-27 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 61 || June 9 || @ Colorado Rockies || 3-0 || Penny (7-1) || Kim (3-4) || Saito (3) || 30,455 || 34-27 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 62 || June 10 || @ Colorado Rockies || 9-12 || Jennings (4-6) || Tomko (5-5) || Fuentes (13) || 35,557 || 34-28 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 63 || June 11 || @ Colorado Rockies || 6-5 || Báez (4-3) || Fuentes (1-1) || Saito (4) || 29,221 || 35-28 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 64 || June 13 || @ San Diego Padres || 1-9 || Park (4-3) || Sele (3-1) || None || 30,371 || 35-29 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 65 || June 14 || @ San Diego Padres || 3-5 || Linebrink (3-2) || Kuo (0-4) || Hoffman (15) || 30,011 || 35-30 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 66 || June 15 || @ San Diego Padres || 7-3 || Broxton (1-0) || Sikorski (0-1) || None || 33,382 || 36-30 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 67 || June 16 || @ Oakland Athletics || 3-7 || Zito (8-3) || Tomko (5-6) || None || 30,161 || 36-31 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 68 || June 17 || @ Oakland Athletics || 4-5 || Karsay (1-0) || Seo (2-4) || None || 35,077 || 36-32 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 69 || June 18 || @ Oakland Athletics || 2-5 || Blanton (7-6) || Sele (3-2) || Street (17) || 35,077 || 36-33 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 70 || June 20 || Seattle Mariners || 9-4 || Piñeiro (6-7) || Penny (7-2) || Soriano (2) || 43,949 || 36-34 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 71 || June 21 || Seattle Mariners || 8-5 || Mateo (4-0) || Báez (4-4) || Putz (12) || 40,419 || 36-35 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 72 || June 22 || Seattle Mariners || 2-4 || Lowe (6-3) || Hernández (7-7) || None || 46,207 || 37-35 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 73 || June 23 || Pittsburgh Pirates || 4-10 || Tomko (6-6) || Pérez (2-10) || None || 55,823 || 38-35 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 74 || June 24 || Pittsburgh Pirates || 0-7 || Sele (4-2) || Duke (5-7) || None || 47,785 || 39-35 |- style="background: #bfb;" | 75 || June 25 || Pittsburgh Pirates || 4-7 || Penny (8-2) || Wells (0-2) || Saito (5) || 55,545 || 40-35 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 76 || June 26 || @ Minnesota Twins || 2-8 || Silva (4-8) || Billingsley (0-1) || None || 22,528 || 40-36 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 77 || June 27 || @ Minnesota Twins || 2-9 || Liriano (8-1) || Lowe (6-4) || None || 30,681 || 40-37 |- style="background: #fbb;" | 78 || June 28 || @ Minnesota Twins || 3-6 || Santana (9-4) || Pérez (4-3) || Nathan (13) || 34,157 || 40-38 |- style="background: #bfb;"