The 2006 Kansas City Royals season was the 38th season for the franchise, and their 34th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses and missed the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

2006 Kansas City Royals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

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

Player stats

Batting 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 Paul Bako C 56 153 32 .209 0 10 Ángel Berroa SS 132 474 111 .234 9 54 Emil Brown OF 147 527 151 .287 15 81 John Buck C 114 371 91 .245 11 50 Shane Costa OF 72 237 65 .274 3 27 David DeJesus OF 119 491 145 .295 8 56 Joey Gathright OF 134 383 91 .238 1 41 Esteban Germán 2B 106 279 91 .326 3 34 Tony Graffanino 3B 69 220 59 .268 5 32 Mark Grudzielanek 2B 134 548 163 .297 7 52 Doug Mientkiewicz 1B 91 314 89 .283 4 43 Reggie Sanders OF 88 325 80 .246 11 49 Ryan Shealy 1B 51 193 54 .280 7 36 Matt Stairs DH 77 226 59 .261 8 32 Mike Sweeney 1B 60 217 56 .258 8 33 Mark Teahen 3B 109 393 114 .290 18 69

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 Jeremy Affeldt P 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Andrés Blanco SS 33 87 21 .241 0 9 Brandon Duckworth P 2 3 1 .333 0 0 Scott Elarton P 2 3 1 .333 0 0 Aaron Guiel OF 19 50 11 .220 3 7 Justin Huber DH 5 10 2 .200 0 1 Bob Keppel P 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Jeff Keppinger 2B 22 60 16 .267 2 8 Mitch Maier OF 5 13 2 .154 0 0 Paul Phillips C 23 65 18 .277 1 5 Mark Redman P 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Kerry Robinson OF 18 64 17 .266 0 5 Ángel Sánchez SS 8 27 6 .222 0 1 Todd Wellemeyer P 4 2 0 .000 0 0 Mike Wood P 2 3 0 .000 0 0 Note: Pitchers batting data also included above

Starting and other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games pitched; SHO = Shutouts Player G IP W L ERA SO CG SHO Jeremy Affeldt LHP 27 70.0 4 6 5.91 28 0 0 Denny Bautista RHP 8 35.0 0 2 5.66 22 0 0 Adam Bernero RHP 3 13.0 1 0 1.35 12 0 0 Jorge de la Rosa LHP 10 48.2 3 4 5.18 36 0 0 Brandon Duckworth RHP 10 45.2 1 5 6.11 27 0 0 Scott Elarton RHP 20 114.2 4 9 5.34 49 0 0 Seth Etherton RHP 2 7.2 1 1 9.39 4 0 0 Runelvys Hernández RHP 21 114.2 4 9 6.58 50 1 1 Luke Hudson RHP 26 102.0 7 6 5.12 64 0 0 Bobby Keppel RHP 8 34.1 0 4 5.50 20 0 0 Joe Mays RHP 6 23.2 0 4 10.27 9 0 0 Odalis Pérez LHP 12 67.0 2 4 5.64 48 0 0 Mark Redman LHP 29 167.0 11 10 5.71 76 2 1 Kyle Snyder RHP 1 2.0 0 0 22.50 2 0 0 Mike Wood RHP 23 64.2 3 3 5.71 29 0 0

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Ambiorix Burgos RHP 68 4 5 18 5.52 72 Andrew Sisco LHP 65 1 3 1 7.10 52 Joel Peralta RHP 64 1 3 1 4.40 57 Jimmy Gobble LHP 60 4 6 2 5.14 80 Elmer Dessens RHP 43 5 7 2 4.50 36 Joe Nelson RHP 43 1 1 9 4.43 44 Todd Wellemeyer RHP 28 1 2 1 3.63 37 Scott Dohmann RHP 21 1 3 0 7.99 22 Ryan Braun RHP 9 0 1 0 6.75 6 Juan Carlos Oviedo RHP 7 0 0 0 4.73 7 Steve Stemle RHP 5 0 1 0 15.00 0 Joselo Díaz RHP 4 0 0 0 10.80 3 Steve Andrade RHP 4 0 0 0 9.64 5 Mike MacDougal RHP 4 0 0 1 0.00 2 Zack Greinke RHP 3 1 0 0 4.26 5 Chris Booker RHP 1 0 0 0 54.00 0

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

2006 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference 2006 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com