The 2006 San Diego Padres season was the 38th season in franchise history. The Padres captured their second consecutive National League West title, with a record of 88–74, tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers by virtue of winning the season series 13–5 against the Dodgers. The 2006 season also marked the end of Bruce Bochy's tenure as manager of the team, after 24 seasons overall, 12 seasons as manager (1995–2006), winning 4 division titles (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006). The Padres were eliminated in the NLDS by the eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, losing 3–1. The Padres would not make the playoffs again until 2020.
Offseason November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron.Xavier Nady at Baseball Reference December 2, 2005: Pete LaForest was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. December 5, 2005: Brian Giles was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. December 7, 2005: Dewon Brazelton was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for Sean Burroughs.Dewon Brazelton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 22, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. January 4, 2006: Adam Eaton, Akinori Otsuka, and Billy Killian were traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Adrián González, Chris Young, and Terrmel Sledge. January 12, 2006: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.Alan Embree Statistics Baseball-Reference.com February 3, 2006: Mike Piazza signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. May 1, 2006: Doug Mirabelli was traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Josh Bard and Cla Meredith.
Regular season
Opening Day starters Played at Petco Park on April 3, 2006 against the San Francisco Giants. Player Pos Dave Roberts CF Eric Young LF Brian Giles RF Mike Piazza C Adrián González 1B Khalil Greene SS Vinny Castilla 3B Josh Barfield 2B Jake Peavy P San Diego 6, San Francisco 1
Season standings
National League West
NOTE: Although the Padres final record equaled that of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Padres record of 13-5 against the Dodgers awarded them the official division title.
Record vs. opponents
Transactions June 6, 2006: David Freese was drafted in the 9th round of the 2006 amateur draft. August 24, 2006: Russell Branyan was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Evan Meek (minors). The San Diego Padres sent Dale Thayer (minors) (September 15, 2006) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade.Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Game log
|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || Giants || 6–1 || || || || || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 5 || Giants || 1–3 || || || || || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 7 || Rockies || 4–10 || || || || || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || April 8 || Rockies || 4–12 || || || || || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || April 9 || Rockies || 4–10 || || || || || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 || April 11 || @ Marlins || 9–3 || || || || || 2–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || April 12 || @ Marlins || 7–2 || || || || || 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 13 || @ Marlins || 2–9 || || || || || 3–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 14 || @ Braves || 4–5 || || || || || 3–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || April 15 || @ Braves || 0–2 || || || || || 3–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || April 16 || @ Braves || 4–3 || || || || || 4–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 || April 17 || @ Rockies || 5–2 || || || || || 5–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 18 || @ Rockies || 2–3 || || || || || 5–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 || April 19 || @ Rockies || 13–4 || || || || || 6–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 20 || Mets || 2–7 || || || || || 6–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 || April 21 || Mets || 2–1 || || || || || 7–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 22 || Mets || 1–8 || || || || || 7–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 || April 23 || Mets || 7–4 || || || || || 8–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 19 || April 24 || Dbacks || 1–4 || || || || || 8–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || April 25 || Dbacks || 0–7 || || || || || 8–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 26 || Dbacks || 2–3 || || || || || 8–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 28 || Dodgers || 0–3 || || || || || 8–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 23 || April 29 || Dodgers || 2–4 || || || || || 8–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 || April 30 || Dodgers || 6–5 || || || || || 9–15
|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 || May 1 || @ Giants || 10–4 || || || || || 10–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 || May 2 || @ Giants || 5–3 || || || || || 11–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 || May 3 || @ Dodgers || 11–5 || || || || || 12–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 || May 4 || @ Dodgers || 3–0 || || || || || 13–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 || May 5 || Cubs || 1–0 || || || || || 14–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 || May 6 || Cubs || 2–1 || || || || || 15–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 || May 7 || Cubs || 6–3 || || || || || 16–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 || May 8 || Cubs || 8–3 || || || || || 17–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 9 || Brewers || 4–5 || || || || || 17–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 || May 10 || Brewers || 3–0 || || || || || 18–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 || May 11 || Brewers || 8–5 || || || || || 19–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || May 12 || @ Cubs || 10–5 || || || || || 20–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 || May 13 || @ Cubs || 4–3 || || || || || 21–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || May 14 || @ Cubs || 9–0 || || || || || 22–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 39 || May 15 || @ Dbacks || 5–6 || || || || || 22–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || May 16 || @ Dbacks || 2–5 || || || || || 22–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 || May 17 || @ Dbacks || 14–10 || || || || || 23–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 19 || @ Mariners || 4–7 || || || || || 23–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 20 || @ Mariners || 3–6 || || || || || 23–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 21 || @ Mariners || 8–10 || || || || || 23–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 22 || Braves || 1–3 || || || || || 23–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 || May 23 || Braves || 2–1 || || || || || 24–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 24 || Braves || 6–10 || || || || || 24–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 || May 26 || Cardinals || 7–1 || || || || || 25–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 49 || May 27 || Cardinals || 3–4 || || || || || 25–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 || May 28 || Cardinals || 10–8 || || || || || 26–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 51 || May 29 || Rockies || 0–5 || || || || || 26–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 52 || May 30 || Rockies || 2–0 || || || || || 27–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || May 31 || Rockies || 3–2 || || || || || 28–25
|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || June 2 || @ Pirates || 7–0 || || || || || 29–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 55 || June 3 || @ Pirates || 4–6 || || || || || 29–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 56 || June 4 || @ Pirates || 1–0 || || || || || 30–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 57 || June 5 || @ Brewers || 2–5 || || || || || 30–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 58 || June 6 || @ Brewers || 1–5 || || || || || 30–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 || June 7 || @ Brewers || 6–5 || || || || || 31–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 8 || @ Brewers || 3–4 || || || || || 31–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 61 || June 9 || Marlins || 3–2 || || || || || 32–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 62 || June 10 || Marlins || 1–2 || || || || || 32–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 63 || June 11 || Marlins || 3–7 || || || || || 32–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 || June 13 || Dodgers || 9–1 || || || || || 33–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 || June 14 || Dodgers || 5–3 || || || || || 34–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 66 || June 15 || Dodgers || 3–7 || || || || || 34–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 67 || June 16 || @ Angels || 5–4 || || || || || 35–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 68 || June 17 || @ Angels || 2–3 || || || || || 35–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 69 || June 18 || @ Angels || 7–3 || || || || || 36–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 70 || June 20 || @ Rangers || 6–5 || || || || || 37–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 || June 21 || @ Rangers || 3–2 || || || || || 38–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 22 || @ Rangers || 3–5 || || || || || 38–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 || June 23 || Mariners || 2–1 || || || || || 39–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 74 || June 24 || Mariners || 5–9 || || || || || 39–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 75 || June 25 || Mariners || 4–9 || || || || || 39–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 76 || June 27 || Athletics || 3–0 || || || || || 40–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 || June 28 || Athletics || 8–1 || || || || || 41–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 78 || June 29 || Athletics || 5–6 || || || || || 41–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 || June 30 || Giants || 6–5 || || || || || 42–37
|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 || July 1 (1) || Giants || 7–4 || || || || || 43–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 81 || July 1 (2) || Giants || 1–4 || || || || || 43–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 82 || July 2 || Giants || 2–6 || || || || || 43–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 83 || July 4 || @ Phillies || 5–6 || || || || || 43–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 84 || July 5 || @ Phillies || 6–3 || || || || || 44–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 85 || July 6 || @ Phillies || 5–3 || || || || || 45–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 86 || July 7 || @ Nationals || 3–2 || || || || || 46–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 87 || July 8 || @ Nationals || 5–2 || || || || || 47–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 88 || July 9 || @ Nationals || 10–9 || || || || || 48–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 89 || July 14 || Braves || 12–15 || || || || || 48–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 90 || July 15 || Braves || 3–11 || || || || || 48–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 91 || July 16 || Braves || 5–10 || || || || || 48–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 92 || July 17 || Phillies || 8–6 || || || || || 49–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 93 || July 18 || Phillies || 10–6 || || || || || 50–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 94 || July 19 || Phillies || 4–5 || || || || || 50–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 95 || July 20 || @ Giants || 3–9 || || || || || 50–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 96 || July 21 || @ Giants || 2–8 || || || || || 50–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 97 || July 22 || @ Giants || 3–4 || || || || || 50–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 98 || July 23 || @ Giants || 6–5 || || || || || 51–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 99 || July 24 || @ Dodgers || 7–6 || || || || || 52–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 100 || July 25 || @ Dodgers || 7–3 || || || || || 53–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 101 || July 26 || @ Dodgers || 10–3 || || || || || 54–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 102 || July 27 || @ Rockies || 8–9 || || || || || 54–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"