2006 New York Mets season

The 2006 New York Mets season was the 45th regular season for the Mets. They went 97–65 and won the National League East, a feat the team would not repeat until 2015. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. They used the marketing slogan of "The Team. The Time. The Mets." throughout the season.

2006 New York Mets
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Shea Stadium
City	New York
Record	97–65 (.599)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Fred Wilpon
General managers	Omar Minaya
Managers	Willie Randolph
Television	WPIX SportsNet New York (Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Steve Berthiaume, Matt Yallof, Ralph Kiner)
Radio	WFAN (Howie Rose, Ed Coleman, Tom McCarthy) WADO (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
Seasons

Offseason

• November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron.
• 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).
• November 29, 2005: Billy Wagner was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
• 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 12, 2005: Julio Franco was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
• January 22, 2006: Kris Benson was traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine.

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
Philadelphia Phillies	85	77	0.525	12	41–40	44–37
Atlanta Braves	79	83	0.488	18	40–41	39–42
Florida Marlins	78	84	0.481	19	42–39	36–45
Washington Nationals	71	91	0.438	26	41–40	30–51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	6–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	2–4	4–5	8–10	3–3	1–6	1–5	5–1	9–10	8–11	4–3	1–5	4–11
Atlanta	1–6	—	6–1	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	3–3	2–4	7–11	7–11	3–3	7–2	3–4	4–2	10–8	5–10
Chicago	2–4	1–6	—	10–9	2–4	2–4	7–8	4–2	8–8	3–3	2–5	6–9	0–7	2–4	11–8	2–4	4–11
Cincinnati	2–4	3–4	9–10	—	5–1	4–2	10–5	0–6	9–10	3–4	2–4	9–7	2–4	2–5	9–6	5–1	6-9
Colorado	7–12	3–3	4–2	1–5	—	3–3	4–2	4–15	2–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	10–9	10–8	2–7	8–0	11–4
Florida	4–2	8–11	4–2	2–4	3–3	—	3–4	1–5	7–0	8–11	6–13	5–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	11–7	9–9
Houston	5–4	4–3	8–7	5–10	2–4	4-3	—	3–3	10–5	2–4	2–4	13–3	3–3	1–5	9–7	4–4	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	3–3	2–4	6–0	15–4	5–1	3–3	—	4–2	3–4	4–3	6–4	5–13	13–6	0–7	4–2	5–10
Milwaukee	3–3	4–2	8–8	10–9	4–2	0–7	5–10	2–4	—	3–3	5–1	7–9	4–3	6–3	7–9	1–5	6–9
New York	6–1	11–7	3–3	4–3	5–1	11–8	4–2	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	5–4	5–2	3–3	4–2	12–6	6–9
Philadelphia	5-1	11–7	5–2	4–2	4–3	13–6	4–2	3–4	1–5	8–11	—	3–3	2–4	5–1	3–3	9–10	5–13
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–3	9–6	7–9	3–3	2–5	3–13	4–6	9–7	4–5	3–3	—	1–5	6–1	6–9	3–3	3–12
San Diego	10–9	2–7	7–0	4–2	9–10	3–3	3–3	13–5	3–4	2–5	4–2	5–1	—	7–12	4–2	5–1	7–8
San Francisco	11–8	4–3	4–2	5–2	8–10	3–3	5–1	6–13	3–6	3–3	1–5	1–6	12–7	—	1–4	1–5	8–7
St. Louis	3–4	2–4	8–11	6–9	7–2	5-1	7–9	7–0	9–7	2–4	3–3	9–6	2–4	4–1	—	4–3	5–10
Washington	5–1	8–10	4–2	1–5	0–8	7-11	4–4	2–4	5–1	6–12	10–9	3–3	1–5	5–1	3–4	—	7–11

Transactions

• July 31, 2006: Xavier Nady was traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Roberto Hernandez and Óliver Pérez.
• August 8, 2006: Ricky Ledée was selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• August 22, 2006: Shawn Green was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with cash to the New York Mets for Evan MacLane (minors).

Roster

2006 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 40 Brian Bannister 19 Heath Bell 53 Chad Bradford 25 Pedro Feliciano 43 Bartolomé Fortunato 47 Tom Glavine 32 Geremi González 48 Aaron Heilman 26 Orlando Hernández 39 Roberto Hernández 49 Philip Humber 34 Jorge Julio 17 José Lima 33 John Maine 45 Pedro Martínez 59 Guillermo Mota 27 Darren Oliver 36 Henry Owens 34 Mike Pelfrey 46 Óliver Pérez 50 Duaner Sánchez 59 Alay Soler 29 Steve Trachsel 13 Billy Wagner 32 Dave Williams 38 Víctor Zambrano		Catchers 11 Ramon Castro  6 Mike DiFelice 16 Paul Lo Duca 36 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 21 Carlos Delgado 23 Julio Franco  1 Anderson Hernández 25 Kazuo Matsui  7 José Reyes 18 José Valentín  4 Chris Woodward  5 David Wright		Outfielders 15 Carlos Beltrán 10 Endy Chávez 20 Víctor Díaz 30 Cliff Floyd 20 Shawn Green  9 Ricky Ledée 32 Eli Marrero 44 Lastings Milledge 22 Xavier Nady 22 Michael Tucker		Manager 12 Willie Randolph Coaches 50 Manny Acta (third base)  2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (bench) 56 Guy Conti (bullpen) 54 Rick Down (hitting) 53 Jerry Manuel (first base) 51 Rick Peterson (pitching)

Game log

2006 Game Log (97–65) Home: 50–31; Away: 47–34
April: (16–8) Home: 7–4; Away: 9–4 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 April 3 Nationals 3–2 Glavine (1–0) Hernandez (0–1) Wagner (1) Shea Stadium 54,371 1–0 2 April 5 Nationals 5–9 (10) Cordero (1–0) Julio (0–1) — Shea Stadium 19,557 1–1 3 April 6 Nationals 10–5 Martinez (1–0) Ortiz (0–1) — Shea Stadium 25,839 2–1 4 April 7 Marlins 9–3 Trachsel (1–0) Vargas (0–1) — Shea Stadium 39,761 3–1 – April 8 Marlins Postponed (rain); rescheduled for July 8 5 April 9 Marlins 3–2 Wagner (1–0) Martinez (0–1) — Shea Stadium 55,255 4–1 6 April 11 @ Nationals 7–1 Bannister (1–0) Ortiz (0–2) — RFK Stadium 40,530 5–1 7 April 12 @ Nationals 3–1 Martinez (2–0) Armas (0–2) Wagner (2) RFK Stadium 29,985 6–1 8 April 13 @ Nationals 13–4 Zambrano (1–0) Hernandez (1–2) — RFK Stadium 25,465 7–1 9 April 14 Brewers 4–3 Glavine (2–0) Capuano (1–2) Wagner (3) Shea Stadium 37,489 8–1 10 April 15 Brewers 2–8 Ohka (1–1) Trachsel (1–1) — Shea Stadium 55,831 8–2 11 April 16 Brewers 9–3 Bannister (2–0) Sheets (0–1) — Shea Stadium 38,119 9–2 12 April 17 Braves 4–3 Martinez (3–0) Sosa (0–3) Wagner (4) Shea Stadium 36,867 10–2 13 April 18 Braves 1–7 Davies (1–1) Zambrano (1–1) — Shea Stadium 30,322 10–3 14 April 19 Braves 1–2 Hudson (1–1) Glavine (2–1) — Shea Stadium 40,861 10–4 15 April 20 @ Padres 7–2 Sanchez (1–0) Linebrink (1–2) — Petco Park 28,791 11–4 16 April 21 @ Padres 1–2 (14) Sweeney (1–0) Bradford (0–1) — Petco Park 38,541 11–5 17 April 22 @ Padres 8–1 Martinez (4–0) Young (2–1) — Petco Park 39,389 12–5 18 April 23 @ Padres 4–7 Hensley (1–1) Zambrano (1–2) Hoffman (3) Petco Park 34,109 12–6 19 April 24 @ Giants 2–6 Cain (1–2) Glavine (2–2) — AT&T Park 36,855 12–7 20 April 25 @ Giants 4–1 Trachsel (2–1) Wright (2–1) Wagner (5) AT&T Park 35,775 13–7 21 April 26 @ Giants 9–7 (11) Oliver (1–0) Munter (0–1) — AT&T Park 34,454 14–7 22 April 28 @ Braves 5–2 Martinez (5–0) Smoltz (1–2) Wagner (6) Turner Field 45,389 15–7 23 April 29 @ Braves 1–0 Glavine (3–2) Thomson (0–1) Wagner (7) Turner Field 46,387 16–7 24 April 30 @ Braves 5–8 Davies (2–2) Trachsel (2–2) Reitsma (5) Turner Field 35,245 16–8
May: (16–12) Home: 11–5; Away: 5–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 25 May 1 Nationals 2–1 Wagner (2–0) Majewski (1–2) — Shea Stadium 28,310 17–8 26 May 2 Nationals 2–6 O'Connor (1–0) Maine (0–1) — Shea Stadium 34,046 17–9 27 May 3 Pirates 4–3 (12) Bradford (1–1) Gonzalez (0–2) — Shea Stadium 33,668 18–9 28 May 4 Pirates 6–0 Glavine (4–2) Maholm (1–4) — Shea Stadium 30,756 19–9 29 May 5 Braves 8–7 (14) Julio (1–1) Sosa (0–5) — Shea Stadium 47,720 20–9 30 May 6 Braves 6–5 Fortunato (1–0) Hudson (2–3) Julio (1) Shea Stadium 48,369 21–9 31 May 7 Braves 3–13 Smoltz (2–2) Lima (0–1) — Shea Stadium 48,100 21–10 32 May 9 @ Phillies 4–5 Gordon (2–1) Heilman (0–1) — Citizens Bank Park 33,787 21–11 33 May 10 @ Phillies 13–2 Glavine (5–2) Lidle (3–4) — Citizens Bank Park 30,269 22–11 34 May 11 @ Phillies 0–2 (5) Floyd (4–2) Trachsel (2–3) — Citizens Bank Park 28,224 22–12 35 May 12 @ Brewers 6–9 Bush (3–4) Lima (0–2) Turnbow (12) Miller Park 26,362 22–13 36 May 13 @ Brewers 9–8 Bradford (2–1) Turnbow (0–1) Wagner (8) Miller Park 45,150 23–13 37 May 14 @ Brewers 5–6 (10) de la Rosa (2–0) Bradford (2–2) — Miller Park 28,104 23–14 38 May 16 @ Cardinals 8–3 Glavine (6–2) Suppan (4–3) — Busch Stadium 39,616 24–14 39 May 17 @ Cardinals 0–1 Mulder (5–1) Trachsel (2–4) Isringhausen (12) Busch Stadium 40,573 24–15 40 May 18 @ Cardinals 3–6 Marquis (5–4) Lima (0–3) Isringhausen (13) Busch Stadium 41,273 24–16 41 May 19 Yankees 7–6 Wagner (3–0) Rivera (1–3) — Shea Stadium 56,289 25–16 42 May 20 Yankees 4–5 (11) Rivera (2–3) Julio (1–2) — Shea Stadium 56,185 25–17 43 May 21 Yankees 4–3 Glavine (7–2) Small (0–2) Wagner (9) Shea Stadium 56,205 26–17 44 May 23 Phillies 9–8 (16) Oliver (2–0) Madson (4–3) — Shea Stadium 28,958 27–17 45 May 24 Phillies 5–4 Feliciano (1–0) Cormier (2–1) Wagner (10) Shea Stadium 32,094 28–17 46 May 25 Phillies 3–5 Myers (3–2) Feliciano (1–1) Gordon (14) Shea Stadium 51,365 28–18 47 May 26 @ Marlins 1–5 Johnson (4–2) Martinez (5–1) — Dolphins Stadium 15,338 28–19 48 May 27 @ Marlins 7–4 Glavine (8–2) Willis (1–6) Wagner (11) Dolphins Stadium 13,037 29–19 49 May 28 @ Marlins 7–3 Hernandez (3–4) Nolasco (3–2) — Dolphins Stadium 17,488 30–19 50 May 29 Diamondbacks 8–7 Sanchez (2–0) Valverde (2–3) — Shea Stadium 39,826 31–19 51 May 30 Diamondbacks 2–7 Batista (5–2) Soler (0–1) — Shea Stadium 35,448 31–20 52 May 31 Diamondbacks 1–0 (13) Sanchez (3–0) Grimsley (1–2) — Shea Stadium 37,735 32–20
June: (15–12) Home: 4–6; Away: 11–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record – June 2 Giants Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 3 53 June 3 (1) Giants 4–6 Cain (4–5) Hernandez (3–5) Benitez (4) Shea Stadium N/A 32–21 54 June 3 (2) Giants 3–2 (11) Sanchez (4–0) Wilson (0–1) — Shea Stadium 45,576 33–21 55 June 4 Giants 6–7 (12) Sanchez (1–0) Feliciano (1–2) Accardo (1) Shea Stadium 48,791 33–22 56 June 5 @ Dodgers 4–1 Soler (1–1) Tomko (5–4) Bradford (1) Dodger Stadium 34,420 34–22 57 June 6 @ Dodgers 5–8 Lowe (5–3) Martinez (5–2) Gagne (1) Dodger Stadium 46,347 34–23 58 June 7 @ Dodgers 9–7 Glavine (9–2) Perez (4–2) Wagner (12) Dodger Stadium 44,230 35–23 59 June 8 @ Diamondbacks 7–1 Hernandez (4–5) Vargas (6–3) — Chase Field 20,845 36–23 60 June 9 @ Diamondbacks 10–6 Trachsel (3–4) Batista (6–3) — Chase Field 23,671 37–23 61 June 10 @ Diamondbacks 5–0 Soler (2–1) Webb (8–1) — Chase Field 33,671 38–23 62 June 11 @ Diamondbacks 15–2 Martinez (6–2) Ortiz (0–5) — Chase Field 28,475 39–23 63 June 13 @ Phillies 9–7 Bradford (3–2) Madson (6–4) Wagner (13) Citizens Bank Park 37,964 40–23 64 June 14 @ Phillies 9–3 Oliver (3–0) Myers (4–3) — Citizens Bank Park 38,811 41–23 65 June 15 @ Phillies 5–4 Trachsel (4–4) Lidle (4–6) Wagner (14) Citizens Bank Park 45,102 42–23 66 June 16 Orioles 3–6 Bedard (6–6) Heilman (0–2) Ray (17) Shea Stadium 45,967 42–24 67 June 17 Orioles 2–4 Benson (8–5) Martinez (6–3) Ray (18) Shea Stadium 52,320 42–25 68 June 18 Orioles 9–4 Glavine (10–2) Loewen (0–2) — Shea Stadium 43,393 43–25 69 June 19 Reds 2–4 Arroyo (9–3) Hernandez (4–6) — Shea Stadium 41,874 43–26 70 June 20 Reds 9–2 Trachsel (5–4) Ramirez (2–6) — Shea Stadium 38,991 44–26 71 June 21 Reds 5–6 Standridge (1–0) Wagner (3–1) Coffey (5) Shea Stadium 49,758 44–27 72 June 22 Reds 6–2 Martinez (7–3) Milton (4–4) Bradford (2) Shea Stadium 46,767 45–27 73 June 23 @ Blue Jays 6–1 Glavine (11–2) Janssen (5–6) — Rogers Centre 28,507 46–27 74 June 24 @ Blue Jays 4–7 Halladay (9–2) Hernandez (4–7) Ryan (21) Rogers Centre 31,327 46–28 75 June 25 @ Blue Jays 7–4 Trachsel (6–4) Towers (1–9) Wagner (15) Rogers Centre 32,277 47–28 76 June 27 @ Red Sox 4–9 Lester (3–0) Soler (2–2) — Fenway Park 36,250 47–29 77 June 28 @ Red Sox 2–10 Beckett (10–3) Martinez (7–4) — Fenway Park 36,035 47–30 78 June 29 @ Red Sox 2–4 Schilling (10–2) Heilman (0–3) Papelbon (24) Fenway Park 36,028 47–31 79 June 30 @ Yankees 0–2 Villone (2–1) Hernandez (4–8) Rivera (18) Yankee Stadium 55,245 47–32
July: (16–9) Home: 8–6; Away: 8–3 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 80 July 1 @ Yankees 8–3 Trachsel (7–4) Johnson (9–7) — Yankee Stadium 55,132 48–32 81 July 2 @ Yankees 7–16 Villone (3–1) Soler (2–3) — Yankee Stadium 55,212 48–33 82 July 3 Pirates 1–11 Maholm (3–7) Maine (0–2) — Shea Stadium 54,111 48–34 83 July 4 Pirates 7–6 Sanchez (5–0) R. Hernandez (0–2) Wagner (16) Shea Stadium 38,487 49–34 84 July 5 Pirates 5–0 O. Hernandez (5–8) Wells (0–4) — Shea Stadium 40,360 50–34 85 July 6 Pirates 7–5 Trachsel (8–4) Gorzelanny (0–1) Wagner (17) Shea Stadium 39,743 51–34 86 July 7 Marlins 3–7 Willis (6–7) Lima (0–4) — Shea Stadium 41,276 51–35 87 July 8 (1) Marlins 2–3 Johnson (8–4) Maine (0–3) Borowski (16) Shea Stadium N/A 51–36 88 July 8 (2) Marlins 17–3 Pelfrey (1–0) Nolasco (6–6) — Shea Stadium 41,477 52–36 89 July 9 Marlins 7–6 Feliciano (2–2) Kensing (1–2) Wagner (18) Shea Stadium 39,829 53–36 77th All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 90 July 14 @ Cubs 6–3 Trachsel (9–4) Maddux (7–10) — Wrigley Field 40,782 54–36 91 July 15 @ Cubs 2–9 Zambrano (9–3) Glavine (11–3) — Wrigley Field 41,368 54–37 92 July 16 @ Cubs 13–7 Feliciano (3–2) Marshall (5–8) — Wrigley Field 40,157 55–37 93 July 18 @ Reds 8–3 Pelfrey (2–0) Milton (6–5) — Great American Ball Park 27,138 56–37 94 July 19 @ Reds 4–7 Coffey (5–4) Sanchez (5–1) Guardado (9) Great American Ball Park 26,300 56–38 95 July 20 @ Reds 4–2 (10) Feliciano (4–2) Majewski (3–3) Wagner (19) Great American Ball Park 28,729 57–38 96 July 21 Astros 7–0 Maine (1–3) Buchholz (6–8) — Shea Stadium 46,228 58–38 97 July 22 Astros 4–3 O. Hernandez (6–8) Backe (1–1) Wagner (20) Shea Stadium 46,574 59–38 98 July 23 Astros 4–8 Oswalt (7–7) Pelfrey (2–1) — Shea Stadium 46,375 59–39 99 July 24 Cubs 7–8 Maddux (8–11) Trachsel (9–5) Dempster (17) Shea Stadium 45,631 59–40 100 July 25 Cubs 6–8 Zambrano (11–3) Glavine (11–4) Howry (3) Shea Stadium 47,686 59–41 101 July 26 Cubs 1–0 (10) Heilman (1–3) Rusch (3–8) — Shea Stadium 40,299 60–41 102 July 28 @ Braves 6–4 Martinez (8–4) Ramirez (5–4) Wagner (21) Turner Field 53,943 61–41 103 July 29 @ Braves 11–3 O. Hernandez (7–8) Hudson (8–9) — Turner Field 49,047 62–41 104 July 30 @ Braves 10–6 Oliver (4–0) James (4–2) Wagner (22) Turner Field 40,526 63–41
August: (19–9) Home: 13–2; Away: 6–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 105 August 1 @ Marlins 5–6 Herges (1–2) Wagner (3–2) — Dolphins Stadium 16,641 63–42 106 August 2 @ Marlins 6–5 Trachsel (10–5) Nolasco (9–7) Wagner (23) Dolphins Stadium 18,239 64–42 107 August 3 @ Marlins 1–4 Willis (7–8) Heilman (1–4) Borowski (22) Dolphins Stadium 24,097 64–43 108 August 4 Phillies 3–5 Madson (10–7) Oliver (4–1) Gordon (27) Shea Stadium 43,209 64–44 109 August 5 Phillies 4–3 Glavine (12–4) Lieber (4–9) Wagner (24) Shea Stadium 44,829 65–44 110 August 6 Phillies 8–1 Maine (2–3) Mathieson (1–3) — Shea Stadium 39,144 66–44 111 August 8 Padres 3–2 Trachsel (11–5) W. Williams (4–4) Wagner (25) Shea Stadium 46,167 67–44 112 August 9 Padres 4–3 Martinez (9–4) Hensley (7–9) Wagner (26) Shea Stadium 49,979 68–44 113 August 10 Padres 7–3 Hernandez (8–8) Brocail (2–1) — Shea Stadium 39,649 69–44 114 August 11 @ Nationals 1–2 Traber (2–1) Glavine (12–5) Cordero (21) RFK Stadium 29,414 69–45 115 August 12 @ Nationals 6–4 Feliciano (5–2) Schroder (0–1) Wagner (27) RFK Stadium 42,507 70–45 116 August 13 @ Nationals 3–1 Bradford (4–2) Rauch (3–3) Wagner (28) RFK Stadium 37,732 71–45 117 August 14 @ Phillies 0–13 Hamels (5–6) Martinez (9–5) — Citizens Bank Park 36,888 71–46 118 August 15 @ Phillies 4–11 Wolf (1–0) Hernandez (8–9) — Citizens Bank Park 40,283 71–47 119 August 16 @ Phillies 0–3 Lieber (5–9) Glavine (12–6) — Citizens Bank Park 42,156 71–48 120 August 17 @ Phillies 7–2 Maine (3–3) Mathieson (1–4) — Citizens Bank Park 45,775 72–48 121 August 18 Rockies 6–3 Trachsel (12–5) Kim (7–8) Wagner (29) Shea Stadium 35,325 73–48 122 August 19 Rockies 7–4 Heilman (2–4) Francis (9–10) Wagner (30) Shea Stadium 55,085 74–48 123 August 20 Rockies 2–0 Hernandez (9–9) Jennings (7–10) Wagner (31) Shea Stadium 40,654 75–48 124 August 22 Cardinals 8–7 Heilman (3–4) Isringhausen (4–7) — Shea Stadium 49,661 76–48 125 August 23 Cardinals 10–8 Trachsel (13–5) Mulder (6–6) Wagner (32) Shea Stadium 49,329 77–48 126 August 24 Cardinals 6–2 D. Williams (3–3) Marquis (13–12) — Shea Stadium 45,497 78–48 127 August 25 Phillies 3–4 Wolf (3–0) Bannister (2–1) Madson (2) Shea Stadium 41,707 78–49 128 August 26 Phillies 11–5 Feliciano (6–2) White (2–1) — Shea Stadium 47,019 79–49 – August 27 Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 28 129 August 28 Phillies 8–3 Maine (4–3) Moyer (7–13) — Shea Stadium 45,868 80–49 130 August 29 @ Rockies 10–5 Trachsel (13–5) Kim (7–10) — Coors Field 23,454 81–49 131 August 30 @ Rockies 11–3 D. Williams (4–3) Fogg (9–9) — Coors Field 22,945 82–49 132 August 31 @ Rockies 4–8 Francis (11–10) Perez (2–11) — Coors Field 23,273 82–50
September: (14–15) Home: 7–8; Away: 7–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 133 September 1 @ Astros 8–7 Mota (2–3) Springer (1–1) Wagner (33) Minute Maid Park 35,548 83–50 134 September 2 @ Astros 4–2 Maine (5–3) Hirsh (2–3) Wagner (34) Minute Maid Park 43,218 84–50 135 September 3 @ Astros 1–2 Oswalt (11–8) Hernandez (9–10) Lidge (29) Minute Maid Park 43,018 84–51 136 September 4 Braves 0–5 James (8–3) Trachsel (14–6) — Shea Stadium 42,428 84–52 – September 5 Braves Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 6 137 September 6 (1) Braves 4–1 Williams (5–3) Smoltz (12–8) Wagner (35) Shea Stadium N/A 85–52 138 September 6 (2) Braves 8–0 O. Perez (3–11) Davies (2–5) — Shea Stadium 40,536 86–52 139 September 7 Dodgers 7–0 Glavine (13–6) Penny (15–8) — Shea Stadium 48,583 87–52 140 September 8 Dodgers 0–5 Kuo (1–4) Maine (5–4) — Shea Stadium 52,077 87–53 141 September 9 Dodgers 3–2 Hernandez (10–10) Maddux (12–13) Wagner (36) Shea Stadium 47,062 88–53 142 September 10 Dodgers 1–9 Stults (1–0) Trachsel (14–7) — Shea Stadium 48,760 88–54 143 September 11 @ Marlins 5–16 Sanchez (8–2) Williams (5–4) — Dolphins Stadium 13,725 88–55 144 September 12 @ Marlins 6–4 Mota (3–3) Resop (1–1) Wagner (37) Dolphins Stadium 15,163 89–55 145 September 13 @ Marlins 7–4 (11) Heilman (4–4) Herges (1–3) Wagner (38) Dolphins Stadium 20,225 90–55 146 September 15 @ Pirates 3–5 Maholm (8–10) Martinez (9–6) Torres (8) PNC Park 24,410 90–56 147 September 16 @ Pirates 2–3 Capps (8–1) Heilman (4–5) — PNC Park 37,623 90–57 148 September 17 @ Pirates 0–3 Duke (10–13) Maine (5–5) Torres (9) PNC Park 34,866 90–58 149 September 18 Marlins 4–0 Trachsel (15–7) Moehler (7–9) — Shea Stadium 46,729 91–58 150 September 19 Marlins 3–2 Glavine (14–6) Resop (1–2) Wagner (39) Shea Stadium 42,407 92–58 151 September 20 Marlins 3–6 Willis (12–11) O. Perez (3–12) Borowski (35) Shea Stadium 37,911 92–59 152 September 21 Marlins 2–5 Sanchez (9–3) Martinez (9–7) Borowski (36) Shea Stadium 44,966 92–60 153 September 22 Nationals 2–3 Astacio (5–5) Hernandez (10–11) Cordero (28) Shea Stadium 42,788 92–61 154 September 23 Nationals 12–6 Maine (6–5) O'Connor (3–8) — Shea Stadium 45,247 93–61 155 September 24 Nationals 1–5 Armas (9–12) Trachsel (15–8) — Shea Stadium 44,543 93–62 156 September 25 Nationals 3–7 B. Perez (2–0) Glavine (14–7) — Shea Stadium 34,027 93–63 157 September 26 @ Braves 0–12 Smoltz (15–9) O. Perez (3–13) — Turner Field 22,607 93–64 158 September 27 @ Braves 1–13 Hudson (13–12) Martinez (9–8) — Turner Field 23,177 93–65 159 September 28 @ Braves 7–4 Hernandez (11–11) Davies (3–7) — Turner Field 22,944 94–65 160 September 29 @ Nationals 4–3 Feliciano (7–2) Rauch (4–5) Wagner (40) RFK Stadium 27,805 95–65 161 September 30 @ Nationals 13–0 Glavine (15–7) B. Perez (2–1) — RFK Stadium 30,449 96–65
October: (1–0) Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 162 October 1 @ Nationals 6–2 Mota (4–3) Ortiz (11–16) — RFK Stadium 29,044 97–65

Player stats

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	Paul Lo Duca	124	512	163	.318	5	49
1B	Carlos Delgado	144	524	139	.265	38	114
2B	José Valentín	137	384	104	.271	18	62
3B	David Wright	154	582	181	.311	26	116
SS	José Reyes	153	647	194	.300	19	81
LF	Cliff Floyd	97	332	81	.244	11	44
CF	Carlos Beltrán	140	510	140	.275	41	116
RF	Xavier Nady	75	265	70	.264	14	40

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
Endy Chávez	133	353	108	.306	4	42
Chris Woodward	83	222	48	.216	3	25
Lastings Milledge	56	166	40	.241	4	22
Julio Franco	95	165	45	.273	2	26
Kazuo Matsui	38	130	26	.200	1	7
Ramón Castro	40	126	30	.238	4	12
Shawn Green	34	113	29	.257	4	15
Anderson Hernández	25	66	10	.152	1	3
Michael Tucker	35	56	11	.196	1	6
Eli Marrero	25	33	6	.182	2	5
Ricky Ledée	27	32	3	.094	1	1
Mike Difelice	15	25	2	.080	0	1
Kelly Stinnett	7	12	1	.083	0	0
Víctor Díaz	6	11	2	.182	0	2

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	SO
Tom Glavine	32	180	15	7	3.82	131
Steve Trachsel	30	164+2⁄3	15	8	4.97	79
Pedro Martínez	23	132+2⁄3	9	8	4.48	137
Orlando Hernández	20	116+2⁄3	9	7	4.09	112
Óliver Pérez	22	112+2⁄3	3	13	6.55	102
John Maine	16	90	6	5	3.60	71
Alay Soler	8	45	2	3	6.00	23
Víctor Zambrano	5	21+1⁄3	1	2	6.75	15
Mike Pelfrey	4	21+1⁄3	2	1	5.48	13
José Lima	4	17+1⁄3	0	4	9.87	12
Geremi González	3	14	0	0	7.71	8

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
Brian Bannister	8	38	2	1	4.26	19
Dave Williams	6	29	3	1	5.59	16

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
Billy Wagner	70	3	2	40	2.24	94
Aaron Heilman	74	4	5	0	3.62	73
Pedro Feliciano	64	7	2	0	2.09	54
Duaner Sánchez	49	5	1	0	2.60	44
Darren Oliver	45	4	1	0	3.44	60
Heath Bell	22	0	0	0	5.11	35
Roberto Hernández	22	0	0	0	3.48	15
Jorge Julio	18	1	2	1	5.06	33
Guillermo Mota	18	3	0	0	1.00	19
Royce Ring	11	0	0	0	2.13	8
Henry Owens	3	0	0	0	9.00	2
Bartolomé Fortunato	2	1	0	0	27.00	0
Philip Humber	2	0	0	0	0.00	2

Playoffs

Game log

2006 Postseason Game Log (6–4)
NLDS vs Dodgers (3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 October 4 Dodgers 6–5 Mota (1–0) Penny (0–1) Wagner (1) Shea Stadium 56,979 1–0 2 October 5 Dodgers 4–1 Glavine (1–0) Kuo (0–1) Wagner (2) Shea Stadium 57,029 2–0 3 October 7 @ Dodgers 9–5 Feliciano (1–0) Broxton (0–1) — Dodger Stadium 56,293 3–0
NLCS vs Cardinals (3–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record – October 11 Cardinals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for October 13 1 October 12 Cardinals 2–0 Glavine (1–0) Weaver (0–1) Wagner (1) Shea Stadium 56,311 1–0 2 October 13 Cardinals 6–9 Kinney (1–0) Wagner (0–1) — Shea Stadium 56,349 1–1 3 October 14 @ Cardinals 0–5 Suppan (1–0) Trachsel (0–1) — Busch Stadium 47,053 1–2 4 October 15 @ Cardinals 12–5 Perez (1–0) Thompson (0–1) — Busch Stadium 46,600 2–2 – October 16 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for October 17 5 October 17 @ Cardinals 2–4 Weaver (1–1) Glavine (1–1) Wainwright (1) Busch Stadium 46,496 2–3 6 October 18 Cardinals 4–2 Maine (1–0) Carpenter (0–1) — Shea Stadium 56,334 3–3 7 October 19 Cardinals 1–3 Flores (1–0) Heilman (0–1) Wainwright (2) Shea Stadium 56,357 3–4

Awards and honors

• Carlos Delgado, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	Ken Oberkfell
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Juan Samuel
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Gary Carter
A	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	George Greer
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Donovan Mitchell
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie

External links

• 2006 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 2006 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com