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30 teams in AL, NL · 2429 regular-season games · 2006-04-02 to 2006-10-01 · attendance 76,043,902

◀ 2005 2007 ▶

World Series champion

St. Louis Cardinals

MVP

Justin Morneau AL
Ryan Howard NL

Cy Young

Johan Santana AL
Brandon Webb NL

Rookie of the Year

Justin Verlander AL
Hanley Ramirez NL

All-Star Game

2006-07-11 at PNC Park

Hall of Fame class of 2006

Alex Pompez, Andy Cooper, Ben Taylor, Biz Mackey, Bruce Sutter, Cristobal Torriente, Cum Posey, Effa Manley, Frank Grant, J. L. Wilkinson, Jose Mendez, Jud Wilson, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Pete Hill, Ray Brown, Sol White, Willard Brown

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Division Series	Oakland Athletics 3–0 Minnesota Twins	3
Division Series	Detroit Tigers 3–1 New York Yankees	4
Division Series	St. Louis Cardinals 3–1 San Diego Padres	4
Division Series	New York Mets 3–0 Los Angeles Dodgers	3
League Championship	Detroit Tigers 4–0 Oakland Athletics	4
League Championship	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 New York Mets	7
World Series	St. Louis Cardinals 4–1 Detroit Tigers	5

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Minnesota Twins	96	66	.593	—	683	2,285,018	Ron Gardenhire, Scott Ullger	Division
2	Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586	1	675	2,595,937	Jim Leyland	Pennant Wild Card
3	Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	6	794	2,957,414	Ozzie Guillen, Joey Cora
4	Cleveland Indians	78	84	.481	18	782	1,997,995	Eric Wedge
5	Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	34	971	1,372,638	Buddy Bell, Bill Doran

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	97	65	.599	—	767	4,248,067	Joe Torre, Lee Mazzilli	Division
2	Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	.537	10	754	2,302,212	John Gibbons
3	Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	11	825	2,930,588	Terry Francona
4	Baltimore Orioles	70	92	.432	27	899	2,153,139	Sam Perlozzo
5	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	61	101	.377	36	856	1,368,950	Joe Maddon

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	93	69	.574	—	727	1,976,625	Ken Macha	Division
2	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	.549	4	732	3,406,790	Mike Scioscia
3	Texas Rangers	80	82	.494	13	784	2,388,757	Buck Showalter, Don Wakamatsu
4	Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	15	792	2,481,165	Mike Hargrove

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	83	78	.516	—	762	3,407,104	Tony LaRussa	World Series Division
2	Houston Astros	82	80	.506	1.5	719	3,022,763	Phil Garner
3	Cincinnati Reds	80	82	.494	3.5	801	2,134,607	Jerry Narron
4	Milwaukee Brewers	75	87	.463	8.5	833	2,335,643	Ned Yost
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	.414	16.5	797	1,861,549	Jim Tracy
6	Chicago Cubs	66	96	.407	17.5	834	3,123,215	Dusty Baker

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Mets	97	65	.599	—	731	3,379,535	Willie Randolph	Division
2	Philadelphia Phillies	85	77	.525	12	812	2,701,815	Charlie Manuel, Gary Varsho
3	Atlanta Braves	79	83	.488	18	805	2,550,524	Bobby Cox
4	Florida Marlins	78	84	.481	19	772	1,164,134	Joe Girardi, Gary Tuck
5	Washington Nationals	71	91	.438	26	872	2,153,056	Frank Robinson

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	San Diego Padres	88	74	.543	—	679	2,659,757	Bruce Bochy	Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	.543	—	751	3,758,545	Grady Little	Wild Card
3	San Francisco Giants	76	85	.472	11.5	790	3,130,313	Felipe Alou, Ron Wotus
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	76	86	.469	12	788	2,091,685	Bob Melvin
4	Colorado Rockies	76	86	.469	12	812	2,104,362	Clint Hurdle

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Anibal Sanchez, Florida Marlins vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, 2006-09-06

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