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Locations of NL teams for the 2006–2007 MLB seasons West Central East The 2006 Major League Baseball season ended with the National League 's St. Louis Cardinals winning the World Series with the lowest regular-season victory total (83) in a fully-played season in major league history.
List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders. 500 home run club; 600 home run club; List of Major League Baseball progressive career home runs leaders; List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders. 50 home run club; List of Major League Baseball progressive single-season home run leaders
The 2006 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 124th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished in second place in the National League East , 12 games behind the New York Mets , and three games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Wild-Card race.
In baseball statistics, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is credited to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball (after it has been hit by the batter ) before the recording of a putout , even if the contact was unintentional.
Through 2022, none of the top 21 single-season totals have been recorded since 1988, and only five of the top 120 since 1993. Ozzie Smith is the all-time leader in career assists as a shortstop with 8,375, [1] [2] [3] the most by any player in major league history at any single position.
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
Los Angeles had a very streaky season in 2006. After they started just 12–17, the Dodgers went on to win 15 of their next 18 games to improve to 27-20. They were 46-42 at the all-star break, two games back of the San Diego Padres in a tough division (all five teams in the N.L. West were .500 or better at the all-star break).
At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. [1] Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title. The following lists describe which players hold the most titles in a career for a particular category.