December 8, 2020
I recently completed a 1962 replay and had to decide what season I would do next. Usually I've got a good idea what's next before completing a replay, but not this time. Strat-O-Matic will be coming out with the new product in February and should be announcing which 'retro' season will be included very soon. Many years I've replayed that 'new' retro season as soon as it's released. I may still do that in February but in the meantime I've decided to replay 2006. I've never replayed a season after 1991 so this will be a first.
The 2006 MLB season was the first year in over a decade that the Detroit Tigers fielded a truly competitive team. Detroit finished 2nd in the AL Central Division to the Minnesota Twins and ended up being the AL wildcard team in the playoffs for the AL Championship. The Tigers ended up defeating the top AL team, the New York Yankees, in the first round AL Division Series. In the AL Championship Series Detroit defeated the Oakland A's and were crowned the AL Champions. The Tigers then went to the 2006 World Series to take on the NL Champion St. Louis Cardinals for the title of 2006 MLB World Champions.
Detroit didn't fair well in the World Series due to their poor hitting and even worse fielding. The Cardinals ended up defeating the Tigers 4 games to 1. My goal in this replay is to guide the Detroit Tigers back to the AL Championship and then to win the World Series. Below are the actual 2006 MLB Standings.
2006 Final Standings
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Mets 162 97 65 0 .599 - 834 731 Philadelphia Phillies 162 85 77 0 .525 12.0 865 812 Atlanta Braves 162 79 83 0 .488 18.0 849 805 Florida Marlins 162 78 84 0 .481 19.0 758 772 Washington Nationals 162 71 91 0 .438 26.0 746 872
NL Central
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA St. Louis Cardinals 161 83 78 0 .516 - 781 762 Houston Astros 162 82 80 0 .506 1.5 735 719 Cincinnati Reds 162 80 82 0 .494 3.5 749 801 Milwaukee Brewers 162 75 87 0 .463 8.5 730 833 Pittsburgh Pirates 162 67 95 0 .414 16.5 691 797 Chicago Cubs 162 66 96 0 .407 17.5 716 834
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA San Diego Padres 162 88 74 0 .543 - 731 679 Los Angeles Dodgers 162 88 74 0 .543 - 820 751 * San Francisco Giants 161 76 85 0 .472 11.5 746 790 Colorado Rockies 162 76 86 0 .469 12.0 813 812 Arizona Diamondbacks 162 76 86 0 .469 12.0 773 788
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 162 97 65 0 .599 - 930 767 Toronto Blue Jays 162 87 75 0 .537 10.0 809 754 Boston Red Sox 162 86 76 0 .531 11.0 820 825 Baltimore Orioles 162 70 92 0 .432 27.0 768 899 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 162 61 101 0 .377 36.0 689 856
AL Central
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Minnesota Twins 162 96 66 0 .593 - 801 683 Detroit Tigers 162 95 67 0 .586 1.0 822 675 * Chicago White Sox 162 90 72 0 .556 6.0 868 794 Cleveland Indians 162 78 84 0 .481 18.0 870 782 Kansas City Royals 162 62 100 0 .383 34.0 757 971
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Oakland Athletics 162 93 69 0 .574 - 771 727 Anaheim Angels 162 89 73 0 .549 4.0 766 732 Texas Rangers 162 80 82 0 .494 13.0 835 784 Seattle Mariners 162 78 84 0 .481 15.0 756 792
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