2006
From BR Bullpen
| 2006 in baseball |
|---|
| Cuban National League |
| Japanese baseball |
| American League |
| National League |
| << 2005 2007 >> |
Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2006.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Asia Series: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (NPB) defeated the La New Bears (CPBL) in the finals, 1 - 0 (Details)
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) over the Chunichi Dragons (CL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: Samsung Lions defeated the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean Series (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: La New Bears defeated the Uni-President Lions in the Taiwan Series (Details)
- China Baseball League: Tianjin Lions defeated the Guangdong Leopards in the championship series, 3 - 0 (Details)
- Claxton Shield: Queensland Rams
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: T&A San Marino, Serie A1 (Details)
- Division Élite: Rouen Baseball 76
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Solingen Alligators
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Corendon Kinheim
- Holland Series: Honkbal Club Kinheim defeated the Hoofddorp Pioniers in the series, 3 - 2 (Details)
- Serie A1: Telemarket Rimini
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) over the Detroit Tigers (AL), 4 - 1 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- American Association: Fort Worth Cats
- Appalachian League: Danville Braves
- Arizona League: AZL Padres
- Atlantic League: Lancaster Barnstormers
- Bricktown Showdown: Tucson Sidewinders (PCL) over the Toledo Mud Hens (IL), 5 - 2
- California League: Inland Empire 66ers
- Canadian-American Association: Quebec Capitales
- Carolina League: Kinston Indians
- Eastern League: Portland Sea Dogs
- Florida State League: St. Lucie Mets
- Frontier League: Evansville Otters
- Golden League: Reno Silver Sox
- Gulf Coast League: GCL Red Sox
- International League: Toledo Mud Hens (Details)
- Midwest League: West Michigan Whitecaps
- New York-Penn League: Staten Island Yankees
- Northern League: Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
- Northwest League: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
- Pacific Coast League: Tucson Sidewinders (Details)
- Pioneer League: Missoula Osprey
- South Atlantic League: Lakewood BlueClaws
- Southern League: Montgomery Biscuits
- Texas League: Corpus Christi Hooks
- United League: Alexandria Aces
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Leones de Yucatán defeated the Sultanes de Monterrey in the finals, 4 - 1
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in Maracay, Aragua/Valencia, Venezuela; Leones del Caracas (Venezuela) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the finals, 5 - 2
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Venados de Mazatlán
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Gigantes de Carolina defeated the Leones de Ponce in the finals, in an unknown result
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Leones del Caracas defeated the Tigres de Aragua in the finals, 4 - 1
Amateur[edit]
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): Oregon State University defeated the University of North Carolina in the finals, 3 - 4, 11 - 7, 3 - 2 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: The University of Tampa over the California State University, Chico, 3 - 2 (10 inn.) in the finals
- Division III Baseball Championship: Marietta College over the Wheaton College (Massachusetts), 7 - 2 in the finals
- NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Saint Ambrose University, 5 - 4 in the finals
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Long Beach City College over Sacramento City College 8 - 1 in the finals
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Santa Barbara Foresters (Details)
- National Club Baseball Association: Colorado State University
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: McGill University
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences defeated the Aoyama Gakuin University in the final, 7 - 6 (Details)
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Yokohama High School (Kanagawa) defeat Seihou High School (Nagasaki), 21 - 0 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Waseda Jitsugyo High School (West Tokyo) defeat Komadai Tomakomai (South Hokkaido), 4 - 3 in a replay of the championship game after the first game was called after 15 innings with the score tied at 1 - 1 (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Columbus (Columbus, GA) defeat Kawaguchi City (Kawaguchi, Saitama), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- Intercontinental Cup in Taiwan (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); The Netherlands (Silver); Taiwan (Bronze)
- Women's Baseball World Cup in Taipei City, Taiwan Taiwan (Details)
- United States (Gold); Japan (Silver); Canada (Bronze)
- World Baseball Classic: Japan (Gold); Cuba (Silver); South Korea (Bronze) (Details)
- World Junior Championship in Havana, Cuba (Details)
- South Korea (Gold); United States (Silver); Canada (Bronze)
- World University Baseball Championship in Havana, Cuba (Details)
- United States (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); Cuba (Bronze)
- Asian Games in Doha, Qatar (Details)
- Chinese Taipei (Gold); Japan (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
- Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); Dominican Republic (Silver); Mexico (Bronze)
- Central American Games in Managua, Nicaragua (Details)
- Japan All-Star Series in Japan (Details)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- Baseball Love, by George Bowering
- Baseball Without Borders, by George Gmelch
- Built to Win, by John Schuerholz
- Bury My Heart at Cooperstown, by Frank Russo and Gene Racz
- Clearing the Bases, by Mike Schmidt
- Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero, by David Maraniss
- Designated Hebrew, by Ron Blomberg and Dan Schlossberg
- The Echoing Green, by Joshua Prager
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball, by Leslie Heaphy and Mel Anthony May
- For One More Day, by Mitch Albom
- A Game of Inches, by Peter Morris
- Game of Shadows, by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams
- The Innocent Man, by John Grisham
- Love Me, Hate Me, by Jeff Pearlman
- The Mind of Bill James: How a Complete Outsider Changed Baseball, by Scott Gray
- The Negro Leagues Chronology, by Christopher Hauser
- The Northern Game, by Bob Elliott
- Shades of Glory, by Lawrence D. Hogan
- A Well-Paid Slave, by Brad Snyder
Song[edit]
- Lightspeed, by Matt & Kim
- Swing, by Trace Adkins
Film[edit]
- Long Road Home
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2006
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2006
Further Reading[edit]
- Will Leitch: "'06: An unlikely champ, pink bats and 1st WBC", mlb.com, May 2, 2020. [1]
We're Social...for Statheads
Every Sports Reference Social Media Account
Site Last Updated:
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.