2006 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2006 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Dave Littlefield
Managers	Jim Tracy
Television	FSN Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 125th season of the franchise; the 120th in the National League. This was their sixth season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	83	78	0.516	—	49–31	34–47
Houston Astros	82	80	0.506	1½	44–37	38–43
Cincinnati Reds	80	82	0.494	3½	42–39	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	75	87	0.463	8½	48–33	27–54
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	16½	43–38	24–57
Chicago Cubs	66	96	0.407	17½	36–45	30–51

Game log

2006 Game Log (67–95)
April (7–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @ Brewers 2–5 Lehr Torres (0–1) Turnbow 45,023 0–1 2 April 4 @ Brewers 5–7 Capuano Santos (0–1) Turnbow 15,515 0–2 3 April 5 @ Brewers 2–3 Wise Marte (0–1) Turnbow 15,430 0–3 4 April 6 @ Reds 5–6 White Gonzalez (0–1) Weathers 13,887 0–4 5 April 7 @ Reds 6–7 Milton Maholm (0–1) Mercker 16,573 0–5 6 April 8 @ Reds 9–11 Harang Perez (0–1) White 20,244 0–6 7 April 9 @ Reds 5–3 Santos (1–1) Williams Hernandez (1) 22,090 1–6 8 April 10 Dodgers 3–8 Perez Duke (0–1) — 39,129 1–7 9 April 11 Dodgers 7–6 Torres (1–1) Carter Gonzalez (1) 17,240 2–7 10 April 12 Dodgers 9–5 Torres (2–1) Kuo — 13,237 3–7 11 April 13 Dodgers 5–13 Lowe Perez (0–2) — 18,134 3–8 12 April 14 Cubs 6–11 Marshall Santos (1–2) — 20,233 3–9 13 April 15 Cubs 2–1 Duke (1–1) Williams Gonzalez (2) 34,264 4–9 14 April 16 Cubs 3–7 Rusch Snell (0–1) — 15,020 4–10 15 April 17 Cardinals 1–2 Marquis Maholm (0–2) Isringhausen 15,278 4–11 16 April 18 Cardinals 12–4 Perez (1–2) Suppan — 16,682 5–11 17 April 19 Cardinals 0–4 Carpenter Santos (1–3) — 15,085 5–12 18 April 21 @ Astros 2–3 Rodriguez Duke (1–2) Lidge 31,333 5–13 19 April 22 @ Astros 0–3 Buchholz Snell (0–2) Lidge 38,575 5–14 20 April 23 @ Astros 2–7 Oswalt Maholm (0–3) — 39,074 5–15 21 April 24 @ Cardinals 2–7 Carpenter Perez (1–3) — 38,953 5–16 22 April 25 @ Cardinals 3–6 Suppan Santos (1–4) Isringhausen 38,809 5–17 23 April 26 @ Cardinals 3–4 Isringhausen Hernandez (0–1) — 38,728 5–18 24 April 28 Phillies 3–1 Snell (1–2) Myers Gonzalez (3) 30,568 6–18 25 April 29 Phillies 3–2 Maholm (1–3) Lidle Hernandez (2) 33,944 7–18 26 April 30 Phillies 1–5 Floyd Perez (1–4) — 22,320 7–19
May (12–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 @ Cubs 1–2 Howry Grabow (0–1) Dempster 36,602 7–20 28 May 2 @ Cubs 8–0 Duke (2–2) Guzman — 39,110 8–20 29 May 3 @ Mets 3–4 (12) Bradford Gonzalez (0–2) — 33,668 8–21 30 May 4 @ Mets 0–6 Glavine Maholm (1–4) — 30,756 8–22 31 May 5 @ Nationals 0–6 Day Perez (1–5) — 21,059 8–23 32 May 6 @ Nationals 5–4 (11) Gonzalez (1–2) Rodriguez — 29,953 9–23 33 May 7 @ Nationals 4–5 O'Connor Duke (2–3) Cordero 30,659 9–24 34 May 9 Diamondbacks 3–0 Snell (2–2) Batista Gonzalez (4) 16,961 10–24 35 May 10 Diamondbacks 4–7 Webb Marte (0–2) Valverde 14,509 10–25 36 May 12 Marlins 12–9 Capps (1–0) Wellemeyer Gonzalez (5) 24,990 11–25 37 May 13 Marlins 3–4 Olsen Duke (2–4) Borowski 29,289 11–26 38 May 14 Marlins 2–8 Moehler Snell (2–3) — 15,921 11–27 39 May 16 Reds 9–3 Maholm (2–4) Harang — 14,315 12–27 40 May 17 Reds 7–2 Perez (2–5) Arroyo — 14,897 13–27 41 May 18 Reds 8–9 Belisle Capps (1–1) Coffey 18,502 13–28 42 May 19 @ Indians 1–4 Sabathia Duke (2–5) — 32,499 13–29 43 May 20 @ Indians 9–6 Snell (3–3) Johnson Gonzalez (6) 30,799 14–29 44 May 21 @ Indians 2–3 (10) Wickman Gonzalez (1–3) — 31,589 14–30 45 May 22 @ Diamondbacks 3–4 Medders Marte (0–3) Valverde 18,103 14–31 46 May 23 @ Diamondbacks 3–7 Vargas Santos (1–5) — 19,993 14–32 47 May 24 @ Diamondbacks 7–8 Batista Duke (2–6) Valverde 18,394 14–33 48 May 26 Astros 12–5 Snell (4–3) Buchholz — 29,247 15–33 49 May 27 Astros 8–7 (18) Santos (2–5) Gallo — 31,878 16–33 50 May 28 Astros 4–5 (10) Qualls Torres (2–2) Lidge 24,992 16–34 51 May 29 Brewers 14–3 Duke (3–6) Davis — 17,561 17–34 52 May 30 Brewers 12–1 Santos (3–5) De La Rosa — 14,300 18–34 53 May 31 Brewers 6–1 Snell (5–3) Capuano — 15,434 19–34
June (8–20) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Brewers 4–3 Grabow (1–1) Turnbow — 12,899 20–34 55 June 2 Padres 0–7 (6) Park Perez (2–6) — 20,777 20–35 56 June 3 Padres 6–4 Duke (4–6) Thompson Gonzalez (7) 30,639 21–35 57 June 4 Padres 0–1 Young Santos (3–6) Hoffman 26,857 21–36 58 June 5 @ Rockies 5–2 Snell (6–3) Cook Gonzalez (8) 20,152 22–36 59 June 6 @ Rockies 4–5 Francis Maholm (2–5) Fuentes 20,277 22–37 60 June 7 @ Rockies 9–16 Dohmann Perez (2–7) — 21,509 22–38 61 June 8 @ Giants 4–5 Benitez Marte (0–4) — 34,540 22–39 62 June 9 @ Giants 3–2 Santos (4–6) Morris Gonzalez (9) 38,766 23–39 63 June 10 @ Giants 2–0 Snell (7–3) Lowry Gonzalez (10) 37,302 24–39 64 June 11 @ Giants 7–5 Capps (2–1) Worrell Gonzalez (11) 39,850 25–39 65 June 13 Cardinals 1–2 Carpenter Perez (2–8) Isringhausen 24,443 25–40 66 June 14 Cardinals 9–7 Duke (5–6) Ponson Gonzalez (12) 20,289 26–40 67 June 15 Cardinals 5–6 Mulder Santos (4–7) Isringhausen 18,248 26–41 68 June 16 Twins 2–4 Liriano Snell (7–4) Nathan 33,025 26–42 69 June 17 Twins 3–5 Crain Marte (0–5) Nathan 34,085 26–43 70 June 18 Twins 2–8 Santana Perez (2–9) — 25,104 26–44 71 June 19 Diamondbacks 4–5 (11) Aquino Torres (2–3) Julio 15,032 26–45 72 June 20 @ Royals 6–10 Redman Wells (0–1) — 15,906 26–46 73 June 21 @ Royals 4–6 Dessens Torres (2–4) Burgos 15,501 26–47 74 June 22 @ Royals 7–15 Elarton Maholm (2–6) — 13,153 26–48 75 June 23 @ Dodgers 4–10 Tomko Perez (2–10) — 55,823 26–49 76 June 24 @ Dodgers 0–7 Sele Duke (5–7) — 47,785 26–50 77 June 25 @ Dodgers 4–7 Penny Wells (0–2) Saito 55,545 26–51 78 June 27 White Sox 2–4 Buehrle Snell (7–5) Jenks 24,976 26–52 79 June 28 White Sox 3–4 Garcia Maholm (2–7) Jenks 23,118 26–53 80 June 29 White Sox 7–6 Gonzalez (2–3) Politte — 21,380 27–53 81 June 30 Tigers 6–7 Colon Wells (0–3) Jones 27,318 27–54
July (13–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 Tigers 9–2 Capps (3–1) Grilli — 37,111 28–54 83 July 2 Tigers 8–9 Miner Snell (7–6) Jones 28,136 28–55 84 July 3 @ Mets 11–1 Maholm (3–7) Maine — 54,111 29–55 85 July 4 @ Mets 6–7 Sanchez Hernandez (0–2) Wagner 38,487 29–56 86 July 5 @ Mets 0–5 Hernandez Wells (0–4) — 40,360 29–57 87 July 6 @ Mets 5–7 Trachsel Gorzelanny (0–1) Wagner 39,743 29–58 88 July 7 @ Phillies 3–2 Snell (8–6) Lieber Gonzalez (13) 45,025 30–58 89 July 8 @ Phillies 2–6 Lidle Maholm (3–8) — 37,462 30–59 90 July 9 @ Phillies 3–8 Hamels Duke (5–8) — 32,527 30–60 – July 11 77th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 91 July 14 Nationals 7–4 Duke (6–8) Ortiz Gonzalez (14) 26,720 31–60 92 July 15 Nationals 7–6 Gonzalez (3–3) Corcoran — 32,626 32–60 93 July 16 Nationals 4–8 (11) Stanton Hernandez (0–3) — 18,908 32–61 94 July 17 Rockies 3–1 Grabow (2–1) Kim Capps (1) 18,835 33–61 95 July 18 Rockies 4–13 Francis Gorzelanny (0–2) — 20,086 33–62 96 July 19 Rockies 6–5 Duke (7–8) Jennings Gonzalez (15) 19,881 34–62 97 July 20 @ Marlins 5–3 Torres (3–4) Messenger Gonzalez (16) 9,139 35–62 98 July 21 @ Marlins 1–4 Olsen Maholm (3–9) Borowski 11,357 35–63 99 July 22 @ Marlins 0–5 Nolasco Wells (0–5) — 15,291 35–64 100 July 23 @ Marlins 4–5 Borowski Gonzalez (3–4) — 11,468 35–65 101 July 24 @ Brewers 8–12 Davis Duke (7–9) — 30,252 35–66 102 July 25 @ Brewers 6–1 Snell (9–6) Bush — 35,923 36–66 103 July 26 @ Brewers 8–4 Maholm (4–9) Capuano — 37,678 37–66 104 July 28 Giants 3–0 Wells (1–5) Schmidt Gonzalez (17) 38,092 38–66 105 July 29 Giants 4–3 Gorzelanny (1–2) Wright Gonzalez (18) 38,373 39–66 106 July 30 Giants 2–1 (10) Grabow (3–1) Kline — 26,516 40–66
August (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 Braves 2–4 Smoltz Snell (9–7) Wickman 22,145 40–67 108 August 2 Braves 2–3 Yates Torres (3–5) Wickman 21,064 40–68 109 August 3 Braves 3–2 Chacon (1–0) Hudson Gonzalez (19) 17,324 41–68 110 August 4 @ Cubs 6–0 Gorzelanny (2–2) Zambrano — 39,973 42–68 111 August 5 @ Cubs 5–7 Prior Duke (7–10) Dempster 41,007 42–69 112 August 6 @ Cubs 1–6 Hill Snell (9–8) — 40,320 42–70 113 August 8 @ Astros 1–3 Backe Maholm (4–10) Lidge 38,856 42–71 114 August 9 @ Astros 1–14 Oswalt Chacon (1–1) — 31,077 42–72 115 August 10 @ Astros 2–5 Clemens Gorzelanny (2–3) — 41,476 42–73 116 August 11 Cardinals 7–1 Duke (8–10) Suppan — 30,516 43–73 117 August 12 Cardinals 3–2 Snell (10–8) Weaver Gonzalez (20) 35,037 44–73 118 August 13 Cardinals 7–0 Maholm (5–10) Marquis — 27,101 45–73 119 August 14 Brewers 4–2 Santos (5–7) Bush Gonzalez (21) 16,279 46–73 120 August 15 Brewers 3–6 Davis Marte (0–6) Cordero 17,877 46–74 121 August 16 Brewers 2–5 (13) Gonzalez Marte (0–7) Cordero 14,901 46–75 122 August 18 @ Reds 7–3 Snell (11–8) Michalak — 31,718 47–75 123 August 19 @ Reds 7–14 Franklin Torres (3–6) — 34,245 47–76 124 August 20 @ Reds 1–5 Harang Santos (5–8) — 29,935 47–77 125 August 21 @ Braves 0–3 Smoltz Duke (8–11) Wickman 21,898 47–78 126 August 22 @ Braves 5–3 Marte (1–7) Baez Gonzalez (22) 21,830 48–78 127 August 23 @ Braves 5–4 Capps (4–1) Paronto Gonzalez (23) 23,082 49–78 128 August 24 Astros 5–3 Maholm (6–10) Rodriguez Gonzalez (24) 32,345 50–78 129 August 25 Astros 1–5 Clemens Santos (5–9) — 37,009 50–79 130 August 26 Astros 4–7 Pettitte Duke (8–12) Lidge 37,190 50–80 131 August 27 Astros 1–13 Hirsh Chacon (1–2) — 19,459 50–81 132 August 28 Cubs 11–6 Snell (12–8) Guzman — 12,666 51–81 133 August 29 Cubs 7–6 (11) Capps (5–1) Dempster — 14,618 52–81 134 August 30 Cubs 10–9 (11) McLeary (1–0) Dempster — 12,730 53–81
September (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ Cardinals 1–3 Carpenter Duke (8–13) — 42,091 53–82 136 September 2 @ Cardinals 1–0 Capps (6–1) Weaver Torres (1) 41,466 54–82 137 September 3 @ Cardinals 3–6 Reyes Snell (12–9) — 42,205 54–83 138 September 4 @ Cubs 5–4 Maholm (7–10) Zambrano Torres (2) 37,994 55–83 139 September 5 @ Cubs 6–5 Grabow (4–1) Dempster Torres (3) 31,494 56–83 140 September 6 @ Cubs 2–7 Wuertz Grabow (4–2) — 32,557 56–84 141 September 7 @ Cubs 7–5 Bayliss (1–0) Eyre Torres (4) 27,105 57–84 142 September 8 @ Reds 1–9 Lohse Snell (12–10) — 17,631 57–85 143 September 9 @ Reds 7–4 Capps (7–1) Coffey Torres (5) 25,038 58–85 144 September 10 @ Reds 2–4 Arroyo Youman (0–1) Schoeneweis 20,731 58–86 145 September 11 Brewers 4–3 Duke (9–13) Davis Torres (6) 13,643 59–86 146 September 13 Brewers 6–3 Snell (13–10) Capuano Torres (7) — 60–86 147 September 13 Brewers 1–2 Sheets Chacon (1–3) Cordero 11,627 60–87 148 September 15 Mets 5–3 Maholm (8–10) Martinez Torres (8) 24,410 61–87 149 September 16 Mets 3–2 Capps (8–1) Heilman — 37,623 62–87 150 September 17 Mets 3–0 Duke (10–13) Maine Torres (9) 34,866 63–87 151 September 19 @ Dodgers 10–6 Snell (14–10) Kuo — 43,734 64–87 152 September 20 @ Dodgers 6–4 Chacon (2–3) Maddux Torres (10) 46,319 65–87 153 September 21 @ Dodgers 2–5 Billingsley Youman (0–2) Saito 48,567 65–88 154 September 22 @ Padres 2–6 Young Gorzelanny (2–4) — 40,077 65–89 155 September 23 @ Padres 1–2 Peavy Duke (10–14) Hoffman 43,168 65–90 156 September 24 @ Padres 1–2 Hensley Perez (2–11) Hoffman 41,932 65–91 157 September 26 Astros 4–7 Pettitte Snell (14–11) — 17,141 65–92 158 September 27 Astros 6–7 (15) Sampson Bayliss (1–1) Miller 16,352 65–93 159 September 28 Astros 0–3 Oswalt Gorzelanny (2–5) Lidge 12,671 65–94 160 September 29 Reds 2–5 Harang Duke (10–15) — 27,033 65–95 161 September 30 Reds 3–0 McLeary (2–0) Arroyo Torres (11) 35,514 66–95
October (1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 Reds 1–0 Capps (9–1) Coffey Torres (12) 25,004 67–95
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member      Source: baseball-reference.com[2]

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record v t e 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

Detailed records

Roster

2006 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 54 Jonah Bayliss 55 Matt Capps 32 Shawn Chacón 57 Zach Duke 51 Mike Gonzalez 50 Tom Gorzelanny 39,34 John Grabow 34 Roberto Hernández 28 Paul Maholm 43 Roberto Hernández 49 Marty McLeary 36 Juan Pérez 48 Óliver Pérez 56 Britt Reames 59 Brian Rogers 52 Víctor Santos 44 Josh Sharpless 53,45 Ian Snell 16 Salomón Torres 22 Ryan Vogelsong 32 Kip Wells 27 Shane Youman		Catchers 11 Humberto Cota 25 Carlos Maldonado 26 Ronny Paulino Infielders 25 Sean Casey 14 José Castillo 37 Yurendell DeCaster 41 Ryan Doumit 53 Mike Edwards 18 José Hernández 22 Xavier Nady  5 Joe Randa 12 Freddy Sanchez 36 Craig Wilson  2 Jack Wilson		Outfielders 19 José Bautista 38 Jason Bay  3 Jeromy Burnitz 10 Rajai Davis  6 Chris Duffy 49 Nate McLouth		Manager 23 Jim Tracy Coaches 48 Jim Colborn (pitching) 45 Jeff Cox (third base) 17 Bobby Cuellar (bullpen) 15 Jim Lett (bench) 30 Jeff Manto (hitting) 31 John Shelby (first base)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Chris Duffy	CF
Jack Wilson	SS
Sean Casey	1B
Jason Bay	LF
Joe Randa	3B
Jeromy Burnitz	RF
José Castillo	2B
Humberto Cota	C
Óliver Pérez	SP

All-Star game

The 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 77th playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 2006 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. The contest was the fifth hosted by the city of Pittsburgh. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3-2, thus awarding the AL champion (which was eventually the Detroit Tigers) home-field advantage in the 2006 World Series.

Statistics

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Jason Bay, RF, starter
• Freddy Sanchez, 3B, reserve

NL Batting Champion

• Freddy Sanchez

Transactions

• July 31, 2006: Xavier Nady was traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Roberto Hernandez and Óliver Pérez.^[5]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Trent Jewett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Tim Leiper
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Gary Green
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Jeff Branson
A-Short Season	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Tom Prince
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Jeff Livesey

References

• 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.