2006 Cleveland Indians season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Cleveland Indians
season = 2006
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = Jacobs Field
y4 = 1994
city = Cleveland, Ohio
y5 = 1901
owners = Larry Dolan
managers = Eric Wedge
television = WKYC-TV
SportsTime Ohio
(Mike Hegan, John Sanders, Rick Manning, Jim Donovan)
radio = WTAM
(Mike Hegan, Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood)|The Cleveland Indians' 2006 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Cleveland Indians attempting to win the AL Central.

Offseason

* December 7, 2005: Paul Byrd was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/byrdpa01.shtml Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* January 6, 2006: Todd Hollandsworth was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollato01.shtml]

Regular season

On September 2, 2006, Kevin Kouzmanoff became the 23rd Major Leaguer to hit a home run in his first Major League at bat, the 12th American Leaguer to do so, and the second of 2006 (along with Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals). He was only the third player to have the home run be a grand slam. [cite video
people = Kevin Kouzmanoff
title = Kouzmanoff's Grand Debut
medium = [http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w_id=515338&w=mms%3A//a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2006/open/tp/archive09/090206_cletex_kouzmanoff_hr_tp_350.wmv&pid=mlb_tp&gid=2006/09/02/clemlb-texmlb-1&mid=200609031643078&cid=mlb&fid=mlb_tp350&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1 video clip]
publisher = MLB.com
year2 = 2006] Kouzmanoff is the only player in Major League Baseball history to hit a grand slam on his first "pitch" ever seen in the Big Leagues. The pitcher who gave up the hit was Edinson Volquez.

eason standings

Transactions

*April 7, 2006: Brandon Phillips was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Stevens (minors) (June 13, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillbr01.shtml]
*July 20, 2006: Bob Wickman was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Max Ramirez (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wickmbo01.shtml Bob Wickman Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 26, 2006: Ben Broussard was traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Shin-Soo Choo. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brousbe01.shtml Ben Broussard Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 9, 2006: Todd Hollandsworth was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollato01.shtml]

Roster