Milestones 2006 Major League Baseball season

1 milestones

1.1 300–300 club members
1.2 home runs

1.2.1 barry bonds countdown 715
1.2.2 400 career homers
1.2.3 300 career homers
1.2.4 200 career homers
1.2.5 entry top 500


1.3 pitching
1.4 hitting
1.5 other achievements

milestones
300–300 club members

reggie sanders — june 10
steve finley — june 14

home runs

the following players reached major home run milestones in 2006:

barry bonds countdown 715

may 21 — reached 714 career homers, tying babe ruth second time
may 28 — reached 715 career homers, passing ruth second time

400 career homers

mike piazza — april 26
carlos delgado — august 22

300 career homers

jeromy burnitz — april 4
moisés alou — april 13
reggie sanders — june 10 (also joining 300–300 club)
steve finley — june 14 (also joining 300–300 club)

200 career homers

jeff conine — april 16
magglio ordóñez — april 29
eric chavez — may 2
jermaine dye — may 14
carlos lee — may 24
phil nevin — june 19
lance berkman — june 21
carl everett — june 21
nomar garciaparra — june 25
david ortiz — june 29
alfonso soriano — august 13
bobby abreu — august 22
carlos beltrán — august 26

entry top 500

trot nixon on april 5 126th career homer
jason varitek on june 13 126th career homer
vernon wells on june 14 126th career homer
aubrey huff on july 1 126th career homer
raúl ibañez on july 15 126th career homer
mark teixeira on august 19 127th career homer

pitching

trevor hoffman of san diego padres broke lee smith s record of 478 saves on september 24, 2006 @ petco park.

hitting

alfonso soriano of washington nationals become fourth player join 40–40 club, joining josé canseco, barry bonds, , alex rodriguez when stole 40th base of season on september 16. 6 days later became first person ever reach 40 home runs, 40 stolen bases , 40 doubles in 1 season.

other achievements

matt holliday hit longest home run of season in mlb against san francisco giants on september 19 official distance of 443 feet (135 m); hittracker estimated @ 496 feet (151 m).




^ beinhoff, drew (september 20, 2006). gotta love matt holliday . real clear sports. retrieved august 4, 2014.