06 Horse Men

THE 3 GUYS THE YANKS COULD COUNT ON IN 2006


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  Chien-Ming Wang SP
Followed up his solid rookie debut with an outstanding sophomore effort...Finished the season tied with Johan Santana for the Major League lead with 19 wins and was a driving force for the Yankees...Established himself as the Yankees' stopper when he went 4-1 in six starts during the month of May...Earned his first career save when Joe Torre called upon him with Mariano Rivera ailing in the Yankees' 6-5 win over the Orioles on June 3...Gave the Yankees their only 2006 post-season win in the 8-4 victory over the Tigers in Game One of the ALDS.

To Your Right: Mariano Rivera
Continued his reign as one of baseball's most dominant pitchers, going 5-5 with a 1.80 ERA and 34 saves in 63 relief appearances for the Yankees...won his second consecutive "DHL Delivery Man of the Year" Award and third straight Rolaids Relief Man Award...ranked 2nd in the American League with 59 games finished and ranked 9th with 34 saves...has a franchise-record 413 saves...his 413 career saves rank fourth on Baseball's all-time list and are the most ever in the American League...owns a 0.80 career postseason ERA in 73 appearances, the lowest ERA of any pitcher in postseason history...his 0.42 ERA is the lowest

Big Mo

Below Right: Mike Mussina

Posted yet another quality campaign, going 15-7 with a 3.51 ERA in 32GS...the Yankees were 20-12 in games he started...opponents batted .241 (184-for-762, 22HR); LH .223 (80-for-359, 13HR), RH .258 (104-for-403, 9HR)...went at least 6.0 innings in 25 of his 32 starts, including each of his first 14 starts of the season...was tied for second in the American League with 23 quality starts and a .241 opponents batting average against, tied for third with 1.6 walks per 9.0 innings, ranked fourth with a 3.51 earned run average, was tied for fourth with a .682 winning percentage, and tied for ninth with 7.8 strikeouts per 9.0 innings.

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