2006 Toronto Blue Jays Season
The 2006 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's thirtieth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. For the second straight season, Blue Jays hitters combined for less than 1,000 strikeouts. It was the first time since the team's World Series championships in 1992 and 1993 that the Blue Jays had combined for less than 1,000 strikeouts in consecutive 162-game seasons, as well as the only season since 1993 (as of 2012) that the team finished above third place in its division.
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