2006 American League Championship Series

Tigers sweep the Athletics 4–0; Magglio Ordóñez's walk-off homer in Game 4 wins the pennant.

The 2006 American League Championship Series, the second round of the American League side in Major League Baseball's 2006 postseason, began on October 10 and ended on October 14. The wild card Detroit Tigers swept the West Division champion and third-seeded Oakland Athletics to advance to the 2006 World Series, and became the fourth AL team to win at least 10 pennants. Magglio Ordóñez's game-winning walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 4 sealed the pennant for the Tigers.

Quick Facts

Champion

Detroit Tigers (4)

Champion manager

Jim Leyland

Champion games

95–67, 95, 67, GB: 1

Date

October 10–14

Television

Fox (United States); MLB International (International)

Radio network

ESPN

Radio announcers

Jon Miller and Joe Morgan

Umpires

Jerry Crawford
Hunter Wendelstedt
Derryl Cousins
Chuck Meriwether
Gary Cederstrom
Mike Reilly

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Background

The Athletics had defeated the Minnesota Twins 3 games to none in the AL Division Series, and the Tigers had defeated the Yankees 3 games to 1. The Athletics had home-field advantage despite the Tigers' better regular season record, as the wild card team defers home field advantage in the LCS. The Tigers captured the league title for the first time since their win in the 1984 World Series; the series was a rematch of the 1972 ALCS, in which Oakland had defeated Detroit in five games.