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Atlanta Braves
	2006 Atlanta Braves;
	Major league affiliations
	National League (since 1876) Eastern Division (since 1994); ;
	Location
	Turner Field (since 1997); Atlanta, Georgia (since 1966);
	2006 information
Owner(s)	Time Warner
General manager(s)	John Schuerholz
Manager(s)	Bobby Cox
Local television	TBS Superstation; Turner South; (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray,Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray, Ron Gant); FSN South; (Jeff Torborg, Bob Rathbun)
Local radio	WGST; WKLS; (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray,Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray); WWWE; (Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)

The Atlanta Braves' 2006 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Atlanta Braves attempting to win the NL East.

Finishing with a 79-83 record, not only did the Braves miss the playoffs for the first time since 1990 (not counting 1994), but also their first losing season and worst record since that year.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

NL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Mets	97	65	–	.599
Philadelphia Phillies	85	77	12	.525
Atlanta Braves	79	83	18	.488
Florida Marlins	78	84	19	.481
Washington Nationals	71	91	26	.438

[edit] Transactions

December 8, 2005: Edgar Renteria was traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Andy Marte. ^[1]
July 20, 2006: Bob Wickman was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Atlanta Braves for Max Ramirez (minors). ^[2]