2005 Baltimore Orioles season

The 2005 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The team started off hot, compiling a record of 42 wins and 30 losses while spending 62 days in first place in AL East. After June 23, the team started slipping on the way to a losing record and manager Lee Mazzilli's dismissal in early August.

2005 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Angelos
General manager(s)Jim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
Manager(s)Lee Mazzilli and Sam Perlozzo
Local televisionWJZ-TV
WNUV
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Jim Hunter, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra, Dave Raymond)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond)
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Offseason
  • December 7, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[1]
  • January 18, 2005: Midre Cummings was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • February 2, 2005: Sammy Sosa was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Jerry Hairston, Mike Fontenot, and Dave Crouthers (minors).[3]

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9567 0.586 — 53–28 42–39
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 — 54–27 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8082 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7488 0.457 21 36–45 38–43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6795 0.414 28 40–41 27–54

Record vs. opponents
2005 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Baltimore —8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston 10–8—4–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–4—14–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–14—12–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–12—10–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–10—2–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–2—6–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–6—3–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–3—7–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–7—12–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–12—4–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–4—6–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–6—7–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–7—8–10

Season summary

The Baltimore Orioles had one of the best starts in franchise history, posting a record of 47–40. The Orioles, however, posted a 27–48 record after the all-star break, finishing 21 games behind the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.

Transactions
  • June 8, 2005: Eli Marrero was traded by the Kansas City Royals for Minor Leaguer Pete Maestrales.[4]
  • July 30, 2005: Eric Byrnes was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Larry Bigbie.[5]
  • August 11, 2005: Midre Cummings was released by the Baltimore Orioles.[2]

Roster
2005 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJavy López103395110.2781549
1BRafael Palmeiro11036998.2661860
2BBrian Roberts143561176.3141873
3BMelvin Mora149593168.2832788
SSMiguel Tejada162654199.3042698
LFLarry Bigbie6720651.248521
CFLuis Matos121389109.280432
RFSammy Sosa10238084.2211445
DHJay Gibbons139488135.2772679

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
David Newhan9621844.202521
BJ Surhoff9130378.257534
Chris Gomez8921961.279118
Sal Fasano6416040.2501120
Gerónimo Gil6212524.192417
Eric Byrnes5216732.192311
Alejandro Freire256516.24614
Bernie Castro248023.28807
Eli Marrero225011.220310
Walter Young143310.30313
Jeff Fiorentino134411.25015
Eli Whiteside9123.25001
Ed Rogers8111.00012
Ramón Nivar7134.30801
Keith Reed651.20001
Napoleón Calzado451.20000
Midre Cummings220.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rodrigo Lopez35209.115124.90118
Bruce Chen34197.113103.83133
Daniel Cabrera29161.110134.52157
Érik Bédard24141.2684.00125
Sidney Ponson23130.17116.2168

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Maine1040.0236.3024
Hayden Penn838.1326.3418

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Todd Williams725513.3038
BJ Ryan6914362.43100
Jorge Julio673505.9058
Steve Kline672404.2836
Tim Byrdak410114.0531
Chris Ray411302.6643
Steve Reed301206.6115
James Baldwin280213.8129
Jason Grimsley221205.7310
Eric DuBose152304.0531
John Parrish141003.1225
Aaron Rakers101003.2911

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Dave Trembley
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Don Werner
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Bien Figueroa
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Gary Kendall
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Andy Etchebarren
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Jesus Alfaro

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Frederick[6][7]

References
  1. B.J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml
  3. Sammy Sosa Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marreel01.shtml
  5. Eric Byrnes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  7. Baseball America 2006 Directory.
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