2005 Cleveland Indians season

The 2005 Cleveland Indians season was the 105th season for the franchise. It involved the Indians attempting to win the American League Central division. They had a very good September (with 17 wins and 9 losses), and went into a season-closing series with the Chicago White Sox with a chance to tie the White Sox record (though the White Sox held the tiebreaker and had already won the division) and make it into the playoffs, but lost three close games to finish 6 games behind the White Sox, who were the eventual World Series winners, eliminating Cleveland from the possibility to go to the playoffs.

2005 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Larry Dolan
General manager(s)Mark Shapiro
Manager(s)Eric Wedge
Local televisionFox Sports Ohio
(John Sanders, Rick Manning, Mike Hegan)
Local radioWTAM
Cleveland Indians Radio Network
(Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan)
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Offseason

  • November 3, 2004: Ernie Young was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.[1]
  • November 24, 2004: Bob Wickman was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[2]
  • January 17, 2005: Juan González was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[3] His season – and his career – ended on his first regular season at-bat, when he pulled a leg muscle trying to run out a ground ball.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9963 0.611 47–34 52–29
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 6 43–38 50–31
Minnesota Twins 8379 0.512 16 45–36 38–43
Detroit Tigers 7191 0.438 28 39–42 32–49
Kansas City Royals 56106 0.346 43 34–47 22–59

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 10–84–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–414–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–1412–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–1210–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–102–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–26–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–63–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–37–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–712–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–124–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–46–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–67–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–78–10

Notable transactions

Roster

2005 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2005 Game Log: 93–69 (Home: 43–38; Away: 50–31)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member
2005 Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Josh Bard 34 83 6 16 4 0 1 9 .193 0
Ronnie Belliard 145 536 71 152 36 1 17 78 .284 2
Rafael Betancourt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Casey Blake 147 523 72 126 32 1 23 58 .241 4
Aaron Boone 143 511 61 124 19 1 16 60 .243 9
Ben Broussard 142 466 59 119 30 5 19 68 .255 2
Alex Cora 49 146 11 30 5 2 1 8 .205 6
Coco Crisp 145 594 86 178 42 4 16 69 .300 15
Jason Davis 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jason Dubois 14 45 6 10 0 0 2 2 .222 0
Scott Elarton 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Ryan Garko 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jody Gerut 44 138 12 38 9 1 1 12 .275 1
Juan González 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Franklin Gutierrez 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Travis Hafner 137 486 94 148 42 0 33 108 .305 0
José Hernández 84 234 28 54 7 0 6 31 .231 1
Bob Howry 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Cliff Lee 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jeff Liefer 19 56 5 11 2 0 1 8 .196 0
Ryan Ludwick 19 41 8 9 0 0 4 5 .220 0
Victor Martinez 147 547 73 167 33 0 20 80 .305 0
Matt Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Millwood 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jhonny Peralta 141 504 82 147 35 4 24 78 .292 0
Brandon Phillips 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Arthur Rhodes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CC Sabathia 2 6 1 2 1 0 1 4 .333 0
Scott Sauerbeck 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grady Sizemore 158 640 111 185 37 11 22 81 .289 22
Ramón Vázquez 12 24 1 6 3 0 0 1 .250 0
Jake Westbrook 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Bob Wickman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 162 5609 790 1522 337 30 207 760 .271 62

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Rafael Betancourt 4 3 2.79 54 0 1 67.2 23 21 17 73
Fernando Cabrera 2 1 1.47 15 0 0 30.2 7 5 11 29
Jason Davis 4 2 4.69 11 4 0 40.1 22 21 20 32
Scott Elarton 11 9 4.61 31 31 0 181.2 100 93 48 103
Jeremy Guthrie 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 6.0 4 4 2 3
Bob Howry 7 4 2.47 79 0 3 73.0 23 20 16 48
Cliff Lee 18 5 3.79 32 32 0 202.0 91 85 52 143
Matt Miller 1 0 1.82 23 0 1 29.2 6 6 10 23
Kevin Millwood 9 11 2.86 30 30 0 192.0 72 61 52 146
Arthur Rhodes 3 1 2.08 47 0 0 43.1 13 10 12 43
David Riske 3 4 3.10 58 0 1 72.2 28 25 15 48
CC Sabathia 15 10 4.03 31 31 0 196.2 92 88 62 161
Scott Sauerbeck 1 0 4.04 58 0 0 35.2 18 16 16 35
Kaz Tadano 0 0 2.25 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 1
Brian Tallet 0 0 7.71 2 0 0 4.2 4 4 3 2
Jake Westbrook 15 15 4.49 34 34 0 210.2 121 105 56 119
Bob Wickman 0 4 2.47 64 0 45 62.0 17 17 21 41
Totals 93 69 3.61 162 162 51 1452.2 642 582 413 1050

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level Team League Season article
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League 2005 Buffalo Bisons season
AA Akron Aeros Eastern League 2005 Akron Aeros season
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Lake County Captains South Atlantic League
Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References

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