The 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 8th season in Major League Baseball and their 8th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West.

They looked to improve on their 51–111 record from 2004. They looked to contend in what was once again a weak National League West. They finished the season with a record of 77–85, good for second place in the division.

Offseason December 11, 2004: Russ Ortiz was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks. December 21, 2004: Craig Counsell was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 11, 2005: Shawn Green was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dioner Navarro, Beltrán Pérez, Danny Muegge (minors), and William Juarez (minors).Shawn Green Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 11, 2005: Randy Johnson was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash.Randy Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Regular season

Notable Transactions July 31, 2005: Buddy Groom was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Roster 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks Roster Pitchers Catchers

InfieldersOutfielders Manager

Coaches (hitting) (bench) (first base) (pitching) (bullpen) (third base)

Player stats

Batting

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 C Chris Snyder 115 326 66 .202 6 28 1B Chad Tracy 145 503 155 .308 27 72 2B Craig Counsell 150 578 148 .256 9 42 SS Royce Clayton 143 522 141 .270 2 44 3B Troy Glaus 149 538 139 .258 37 97 LF Luis Gonzalez 155 579 157 .271 24 79 CF Luis Terrero 88 161 37 .230 4 20 RF Shawn Green 158 581 166 .286 22 73

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Tony Clark 130 349 106 .304 30 87 Alex Cintrón 122 330 90 .237 8 48 Quinton McCracken 134 215 51 .237 1 13 José Cruz Jr. 64 202 43 .213 12 28 Kelly Stinnett 59 129 32 .248 6 12 Conor Jackson 40 85 17 .200 2 8 Koyie Hill 34 78 17 .218 0 6 Andy Green 17 31 7 .226 0 2 Matt Kata 30 31 6 .194 0 0 Scott Hairston 15 20 2 .100 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Brandon Webb 33 229.0 14 12 3.54 172 Javier Vázquez 33 215.2 11 15 4.42 192 Brad Halsey 28 160.0 8 12 4.61 82 Shawn Estes 21 123.2 7 8 4.80 63 Claudio Vargas 21 119.2 9 6 4.81 90 Russ Ortiz 22 115.0 5 11 6.89 46 Dustin Nippert 3 14.2 1 0 5.52 11

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Mike Gosling 13 32.1 0 3 4.45 14

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO José Valverde 61 3 4 15 2.44 75 Lance Cormier 67 7 3 0 5.11 63 Brian Bruney 47 1 3 12 7.43 51 Mike Koplove 44 2 1 0 5.07 28 Greg Aquino 35 0 1 1 7.76 34 Tim Worrell 32 1 1 0 2.27 22 Brandon Lyon 32 0 2 14 6.44 17 Javier López 29 1 1 2 9.42 11 Brandon Medders 27 4 1 0 1.78 31 Buddy Groom 23 0 1 1 4.70 7 Óscar Villarreal 11 2 0 0 5.27 5 Jason Bulger 9 1 0 0 5.40 9 Randy Choate 8 0 0 0 9.00 4 Kerry Ligtenberg 7 0 0 0 13.97 5 Matt Herges 7 0 0 0 13.50 3 Armando Almanza 6 0 0 0 2.25 2 Édgar González 1 0 0 0 108.00 1

Minor League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: South BendJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links Arizona Diamondbacks official web site 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks at Baseball Reference 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com