The 2005 Florida Marlins season was the 13th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2004. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played home games at Dolphin Stadium. They finished with a record of 83–79, third in the National League East and failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
On September 30, the Marlins defeated the Atlanta Braves for their 81st win of the season. With every other team in the division having won at least 81 games, this guaranteed that for the first time in baseball history, all the teams in a division would finish the season at .500 or better.
Offseason October 8, 2004: Billy Koch was released by the Florida Marlins. January 26, 2005: Carlos Delgado was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
Regular season
Season standings
National League East
Record vs. opponents
Roster 2005 Florida Marlins Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (bullpen) (third base) (bullpen) (bench) (first base) (hitting) (pitching)
Player stats = Indicates team leader
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 132 445 126 .283 6 57 1B 144 521 157 .301 33 115 2B 122 439 132 .301 4 30 3B 150 500 118 .238 8 58 SS 130 435 115 .264 5 45 LF 158 613 198 .323 33 116 CF 162 656 181 .276 2 47 RF 141 506 145 .287 16 76
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 Jeff Conine 131 335 102 .304 3 33 Damion Easley 102 267 64 .240 9 30 58 134 27 .201 0 13 Chris Aguila 65 78 19 .244 0 4 Lenny Harris 83 70 22 .314 1 13 Robert Andino 17 44 7 .159 0 1 Jeremy Hermida 23 41 12 .293 4 11 Joe Dillon 27 36 6 .167 1 1 Josh Willingham 16 23 7 .304 0 4 Josh Wilson 11 10 1 .100 0 0 Ryan Jorgensen 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Mike Mordecai 2 2 0 .000 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 Dontrelle Willis 34 236.1 22 10 2.63 170 A.J. Burnett 32 209.0 12 12 3.44 198 Josh Beckett 29 178.2 15 8 3.38 166 Al Leiter 17 80.0 3 7 6.64 52 Jason Vargas 17 73.2 5 5 4.03 59 Scott Olsen 5 20.1 1 1 3.98 21 Frank Castillo 1 4.1 0 1 10.38 4
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 Brian Moehler 37 158.1 6 12 4.55 95 Ismael Valdez 14 50.2 2 2 5.33 27 Josh Johnson 4 12.1 0 0 3.65 10
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 Todd Jones 68 1 5 40 2.10 62 Guillermo Mota 56 2 2 2 4.70 60 Jim Mecir 52 1 4 0 3.12 34 Antonio Alfonseca 33 1 1 0 4.94 16 Nate Bump 31 0 3 0 4.03 18 Randy Messenger 29 0 0 0 5.35 29 John Riedling 29 4 1 0 7.16 16 Ron Villone 27 3 2 0 6.85 29 Valerio De Los Santos 27 1 2 0 6.14 16 Matt Perisho 24 2 0 0 1.93 10 Chris Resop 15 2 0 0 8.47 15 Travis Smith 12 0 0 0 6.75 9 Paul Quantrill 6 0 1 0 8.44 1 Jim Crowell 4 0 0 0 21.60 2 Chad Bentz 4 0 0 0 31.50 0 Logan Kensing 3 0 0 0 11.12 4 Yorman Bazardo 1 0 0 0 21.60 2
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 2005 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference 2005 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac