The 2005 Baltimore Orioles season was the 105th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 52nd in Baltimore, and the 14th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They failed to improve on their record from the previous year with a 74–88 record, and missed the postseason for the 8th straight season. The team started off hot, compiling a record of 42 wins and 30 losses while spending 62 days in first place in the 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.
Offseason December 7, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.B.J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 18, 2005: Midre Cummings was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. 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).Sammy Sosa Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Season summary The Baltimore Orioles were in contention up to the all-star break, in second place, posting a record of 47–40. The Orioles trailed the Red Sox by just 2 games. 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. July 30, 2005: Eric Byrnes was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Larry Bigbie.Eric Byrnes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 11, 2005: Midre Cummings was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
Roster 2005 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (hitting) (first base) (bullpen catcher) (pitching) (bench) (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 Javy López 103 395 110 .278 15 49 1B Rafael Palmeiro 110 369 98 .266 18 60 2B Brian Roberts 143 561 176 .314 18 73 3B Melvin Mora 149 593 168 .283 27 88 SS Miguel Tejada 162 654 199 .304 26 98 LF Larry Bigbie 67 206 51 .248 5 21 CF Luis Matos 121 389 109 .280 4 32 RF Sammy Sosa 102 380 84 .221 14 45 DH Jay Gibbons 139 488 135 .277 26 79
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 BJ Surhoff 91 303 78 .257 5 34 Chris Gomez 89 219 61 .279 1 18 David Newhan 96 218 44 .202 5 21 Eric Byrnes 52 167 32 .192 3 11 Sal Fasano 64 160 40 .250 11 20 Gerónimo Gil 62 125 24 .192 4 17 Bernie Castro 24 80 23 .288 0 7 Alejandro Freire 25 65 16 .246 1 4 Eli Marrero 22 50 11 .220 3 10 Jeff Fiorentino 13 44 11 .250 1 5 Walter Young 14 33 10 .303 1 3 Ramón Nivar 7 13 4 .308 0 1 Eli Whiteside 9 12 3 .250 0 1 Keith Reed 6 5 1 .200 0 1 Napoleón Calzado 4 5 1 .200 0 0 Midre Cummings 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Ed Rogers 8 1 1 1.000 1 2
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 Rodrigo López 35 209.1 15 12 4.90 118 Bruce Chen 34 197.1 13 10 3.83 133 Daniel Cabrera 29 161.1 10 13 4.52 157 Érik Bédard 24 141.2 6 8 4.00 125 Sidney Ponson 23 130.1 7 11 6.21 68
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 John Maine 10 40.0 2 3 6.30 24 Hayden Penn 8 38.1 3 2 6.34 18
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 BJ Ryan 69 1 4 36 2.43 100 Todd Williams 72 5 5 1 3.30 38 Jorge Julio 67 3 5 0 5.90 58 67 2 4 0 4.28 36 Tim Byrdak 41 0 1 1 4.05 31 Chris Ray 41 1 3 0 2.66 43 30 1 2 0 6.61 15 Jason Grimsley 22 1 2 0 5.73 10 James Baldwin 20 0 0 0 3.20 20 Eric DuBose 15 2 3 0 4.05 31 John Parrish 14 1 0 0 3.12 25 Aaron Rakers 10 1 0 0 3.29 11 Rick Bauer 5 0 0 0 9.72 5
Farm system LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: FrederickJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2006 Directory.
References
2005 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference 2005 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com