The 2005 Los Angeles Angels season was the 45th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 40th in Anaheim, and their 40th season playing their home games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The regular season ended with a record of 95–67, resulting in the Angels winning the American League West title for the second consecutive season, their fifth in franchise history.

In the postseason, the Angels defeated the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, 3–2, but were subsequently defeated by the eventual World Series champion Chicago White Sox in the American League Championship Series, 4–1.

The season was the first the team played under its controversial "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" moniker.

Offseason October 20, 2004: Adam Riggs was released by the Anaheim Angels. December 14, 2004: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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Player stats

Batting 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 Bengie Molina 119 410 121 .295 15 69 1B Darin Erstad 153 609 166 .273 7 66 2B Adam Kennedy 129 416 125 .300 2 37 SS Orlando Cabrera 141 540 139 .257 8 57 3B Dallas McPherson 61 205 50 .244 8 26 LF Garret Anderson 142 575 163 .283 17 96 CF Steve Finley 112 406 90 .222 12 54 RF Vladimir Guerrero 141 520 165 .317 32 108 DH Jeff DaVanon 108 225 52 .231 2 15

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 Chone Figgins 158 642 186 .290 8 57 Juan Rivera 106 350 95 .271 15 59 Maicer Izturis 77 191 47 .246 1 15 José Molina 75 184 42 .228 6 25 Robb Quinlan 54 134 31 .231 5 14 Casey Kotchman 47 126 35 .278 7 22 Josh Paul 34 37 7 .189 2 4 Zach Sorensen 12 12 2 .167 0 0 Curtis Pride 11 11 1 .091 0 0 Lou Merloni 5 5 0 .000 0 1 Jeff Mathis 5 3 1 .333 0 0 Chris Prieto 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Dave Matranga 1 1 0 .000 0 0

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 Bartolo Colón 33 222.2 21 8 3.48 157 John Lackey 33 209.0 14 5 3.44 199 Paul Byrd 31 204.1 12 11 3.74 102 Jarrod Washburn 29 177.1 8 8 3.20 94 Ervin Santana 23 133.2 12 8 4.65 99 Joe Saunders 2 9.1 0 0 7.71 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 Kelvim Escobar 16 59.2 3 2 3.02 63 Chris Bootcheck 5 18.2 0 1 3.38 8

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 Francisco Rodríguez 66 2 5 45 2.67 91 Scot Shields 78 10 11 7 2.75 98 Brendan Donnelly 65 9 3 0 3.72 53 Esteban Yan 49 1 1 0 4.59 45 Kevin Gregg 33 1 2 0 5.04 52 Joel Peralta 28 1 0 0 3.89 30 Jake Woods 28 1 1 0 4.55 20 Jason Christiansen 12 0 0 0 2.45 4 Greg Jones 6 0 0 0 6.75 6 Bret Prinz 3 0 1 0 3.00 1

Postseason With their win on Monday, September 27, 2005, the Angels clinched their second straight American League West championship.

American League Division Series

The 2005 American League Division Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL East champion New York Yankees. The series began on October 4, 2005 with the Angels splitting the first two games at Angel Stadium. The Angels then proceeded to split the two games at Yankee Stadium and finally won the fifth game at Angel Stadium ultimately winning the series 3–2.

American League Championship Series

The 2005 American League Championship Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox. The series began on October 11, 2005 with the Angels winning the first game at U.S. Cellular Field, but after an incredibly controversial second game loss, the Angels dropped the next three and lost the series 4–1. Because of the controversy surrounding game two, Angel fans to this day (as of the 2013 season) give A. J. Pierzynski a poor welcome at Angel Stadium.

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 4 || Yankees || 4–2 || Mussina (1–0) || Colón (0–1) || Rivera (1) || 45,142 || 0–1 || Angel Stadium of Anaheim || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 5 || Yankees || 5–3 || Escobar (1–0) || Wang (0–1) || Rodríguez (1) || 45,150 || 1–1 || Angel Stadium of Anaheim || |- align="center bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || October 7 || @ Yankees || 11–7 || Shields (1–0) || Small (0–1) || || 56,277 || 2–1 || Yankee Stadium || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | | || October 8 || @ Yankees || colspan=4 |Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for October 9 || || 2–1 || Yankee Stadium || |- align="center bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || October 9 || @ Yankees || 3–2 || Leiter (1–0) || Shields (1–1) || Rivera (2) || 56,226 || 2–2 || Yankee Stadium || |- align="center bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 10 || Yankees || 5–3 || Santana (1–0) || Mussina (1–1) || Rodríguez (2) || 45,133 || 3–2 || Angel Stadium of Anaheim ||

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 11 || @ White Sox || 3–2 || Byrd (1–0) || Contreras (1–1) || Rodríguez (3) || 40,659 || 1–0 || U.S. Cellular Field || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 12 || @ White Sox || 2–1 || Buehrle (2–0) || Escobar (1–1) || || 41,013 || 1–1 || U.S. Cellular Field || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 14 || White Sox || 5–2 || Garland (1–0) || Lackey (0–1) || || 44,725 || 1–2 || Angel Stadium of Anaheim || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || October 15 || White Sox || 8–2 || García (2–0) || Santana (1–1) || || 44,857 || 1–3 || Angel Stadium of Anaheim || |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || October 16 || White Sox || 6–3 || Contreras (2–1) || Escobar (1–2) || || 44,712 || 1–4 || Angel Stadium of Anaheim ||

Legend Angels Win Angels Loss Game postponed

Bracket

Note: Major League Baseball's playoff format automatically seeds the Wild Card team 4th. Normally, the No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed in the Division Series. However, MLB does not allow the No. 1 seed to play the 4th seed/Wild Card winner in the Division Series if they are from the same division, instead having the No. 1 seed play the next lowest seed, the No. 3 seed.

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory

References

2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim team page at Baseball Reference 2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim team page at www.baseball-almanac.com