The 2005 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 123rd year in Major League Baseball, their 48th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at SBC Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with a 75–87 record, 7 games behind the San Diego Padres.
On July 14, 2005, the Giants won their 10,000th game, defeating the rival Dodgers, 4–3. The Giants became the first professional sports franchise to have a five-figure win total.
Offseason December 16, 2004: A. J. Pierzynski was released by the San Francisco Giants.A. J. Pierzynski Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Opening Day starters Edgardo Alfonzo Moisés Alou Ray Durham Pedro Feliz Marquis Grissom Mike Matheny Jason Schmidt J. T. Snow Omar Vizquel
Season standings
National League West
Record vs. opponents
Transactions July 30, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jesse Foppert to the Seattle Mariners for Randy Winn. August 14, 2005: Kirk Rueter was released by the San Francisco Giants.
Roster 2005 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (bullpen) (third base) (bullpen catcher) (hitting) (first base) (pitching) (bench)
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 134 443 107 .242 13 59 1B J.T. Snow 117 367 101 .275 4 40 2B Ray Durham 142 497 144 .290 12 62 SS Omar Vizquel 152 568 154 .271 3 45 3B Edgardo Alfonzo 109 368 102 .277 2 43 LF Pedro Feliz 156 569 142 .250 20 81 CF Jason Ellison 131 352 93 .264 4 24 RF Michael Tucker 104 250 60 .240 5 33
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 Moisés Alou 123 427 137 .321 19 63 Lance Niekro 113 278 70 .252 12 46 Randy Winn 58 231 83 .359 14 26 Deivi Cruz 81 209 56 .268 5 19 Todd Linden 60 171 37 .216 4 13 Marquis Grissom 44 137 29 .212 2 15 Yorvit Torrealba 34 93 21 .226 1 7 Alex Sánchez 19 43 11 .256 0 3 Barry Bonds 14 42 12 .286 5 10 Yamid Haad 17 28 2 .071 0 1 Daniel Ortmeier 15 22 3 .136 0 1 Angel Chávez 10 19 5 .263 0 1 Adam Shabala 6 15 3 .200 0 4 Tony Torcato 11 11 3 .273 0 0 Justin Knoedler 8 10 1 .100 0 0 Brian Dallimore 7 7 1 .143 0 0 Doug Clark 8 5 0 .000 0 0 Julio Ramírez 12 4 1 .250 0 1
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 Noah Lowry 33 204.2 13 13 3.78 172 Brett Tomko 33 190.2 8 15 4.48 114 Jason Schmidt 29 172.0 12 7 4.40 165 Brad Hennessey 21 118.1 5 8 4.64 64 Kirk Reuter 20 107.1 2 7 5.95 25 Matt Cain 7 46.1 2 1 2.33 30 Jerome Williams 4 16.2 0 2 6.48 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 Kevin Correia 16 58.1 2 5 4.63 44 Brian Cooper 8 17.2 0 1 3.06 7 Matt Kinney 5 12.0 2 0 6.00 3 Jesse Foppert 3 10.1 0 0 5.23 6
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 Tyler Walker 67 6 4 23 4.23 54 Scott Eyre 86 2 2 0 2.63 65 Jason Christiansen 56 6 1 0 5.36 17 Jeff Fassero 48 4 7 0 4.05 60 Scott Munter 45 2 0 0 2.56 11 LaTroy Hawkins 45 1 4 2 4.10 30 Jim Brower 32 2 1 1 6.53 25 Armando Benítez 30 2 3 19 4.50 23 Jeremy Accardo 28 1 5 0 3.94 16 Jack Taschner 24 2 0 0 1.59 19 Matt Herges 21 1 1 0 4.71 6 Al Levine 9 0 0 0 9.58 4 Brandon Puffer 3 0 0 0 10.29 1
Awards and honors Mike Matheny, C,Mike Matheny, 2005 recipient Willie Mac Award All-Star Game Moises Alou
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, AZL GiantsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory
References
External links
2005 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 2005 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac