2005 Cleveland Indians season

The 2005 Cleveland Indians season was the 105th season for the franchise. It involved the Indians attempting to win the American League Central. They had a very good September (with 17 wins and 9 losses), and went into a season-closing series with the Chicago White Sox with a chance to tie the White Sox record (though the White Sox held the tiebreaker and had already won the division) and make it into the playoffs, but lost three close games to finish 6 games behind the White Sox, who were the eventual World Series winners, eliminating Cleveland from the possibility to go to the playoffs.

2005 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	93–69 (.574)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Larry Dolan
General managers	Mark Shapiro
Managers	Eric Wedge
Television	Fox Sports Ohio (John Sanders, Rick Manning, Mike Hegan)
Radio	WTAM Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan)
← 2004 Seasons 2006 →

Offseason

• November 3, 2004: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[1]
• November 24, 2004: Bob Wickman was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[2]
• January 17, 2005: Juan González was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3] His season – and his career – ended on his first regular season at-bat, when he pulled a leg muscle trying to run out a ground ball.

Regular season

Season standings

• v
• t
• e

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	—	47‍–‍34	52‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians	93	69	.574	6	43‍–‍38	50‍–‍31
Minnesota Twins	83	79	.512	16	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers	71	91	.438	28	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49
Kansas City Royals	56	106	.346	43	34‍–‍47	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

2005 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2005 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–10	2–6	1–6	3–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	7–3	12–6	4–6	9–10	8–10
Boston	10–8	—	4–3	4–2	6–4	4–2	6–4	4–2	9–10	6–4	3–3	13–6	7–2	7–11	12–6
Chicago	6–2	3–4	—	14–5	14–5	13–5	4–6	11–7	3–3	2–7	6–3	4–2	3–6	4–2	12–6
Cleveland	6–1	2–4	5–14	—	12–6	13–6	3–5	10–9	3–4	6–3	7–3	4–6	3–3	4–2	15–3
Detroit	5–3	4–6	5–14	6–12	—	10–9	4–6	8–11	1–5	1–5	5–4	5–2	4–2	4–3	9–9
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	5–13	6–13	9–10	—	2–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	2–7	3–5	2–8	3–6	9–9
Los Angeles	4–2	4–6	6–4	5–3	6–4	7–2	—	6–4	6–4	10–9	9–9	4–5	15–4	1–5	12–6
Minnesota	3–3	2–4	7–11	9–10	11–8	13–6	4–6	—	3–3	4–6	6–4	6–0	3–6	4–2	8–10
New York	11–7	10–9	3–3	4–3	5–1	3–3	4–6	3–3	—	7–2	7–3	8–11	7–3	12–6	11–7
Oakland	6–4	4–6	7–2	3–6	5–1	4–2	9–10	6–4	2–7	—	12–6	4–5	11–8	5–5	10–8
Seattle	3–7	3–3	3–6	3–7	4–5	7–2	9–9	4–6	3–7	6–12	—	4–2	6–13	4–6	10–8
Tampa Bay	6–12	6–13	2–4	6–4	2–5	5–3	5–4	0–6	11–8	5–4	2–4	—	6–2	8–11	3–15
Texas	6–4	2–7	6–3	3–3	2–4	8–2	4–15	6–3	3–7	8–11	13–6	2–6	—	7–3	9–9
Toronto	10–9	11–7	2–4	2–4	3–4	6–3	5–1	2–4	6–12	5–5	6–4	11–8	3–7	—	8–10

Notable transactions

• June 7, 2005: Tim Lincecum was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 42nd round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[4]

Roster

2005 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 63 Rafael Betancourt 56 Fernando Cabrera 50 Jason Davis 39 Scott Elarton 36 Jeremy Guthrie 46 Bob Howry 31 Cliff Lee 59 Matt Miller 34 Kevin Millwood 53 Arthur Rhodes 54 David Riske 52 CC Sabathia 47 Scott Sauerbeck 30 Brian Tallet 32 Kazuhito Tadano 37 Jake Westbrook 26 Bob Wickman		Catchers 44 Josh Bard 41 Víctor Martínez Infielders 20 Ronnie Belliard 17 Aaron Boone 23 Ben Broussard 12 Alex Cora 48 Travis Hafner 11 José Hernández  8 Jeff Liefer  2 Jhonny Peralta  7 Brandon Phillips 15 Ramón Vázquez		Outfielders  1 Casey Blake 10 Coco Crisp  9 Jason Dubois  9 Jody Gerut 16 Juan González 38 Franklin Gutiérrez 38 Ryan Ludwick 24 Grady Sizemore Other batters 25 Ryan Garko		Manager 22 Eric Wedge Coaches 25 Buddy Bell (bench) 29 Jeff Datz (first base)  4 Luis Isaac (bullpen) 33 Eddie Murray (hitting) (beginning of season-June 4) -- Derek Shelton (hitting) (June 5-end of season) 35 Joel Skinner (third base) -- Robby Thompson (bench) 43 Dan Williams (bullpen catcher) 51 Carl Willis (pitching)

Game log

2005 Game Log: 93–69 (Home: 43–38; Away: 50–31)
April: 9–14 (Home: 3–7; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 April 4 @ White Sox 0–1 Buehrle (1–0) Westbrook (0–1) Takatsu (1) U.S. Cellular Field 38,141 0–1 L1 2 April 6 @ White Sox 3–4 Marte (1–0) Wickman (0–1) — U.S. Cellular Field 10,520 0–2 L2 3 April 7 @ White Sox 11–5 (11) Rhodes (1–0) Vizcaino (0–1) — U.S. Cellular Field 10,800 1–2 W1 4 April 8 @ Tigers 4–3 Riske (1–0) Urbina (0–1) Wickman (1) Comerica Park 23,294 2–2 W2 5 April 9 @ Tigers 1–11 Ledezma (1–0) Westbrook (0–2) — Comerica Park 26,037 2–3 L1 6 April 10 @ Tigers 7–6 Davis (1–0) Bonderman (1–1) Wickman (2) Comerica Park 25,758 3–3 W1 7 April 11 White Sox 1–2 Garcia (1–0) Millwood (0–1) Takatsu (3) Jacobs Field 42,461 3–4 L1 8 April 13 White Sox 4–5 (10) Vizcaino (1–1) Howry (0–1) Hermanson (1) Jacobs Field 14,410 3–5 L2 9 April 14 White Sox 8–6 Betancourt (1–0) Hernandez (1–1) Wickman (3) Jacobs Field 12,470 4–5 W1 10 April 15 Twins 2–4 Santana (3–0) Westbrook (0–3) Nathan (3) Jacobs Field 15,360 4–6 L1 11 April 16 Twins 4–6 Gassner (1–0) Millwood (0–2) Nathan (4) Jacobs Field 18,699 4–7 L2 12 April 17 Twins 2–1 Howry (1–1) Romero (0–1) Wickman (4) Jacobs Field 19,021 5–7 W1 13 April 18 @ Royals 5–1 Lee (1–0) Greinke (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 11,115 6–7 W2 14 April 19 @ Royals 5–6 MacDougal (1–0) Rhodes (1–1) — Kauffman Stadium 11,884 6–8 L1 15 April 20 @ Angels 0–2 Colon (3–1) Westbrook (0–4) Rodriguez (3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,531 6–9 L2 16 April 21 @ Angels 5–6 (10) Rodriguez (1–0) Davis (1–1) — Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,673 6–10 L3 17 April 22 @ Mariners 6–1 Sabathia (1–0) Meche (1–1) — Safeco Field 43,207 7–10 W1 18 April 23 @ Mariners 5–2 Lee (2–0) Sele (1–2) Wickman (5) Safeco Field 33,564 8–10 W2 19 April 24 @ Mariners 1–9 Moyer (4–0) Elarton (0–1) — Safeco Field 32,889 8–11 L1 – April 26 Tigers Postponed (rain, makeup July 4) 20 April 27 Tigers 3–10 Bonderman (3–2) Westbrook (0–5) — Jacobs Field 12,162 8–12 L2 21 April 28 Tigers 2–3 Maroth (2–1) Millwood (0–3) Percival (2) Jacobs Field 13,809 8–13 L3 22 April 29 Royals 6–0 Sabathia (2–0) Greinke (0–2) — Jacobs Field 16,666 9–13 W1 23 April 30 Royals 1–8 Bautista (2–1) Lee (2–1) — Jacobs Field 15,771 9–14 L1
May: 16–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 24 May 1 Royals 5–6 Wood (1–2) Betancourt (1–1) Burgos (1) Jacobs Field 17,672 9–15 L2 25 May 3 @ Twins 4–2 Westbrook (1–5) Mays (1–1) Wickman (6) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 16,919 10–15 W1 26 May 4 @ Twins 5–4 Howry (2–1) Romero (0–2) Wickman (7) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 19,856 11–15 W2 27 May 5 @ Twins 0–9 Radke (3–3) Sabathia (2–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 18,265 11–16 L1 28 May 6 @ Rangers 8–6 Lee (3–1) Astacio (1–4) Wickman (8) Ameriquest Field in Arlington 30,742 12–16 W1 29 May 7 @ Rangers 1–6 Drese (3–3) Elarton (0–2) — Ameriquest Field in Arlington 36,311 12–17 L1 30 May 8 @ Rangers 2–7 Rogers (3–2) Westbrook (1–6) Cordero (10) Ameriquest Field in Arlington 23,203 12–18 L2 31 May 9 @ Angels 3–0 Millwood (1–3) Lackey (3–2) Wickman (9) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 36,763 13–18 W1 32 May 10 @ Angels 4–5 Byrd (3–3) Sabathia (2–2) Rodriguez (9) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,320 13–19 L1 33 May 11 @ Angels 8–3 Lee (4–1) Escobar (1–2) — Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,508 14–19 W1 34 May 13 Blue Jays 6–4 Davis (2–1) Lilly (1–4) Wickman (10) Jacobs Field 19,637 15–19 W2 35 May 14 Blue Jays 3–2 Rhodes (2–1) Frasor (1–3) Wickman (11) Jacobs Field 22,525 16–19 W3 36 May 15 Blue Jays 2–5 Halladay (6–2) Sabathia (2–3) — Jacobs Field 23,446 16–20 L1 37 May 16 Angels 1–3 Byrd (4–3) Lee (4–2) Shields (3) Jacobs Field 13,729 16–21 L2 38 May 17 Angels 13–5 Elarton (1–2) Santana (0–1) — Jacobs Field 15,033 17–21 W1 39 May 18 Angels 1–2 Colon (5–3) Westbrook (1–7) Shields (4) Jacobs Field 19,030 17–22 L1 40 May 20 @ Reds 1–2 Harang (3–2) Millwood (1–4) Graves (10) Great American Ball Park 25,412 17–23 L2 41 May 21 @ Reds 5–3 Sabathia (3–3) Ramirez (0–2) Wickman (12) Great American Ball Park 31,083 18–23 W1 42 May 22 @ Reds 9–2 Lee (5–2) Ortiz (1–3) — Great American Ball Park 21,862 19–23 W2 43 May 23 Twins 2–1 Rhodes (3–1) Lohse (3–3) Wickman (13) Jacobs Field 13,257 20–23 W3 44 May 24 Twins 3–6 (11) Crain (4–0) Riske (1–1) Nathan (13) Jacobs Field 15,884 20–24 L1 45 May 25 Twins 3–2 (10) Howry (3–1) Rincon (2–2) — Jacobs Field 15,794 21–24 W1 46 May 26 Twins 4–5 (11) Crain (5–0) Riske (1–2) Nathan (14) Jacobs Field 19,161 21–25 L1 47 May 27 Athletics 4–1 Lee (6–2) Zito (1–6) Riske (1) Jacobs Field 19,711 22–25 W1 48 May 28 Athletics 6–3 Elarton (2–2) Saarloos (1–4) Howry (1) Jacobs Field 33,646 23–25 W2 49 May 29 Athletics 6–2 Westbrook (2–7) Etherton (1–1) Miller (1) Jacobs Field 25,737 24–25 W3 50 May 31 @ Twins 4–3 Sabathia (4–3) Silva (3–3) Wickman (14) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,494 25–25 W4
June: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 51 June 1 @ Twins 2–6 Radke (5–4) Lee (6–3) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,739 25–26 L1 52 June 2 @ Twins 3–4 (13) Romero (1–2) Betancourt (1–2) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 17,351 25–27 L2 53 June 3 @ White Sox 4–6 Hernandez (6–1) Westbrook (2–8) Hermanson (12) U.S. Cellular Field 23,132 25–28 L3 54 June 4 @ White Sox 5–6 Garland (9–2) Davis (2–2) Hermanson (13) U.S. Cellular Field 26,365 25–29 L4 55 June 5 @ White Sox 6–4 (12) Riske (2–2) Hermanson (0–1) — U.S. Cellular Field 26,146 26–29 W1 56 June 7 @ Padres 2–0 (11) Betancourt (2–2) Hoffman (0–2) Wickman (15) Petco Park 25,047 27–29 W2 57 June 8 @ Padres 6–1 Elarton (3–2) Peavy (5–1) Howry (2) Petco Park 29,464 28–29 W3 58 June 9 @ Padres 2–3 Eaton (9–1) Westbrook (2–9) Hoffman (17) Petco Park 27,149 28–30 L1 59 June 10 @ Giants 10–2 Sabathia (5–3) Tomko (5–8) — SBC Park 37,102 29–30 W1 60 June 11 @ Giants 7–6 Davis (3–2) Schmidt (3–3) Wickman (16) SBC Park 39,961 30–30 W2 61 June 12 @ Giants 5–3 Lee (7–3) Rueter (2–5) Wickman (17) SBC Park 41,500 31–30 W3 62 June 14 Rockies 11–2 Westbrook (3–9) Francis (5–4) — Jacobs Field 17,631 32–30 W4 63 June 15 Rockies 7–6 (11) Howry (4–1) Neal (1–3) — Jacobs Field 20,986 33–30 W5 64 June 16 Rockies 2–1 Millwood (2–4) Wright (4–6) Wickman (18) Jacobs Field 19,244 34–30 W6 65 June 17 Diamondbacks 13–6 Lee (8–3) Halsey (4–5) — Jacobs Field 23,138 35–30 W7 66 June 18 Diamondbacks 3–1 Elarton (4–2) Webb (7–3) Wickman (19) Jacobs Field 28,306 35–30 W8 67 June 19 Diamondbacks 3–2 Westbrook (4–9) Estes (5–5) Wickman (20) Jacobs Field 27,416 37–30 W9 68 June 20 Red Sox 9–10 Wells (6–4) Sabathia (5–4) Foulke (14) Jacobs Field 30,562 37–31 L1 69 June 21 Red Sox 2–9 Arroyo (6–3) Millwood (2–5) — Jacobs Field 28,450 37–32 L2 70 June 22 Red Sox 4–5 Foulke (5–3) Wickman (0–2) — Jacobs Field 29,915 37–33 L3 71 June 24 Reds 4–5 Mercker (2–1) Howry (4–2) Weathers (3) Jacobs Field 27,129 37–34 L4 72 June 25 Reds 12–7 Westbrook (5–9) Hudson (1–2) — Jacobs Field 42,521 38–34 W1 73 June 26 Reds 4–3 Howry (5–2) Weathers (4–1) Wickman (21) Jacobs Field 29,355 39–34 W2 74 June 27 @ Red Sox 7–0 Millwood (3–5) Arroyo (6–4) — Fenway Park 35,458 40–34 W3 75 June 28 @ Red Sox 12–8 Miller (1–0) Foulke (5–4) — Fenway Park 35,445 41–34 W4 76 June 29 @ Red Sox 2–5 Wakefield (7–6) Elarton (4–3) Timlin (1) Fenway Park 35,069 41–35 L1 77 June 30 @ Orioles 9–3 Westbrook (6–9) Penn (2–2) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 27,272 42–35 W1
July: 13–16 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 78 July 1 @ Orioles 3–1 Sabathia (6–4) Lopez (7–4) Wickman (22) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 26,407 43–35 W2 79 July 2 @ Orioles 0–4 Cabrera (6–7) Millwood (3–6) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 38,059 43–36 L1 80 July 3 @ Orioles 9–4 Lee (9–3) Ponson (7–6) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 41,655 44–36 W1 81 July 4 (1) Tigers 9–3 Elarton (5–3) Johnson (5–7) — Jacobs Field 26,869 45–36 W2 82 July 4 (2) Tigers 6–0 Davis (4–2) Verlander (0–1) — Jacobs Field 33,599 46–36 W3 83 July 5 Tigers 2–3 Maroth (6–9) Westbrook (6–10) Percival (6) Jacobs Field 18,478 46–37 L1 84 July 6 Tigers 3–7 Bonderman (11–5) Sabathia (6–5) Percival (7) Jacobs Field 22,539 46–38 L2 85 July 7 @ Yankees 2–7 Mussina (9–5) Millwood (3–7) — Yankee Stadium 52,201 46–39 L3 86 July 8 @ Yankees 4–5 Wang (6–3) Lee (9–4) Rivera (19) Yankee Stadium 52,938 46–40 L4 87 July 9 @ Yankees 8–7 Elarton (6–3) May (1–4) Wickman (23) Yankee Stadium 54,366 47–40 W1 88 July 10 @ Yankees 4–9 R. Johnson (9–6) Westbrook (6–11) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 54,256 47–41 L1 – July 12 76th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan) 89 July 14 White Sox 0–1 Contreras (5–5) Millwood (3–8) Hermanson (22) Jacobs Field 21,472 47–42 L2 90 July 15 White Sox 1–7 Garcia (9–3) Sabathia (6–6) — Jacobs Field 29,684 47–43 L3 91 July 16 White Sox 5–7 Buehrle (11–3) Westbrook (6–12) Marte (3) Jacobs Field 27,114 47–44 L4 92 July 17 White Sox 0–4 Garland (14–4) Elarton (6–4) — Jacobs Field 24,548 47–45 L5 93 July 18 Royals 6–2 (5) Lee (10–4) Carrasco (4–4) — Jacobs Field 18,073 48–45 W1 94 July 19 Royals 0–4 Greinke (3–11) Millwood (3–9) — Jacobs Field 20,862 48–46 L1 95 July 20 Royals 3–5 Lima (3–8) Sabathia (6–7) MacDougal (13) Jacobs Field 21,860 48–47 L2 96 July 21 Royals 10–1 Westbrook (7–12) Howell (1–4) — Jacobs Field 24,694 49–47 W1 97 July 22 Mariners 3–4 Putz (3–3) Elarton (6–5) Guardado (22) Jacobs Field 27,208 49–48 L1 98 July 23 Mariners 4–3 Lee (11–4) Meche (10–7) Wickman (24) Jacobs Field 28,498 50–48 W1 99 July 24 Mariners 6–3 Millwood (4–9) Sele (6–11) — Jacobs Field 22,863 51–48 W2 100 July 25 @ Athletics 4–13 Zito (9–8) Sabathia (6–8) Yabu (1) McAfee Coliseum 19,242 51–49 L1 101 July 26 @ Athletics 2–0 Westbrook (8–12) Blanton (5–9) Wickman (25) McAfee Coliseum 18,606 52–49 W1 102 July 27 @ Athletics 4–5 (10) Street (4–1) Riske (2–3) — McAfee Coliseum 40,331 52–50 L1 103 July 28 @ Mariners 6–5 Howry (6–2) Putz (4–4) Wickman (26) Safeco Field 28,500 53–50 W1 104 July 29 @ Mariners 10–5 Millwood (5–9) Sele (6–12) — Safeco Field 32,966 54–50 W2 105 July 30 @ Mariners 2–3 Franklin (6–11) Sabathia (6–9) Guardado (24) Safeco Field 37,719 54–51 L1 106 July 31 @ Mariners 9–7 Westbrook (9–12) Pineiro (3–7) Wickman (27) Safeco Field 33,652 55–51 W1
August: 19–8 (Home: 8–6; Away: 11–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 107 August 2 Yankees 6–5 Elarton (7–5) Leiter (4–10) Wickman (28) Jacobs Field 34,457 56–51 W3 108 August 3 Yankees 7–4 Lee (12–4) Mussina (10–7) Wickman (29) Jacobs Field 35,737 57–51 W4 109 August 4 Yankees 3–4 Gordon (5–4) Wickman (0–3) Rivera (27) Jacobs Field 40,048 57–52 L1 110 August 5 @ Tigers 9–6 Sabathia (7–9) Robertson (5–10) Howry (3) Comerica Park 38,928 58–52 W1 111 August 6 @ Tigers 4–2 Westbrook (10–12) Bonderman (13–8) Wickman (30) Comerica Park 39,817 59–52 W2 112 August 7 @ Tigers 6–5 Riske (3–3) Rodney (1–2) Wickman (31) Comerica Park 34,553 60–52 W3 113 August 9 @ Royals 13–7 Sauerbeck (1–0) MacDougal (2–4) — Kauffman Stadium 15,182 61–52 W4 114 August 10 @ Royals 6–1 Sabathia (8–9) Greinke (3–14) — Kauffman Stadium 16,061 62–52 W5 115 August 11 @ Royals 4–2 Millwood (6–9) Carrasco (5–6) Wickman (32) Kauffman Stadium 14,506 63–52 W6 116 August 12 Devil Rays 6–8 Hendrickson (7–7) Westbrook (10–13) Baez (24) Jacobs Field 22,597 63–53 L1 117 August 13 Devil Rays 2–8 McClung (3–7) Elarton (7–6) — Jacobs Field 34,765 63–54 L2 118 August 14 Devil Rays 0–1 Borowski (1–0) Wickman (0–4) Baez (25) Jacobs Field 25,361 63–55 L3 119 August 16 Rangers 8–2 Sabathia (9–9) Rogers (11–6) — Jacobs Field 27,403 64–55 W1 120 August 17 Rangers 0–3 Young (10–7) Millwood (6–10) Cordero (27) Jacobs Field 20,442 64–56 L1 121 August 18 Rangers 9–4 Westbrook (11–13) Wilson (0–6) — Jacobs Field 23,214 65–56 W1 122 August 19 Orioles 5–4 (10) Cabrera (1–0) Kline (2–4) — Jacobs Field 33,160 66–56 W2 123 August 20 Orioles 6–1 Lee (13–4) Lopez (12–7) — Jacobs Field 41,034 67–56 W3 124 August 21 Orioles 5–1 Sabathia (10–9) Chen (10–7) — Jacobs Field 28,025 68–56 W4 125 August 22 @ Devil Rays 11–4 Millwood (7–10) Miller (1–1) — Tropicana Field 8,564 69–56 W5 126 August 23 @ Devil Rays 5–4 Westbrook (12–13) Miller (1–2) Wickman (33) Tropicana Field 8,648 70–56 W6 127 August 24 @ Devil Rays 3–13 McClung (5–7) Elarton (7–7) — Tropicana Field 11,261 70–57 L1 128 August 25 @ Devil Rays 12–4 Lee (14–4) Kazmir (7–9) — Tropicana Field 9,172 71–57 W1 129 August 26 @ Blue Jays 9–3 Sabathia (11–9) McGowan (1–2) — Rogers Centre 24,649 72–57 W2 130 August 27 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Downs (2–3) Millwood (7–11) Batista (24) Rogers Centre 27,630 72–58 L1 131 August 28 @ Blue Jays 4–1 Westbrook (13–13) Towers (10–10) Wickman (34) Rogers Centre 31,785 73–58 W1 132 August 29 Tigers 10–8 Cabrera (2–0) Bonderman (14–11) Wickman (35) Jacobs Field 22,713 74–58 W2 – August 30 Tigers Postponed (rain, makeup September 8) 133 August 31 Tigers 3–4 Maroth (12–12) Betancourt (2–3) Rodney (7) Jacobs Field 22,091 74–59 L1
September: 19–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 9–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 134 September 2 @ Twins 6–1 Sabathia (12–9) Radke (8–11) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 16,119 75–59 W1 135 September 3 @ Twins 2–3 Nathan (7–3) Howry (6–3) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 21,757 75–60 L1 136 September 4 @ Twins 5–7 Crain (10–4) Westbrook (13–14) Nathan (35) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 21,717 75–61 L2 137 September 5 @ Tigers 2–0 Elarton (8–7) Maroth (12–13) Wickman (36) Comerica Park 26,150 76–61 W1 138 September 6 @ Tigers 6–1 Lee (15–4) Johnson (7–12) — Comerica Park 15,308 77–61 W2 139 September 7 @ Tigers 4–1 Sabathia (13–9) Colon (2–6) — Comerica Park 13,193 78–61 W3 140 September 8 Tigers 4–2 Betancourt (3–3) Robertson (6–13) Wickman (37) Jacobs Field 20,363 79–61 W4 141 September 9 Twins 4–2 Westbrook (14–14) Santana (13–7) Wickman (38) Jacobs Field 26,078 80–61 W5 142 September 10 Twins 7–5 Elarton (9–7) Baker (1–2) Wickman (39) Jacobs Field 32,123 81–61 W6 143 September 11 Twins 12–4 Lee (16–4) Silva (9–8) — Jacobs Field 38,564 82–61 W7 144 September 12 Athletics 0–2 Haren (13–10) Sabathia (13–10) Street (21) Jacobs Field 20,282 82–62 L1 145 September 13 Athletics 5–2 Millwood (8–11) Duchscherer (6–4) Wickman (40) Jacobs Field 21,564 83–62 W1 146 September 14 Athletics 6–4 Westbrook (15–14) Zito (13–12) Wickman (41) Jacobs Field 21,920 84–62 W2 147 September 16 Royals 3–1 Elarton (10–7) Gobble (1–1) Wickman (42) Jacobs Field 21,975 85–62 W3 148 September 17 Royals 5–4 Lee (17–4) Hernandez (8–12) Wickman (43) Jacobs Field 32,392 86–62 W4 149 September 18 Royals 11–0 Sabathia (14–10) Lima (5–16) — Jacobs Field 22,654 87–62 W5 150 September 19 @ White Sox 7–5 Betancourt (4–3) Marte (3–4) Wickman (44) U.S. Cellular Field 35,748 88–62 W6 151 September 20 @ White Sox 6–7 (10) Hermanson (2–4) Riske (3–4) — U.S. Cellular Field 26,147 88–63 L1 152 September 21 @ White Sox 8–0 Elarton (11–7) Garland (17–10) — U.S. Cellular Field 36,543 89–63 W1 153 September 22 @ Royals 11–6 Lee (18–4) Sisco (2–4) Betancourt (1) Kauffman Stadium 10,028 90–63 W2 154 September 23 @ Royals 7–6 Howry (7–3) MacDougal (4–6) Wickman (45) Kauffman Stadium 12,519 91–63 W3 155 September 24 @ Royals 11–4 Millwood (9–11) Wood (5–8) — Kauffman Stadium 17,358 92–63 W4 156 September 25 @ Royals 4–5 MacDougal (5–6) Howry (7–4) — Kauffman Stadium 11,453 92–64 L1 157 September 27 Devil Rays 4–5 Kazmir (10–9) Elarton (11–8) Baez (40) Jacobs Field 23,795 92–65 L2 158 September 28 Devil Rays 0–1 McClung (7–11) Lee (18–5) Baez (41) Jacobs Field 24,356 92–66 L3 159 September 29 Devil Rays 6–0 Sabathia (15–10) Fossum (8–12) — Jacobs Field 25,870 93–66 W1 160 September 30 White Sox 2–3 (13) Politte (7–1) Cabrera (2–1) Jenks (5) Jacobs Field 41,072 93–67 L1
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 161 October 1 White Sox 3–4 Garland (18–10) Westbrook (15–15) Jenks (6) Jacobs Field 41,026 93–68 L2 162 October 2 White Sox 1–3 McCarthy (3–2) Elarton (11–9) Hernandez (1) Jacobs Field 41,034 93–69 L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Josh Bard	34	83	6	16	4	0	1	9	.193	0
Ronnie Belliard	145	536	71	152	36	1	17	78	.284	2
Rafael Betancourt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Casey Blake	147	523	72	126	32	1	23	58	.241	4
Aaron Boone	143	511	61	124	19	1	16	60	.243	9
Ben Broussard	142	466	59	119	30	5	19	68	.255	2
Alex Cora	49	146	11	30	5	2	1	8	.205	6
Coco Crisp	145	594	86	178	42	4	16	69	.300	15
Jason Davis	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jason Dubois	14	45	6	10	0	0	2	2	.222	0
Scott Elarton	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ryan Garko	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jody Gerut	44	138	12	38	9	1	1	12	.275	1
Juan González	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Franklin Gutierrez	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Travis Hafner	137	486	94	148	42	0	33	108	.305	0
José Hernández	84	234	28	54	7	0	6	31	.231	1
Bob Howry	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Cliff Lee	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jeff Liefer	19	56	5	11	2	0	1	8	.196	0
Ryan Ludwick	19	41	8	9	0	0	4	5	.220	0
Victor Martinez	147	547	73	167	33	0	20	80	.305	0
Matt Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Kevin Millwood	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jhonny Peralta	141	504	82	147	35	4	24	78	.292	0
Brandon Phillips	6	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Arthur Rhodes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
CC Sabathia	2	6	1	2	1	0	1	4	.333	0
Scott Sauerbeck	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Grady Sizemore	158	640	111	185	37	11	22	81	.289	22
Ramón Vázquez	12	24	1	6	3	0	0	1	.250	0
Jake Westbrook	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bob Wickman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Team Totals	162	5609	790	1522	337	30	207	760	.271	62

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Rafael Betancourt	4	3	2.79	54	0	1	67.2	57	23	21	17	73
Fernando Cabrera	2	1	1.47	15	0	0	30.2	24	7	5	11	29
Jason Davis	4	2	4.69	11	4	0	40.1	44	22	21	20	32
Scott Elarton	11	9	4.61	31	31	0	181.2	189	100	93	48	103
Jeremy Guthrie	0	0	6.00	1	0	0	6.0	9	4	4	2	3
Bob Howry	7	4	2.47	79	0	3	73.0	49	23	20	16	48
Cliff Lee	18	5	3.79	32	32	0	202.0	194	91	85	52	143
Matt Miller	1	0	1.82	23	0	1	29.2	22	6	6	10	23
Kevin Millwood	9	11	2.86	30	30	0	192.0	182	72	61	52	146
Arthur Rhodes	3	1	2.08	47	0	0	43.1	33	13	10	12	43
David Riske	3	4	3.10	58	0	1	72.2	55	28	25	15	48
CC Sabathia	15	10	4.03	31	31	0	196.2	185	92	88	62	161
Scott Sauerbeck	1	0	4.04	58	0	0	35.2	35	18	16	16	35
Kaz Tadano	0	0	2.25	1	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	1
Brian Tallet	0	0	7.71	2	0	0	4.2	6	4	4	3	2
Jake Westbrook	15	15	4.49	34	34	0	210.2	218	121	105	56	119
Bob Wickman	0	4	2.47	64	0	45	62.0	57	17	17	21	41
Team Totals	93	69	3.61	162	162	51	1452.2	1363	642	582	413	1050

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League	Season article
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	2005 Buffalo Bisons season
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	2005 Akron Aeros season
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Lake County Captains	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League