2005 Florida Marlins season

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.

2005 Florida Marlins
2005-06-15 Wrigley Field Cubs vs Marlins
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Dolphin Stadium
City	Miami Gardens, Florida
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Jeffrey Loria
General managers	Larry Beinfest
Managers	Jack McKeon
Television	FSN Florida WPXM/WPXP (Rich Waltz, Tommy Hutton)
Radio	WQAM (Dave Van Horne, Roxy Bernstein) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Luis Quintana)
← 2004 Seasons 2006 →

Offseason

• October 8, 2004: Billy Koch was released by the Florida Marlins.^[1]
• January 26, 2005: Carlos Delgado was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	72	.556	—	53‍–‍28	37‍–‍44
Philadelphia Phillies	88	74	.543	2	46‍–‍35	42‍–‍39
Florida Marlins	83	79	.512	7	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
New York Mets	83	79	.512	7	48‍–‍33	35‍–‍46
Washington Nationals	81	81	.500	9	41‍–‍40	40‍–‍41

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2005
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	5–2	2–4	11–7	2–4	3–3	13–5	2–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	10–9	7–11	2–5	2–4	8–10
Atlanta	3–3	—	6–1	7–3	2–4	10–8	5–1	3–3	3–3	13–6	9–10	4–3	1–5	4–2	3–3	10–9	7–8
Chicago	2–5	1–6	—	6–9	4–3	5–4	9–7	4–2	7–9	2–4	2–4	11–5	4–3	5–2	10–6	1–5	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–7	9–6	—	3–3	2–4	4–12	3–4	6–10	3–3	3–4	9–7	4–2	3–5	5–11	5–1	7-8
Colorado	7–11	4–2	3–4	3–3	—	3–3	1–5	11–8	1–5	3–4	2–4	3–7	7–11	7–11	4–4	2–4	6–9
Florida	4–2	8–10	4–5	4–2	3–3	—	4–3	5–2	3–4	8–10	9–10	3–4	2–4	4–2	3–4	9–9	10–5
Houston	3–3	1–5	7–9	12–4	5–1	3-4	—	4–2	10–5	5–5	6–0	9–7	4–3	3–4	5–11	5–2	7–8
Los Angeles	5–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–2	11–7	9–10	2–5	2–4	5–13
Milwaukee	4–2	3–3	9–7	10–6	5–1	4–3	5–10	1–5	—	3–3	4–5	9–7	3–4	4–3	5–11	4–4	8–7
New York	6–1	6–13	4–2	3–3	4–3	10–8	5–5	3–3	3–3	—	11–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	11–8	5–10
Philadelphia	4-3	10–9	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	0–6	3–3	5–4	7–11	—	4–3	6–0	5–1	4–2	11–8	7–8
Pittsburgh	4–3	3–4	5–11	7–9	7–3	4–3	7–9	2–5	7–9	3–3	3–4	—	3–4	2–4	4–12	1–5	5–7
San Diego	9–10	5–1	3–4	2–4	11–7	4–2	3–4	7–11	4–3	2–4	0–6	4–3	—	12–6	4–3	5–1	7–11
San Francisco	11–7	2–4	2–5	5–3	11–7	2–4	4–3	10–9	3–4	3–3	1–5	4–2	6–12	—	2–4	3–3	6–12
St. Louis	5–2	3–3	6–10	11–5	4–4	4-3	11–5	5–2	11–5	5–2	2–4	12–4	3–4	4–2	—	4–2	10–5
Washington	4–2	9–10	5–1	1–5	4–2	9-9	2–5	4–2	4–4	8–11	8–11	5–1	1–5	3–3	2–4	—	12–6

Roster

2005 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 49 Yorman Bazardo 21 Josh Beckett 27 Chad Bentz 40 Nate Bump 34 A. J. Burnett 37 Frank Castillo 52 Jim Crowell 26 Valerio de los Santos 55 Josh Johnson 50 Todd Jones 54 Logan Kensing 22 Al Leiter 45 Jim Mecir 23 Randy Messenger 36 Brian Moehler 59 Guillermo Mota 48 Scott Olsen 46 Matt Perisho 48 Paul Quantrill 51 Chris Resop 41 John Riedling 32 Travis Smith 31 Ismael Valdez 56 Jason Vargas 49 Ron Villone 35 Dontrelle Willis		Catchers 22 Ryan Jorgensen 16 Paul Lo Duca  6 Matt Treanor Infielders  4 Robert Andino  1 Luis Castillo 18 Jeff Conine 25 Carlos Delgado 29 Joe Dillon  2 Damion Easley 11 Álex González 19 Mike Lowell 12 Mike Mordecai 20 Josh Wilson		Outfielders  3 Chris Aguila 24 Miguel Cabrera 43 Juan Encarnación 27 Jeremy Hermida  9 Juan Pierre 14 Josh Willingham Other batters 10 Lenny Harris		Manager 15 Jack McKeon Coaches 67 Pierre Arsenault (bullpen) 47 Jeff Cox (third base) 30 Luis Dorante (bullpen) 33 Harry Dunlop (bench)  7 Perry Hill (first base) 28 Bill Robinson (hitting) 38 Mark Wiley (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	Paul Lo Duca	132	445	126	.283	6	57
1B	Carlos Delgado	144	521	157	.301	33	115
2B	Luis Castillo	122	439	132	.301	4	30
3B	Mike Lowell	150	500	118	.238	8	58
SS	Álex González	130	435	115	.264	5	45
LF	Miguel Cabrera	158	613	198	.323	33	116
CF	Juan Pierre	162	656	181	.276	2	47
RF	Juan Encarnación	141	506	145	.287	16	76

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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
Matt Treanor	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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pacific Coast League	Dean Treanor
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Gary Allenson
A	Jupiter Hammerheads	Florida State League	Tim Cossins
A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	South Atlantic League	Brandon Hyde
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Mike Mordecai
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Edwin Rodríguez

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