2005 Los Angeles Angels season

The 2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season was the franchise's 45th since its inception. 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.

2005 Los Angeles Angels
American League West champions
The logo of the Angels during their 2005 campaign
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
City	Anaheim, California
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Arte Moreno
General managers	Bill Stoneman
Managers	Mike Scioscia
Television	FSN West KCAL-9 KDOC •Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
Radio	KSPN (AM 710) •Terry Smith, Rory Markas KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish) •José Mota, Ivan Lara
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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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.^[1]
• December 14, 2004: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	95	67	.586	—	49‍–‍32	46‍–‍35
Oakland Athletics	88	74	.543	7	45‍–‍36	43‍–‍38
Texas Rangers	79	83	.488	16	44‍–‍37	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	69	93	.426	26	39‍–‍42	30‍–‍51

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

Roster

2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Roster
Pitchers 49 Chris Bootcheck 36 Paul Byrd 46 Jason Christiansen 40 Bartolo Colón 53 Brendan Donnelly 45 Kelvim Escobar 63 Kevin Gregg 37 Greg Jones 41 John Lackey 58 Joel Peralta 64 Bret Prinz 57 Francisco Rodríguez 54 Ervin Santana 68 Joe Saunders 62 Scot Shields 56 Jarrod Washburn 36,34 Jake Woods 59 Esteban Yan		Catchers 44 Jeff Mathis  1 Bengie Molina 28 José Molina  8 Josh Paul Infielders 18 Orlando Cabrera 17 Darin Erstad  9 Chone Figgins  6 Maicer Izturis  2 Adam Kennedy 35 Casey Kotchman  5 Dave Matranga 23 Dallas McPherson 21 Lou Merloni 39 Robb Quinlan 51 Zach Sorensen		Outfielders 16 Garret Anderson 55 Jeff DaVanon 12 Steve Finley 27 Vladimir Guerrero 19 Curtis Pride 38 Chris Prieto 20 Juan Rivera		Manager 14 Mike Scioscia Coaches 24 Bud Black (pitching)  4 Alfredo Griffin (first base)  7 Mickey Hatcher (hitting) 70 Joe Maddon (bench) 48 Orlando Mercado (bullpen) 12 Ron Roenicke (third base) 61 Steve Soliz (bullpen catcher)

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

Main article: 2005 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

Main article: 2005 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

2005 Postseason Game Log
American League Division Series (3–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Boxscore 1 October 4 Yankees 4–2 Mussina (1–0) Colón (0–1) Rivera (1) 45,142 0–1 Angel Stadium of Anaheim 2 October 5 Yankees 5–3 Escobar (1–0) Wang (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 45,150 1–1 Angel Stadium of Anaheim 3 October 7 @ Yankees 11–7 Shields (1–0) Small (0–1) 56,277 2–1 Yankee Stadium October 8 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for October 9 2–1 Yankee Stadium 4 October 9 @ Yankees 3–2 Leiter (1–0) Shields (1–1) Rivera (2) 56,226 2–2 Yankee Stadium 5 October 10 Yankees 5–3 Santana (1–0) Mussina (1–1) Rodríguez (2) 45,133 3–2 Angel Stadium of Anaheim
American League Championship Series (1–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Boxscore 1 October 11 @ White Sox 3–2 Byrd (1–0) Contreras (1–1) Rodríguez (3) 40,659 1–0 U.S. Cellular Field 2 October 12 @ White Sox 2–1 Buehrle (2–0) Escobar (1–1) 41,013 1–1 U.S. Cellular Field 3 October 14 White Sox 5–2 Garland (1–0) Lackey (0–1) 44,725 1–2 Angel Stadium of Anaheim 4 October 15 White Sox 8–2 García (2–0) Santana (1–1) 44,857 1–3 Angel Stadium of Anaheim 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

	Division Series (ESPN/FOX)					League Championship Series (FOX)					World Series (FOX)
	1	Chicago White Sox	3
	4	Boston Red Sox	0
						1	Chicago White Sox	4
	American League
						2	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1
	2	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	3
	3	New York Yankees	2
											AL1	Chicago White Sox	4
											NL4	Houston Astros	0
	1	St. Louis Cardinals	3
	3	San Diego Padres	0
						1	St. Louis Cardinals	2
	National League
						4	Houston Astros	4
	2	Atlanta Braves	1
	4	Houston Astros	3

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake Stingers	Pacific Coast League	Dino Ebel
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Tom Gamboa
A	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	California League	Tyrone Boykin
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Bobby Magallanes
Rookie	AZL Angels	Arizona League	Brian Harper
Rookie	Orem Owlz	Pioneer League	Tom Kotchman

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