2005 New York Yankees season

The 2005 New York Yankees season was the 103rd season for the New York Yankees franchise. The team finished with a record of 95–67, tied with the Boston Red Sox but won the division due to winning the season series 10–9 over Boston. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they lost in the ALDS in 5 games to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was their eleventh year making the playoffs in a row.

2005 New York Yankees
American League East champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	George Steinbrenner
General managers	Brian Cashman
Managers	Joe Torre
Television	WWOR-TV YES Network (Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice)
Radio	WCBS (AM) (John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman) WKDM (Francisco X. Rivera, Beto Villa)
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Offseason

• December 3, 2004: Kenny Lofton was traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Félix Rodríguez.^[1]
• December 3, 2004: Félix Heredia was traded by the New York Yankees to the New York Mets for Mike Stanton.^[2]
• December 20, 2004: Carl Pavano signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
• December 28, 2004: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[3]
• January 11, 2005: Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash were traded by New York Yankees to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.^[4]
• January 21, 2005: Aaron Small signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[5]
• February 9, 2005: Buddy Groom signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[6]
• February 18, 2005: Ramiro Mendoza signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	67	.586	—	53‍–‍28	42‍–‍39
Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	—	54‍–‍27	41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	.494	15	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	.457	21	36‍–‍45	38‍–‍43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	67	95	.414	28	40‍–‍41	27‍–‍54

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

• July 1, 2005: Mike Stanton was released by the Yankees.^[2]
• July 30, 2005: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[8]
• July 31, 2005: Buddy Groom was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.^[6]
• August 30, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[9]

Roster

2005 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 31 Jason Anderson 58 Colter Bean 27 Kevin Brown 39 Shawn Chacón 61,58 Jorge De Paula 46 Alan Embree 48 Wayne Franklin 36 Tom Gordon 58 Alex Graman 38 Buddy Groom 58 Sean Henn 41 Randy Johnson 31 Steve Karsay 19 Al Leiter 46 Darrell May 38 Ramiro Mendoza 35 Mike Mussina 45 Carl Pavano 43 Scott Proctor 48 Paul Quantrill 29 Tim Redding 42 Mariano Rivera 47 Félix Rodríguez 31 Aaron Small 29 Mike Stanton 56 Tanyon Sturtze 40 Chien-Ming Wang 33 Jaret Wright		Catchers 17 John Flaherty 60 Wil Nieves 20 Jorge Posada Infielders 26 Mark Bellhorn 14,22 Robinson Canó 29 Félix Escalona 25 Jason Giambi  2 Derek Jeter 14 Russ Johnson 24 Tino Martinez 39,18,14 Andy Phillips 13 Alex Rodriguez 26 Rey Sánchez		Outfielders 39 Melky Cabrera 19,18 Bubba Crosby 50 Matt Lawton 55 Hideki Matsui 39 Kevin Reese 11 Gary Sheffield 28 Rubén Sierra 58 Mike Vento 51 Bernie Williams 12 Tony Womack		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 57 Neil Allen (bullpen) 52 Joe Girardi (bench) 23 Don Mattingly (hitting) 53 Luis Sojo (third base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre (pitching) 54 Roy White (first base)

Game log

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

Game Log
April (10–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore 1 April 3 Red Sox 9–2 Johnson (1–0) Wells (0–1) 54,818 1–0 W1 2 April 5 Red Sox 4–3 Rivera (1–0) Foulke (0–1) 54,690 2–0 W2 3 April 6 Red Sox 3–7 Timlin (1–0) Rivera (1–1) 55,165 2–1 L1 4 April 8 Orioles 5–12 Ponson (1–0) Wright (0–1) 43,128 2–2 L2 5 April 9 Orioles 8–5 Sturtze (1–0) Reed (0–1) Rivera (1) 50,275 3–2 W1 6 April 10 Orioles 2–7 López (2–0) Pavano (0–1) 46,797 3–3 L1 7 April 11 @ Red Sox 1–8 Wakefield (1–0) Mussina (0–1) 33,072 3–4 L2 8 April 13 @ Red Sox 5–2 Wright (1–1) Schilling (0–1) Rivera (2) 35,115 4–4 W1 9 April 14 @ Red Sox 5–8 Foulke (1–1) Gordon (0–1) 35,251 4–5 L1 10 April 15 @ Orioles 1–8 Chen (1–0) Pavano (0–2) 48,061 4–6 L2 11 April 16 @ Orioles 6–7 Kline (2–1) Gordon (0–2) Ryan (2) 48,598 4–7 L3 12 April 17 @ Orioles 4–8 Cabrera (1–1) Brown (0–1) 47,883 4–8 L4 13 April 18 Devil Rays 19–8 Wright (2–1) Bell (1–1) 35,282 5–8 W1 14 April 19 Devil Rays 2–6 Nomo (2–1) Johnson (1–1) 45,802 5–9 L1 15 April 20 @ Blue Jays 11–2 Pavano (1–2) Lilly (0–2) 22,838 6–9 W1 16 April 21 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Mussina (1–1) Chacín (3–1) Rivera (3) 23,178 7–9 W2 17 April 22 Rangers 3–5 Young (2–1) Brown (0–2) Cordero (8) 42,710 7–10 L1 18 April 23 Rangers 2–10 Park (2–1) Wright (2–2) 44,731 7–11 L2 19 April 24 Rangers 11–1 Johnson (2–1) Astacio (1–2) 42,732 8–11 W1 20 April 26 Angels 12–4 Pavano (2–2) Colón (3–2) 36,328 9–11 W2 21 April 27 Angels 1–5 Washburn (1–0) Mussina (1–2) 37,934 9–12 L1 22 April 28 Angels 1–3 Lackey (2–1) Brown (0–3) Rodríguez (5) 51,951 9–13 L2 23 April 29 Blue Jays 0–2 Halladay (4–1) Johnson (2–2) 40,839 9–14 L3 24 April 30 Blue Jays 4–3 Rivera (2–1) Chulk (0–1) 47,483 10–14 W1
May (17–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore 25 May 1 Blue Jays 6–8 Walker (1–0) Stanton (0–1) Batista (7) 54,224 10–15 L1 26 May 2 @ Devil Rays 6–2 Mussina (2–2) Kazmir (0–3) 13,217 11–15 W1 27 May 3 @ Devil Rays 4–11 Waechter (1–1) Brown (0–4) 14,824 11–16 L1 28 May 4 @ Devil Rays 8–11 Fossum (2–1) Henn (0–1) Báez (2) 16,452 11–17 L2 29 May 5 @ Devil Rays 2–6 Hendrickson (1–1) Wang (0–1) 16,662 11–18 L3 30 May 6 Athletics 3–6 (10) Dotel (1–0) Rivera (2–2) Calero (1) 47,973 11–19 L4 31 May 7 Athletics 5–0 Mussina (3–2) Blanton (0–3) 52,776 12–19 W1 32 May 8 Athletics 6–0 Brown (1–4) Harden (2–2) 47,575 13–19 W2 33 May 9 Mariners 4–3 Johnson (3–2) Nelson (0–1) Rivera (4) 38,079 14–19 W2 34 May 10 Mariners 7–4 Wang (1–1) Sele (2–4) Rivera (5) 39,780 15–19 W3 35 May 11 Mariners 13–9 Quantrill (1–0) Thornton (0–3) 47,844 16–19 W4 36 May 13 @ Athletics 9–4 Mussina (4–2) Harden (2–3) 38,636 17–19 W5 37 May 14 @ Athletics 15–6 Brown (2–4) Blanton (0–4) 41,180 18–19 W6 38 May 15 @ Athletics 6–4 Johnson (4–2) Rincón (1–1) Rivera (6) 37,237 19–19 W7 39 May 16 @ Mariners 6–3 Wang (2–1) Hasegawa (0–1) Rivera (7) 37,814 20–19 W8 40 May 17 @ Mariners 6–0 Pavano (3–2) Mateo (1–1) 35,549 21–19 W9 41 May 18 @ Mariners 6–7 Nelson (1–1) Gordon (0–3) Villone (1) 37,419 21–20 L1 42 May 20 @ Mets 5–2 Brown (3–4) Zambrano (2–4) Rivera (8) 55,740 22–20 W1 43 May 21 @ Mets 1–7 Benson (2–1) Johnson (4–3) 55,800 22–21 L1 44 May 22 @ Mets 5–3 Pavano (4–2) Hernández (2–2) Rivera (9) 55,953 23–21 W1 45 May 24 Tigers 12–3 Mussina (5–2) Ledezma (2–4) 37,099 24–21 W2 46 May 25 Tigers 4–2 Wang (3–1) Maroth (4–4) Rivera (10) 51,833 25–21 W3 47 May 26 Tigers 4–3 Brown (4–4) Bonderman (5–3) Rivera (11) 42,835 26–21 W4 48 May 27 Red Sox 6–3 Johnson (5–3) Wakefield (4–4) Rivera (12) 55,051 27–21 W5 49 May 28 Red Sox 1–17 Clement (6–0) Pavano (4–3) 55,315 27–22 L1 50 May 29 Red Sox 2–7 Wells (3–4) Mussina (5–3) 55,235 27–23 L2 51 May 31 @ Royals 3–5 Greinke (1–6) Brown (4–5) MacDougal (3) 18,680 27–24 L3
June (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore 52 June 1 @ Royals 1–3 Carrasco (1–1) Johnson (5–4) MacDougal (4) 28,033 27–25 L4 53 June 2 @ Royals 2–5 Jensen (2–1) Pavano (4–4) Burgos (2) 25,590 27–26 L5 54 June 3 @ Twins 3–6 Lohse (5–3) Mussina (5–4) Nathan (16) 41,588 27–27 L6 55 June 4 @ Twins 4–3 (10) Gordon (1–3) Nathan (1–2) Rivera (13) 45,553 28–27 W1 56 June 5 @ Twins 3–9 Silva (4–3) Brown (4–6) 37,349 28–28 L1 57 June 6 @ Brewers 3–4 Davis (8–5) Johnson (5–5) Turnbow (9) 34,627 28–29 L2 58 June 7 @ Brewers 1–2 Sheets (2–5) Pavano (4–5) Turnbow (10) 35,611 28–30 L3 59 June 8 @ Brewers 12–3 Mussina (6–4) Capuano (5–5) 37,586 29–30 W1 60 June 10 @ Cardinals 1–8 Marquis (8–3) Wang (3–2) 50,250 29–31 L1 61 June 11 @ Cardinals 5–0 Johnson (6–5) Mulder (7–4) Rivera (14) 50,177 30–31 W1 62 June 12 @ Cardinals 3–5 King (1–1) Sturtze (1–1) Isringhausen (18) 50,372 30–32 L1 63 June 14 Pirates 9–0 Mussina (7–4) Wells (5–5) 44,541 31–32 W1 64 June 15 Pirates 7–5 (10) Rivera (3–2) Mesa (0–5) 48,828 32–32 W2 65 June 16 Pirates 6–1 Johnson (7–5) Pérez (5–5) 54,734 33–32 W3 66 June 17 Cubs 9–6 Stanton (1–1) Ohman (2–1) Rivera (15) 54,773 34–32 W4 67 June 18 Cubs 8–1 Wang (4–2) Rusch (5–3) 55,284 35–32 W5 68 June 19 Cubs 6–3 Mussina (8–4) Mitre (2–2) Rivera (16) 55,060 36–32 W6 69 June 20 Devil Rays 4–5 Fossum (3–5) Henn (0–2) Báez (10) 43,543 36–33 L1 70 June 21 Devil Rays 20–11 Groom (1–0) Harper (1–6) 40,271 37–33 W1 71 June 22 Devil Rays 3–5 Kazmir (3–5) Pavano (4–6) Báez (11) 48,452 37–34 L1 72 June 23 Devil Rays 4–9 Hendrickson (3–4) Wang (4–3) Báez (12) 45,382 37–35 L2 73 June 24 Mets 4–6 Martínez (8–2) Mussina (8–5) 55,297 37–36 L3 74 June 25 Mets 3–10 Glavine (5–7) Henn (0–3) 55,114 37–37 L4 75 June 26 Mets 5–4 Rivera (4–2) Looper (2–3) 55,327 38–37 W1 76 June 27 @ Orioles 6–4 Sturtze (2–1) Kline (2–3) Rivera (17) 45,801 39–27 W2 77 June 28 @ Orioles 4–5 (10) Ryan (1–1) Stanton (1–2) 47,465 39–38 L1 June 29 @ Orioles Postponed (rain; rescheduled for September 26)
July (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore 78 July 1 @ Tigers 2–10 Bonderman (10–5) Johnson (7–6) 40,776 39–39 L2 79 July 2 @ Tigers 8–4 Gordon (2–3) Percival (1–2) 41,207 40–39 W1 80 July 3 @ Tigers 1–0 Wang (5–3) Robertson (3–7) Rivera (18) 40,056 41–39 W2 81 July 4 Orioles 13–8 Anderson (1–0) Ryan (1–2) 53,844 42–39 W3 82 July 5 Orioles 12–3 Johnson (8–6) López (7–5) 55,276 43–39 W4 83 July 7 Indians 7–2 Mussina (9–5) Millwood (3–7) 52,201 44–39 W5 84 July 8 Indians 5–4 Wang (6–3) Lee (9–4) Rivera (19) 52,938 45–39 W6 85 July 9 Indians 7–8 Elarton (6–3) May (1–4) Wickman (23) 54,366 45–40 L1 86 July 10 Indians 9–4 Johnson (9–6) Westbrook (6–11) Rivera (20) 54,256 46–40 W1 All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 7–5 87 July 14 @ Red Sox 8–6 Gordon (3–3) Schilling (1–3) Rivera (21) 35,232 47–40 W2 88 July 15 @ Red Sox 1–17 Wells (7–5) Redding (0–6) 35,083 47–41 L1 89 July 16 @ Red Sox 7–4 Johnson (10–6) Clement (10–3) Rivera (22) 34,694 48–41 W1 90 July 17 @ Red Sox 5–3 Leiter (4–7) Wakefield (8–8) Rivera (23) 34,802 49–41 W2 91 July 18 @ Rangers 11–10 Sturtze (3–1) Brocail (3–2) Rivera (24) 46,538 50–41 W3 92 July 19 @ Rangers 1–2 Loe (4–2) Franklin (0–1) Cordero (22) 45,208 50–42 L1 93 July 20 @ Rangers 8–4 Small (1–0) Benoit (1–1) 45,354 51–42 W1 94 July 21 @ Angels 5–6 Colón (12–6) Gordon (3–4) Rodríguez (22) 44,109 51–43 L1 95 July 22 @ Angels 3–6 Lackey (8–4) Leiter (4–8) Rodríguez (23) 44,043 51–44 L2 96 July 23 @ Angels 6–8 Santana (5–4) Brown (4–7) Rodríguez (24) 44,035 51–45 L3 97 July 24 @ Angels 4–1 Mussina (10–5) Washburn (6–6) Rivera (25) 44,032 52–45 W1 98 July 26 Twins 4–0 Johnson (11–6) Radke (6–10) 53,855 53–45 W2 99 July 27 Twins 3–7 Santana (10–5) Leiter (4–9) Nathan (28) 50,334 53–46 L1 100 July 28 Twins 6–3 Small (2–0) Mays (5–6) Rivera (26) 53,524 54–46 W1 101 July 29 Angels 1–4 Santana (6–4) Mussina (10–6) Rodríguez (26) 54,025 54–47 L1 102 July 30 Angels 8–7 Rivera (5–2) Rodríguez (2–2) 54,220 55–47 W1 103 July 31 Angels 8–7 (11) Gordon (4–4) Gregg (1–2) 53,653 56–47 W2
August (19–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore 104 August 2 @ Indians 7–8 Elarton (7–5) Leiter (4–10) Wickman (28) 34,457 56–48 L1 105 August 3 @ Indians 4–7 Lee (12–4) Mussina (10–7) Wickman (29) 35,737 56–49 L2 106 August 4 @ Indians 4–3 Gordon (5–4) Wickman (0–3) Rivera (27) 40,048 57–49 W1 107 August 5 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Small (3–0) Chacín (11–6) Rivera (28) 43,688 58–49 W2 108 August 6 @ Blue Jays 5–8 Walker (5–3) Johnson (11–7) 48,088 58–50 L1 109 August 7 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Leiter (5–10) Towers (8–9) Rivera (29) 46,114 59–50 W1 110 August 8 White Sox 3–2 Mussina (11–7) Hernández (8–5) Rivera (30) 54,871 60–50 W2 111 August 9 White Sox 1–2 Contreras (7–6) Chacón (1–8) Hermanson (29) 53,946 60–51 L1 112 August 10 White Sox 1–2 (10) Cotts (4–0) Rivera (5–3) Hermanson (30) 54,635 60–52 L2 113 August 11 Rangers 9–8 Sturtze (4–1) Baldwin (0–2) Rivera (31) 54,283 61–52 W1 114 August 12 Rangers 6–5 Leiter (6–10) Wilson (0–5) Sturtze (1) 54,442 62–52 W2 115 August 13 Rangers 7–5 (11) Small (4–0) Loe (5–4) 54,919 63–52 W3 116 August 14 Rangers 10–3 Chacón (2–8) Benoit (3–2) 54,824 64–52 W4 117 August 15 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Wright (3–2) Fossum (6–10) Rivera (32) 19,320 65–52 W5 118 August 16 @ Devil Rays 3–4 (11) Orvella (2–2) Embree (1–5) 20,678 65–53 L1 119 August 17 @ Devil Rays 6–7 Miller (1–0) Sturtze (4–2) Báez (26) 20,178 65–54 L2 120 August 19 @ White Sox 3–1 Mussina (12–7) Garland (16–7) Rivera (33) 39,496 66–54 W1 121 August 20 @ White Sox 5–0 Chacón (3–8) Hernández (8–6) 38,938 67–54 W2 122 August 21 @ White Sox 2–6 Contreras (8–7) Johnson (11–8) 39,480 67–55 L1 123 August 22 Blue Jays 7–0 Wright (4–2) Downs (1–3) 50,162 68–55 W1 124 August 23 Blue Jays 5–4 Rivera (6–3) Batista (5–5) 50,258 69–55 W2 125 August 24 Blue Jays 5–9 Bush (3–7) Mussina (12–8) 54,705 69–56 L1 126 August 25 Blue Jays 6–2 Chacón (4–8) Chacín (11–7) 54,329 70–56 W1 127 August 26 Royals 5–1 Johnson (12–8) Wood (4–5) 53,922 71–56 W2 128 August 27 Royals 8–7 Embree (2–5) Camp (1–3) 54,452 72–56 W3 129 August 28 Royals 10–3 Leiter (7–10) Greinke (3–16) 54,951 73–56 W4 130 August 29 @ Mariners 7–4 Small (5–0) Thornton (0–4) Rivera (34) 41,731 74–56 W5 131 August 30 @ Mariners 3–8 Harris (2–1) Chacón (4–9) 37,773 74–57 L1 132 August 31 @ Mariners 2–0 Johnson (13–8) Hernández (2–2) Rivera (35) 46,240 75–57 W1
September–October (20–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore 133 September 1 @ Mariners 1–5 Sherrill (3–2) Sturtze (4–3) 39,986 75–58 L1 134 September 2 @ Athletics 0–12 Haren (12–10) Leiter (7–11) 36,048 75–59 L2 135 September 3 @ Athletics 7–0 Small (6–0) Saarloos (9–7) 40,076 76–59 W1 136 September 4 @ Athletics 7–3 Chacón (5–9) Zito (12–11) 43,874 77–59 W2 137 September 6 Devil Rays 3–4 Orvella (3–2) Rivera (6–4) Báez (34) 48,820 77–60 L1 138 September 7 Devil Rays 5–4 Sturtze (5–3) Borowski (1–3) Rivera (36) 52,928 78–60 W1 139 September 8 Devil Rays 4–7 Hendrickson (9–7) Wang (6–4) Báez (35) 49,673 78–61 L1 140 September 9 Red Sox 8–4 Small (7–0) Wells (12–7) 55,024 79–61 W1 141 September 10 Red Sox 2–9 Schilling (6–7) Chacón (5–10) 55,076 79–62 L1 142 September 11 Red Sox 1–0 Johnson (14–8) Wakefield (15–11) Rivera (37) 55,123 80–62 W1 143 September 13 @ Devil Rays 17–3 Wright (5–2) Waechter (5–10) 14,048 81–62 W2 144 September 14 @ Devil Rays 6–5 Wang (7–4) Orvella (3–3) Rivera (38) 14,396 82–62 W3 145 September 15 @ Devil Rays 9–5 Small (8–0) McClung (6–10) Rivera (39) 18,391 83–62 W4 146 September 16 @ Blue Jays 11–10 Proctor (1–0) Bush (5–9) Rivera (40) 36,543 84–62 W5 147 September 17 @ Blue Jays 1–0 Chacón (6–10) Chacín (12–9) Gordon (1) 43,433 85–62 W6 148 September 18 @ Blue Jays 5–6 Lilly (9–10) Wright (5–3) Batista (28) 39,891 85–63 L1 149 September 19 Orioles 3–2 Rivera (7–4) DuBose (1–3) 51,521 86–63 W1 150 September 20 Orioles 12–9 Small (9–0) Maine (2–2) 46,982 87–63 W2 151 September 21 Orioles 2–1 Johnson (15–8) López (14–11) Rivera (41) 50,382 88–63 W3 152 September 22 Orioles 7–6 Mussina (13–8) Chen (12–10) Gordon (2) 52,368 89–63 W4 153 September 23 Blue Jays 5–0 Chacón (7–10) Lilly (9–11) 53,175 90–63 W5 154 September 24 Blue Jays 4–7 Downs (4–3) Wright (5–4) Batista (30) 53,911 90–64 L1 155 September 25 Blue Jays 8–4 Wang (8–4) Towers (12–12) Rivera (42) 55,136 91–64 W1 156 September 26 @ Orioles 11–3 Johnson (16–8) López (14–12) 43,039 92–64 W2 157 September 27 @ Orioles 9–17 Rakers (1–0) Leiter (7–12) 29,557 92–65 L1 158 September 28 @ Orioles 2–1 Chacón (8–10) Cabrera (10–13) Rivera (43) 30,539 93–65 W1 159 September 29 @ Orioles 8–4 Small (10–0) Bédard (6–8) 36,821 94–65 W2 160 September 30 @ Red Sox 3–5 Wells (15–7) Wang (8–5) Timlin (13) 34,832 94–66 L1 161 October 1 @ Red Sox 8–4 Johnson (17–8) Wakefield (16–12) 34,556 95–66 W1 162 October 2 @ Red Sox 1–10 Schilling (8–8) Wright (5–5) 34,534 95–67 L1

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

Postseason Game Log

American League Division Series VS Angels (2–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore 1 October 4 @ Angels 4–2 Mussina (1–0) Colón (0–1) Rivera (1) 45,142 1–0 W1 2 October 5 @ Angels 3–5 Escobar (1–0) Wang (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 45,150 1–1 L1 3 October 7 Angels 7–11 Shields (1–0) Small (0–1) 56,277 1–2 L2 4 October 9 Angels 3–2 Leiter (1–0) Shields (1–1) Rivera (2) 56,226 2–2 W1 5 October 10 @ Angels 3–5 Santana (1–0) Mussina (1–1) Rodríguez (2) 45,133 2–3 L1

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position and other batters

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	Jorge Posada	142	474	124	.262	19	71
1B	Tino Martinez	131	303	73	.241	17	49
2B	Robinson Canó	132	522	155	.297	14	62
SS	Derek Jeter	159	654	202	.309	19	70
3B	Alex Rodriguez	162	605	194	.321	48	130
LF	Hideki Matsui	162	629	192	.305	23	116
CF	Bernie Williams	141	485	121	.249	12	64
RF	Gary Sheffield	154	584	170	.291	34	123
DH	Jason Giambi	139	417	113	.271	32	87
LF	Tony Womack	108	329	82	.249	0	15
DH	Rubén Sierra	61	170	39	.229	4	29
C	John Flaherty	47	127	21	.165	2	11
RF	Bubba Crosby	76	98	27	.276	1	6
RF	Matt Lawton	21	48	6	.125	2	4
2B	Rey Sanchez	23	43	12	.279	0	2
1B	Andy Phillips	27	40	6	.150	1	4
CF	Melky Cabrera	6	19	4	.211	0	0
3B	Russ Johnson	22	18	4	.222	0	0
2B	Mark Bellhorn	9	17	2	.118	1	2
SS	Félix Escalona	10	14	4	.286	0	2
C	Wil Nieves	3	4	0	.000	0	0
RF	Mike Vento	2	2	0	.000	0	0
LF	Kevin Reese	2	1	0	.000	0	0
	Pitcher Totals	162	21	1	.048	0	0
	Team Totals	162	5624	1552	.276	229	847

Note: Individual pitchers batting not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Johnson	34	34	225.2	17	8	3.79	211
Mike Mussina	30	30	179.2	13	8	4.41	142
Chien-Ming Wang	18	17	116.1	8	5	4.02	47
Carl Pavano	17	17	100.0	4	6	4.77	56
Shawn Chacón	14	12	79.0	7	3	2.85	40
Kevin Brown	13	13	73.1	4	7	6.50	50
Jaret Wright	13	13	63.2	5	5	6.08	34
Sean Henn	3	3	11.1	0	3	11.12	3
Tim Redding	1	1	1.0	0	1	54.00	2

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
Aaron Small	15	76.0	10	0	3.20	37
Al Leiter	16	62.1	4	5	5.49	45
Darrell May	2	7.0	0	1	16.71	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mariano Rivera	71	78.1	7	4	43	1.38	80
Tom Gordon	79	80.2	5	4	2	2.57	69
Tanyon Sturtze	64	78.0	5	3	1	4.73	45
Félix Rodríguez	34	32.1	0	0	0	5.01	18
Scott Procter	29	44.2	1	0	0	6.04	36
Mike Stanton	28	14.0	1	2	0	7.07	12
Buddy Groom	24	25.2	1	0	0	4.91	13
Alan Embree	24	14.1	1	1	0	7.53	8
Paul Quantrill	22	32.0	1	0	0	6.75	11
Wayne Franklin	13	12.2	0	1	0	6.39	10
Steve Karsay	6	6.0	0	0	0	6.00	5
Jorge De Paula	3	6.2	0	0	0	8.10	3
Jason Anderson	3	5.2	1	0	0	7.94	2
Alex Graman	2	1.1	0	0	0	13.50	0
Colter Bean	1	2.0	0	0	0	4.50	2
Ramiro Mendoza	1	1.0	0	0	0	18.00	1
Team Pitching Totals	162	1430.2	95	67	46	4.52	985

Postseason

ALDS

Main article: 2005 American League Division Series

Game	Score	Date
1	New York 4, Los Angeles 2	October 4
2	New York 3, Los Angeles 5	October 5
3	Los Angeles 11, New York 7	October 7
4	Los Angeles 2, New York 3	October 9
5	New York 3, Los Angeles 5	October 10

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Bucky Dent
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Bill Masse
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Joe Breeden
A	Charleston RiverDogs	South Atlantic League	Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season	Staten Island Yankees	New York–Penn League	Andy Stankiewicz
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Oscar Acosta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island, GCL Yankees^[10][11]