2005 San Francisco Giants season

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.

2005 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	SBC Park
City	San Francisco, California
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Peter Magowan
General managers	Brian Sabean
Managers	Felipe Alou
Television	KTVU (Jon Miller, Greg Papa, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper) FSN Bay Area (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
Radio	KNBR (Greg Papa, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper) KLOK (Tito Fuentes, Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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On July 14, 2005, the Giants won its 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.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Edgardo Alfonzo
• Moisés Alou
• Ray Durham
• Pedro Feliz
• Marquis Grissom
• Mike Matheny
• Jason Schmidt
• J. T. Snow
• Omar Vizquel^[2]

Season standings

National League West

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	82	80	.506	—	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
Arizona Diamondbacks	77	85	.475	5	36‍–‍45	41‍–‍40
San Francisco Giants	75	87	.463	7	37‍–‍44	38‍–‍43
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	91	.438	11	40‍–‍41	31‍–‍50
Colorado Rockies	67	95	.414	15	40‍–‍41	27‍–‍54

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

Transactions

• July 30, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jesse Foppert to the Seattle Mariners for Randy Winn.^[3]
• August 14, 2005: Kirk Rueter was released by the San Francisco Giants.^[4]

Roster

2005 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 59 Jeremy Accardo 49 Armando Benítez 38 Jim Brower 43 Matt Cain 40 Jason Christiansen 52 Brian Cooper 53 Kevin Correia 47 Scott Eyre 14 Jeff Fassero 34 Jesse Foppert 32 LaTroy Hawkins 41 Brad Hennessey 48 Matt Herges 38 Matt Kinney 33 Al Levine 51 Noah Lowry 54 Scott Munter 38 Brandon Puffer 46 Kirk Rueter 29 Jason Schmidt 48,37 Jack Taschner 50,35 Brett Tomko 45 Tyler Walker 57 Jerome Williams		Catchers  8 Yamid Haad 33 Justin Knoedler 22 Mike Matheny  8 Yorvit Torrealba Infielders 12 Edgardo Alfonzo  1 Ángel Chávez 35 Deivi Cruz  2 Brian Dallimore  5 Ray Durham  7 Pedro Feliz 36,28 Lance Niekro  6 J. T. Snow 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou 25 Barry Bonds 56,21 Jason Ellison  9 Marquis Grissom 39 Todd Linden 34 Daniel Ortmeier 57 Julio Ramírez 21 Alex Sánchez  1 Adam Shabala 21 Tony Torcato 20 Michael Tucker  2 Randy Winn Other batters 40 Doug Clark		Manager 23 Felipe Alou Coaches 26 Mark Gardner (bullpen) 15 Gene Glynn (third base) 58 Bill Hayes (bullpen catcher) 16 Joe Lefebvre (hitting) 55 Luis Pujols (first base) 19 Dave Righetti (pitching) 10 Ron Wotus (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	Mike Matheny	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,^[5] Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

• Moises Alou

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	Shane Turner
AA	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	Dave Machemer
A	San Jose Giants	California League	Lenn Sakata
A	Augusta GreenJackets	South Atlantic League	Roberto Kelly
A-Short Season	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	Northwest League	Steve Decker
Rookie	AZL Giants	Arizona League	Bert Hunter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, AZL Giants^[6][7]