2005 Seattle Mariners season

The 2005 Seattle Mariners season was the 29th season in franchise history, and their second consecutive season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a record of 69–93 (.426). They only had one player represented at the 2005 All-Star Game, who was Ichiro Suzuki with his fifth selection for the All-Star Game.

2005 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Safeco Field
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	69–93 (.426)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Nintendo of America (represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managers	Bill Bavasi
Managers	Mike Hargrove
Television	KSTW 11 FSN Northwest
Radio	KOMO 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner)
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Over the course of the disappointing season, the Mariners managed to have their longest winning streak over the course of a four-game series with the Angels (July 7–10), while having two losing streaks of seven between April 30–8 May / June 25 – July 2.

Offseason

• December 17, 2004: Adrián Beltré was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Adrián Beltré
• Bret Boone
• Raúl Ibañez
• Jamie Moyer
• Miguel Olivo
• Jeremy Reed
• Richie Sexson
• Ichiro Suzuki
• Wilson Valdez
• Randy Winn^[2]

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

Transactions

• June 7, 2005: Jeff Clement was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2005.^[3]
• July 11, 2005: Bret Boone was sent to the Minnesota Twins by the Seattle Mariners as part of a conditional deal.^[4]
• July 30, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jesse Foppert to the Seattle Mariners for Randy Winn.^[5]
• August 19, 2005: Scott Spiezio was released by the Seattle Mariners.^[6]

Roster

2005 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 57 Scott Atchison 32,49 Jorge Campillo 45 Ryan Franklin 18 Eddie Guardado 58 Jeff Harris 17 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 59 Félix Hernández 35 Masao Kida 56 Bobby Madritsch 40 Julio Mateo 55 Gil Meche 50 Jamie Moyer 37 Clint Nageotte 38 Joel Piñeiro 20 J. J. Putz 30 Aaron Sele 52 George Sherrill 39 Rafael Soriano 53 Matt Thornton 47 Ron Villone		Catchers 37 Pat Borders 31 Wiki González 35,2 Miguel Ojeda  8 Miguel Olivo 59,30 René Rivera  8 Yorvit Torrealba  6 Dan Wilson Infielders  5 Adrián Beltré 46 Yuniesky Betancourt 16 Willie Bloomquist 29 Bret Boone 22 Greg Dobbs 10 Dave Hansen  4 José López 46,12 Mike Morse  1 Ramón Santiago 44 Richie Sexson 23 Scott Spiezio 12 Wilson Valdéz		Outfielders 62 Jaime Bubela 54 Shin-Soo Choo 28 Raúl Ibañez  7 Jeremy Reed 32 Chris Snelling 36 Jamal Strong 51 Ichiro Suzuki  2 Randy Winn		Manager 21 Mike Hargrove Coaches 15 Don Baylor (hitting) 13 Carlos García (first base)  9 Ron Hassey (bench)  5 Jeff Newman (third base) 34 Bryan Price (pitching) 41 Jim Slaton (bullpen)

Game log

2005 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 Twins 5–1 Moyer (1–0) Radke (0–1) 46,249 1–0 2 April 5 Twins 8–4 Santana (1–0) Thornton (0–1) 28,373 1–1 3 April 6 Twins 4–1 Silva (1–0) Madritsch (0–1) Nathan (1) 25,580 1–2 4 April 8 Rangers 9–6 Putz (1–0) Regilio (0–1) Guardado (1) 29,652 2–2 5 April 9 Rangers 7–6 Brocail (1–0) Guardado (0–1) Cordero (1) 31,501 2–3 6 April 10 Rangers 7–6 Riley (1–0) Thornton (0–2) Cordero (2) 30,434 2–4 7 April 11 @ Royals 8–2 Franklin (1–0) Hernández (1–1) 41,788 3–4 8 April 13 @ Royals 2–1 Sele (1–0) Cerda (0–1) Guardado (2) 10,577 4–4 9 April 14 @ Royals 10–2 Moyer (2–0) Bautista (1–1) 10,212 5–4 10 April 15 @ White Sox 6–4 Garland (2–0) Piñeiro (0–1) Hermanson (2) 16,749 5–5 11 April 16 @ White Sox 2–1 Buehrle (2–1) Franklin (1–1) 25,931 5–6 12 April 17 @ White Sox 5–4 Meche (1–0) García (1–1) Guardado (3) 23,324 6–6 13 April 18 @ Angels 6–1 Byrd (1–2) Sele (1–1) 39,638 6–7 14 April 19 @ Angels 5–3 Moyer (3–0) Gregg (1–1) Guardado (4) 38,667 7–7 15 April 20 Athletics 7–6 Piñeiro (1–1) Street (1–1) Guardado (5) 24,841 8–7 16 April 21 Athletics 3–0 Harden (2–0) Franklin (1–2) Dotel (3) 22,428 8–8 17 April 22 Indians 6–1 Sabathia (1–0) Meche (1–1) 43,207 8–9 18 April 23 Indians 5–2 Lee (2–0) Sele (1–2) Wickman (5) 33,564 8–10 19 April 24 Indians 9–1 Moyer (4–0) Elarton (0–1) 32,889 9–10 20 April 26 @ Rangers 7–4 Piñeiro (2–1) Drese (2–2) Guardado (6) 23,064 10–10 21 April 27 @ Rangers 8–2 Rogers (1–2) Franklin (1–3) 26,308 10–11 22 April 28 @ Rangers 4–1 Meche (2–1) Young (2–2) Guardado (7) 23,928 11–11 23 April 29 @ Athletics 4–2 Sele (2–2) Haren (1–3) Guardado (8) 18,545 12–11 24 April 30 @ Athletics 6–5 Yabu (2–0) Villone (0–1) 23,288 12–12
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 @ Athletics 3–2 Zito (1–4) Piñeiro (2–2) Dotel (6) 30,634 12–13 26 May 2 Anaheim 5–0 Washburn (2–0) Franklin (1–4) 24,184 12–14 27 May 3 Anaheim 5–2 Lackey (3–1) Meche (2–2) Shields (2) 29,917 12–15 28 May 4 Anaheim 5–2 Byrd (2–3) Sele (2–3) Rodríguez (7) 26,303 12–16 29 May 6 @ Red Sox 7–2 Clement (4–0) Moyer (4–1) 35,229 12–17 – May 7 @ Red Sox Postponed, rescheduled for 8 May 12–17 30 May 8 @ Red Sox 6–3 González (1–0) Piñeiro (2–3) Foulke (8) 34,848 12–18 31 May 8 @ Red Sox 6–4 Franklin (2–4) Halama (1–1) Guardado (9) 34,671 13–18 32 May 9 @ Yankees 4–3 Johnson (3–2) Nelson (0–1) Rivera (4) 38,079 13–19 33 May 10 @ Yankees 7–4 Wang (1–1) Sele (2–4) Rivera (5) 39,780 13–20 34 May 11 @ Yankees 13–9 Quantrill (1–0) Thornton (0–3) 47,844 13–21 35 May 13 Red Sox 14–7 Mateo (1–0) González (1–1) 44,534 14–21 36 May 14 Red Sox 6–3 Myers (1–0) Villone (0–2) Foulke (9) 46,229 14–22 37 May 15 Red Sox 5–4 Meche (3–2) Wakefield (4–2) Guardado (10) 46,145 15–22 38 May 16 Yankees 6–3 Wang (2–1) Hasegawa (0–1) Rivera (7) 37,814 15–23 39 May 17 Yankees 6–0 Pavano (3–2) Mateo (1–1) 35,549 15–24 40 May 18 Yankees 7–6 Nelson (1–1) Gordon (0–3) Villone (1) 37,419 16–24 41 May 20 Padres 6–1 Peavy (4–0) Franklin (2–5) 38,400 16–25 42 May 21 Padres 5–3 Meche (4–2) Lawrence (2–5) Guardado (11) 37,286 17–25 43 May 22 Padres 5–0 Sele (3–4) Stauffer (1–1) 41,017 18–25 44 May 24 @ Orioles 3–2 Williams (4–3) Putz (1–1) Ryan (13) 19,839 18–26 45 May 25 @ Orioles 3–1 López (3–2) Moyer (4–2) Ryan (14) 18,820 18–27 46 May 26 @ Orioles 5–2 Cabrera (4–3) Franklin (2–6) 22,166 18–28 47 May 27 @ Devil Rays 5–4 Hendrickson (2–2) Meche (4–3) Báez (7) 10,130 18–29 48 May 28 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Sele (4–4) Fossum (2–3) Guardado (12) 13,281 19–29 49 May 29 @ Devil Rays 10–9 Villone (1–2) McClung (0–2) Guardado (13) 13,851 20–29 50 May 30 Blue Jays 4–3 Moyer (5–2) Lilly (3–5) Guardado (14) 25,540 21–29 51 May 31 Blue Jays 9–7 Gaudin (1–0) Franklin (2–7) Batista (9) 25,737 21–30
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 Blue Jays 3–0 Meche (5–3) Chacín (5–4) Guardado (15) 24,815 22–30 53 June 3 Devil Rays 6–1 Waechter (2–3) Sele (4–5) 35,344 22–31 54 June 4 Devil Rays 6–5 Mateo (2–1) Báez (4–1) Guardado (16) 32,742 23–31 55 June 5 Devil Rays 6–5 Villone (2–2) Orvella (0–1) 40,004 24–31 56 June 7 @ Marlins 4–3 Hasegawa (1–1) Mecir (1–1) Guardado (17) 20,519 25–31 57 June 8 @ Marlins 5–4 Willis (10–2) Meche (5–4) Jones (10) 19,313 25–31 58 June 9 @ Marlins 8–0 Sele (5–5) Beckett (7–4) 16,069 26–32 59 June 10 @ Nationals 9–3 Ayala (6–3) Hasegawa (1–2) 28,704 26–33 60 June 11 @ Nationals 2–1 Patterson (3–1) Putz (1–2) Cordero (18) 39,108 26–34 61 June 12 @ Nationals 3–2 Armas (3–3) Franklin (2–8) Cordero (19) 37,170 26–35 62 June 14 Phillies 3–1 Meche (6–4) Lieber (8–5) Guardado (18) 26,818 27–35 63 June 15 Phillies 5–1 Sele (6–5) Padilla (3–6) 26,019 28–35 64 June 16 Phillies 3–2 Geary (1–0) Mateo (2–2) Wagner (18) 27,162 28–36 65 June 17 Mets 5–0 Moyer (6–2) Ishii (1–6) Nelson (1) 37,443 29–36 66 June 18 Mets 4–1 Franklin (3–8) Martínez (7–2) Guardado (19) 45,841 30–36 67 June 19 Mets 11–5 Meche (7–4) Glavine (4–7) 45,785 31–36 68 June 20 Athletics 6–2 Haren (5–7) Villone (2–3) 27,263 31–37 69 June 21 Athletics 4–2 Harden (3–3) Piñeiro (2–4) Duchscherer (3) 31,673 31–38 70 June 22 Athletics 5–4 Guardado (1–1) Glynn (0–4) 28,829 32–38 71 June 23 Athletics 5–0 Saarloos (4–4) Franklin (3–9) 37,549 32–39 72 June 24 @ Padres 14–5 Meche (8–4) May (1–2) 35,942 33–39 73 June 25 @ Padres 8–5 Peavy (7–2) Sele (6–6) Hoffman (20) 33,926 33–40 74 June 26 @ Padres 5–4 Seánez (4–0) Mateo (2–3) Hoffman (21) 39,098 33–41 75 June 28 @ Athletics 8–1 Zito (4–8) Moyer (6–3) 14,384 33–42 76 June 29 @ Athletics 6–2 Blanton (5–6) Franklin (3–10) 25,177 33–43 77 June 30 @ Athletics 6–2 Haren (7–7) Meche (8–5) 19,583 33–44
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 Rangers 6–2 Park (8–2) Sele (6–7) 37,270 33–45 79 July 2 Rangers 6–5 Loe (2–1) Putz (1–3) Cordero (19) 34,209 33–46 80 July 3 Rangers 2–1 Moyer (7–3) Rogers (9–4) Guardado (20) 34,397 34–46 81 July 4 @ Royals 6–0 Franklin (4–10) Howell (1–3) 23,562 35–46 82 July 5 @ Royals 8–6 Carrasco (4–3) Meche (8–6) MacDougal (10) 10,658 35–47 83 July 6 @ Royals 5–1 Hernández (6–9) Sele (6–8) MacDougal (11) 12,206 35–48 84 July 7 @ Angels 10–2 Piñeiro (3–4) Colon (11–5) 43,747 36–48 85 July 8 @ Angels 10–4 Moyer (8–3) Washburn (5–4) 43,853 37–48 86 July 9 @ Angels 6–3 Franklin (5–10) Lackey (6–4) 44,012 38–48 87 July 10 @ Angels 7–4 Meche (9–6) Santana (3–4) Guardado (21) 41,657 39–48 88 July 14 Orioles 5–3 Cabrera (8–7) Sele (6–9) Ryan (20) 36,316 39–49 89 July 15 Orioles 6–3 López (9–5) Piñeiro (3–5) Ryan (21) 39,044 39–50 90 July 16 Orioles 3–2 Putz (2–3) Ray (0–1) 39,282 40–50 91 July 17 Orioles 8–2 Meche (10–6) Ponson (7–8) 41,215 41–50 92 July 19 @ Blue Jays 12–10 Lilly (8–9) Sele (6–10) Batista (16) 20,516 41–51 93 July 20 @ Blue Jays 9–4 Chacín (9–5) Franklin (5–11) 28,801 41–52 94 July 21 @ Blue Jays 6–3 Towers (7–8) Piñeiro (3–6) Batista (17) 26,837 41–53 95 July 22 @ Indians 4–3 Putz (3–3) Elarton (6–5) Guardado (22) 27,208 42–53 96 July 23 @ Indians 4–3 Lee (11–4) Meche (10–7) Wickman (24) 28,498 42–54 97 July 24 @ Indians 6–3 Millwood (4–9) Sele (6–11) 22,863 42–55 98 July 25 Tigers 5–3 Putz (4–3) Robertson (5–8) Guardado (23) 27,102 43–55 99 July 26 Tigers 8–5 Johnson (7–8) Mateo (2–4) Farnsworth (6) 30,644 43–56 100 July 27 Tigers 9–3 Moyer (9–3) Maroth (8–11) 29,323 44–56 101 July 28 Indians 6–5 Howry (6–2) Putz (4–4) Wickman (26) 28,500 44–57 102 July 29 Indians 10–5 Millwood (5–9) Sele (6–12) 32,966 44–58 103 July 30 Indians 3–2 Franklin (6–11) Sabathia (6–9) Guardado (24) 37,719 45–58 104 July 31 Indians 9–7 Westbrook (9–12) Piñeiro (3–7) Wickman (27) 33,652 45–59
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 2 @ Tigers 4–1 Mateo (3–4) Johnson (7–9) Guardado (25) 30,306 46–59 106 August 3 @ Tigers 10–7 Maroth (9–11) Meche (10–8) Rodney (1) 26,760 46–60 107 August 4 @ Tigers 3–1 Douglass (4–1) Hernández (0–1) Rodney (2) 28,148 46–61 108 August 5 @ White Sox 4–2 Piñeiro (4–7) García (11–5) Guardado (26) 39,165 47–61 109 August 6 @ White Sox 4–2 Buehrle (13–4) Moyer (9–4) Hermanson (27) 37,529 47–62 110 August 7 @ White Sox 3–1 Garland (16–5) Harris (0–1) Hermanson (28) 35,706 47–63 111 August 8 Twins 5–4 Sherrill (1–0) Silva (7–6) Guardado (27) 35,401 48–63 112 August 9 Twins 1–0 Hernández (1–1) Lohse (7–11) Guardado (28) 34,213 49–63 113 August 10 Twins 7–3 Nathan (5–3) Nelson (1–2) 35,801 49–64 114 August 12 Angels 9–4 Donnelly (7–3) Putz (4–5) 37,585 49–65 115 August 13 Angels 9–1 Colon (15–6) Franklin (6–12) 42,500 49–66 116 August 14 Angels 7–6 Donnelly (8–3) Sherrill (1–1) Rodríguez (27) 38,468 49–67 117 August 15 Royals 11–3 Hernández (2–1) Hernández (8–11) 31,908 50–67 118 August 16 Royals 4–3 Piñeiro (5–7) Affeldt (0–2) Guardado (29) 31,425 51–67 119 August 17 Royals 11–5 Moyer (10–4) Carrasco (5–7) 35,224 52–67 120 August 18 @ Twins 7–3 Mays (6–8) Franklin (6–13) 22,230 52–68 121 August 19 @ Twins 7–4 Silva (8–6) Sherrill (1–2) Nathan (31) 24,795 52–69 122 August 20 @ Twins 8–3 Sherrill (2–2) Guerrier (0–2) 33,334 53–69 123 August 21 @ Twins 8–3 Radke (8–10) Piñeiro (5–8) 33,405 53–70 124 August 23 @ Rangers 6–4 Young (11–7) Moyer (10–5) Cordero (28) 25,653 53–71 125 August 24 @ Rangers 8–1 Domínguez (1–3) Franklin (6–14) Wasdin (2) 28,612 53–72 126 August 25 @ Rangers 8–2 Harris (1–1) Benoit (3–4) 19,112 54–72 127 August 26 White Sox 5–3 Vizcaíno (6–5) Nelson (1–3) Hermanson (32) 40,431 54–73 128 August 27 White Sox 4–3 Contreras (9–7) Piñeiro (5–9) Marte (4) 37,326 54–74 129 August 28 White Sox 9–2 Moyer (11–5) García (11–7) 36,838 55–75 130 August 29 Yankees 7–4 Small (5–0) Thornton (0–4) Rivera (34) 41,731 55–75 131 August 30 Yankees 8–3 Harris (2–1) Chacón (3–2) 37,773 56–75 132 August 31 Yankees 2–0 Johnson (13–8) Hernández (2–2) Rivera (35) 46,240 56–76
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Yankees 5–1 Sherrill (3–2) Sturtze (4–3) 39,986 57–76 134 September 2 @ Angels 4–1 Byrd (10–9) Moyer (11–6) Rodríguez (33) 42,604 57–77 135 September 3 @ Angels 6–3 Putz (5–5) Shields (8–10) 43,819 58–77 136 September 4 @ Angels 5–3 Colon (18–6) Harris (2–2) Rodríguez (34) 43,757 58–78 137 September 5 @ Athletics 2–0 Hernández (3–2) Blanton (8–11) Guardado (30) 22,262 59–78 138 September 6 @ Athletics 3–2 Piñeiro (6–9) Kennedy (3–2) Guardado (31) 24,012 60–78 139 September 7 @ Athletics 8–7 Street (5–1) Guardado (1–2) 14,609 60–79 140 September 9 Orioles 3–2 Moyer (12–6) Bédard (6–7) Putz (1) 27,429 61–79 141 September 10 Orioles 5–3 López (14–9) Harris (2–3) Ryan (30) 30,408 61–80 142 September 11 Orioles 6–3 Chen (12–9) Hernández (3–3) Ryan (31) 30,212 61–81 143 September 12 Angels 8–1 Piñeiro (7–9) Santana (8–8) 27,952 62–81 144 September 13 Angels 2–1 Putz (6–5) Byrd (11–10) 28,813 63–81 145 September 14 Angels 10–9 Guardado (2–2) Rodríguez (2–5) 23,397 64–81 146 September 15 @ Rangers 4–3 Loe (9–5) Harris (2–4) Cordero (32) 23,679 64–82 147 September 16 @ Rangers 5–3 Rupe (1–0) Hernández (3–4) Cordero (33) 25,567 64–83 148 September 17 @ Rangers 7–6 Shouse (3–2) Guardado (2–3) 41,983 64–84 149 September 18 @ Rangers 8–6 Dickey (1–1) Franklin (6–15) Cordero (34) 26,532 64–85 150 September 19 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Sherrill (4–2) Batista (5–7) Guardado (32) 18,762 65–85 151 September 20 @ Blue Jays 6–4 Towers (12–11) Harris (2–5) Frasor (1) 19,002 65–86 152 September 21 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Hernández (4–4) Bush (5–10) Guardado (33) 21,469 66–86 153 September 22 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Speier (3–2) Piñeiro (7–10) Batista (29) 23,118 66–87 154 September 23 @ Tigers 2–1 Franklin (7–15) Spurling (3–4) Guardado (34) 23,972 67–87 155 September 24 @ Tigers 7–1 Grilli (1–0) Moyer (12–7) 25,328 67–88 156 September 25 @ Tigers 8–1 Maroth (14–13) Hasegawa (1–3) 26,128 67–89 157 September 27 Rangers 3–2 Wasdin (3–2) Mateo (3–5) Cordero (36) 22,739 67–90 158 September 28 Rangers 7–3 Young (12–7) Piñeiro (7–11) Cordero (37) 20,723 67–91 159 September 29 Rangers 4–3 Franklin (8–15) Rogers (14–8) Guardado (35) 19,481 68–91 160 September 30 Athletics 4–1 Moyer (13–7) Saarloos (10–9) Guardado (36) 34,809 69–91
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 Athletics 4–3 Blanton (12–12) Mateo (3–6) Street (23) 26,998 69–92 162 October 2 Athletics 8–3 Kennedy (4–5) Sherrill (4–3) 35,300 69–93

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

Player	Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Miguel Olivo	C	54	152	23	.151	5	18
Richie Sexson	1B	156	558	147	.263	39	121
Bret Boone	2B	74	273	63	.231	7	34
Yuniesky Betancourt	SS	60	211	54	.256	1	15
Adrián Beltré	3B	156	603	154	.255	19	87
Randy Winn	LF	102	386	106	.275	6	37
Jeremy Reed	CF	141	488	124	.254	3	45
Ichiro Suzuki	RF	162	679	206	.303	15	68
Raúl Ibañez	DH	162	614	172	.280	20	89

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
Willie Bloomquist	82	249	64	.257	0	22
Michael Morse	72	230	64	.278	3	23
José López	54	190	47	.247	2	25
Greg Dobbs	59	142	35	.246	1	20
Wilson Valdez	42	126	25	.198	0	8
Pat Borders	39	117	23	.197	1	7
Yorvit Torrealba	42	108	26	.241	2	8
Dave Hansen	60	75	13	.173	2	11
René Rivera	16	48	19	.396	1	6
Scott Spiezio	29	47	3	.064	1	1
Wiki González	14	45	12	.267	0	2
Miguel Ojeda	16	29	5	.172	1	3
Chris Snelling	15	29	8	.276	1	1
Dan Wilson	11	27	5	.185	0	2
Jamal Strong	16	20	5	.250	0	2
Jaime Bubela	11	19	2	.105	0	0
Shin-Soo Choo	10	18	1	.056	0	1
Ramón Santiago	8	8	1	.125	0	0

Pitching

Starting and 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
Jorge Campillo	2	2.0	0	0	0.00	1
Félix Hernández	12	84.1	4	4	2.67	77
Jeff Harris	11	53.2	2	5	4.19	25
Jamie Moyer	32	200.0	13	7	4.28	102
Ryan Franklin	30	186.2	8	15	5.16	93
Gil Meche	26	139.2	10	8	5.22	80
Joel Piñeiro	30	189.0	7	11	5.62	107
Aaron Sele	21	116.0	6	12	5.66	53
Bobby Madritsch	1	4.1	0	1	6.23	1

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	H	SV	ERA	SO
Ron Villone	52	40.1	2	3	17	1	2.45	41
Rafael Soriano	7	7.1	0	0	1	0	2.45	9
Eddie Guardado	58	56.1	2	0	0	36	2.72	48
Julio Mateo	55	88.1	3	6	8	0	3.06	52
J. J. Putz	64	60.0	6	5	21	1	3.60	45
Jeff Nelson	49	36.2	1	3	9	1	3.93	34
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	46	66.2	1	3	3	0	4.19	30
Masao Kida	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	4.50	0
Matt Thornton	55	57.0	0	4	5	0	5.21	57
George Sherrill	29	19.0	4	3	9	0	5.21	24
Scott Atchison	6	6.2	0	0	0	0	6.75	9
Clint Nageotte	3	4.0	0	0	0	0	6.75	1

Team statistics

Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Team	G	AB	H	R	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mariners	162	5507 (20th)	1408 (27th)	699 (22nd)	.256 (26th)	130 (25th)	657 (22nd)
Opponents	162	5529	1483	751	.268	179	729

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts

Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SHO
Mariners	162	1427.2 (26th)	69 (26th)	93 (5th)	4.49 (20th)	892 (30th)	7 (22nd)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dan Rohn
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Dave Brundage
A	Inland Empire 66ers	California League	Daren Brown
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Scott Steinmann
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Pedro Grifol
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Dana Williams

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Major League Baseball draft

2005 Seattle Mariners draft picks
Jeff Clement (pictured) was the Mariners first round pick in 2005.
Information
Owner	Nintendo of America
General Manager(s)	Bill Bavasi
Manager(s)	Mike Hargrove
First pick	Jeff Clement (Rule 4) Jason Bourgeois (Rule 5)
Draft positions	5 (Rule 4) 4 (Rule 5)
Number of selections	50 (Rule 4) 1 (Rule 5)
Players signed (Rule 4)	26
Links
Results	The Baseball Cube
Official Site	The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners
Years	2004 • 2005 • 2006

Below is a list of 2005 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in both the Rule 4 draft (June amateur draft) and the Rule 5 draft. The first selection by the Mariners in the Rule 4 draft was catcher Jeff Clement. The first and only player selected by Seattle in the Rule 5 draft was infielder Jason Bourgeois.

June amateur draft

Key

Round (Pick)	Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
Position	Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Bold	Indicates the player signed with the Mariners
Italics	Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners

Table

Justin Thomas was selected in the fourth round of the 2005 draft.

Round (Pick)	Name	Position	School	Ref
1 (3)	Jeff Clement	Catcher	University of Southern California	[8]
4 (113)	Justin Thomas	Left-handed pitcher	Youngstown State University	[9]
5 (143)	Stephen Kahn	Right-handed pitcher	Loyola Marymount University	[10]
6 (173)	Michael Lynn	Right-handed pitcher	Brownsburg High School	[11]
7 (203)	Robert Rohrbaugh	Left-handed pitcher	Clemson University	[12]
8 (233)	David Asher	Left-handed pitcher	Florida International University	[11]
9 (263)	Bryan Sabatella	Third baseman	Quinnipiac College	[11]
10 (293)	Ronald Prettyman	Third baseman	California State University, Fullerton	[11]
11 (323)	Brian Contreras	Outfielder	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School	[11]
12 (353)	Anthony Varvaro	Right-handed pitcher	St. John's University	[11]
13 (383)	Reed Eastley	Shortstop	Niagara University	[11]
14 (413)	Bradley Boyer	Second baseman	University of Arizona	[11]
15 (443)	John Holdzkom	Right-handed pitcher	Rancho Cucamonga High School	[11]
16 (473)	Grant Gerrard	Outfielder	Southern Illinois University	[11]
17 (503)	James Russell	Left-handed pitcher	Navarro College	[11]
18 (533)	Curtis Ledbetter	First baseman	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	[11]
19 (563)	Brett Bannister	Right-handed pitcher	University of Southern California	[11]
20 (593)	Travis Scott	Catcher	Lincoln Land Community College	[11]
21 (623)	Nicholas Allen	Right-handed pitcher	Villanova University	[11]
22 (653)	Alex Gary	Outfielder	Virginia Commonwealth University	[11]
23 (683)	Ryan Lindgren	Right-handed pitcher	Stillwater High School	[11]
24 (713)	Kevin Gergel	Catcher	Kennesaw State University	[11]
25 (743)	William Brown	Left-handed pitcher	Downey High School	[11]
26 (773)	Ari Kafka	Right-handed pitcher	Quinnipiac College	[11]
27 (803)	Jeremy Hill	Right-handed pitcher	Ohlone College	[11]
28 (883)	Lance Beus	Left-handed pitcher	Brigham Young University	[11]
29 (863)	Eric Thomas	Outfielder	Buchholz High School	[11]
30 (893)	Aric Van Gaalen	Left-handed pitcher	Edmonton Cracker-Cats (Independent baseball)	[13]
31 (923)	Jeffrey Gilmore	Right-handed pitcher	Stanford University	[11]
32 (953)	John Heckman	Second baseman	Indiana University	[11]
33 (983)	Julian Henson	Catcher	Cordova High School	[11]
34 (1013)	Andrew Schneider	Right-handed pitcher	Franklin High School	[11]
35 (1043)	Blake Amador	Outfielder	Modesto Junior College	[11]
36 (1073)	Ross Kwan	Catcher	Seattle Preparatory School	[11]
37 (1103)	Jesse Costa	Right-handed pitcher	Magnolia High School	[11]
38 (1133)	Joe Agreste	First baseman	Greenbrier Christian Academy	[11]
39 (1163)	Duke Welker	Right-handed pitcher	Seminole State College	[11]
40 (1192)	Eugene Edwards	Outfielder	Long Beach Community College	[11]
41 (1221)	Joseph White	First baseman	Georgia Perimeter College	[11]
42 (1250)	Kevin Reynolds	Outfielder	Quincy University	[11]
43 (1279)	Philip Roy	Right-handed pitcher	Miami Southridge High School	[11]
44 (1308)	Paul Patterson	Right-handed pitcher	Northern Kentucky University	[11]
45 (1337)	Luis Coste	Outfielder	Cochise County Community College	[11]
46 (1366)	Rufus Lumry	Left-handed pitcher	Princeton University	[11]
47 (1395)	Andrew Hargrove	First baseman	Kent State University	[11]
48 (1423)	Matthew Gardner	Right-handed pitcher	Grayson County Community College	[11]
49 (1450)	Dennis Raben	First baseman	St. Thomas Aquinas High School	[11]
50 (1477)	Xavier Scruggs	First baseman	Poway High School	[11]

Rule 5 draft

Jason Bourgeois was the Mariners only Rule 5 selection in 2005.

Key

Pick	Indicates the pick the player was drafted
Previous team	Indicates the previous organization, not Minor league team

Table

Phase (Pick)	Name	Position	Previous team	Notes	Ref
Triple-A (4)	Jason Bourgeois	Infielder	Atlanta Braves	He spent the entire season with the Double-A San Antonio Missions.	[14]