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 division title for the second consecutive season, their fifth in franchise history.

2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
American League West Champions
2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim primary logo
The logo of the Angels during their 2005 campaign
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersArte Moreno
General managersBill Stoneman
ManagersMike Scioscia
Local televisionFSN West
KCAL-9
KDOC
•Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
Local radioKSPN (AM 710)
•Terry Smith, Rory Markas
KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish)
•José Mota, Ivan Lara
StatsESPN.com
BB-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
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
Oakland Athletics 8874 0.543 7 45–36 43–38
Texas Rangers 7983 0.488 16 44–37 35–46
Seattle Mariners 6993 0.426 26 39–42 30–51

Record vs. opponents
2005 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Baltimore —8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston 10–8—4–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–4—14–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–14—12–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–12—10–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–10—2–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–2—6–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–6—3–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–3—7–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–7—12–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–12—4–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–4—6–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–6—7–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–7—8–10

Roster
2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CBengie Molina119410121.2951569
1BDarin Erstad153609166.273766
2BAdam Kennedy129416125.300237
SSOrlando Cabrera141540139.257857
3BDallas McPherson6120550.244826
LFGarret Anderson142575163.2831796
CFSteve Finley11240690.2221254
RFVladimir Guerrero141520165.31732108
DHJeff DaVanon10822552.231215

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 Figgins158642186.290857
Juan Rivera10635095.2711559
Maicer Izturis7719147.246115
José Molina7518442.228625
Robb Quinlan5413431.231514
Casey Kotchman4712635.278722
Josh Paul34377.18924
Zach Sorensen12122.16700
Curtis Pride11111.09100
Lou Merloni550.00001
Jeff Mathis531.33300
Chris Prieto220.00000
Dave Matranga110.00000

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 Colón33222.22183.48157
John Lackey33209.01453.44199
Paul Byrd31204.112113.74102
Jarrod Washburn29177.1883.2094
Ervin Santana23133.21284.6599
Joe Saunders29.1007.714

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 Escobar1659.2323.0263
Chris Bootcheck518.2013.388
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 Rodríguez6625452.6791
Scot Shields78101172.7598
Brendan Donnelly659303.7253
Esteban Yan491104.5945
Kevin Gregg331205.0452
Joel Peralta281003.8930
Jake Woods281104.5520
Jason Christiansen120002.454
Greg Jones60006.756
Bret Prinz30103.001

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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxscore
1October 4Yankees4–2Mussina (1–0)Colón (0–1)Rivera (1)45,1420–1Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2October 5Yankees5–3Escobar (1–0)Wang (0–1)Rodríguez (1)45,1501–1Angel Stadium of Anaheim
3October 7@ Yankees11–7Shields (1–0)Small (0–1)56,2772–1Yankee Stadium
October 8@ YankeesPostponed (rain); Rescheduled for October 92–1Yankee Stadium
4October 9@ Yankees3–2Leiter (1–0)Shields (1–1)Rivera (2)56,2262–2Yankee Stadium
5October 10Yankees5–3Santana (1–0)Mussina (1–1)Rodríguez (2)45,1333–2Angel Stadium of Anaheim
American League Championship Series (1–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxscore
1October 11@ White Sox3–2Byrd (1–0)Contreras (1–1)Rodríguez (3)40,6591–0U.S. Cellular Field
2October 12@ White Sox2–1Buehrle (2–0)Escobar (1–1)41,0131–1U.S. Cellular Field
3October 14White Sox5–2Garland (1–0)Lackey (0–1)44,7251–2Angel Stadium of Anaheim
4October 15White Sox8–2García (2–0)Santana (1–1)44,8571–3Angel Stadium of Anaheim
5October 16White Sox6–3Contreras (2–1)Escobar (1–2)44,7121–4Angel 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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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season.
  1. "Adam Riggs Stats".
  2. Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  4. Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory
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