2005 New York Yankees season
The 2005 New York Yankees season was the 103rd season for the 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.
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Record | 95–67 (.586) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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Owners | George Steinbrenner |
General managers | Brian Cashman |
Managers | Joe Torre |
Local television | WWOR-TV YES Network (Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice) |
Local 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
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 53–28 | 42–39 |
Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 54–27 | 41–40 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 15 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 21 | 36–45 | 38–43 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 28 | 40–41 | 27–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
Game log
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Player stats
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 |
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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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Game | Score | Date |
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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
References
- Kenny Lofton page at Baseball Reference
- Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
- Jaret Wright page at Baseball Reference
- Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
- "Aaron Small Stats".
- "Buddy Groom Stats".
- Ramiro Mendoza page at Baseball Reference
- Alan Embree pate at Baseball Reference
- "Mark Bellhorn Stats".
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory