2005 Cleveland Indians season

2005 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Jacobs Field (since 1994)
Other information
Owner(s) Larry Dolan
General manager(s) Mark Shapiro
Manager(s) Eric Wedge
Local television FSN Ohio
Local radio WTAM
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The Cleveland Indians' 2005 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians attempting to win the American League Central division. They had a very good September (with 17 wins and 9 losses), and went into a season-closing series with the Chicago White Sox with a chance to tie the White Sox for the division lead, but lost three close games to finish 6 games behind the White Sox, who were the eventual World Series winners.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Away
Chicago White Sox 99 63 .611 -- 47-34 52-29
Cleveland Indians 93 69 .574 6 43-38 50-31
Minnesota Twins 83 79 .512 16 45-36 38-43
Detroit Tigers 71 91 .438 28 39-42 32-49
Kansas City Royals 56 106 .346 43 34-47 22-59

Notable transactions

Roster

2005 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game Log

2005 Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Josh Bard
34
83
6
16
4
0
1
9
.193
0
Ronnie Belliard
145
536
71
152
36
1
17
78
.284
2
Rafael Betancourt
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Casey Blake
147
523
72
126
32
1
23
58
.241
4
Aaron Boone
143
511
61
124
19
1
16
60
.243
9
Ben Broussard
142
466
59
119
30
5
19
68
.255
2
Alex Cora
49
146
11
30
5
2
1
8
.205
6
Coco Crisp
145
594
86
178
42
4
16
69
.300
15
Jason Davis
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Jason Dubois
14
45
6
10
0
0
2
2
.222
0
Scott Elarton
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Ryan Garko
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Jody Gerut
44
138
12
38
9
1
1
12
.275
1
Juan González
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Franklin Gutierrez
7
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Travis Hafner
137
486
94
148
42
0
33
108
.305
0
José Hernández
84
234
28
54
7
0
6
31
.231
1
Bob Howry
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Cliff Lee
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Jeff Liefer
19
56
5
11
2
0
1
8
.196
0
Ryan Ludwick
19
41
8
9
0
0
4
5
.220
0
Victor Martinez
147
547
73
167
33
0
20
80
.305
0
Matt Miller
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kevin Millwood
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Jhonny Peralta
141
504
82
147
35
4
24
78
.292
0
Brandon Phillips
6
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Arthur Rhodes
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CC Sabathia
2
6
1
2
1
0
1
4
.333
0
Scott Sauerbeck
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Grady Sizemore
158
640
111
185
37
11
22
81
.289
22
Ramón Vázquez
12
24
1
6
3
0
0
1
.250
0
Jake Westbrook
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Bob Wickman
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
162
5609
790
1522
337
30
207
760
.271
62

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Rafael Betancourt
4
3
2.79
54
0
1
67.2
23
21
17
73
Fernando Cabrera
2
1
1.47
15
0
0
30.2
7
5
11
29
Jason Davis
4
2
4.69
11
4
0
40.1
22
21
20
32
Scott Elarton
11
9
4.61
31
31
0
181.2
100
93
48
103
Jeremy Guthrie
0
0
6.00
1
0
0
6.0
4
4
2
3
Bob Howry
7
4
2.47
79
0
3
73.0
23
20
16
48
Cliff Lee
18
5
3.79
32
32
0
202.0
91
85
52
143
Matt Miller
1
0
1.82
23
0
1
29.2
6
6
10
23
Kevin Millwood
9
11
2.86
30
30
0
192.0
72
61
52
146
Arthur Rhodes
3
1
2.08
47
0
0
43.1
13
10
12
43
David Riske
3
4
3.10
58
0
1
72.2
28
25
15
48
CC Sabathia
15
10
4.03
31
31
0
196.2
92
88
62
161
Scott Sauerbeck
1
0
4.04
58
0
0
35.2
18
16
16
35
Kaz Tadano
0
0
2.25
1
0
0
4.0
1
1
0
1
Brian Tallet
0
0
7.71
2
0
0
4.2
4
4
3
2
Jake Westbrook
15
15
4.49
34
34
0
210.2
121
105
56
119
Bob Wickman
0
4
2.47
64
0
45
62.0
17
17
21
41
Totals
93
69
3.61
162
162
51
1452.2
642
582
413
1050

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level Team League Season article
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League 2005 Buffalo Bisons season
AA Akron Aeros Eastern League 2005 Akron Aeros season
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Lake County Captains South Atlantic League
Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References