2005 Baltimore Orioles season

2005 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (since 1992)
Baltimore (since 1954)
Results
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Angelos
General manager(s)	Jim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
Manager(s)	Lee Mazzilli and Sam Perlozzo
Local television	WJZ-TV WNUV Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Jim Hunter, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra, Dave Raymond)
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond)
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The 2005 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The team started off hot, compiling a record of 42 wins and 30 losses while spending 62 days in first place in AL East. After June 23, the team started slipping on the way to a losing record and manager Lee Mazzilli's dismissal in early August.

Offseason

December 7, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]
January 18, 2005: Midre Cummings was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]
February 2, 2005: Sammy Sosa was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Jerry Hairston, Mike Fontenot, and Dave Crouthers (minors).^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

2005 American League Records Sources:
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 of Anaheim	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

Season summary

The Baltimore Orioles had one of the best starts in franchise history, posting a record of 47-40. The Orioles, however, posted a 27-48 record after the all-star break, finishing 21 games behind the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.

Transactions

June 8, 2005: Eli Marrero was traded by the Kansas City Royals for Minor Leaguer Pete Maestrales.^[4]
July 30, 2005: Eric Byrnes was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Larry Bigbie.^[5]
August 11, 2005: Midre Cummings was released by the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]

Roster

2005 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

23,19 James Baldwin

30 Rick Bauer

45 Érik Bédard

40 Tim Byrdak

35 Daniel Cabrera

27 Bruce Chen

28 Eric DuBose

38 Jason Grimsley

50 Jorge Julio

41 Steve Kline

13 Rodrigo López

61 John Maine

36 John Parrish

49 Hayden Penn

43 Sidney Ponson

47 Aaron Rakers

37 Chris Ray

39 Steve Reed

52 B. J. Ryan

53 Todd Williams

Catchers

26 Sal Fasano

9 Gerónimo Gil

18 Javy López

77 Eli Whiteside

Infielders

64 Bernie Castro

23,58 Alejandro Freire

14 Chris Gomez

6 Melvin Mora

25 Rafael Palmeiro

1 Brian Roberts

67 Ed Rogers

10 Miguel Tejada

75 Walter Young

Outfielders

3 Larry Bigbie

15 Eric Byrnes

37 Napoleón Calzado

3 Midre Cummings

16 Jeff Fiorentino

31 Jay Gibbons

16 Eli Marrero

32 Luis Matos

11 David Newhan

15 Ramón Nivar

28 Keith Reed

21 Sammy Sosa

17 B. J. Surhoff

Manager

13 Lee Mazzilli

2 Sam Perlozzo

Coaches

48 Terry Crowley (hitting)

24 Rick Dempsey (first base)

44 Elrod Hendricks (bullpen catcher)

34 Ray Miller (pitching)

2 Sam Perlozzo (bench)

49 Tom Trebelhorn (third base)

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	Javy Lopez	103	395	110	.278	15	49
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	110	369	98	.266	18	60
2B	Brian Roberts	143	561	176	.314	18	73
3B	Melvin Mora	149	593	168	.283	27	88
SS	Miguel Tejada	162	654	199	.304	26	98
LF	Larry Bigbie	67	206	51	.248	5	21
CF	Luis Matos	121	389	109	.280	4	32
RF	Sammy Sosa	102	380	84	.221	14	45
DH	Jay Gibbons	139	488	135	.277	26	79

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
David Newhan	96	218	44	.202	5	21
BJ Surhoff	91	303	78	.257	5	34
Chris Gomez	89	219	61	.279	1	18
Sal Fasano	64	160	40	.250	11	20
Gerónimo Gil	62	125	24	.192	4	17
Eric Byrnes	52	167	32	.192	3	11
Alejandro Freire	25	65	16	.246	1	4
Bernie Castro	24	80	23	.288	0	7
Eli Marrero	22	50	11	.220	3	10
Walter Young	14	33	10	.303	1	3
Jeff Fiorentino	13	44	11	.250	1	5
Eli Whiteside	9	12	3	.250	0	1
Ed Rogers	8	1	1	1.000	1	2
Ramón Nivar	7	13	4	.308	0	1
Keith Reed	6	5	1	.200	0	1
Napoleón Calzado	4	5	1	.200	0	0
Midre Cummings	2	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rodrigo Lopez	35	209.1	15	12	4.90	118
Bruce Chen	34	197.1	13	10	3.83	133
Daniel Cabrera	29	161.1	10	13	4.52	157
Érik Bédard	24	141.2	6	8	4.00	125
Sidney Ponson	23	130.1	7	11	6.21	68

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Maine	10	40.0	2	3	6.30	24
Hayden Penn	8	38.1	3	2	6.34	18

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Todd Williams	72	5	5	1	3.30	38
BJ Ryan	69	1	4	36	2.43	100
Jorge Julio	67	3	5	0	5.90	58
Kline, SteveSteve Kline	67	2	4	0	4.28	36
Tim Byrdak	41	0	1	1	4.05	31
Chris Ray	41	1	3	0	2.66	43
Reed, SteveSteve Reed	30	1	2	0	6.61	15
James Baldwin	28	0	2	1	3.81	29
Jason Grimsley	22	1	2	0	5.73	10
Eric DuBose	15	2	3	0	4.05	31
John Parrish	14	1	0	0	3.12	25
Aaron Rakers	10	1	0	0	3.29	11

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Ottawa Lynx	International League	Dave Trembley
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Don Werner
A	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Bien Figueroa
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League	Gary Kendall
Short-Season A	Aberdeen IronBirds	New York–Penn League	Andy Etchebarren
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Jesus Alfaro

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Frederick^[6]^[7]

References

↑ B.J. Surhoff Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml
↑ Sammy Sosa Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marreel01.shtml
↑ Eric Byrnes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
↑ Baseball America 2006 Directory.

2005 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (9)

American League Wild Card
(2)

1996
2012

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

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