2005 Detroit Tigers season

Summary

The 2005 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 105th season and its sixth at Comerica Park. It involved the Detroit Tigers finishing fourth in the American League Central with a 71–91 record, 28 games in back of the World Series Champion Chicago White Sox.

2005 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComerica Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersAlan Trammell
TelevisionFSN Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
RadioWXYT (AM)
(Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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Offseason edit

  • October 15, 2004: DeWayne Wise was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • February 7, 2005: Magglio Ordóñez was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[2]
  • February 7, 2005: DeWayne Wise was released by the Detroit Tigers.[1]
  • February 28, 2005: DeWayne Wise was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[1]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 99 63 0.611 47–34 52–29
Cleveland Indians 93 69 0.574 6 43–38 50–31
Minnesota Twins 83 79 0.512 16 45–36 38–43
Detroit Tigers 71 91 0.438 28 39–42 32–49
Kansas City Royals 56 106 0.346 43 34–47 22–59


Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 edit

  • June 8, 2005: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ramón Martínez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Plácido Polanco.[3]

Roster edit

2005 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Iván Rodríguez 129 504 139 .276 14 50
1B Chris Shelton 107 388 116 .299 18 59
2B Plácido Polanco 86 343 116 .338 6 36
3B Brandon Inge 160 616 161 .261 16 72
SS Carlos Guillén 87 334 107 .320 5 23
LF Craig Monroe 157 567 157 .277 20 89
CF Nook Logan 129 322 83 .258 1 17
RF Magglio Ordóñez 82 305 92 .302 8 46
DH Dmitri Young 126 469 127 .271 21 72

Other batters edit

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
Omar Infante 121 406 90 .222 9 43
Rondell White 97 374 117 .313 12 53
Carlos Peña 79 260 61 .235 18 44
Curtis Granderson 47 162 44 .272 8 20
Vance Wilson 61 152 30 .197 3 19
Marcus Thames 38 107 21 .196 7 16
John McDonald 31 73 19 .260 0 4
Jason Smith 27 58 11 .190 0 2
Ramón Martínez 19 56 15 .268 0 5
Tony Giarratano 15 42 6 .143 1 4
Bobby Higginson 10 26 2 .077 0 1
Alexis Gómez 9 16 3 .188 0 1
Kevin Hooper 6 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting and other pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jason Johnson 33 210.0 8 13 4.54 93
Mike Maroth 34 209.0 14 14 4.74 115
Nate Robertson 32 196.2 7 16 4.48 122
Jeremy Bonderman 29 189.0 14 13 4.57 145
Sean Douglass 18 87.1 5 5 5.56 55
Wilfredo Ledezma 10 49.2 2 4 7.07 30
Román Colón 12 25.0 1 1 6.12 17
Jason Grilli 3 16.0 1 1 3.38 5
Justin Verlander 2 11.1 0 2 7.15 7

Relief pitchers edit

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Fernando Rodney 39 2 3 9 2.86 42
Chris Spurling 56 3 4 0 3.44 26
Franklyn Germán 58 4 0 1 3.66 38
Jamie Walker 66 4 3 0 3.70 30
Kyle Farnsworth 46 1 1 6 2.32 55
Matt Ginter 14 0 1 0 6.17 15
Craig Dingman 34 2 3 4 3.66 24
Ugueth Urbina 25 1 3 9 2.63 31
Troy Percival 26 1 3 8 5.76 20
Doug Creek 20 0 0 0 6.85 18
Vic Darensbourg 22 1 1 0 2.82 9
Mark Woodyard 3 0 0 0 1.50 3
Andrew Good 2 0 0 0 5.40 7
Jason Karnuth 3 0 0 0 5.40 0

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Larry Parrish
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Duffy Dyer
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Mike Rojas
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Matt Walbeck
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Tom Brookens
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toledo[4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c "Dewayne Wise Stats".
  2. ^ Magglio Ordóñez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Ugueth Urbina Stats".
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References edit

  • 2005 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference