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2005 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball season

FieldValue
nameBaltimore Orioles
season2005
imageBaltimore Orioles wordmark 1995 to 2008.png
leagueAmerican League
divisionEast
ballparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
cityBaltimore
record74–88 (.457)
divisional_place4th
ownersPeter Angelos
general_managersJim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
managersLee Mazzilli and Sam Perlozzo
televisionWJZ-TV
WNUV
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Jim Hunter, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra, Dave Raymond)
radioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond)

WNUV Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Jim Hunter, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra, Dave Raymond) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond) |}} The 2005 Baltimore Orioles season was the 105th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 52nd in Baltimore, and the 14th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They failed to improve on their record from the previous year with a 74–88 record, and missed the postseason for the 8th straight season. The team started off hot, compiling a record of 42 wins and 30 losses while spending 62 days in first place in the 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.
  • January 18, 2005: Midre Cummings was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
  • 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).

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Season summary

The Baltimore Orioles were in contention up to the all-star break, in second place, posting a record of 47–40. The Orioles trailed the Red Sox by just 2 games. 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.
  • July 30, 2005: Eric Byrnes was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Larry Bigbie.
  • August 11, 2005: Midre Cummings was released by the Baltimore Orioles.

Roster

2005 Baltimore Orioles
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CJavy López103395110.2781549
1BRafael Palmeiro11036998.2661860
2BBrian Roberts143561176.3141873
3BMelvin Mora149593168.2832788
SSMiguel Tejada162654199.3042698
LFLarry Bigbie6720651.248521
CFLuis Matos121389109.280432
RFSammy Sosa10238084.2211445
DHJay Gibbons139488135.2772679

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
BJ Surhoff9130378.257534
Chris Gomez8921961.279118
David Newhan9621844.202521
Eric Byrnes5216732.192311
Sal Fasano6416040.2501120
Gerónimo Gil6212524.192417
Bernie Castro248023.28807
Alejandro Freire256516.24614
Eli Marrero225011.220310
Jeff Fiorentino134411.25015
Walter Young143310.30313
Ramón Nivar7134.30801
Eli Whiteside9123.25001
Keith Reed651.20001
Napoleón Calzado451.20000
Midre Cummings220.00000
Ed Rogers8111.00012

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rodrigo López35209.115124.90118
Bruce Chen34197.113103.83133
Daniel Cabrera29161.110134.52157
Érik Bédard24141.2684.00125
Sidney Ponson23130.17116.2168

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Maine1040.0236.3024
Hayden Penn838.1326.3418

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
BJ Ryan6914362.43100
Todd Williams725513.3038
Jorge Julio673505.9058
672404.2836
Tim Byrdak410114.0531
Chris Ray411302.6643
301206.6115
Jason Grimsley221205.7310
James Baldwin200003.2020
Eric DuBose152304.0531
John Parrish141003.1225
Aaron Rakers101003.2911
Rick Bauer50009.725

Farm system

References

References

  1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/surhob.01.shtml B.J. Surhoff Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  2. "Midre Cummings Stats".
  3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sosasa01.shtml Sammy Sosa Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Eli Marrero Stats".
  5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/byrneer01.shtml Eric Byrnes Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  7. ''Baseball America 2006 Directory.''
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