2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season

2005 Arizona Diamondbacks
2005 Arizona Diamondbacks
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Bank One Ballpark
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Record	77–85 (.475)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Ken Kendrick; Jeff Moorad
General managers	Joe Garagiola Jr., Bob Gebhard
Managers	Bob Melvin
Television	FSN Arizona; KTVK (3TV); (Thom Brennaman, Mark Grace, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola, Matt Williams)
Radio	KTAR (620 AM); (Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Thom Brennaman, Ken Phelps)
Stats	ESPN.com; Baseball Reference

The 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 8th season in Major League Baseball and their 8th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West.

They looked to improve on their 51–111 record from 2004. They looked to contend in what was once again a weak National League West. They finished the season with a record of 77–85, good for second place in the division.

Offseason

December 11, 2004: Russ Ortiz was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[1]
December 21, 2004: Craig Counsell was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[2]
January 11, 2005: Shawn Green was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dioner Navarro, Beltrán Pérez, Danny Muegge (minors), and William Juarez (minors).^[3]
January 11, 2005: Randy Johnson was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash.^[4]

Regular season

Notable Transactions

July 31, 2005: Buddy Groom was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.^[5]

Season standings

National League West

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	82	80	.506	—	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
Arizona Diamondbacks	77	85	.475	5	36‍–‍45	41‍–‍40
San Francisco Giants	75	87	.463	7	37‍–‍44	38‍–‍43
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	91	.438	11	40‍–‍41	31‍–‍50
Colorado Rockies	67	95	.414	15	40‍–‍41	27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	5–2	2–4	11–7	2–4	3–3	13–5	2–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	10–9	7–11	2–5	2–4	8–10
Atlanta	3–3	—	6–1	7–3	2–4	10–8	5–1	3–3	3–3	13–6	9–10	4–3	1–5	4–2	3–3	10–9	7–8
Chicago	2–5	1–6	—	6–9	4–3	5–4	9–7	4–2	7–9	2–4	2–4	11–5	4–3	5–2	10–6	1–5	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–7	9–6	—	3–3	2–4	4–12	3–4	6–10	3–3	3–4	9–7	4–2	3–5	5–11	5–1	7-8
Colorado	7–11	4–2	3–4	3–3	—	3–3	1–5	11–8	1–5	3–4	2–4	3–7	7–11	7–11	4–4	2–4	6–9
Florida	4–2	8–10	4–5	4–2	3–3	—	4–3	5–2	3–4	8–10	9–10	3–4	2–4	4–2	3–4	9–9	10–5
Houston	3–3	1–5	7–9	12–4	5–1	3-4	—	4–2	10–5	5–5	6–0	9–7	4–3	3–4	5–11	5–2	7–8
Los Angeles	5–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–2	11–7	9–10	2–5	2–4	5–13
Milwaukee	4–2	3–3	9–7	10–6	5–1	4–3	5–10	1–5	—	3–3	4–5	9–7	3–4	4–3	5–11	4–4	8–7
New York	6–1	6–13	4–2	3–3	4–3	10–8	5–5	3–3	3–3	—	11–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	11–8	5–10
Philadelphia	4-3	10–9	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	0–6	3–3	5–4	7–11	—	4–3	6–0	5–1	4–2	11–8	7–8
Pittsburgh	4–3	3–4	5–11	7–9	7–3	4–3	7–9	2–5	7–9	3–3	3–4	—	3–4	2–4	4–12	1–5	5–7
San Diego	9–10	5–1	3–4	2–4	11–7	4–2	3–4	7–11	4–3	2–4	0–6	4–3	—	12–6	4–3	5–1	7–11
San Francisco	11–7	2–4	2–5	5–3	11–7	2–4	4–3	10–9	3–4	3–3	1–5	4–2	6–12	—	2–4	3–3	6–12
St. Louis	5–2	3–3	6–10	11–5	4–4	4-3	11–5	5–2	11–5	5–2	2–4	12–4	3–4	4–2	—	4–2	10–5
Washington	4–2	9–10	5–1	1–5	4–2	9-9	2–5	4–2	4–4	8–11	8–11	5–1	1–5	3–3	2–4	—	12–6

Roster

2005 Arizona Diamondbacks

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Bob Melvin

Coaches

8 Mike Aldrete (hitting)
33 Jay Bell (bench)
2 Brett Butler (first base)
13 Mark Davis (pitching)
53 Glenn Sherlock (bullpen)
14 Carlos Tosca (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	Chris Snyder	115	326	66	.202	6	28
1B	Chad Tracy	145	503	155	.308	27	72
2B	Craig Counsell	150	578	148	.256	9	42
SS	Royce Clayton	143	522	141	.270	2	44
3B	Troy Glaus	149	538	139	.258	37	97
LF	Luis Gonzalez	155	579	157	.271	24	79
CF	Luis Terrero	88	161	37	.230	4	20
RF	Shawn Green	158	581	166	.286	22	73

Other batters

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
Tony Clark	130	349	106	.304	30	87
Alex Cintrón	122	330	90	.237	8	48
Quinton McCracken	134	215	51	.237	1	13
José Cruz Jr.	64	202	43	.213	12	28
Kelly Stinnett	59	129	32	.248	6	12
Conor Jackson	40	85	17	.200	2	8
Koyie Hill	34	78	17	.218	0	6
Andy Green	17	31	7	.226	0	2
Matt Kata	30	31	6	.194	0	0
Scott Hairston	15	20	2	.100	0	0

Pitching

Starting 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
Brandon Webb	33	229.0	14	12	3.54	172
Javier Vázquez	33	215.2	11	15	4.42	192
Brad Halsey	28	160.0	8	12	4.61	82
Shawn Estes	21	123.2	7	8	4.80	63
Claudio Vargas	21	119.2	9	6	4.81	90
Russ Ortiz	22	115.0	5	11	6.89	46
Dustin Nippert	3	14.2	1	0	5.52	11

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
Mike Gosling	13	32.1	0	3	4.45	14

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
José Valverde	61	3	4	15	2.44	75
Lance Cormier	67	7	3	0	5.11	63
Brian Bruney	47	1	3	12	7.43	51
Mike Koplove	44	2	1	0	5.07	28
Greg Aquino	35	0	1	1	7.76	34
Tim Worrell	32	1	1	0	2.27	22
Brandon Lyon	32	0	2	14	6.44	17
Javier López	29	1	1	2	9.42	11
Brandon Medders	27	4	1	0	1.78	31
Buddy Groom	23	0	1	1	4.70	7
Óscar Villarreal	11	2	0	0	5.27	5
Jason Bulger	9	1	0	0	5.40	9
Randy Choate	8	0	0	0	9.00	4
Kerry Ligtenberg	7	0	0	0	13.97	5
Matt Herges	7	0	0	0	13.50	3
Armando Almanza	6	0	0	0	2.25	2
Édgar González	1	0	0	0	108.00	1

Minor League

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	Chip Hale
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Tony Perezchica
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Bill Plummer
A	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	Mark Haley
A-Short Season	Yakima Bears	Northwest League	Jay Gainer
Rookie	Missoula Osprey	Pioneer League	Jim Presley

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: South Bend^[6]

References

^ "Diamondbacks contratan a Russ Ortiz".
^ Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Shawn Green Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Randy Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Buddy Groom Stats".
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

Arizona Diamondbacks official web site Archived January 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2005 Arizona Diamondbacks at Baseball Reference
2005 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

[1] "Diamondbacks contratan a Russ Ortiz".

[2] Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[3] Shawn Green Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[4] Randy Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[5] "Buddy Groom Stats".

[6] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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