2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season

Major League Baseball team season

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
BB-reference
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The 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

### Notable Transactions[edit]

* 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[edit]

#### National League West[edit]

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NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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San Diego Padres | 82 | 80  | 0.506  | —  | 46–35  | 36–45
Arizona Diamondbacks | 77 | 85  | 0.475  | 5  | 36–45  | 41–40
San Francisco Giants | 75 | 87  | 0.463  | 7  | 37–44  | 38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers | 71 | 91  | 0.438  | 11  | 40–41  | 31–50
Colorado Rockies | 67 | 95  | 0.414  | 15  | 40–41  | 27–54

#### Record vs. opponents[edit]

2005 National League record

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Source: [1]

Team  | ARI  | 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[edit]

2005 Arizona Diamondbacks

Roster
Pitchers

* 57 Armando Almanza
* 41 Greg Aquino
* 30 Brian Bruney
* 50 Jason Bulger
* 21 Randy Choate
* 32 Lance Cormier
* 55 Shawn Estes
* 49 Édgar González
* 44 Mike Gosling
* 28 Buddy Groom
* 37 Brad Halsey
* 31 Matt Herges
* 76 Mike Koplove
* 36 Kerry Ligtenberg
* 39 Javier López
* 38 Brandon Lyon
* 52 Brandon Medders
* 57 Dustin Nippert
* 48 Russ Ortiz
* 47 José Valverde
* 29 Claudio Vargas
* 23 Javier Vázquez
* 56 Óscar Villarreal
* 17 Brandon Webb
* 45 Tim Worrell

|  | Catchers

* 5 Koyie Hill
* 19 Chris Snyder
* 35 Kelly Stinnett

Infielders

* 10 Alex Cintrón
* 34 Tony Clark
* 10 Royce Clayton
* 4 Craig Counsell
* 25 Troy Glaus
* 1 Andy Green
* 16 Conor Jackson
* 11 Matt Kata
* 18 Chad Tracy

|  | Outfielders

* 22 José Cruz Jr.
* 20 Luis Gonzalez
* 15 Shawn Green
* 9 Scott Hairston
* 6 Quinton McCracken
* 27 Luis Terrero

| 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[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

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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[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

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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[edit]

#### Starting 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

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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[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

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Mike Gosling | 13 | 32.1 | 0 | 3 | 4.45 | 14

##### 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

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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[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* 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

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2005 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* New York
* Tampa Bay
* Toronto

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AL Central|

* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* Minnesota

AL West|

* Los Angeles
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Atlanta
* Florida
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Washington

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NL Central|

* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Milwaukee
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

NL West|

* Arizona
* Colorado
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

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Arizona Diamondbacks

* Established in 1998
* Based in Phoenix, Arizona

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* History
* Expansion
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* Chase Field
* Spring training: Tucson Electric Park
* Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Culture|

* Baxter the Bobcat
* D-backs Luchador
* The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty

Lore|

* Randy Johnson's perfect game

Rivalries|

* Los Angeles Dodgers

Key personnel|

* Owner: Ken Kendrick
* President and CEO: Derrick Hall
* General Manager: Mike Hazen
* Manager: Torey Lovullo

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* 2001

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* 2001
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* Triple-A: Reno Aces
* Double-A: Amarillo Sod Poodles
* High-A: Hillsboro Hops
* Single-A: Visalia Rawhide
* Rookie: ACL D-backs Black
* ACL D-backs Red
* DSL Arizona Black
* DSL Arizona Red

Broadcasting|

| Television|

* MLB.tv

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Radio|

* KMVP-FM
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* Arizona Diamondbacks Radio Networks

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