2005 Los Angeles Angels
American League West Champions
2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim primary logo
The logo of the Angels during their 2005 campaign
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAngel Stadium of Anaheim
CityAnaheim, California
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
OwnersArte Moreno
General managersBill Stoneman
ManagersMike Scioscia
TelevisionFSN West
KCAL-9
KDOC
•Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
RadioKSPN (AM 710)
•Terry Smith, Rory Markas
KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish)
•José Mota, Ivan Lara
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season was the franchise's 45th since its inception. The regular season ended with a record of 95–67, resulting in the Angels winning the American League West title for the second consecutive season, their fifth in franchise history.

In the postseason, the Angels defeated the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, 3–2, but were subsequently defeated by the eventual World Series champion Chicago White Sox in the American League Championship Series, 4–1.

The season was the first the team played under its controversial "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" moniker.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 95 67 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
Oakland Athletics 88 74 0.543 7 45–36 43–38
Texas Rangers 79 83 0.488 16 44–37 35–46
Seattle Mariners 69 93 0.426 26 39–42 30–51


Record vs. opponents

2005 American League record

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


Roster

2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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 Bengie Molina 119 410 121 .295 15 69
1B Darin Erstad 153 609 166 .273 7 66
2B Adam Kennedy 129 416 125 .300 2 37
SS Orlando Cabrera 141 540 139 .257 8 57
3B Dallas McPherson 61 205 50 .244 8 26
LF Garret Anderson 142 575 163 .283 17 96
CF Steve Finley 112 406 90 .222 12 54
RF Vladimir Guerrero 141 520 165 .317 32 108
DH Jeff DaVanon 108 225 52 .231 2 15

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
Chone Figgins 158 642 186 .290 8 57
Juan Rivera 106 350 95 .271 15 59
Maicer Izturis 77 191 47 .246 1 15
José Molina 75 184 42 .228 6 25
Robb Quinlan 54 134 31 .231 5 14
Casey Kotchman 47 126 35 .278 7 22
Josh Paul 34 37 7 .189 2 4
Zach Sorensen 12 12 2 .167 0 0
Curtis Pride 11 11 1 .091 0 0
Lou Merloni 5 5 0 .000 0 1
Jeff Mathis 5 3 1 .333 0 0
Chris Prieto 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Dave Matranga 1 1 0 .000 0 0

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
Bartolo Colón 33 222.2 21 8 3.48 157
John Lackey 33 209.0 14 5 3.44 199
Paul Byrd 31 204.1 12 11 3.74 102
Jarrod Washburn 29 177.1 8 8 3.20 94
Ervin Santana 23 133.2 12 8 4.65 99
Joe Saunders 2 9.1 0 0 7.71 4

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
Kelvim Escobar 16 59.2 3 2 3.02 63
Chris Bootcheck 5 18.2 0 1 3.38 8
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
Francisco Rodríguez 66 2 5 45 2.67 91
Scot Shields 78 10 11 7 2.75 98
Brendan Donnelly 65 9 3 0 3.72 53
Esteban Yan 49 1 1 0 4.59 45
Kevin Gregg 33 1 2 0 5.04 52
Joel Peralta 28 1 0 0 3.89 30
Jake Woods 28 1 1 0 4.55 20
Jason Christiansen 12 0 0 0 2.45 4
Greg Jones 6 0 0 0 6.75 6
Bret Prinz 3 0 1 0 3.00 1

Postseason

With their win on Monday, September 27, 2005, the Angels clinched their second straight American League West championship.

American League Division Series

Main article: 2005 American League Division Series

The 2005 American League Division Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL East champion New York Yankees. The series began on October 4, 2005 with the Angels splitting the first two games at Angel Stadium. The Angels then proceeded to split the two games at Yankee Stadium and finally won the fifth game at Angel Stadium ultimately winning the series 3–2.

American League Championship Series

Main article: 2005 American League Championship Series

The 2005 American League Championship Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox. The series began on October 11, 2005 with the Angels winning the first game at U.S. Cellular Field, but after an incredibly controversial second game loss, the Angels dropped the next three and lost the series 4–1. Because of the controversy surrounding game two, Angel fans to this day (as of the 2013 season) give A. J. Pierzynski a poor welcome at Angel Stadium.

Game log

2005 Postseason Game Log
American League Division Series (3–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Boxscore
1 October 4 Yankees 4–2 Mussina (1–0) Colón (0–1) Rivera (1) 45,142 0–1 Angel Stadium of Anaheim [15]
2 October 5 Yankees 5–3 Escobar (1–0) Wang (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 45,150 1–1 Angel Stadium of Anaheim [16]
3 October 7 @ Yankees 11–7 Shields (1–0) Small (0–1) 56,277 2–1 Yankee Stadium [17]
October 8 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for October 9 2–1 Yankee Stadium
4 October 9 @ Yankees 3–2 Leiter (1–0) Shields (1–1) Rivera (2) 56,226 2–2 Yankee Stadium [18]
5 October 10 Yankees 5–3 Santana (1–0) Mussina (1–1) Rodríguez (2) 45,133 3–2 Angel Stadium of Anaheim [19]
American League Championship Series (1–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Boxscore
1 October 11 @ White Sox 3–2 Byrd (1–0) Contreras (1–1) Rodríguez (3) 40,659 1–0 U.S. Cellular Field [20]
2 October 12 @ White Sox 2–1 Buehrle (2–0) Escobar (1–1) 41,013 1–1 U.S. Cellular Field [21]
3 October 14 White Sox 5–2 Garland (1–0) Lackey (0–1) 44,725 1–2 Angel Stadium of Anaheim [22]
4 October 15 White Sox 8–2 García (2–0) Santana (1–1) 44,857 1–3 Angel Stadium of Anaheim [23]
5 October 16 White Sox 6–3 Contreras (2–1) Escobar (1–2) 44,712 1–4 Angel Stadium of Anaheim [24]
Legend
Angels Win Angels Loss Game Postponed

Bracket

Division Series
(ESPN/FOX) 		League Championship Series
(FOX) 		World Series
(FOX)
         
1 Chicago White Sox 3
4 Boston Red Sox 0
1 Chicago White Sox 4
American League
2 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1
2 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3
3 New York Yankees 2
AL1 Chicago White Sox 4
NL4 Houston Astros 0
1 St. Louis Cardinals 3
3 San Diego Padres 0
1 St. Louis Cardinals 2
National League
4 Houston Astros 4
2 Atlanta Braves 1
4 Houston Astros 3

Note: Major League Baseball's playoff format automatically seeds the Wild Card team 4th. Normally, the No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed in the Division Series. However, MLB does not allow the No. 1 seed to play the 4th seed/Wild Card winner in the Division Series if they are from the same division, instead having the No. 1 seed play the next lowest seed, the No. 3 seed.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake Stingers Pacific Coast League Dino Ebel
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Tom Gamboa
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Tyrone Boykin
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Bobby Magallanes
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Brian Harper
Rookie Orem Owlz Pioneer League Tom Kotchman

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References

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  1. ^ "Adam Riggs Stats".
  2. ^ Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  4. ^ Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory
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