2005 World Series - wikipedia 2005 World Series 2005 World Series Team ( Wins ) Manager ( s ) Season Chicago White Sox ( 4 ) Ozzie Guillén 99 -- 63,. 611, GA : 6 Houston Astros ( 0 ) Phil Garner 89 -- 73,. 549, GB : 11 Dates October 22 -- 26 MVP Jermaine Dye ( Chicago ) Umpires Joe West ( crew chief ), Jeff Nelson, Jerry Layne, Derryl Cousins, Gary Cederstrom, Ángel Hernández Hall of Famers White Sox : Tim Raines ( 1B Coach ), Frank Thomas ( DNP ) Astros : Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio ALCS Chicago White Sox defeated Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 4 -- 1 NLCS Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals, 4 -- 2 Broadcast Television Fox TV announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver Radio ESPN WMVP ( White Sox ) KTRH ( Astros ) Radio announcers Jon Miller and Joe Morgan ( ESPN ) John Rooney and Ed Farmer ( White Sox ) Milo Hamilton and Alan Ashby ( Astros ) ← 2004 World Series 2006 → The 2005 World Series was the 101st edition of Major League Baseball 's championship series, a best - of - seven playoff between the American League ( AL ) champions Chicago White Sox and the National League ( NL ) champions Houston Astros. The White Sox swept the Astros four games to none in the series, played between October 22 to 26, winning their third World Series championship and their first in 88 seasons. Although the series was a sweep, all four games were quite close, being decided by two runs or fewer. Home - field advantage was awarded to Chicago by virtue of the American League 's 7 -- 5 victory over the National League in the Major League Baseball All - Star Game. The Astros were attempting to become the fourth consecutive wild card team to win the Series, following the Anaheim Angels ( 2002 ), Florida Marlins ( 2003 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 2004 ). Both teams were attempting to overcome decades of disappointment, with a combined 132 years between the two teams without a title. The Astros were making their first Series appearance in 44 years of play, while the White Sox had waited exactly twice as long for a title, having last won the Series in 1917, and had not been in the Series since 1959, three years before the Astros ' inaugural season. Like the 1982 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, the 2005 World Series is one of only two World Series in the modern era ( 1903 -- present ) with no possibility for a rematch between the two opponents, because the Astros moved to the American League in 2013. However, the Brewers did meet the Cardinals in the 2011 National League Championship Series. Contents 1 Background 1.1 Chicago White Sox 1.2 Houston Astros 2 Matchups 2.1 Game 1 2.2 Game 2 2.3 Game 3 2.4 Game 4 3 Series statistics 4 Media 5 Ratings 6 Aftermath 7 Notes 8 External links Background Chicago White Sox Main article : 2005 Chicago White Sox season The Chicago White Sox finished the regular season with the best record in the American League at 99 -- 63. After starting the season on a tear, the White Sox began to fade in August, when a ​ 15 ⁄ game lead fell all the way to ​ 1 ⁄. However, the Sox were able to hold off the Cleveland Indians to win the American League Central Division by six games, sweeping Cleveland in three games on the season 's final weekend. In the Division Series, the White Sox swept the defending champion Boston Red Sox. The League Championship Series began with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim winning Game 1, but a controversial uncaught third strike in Game 2 helped the Sox start a run and win Games 2 -- 5, all on complete games pitched by starters Mark Buehrle, Jon Garland, Freddy García, and José Contreras, clinching their first American League pennant in 46 years. Frank Thomas throws out the ceremonial first pitch of the 2005 ALDS between the White Sox and Red Sox. Manager Ozzie Guillén then led the White Sox to a World Series victory, their first in 88 years. Slugger Frank Thomas was not on the post-season roster because he was injured, but the team honored his perennial contributions to the franchise during Game 1 of the Division Series against the Boston Red Sox when he was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. `` What a feeling, '' Thomas said. `` Standing O all around the place. People really cheering me. I had tears in my eyes. To really know the fans cared that much about me -- it was a great feeling. One of my proudest moments in the game. '' Houston Astros Main article : 2005 Houston Astros season The Houston Astros won the Wild Card for the second straight year, once again clinching it on the final day of the season. The Astros embarked on a memorable Division Series rematch against the Atlanta Braves. With the Astros in the lead two games to one, the teams played an eighteen - inning marathon in Game 4, which was the longest ( in both time and innings played ) postseason game in history. In this game, Roger Clemens made only the second relief appearance of his career, and the first in postseason play. Chris Burke 's walk - off home run ended the game in the bottom of the eighteenth. For the second straight year, the Astros played the St. Louis Cardinals in the League Championship Series. Like the White Sox, the Astros dropped Game 1, but were able to regroup and win Games 2 -- 4. With the Astros on the verge of clinching their first ever National League pennant in Game 5, Albert Pujols hit a mammoth three - run home run off Brad Lidge in the top of the ninth inning to take the lead, and subsequently stave off elimination. However, behind NLCS MVP Roy Oswalt, the Astros were able to defeat the Cards 5 -- 1 in Game 6 and earned a trip to the World Series. This was the Astros ' first World Series appearance in franchise history. Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 22, 2005 7 : 05 pm ( CDT ) at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois Team 5 6 7 8 9 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Chicago 0 0 0 0 X 5 10 0 WP : José Contreras ( 1 -- 0 ) LP : Wandy Rodríguez ( 0 -- 1 ) Sv : Bobby Jenks ( 1 ) Home runs : HOU : Mike Lamb ( 1 ) CWS : Jermaine Dye ( 1 ), Joe Crede ( 1 ) The teams on the field before Game 1. Playing in their first World Series home game since 1959, the White Sox took an early lead with a home run from Jermaine Dye in the first inning. After Mike Lamb 's home run tied the game in the second, the Sox scored two more in the second when Juan Uribe doubled in A.J. Pierzynski after Carl Everett had already scored on a ground - out earlier in the inning. The Astros responded in the next inning when Lance Berkman hit a double, driving in Adam Everett and Craig Biggio. In the White Sox half of the fourth, Joe Crede hit what turned out to be the game - winning home run. In the bottom of the eighth, Scott Podsednik hit a triple with Pierzynski on second off of Russ Springer for an insurance run. Roger Clemens recorded his shortest World Series start, leaving after the second inning with 53 pitches, including 35 for strikes, due to a sore hamstring that he had previously injured ( which had caused him to also miss his last regular season start ) as the loss went to Wandy Rodríguez. José Contreras pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on six hits for the win. Before exiting, Contreras allowed a leadoff double by Willie Taveras with no outs. Neal Cotts entered the game in the top of the eighth inning. It marked the first time in five games that the White Sox had gone to their bullpen. Cotts pitched ​ ⁄ innings before Bobby Jenks was called upon by manager Ozzie Guillén to relieve him. Guillen signaled for the large pitcher by holding his arms out wide and then up high. In the postgame conference, the Sox manager joked that he wanted to be clear he was asking for `` The Big Boy. '' Jenks returned in the ninth to earn the save, giving the White Sox a 1 -- 0 lead in the series. Game 2 Sunday, October 23, 2005 7 : 16 pm ( CDT ) at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois Team 5 6 7 8 9 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 0 WP : Neal Cotts ( 1 -- 0 ) LP : Brad Lidge ( 0 -- 1 ) Home runs : HOU : Morgan Ensberg ( 1 ) CWS : Paul Konerko ( 1 ), Scott Podsednik ( 1 ) On a miserably cold ( 51 ° F ( 11 ° C ) ) and rainy evening, Morgan Ensberg 's first - pitch home run off starter Mark Buehrle put the Astros on top in the second inning. The White Sox answered in the bottom of the second with two runs off Andy Pettitte on Joe Crede 's RBI single with two on and Juan Uribe 's sacrifice fly. Houston 's Lance Berkman tied the game on a sacrifice fly in the third after a one - out triple, then hit a two - run double in the fifth to give the Astros a 4 -- 2 lead. In the seventh, Dan Wheeler loaded the bases with a double by Juan Uribe, a walk to Tadahito Iguchi, and plate umpire Jeff Nelson 's ruling that Jermaine Dye was hit by a pitched ball. The Astros brought in Chad Qualls, who promptly served up a grand slam to Paul Konerko on his first pitch, the 18th grand slam in the annals of the Fall Classic. In the top of the ninth, Sox closer Bobby Jenks blew the save on a game - tying pinch - hit single by José Vizcaíno. In the bottom of the ninth, Astros closer Brad Lidge gave up a one - out, walk - off home run -- the 14th in Series history -- to Scott Podsednik, giving Lidge his second loss in as many post-season appearances ( his previous appearance was in Game 5 of 2005 National League Championship Series ). Podsednik had not hit a single homer in the regular season, but this was his second of the post-season. This was the second time in World Series history where a grand slam and a walk - off home run were hit in the same game. The Oakland A 's Jose Canseco ( grand slam ) and the Los Angeles Dodgers ' Kirk Gibson ( walk - off ) in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series were the first to do it. Never before had a World Series grand slam and a World Series walk - off home run been hit by the same team in the same game. Game 3 Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7 : 39 pm ( CDT ) at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas Team 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Chicago 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 WP : Dámaso Marte ( 1 -- 0 ) LP : Ezequiel Astacio ( 0 -- 1 ) Sv : Mark Buehrle ( 1 ) Home runs : CWS : Joe Crede ( 2 ), Geoff Blum ( 1 ) HOU : Jason Lane ( 1 ) Game 3 was the first World Series game played in the state of Texas. Before the game, it was ruled by Commissioner Bud Selig that the retractable roof would be open at Minute Maid Park, weather permitting. The Astros objected, citing that their record in games with the roof closed was better than with the retractable roof open. Selig 's office claimed that the ruling was based on the rules established by Houston and were consistent with how the Astros organization treated the situation all year long, as well as the weather forecasts for that period of time. The game would become the longest World Series game in length of time ( 5 hours and 41 minutes ) and tied for the longest in number of innings ( 14, tied with Game 2 of the 1916 World Series and Game 1 of the 2015 World Series ). Houston struck early on a Lance Berkman single after a Craig Biggio lead - off double in the bottom of the first off Chicago starter Jon Garland. A White Sox rally was snuffed in the second inning ; after Paul Konerko hit a leadoff double and A.J. Pierzynski walked, Aaron Rowand lined out into a double play. Houston scored in the third ; Adam Everett walked, was caught in a rundown and got hit by the ball on a Juan Uribe throwing error, then scored on a Roy Oswalt sacrifice bunt and a Biggio single. Two batters later, Morgan Ensberg singled Biggio home. Jason Lane led off the Astros ' fourth with a home run to left - center field. It was later shown in replays that the ball should not have been ruled a home run, hitting to the left of the yellow line on the unusual wall in left - center field. The White Sox rallied in the top of the fifth, true to their `` Win Or Die Trying '' mantra of 2005, starting with a Joe Crede lead - off homer. Uribe, on first after hitting a single, scored on a Tadahito Iguchi base hit with one out, followed by Scott Podsednik coming home on a single by Jermaine Dye. Pierzynski hit a two - out double to Tal 's Hill, driving in two runs, scoring Iguchi and Dye giving the Sox the lead. The Astros rallied in the last of the eighth with two outs when Lane 's double scored Ensberg with the tying run after back - to - back walks by Ensberg and Mike Lamb, giving Dustin Hermanson a blown save. Houston tried to rally to win in the ninth, but stranded Chris Burke at third, after he had walked, reached second on an error and stolen third. The Astros tried again in the 10th as well as in the 11th, but failed each time. In the top of the 14th, after the Sox hit into a spectacular double play started by Ensberg, Geoff Blum ( a former Astro and the Astros ' television color analyst as of 2015 ), who had entered the game in the 13th, homered to right with two outs off Ezequiel Astacio. Infield singles by Rowand and Crede were followed by walks to Uribe and Chris Widger. Trailing 7 - 5, Houston tried to rally with the tying runs on first and third and two outs after a Uribe error. Game 2 starter Mark Buehrle earned the save for winning pitcher Dámaso Marte when Everett popped out, bringing Chicago one game closer to its first championship in 88 years. Buehrle became the first pitcher to start a game in the Series and save the next one since Bob Turley of the Yankees in the 1958 World Series. Many records were set or tied besides time and innings : The teams combined to use 17 pitchers ( nine for the White Sox, eight for the Astros ), throwing a total of 482 pitches, and walking 21 batters ( a dozen by Chicago, nine by Houston ) ; 43 players were used ( the White Sox used 22 and the Astros used 21 ), and 30 men were left on base ( 15 for each team ), all new high - water marks in Fall Classic history. Scott Podsednik set a new all - time record with eight official at - bats in this game. One tied record was total double plays, with six ( four by the Astros, two by the White Sox ). Game 4 Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7 : 41 pm ( CDT ) at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas Team 5 6 7 8 9 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 WP : Freddy García ( 1 -- 0 ) LP : Brad Lidge ( 0 -- 2 ) Sv : Bobby Jenks ( 2 ) Before the game, Major League Baseball unveiled its Latino Legends Team. The fourth game was the pitchers ' duel that had been promised throughout the series. Both Houston starter Brandon Backe and Chicago starter Freddy García put zeros on the scoreboard through seven innings, the longest Series scoreless stretch since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. Scott Podsednik had a two - out triple in the top of the third, but a Tadahito Iguchi groundout ended that threat. The Astros wasted a chance in the sixth, Jason Lane striking out with the bases loaded. The White Sox in the top of the seventh put runners at second and third, but shortstop Juan Uribe struck out to end the inning. Chicago broke through in the next inning against embattled Houston closer Brad Lidge. Willie Harris hit a pinch - hit single. Podsednik advanced him with a sacrifice bunt. Carl Everett pinch - hit for Iguchi and grounded out to the right side to allow Harris to move to third. Jermaine Dye, the Most Valuable Player of the series, had the game - winning single, driving in Harris. Things got a little sticky for the Sox in the Astros half of the eighth when reliever Cliff Politte hit Willy Taveras, threw a wild pitch, sending Taveras to second, and walked Lance Berkman. After Morgan Ensberg flew out to center, the White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén brought in Neal Cotts to finish the inning. Cotts induced pinch - hitter José Vizcaíno into a ground out to Uribe. Bobby Jenks, the 24 - year - old fireballer, started the ninth inning. He allowed a single to Jason Lane and a sacrifice bunt to Brad Ausmus. Chris Burke came in to pinch - hit ; he fouled one off to the left side, but Uribe made an amazing catch in the stands to retire Burke. The game ended when Orlando Palmeiro grounded to Uribe. It was a bang - bang play as Paul Konerko caught the ball from Uribe at 11 : 01 pm CDT to begin the biggest celebration in Chicago since the sixth NBA championship by the Bulls, co-owned with the White Sox, in 1998. As a result, Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of both teams, had won seven championships overall. This game would be the last playoff game for the Astros as a member of the NL, as they would move to the AL in 2013, and not appear in a playoff game until the 2015 American League Wild Card Game. The last two Series games technically ended on the same day, Game 3 having concluded after midnight, Houston time. The 1 -- 0 shutout was the first game with a total of one run scored to end a World Series since the 1995 World Series, in which Game 6 was won by the Atlanta Braves over the Cleveland Indians, and the first 1 -- 0 game in any Series game since Game 5 of the 1996 World Series when the New York Yankees shut - out the Braves in the last game ever played at Atlanta -- Fulton County Stadium. The 2005 White Sox joined the 1995 Atlanta Braves and 1999 New York Yankees as the only teams to win a World Series after losing no more than one game combined in the Division Series and Championship Series. This was the second consecutive World Series to be won by a team that has the word `` Sox '' in its nickname, after the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. This also happened in 1917 and 1918. Furthermore, it was the second year in a row in which the Series champions broke a long - lived `` curse. '' In one of those ways that patterns appear to emerge in sporting events, the White Sox World Series win in 2005, along with the Boston Red Sox win in 2004, symmetrically bookended the two teams ' previous World Series winners and the long gaps between, with the Red Sox and White Sox last Series wins having come in 1918 and 1917, respectively. Series statistics Victorious White Sox players being honored at the White House by President George W. Bush. Chicago skyline during the World Series supporting the White Sox AL Chicago White Sox ( 4 ) vs. NL Houston Astros ( 0 ) Game Date Score Location Time Attendance October 22 Houston Astros -- 3, Chicago White Sox -- 5 U.S. Cellular Field 3 : 13 41,206 October 23 Houston Astros -- 6, Chicago White Sox -- 7 U.S. Cellular Field 3 : 11 41,432 October 25 Chicago White Sox -- 7, Houston Astros -- 5 ( 14 innings ) Minute Maid Park 5 : 41 42,848 October 26 Chicago White Sox -- 1, Houston Astros -- 0 Minute Maid Park 3 : 20 42,936 2005 World Series ( 4 -- 0 ) : Chicago White Sox ( A.L. ) over Houston Astros ( N.L. ) Team 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Chicago White Sox 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20 44 Houston Astros 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 29 Total attendance : 168,422 Average attendance : 42,106 Winning player 's share : $324,533 Losing player 's share : $191,985 U.S. Cellular Field Media As per their contract, Fox Sports carried the World Series on United States television. Joe Buck provided play - by - play for his eighth World Series while analyst Tim McCarver worked his sixteenth. ESPN Radio was the nationwide radio broadcaster, as it had been since 1998. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan provided the play - by - play and analysis. Locally, KTRH - AM and WMVP were the primary carriers for the World Series in the Houston and Chicago markets. For KTRH long time Astros voice Milo Hamilton provided play - by - play while John Rooney called the games for the White Sox. Game 4 was Rooney 's last call after seventeen years as the radio voice of the White Sox, as he left to take the same position with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals proceeded to win the 2006 World Series, making Rooney the first home announcer to call back - to - back World Series wins for two different teams. That the teams were in two different leagues makes the feat even more unusual. Ratings The ratings for the 2005 World Series were considered weak. With an overall average of 11.1, 2005 set a record for the lowest rated World Series of all - time. The prior lowest was 11.9, set by the 2002 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Anaheim Angels ( importantly, this series went 7 games, and the 2005 Series went 4 ). Following the 2005 World Series, however, every subsequent Series through 2013 except for 2009 produced lower ratings. The record - low 2012 World Series, another four - game sweep, averaged 7.6 ( 3.5 points lower than 2005 's rating ) and 12.7 million viewers ( 4.4 million fewer viewers than 2005 ). Game Ratings ( households ) Share ( households ) American audience ( in millions ) 9.5 17 15.0 11.1 17 17.19 11.0 21 16.65 13.0 21 19.98 Aftermath Neither team advanced to the post-season in 2006, but the 2006 World Series again featured teams from the American League Central and National League Central divisions, this time represented by the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals, respectively. The Cardinals won the World Series in five games, in which manager Tony La Russa became the second manager to win the World Series in both American and National leagues, previously managing the Oakland Athletics to the 1989 World Series championship. Both the White Sox and the Astros were in the Wild Card race until the final weeks of the season, with the White Sox finishing with 90 wins, the Astros with 82 wins. The White Sox made their first post-2005 playoff appearance in 2008, while the Astros would not return to the postseason until 2015, their third season as an American League team and would not return to the World Series until 2017, their fifth season as an American League team. October 28, 2005 Parade This was the city of Chicago 's first professional sports championship since the Chicago Fire won MLS Cup ' 98 ( which came four months after the Chicago Bulls ' sixth NBA championship that year ). The next major Chicago sports championship came in 2010, when the NHL 's Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49 - year Stanley Cup title drought. With the Chicago Bears ' win in Super Bowl XX and the Chicago Cubs ' own World Series championship in 2016, all Chicago sports teams have won at least one major championship since 1985. Meanwhile, the Astros themselves made it back to the World Series in 2017, but this time as an AL team, where they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games, resulting in Houston 's first professional sports championship since the 2006 -- 07 Houston Dynamo won their back - to - back MLS Championships. Notes Jump up ^ `` 2005 World Series ''. Baseball - Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2014. Jump up ^ `` ESPN -- Big Hurt is far from forgotten -- MLB ''. Sports.espn.go.com. 2005 - 10 - 19. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 29. Jump up ^ Singer, Tom ( October 27, 2005 ). `` No fear : Uribe goes head over heels ''. MLB. Retrieved September 30, 2009. Jump up ^ `` White Sox end 88 - year drought, sweep Astros to win World Series ''. ESPN. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2014. Jump up ^ `` 2005 World Series Game 1 -- Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox ''. Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009. Jump up ^ `` 2005 World Series Game 2 -- Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox ''. Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009. Jump up ^ `` 2005 World Series Game 3 -- Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros ''. Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009. Jump up ^ `` 2005 World Series Game 4 -- Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros ''. Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009. Jump up ^ `` World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares ''. Baseball Almanac. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2009. Jump up ^ World Series television ratings External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2005 World Series. 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Question: who did the white sox play in the 2005 world series
Answer: Houston Astros