# 2005 San Francisco Giants season

The 2005 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 123rd year in Major League Baseball, their 48th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at SBC Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with a 75–87 record, 7 games behind the San Diego Padres.
On July 14, 2005, the Giants won its 10,000th game, defeating the rival Dodgers, 4–3. The Giants became the first professional sports franchise to have a five-figure win total.

## Offseason

December 16, 2004: A. J. Pierzynski was released by the San Francisco Giants.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Edgardo Alfonzo
* Moisés Alou
* Ray Durham
* Pedro Feliz
* Marquis Grissom
* Mike Matheny
* Jason Schmidt
* J. T. Snow
* Omar Vizquel

### Season standings
#### National League West

vteNL 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 recordvte Source: :
| 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 |

### Transactions

* July 30, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jesse Foppert to the Seattle Mariners for Randy Winn.
* August 14, 2005: Kirk Rueter was released by the San Francisco Giants.

### Roster
## 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 | Mike Matheny | 134 | 443 | 107 | .242 | 13 | 59 |
| 1B | J.T. Snow | 117 | 367 | 101 | .275 | 4 | 40 |
| 2B | Ray Durham | 142 | 497 | 144 | .290 | 12 | 62 |
| SS | Omar Vizquel | 152 | 568 | 154 | .271 | 3 | 45 |
| 3B | Edgardo Alfonzo | 109 | 368 | 102 | .277 | 2 | 43 |
| LF | Pedro Feliz | 156 | 569 | 142 | .250 | 20 | 81 |
| CF | Jason Ellison | 131 | 352 | 93 | .264 | 4 | 24 |
| RF | Michael Tucker | 104 | 250 | 60 | .240 | 5 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Moisés Alou | 123 | 427 | 137 | .321 | 19 | 63 |
| Lance Niekro | 113 | 278 | 70 | .252 | 12 | 46 |
| Randy Winn | 58 | 231 | 83 | .359 | 14 | 26 |
| Deivi Cruz | 81 | 209 | 56 | .268 | 5 | 19 |
| Todd Linden | 60 | 171 | 37 | .216 | 4 | 13 |
| Marquis Grissom | 44 | 137 | 29 | .212 | 2 | 15 |
| Yorvit Torrealba | 34 | 93 | 21 | .226 | 1 | 7 |
| Alex Sánchez | 19 | 43 | 11 | .256 | 0 | 3 |
| Barry Bonds | 14 | 42 | 12 | .286 | 5 | 10 |
| Yamid Haad | 17 | 28 | 2 | .071 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Ortmeier | 15 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 1 |
| Angel Chávez | 10 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Shabala | 6 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 4 |
| Tony Torcato | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Knoedler | 8 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dallimore | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Clark | 8 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Julio Ramírez | 12 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Noah Lowry | 33 | 204.2 | 13 | 13 | 3.78 | 172 |
| Brett Tomko | 33 | 190.2 | 8 | 15 | 4.48 | 114 |
| Jason Schmidt | 29 | 172.0 | 12 | 7 | 4.40 | 165 |
| Brad Hennessey | 21 | 118.1 | 5 | 8 | 4.64 | 64 |
| Kirk Reuter | 20 | 107.1 | 2 | 7 | 5.95 | 25 |
| Matt Cain | 7 | 46.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.33 | 30 |
| Jerome Williams | 4 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.48 | 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 |
| Kevin Correia | 16 | 58.1 | 2 | 5 | 4.63 | 44 |
| Brian Cooper | 8 | 17.2 | 0 | 1 | 3.06 | 7 |
| Matt Kinney | 5 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |
| Jesse Foppert | 3 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 6 |

##### 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 |
| Tyler Walker | 67 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 4.23 | 54 |
| Scott Eyre | 86 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.63 | 65 |
| Jason Christiansen | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5.36 | 17 |
| Jeff Fassero | 48 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4.05 | 60 |
| Scott Munter | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.56 | 11 |
| LaTroy Hawkins | 45 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4.10 | 30 |
| Jim Brower | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.53 | 25 |
| Armando Benítez | 30 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 4.50 | 23 |
| Jeremy Accardo | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.94 | 16 |
| Jack Taschner | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 19 |
| Matt Herges | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.71 | 6 |
| Al Levine | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.58 | 4 |
| Brandon Puffer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* Mike Matheny, C, Willie Mac Award
All-Star Game
* Moises Alou

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Fresno Grizzlies | Pacific Coast League | Shane Turner |
| AA | Norwich Navigators | Eastern League | Dave Machemer |
| A | San Jose Giants | California League | Lenn Sakata |
| A | Augusta GreenJackets | South Atlantic League | Roberto Kelly |
| A-Short Season | Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | Northwest League | Steve Decker |
| Rookie | AZL Giants | Arizona League | Bert Hunter |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, AZL Giants