# 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season

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.
* December 21, 2004: Craig Counsell was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
* 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).
* 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.

## 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.

### 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 |

### 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 | 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