# 2005 Baltimore Orioles season

The 2005 Baltimore Orioles season was the 105th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 52nd in Baltimore, and the 14th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They failed to improve on their 78–84 (.481) record from the previous year with a 74-88 record, and missed the postseason for the 8th straight season. The team started off hot, compiling a record of 42 wins and 30 losses while spending 62 days in first place in the AL East. After June 23, the team started slipping on the way to a losing record and manager Lee Mazzilli's dismissal in early August.

## Offseason

* December 7, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
* January 18, 2005: Midre Cummings was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
* February 2, 2005: Sammy Sosa was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Jerry Hairston, Mike Fontenot, and Dave Crouthers (minors).

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 43‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 21 | 36‍–‍45 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | 40‍–‍41 | 27‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

2005 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 |

## Season summary

The Baltimore Orioles were in contention up to the all-star break, in second place, posting a record of 47–40. The Orioles trailed the Red Sox by just 2 games. The Orioles, however, posted a 27–48 record after the all-star break, finishing 21 games behind the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.

### Transactions

* June 8, 2005: Eli Marrero was traded by the Kansas City Royals for minor leaguer Pete Maestrales.
* July 30, 2005: Eric Byrnes was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Larry Bigbie.
* August 11, 2005: Midre Cummings was released by the Baltimore Orioles.

### 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 | Javy López | 103 | 395 | 110 | .278 | 15 | 49 |
| 1B | Rafael Palmeiro | 110 | 369 | 98 | .266 | 18 | 60 |
| 2B | Brian Roberts | 143 | 561 | 176 | .314 | 18 | 73 |
| 3B | Melvin Mora | 149 | 593 | 168 | .283 | 27 | 88 |
| SS | Miguel Tejada | 162 | 654 | 199 | .304 | 26 | 98 |
| LF | Larry Bigbie | 67 | 206 | 51 | .248 | 5 | 21 |
| CF | Luis Matos | 121 | 389 | 109 | .280 | 4 | 32 |
| RF | Sammy Sosa | 102 | 380 | 84 | .221 | 14 | 45 |
| DH | Jay Gibbons | 139 | 488 | 135 | .277 | 26 | 79 |

#### 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 |
| BJ Surhoff | 91 | 303 | 78 | .257 | 5 | 34 |
| Chris Gomez | 89 | 219 | 61 | .279 | 1 | 18 |
| David Newhan | 96 | 218 | 44 | .202 | 5 | 21 |
| Eric Byrnes | 52 | 167 | 32 | .192 | 3 | 11 |
| Sal Fasano | 64 | 160 | 40 | .250 | 11 | 20 |
| Gerónimo Gil | 62 | 125 | 24 | .192 | 4 | 17 |
| Bernie Castro | 24 | 80 | 23 | .288 | 0 | 7 |
| Alejandro Freire | 25 | 65 | 16 | .246 | 1 | 4 |
| Eli Marrero | 22 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 3 | 10 |
| Jeff Fiorentino | 13 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 1 | 5 |
| Walter Young | 14 | 33 | 10 | .303 | 1 | 3 |
| Ramón Nivar | 7 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 1 |
| Eli Whiteside | 9 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Reed | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Napoleón Calzado | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Midre Cummings | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Rogers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Rodrigo López | 35 | 209.1 | 15 | 12 | 4.90 | 118 |
| Bruce Chen | 34 | 197.1 | 13 | 10 | 3.83 | 133 |
| Daniel Cabrera | 29 | 161.1 | 10 | 13 | 4.52 | 157 |
| Érik Bédard | 24 | 141.2 | 6 | 8 | 4.00 | 125 |
| Sidney Ponson | 23 | 130.1 | 7 | 11 | 6.21 | 68 |

#### 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 |
| John Maine | 10 | 40.0 | 2 | 3 | 6.30 | 24 |
| Hayden Penn | 8 | 38.1 | 3 | 2 | 6.34 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| BJ Ryan | 69 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 2.43 | 100 |
| Todd Williams | 72 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3.30 | 38 |
| Jorge Julio | 67 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5.90 | 58 |
| Steve Kline | 67 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.28 | 36 |
| Tim Byrdak | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.05 | 31 |
| Chris Ray | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.66 | 43 |
| Steve Reed | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.61 | 15 |
| Jason Grimsley | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.73 | 10 |
| James Baldwin | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.20 | 20 |
| Eric DuBose | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.05 | 31 |
| John Parrish | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 25 |
| Aaron Rakers | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.29 | 11 |
| Rick Bauer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 5 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Ottawa Lynx | International League | Dave Trembley |
| AA | Bowie Baysox | Eastern League | Don Werner |
| A | Frederick Keys | Carolina League | Bien Figueroa |
| A | Delmarva Shorebirds | South Atlantic League | Gary Kendall |
| A-Short Season | Aberdeen IronBirds | New York–Penn League | Andy Etchebarren |
| Rookie | Bluefield Orioles | Appalachian League | Jesus Alfaro |
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