# 2005 Los Angeles Angels season

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

* October 20, 2004: Adam Riggs was released by the Anaheim Angels.
* December 14, 2004: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7 | 45‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Texas Rangers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 44‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Seattle Mariners | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 39‍–‍42 | 30‍–‍51 |

### 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 |

### Roster
## 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

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

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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxscore
1October 4Yankees4–2Mussina (1–0)Colón (0–1)Rivera (1)45,1420–1Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2October 5Yankees5–3Escobar (1–0)Wang (0–1)Rodríguez (1)45,1501–1Angel Stadium of Anaheim
3October 7@ Yankees11–7Shields (1–0)Small (0–1)56,2772–1Yankee Stadium
October 8@ YankeesPostponed (rain); Rescheduled for October 92–1Yankee Stadium
4October 9@ Yankees3–2Leiter (1–0)Shields (1–1)Rivera (2)56,2262–2Yankee Stadium
5October 10Yankees5–3Santana (1–0)Mussina (1–1)Rodríguez (2)45,1333–2Angel Stadium of Anaheim :
American League Championship Series (1–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxscore
1October 11@ White Sox3–2Byrd (1–0)Contreras (1–1)Rodríguez (3)40,6591–0U.S. Cellular Field
2October 12@ White Sox2–1Buehrle (2–0)Escobar (1–1)41,0131–1U.S. Cellular Field
3October 14White Sox5–2Garland (1–0)Lackey (0–1)44,7251–2Angel Stadium of Anaheim
4October 15White Sox8–2García (2–0)Santana (1–1)44,8571–3Angel Stadium of Anaheim
5October 16White Sox6–3Contreras (2–1)Escobar (1–2)44,7121–4Angel Stadium of Anaheim :
Legend :
| Angels Win | Angels Loss | Game Postponed |

### Bracket

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

| 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 |