# 2005 Florida Marlins season

The 2005 Florida Marlins season was the 13th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2004. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played home games at Dolphin Stadium. They finished with a record of 83–79, third in the National League East and failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

## Offseason

* October 8, 2004: Billy Koch was released by the Florida Marlins.
* January 26, 2005: Carlos Delgado was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### National League East

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 74 | .543 | 2 | 46‍–‍35 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Florida Marlins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| New York Mets | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7 | 48‍–‍33 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Washington Nationals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 9 | 41‍–‍40 | 40‍–‍41 |

#### 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

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Paul Lo Duca | 132 | 445 | 126 | .283 | 6 | 57 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 144 | 521 | 157 | .301 | 33 | 115 |
| 2B | Luis Castillo | 122 | 439 | 132 | .301 | 4 | 30 |
| 3B | Mike Lowell | 150 | 500 | 118 | .238 | 8 | 58 |
| SS | Álex González | 130 | 435 | 115 | .264 | 5 | 45 |
| LF | Miguel Cabrera | 158 | 613 | 198 | .323 | 33 | 116 |
| CF | Juan Pierre | 162 | 656 | 181 | .276 | 2 | 47 |
| RF | Juan Encarnación | 141 | 506 | 145 | .287 | 16 | 76 |

#### 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 |
| Jeff Conine | 131 | 335 | 102 | .304 | 3 | 33 |
| Damion Easley | 102 | 267 | 64 | .240 | 9 | 30 |
| Matt Treanor | 58 | 134 | 27 | .201 | 0 | 13 |
| Chris Aguila | 65 | 78 | 19 | .244 | 0 | 4 |
| Lenny Harris | 83 | 70 | 22 | .314 | 1 | 13 |
| Robert Andino | 17 | 44 | 7 | .159 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Hermida | 23 | 41 | 12 | .293 | 4 | 11 |
| Joe Dillon | 27 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Willingham | 16 | 23 | 7 | .304 | 0 | 4 |
| Josh Wilson | 11 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jorgensen | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mordecai | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Dontrelle Willis | 34 | 236.1 | 22 | 10 | 2.63 | 170 |
| A.J. Burnett | 32 | 209.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.44 | 198 |
| Josh Beckett | 29 | 178.2 | 15 | 8 | 3.38 | 166 |
| Al Leiter | 17 | 80.0 | 3 | 7 | 6.64 | 52 |
| Jason Vargas | 17 | 73.2 | 5 | 5 | 4.03 | 59 |
| Scott Olsen | 5 | 20.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.98 | 21 |
| Frank Castillo | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 10.38 | 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 |
| Brian Moehler | 37 | 158.1 | 6 | 12 | 4.55 | 95 |
| Ismael Valdez | 14 | 50.2 | 2 | 2 | 5.33 | 27 |
| Josh Johnson | 4 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Todd Jones | 68 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 2.10 | 62 |
| Guillermo Mota | 56 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.70 | 60 |
| Jim Mecir | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.12 | 34 |
| Antonio Alfonseca | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.94 | 16 |
| Nate Bump | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.03 | 18 |
| Randy Messenger | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.35 | 29 |
| John Riedling | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7.16 | 16 |
| Ron Villone | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.85 | 29 |
| Valerio De Los Santos | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.14 | 16 |
| Matt Perisho | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 10 |
| Chris Resop | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.47 | 15 |
| Travis Smith | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 9 |
| Paul Quantrill | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.44 | 1 |
| Jim Crowell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 2 |
| Chad Bentz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 0 |
| Logan Kensing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 4 |
| Yorman Bazardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Albuquerque Isotopes | Pacific Coast League | Dean Treanor |
| AA | Carolina Mudcats | Southern League | Gary Allenson |
| A | Jupiter Hammerheads | Florida State League | Tim Cossins |
| A | Greensboro Grasshoppers | South Atlantic League | Brandon Hyde |
| A-Short Season | Jamestown Jammers | New York–Penn League | Mike Mordecai |
| Rookie | GCL Marlins | Gulf Coast League | Edwin Rodríguez |