# 2005 San Diego Padres season

The 2005 San Diego Padres season was the 37th season for the San Diego Padres. For the first time since 1998, the Padres qualified for the postseason after six straight losing seasons. The 2005 team is noted as having the weakest record among any team to qualify for the postseason, finishing 82–80, tied with the 1973 New York Mets for the fewest wins ever in a non-shortened year since Major League Baseball expanded to a 162-game season in 1961, and the fewest of any team since 1885. The National League West was weak in 2005, with all teams finishing below the .500 mark except for the San Diego Padres, who only finished two games above the .500 mark. The closest team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, were five games back. Three teams in the Eastern Division finished with better records than San Diego but failed to qualify for the playoffs, such as the Philadelphia Phillies, who won 88 games and won all six of their games against the Padres. There had been some speculation that the Padres would be the first team in MLB history to win a division and finish below .500, but their victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 30 gave them their 81st victory, guaranteeing a split record. They were swept in three games by the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS.

## Offseason

* December 22, 2004: Mark Sweeney was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

Played at Coors Field on April 4, 2005. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Padres 12-10.
| Player | Pos |
| Khalil Greene | SS |
| Mark Loretta | 2B |
| Brian Giles | RF |
| Phil Nevin | 1B |
| Ryan Klesko | LF |
| Ramón Hernández | C |
| Xavier Nady | CF |
| Sean Burroughs | 3B |
| Woody Williams | SP |

### 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 |

### Game log

2005 Game Log :
April (11–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4@ Rockies10–120–1
2April 6@ Rockies14–61–1
3April 7Pirates1–02–1
4April 8Pirates2–32–2
5April 9Pirates11–33–2
6April 10Pirates3–63–3
7April 11@ Cubs1–04–3
8April 13 (1)@ Cubs8–35–3
9April 13 (2)@ Cubs3–85–4
10April 15@ Dodgers0–45–5
11April 16@ Dodgers3–85–6
12April 17@ Dodgers0–65–7
13April 18Giants7–26–7
14April 19Giants5–27–7
15April 20Dodgers1–37–8
16April 21Dodgers6–18–8
17April 22@ D-backs3–58–9
18April 23@ D-backs1–28–10
19April 24@ D-backs6–88–11
20April 25@ Giants5–39–11
21April 26@ Giants5–69–12
22April 27@ Giants3–109–13
23April 29D-backs5–410–13
24April 30D-backs2–011–13 :
May (22–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1D-backs2–511–14
26May 2Rockies5–412–14
27May 3Rockies2–113–14
28May 4Rockies8–714–14
29May 5@ Cardinals8–315–14
30May 6@ Cardinals6–516–14
31May 7@ Cardinals5–417–14
32May 8@ Cardinals5–1517–15
33May 9@ Reds6–518–15
34May 10@ Reds1–518–16
35May 11@ Reds7–219–16
36May 13Marlins3–220–16
37May 14Marlins2–121–16
38May 15Marlins12–422–16
39May 16Braves5–323–16
40May 17Braves3–224–16
41May 18Braves8–425–16
42May 20@ Mariners6–126–16
43May 21@ Mariners3–526–17
44May 22@ Mariners0–526–18
45May 24@ D-backs9–527–18
46May 25@ D-backs11–1227–19
47May 26@ D-backs10–028–19
48May 27@ Giants9–329–19
49May 28@ Giants5–330–19
50May 29@ Giants9–631–19
51May 30Brewers2–132–19
52May 31Brewers8–433–19 :
June (10–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Brewers2–533–20
54June 2Cubs0–533–21
55June 3Cubs6–234–21
56June 4Cubs5–1134–22
57June 5Cubs0–434–23
58June 7Indians0–234–24
59June 8Indians1–634–25
60June 9Indians3–235–25
61June 10White Sox2–435–26
62June 11White Sox2–136–26
63June 12White Sox5–836–27
64June 14@ Tigers4–836–28
65June 15@ Tigers2–836–29
66June 16@ Tigers1–336–30
67June 17@ Twins4–536–31
68June 18@ Twins7–237–31
69June 19@ Twins5–138–31
70June 20Dodgers1–039–31
71June 21Dodgers2–140–31
72June 22Dodgers4–640–32
73June 23Dodgers3–440–33
74June 24Mariners5–1440–34
75June 25Mariners8–541–34
76June 26Mariners5–442–34
77June 27@ Dodgers4–542–35
78June 28@ Dodgers8–343–35
79June 29@ Dodgers2–443–36 :
July (8–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1Giants2–343–37
81July 2Giants5–344–37
82July 3Giants9–645–37
83July 4@ Astros1–445–38
84July 5@ Astros2–645–39
85July 6@ Astros4–545–40
86July 7@ Astros7–546–40
87July 8@ Rockies12–247–40
88July 9@ Rockies0–147–41
89July 10@ Rockies8–548–41
90July 14D-backs0–648–42
91July 15D-backs10–749–42
92July 16D-backs4–150–42
93July 17D-backs1–650–43
94July 19@ Mets1–350–44
95July 20@ Mets3–750–45
96July 21@ Mets0–1250–46
97July 22@ Phillies6–850–47
98July 23@ Phillies0–250–48
99July 24@ Phillies1–550–49
100July 26Cardinals2–450–50
101July 27Cardinals2–151–50
102July 28Cardinals3–1151–51
103July 29Reds3–851–52
104July 30Reds1–951–53
105July 31Reds1–751–54 :
August (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 2@ Pirates11–352–54
107August 3@ Pirates8–952–55
108August 4@ Pirates12–753–55
109August 5@ Nationals6–554–55
110August 6@ Nationals3–255–55
111August 7@ Nationals3–056–55
112August 9Mets8–357–55
113August 10Mets1–957–56
114August 11Mets2–158–56
115August 12Phillies2–358–57
116August 13Phillies2–558–58
117August 14Phillies3–858–59
118August 16@ Marlins4–259–59
119August 17@ Marlins0–659–60
120August 18@ Marlins0–259–61
121August 19@ Braves12–760–61
122August 20@ Braves7–261–61
123August 21@ Braves2–661–62
124August 22Astros2–661–63
125August 23Astros2–062–63
126August 24Astros7–463–63
127August 26Rockies3–463–64
128August 27Rockies2–463–65
129August 28Rockies4–364–65
130August 29D-backs5–764–66
131August 30D-backs5–365–66
132August 31D-backs9–566–66 :
September (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Brewers6–567–66
134September 2@ Brewers2–1267–67
135September 3@ Brewers6–168–67
136September 4@ Brewers2–368–68
137September 6Rockies5–668–69
138September 7Rockies4–269–69
139September 8Rockies3–270–69
140September 9@ Dodgers3–171–69
141September 10@ Dodgers1–371–70
142September 11@ Dodgers3–771–71
143September 12@ Giants3–471–72
144September 13@ Giants4–571–73
145September 14@ Giants5–472–73
146September 16Nationals1–572–74
147September 17Nationals8–573–74
148September 18Nationals2–174–74
149September 19@ Rockies8–775–74
150September 20@ Rockies1–2075–75
151September 21@ Rockies5–276–75
152September 22@ Rockies2–476–76
153September 23@ D-backs5–377–76
154September 24@ D-backs5–877–77
155September 25@ D-backs3–477–78
156September 26Giants2–377–79
157September 27Giants9–678–79
158September 28Giants9–179–79
159September 29Giants1–080–79
160September 30Dodgers3–181–79 :
October (1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1Dodgers1–281–80
162October 2Dodgers3–182–80 :

### Postseason Game Log

2005 Postseason Game Log :
NLDS (0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 4@ Cardinals5–80–1
2October 6@ Cardinals2–60–2
3October 8Cardinals4–70–3 :

### Notable transactions

* June 7, 2005: Josh Geer was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2005.

### 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 | Ramón Hernández | 99 | 369 | 107 | .290 | 12 | 58 |
| 1B | Phil Nevin | 73 | 281 | 72 | .256 | 9 | 47 |
| 2B | Mark Loretta | 105 | 404 | 113 | .280 | 3 | 38 |
| SS | Khalil Greene | 121 | 436 | 109 | .250 | 15 | 70 |
| 3B | Sean Burroughs | 93 | 284 | 71 | .250 | 1 | 17 |
| LF | Ryan Klesko | 137 | 443 | 110 | .248 | 18 | 58 |
| CF | Dave Roberts | 115 | 411 | 113 | .275 | 8 | 38 |
| RF | Brian Giles | 158 | 545 | 164 | .301 | 15 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Xavier Nady | 124 | 326 | 85 | .261 | 13 | 43 |
| Damian Jackson | 118 | 275 | 70 | .255 | 5 | 23 |
| Robert Fick | 93 | 230 | 61 | .265 | 3 | 30 |
| Geoff Blum | 78 | 224 | 54 | .241 | 5 | 22 |
| Joe Randa | 58 | 223 | 57 | .256 | 4 | 20 |
| Mark Sweeney | 135 | 221 | 65 | .294 | 8 | 40 |
| Eric Young Sr. | 56 | 142 | 39 | .275 | 2 | 12 |
| Miguel Olivo | 37 | 115 | 35 | .304 | 4 | 16 |
| Ben Johnson | 31 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 3 | 13 |
| Miguel Ojeda | 43 | 73 | 10 | .137 | 0 | 6 |
| Jesse Garcia | 16 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 2 | 4 |
| Paul McAnulty | 22 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Hyzdu | 17 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 4 |
| Manny Alexander | 10 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| David Ross | 11 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson Valdez | 9 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 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 |
| Jake Peavy | 30 | 203.0 | 13 | 7 | 2.88 | 216 |
| Brian Lawrence | 33 | 195.2 | 7 | 15 | 4.83 | 109 |
| Woody Williams | 28 | 159.2 | 9 | 12 | 4.85 | 106 |
| Adam Eaton | 24 | 128.2 | 11 | 5 | 4.27 | 100 |
| Tim Stauffer | 15 | 81.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.33 | 49 |
| Pedro Astacio | 12 | 59.2 | 4 | 2 | 3.17 | 33 |
| Chan Ho Park | 10 | 45.2 | 4 | 3 | 5.91 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Darrell May | 22 | 59.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.61 | 32 |
| Tim Redding | 9 | 29.2 | 0 | 5 | 9.10 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 60 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 2.97 | 54 |
| Scott Linebrink | 73 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1.83 | 70 |
| Akinori Otsuka | 66 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3.59 | 60 |
| Rudy Seánez | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.69 | 84 |
| Chris Hammond | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.84 | 34 |
| Dennys Reyes | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.15 | 35 |
| Clay Hensley | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.70 | 28 |
| Paul Quantrill | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.41 | 24 |
| Craig Breslow | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.20 | 14 |
| Scott Cassidy | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 | 12 |
| Brian Falkenborg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.18 | 10 |
| Chris Oxspring | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 11 |
| Randy Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.46 | 2 |
| Sean Burroughs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Jake Peavy, National League Strikeout Champion (216)
* Trevor Hoffman, NL Pitcher of the Month (May 2005)
2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Jake Peavy

## 2005 NLDS
### Game 1, October 4

Busch Stadium II in St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Chris Carpenter (1-0) LP: Jake Peavy (0-1) Home runs: SD: Eric Young (1) STL: Jim Edmonds (1), Reggie Sanders (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2, October 6

Busch Stadium II in St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Mark Mulder (1-0) LP: Pedro Astacio (0-1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3, October 8

Petco Park in San Diego, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| St. Louis | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Matt Morris (1-0) LP: Woody Williams (0-1) Sv: Jason Isringhausen (1) Home runs: STL: David Eckstein (1) SD: Dave Roberts (1), Ramón Hernández (1) |||||||||||||

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Craig Colbert |
| AA | Mobile BayBears | Southern League | Gary Jones |
| A | Lake Elsinore Storm | California League | Rick Renteria |
| A | Fort Wayne Wizards | Midwest League | Anthony Contreras |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Roy Howell |
| Rookie | AZL Padres | Arizona League | Carlos Lezcano |