# 2005 Detroit Tigers season

The 2005 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 105th season and its sixth at Comerica Park. It involved the Detroit Tigers finishing fourth in the American League Central with a 71–91 record, 28 games in back of the World Series Champion Chicago White Sox.

## Offseason

* October 15, 2004: DeWayne Wise was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Atlanta Braves.
* February 7, 2005: Magglio Ordóñez was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
* February 7, 2005: DeWayne Wise was released by the Detroit Tigers.
* February 28, 2005: DeWayne Wise was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 47‍–‍34 | 52‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 | 43‍–‍38 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Minnesota Twins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 16 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Tigers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 28 | 39‍–‍42 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Kansas City Royals | 56 | 106 | .346 | 43 | 34‍–‍47 | 22‍–‍59 |

### 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 |

### Transactions

* June 8, 2005: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ramón Martínez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Plácido Polanco.

### 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 | Iván Rodríguez | 129 | 504 | 139 | .276 | 14 | 50 |
| 1B | Chris Shelton | 107 | 388 | 116 | .299 | 18 | 59 |
| 2B | Plácido Polanco | 86 | 343 | 116 | .338 | 6 | 36 |
| 3B | Brandon Inge | 160 | 616 | 161 | .261 | 16 | 72 |
| SS | Carlos Guillén | 87 | 334 | 107 | .320 | 5 | 23 |
| LF | Craig Monroe | 157 | 567 | 157 | .277 | 20 | 89 |
| CF | Nook Logan | 129 | 322 | 83 | .258 | 1 | 17 |
| RF | Magglio Ordóñez | 82 | 305 | 92 | .302 | 8 | 46 |
| DH | Dmitri Young | 126 | 469 | 127 | .271 | 21 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Omar Infante | 121 | 406 | 90 | .222 | 9 | 43 |
| Rondell White | 97 | 374 | 117 | .313 | 12 | 53 |
| Carlos Peña | 79 | 260 | 61 | .235 | 18 | 44 |
| Curtis Granderson | 47 | 162 | 44 | .272 | 8 | 20 |
| Vance Wilson | 61 | 152 | 30 | .197 | 3 | 19 |
| Marcus Thames | 38 | 107 | 21 | .196 | 7 | 16 |
| John McDonald | 31 | 73 | 19 | .260 | 0 | 4 |
| Jason Smith | 27 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
| Ramón Martínez | 19 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 0 | 5 |
| Tony Giarratano | 15 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 1 | 4 |
| Bobby Higginson | 10 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| Alexis Gómez | 9 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Hooper | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting and 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 |
| Jason Johnson | 33 | 210.0 | 8 | 13 | 4.54 | 93 |
| Mike Maroth | 34 | 209.0 | 14 | 14 | 4.74 | 115 |
| Nate Robertson | 32 | 196.2 | 7 | 16 | 4.48 | 122 |
| Jeremy Bonderman | 29 | 189.0 | 14 | 13 | 4.57 | 145 |
| Sean Douglass | 18 | 87.1 | 5 | 5 | 5.56 | 55 |
| Wilfredo Ledezma | 10 | 49.2 | 2 | 4 | 7.07 | 30 |
| Román Colón | 12 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.12 | 17 |
| Jason Grilli | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 5 |
| Justin Verlander | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.15 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Fernando Rodney | 39 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2.86 | 42 |
| Chris Spurling | 56 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.44 | 26 |
| Franklyn Germán | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.66 | 38 |
| Jamie Walker | 66 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.70 | 30 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 46 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2.32 | 55 |
| Matt Ginter | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.17 | 15 |
| Craig Dingman | 34 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3.66 | 24 |
| Ugueth Urbina | 25 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2.63 | 31 |
| Troy Percival | 26 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5.76 | 20 |
| Doug Creek | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.85 | 18 |
| Vic Darensbourg | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.82 | 9 |
| Mark Woodyard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 3 |
| Andrew Good | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 7 |
| Jason Karnuth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toledo Mud Hens | International League | Larry Parrish |
| AA | Erie SeaWolves | Eastern League | Duffy Dyer |
| A | Lakeland Tigers | Florida State League | Mike Rojas |
| A | West Michigan Whitecaps | Midwest League | Matt Walbeck |
| A-Short Season | Oneonta Tigers | New York–Penn League | Tom Brookens |
| Rookie | GCL Tigers | Gulf Coast League | Kevin Bradshaw |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toledo