2005 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2005 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2005

World Series Champions

Chicago White Sox

Runner Up

Houston Astros

Most Valuable Players

AL: Alex Rodriguez NL: Albert Pujols

Cy Young Winners

AL: Bartolo Colon NL: Chris Carpenter

Rookies of the Year

AL: Huston Street NL: Ryan Howard

Managers of the Year

AL: Ozzie Guillen NL: Bobby Cox

#1 Draft Pick

Justin Upton (Arizona Diamondbacks)

All-Star Game

Detroit,Michigan

Teams

Players

1236

Attendance

74,385,295

Payroll

$2,191,886,898

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2005 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	99	63	.611	--	741	645	96	Won World Series (Astros)	2,342,834	17	$ 75,178,000	5	Ken Williams	Ozzie Guillen	U.S. Cellular Field
2	5	6	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	6.0	790	642	148	dnq	1,973,185	24	$ 41,502,500	12	Mark Shapiro	Eric Wedge	Jacobs Field
3	7	12	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	16.0	688	662	26	dnq	2,013,453	22	$ 56,186,000	8	Terry Ryan	Ron Gardenhire	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
4	11	24	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	28.0	723	787	-64	dnq	2,024,505	21	$ 69,092,000	7	Dave Dombrowski	Alan Trammell	Comerica Park
5	14	30	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	56	106	.346	43.0	701	935	-234	dnq	1,371,181	29	$ 36,881,000	13	Allard Baird	Buddy Bell, Tony Pena, Bob Schaefer	Kauffman Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	886	789	97	Lost ALDS (Angels)	4,090,440	1	$ 208,306,817	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	4	4	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	910	805	105	Lost ALDS (White Sox)	2,813,354	8	$ 123,505,125	2	Theo Epstein	Terry Francona	Fenway Park
3	8	17	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	15.0	775	705	70	dnq	1,977,949	23	$ 45,719,500	11	JP Ricciardi	John Gibbons	Rogers Centre
4	10	22	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	21.0	729	800	-71	dnq	2,624,804	14	$ 73,914,333	6	Jim Beattie, Mike Flanagan	Lee Mazzilli, Sam Perlozzo	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
5	13	29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	28.0	750	936	-186	dnq	1,124,189	30	$ 29,679,067	14	Chuck Lamar	Lou Piniella	Tropicana Field
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	761	643	118	Lost ALCS (White Sox)	3,404,686	4	$ 97,725,322	3	Bill Stoneman	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2	6	10	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	7.0	772	658	114	dnq	2,109,298	19	$ 55,425,762	10	Billy Beane	Ken Macha	McAfee Coliseum
3	9	18	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	16.0	865	858	7	dnq	2,486,925	16	$ 55,849,000	9	John Hart	Buck Showalter	Ameriquest Field
4	12	26	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	26.0	699	751	-52	dnq	2,689,529	12	$ 87,754,334	4	Bill Bavasi	Mike Hargrove	Safeco Field
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	100	62	.617	--	805	634	171	Lost NLCS (Astros)	3,491,837	3	$ 92,106,833	3	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
2	3	8	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	11.0	693	609	84	Lost World Series (White Sox)	2,762,472	10	$ 76,779,000	8	Tim Purpura	Phil Garner	Minute Maid Park
3	8	16	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	19.0	726	697	29	dnq	2,211,023	18	$ 39,934,833	15	Douglas Melvin	Ned Yost	Miller Park
4	10	19	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	21.0	703	714	-11	dnq	3,100,262	6	$ 87,032,933	5	Jim Hendry	Dusty Baker	Wrigley Field
5	13	23	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	27.0	820	889	-69	dnq	1,943,157	25	$ 61,892,583	11	Dan O'Brien	Jerry Narron, Dave Miley	Great American Ballpark
6	15	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	33.0	680	769	-89	dnq	1,794,237	28	$ 38,133,000	16	Dave Littlefield	Lloyd McClendon, Pete Mackanin	PNC Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	7	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	769	674	95	Lost NLDS (Astros)	2,521,534	15	$ 86,457,302	6	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	4	9	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	2.0	807	726	81	dnq	2,665,301	13	$ 95,522,000	2	Ed Wade	Charlie Manuel	Citizens Bank Park
3	5	11	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	7.0	717	732	-15	dnq	1,823,388	27	$ 60,408,834	12	Larry Beinfest	Jack McKeon	Pro Player Stadium
4	6	13	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	7.0	722	648	74	dnq	2,782,212	9	$ 101,305,821	1	Omar Minaya	Willie Randolph	Shea Stadium
5	9	15	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	9.0	639	673	-34	dnq	2,692,123	11	$ 48,581,500	13	Jim Bowden	Frank Robinson	RFK Memorial Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	7	14	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	--	684	726	-42	Lost NLDS (Cardinals)	2,832,039	7	$ 63,290,833	9	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Petco Park
2	11	20	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	5.0	696	856	-160	dnq	2,059,331	20	$ 62,329,166	10	Joe Garagiola	Bob Melvin	Bank One Ballpark
3	12	21	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	7.0	649	745	-96	dnq	3,140,781	5	$ 90,199,500	4	Brian Sabean	Felipe Alou	SBC Park
4	14	25	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	11.0	685	755	-70	dnq	3,603,680	2	$ 83,039,000	7	Paul DePodesta	Jim Tracy	Dodger Stadium
5	16	27	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	15.0	740	862	-122	dnq	1,915,586	26	$ 48,155,000	14	Daniel O'Dowd	Clint Hurdle	Coors Field
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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