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.

2005 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComerica Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersAlan Trammell
TelevisionFSN Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
RadioWXYT (AM)
(Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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Offseason

  • October 15, 2004: DeWayne Wise was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • February 7, 2005: Magglio Ordóñez was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[2]
  • February 7, 2005: DeWayne Wise was released by the Detroit Tigers.[1]
  • February 28, 2005: DeWayne Wise was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

AL CentralWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Chicago White Sox99630.61147–3452–29
Cleveland Indians93690.574643–3850–31
Minnesota Twins83790.5121645–3638–43
Detroit Tigers71910.4382839–4232–49
Kansas City Royals561060.3464334–4722–59


Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Baltimore8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston10–84–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago6–23–414–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland6–12–45–1412–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit5–34–65–146–1210–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City2–42–45–136–139–102–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles4–24–66–45–36–47–26–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–63–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–37–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–712–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–124–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–46–28–113–15
Texas6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–67–39–9
Toronto10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–78–10


Transactions

  • June 8, 2005: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ramón Martínez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Plácido Polanco.[3]

Roster

2005 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CIván Rodríguez129504139.2761450
1BChris Shelton107388116.2991859
2BPlácido Polanco86343116.338636
3BBrandon Inge160616161.2611672
SSCarlos Guillén87334107.320523
LFCraig Monroe157567157.2772089
CFNook Logan12932283.258117
RFMagglio Ordóñez8230592.302846
DHDmitri Young126469127.2712172

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Omar Infante12140690.222943
Rondell White97374117.3131253
Carlos Peña7926061.2351844
Curtis Granderson4716244.272820
Vance Wilson6115230.197319
Marcus Thames3810721.196716
John McDonald317319.26004
Jason Smith275811.19002
Ramón Martínez195615.26805
Tony Giarratano15426.14314
Bobby Higginson10262.07701
Alexis Gómez9163.18801
Kevin Hooper651.20000

Pitching

Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jason Johnson33210.08134.5493
Mike Maroth34209.014144.74115
Nate Robertson32196.27164.48122
Jeremy Bonderman29189.014134.57145
Sean Douglass1887.1555.5655
Wilfredo Ledezma1049.2247.0730
Román Colón1225.0116.1217
Jason Grilli316.0113.385
Justin Verlander211.1027.157

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Fernando Rodney392392.8642
Chris Spurling563403.4426
Franklyn Germán584013.6638
Jamie Walker664303.7030
Kyle Farnsworth461162.3255
Matt Ginter140106.1715
Craig Dingman342343.6624
Ugueth Urbina251392.6331
Troy Percival261385.7620
Doug Creek200006.8518
Vic Darensbourg221102.829
Mark Woodyard30001.503
Andrew Good20005.407
Jason Karnuth30005.400

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAToledo Mud HensInternational LeagueLarry Parrish
AAErie SeaWolvesEastern LeagueDuffy Dyer
ALakeland TigersFlorida State LeagueMike Rojas
AWest Michigan WhitecapsMidwest LeagueMatt Walbeck
A-Short SeasonOneonta TigersNew York–Penn LeagueTom Brookens
RookieGCL TigersGulf Coast LeagueKevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toledo[4]

Notes

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