2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team looked to improve on their 51–111 record from 2004. They looked to contend in what was once again a weak National League West. They finished the season with a record of 77–85, good for second place in the division.

2005 Arizona Diamondbacks
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Bank One Ballpark
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Record	77–85 (.475)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Ken Kendrick Jeff Moorad
General managers	Joe Garagiola Jr., Bob Gebhard
Managers	Bob Melvin
Television	FSN Arizona KTVK (3TV) (Thom Brennaman, Mark Grace, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola, Matt Williams)
Radio	KTAR (620 AM) (Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Thom Brennaman, Ken Phelps)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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Offseason

• December 11, 2004: Russ Ortiz was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[1]
• December 21, 2004: Craig Counsell was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[2]
• January 11, 2005: Shawn Green was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dioner Navarro, Beltrán Pérez, Danny Muegge (minors), and William Juarez (minors).^[3]
• January 11, 2005: Randy Johnson was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash.^[4]

Regular season

Notable Transactions

• July 31, 2005: Buddy Groom was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.^[5]

Season standings

National League West

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	82	80	0.506	—	46–35	36–45
Arizona Diamondbacks	77	85	0.475	5	36–45	41–40
San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463	7	37–44	38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	91	0.438	11	40–41	31–50
Colorado Rockies	67	95	0.414	15	40–41	27–54

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League record v t e Source: [1]
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

2005 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers 57 Armando Almanza 41 Greg Aquino 30 Brian Bruney 50 Jason Bulger 21 Randy Choate 32 Lance Cormier 55 Shawn Estes 49 Édgar González 44 Mike Gosling 28 Buddy Groom 37 Brad Halsey 31 Matt Herges 76 Mike Koplove 36 Kerry Ligtenberg 39 Javier López 38 Brandon Lyon 52 Brandon Medders 57 Dustin Nippert 48 Russ Ortiz 47 José Valverde 29 Claudio Vargas 23 Javier Vázquez 56 Óscar Villarreal 17 Brandon Webb 45 Tim Worrell		Catchers  5 Koyie Hill 19 Chris Snyder 35 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 10 Alex Cintrón 34 Tony Clark 10 Royce Clayton  4 Craig Counsell 25 Troy Glaus  1 Andy Green 16 Conor Jackson 11 Matt Kata 18 Chad Tracy		Outfielders 22 José Cruz Jr. 20 Luis Gonzalez 15 Shawn Green  9 Scott Hairston  6 Quinton McCracken 27 Luis Terrero	Manager  3 Bob Melvin Coaches  8 Mike Aldrete (hitting) 33 Jay Bell (bench)  2 Brett Butler (first base) 13 Mark Davis (pitching) 53 Glenn Sherlock (bullpen) 14 Carlos Tosca (third base)

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	Chris Snyder	115	326	66	.202	6	28
1B	Chad Tracy	145	503	155	.308	27	72
2B	Craig Counsell	150	578	148	.256	9	42
SS	Royce Clayton	143	522	141	.270	2	44
3B	Troy Glaus	149	538	139	.258	37	97
LF	Luis Gonzalez	155	579	157	.271	24	79
CF	Luis Terrero	88	161	37	.230	4	20
RF	Shawn Green	158	581	166	.286	22	73

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
Tony Clark	130	349	106	.304	30	87
Alex Cintrón	122	330	90	.237	8	48
Quinton McCracken	134	215	51	.237	1	13
José Cruz Jr.	64	202	43	.213	12	28
Kelly Stinnett	59	129	32	.248	6	12
Conor Jackson	40	85	17	.200	2	8
Koyie Hill	34	78	17	.218	0	6
Andy Green	17	31	7	.226	0	2
Matt Kata	30	31	6	.194	0	0
Scott Hairston	15	20	2	.100	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
Brandon Webb	33	229.0	14	12	3.54	172
Javier Vázquez	33	215.2	11	15	4.42	192
Brad Halsey	28	160.0	8	12	4.61	82
Shawn Estes	21	123.2	7	8	4.80	63
Claudio Vargas	21	119.2	9	6	4.81	90
Russ Ortiz	22	115.0	5	11	6.89	46
Dustin Nippert	3	14.2	1	0	5.52	11

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
Mike Gosling	13	32.1	0	3	4.45	14

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
José Valverde	61	3	4	15	2.44	75
Lance Cormier	67	7	3	0	5.11	63
Brian Bruney	47	1	3	12	7.43	51
Mike Koplove	44	2	1	0	5.07	28
Greg Aquino	35	0	1	1	7.76	34
Tim Worrell	32	1	1	0	2.27	22
Brandon Lyon	32	0	2	14	6.44	17
Javier López	29	1	1	2	9.42	11
Brandon Medders	27	4	1	0	1.78	31
Buddy Groom	23	0	1	1	4.70	7
Óscar Villarreal	11	2	0	0	5.27	5
Jason Bulger	9	1	0	0	5.40	9
Randy Choate	8	0	0	0	9.00	4
Kerry Ligtenberg	7	0	0	0	13.97	5
Matt Herges	7	0	0	0	13.50	3
Armando Almanza	6	0	0	0	2.25	2
Édgar González	1	0	0	0	108.00	1

Minor League

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	Chip Hale
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Tony Perezchica
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Bill Plummer
A	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	Mark Haley
A-Short Season	Yakima Bears	Northwest League	Jay Gainer
Rookie	Missoula Osprey	Pioneer League	Jim Presley

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: South Bend^[6]

References

1. "Diamondbacks contratan a Russ Ortiz".
2. Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. Shawn Green Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. Randy Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. "Buddy Groom Stats".
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• Arizona Diamondbacks official web site January 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks at Baseball Reference
• 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com