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 Division. They finished the season with a record of 77-85, good for second place in the division.

2005 Arizona Diamondbacks
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ken Kendrick
Jeff Moorad
General manager(s)Joe Garagiola, Jr., Bob Gebhard
Manager(s)Bob Melvin
Local televisionFSN Arizona
KTVK (3TV)
(Thom Brennaman, Mark Grace, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola, Matt Williams)
Local radioKTAR (620 AM)
(Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Thom Brennaman, Ken Phelps)
StatsESPN.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

Opening Day starters

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
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 8280 0.506 — 46–35 36–45
Arizona Diamondbacks 7785 0.475 5 36–45 41–40
San Francisco Giants 7587 0.463 7 37–44 38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers 7191 0.438 11 40–41 31–50
Colorado Rockies 6795 0.414 15 40–41 27–54

Record vs. opponents
2005 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—3–35–22–411–72–43–313–52–41–63–43–410–97–112–52–48–10
Atlanta3–3—6–17–32–410–85–13–33–313–69–104–31–54–23–310–97–8
Chicago2–51–6—6–94–35–49–74–27–92–42–411–54–35–210–61–56–9
Cincinnati4–23–79–6—3–32–44–123–46–103–33–49–74–23–55–115–17-8
Colorado 7–114–23–43–3—3–31–511–81–53–42–43–77–117–114–42–46–9
Florida4–28–104–54–23–3—4–35–23–48–109–103–42–44–23–49–910–5
Houston3–31–57–912–45–13-4—4–210–55–56–09–74–33–45–115–27–8
Los Angeles 5–133–32–44–38–112–52–4—5–13–33–35–211–79–102–52–45–13
Milwaukee4–23–39–710–65–14–35–101–5—3–34–59–73–44–35–114–48–7
New York6–16–134–23–34–310–85–53–33–3—11–73–34–23–32–511–85–10
Philadelphia4-310–94–24–34–210–90–63–35–47–11—4–36–05–14–211–87–8
Pittsburgh4–33–45–117–97–34–37–92–57–93–33–4—3–42–44–121–55–7
San Diego9–105–13–42–411–74–23–47–114–32–40–64–3—12–64–35–17–11
San Francisco11–72–42–55–311–72–44–310–93–43–31–54–26–12—2–43–36–12
St. Louis5–23–36–1011–54–44-311–55–211–55–22–412–43–44–2—4–210–5
Washington4–29–105–11–54–29-92–54–24–48–118–115–11–53–32–4—12–6

Roster
2005 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 22 José Cruz, Jr.
 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
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. http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2004/12/11/i53598_diamondbacks-contratan-russ-ortiz.html
  2. Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Shawn Green Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Randy Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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