2005 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers finished the 2005 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. The Rangers had four players in the 2005 All-Star Game. Michael Young, Kenny Rogers, Alfonso Soriano, and Mark Teixeira. Young was also the A.L. batting champion in 2005.

2005 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Hicks
General manager(s)John Hart
Manager(s)Buck Showalter
Local televisionKDFI
KDFW
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Local radioKRLD
(Eric Nadel)
KFLC
(Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)
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On offense, the team led Major League Baseball in home runs (260), at bats (5,716), slugging percentage (.468) and total bases (2,677).[1] The Rangers used 30 pitchers during the season, the most by any team.[1]

Offseason
  • November 16, 2004: Jason Standridge was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[2]
  • March 30, 2005: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Chicago Cubs.[3]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
Oakland Athletics 8874 0.543 7 45–36 43–38
Texas Rangers 7983 0.488 16 44–37 35–46
Seattle Mariners 6993 0.426 26 39–42 30–51

Record vs. opponents
2005 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Baltimore —8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston 10–8—4–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–4—14–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–14—12–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–12—10–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–10—2–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–2—6–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–6—3–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–3—7–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–7—12–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–12—4–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–4—6–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–6—7–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–7—8–10

Transactions
  • May 25, 2005: Cody Ransom was released by the Texas Rangers.[3]
  • June 30, 2005: Jason Standridge was released by the Texas Rangers.[2]

Roster
2005 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers
  • 30 Ricardo Rodríguez
 Catchers
  • 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 14 Gary Matthews, Jr.
 Manager

Coaches

  •  1 Steve Smith (third base)

Lone Star series

The annual interleague games between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers were played in June and July. They are known as the Lone Star Series.

Date Winning Team Score Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Attendance Location
May 20Texas7–3Kenny RogersBrandon Backe38,109Arlington
May 21Texas18–3Chris YoungEzequiel Astacio35,781Arlington
May 22Texas2–0Chan Ho ParkRoy Oswalt40,583Arlington
June 24Houston5–2Roy OswaltRicardo Rodríguez36,199Houston
June 25Texas6–5Chris YoungBrandon Backe41,868Houston
June 26Houston3–2Chad QuallsJuan Domínguez35,331Houston

Game log
2005 game log
April
May
June
July
August
September/October
Source: ESPN.com

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Darryl Kennedy
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Arnie Beyeler
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Carlos Subero
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Pedro López

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

References
  1. "2005 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/standja01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml
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