2005 Detroit Tigers season

2005 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Comerica Park (since 2000)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)	Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)	Alan Trammell
Local television	FSN Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radio	WXYT (AM) (Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The 2005 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers finishing fourth in the AL Central with a 71-91 record, 28 games in back of the World Series Champion Chicago White Sox.

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 Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	99	63	0.611	—	47–34	52–29
Cleveland Indians	93	69	0.574	6	43–38	50–31
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	16	45–36	38–43
Detroit Tigers	71	91	0.438	28	39–42	32–49
Kansas City Royals	56	106	0.346	43	34–47	22–59

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	—	8–10	2–6	1–6	3–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	7–3	12–6	4–6	9–10	8–10
Boston	10–8	—	4–3	4–2	6–4	4–2	6–4	4–2	9–10	6–4	3–3	13–6	7–2	7–11	12–6
Chicago	6–2	3–4	—	14–5	14–5	13–5	4–6	11–7	3–3	2–7	6–3	4–2	3–6	4–2	12–6
Cleveland	6–1	2–4	5–14	—	12–6	13–6	3–5	10–9	3–4	6–3	7–3	4–6	3–3	4–2	15–3
Detroit	5–3	4–6	5–14	6–12	—	10–9	4–6	8–11	1–5	1–5	5–4	5–2	4–2	4–3	9–9
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	5–13	6–13	9–10	—	2–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	2–7	3–5	2–8	3–6	9–9
Los Angeles of Anaheim	4–2	4–6	6–4	5–3	6–4	7–2	—	6–4	6–4	10–9	9–9	4–5	15–4	1–5	12–6
Minnesota	3–3	2–4	7–11	9–10	11–8	13–6	4–6	—	3–3	4–6	6–4	6–0	3–6	4–2	8–10
New York	11–7	10–9	3–3	4–3	5–1	3–3	4–6	3–3	—	7–2	7–3	8–11	7–3	12–6	11–7
Oakland	6–4	4–6	7–2	3–6	5–1	4–2	9–10	6–4	2–7	—	12–6	4–5	11–8	5–5	10–8
Seattle	3–7	3–3	3–6	3–7	4–5	7–2	9–9	4–6	3–7	6–12	—	4–2	6–13	4–6	10–8
Tampa Bay	6–12	6–13	2–4	6–4	2–5	5–3	5–4	0–6	11–8	5–4	2–4	—	6–2	8–11	3–15
Texas	6–4	2–7	6–3	3–3	2–4	8–2	4–15	6–3	3–7	8–11	13–6	2–6	—	7–3	9–9
Toronto	10–9	11–7	2–4	2–4	3–4	6–3	5–1	2–4	6–12	5–5	6–4	11–8	3–7	—	8–10

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

Pitchers

38 Jeremy Bonderman

43 Román Colón

52 Doug Creek

51 Vic Darensbourg

57 Craig Dingman

53 Sean Douglass

44 Kyle Farnsworth

62 Franklyn Germán

34 Matt Ginter

50 Andrew Good

49 Jason Grilli

21 Jason Johnson

39 Jason Karnuth

41 Wilfredo Ledezma

46 Mike Maroth

40 Troy Percival

37 Nate Robertson

56 Fernando Rodney

48 Chris Spurling

74 Ugueth Urbina

59 Justin Verlander

50 Mark Woodyard

Catchers

7 Iván Rodríguez

26 Vance Wilson

Infielders

39 Tony Giarratano

9 Carlos Guillén

20 Omar Infante

15 Brandon Inge

14 Ramón Martínez

36 John McDonald

12 Carlos Peña

14 Plácido Polanco

31 Chris Shelton

17 Jason Smith

25 Dmitri Young

Outfielders

43 Alexis Gómez

28 Curtis Granderson

4 Bobby Higginson

49 Kevin Hooper

19 Nook Logan

27 Craig Monroe

30 Magglio Ordóñez

33 Marcus Thames

24 Rondell White

Manager

3 Alan Trammell

Coaches

54 Bob Cluck (pitching)

29 Bruce Fields (hitting)

22 Kirk Gibson (bench)

18 Mick Kelleher (first base)

13 Lance Parrish (bullpen)

8 Juan Samuel (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	Iván Rodríguez	129	504	139	.276	14	50
1B	Chris Shelton	107	388	116	.299	18	59
2B	Plácido Polanco	86	343	116	.338	6	36
3B	Brandon Inge	160	616	161	.261	16	72
SS	Carlos Guillén	87	334	107	.320	5	23
LF	Craig Monroe	157	567	157	.277	20	89
CF	Nook Logan	129	322	83	.258	1	17
RF	Magglio Ordóñez	82	305	92	.302	8	46
DH	Dmitri Young	126	469	127	.271	21	72

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
Omar Infante	121	406	90	.222	9	43
Rondell White	97	374	117	.313	12	53
Carlos Peña	79	260	61	.235	18	44
Vance Wilson	61	152	30	.197	3	19
Marcus Thames	38	107	21	.196	7	16
John McDonald	31	73	19	.260	0	4
Jason Smith	27	58	11	.190	0	2
Ramón Martínez	19	56	15	.268	0	5
Tony Giarratano	15	42	6	.143	1	4
Bobby Higginson	10	26	2	.077	0	1

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
Mike Maroth	34	209.0	14	14	4.74	115
Jason Johnson	33	210.0	8	13	4.54	93
Nate Robertson	32	196.2	7	16	4.48	122
Jeremy Bonderman	29	189.0	14	13	4.57	145
Sean Douglass	18	87.1	5	5	5.56	55
Wilfredo Ledezma	10	49.2	2	4	7.07	30
Jason Grilli	3	16.0	1	1	3.38	5
Justin Verlander	2	11.1	0	2	7.15	7

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
Chris Spurling	56	3	4	0	3.44	26
Franklyn Germán	58	4	0	1	3.66	38
Jamie Walker	66	4	3	0	3.70	30
Fernando Rodney	39	2	3	9	2.86	42
Kyle Farnsworth	46	1	1	6	2.32	55
Matt Ginter	14	0	1	0	6.17	15
Craig Dingman	34	2	3	4	3.66	24
Ugueth Urbina	25	1	3	9	2.63	31
Román Colón	12	1	1	0	6.12	17
Troy Percival	26	1	3	8	5.76	20
Doug Creek	20	0	0	0	6.85	18
Vic Darensbourg	22	1	1	0	2.82	9

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Larry Parrish
AA	Erie SeaWolves	Eastern League	Duffy Dyer
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Mike Rojas
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Matt Walbeck
A-Short Season	Oneonta Tigers	New York–Penn League	Tom Brookens
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Kevin Bradshaw

Notes

1 2 3 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wisede01.shtml
↑ Magglio Ordóñez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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2005 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Detroit Tigers

Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Sparky Anderson Ty Cobb Mickey Cochrane Sam Crawford Charlie Gehringer Hank Greenberg Harry Heilmann Hughie Jennings Al Kaline George Kell Heinie Manush Hal Newhouser

Frick Award recipient	Ernie Harwell

Spink Award recipients	Joe Falls Tom Gage H. G. Salsinger

Minors

Key personnel

Owner: Mike Ilitch
General Manager: Al Avila
Manager: Brad Ausmus

World Series
championships (4)

League pennants (11)

American League: 1907
1908
1909
1934
1935
1940
1945
1968
1984
2006
2012

Division titles (7)

East: 1972
1984
1987
Central: 2011
2012
2013
2014

Wild card berths (1)

2006

Broadcasters

TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Mario Impemba
Rod Allen
Kirk Gibson
Radio: Detroit Tigers Radio Network
WXYT
WXYT-FM
Dan Dickerson
Jim Price
History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

Seasons (117)

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