The Texas Rangers finished the 2005 season, third in the American League West. 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.
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Ameriquest Field in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 79–83 (.488) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Tom Hicks | |
General managers | John Hart | |
Managers | Buck Showalter | |
Television | KDFI KDFW FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin) | |
Radio | KRLD (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). All starters wound up in double figures in home runs.[1] The Rangers used 30 pitchers during the season, the most by any team.[1]
Offseason edit
Regular season edit
Opening Day Starters edit
- Rod Barajas, C
- Mark Teixeira, 1B
- Alfonso Soriano, 2B
- Hank Blalock, 3B
- Michael Young, SS
- Kevin Mench, LF
- Gary Matthews Jr., CF
- Richard Hidalgo, RF
- David Dellucci, DH
- Ryan Drese, RHP
Season standings edit
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 49–32 | 46–35 |
Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 7 | 45–36 | 43–38 |
Texas Rangers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 16 | 44–37 | 35–46 |
Seattle Mariners | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 26 | 39–42 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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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 | 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 edit
- 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 edit
Lone Star series edit
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 |
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May 20 | Texas | 7–3 | Kenny Rogers | Brandon Backe | 38,109 | Arlington |
May 21 | Texas | 18–3 | Chris Young | Ezequiel Astacio | 35,781 | Arlington |
May 22 | Texas | 2–0 | Chan Ho Park | Roy Oswalt | 40,583 | Arlington |
June 24 | Houston | 5–2 | Roy Oswalt | Ricardo Rodríguez | 36,199 | Houston |
June 25 | Texas | 6–5 | Chris Young | Brandon Backe | 41,868 | Houston |
June 26 | Houston | 3–2 | Chad Qualls | Juan Domínguez | 35,331 | Houston |
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
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 |
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C | Rod Barajas | 120 | 410 | 104 | .254 | 21 | 60 |
1B | Mark Teixeira | 162 | 644 | 194 | .301 | 43 | 144 |
2B | Alfonso Soriano | 156 | 637 | 171 | .268 | 36 | 104 |
SS | Michael Young | 159 | 668 | 221 | .331 | 24 | 91 |
3B | Hank Blalock | 161 | 647 | 170 | .263 | 25 | 92 |
LF | Kevin Mench | 150 | 557 | 147 | .264 | 25 | 73 |
CF | Gary Matthews Jr. | 131 | 475 | 121 | .255 | 17 | 55 |
RF | Richard Hidalgo | 88 | 308 | 68 | .221 | 16 | 43 |
DH | David Dellucci | 128 | 435 | 109 | .251 | 29 | 65 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Laynce Nix | 63 | 229 | 55 | .240 | 6 | 32 |
Adrián González | 43 | 150 | 34 | .227 | 6 | 17 |
Mark DeRosa | 66 | 148 | 36 | .243 | 8 | 20 |
Sandy Alomar Jr. | 46 | 128 | 35 | .273 | 0 | 14 |
Phil Nevin | 29 | 99 | 18 | .182 | 3 | 8 |
Chad Allen | 21 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 5 |
Gerald Laird | 13 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 1 | 4 |
Jason Botts | 10 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 0 | 3 |
Andres Torrés | 8 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
Marshall McDougall | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Esteban Germán | 5 | 4 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kenny Rogers | 30 | 195.1 | 14 | 8 | 3.46 | 87 |
Chris Young | 31 | 164.2 | 12 | 7 | 4.26 | 137 |
Chan Ho Park | 20 | 109.2 | 8 | 5 | 5.66 | 80 |
Ryan Drese | 12 | 69.2 | 4 | 6 | 6.46 | 20 |
Pedro Astacio | 12 | 67.0 | 2 | 8 | 6.04 | 45 |
Ricardo Rodríguez | 12 | 57.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.53 | 24 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kameron Loe | 48 | 92.0 | 9 | 6 | 3.42 | 45 |
Joaquín Benoit | 32 | 87.0 | 4 | 4 | 3.72 | 78 |
John Wasdin | 31 | 75.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.28 | 44 |
Juan Domínguez | 22 | 70.1 | 4 | 6 | 4.22 | 45 |
C.J. Wilson | 24 | 48.0 | 1 | 7 | 6.94 | 30 |
R.A. Dickey | 9 | 29.2 | 1 | 2 | 6.67 | 15 |
Edinson Vólquez | 6 | 12.2 | 0 | 4 | 14.21 | 11 |
Josh Rupe | 4 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 6 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Francisco Cordero | 69 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 3.39 | 79 |
Brian Shouse | 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.23 | 35 |
Doug Brocail | 61 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5.52 | 61 |
Ron Mahay | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.81 | 30 |
Nick Regilio | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.58 | 14 |
Erasmo Ramirez | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 6 |
Steve Karsay | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.47 | 9 |
Kevin Gryboski | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.17 | 2 |
James Baldwin | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.19 | 9 |
Scott Feldman | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.96 | 4 |
Matt Riley | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 4 |
Carlos Almanzar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 3 |
Ryan Bukvich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 4 |
Michael Tejera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
Jason Standridge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 |
Justin Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 1 |
Awards and honors edit
- Michael Young, A.L. Batting Title
- Mark Teixeira, 1B, Gold Glove
- Mark Teixeira, 1B, Silver Slugger Award
- Alfonso Soriano, 2B, Silver Slugger Award
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane
References edit
- ^ a b "2005 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "Jason Standridge Stats".
- ^ a b "Cody Ransom Stats".
External links edit
- 2005 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
- 2005 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac