2005 Detroit Tigers season

2005 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comerica Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Record	71–91 (.438)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Mike Ilitch
General managers	Dave Dombrowski
Managers	Alan Trammell
Television	FSN Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Radio	WXYT (AM) (Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
Seasons

The 2005 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 105th season and its sixth at Comerica Park. It involved the Detroit Tigers finishing fourth in the American League 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.
• February 7, 2005: Magglio Ordóñez was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
• February 7, 2005: DeWayne Wise was released by the Detroit Tigers.
• February 28, 2005: DeWayne Wise was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	—	47‍–‍34	52‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians	93	69	.574	6	43‍–‍38	50‍–‍31
Minnesota Twins	83	79	.512	16	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers	71	91	.438	28	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49
Kansas City Royals	56	106	.346	43	34‍–‍47	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

2005 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

• June 8, 2005: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ramón Martínez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Plácido Polanco.

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
Curtis Granderson	47	162	44	.272	8	20
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
Alexis Gómez	9	16	3	.188	0	1
Kevin Hooper	6	5	1	.200	0	0

Pitching

Starting and 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
Jason Johnson	33	210.0	8	13	4.54	93
Mike Maroth	34	209.0	14	14	4.74	115
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
Román Colón	12	25.0	1	1	6.12	17
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
Fernando Rodney	39	2	3	9	2.86	42
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
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
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
Mark Woodyard	3	0	0	0	1.50	3
Andrew Good	2	0	0	0	5.40	7
Jason Karnuth	3	0	0	0	5.40	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toledo

References

• 2005 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference