2005 Boston Red Sox season

The 2005 Boston Red Sox season was the 105th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 95–67, the same record as the New York Yankees. The Yankees were deemed the division winner, due to their 10–9 head-to-head record against the Red Sox during the regular season. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, but were swept by the American League Central champion Chicago White Sox in the ALDS.

2005 Boston Red Sox
American League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place2nd (via head-to-head record)
Other information
Owner(s)John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
PresidentLarry Lucchino
General manager(s)Theo Epstein
Manager(s)Terry Francona
Local televisionWSBK-TV
NESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bill Kulik, Uri Berenguer, Juan Báez)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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On offense, the Red Sox led Major League Baseball in runs scored (910), hits (1,579), doubles (339), RBI (863), walks (653), batting average (.281), OBP (.357), OPS (.811) and sacrifice flies (63).[1] Red Sox pitchers hit opposing batters with 89 pitches, the most by any major league pitching staff in 2005.[1]

Offseason

The Red Sox made a few notable offseason moves coming off their 2004 World Series championship. The team brought back Jason Varitek by re-signing the veteran catcher to a 4-year $40 million deal.[2] Outfielder Dave Roberts – who played a key role as a base stealer during the 2004 postseason – was traded to the Padres in exchange for shortstop Ramon Vazquez and left fielder Jay Payton.[3]

Management sought to fill the void left by Orlando Cabrera and Pokey Reese at shortstop by signing free agent Édgar Rentería to a 4-year $40 million year with a 5th year option.[2] The move sat well with fans because Rentería was coming off a very successful 2004 campaign with the St. Louis Cardinals. Rentería hit .287 with 10 home runs and 72 RBI in 2004.[4]

The Red Sox front office looked to bolster their starting pitching by signing two veteran pitchers. The need for starting pitching was a point of emphasize due to the departure of Pedro Martínez to the New York Mets after 7 years in a Red Sox uniform.[5] The first pitcher signed was former Padres starter David Wells. Wells was coming off a surprising 2004 season with the Padres in which he posted a 3.73 ERA over 195 innings pitched at the age of 41.[6] The second pitcher signed was former Cubs starter Matt Clement. Clement was coming off a season in which he posted a respectable 3.68 ERA over 181 innings pitched.[7]

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9567 0.586 — 53–28 42–39
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 — 54–27 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8082 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7488 0.457 21 36–45 38–43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6795 0.414 28 40–41 27–54

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
Red Sox vs. National League
Team NL Central 
CHC CIN HOU MIL PIT STL ATL PHI
Boston 1–2 3–0 — — 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0

Notable transactions
  • December 17, 2004: David Wells and John Halama were signed as free agents with the Red Sox.[8]
  • December 19, 2004: Édgar Rentería was signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.[9]
  • December 20, 2004: Jay Payton, Ramón Vázquez and David Pauley were acquired by the Red Sox from the Padres in exchange for Dave Roberts.[10]
  • December 22, 2004: Matt Clement and Wade Miller were signed as free agents with the Red Sox.[11]
  • January 11, 2005: David McCarty was signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.[12]
  • May 2, 2005: David McCarty was released by the Red Sox and granted free agency.[13]
  • May 2, 2005: John Olerud was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[14]
  • June 7, 2005: Jacoby Ellsbury was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2005.[15]
  • June 7, 2005: Clay Buchholz was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2005.[16]
  • July 7: 2005: Alex Cora was acquired by the Red Sox from the Indians in exchange for Ramón Vázquez.[17]
  • July 13, 2005: Chad Bradford was acquired by the Red Sox from the Athletics in exchange for Jay Payton.[18]
  • July 19, 2005: Alan Embree was released by the Red Sox.[19]
  • July 19, 2005: Tony Graffanino was acquired by the Red Sox from the Royals in exchange for Chip Ambres and minor leaguer Juan Cedeño.[20]
  • July 26, 2005: John Halama was released by the Red Sox.[21]
  • August 9, 2005: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.[22]
  • August 9, 2005: Mike Remlinger and cash were acquired by the Red Sox from the Cubs in exchange for minor league pitcher Olivo Astacio.[23]
  • August 19, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was released by the Red Sox.[24]
  • August 25, 2005: Ricky Bottalico was released by the Red Sox.[22]
  • August 28, 2005: Mike Remlinger was released by the Red Sox.[25]

Opening Day lineup
18Johnny DamonCF
16Édgar RenteríaSS
24Manny RamirezLF
34David OrtizDH
15Kevin Millar1B
33Jason VaritekC
44Jay PaytonRF
11Bill Mueller3B
12Mark Bellhorn2B
  3David WellsP

Roster
2005 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated hitter

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
2005 Game Log
April (12-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Yankees9–2Johnson (1–0)Wells (0–1)—54,8180–1
2April 5@ Yankees4–3Rivera (1–0)Foulke (0–1)—54,6900–2
3April 6@ Yankees7–3Timlin (1–0)Rivera (1–1)—55,1651–2
4April 8@ Blue Jays6–5Arroyo (1–0)Bush (0–1)Foulke (1)50,5602–2
5April 9@ Blue Jays12–5Frasor (1–0)Wells (0–2)—28,7652–3
6April 10@ Blue Jays4–3Batista (1–0)Timlin (1–1)—22,8452–4
7April 11Yankees8–1Wakefield (1–0)Mussina (0–1)—33,7023–4
8April 13Yankees5–2Wright (1–1)Schilling (0–1)Rivera (2)35,1153–5
9April 14Yankees8–5Foulke (1–1)Gordon (0–1)—35,2514–5
10April 15Devil Rays10–0Wells (1–2)Nomo (1–1)—35,0235–5
11April 16Devil Rays6–2Clement (1–0)Brazelton (0–3)—35,1066–5
12April 17Devil Rays3–1Wakefield (2–0)Kazmir (0–1)Foulke (2)35,2327–5
13April 18Blue Jays12–7Schilling (1–1)Bush (0–2)—35,2438–5
14April 19Blue Jays4–3Halladay (3–0)Foulke (1–2)Batista (4)35,5988–6
15April 20@ Orioles8–0Wells (2–2)Chen (1–1)—36,4789–6
16April 21@ Orioles1–0Clement (2–0)López (2–1)Foulke (3)40,41910–6
17April 22@ Devil Rays5–4Báez (3–0)Embree (0–1)—30,53010–7
18April 23@ Devil Rays6–5Fossum (1–1)Schilling (1–2)Carter (1)33,22010–8
19April 24@ Devil Rays11–3Arroyo (2–0)Nomo (2–2)—30,23611–8
20April 25Orioles8–4Chen (2–1)Wells (2–3)—35,00311–9
21April 26Orioles11–8Julio (1–0)Foulke (1–3)Ryan (3)35,67011–10
–April 27OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 2
22April 29@ Rangers7–2Park (3–1)Wakefield (2–1)Mahay (1)43,93311–11
23April 30@ Rangers9–2Arroyo (3–0)Astacio (1–3)—44,11412–11
May (16-12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Rangers6–5Clement (3–0)Drese (2–3)Foulke (4)49,34213–11
25May 2@ Tigers8–3Bonderman (4–2)Neal (0–1)Urbina (1)17,49713–12
26May 3@ Tigers5–3Halama (1–0)Maroth (2–2)Foulke (5)19,12114–12
27May 4@ Tigers4–3Wakefield (3–1)Farnsworth (1–1)Foulke (6)23,29515–12
28May 5@ Tigers2–1Arroyo (4–0)Urbina (0–3)Foulke (7)24,87016–12
29May 6Mariners7–2Clement (4–0)Moyer (4–1)—35,22917–12
–May 7MarinersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 8
30May 8Mariners6–3González (1–0)Piñeiro (2–3)Foulke (8)34,84818–12
31May 8Mariners6–4Franklin (2–4)Halama (1–1)Guardado (9)34,67118–13
32May 9Athletics13–5Wakefield (4–1)Haren (1–5)—35,00019–13
33May 10Athletics3–2Matt Mantei (1–0)Dotel (1–1)—35,64420–13
34May 11Athletics6–5Foulke (2–3)Dotel (1–2)—35,37521–13
35May 13@ Mariners14–7Mateo (1–0)González (1–1)—44,53421–14
36May 14@ Mariners6–3Myers (1–0)Villone (0–2)Foulke (9)46,22922–14
37May 15@ Mariners5–4Meche (3–2)WakefieldGuardado (10)46,14522–15
38May 16@ Athletics6–4Yabu (3–0)Myers (1–1)Dotel (7)30,28122–16
39May 17@ Athletics7–5Embree (1–1)Cruz (0–2)Foulke (10)29,49423–16
40May 18@ Athletics13–6Etherton (1–0)Wells (2–4)—42,70523–17
41May 20Braves4–3Miller (1–0)Hudson (4–3)Foulke (11)35,33224–17
42May 21Braves7–5Davies (1–0)Wakefield (4–3)—35,00824–18
43May 22Braves5–2Clement (5–0)Colón (0–1)—34,84425–18
44May 24@ Blue Jays9–6Batista (3–0)Embree (1–2)—34,28025–19
45May 25@ Blue Jays6–1Lilly (3–4)Arroyo (4–1)—23,22125–20
46May 26@ Blue Jays8–1Chacín (5–3)Miller (1–1)Walker (2)26,25525–21
47May 27@ Yankees6–3Johnson (5–3)Wakefield (4–4)Rivera (12)55,05125–22
48May 28@ Yankees17–1Clement (6–0)Pavano (4–3)—55,31526–22
49May 29@ Yankees7–2Wells (3–4)Mussina (5–3)—55,23527–22
50May 30Orioles8–1Lopez (4–2)Arroyo (4–2)—35,48327–23
51May 31Orioles5–1Miller (2–1)Cabrera (4–4)—35,14728–23
June (17-9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Orioles9–3Ponson (6–3)Wakefield (4–5)—35,52728–24
53June 2Orioles6–4Foulke (3–3)Ryan (0–1)—35,13829–24
54June 3Angels7–4Myers (2–1)Shields (4–3)Foulke (12)35,32830–24
55June 4Angels13–6Colón (7–3)Embree (1–3)—34,75430–25
56June 5Angels6–3Myers (3–1)Woods (1–1)Foulke (13)35,00831–25
57June 6@ Cardinals7–1Morris (7–0)Wakefield (4–6)—50,27031–26
58June 7@ Cardinals9–2Suppan (5–5)Clement (6–1)—47,49631–27
59June 8@ Cardinals4–0Wells (4–4)Carpenter (8–4)—46,92832–27
60June 10@ Cubs14–6Maddux (5–3)Arroyo (4–3)—39,21532–28
61June 11@ Cubs7–6Wellemeyer (2–1)Miller (2–2)Dempster (8)39,09632–29
62June 12@ Cubs8–1Wakefield (5–6)Rusch (5–2)—39,13833–29
63June 13Reds10–3Clement (7–1)Milton (3–8)—35,47834–29
64June 14Reds7–0Wells (5–4)Hudson (1–1)—35,38735–29
65June 15Reds6–1Arroyo (5–3)Harang (4–5)—35,26536–29
66June 17Pirates6–5Foulke (4–3)White (2–3)—35,37737–29
67June 18Pirates2–0White (3–3)Embree (1–4)Mesa (18)35,21637–30
68June 19Pirates8–0Clement (8–1)Wells (5–6)—35,04638–30
69June 20@ Indians10–9Wells (6–4)Sabathia (5–4)Foulke (14)30,56239–30
70June 21@ Indians9–2Arroyo (6–3)Millwood (2–5)—28,45040–30
71June 22@ Indians5–4Foulke (5–3)Wickman (0–2)—29,91541–30
72June 24@ Phillies8–0Wakefield (6–6)Lieber (8–7)—45,09042–30
73June 25@ Phillies7–1Clement (9–1)Padilla (3–7)—44,86843–30
74June 26@ Phillies12–8Timlin (2–1)Cormier (2–2)—45,04244–30
75June 27Indians7–0Millwood (3–5)Arroyo (6–4)—35,45844–31
76June 28Indians12–8Miller (1–0)Foulke (5–4)—35,44544–32
77June 29Indians5–2Wakefield (7–6)Elarton (4–3)Timlin (1)35,06945–32
July (14-13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Blue Jays15–2Lilly (6–8)Clement (9–2)—35,30245–33
79July 2Blue Jays6–4Timlin (3–1)Walker (3–2)Foulke (15)35,26846–33
80July 3Blue Jays5–2Halladay (12–4)Arroyo (6–5)Schoeneweis (1)34,79446–34
81July 4@ Rangers6–5Benoit (1–0)Foulke (5–5)—50,49246–35
82July 5@ Rangers7–4Wakefield (8–6)Young (8–5)Timlin (2)33,35647–35
83July 6@ Rangers7–4Clement (10–2)Park (8–3)Embree (1)34,96248–35
84July 7@ Orioles3–1Cabrera (7–7)Wells (6–5)Byrdak (1)47,38948–36
85July 8@ Orioles7–2Arroyo (7–5)Ponson (7–7)—49,17449–36
86July 9@ Orioles9–1Chen (7–5)Miller (2–3)—49,33149–37
87July 10@ Orioles4–1Lopez (8–5)Wakefield (8–7)Ryan (19)49,82849–38
88July 14Yankees8–6Gordon (3–3)Schilling (1–3)Rivera (21)35,23249–39
89July 15Yankees17–1Wells (7–5)Redding (0–6)—35,08350–39
90July 16Yankees7–4Johnson (10–6)Clement (10–3)Rivera (22)34,69450–40
91July 17Yankees5–3Leiter (4–7)Wakefield (8–8)Rivera (23)34,80250–41
92July 18Devil Rays3–1Kazmir (4–7)Miller (2–4)Báez (17)35,40550–42
93July 19Devil Rays5–2Arroyo (8–5)Fossum (4–8)Schilling (1)35,42851–42
94July 20Devil Rays9–4Wells (8–5)Hendrickson (4–7)—35,12352–42
95July 21@ White Sox6–5Schilling (2–3)Vizcaíno (4–4)—36,78453–42
96July 22@ White Sox8–4Garland (15–4)Wakefield (8–9)—37,51153–43
97July 23@ White Sox3–0Miller (3–4)Hernández (7–3)Schilling (2)39,40854–43
98July 24@ White Sox6–4Contreras (6–6)Arroyo (8–6)Hermanson (23)37,16854–44
99July 25@ Devil Rays4–3Colomé (2–2)Schilling (2–4)—21,55054–45
100July 26@ Devil Rays10–9Schilling (3–4)Báez (5–3)—24,02955–45
101July 27@ Devil Rays4–1Wakefield (9–9)McClung (1–6)Schilling (3)22,07956–45
102July 29Twins8–5Arroyo (9–6)Silva (7–5)Schilling (4)35,21157–45
103July 30Twins6–2Wells (9–5)Lohse (7–10)—35,16758–45
104July 31Twins4–3Timlin (4–1)Rincón (4–4)Schilling (5)34,92959–45
August (18-9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 2Royals6–4Wakefield (10–9)Burgos (1–4)Schilling (6)35,38660–45
106August 3Royals8–5Miller (4–4)SnyderSchilling (7)35,05561–45
107August 4Royals11–9Clement (11–3)Núñez (2–2)Schilling (8)35,06062–45
108August 5@ Twins12–0Radke (7–10)Arroyo (9–7)—38,16162–46
109August 6@ Twins4–3Nathan (4–3)Timlin (4–2)—40,62662–47
110August 7@ Twins11–7Wakefield (11–9)Mays (5–7)Schilling (9)40,98263–47
111August 8Rangers11–6González (2–1)Karsay (0–1)—35,45364–47
112August 9Rangers8–7Schilling (4–4)Gryboski (1–1)—35,30865–47
113August 10Rangers16–5Arroyo (10–7)Rogers (11–5)—35,37966–47
114August 12White Sox9–8Bradford (1–0)Buehrle (13–5)—35,13267–47
115August 13White Sox7–4Wakefield (12–9)Garland (16–6)—35,05568–47
–August 14White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 5
116August 15@ Tigers7–6Walker (4–3)Schilling (4–5)—30,42668–48
117August 16@ Tigers10–7Bradford (2–0)Dingman (1–2)—32,12969–48
118August 17@ Tigers6–5Bonderman (14–9)Wells (9–6)Rodney (5)30,63469–49
119August 18@ Angels13–4Colón (16–6)Wakefield (12–10)—44,05069–50
120August 19@ Angels4–3Schilling (5–5)Shields (8–9)—43,89670–50
121August 20@ Angels4–2Santana (7–5)Arroyo (10–8)Rodríguez (28)44,01470–51
122August 21@ Angels5–1Timlin (5–2)Byrd (9–8)—44,02271–51
123August 23@ Royals5–2Wells (10–6)Greinke (3–15)—21,32372–51
124August 24@ Royals4–3Sisco (2–2)Arroyo (10–9)—18,87172–52
125August 25@ Royals7–4Lima (5–12)Schilling (5–6)MacDougal (17)21,81572–53
126August 26Tigers9–8Wakefield (13–10)Johnson (7–10)Timlin (3)35,05673–53
127August 27Tigers12–8Colón (2–5)Papelbon (0–1)—35,22873–54
128August 28Tigers11–3Wells (11–6)Robertson (6–11)—34,65874–54
129August 29Devil Rays10–6Clement (12–3)McClung (5–8)—35,00775–54
130August 30Devil Rays7–6Timlin (6–2)Borowski (1–1)—35,10176–54
131August 31Devil Rays7–6Wakefield (14–10)Fossum (8–11)Timlin (4)35,25377–54
September (17-12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1Devil Rays7–4Arroyo (11–9)Waechter (5–9)Timlin (5)35,33778–54
133September 2Orioles7–3Maine (2–1)DiNardo (0–1)—35,15678–55
134September 3Orioles7–6Clement (13–3)Bédard (6–6)Timlin (6)35,14279–55
135September 4Orioles5–1Wells (12–6)Lopez (13–9)—35,00380–55
136September 5White Sox5–3McCarthy (2–1)Schilling (5–7)—35,67380–56
137September 6Angels3–2Wakefield (15–10)Shields (8–11)—35,06181–56
138September 7Angels6–3Arroyo (12–9)Santana (8–7)Timlin (7)35,42382–56
139September 8Angels3–0Byrd (11–9)Clement (13–4)Rodríguez (35)35,35182–57
140September 9@ Yankees8–4Small (7–0)Wells (12–7)—55,02482–58
141September 10@ Yankees9–2Schilling (6–7)Chacón (5–10)—55,07683–58
142September 11@ Yankees1–0Johnson (14–8)Wakefield (15–11)Rivera (37)55,12383–59
143September 12@ Blue Jays6–5Papelbon (1–1)Walker (6–5)—24,61784–59
144September 13@ Blue Jays9–3Downs (3–3)Clement (13–5)—25,25384–60
145September 14@ Blue Jays1–0Wells (13–7)Towers (11–11)Timlin (8)25,86585–60
146September 15Athletics6–2Blanton (10–11)Schilling (6–8)—35,07985–61
147September 16Athletics3–2Timlin (7–2)Cruz (0–3)—35,24986–61
148September 17Athletics2–1Arroyo (13–9)Haren (13–11)Timlin (9)35,22087–61
149September 18Athletics12–3Saarloos (10–7)Clement (13–6)—34,84987–62
150September 19@ Devil Rays8–7Hendrickson (10–7)Harville (0–3)Báez (38)16,12487–63
151September 20@ Devil Rays15–2Schilling (7–8)McClung (6–11)—18,72388–63
152September 21@ Devil Rays7–4Miller (2–2)Timlin (7–3)Báez (39)20,00288–64
153September 23@ Orioles6–3Arroyo (14–9)Cabrera (10–12)Timlin (10)46,85089–64
154September 24@ Orioles4–3Papelbon (2–1)Ryan (1–4)Timlin (11)48,61290–64
155September 25@ Orioles9–3Wells (14–7)Maine (2–3)—46,55991–64
–September 26Blue JaysPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 27
156September 27Blue Jays3–1Wakefield (16–11)Bush (5–11)Timlin (12)35,70092–65
157September 27Blue Jays5–7Frasor (3–5)Bradford (2–1)Batista (31)35,47692–65
158September 28Blue Jays7–2LillyArroyo (14–10)—35,31392–66
159September 29Blue Jays5–4Papelbon (3–1)Batista (5–8)—35,34593–66
160September 30Yankees5–3Wells (15–7)Wang (8–5)Timlin (13)34,83294–66
October (1-1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1Yankees8–4Johnson (17–8)Wakefield (16–12)—34,55694–67
162October 2Yankees10–1Schilling (8–8)Wright—34,53495–67

Player stats

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 Jason Varitek 133 470 132 .281 22 70
1B Kevin Millar 134 449 122 .272 9 50
2B Mark Bellhorn 85 283 61 .216 7 28
SS Édgar Rentería 153 623 172 .276 8 70
3B Bill Mueller 150 519 153 .295 10 62
LF Manny Ramirez 152 554 162 .292 45 144
CF Johnny Damon 148 624 197 .316 10 75
RF Trot Nixon 124 408 112 .275 13 65
DH David Ortiz 159 601 180 .300 47 148

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
Tony Graffanino 51 188 60 .319 4 20
John Olerud 87 173 50 .289 7 37
Doug Mirabelli 50 136 31 .228 6 18
Jay Payton 55 133 35 .263 5 21
Alex Cora 47 104 28 .269 2 16
Gabe Kapler 36 97 24 .247 1 9
Kevin Youkilis 44 79 22 .278 1 9
Ramón Vázquez 27 61 12 .197 0 4
Roberto Petagine 18 32 9 .281 1 9
Adam Hyzdu 12 16 4 .250 0 0
Adam Stern 36 15 2 .133 1 2
Kelly Shoppach 9 15 0 .000 0 0
José Cruz Jr. 4 12 3 .250 0 0
Dave McCarty 13 4 2 .500 0 2
Alejandro Machado 10 5 1 .200 0 0
Hanley Ramirez 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Shawn Wooten 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ER = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tim Wakefield 33 225.1 16 12 4.15 151
Bronson Arroyo 35 205.1 14 10 4.51 100
Matt Clement 32 191.0 13 6 4.57 146
David Wells 30 189.0 15 7 4.45 107
Wade Miller 16 91.0 4 4 4.95 64

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
Curt Schilling 32 93.1 8 8 5.69 87
Jonathan Papelbon 17 34.0 3 1 2.65 34
Lenny DiNardo 8 14.2 0 1 1.84 15

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
Keith Foulke 43 5 5 15 5.91 34
Mike Timlin 81 7 3 13 2.24 59
Mike Myers 65 3 1 0 3.13 21
Alan Embree 43 1 4 1 7.65 30
Matt Mantei 34 1 0 0 6.49 22
Chad Bradford 31 2 1 0 3.86 10
John Halama 30 1 1 0 6.18 26
Geremi González 28 2 1 0 6.11 28
Manny Delcarmen 10 0 0 0 3.00 9
Blaine Neal 8 0 1 0 9.00 3
Chad Harville 8 0 1 0 6.43 3
Mike Remlinger 8 0 0 0 14.85 5
Craig Hansen 4 0 0 0 6.00 3
Cla Meredith 3 0 0 0 27.00 0
Abe Alvarez 2 0 0 0 15.43 1
Mike Stanton 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Scott Cassidy 1 0 0 0 40.50 0
Matt Perisho 1 0 0 0 inf 0

ALDS
Main article: 2005 American League Division Series
GameScoreDate
1Boston 2, Chicago 14October 4
2Boston 4, Chicago 5October 5
3Chicago 5, Boston 3October 7

The Chicago White Sox swept the Red Sox in the American League Division Series. The White Sox went on to win the World Series that year against the Houston Astros. The Red Sox were forced to play in the 2005 Postseason as a wild card team even though they had the same regular season record as their division rival the New York Yankees. That is due to the fact that the Yankees had won the regular season head-to-head matchups versus the Red Sox 10-9.

A crucial moment of the series came in Game 2 when Red Sox second baseman Tony Graffanino made a crucial error that led to the White Sox scoring three unearned runs in the fifth inning. A slow groundball hit to the right side of the infield was able to get past Graffanino and a key double play was not turned. Later in the inning, White Sox second baseman Tadahito Iguchi hit a three-run home run to give the White Sox a one-run lead.[26] Red Sox pitcher David Wells was pitching well in the game until the error. The error is viewed by many fans as having the Red Sox lose Game 2 and eventually the American League Division Series.

Red Sox ace Curt Schilling did not start a game in the American League Division Series after pitching in the last game of the season against the Yankees.

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Wilmington Blue Rocks replaced the Sarasota Red Sox as the Class A-Advanced affiliate, and the Greenville Bombers replaced the Augusta GreenJackets as the Class A affiliate.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ron Johnson
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Todd Claus
A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Dann Bilardello
A Greenville Bombers South Atlantic League Chad Epperson
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Luis Alicea
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Ralph Treuel
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Paulino
Rookie VSL Red Sox (cooperative) Venezuelan Summer League Josman Robles

VSL cooperative was with the San Diego Padres.
Source:[27][28]

References
1st Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Boston Red Sox Game Log on ESPN.com
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