2005 Texas Rangers season

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.

2005 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAmeriquest Field in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersTom Hicks
General managersJohn Hart
ManagersBuck Showalter
TelevisionKDFI
KDFW
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
RadioKRLD
(Eric Nadel)
KFLC
(Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)
Seasons

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
  • 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 record

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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 52 Mark Connor (bullpen)
  • 16 DeMarlo Hale (first base)
  • 55 Orel Hershiser (pitching)
  •  8 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)
  •  1 Steve Smith (third base)
  • 18 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

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
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Angels3–2ColónDrese (0–1)Rodríguez43,5900–1
2April 6@ Angels3–2Shouse (1–0)Prinz 35,0771–1
3April 7@ Angels7–6ShieldsShouse (1–1)35,1691–2
4April 8@ Mariners9–6PutzRegilio (0–1)Guardado29,6522–2
5April 9@ Mariners7–6Brocail (1–0)GuardadoCordero (1)31,5012–3
6April 10@ Mariners7–6Riley (1–0) ThorntonCordero (2)30,4343–3
7April 11Angels7–6Shields Dickey (0–1)Rodríguez50,0543–4
8April 12Angels13–8LackeyYoung (0–1)Shields23,0613–5
9April 13Angels7–5Park (1–0)ByrdCordero (3)21,6254–5
10April 14Blue Jays2–1HalladayAstacio (0–1)19,3664–6
11April 15Blue Jays4–2Drese (1–1)LillyCordero (4)30,4535–6
12April 16Blue Jays8–0ChacínRogers (0–1)40,4995–7
13April 17Blue Jays6–5Young (1–1)TowersCordero (5)31,3106–7
14April 18Athletics8–5HarenPark (1–1)Dotel20,9396–8
15April 19Athletics3–0Astacio (1–1)BlantonCordero (6)22,1467–8
16April 20@ Devil Rays12–10Drese (2–1)WebbCordero (7)8,8168–8
17April 21@ Devil Rays3–2BrazeltonRogers (0–2)Báez8,7998–9
18April 22@ Yankees5–3Young (2–1)BrownCordero (8)42,7109–9
19April 23@ Yankees10–2Park (2–1)Wright44,73110–9
20April 24@ Yankees11–1JohnsonAstacio (1–2)42,73210–10
21April 26Mariners7–4PiñeiroDrese (2–2)Guardado23,06410–11
22April 27Mariners8–2Rogers (1–2)Franklin26,30811–11
23April 28Mariners4–1MecheYoung (2–2)Guardado23,92811–12
24April 29Red Sox7–2Park (3–1)WakefieldMahay (1)43,93312–12
25April 30Red Sox9–2ArroyoAstacio (1–3)44,11412–13
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Red Sox6–5ClementDrese (2–3)Foulke49,34212–14
27May 2@Athletics3–2Shouse (2–1)HardenCordero (9)10,14413–14
28May 3@Athletics6–1Young (3–2)Saarloos10,42714–14
29May 4@Athletics16–7Rogers (2–2)Haren15,65415–14
30May 6Indians8–6LeeAstacio (1–4)Wickman30,74215–15
31May 7Indians6–1Drese (3–3)Elarton36,31116–15
32May 8Indians7–2Rogers (3–2)WestbrookCordero (10)23,20317–15
33May 9Tigers2–0RobertsonCordero (0–1)24,12217–16
34May 10Tigers5–4Brocail (2–0)JohnsonCordero (11)24,76618–16
35May 11Tigers6–5WalkerMahay (0–1)Urbina28,68918–17
36May 13@Twins9–6Brocail (3–0)NathanCordero (12)24,52419–17
37May 14@Twins5–0Rogers (4–2)Silva28,62420–17
38May 15@Twins5–2RadkeMahay (0–2)Nathan27,89120–18
39May 16@White Sox7–6Regilio (1–1)MarteCordero (13)26,88921–18
40May 17@White Sox5–2GarlandAstacio (1–5) Hermanson18,33321–19
41May 18@White Sox7–0BuehrleDrese (3–4)16,25521–20
42May 20Astros7–3Rogers (5–2)Backe38,10922–20
43May 21Astros18–3Young (4–2)Astacio35,78123–20
44May 22Astros2–0Park (4–1)OswaltCordero (14)40,58324–20
45May 24Royals4–3Drese (4–4)HernándezCordero (15)27,44925–20
46May 25Royals7–3Astacio (2–5)Greinke23,75526–20
47May 26Royals8–1Rogers (6–2)Lima25,02227–20
48May 27White Sox6–2Young (5–2)McCarthyCordero (16)31,14928–20
--May 28Postponed29–20
49May 29White Sox12–4Park (5–1)Garland36,26529–20
50May 31@Tigers8–2Rogers (7–2) Maroth16,93130–20
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@Tigers6–4BondermanDrese (4–5)Urbina15,42830–21
52June 2@Tigers6–5UrbinaRegilio (1–2)21,16630–22
53June 3@Royals2–1SiscoAstacio (2–6)MacDougal11,63530–23
54June 4@Royals14–9Park (6–1)Lima18,80831–23
55June 5@Royals8–1Rogers (8–2)Greinke21,42432–23
56June 7@Phillies8–5LieberDrese (4–6)Wagner33,61632–24
57June 8@Phillies2–0FultzYoung (5–3) Wagner24,33932–25
58June 9@Phillies10–8PadillaAstacio (2–7) Wagner25,20532–26
59June 10@Marlins12–5JonesBrocail (3–1)16,62232–27
60June 11@Marlins6–5RiedlingDomínguez (0–1)Jones25,55732–28
61June 12@Marlins6–2Rodríguez (1–0)MoehlerWasdin (1)21,30333–28
62June 13Braves7–3Young (6–3)Hudson41,59434–28
63June 14Braves7–2SosaAstacio (2–8)30,22134–29
64June 15Braves9–5Park (7–1)DaviesCordero (17)33,66335–29
65June 17Nationals8–1Rogers (9–2)Patterson33,65336–29
66June 18Nationals7–4Rodríguez (2–0)Armas48,66337–29
67June 19Nationals8–2HughesWilson (0–1)34,47437–30
68June 20@Angels5–1ByrdYoung (6–4)41,00737–31
69June 21@Angels8–6ColónPark (7–2)43,02537–32
70June 22@Angels6–0WashburnRogers (9–3)41,76337–33
71June 24@Astros5–2OswaltRodríguez (2–1)Lidge36,19937–34
72June 25@Astros6–5Young (7–4)BackeCordero (18)41,86838–34
73June 26@Astros3–2QuallsDomínguez (0–2)35,33138–35
74June 27Angels13–3ColónWilson (0–2)34,47138–36
75June 28Angels5–1 DonnellyLoe (0–1)27,15938–37
76June 29Angels7–6Loe (1–1)Shields30,11239–37
77June 30Angels18–5Young (8–4)Santana27,46640–37
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@Mariners6–2Park (8–2)Sele37,27041–37
79July 2@Mariners6–5Loe (2–1)PutzCordero (19)34,20942–37
80July 3@Mariners2–1MoyerRogers (9–4)Guardado34,39742–38
81July 4Red Sox6–5Benoit (1–0)Foulke50,49243–38
82July 5Red Sox7–4WakefieldYoung (8–5)Timlin33,35643–39
83July 6Red Sox7–4ClementPark (8–3)Embree34,96243–40
84July 8Blue Jays7–6Cordero (1–1)Batista30,24244–40
85July 9Blue Jays12–10Rogers (10–4)DownsCordero (20)36,28545–40
86July 10Blue Jays9–8Loe (3–1)Frasor25,76746–40
87July 14@Athletics6–0HardenPark (8–4)17,98746–41
88July 15@Athletics7–2ZitoWasdin (0–1)22,42346–42
89July 16@Athletics10–8Rogers (11–4)BlantonCordero (21)22,82647–42
90July 17@Athletics5–4KennedyLoe (3–2)25,33047–43
91July 18Yankees11–10SturtzeBrocail (3–2)Rivera46,53847–44
92July 19Yankees2–1Loe (4–2)FranklinCordero (22)45,20848–44
93July 20Yankees8–4SmallBenoit (1–1)45,35448-45
94July 21Athletics6–4WitasickLoe (4–3)Street31,64348–46
95July 22Athletics11–10HarenYoung (8–6)35,26648–47
96July 23Athletics5–4SaarloosRodríguez (2–2)Street38,84148–48
97July 24Athletics8–3HardenPark (8–5)29,41048–49
98July 25Orioles4–2Benoit (2–1)CabreraCordero (23)29,31449–49
99July 26@Orioles5–4GrimsleyBaldwin (0–1)Ryan25,23549–50
100July 27@Orioles11–8Cordero (2–1)JulioBaldwin (1)31,54050–50
101July 28@Orioles2–1Loe (5–3)RayCordero (24)22,25451–50
102July 29@Blue Jays4–1Brocail (4–2)DownsCordero (25)21,11352–50
103July 30@Blue Jays3–2Benoit (3–1)FrasorCordero (26)23,03953–50
104July 31@Blue Jays5–1ChacínWilson (0–3)24,12353–51
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 2Devil Rays10–8McClungYoung (8–7)Báez30,03853–52
106August 3Devil Rays8–5HarperRodríguez (2–3)Báez30,51353–53
107August 4Devil Rays13–5Gryboski (1–0)Orvella27,17654–53
108August 5Orioles10–5ChenWilson (0–4)37,29654–54
109August 6Orioles10–3Wasdin (1–1)CabreraLoe (1)34,63255–54
110August 7Orioles9–3Young (9–7)Ponson27,13756–54
111August 8@Red Sox11–6GonzálezKarsay (0–1)35,45356–55
112August 9@Red Sox8–7SchillingGryboski (1–1)35,30856–56
113August 10@Red Sox16–5ArroyoRogers (11–5)35,37956–57
114August 11@Yankees9–8SturtzeBaldwin (0–2)Rivera54,28356–58
115August 12@Yankees6–5LeiterWilson (0–5)Sturtze54,44256–59
116August 13@Yankees7–5SmallLoe (5–4)54,91956–60
117August 14@Yankees10–3ChacónBenoit (3–2)54,82456–61
118August 16@Indians8–2SabathiaRogers (11–6)27,40356–62
119August 17@Indians3–0Young (10–7)MillwoodCordero (27)20,44257–62
120August 18@Indians9–4WestbrookWilson (0–6)23,21457–63
121August 19@Devil Rays2–1McClungDomínguez (0–3)Báez10,18857–64
122August 20@Devil Rays4–2KazmirBenoit (3–3)Baez19,04157–65
123August 21@Devil Rays6–3FossumRogers (11–7)Báez13,97457–66
124August 23Mariners6–4Young (11–7)MoyerCordero (28)25,65358–66
125August 24Mariners8–1Domínguez (1–3)Franklin Wasdin (2)28,61259–66
126August 25Mariners8–2HarrisBenoit (3–4)19,11259–67
127August 26Twins6–0Loe (6–4)Kyle LohseWilson (1)28,87760–67
128August 27Twins7–2NathanShouse (2–2)25,35160–68
129August 28Twins2–1Brocail (5–2)Crain20,88261–68
130August 29White Sox7–5Domínguez (2–3)BuehrleBrocail (1)27,81962–68
131August 30White Sox8–6Wilson (1–6)GarlandCordero (29)n/a63–68
132August 30White Sox8–0McCarthyVólquez (0–1)28,18363–69
133August 31White Sox9–2Loe (7–4)Hernández23,49364–69
September/October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@Royals5–4Rogers (12–7)HowellCordero (30)12,73565–69
135September 2@Royals8–7Cordero (3–1)MacDougal Wasdin (3)14,42566–69
136September 3@Royals5–3Domínguez (3–3)Carrasco18,93267–69
137September 4@Royals17–8NúñezVólquez (0–2)15,51267–70
138September 5@Twins7–0Loe (8–4)Silva15,62768–70
139September 6@Twins10–7 Wasdin (2–1)NathanCordero (31)12,56469–70
140September 7@Twins8–6RomeroBrocail (5–3)Nathan13,03469–71
141September 9Athletics9–8ZitoDomínguez (3–4)Street26,46869–72
142September 10Athletics5–4BlantonLoe (8–5)Street41,05869–73
143September 11Athletics7–4Rogers (13–7)Kennedy Wasdin (4)19,91370–73
144September 12Orioles4–2CabreraVólquez (0–3)Ryan20,41870–74
145September 13Orioles4–3RayWilson (1–7)Ryan21,16770–75
146September 14Orioles7–6Benoit (4–4)Grimsley18,07771–75
147September 15Mariners4–3Loe (9–5)HarrisCordero (32)23,67972–75
148September 16Mariners5–3Rupe (1–0)HernándezCordero (33)25,56773–75
149September 17Mariners7–6Shouse (3–2)Guardado41,98374–75
150September 18Mariners8–6Dickey (1–1)FranklinCordero (34)26,53275–75
151September 20@Angels2–1ColónDomínguez (3–5)Rodríguez36,17075–76
152September 21@Angels6–5YanFeldman (0–1)Rodríguez37,77675–77
153September 22@Angels7–4SantanaVólquez (0–4) Escobar36,58875–78
154September 23@Athletics3–1Rogers (14–7)HarenCordero (35)33,40276–78
155September 24@Athletics7–6Duchscherer Wasdin (2–2)Street26,70476–79
156September 25@Athletics6–2Domínguez (4–5)Saarloos27,70977–79
157September 27@Mariners3–2 Wasdin (3–2)MateoCordero (36)22,73978–79
158September 28@Mariners7–3Young (12–7)PiñeiroCordero (37)20,72379–79
159September 29@Mariners4–3FranklinRogers (14–8)Guardado19,48179–80
160September 30Angels7–1LackeyDickey (1–2)38,18779–81
161October 1Angels7–6ShieldsDomínguez (4–6)Rodríguez48,17479–82
162October 2Angels7–4SantanaLoe (9–6)Rodríguez38,33479–83
Source: ESPN.com

Player stats

Batting

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
CRod Barajas120410104.2542160
1BMark Teixeira162644194.30143144
2BAlfonso Soriano156637171.26836104
SSMichael Young159668221.3312491
3BHank Blalock161647170.2632592
LFKevin Mench150557147.2642573
CFGary Matthews Jr.131475121.2551755
RFRichard Hidalgo8830868.2211643
DHDavid Dellucci128435109.2512965

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
Laynce Nix6322955.240632
Adrián González4315034.227617
Mark DeRosa6614836.243820
Sandy Alomar Jr.4612835.273014
Phil Nevin299918.18238
Chad Allen215315.28305
Gerald Laird13409.22514
Jason Botts10278.29603
Andres Torrés8193.15801
Marshall McDougall18183.16700
Esteban Germán543.75001

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
Kenny Rogers30195.11483.4687
Chris Young31164.21274.26137
Chan Ho Park20109.2855.6680
Ryan Drese1269.2466.4620
Pedro Astacio1267.0286.0445
Ricardo Rodríguez1257.0235.5324

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
Kameron Loe4892.0963.4245
Joaquín Benoit3287.0443.7278
John Wasdin3175.2324.2844
Juan Domínguez2270.1464.2245
C.J. Wilson2448.0176.9430
R.A. Dickey929.2126.6715
Edinson Vólquez612.20414.2111
Josh Rupe49.2102.796
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
Francisco Cordero6931373.3979
Brian Shouse643205.2335
Doug Brocail615315.5261
Ron Mahay300216.8130
Nick Regilio181204.5814
Erasmo Ramirez160003.916
Steve Karsay140107.479
Kevin Gryboski1111011.172
James Baldwin80215.199
Scott Feldman80100.964
Matt Riley71009.954
Carlos Almanzar600014.403
Ryan Bukvich400011.254
Michael Tejera300013.502
Jason Standridge200011.572
Justin Thompson200021.601

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. "Jason Standridge Stats".
  3. "Cody Ransom Stats".
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