2005 San Francisco Giants season

2005 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
SBC Park (since 2000)
San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Magowan
General manager(s)	Brian Sabean
Manager(s)	Felipe Alou
Local television	KTVU (Jon Miller, Greg Papa, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper) FSN Bay Area (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
Local radio	KNBR (Greg Papa, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper) KLOK (Tito Fuentes, Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 2005 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 123rd year in Major League Baseball, their 48th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at SBC Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with a 75-87 record, 7 games behind the San Diego Padres.

Offseason

December 16, 2004: A. J. Pierzynski was released by the San Francisco Giants.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Edgardo Alfonzo
• Moisés Alou
• Ray Durham
• Pedro Feliz
• Marquis Grissom
• Mike Matheny
• Jason Schmidt
• J. T. Snow
• Omar Vizquel^[2]

Season standings

National League West

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	82	80	0.506	—	46–35	36–45
Arizona Diamondbacks	77	85	0.475	5	36–45	41–40
San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463	7	37–44	38–43
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	91	0.438	11	40–41	31–50
Colorado Rockies	67	95	0.414	15	40–41	27–54

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	5–2	2–4	11–7	2–4	3–3	13–5	2–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	10–9	7–11	2–5	2–4	8–10
Atlanta	3–3	—	6–1	7–3	2–4	10–8	5–1	3–3	3–3	13–6	9–10	4–3	1–5	4–2	3–3	10–9	7–8
Chicago	2–5	1–6	—	6–9	4–3	5–4	9–7	4–2	7–9	2–4	2–4	11–5	4–3	5–2	10–6	1–5	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–7	9–6	—	3–3	2–4	4–12	3–4	6–10	3–3	3–4	9–7	4–2	3–5	5–11	5–1	7-8
Colorado	7–11	4–2	3–4	3–3	—	3–3	1–5	11–8	1–5	3–4	2–4	3–7	7–11	7–11	4–4	2–4	6–9
Florida	4–2	8–10	4–5	4–2	3–3	—	4–3	5–2	3–4	8–10	9–10	3–4	2–4	4–2	3–4	9–9	10–5
Houston	3–3	1–5	7–9	12–4	5–1	3-4	—	4–2	10–5	5–5	6–0	9–7	4–3	3–4	5–11	5–2	7–8
Los Angeles	5–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–2	11–7	9–10	2–5	2–4	5–13
Milwaukee	4–2	3–3	9–7	10–6	5–1	4–3	5–10	1–5	—	3–3	4–5	9–7	3–4	4–3	5–11	4–4	8–7
New York	6–1	6–13	4–2	3–3	4–3	10–8	5–5	3–3	3–3	—	11–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	11–8	5–10
Philadelphia	4-3	10–9	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	0–6	3–3	5–4	7–11	—	4–3	6–0	5–1	4–2	11–8	7–8
Pittsburgh	4–3	3–4	5–11	7–9	7–3	4–3	7–9	2–5	7–9	3–3	3–4	—	3–4	2–4	4–12	1–5	5–7
San Diego	9–10	5–1	3–4	2–4	11–7	4–2	3–4	7–11	4–3	2–4	0–6	4–3	—	12–6	4–3	5–1	7–11
San Francisco	11–7	2–4	2–5	5–3	11–7	2–4	4–3	10–9	3–4	3–3	1–5	4–2	6–12	—	2–4	3–3	6–12
St. Louis	5–2	3–3	6–10	11–5	4–4	4-3	11–5	5–2	11–5	5–2	2–4	12–4	3–4	4–2	—	4–2	10–5
Washington	4–2	9–10	5–1	1–5	4–2	9-9	2–5	4–2	4–4	8–11	8–11	5–1	1–5	3–3	2–4	—	12–6

Transactions

• July 30, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jesse Foppert to the Seattle Mariners for Randy Winn.^[3]
• August 14, 2005: Kirk Rueter was released by the San Francisco Giants.^[4]

Roster

2005 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 59 Jeremy Accardo 49 Armando Benítez 38 Jim Brower 43 Matt Cain 40 Jason Christiansen 52 Brian Cooper 53 Kevin Correia 47 Scott Eyre 14 Jeff Fassero 34 Jesse Foppert 32 LaTroy Hawkins 41 Brad Hennessey 48 Matt Herges 38 Matt Kinney 33 Al Levine 51 Noah Lowry 54 Scott Munter 38 Brandon Puffer 46 Kirk Rueter 29 Jason Schmidt 48,37 Jack Taschner 50,35 Brett Tomko 45 Tyler Walker 57 Jerome Williams		Catchers  8 Yamid Haad 33 Justin Knoedler 22 Mike Matheny  8 Yorvit Torrealba Infielders 12 Edgardo Alfonzo  1 Ángel Chávez 35 Deivi Cruz  2 Brian Dallimore  5 Ray Durham  7 Pedro Feliz 36,28 Lance Niekro  6 J. T. Snow 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou 25 Barry Bonds 56,21 Jason Ellison  9 Marquis Grissom 39 Todd Linden 34 Daniel Ortmeier 57 Julio Ramírez 21 Alex Sánchez  1 Adam Shabala 21 Tony Torcato 20 Michael Tucker  2 Randy Winn Other batters 40 Doug Clark		Manager 23 Felipe Alou Coaches 26 Mark Gardner (bullpen) 15 Gene Glynn (third base) 58 Bill Hayes (bullpen catcher) 16 Joe Lefebvre (hitting) 55 Luis Pujols (first base) 19 Dave Righetti (pitching) 10 Ron Wotus (bench)

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Mike Matheny, C,^[5] Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	Shane Turner
AA	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	Dave Machemer
A	San Jose Giants	California League	Lenn Sakata
A	Augusta GreenJackets	South Atlantic League	Roberto Kelly
A-Short Season	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	Northwest League	Steve Decker
Rookie	AZL Giants	Arizona League	Bert Hunter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, AZL Giants^[6][7]

References

1. A. J. Pierzynski Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2005&t=SFN
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torreyo01.shtml
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rueteki01.shtml
5. Mike Matheny, 2005 recipient
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
7. Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory

External links

• 2005 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 2005 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac