2005 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 2005 throughout the world.

Headline events of the year

Champions

Major League Baseball

League Eastern Division Champion Central Division Champion Western Division Champion Wild Card Qualifier
American League New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Boston Red Sox
National League Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals San Diego Padres Houston Astros
  Division Series
TV: ESPN/FOX
League Championship Series
TV: FOX
World Series
TV: FOX
                           
  1  Chicago White Sox 3  
4  Boston Red Sox 0  
  1  Chicago White Sox 4  
American League
  2  LA Angels of Anaheim 1  
2  LA Angels of Anaheim 3
  3  New York Yankees 2  
    AL1  Chicago White Sox 4
  NL4  Houston Astros 0
  1  St. Louis Cardinals 3  
3  San Diego Padres 0  
  1  St. Louis Cardinals 2
National League
  4  Houston Astros 4  
2  Atlanta Braves 1
  4  Houston Astros 3  

Click on any series score to link to that series' page.
Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.
American League has home field advantage during World Series as a result of American League victory in 2005 All-Star Game.
National League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of NL regular season champion (St. Louis Cardinals) and NL wild card (Houston Astros) coming from the same division.

International

Professional

Minor leagues

Amateur

Awards and honors

Note: The Comeback Player of the Year Award was voted on for the first time by fans.
Award National League American League
Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols, STL Alex Rodriguez, NYY
Cy Young Chris Carpenter, STL Bartolo Colón, LAA
Manager of the Year Bobby Cox, ATL Ozzie Guillén, CWS
Relief Man of the Year Chad Cordero, WAS Mariano Rivera, NYY
Rookie of the Year Ryan Howard, PHI Huston Street, OAK
Comeback Player of the Year Ken Griffey, Jr., CIN Jason Giambi, NYY

Events

January–March

April

President George W. Bush throws out the ceremonial first pitch at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 2005.

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Books

Movies

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

References

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