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 back of the World Series Champion Chicago White Sox. The Tigers hosted the All-Star Game on July 12.
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.Magglio Ordóñez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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
Record vs. opponents
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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (pitching) (hitting) (bench) (first base) (bullpen) (third base)
Player stats
= Indicates team leader 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 CIván Rodríguez 129504139.27614 50 1BChris Shelton 107388116.29918 59 2BPlácido Polanco 86343116.3386 36 3BBrandon Inge 160616161.261 16 72 SSCarlos Guillén 87 334107.3205 23 LFCraig Monroe 157567 157.2772089 CFNook Logan 12932283.2581 17 RFMagglio Ordóñez 8230592.302 8 46 DHDmitri Young 126469127.27121 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 RBIOmar Infante 121 406 90 .222 9 43Rondell White 97 374 117 .313 12 53Carlos Peña 79 260 61 .235 18 44Curtis Granderson 47 162 44 .272 8 20Vance Wilson 61 152 30 .197 3 19Marcus Thames 38 107 21 .196 7 16John McDonald 31 73 19 .260 0 4Jason Smith 27 58 11 .190 0 2Ramón Martínez 19 56 15 .268 0 5Tony Giarratano 15 42 6 .143 1 4Bobby Higginson 10 26 2 .077 0 1Alexis Gómez 9 16 3 .188 0 1Kevin 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 SOJason Johnson 33 210.0 813 4.54 93Mike Maroth 34 209.0 14 14 4.74 115Nate Robertson 32 196.2 7 16 4.48 122Jeremy Bonderman 29189.0 14134.57145Sean Douglass 18 87.1 5 5 5.56 55Wilfredo Ledezma 10 49.2 2 4 7.07 30Román Colón 12 25.0 1 1 6.12 17Jason Grilli 3 16.0 1 1 3.38 5Justin 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 SOFernando Rodney 39 2 39 2.86 42Chris Spurling 56 3 4 0 3.44 26Franklyn Germán 58 4 0 1 3.66 38Jamie Walker 66 4 3 0 3.70 30Kyle Farnsworth 46 1 1 6 2.32 55Matt Ginter 14 0 1 0 6.17 15Craig Dingman 34 2 3 4 3.66 24Ugueth Urbina 25 1 39 2.63 31Troy Percival 26 1 3 8 5.76 20Doug Creek 20 0 0 0 6.85 18Vic Darensbourg 22 1 1 0 2.82 9Mark Woodyard 3 0 0 0 1.50 3Andrew Good 2 0 0 0 5.40 7Jason Karnuth 3 0 0 0 5.40 0
Awards and honors
All-Star Game
Ivan Rodriguez, Catcher, Reserve
Farm system
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Notes
References
2005 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference