2005 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	2005
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City:	Baltimore
Record:	74–88 (.457)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Peter Angelos
General Managers:	Jim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
Managers:	Lee Mazzilli and Sam Perlozzo
Television:	WJZ-TV WNUV Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Jim Hunter, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra, Dave Raymond)
Radio:	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel, Dave Raymond)

The 2005 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The team started off hot, compiling a record of 42 wins and 30 losses while spending 62 days in first place in the AL East. After June 23, the team started slipping on the way to a losing record and manager Lee Mazzilli's dismissal in early August.

Offseason

December 7, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]
January 18, 2005: Midre Cummings was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]
February 2, 2005: Sammy Sosa was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Jerry Hairston, Mike Fontenot, and Dave Crouthers (minors).^[3]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Season summary

The Baltimore Orioles were in contention up to the all-star break, in second place, posting a record of 47–40. The Orioles trailed the Red Sox by just 2 games. The Orioles, however, posted a 27–48 record after the all-star break, finishing 21 games behind the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.

Transactions

June 8, 2005: Eli Marrero was traded by the Kansas City Royals for minor leaguer Pete Maestrales.^[4]
July 30, 2005: Eric Byrnes was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Baltimore Orioles for Larry Bigbie.^[5]
August 11, 2005: Midre Cummings was released by the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]

Roster

2005 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (hitting) (first base) (bullpen catcher) (pitching) (bench) (third base)

Player stats

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	103	395	110	.278	15	49
1B	110	369	98	.266	18	60
2B	143	561	176	.314	18	73
3B	149	593	168	.283	27	88
SS	162	654	199	.304	26	98
LF	67	206	51	.248	5	21
CF	121	389	109	.280	4	32
RF	102	380	84	.221	14	45
DH	139	488	135	.277	26	79

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
91	303	78	.257	5	34
89	219	61	.279	1	18
96	218	44	.202	5	21
52	167	32	.192	3	11
64	160	40	.250	11	20
62	125	24	.192	4	17
24	80	23	.288	0	7
25	65	16	.246	1	4
22	50	11	.220	3	10
13	44	11	.250	1	5
14	33	10	.303	1	3
7	13	4	.308	0	1
9	12	3	.250	0	1
6	5	1	.200	0	1
4	5	1	.200	0	0
2	2	0	.000	0	0
8	1	1	1.000	1	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	209.1	15	12	4.90	118
34	197.1	13	10	3.83	133
29	161.1	10	13	4.52	157
24	141.2	6	8	4.00	125
23	130.1	7	11	6.21	68

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
	10	40.0	2	3	6.30	24
	8	38.1	3	2	6.34	18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
69	1	4	36	2.43	100
72	5	5	1	3.30	38
67	3	5	0	5.90	58
67	2	4	0	4.28	36
41	0	1	1	4.05	31
41	1	3	0	2.66	43
30	1	2	0	6.61	15
22	1	2	0	5.73	10
20	0	0	0	3.20	20
15	2	3	0	4.05	31
14	1	0	0	3.12	25
10	1	0	0	3.29	11
5	0	0	0	9.72	5

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Frederick^[6] ^[7]

References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/surhob.01.shtml B.J. Surhoff Statistics
Web site: Midre Cummings Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sosasa01.shtml Sammy Sosa Statistics
Web site: Eli Marrero Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/byrneer01.shtml Eric Byrnes Statistics
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Baseball America 2006 Directory.

2005 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
2005 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com