2005 Detroit Tigers season

2005 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Comerica Park (since 2000) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
2005 information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
Manager(s)	Alan Trammell
Local television	FSN Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radio	WXYT (AM) (Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The 2005 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central.

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.
• 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

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	--	47-34	52-29
Cleveland Indians	93	69	.574	6	43-38	50-31
Minnesota Twins	83	79	.512	16	45-36	38-43
Detroit Tigers	71	91	.438	28	39-42	32-49
Kansas City Royals	56	106	.346	43	34-47	22-59

Transactions

• June 8, 2005: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ramon Martinez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Placido Polanco.

Roster

2005 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 38 Jeremy Bonderman 43 Román Colón 52 Doug Creek 51 Vic Darensbourg 57 Craig Dingman 53 Sean Douglass 44 Kyle Farnsworth 62 Franklyn Germán 34 Matt Ginter 50 Andrew Good 49 Jason Grilli 21 Jason Johnson 39 Jason Karnuth 41 Wilfredo Ledezma 46 Mike Maroth 40 Troy Percival 37 Nate Robertson 56 Fernando Rodney 48 Chris Spurling 74 Ugueth Urbina 59 Justin Verlander 50 Mark Woodyard		Catchers  7 Iván Rodríguez 26 Vance Wilson Infielders 39 Tony Giarratano  9 Carlos Guillén 20 Omar Infante 15 Brandon Inge 14 Ramón Martínez 36 John McDonald 12 Carlos Peña 14 Plácido Polanco 31 Chris Shelton 17 Jason Smith 25 Dmitri Young		Outfielders 43 Alexis Gómez 28 Curtis Granderson  4 Bobby Higginson 49 Kevin Hooper 19 Nook Logan 27 Craig Monroe 30 Magglio Ordóñez 33 Marcus Thames 24 Rondell White		Manager  3 Alan Trammell Coaches 54 Bob Cluck (pitching) 29 Bruce Fields (hitting) 22 Kirk Gibson (bench) 18 Mick Kelleher (first base) 13 Lance Parrish (bullpen)  8 Juan Samuel (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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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

Pitching

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

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

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

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Larry Parrish
AA	Erie SeaWolves	Eastern League	Duffy Dyer
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Mike Rojas
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Matt Walbeck
Short-Season A	Oneonta Tigers	New York-Penn League	Tom Brookens
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toledo

References

• 2005 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference