2005 New York Yankees season

; 2005 New York Yankees
	2005 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
	; American League (since 1901); ;
	; Eastern Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	; Yankee Stadium (since 1976); ; New York (since 1903); ;
Results
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Brian Cashman
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	; WWOR-TV; YES Network; (Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice)
Local radio	; WCBS (AM); (John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman); WKDM; (Francisco X. Rivera, Beto Villa)
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The New York Yankees' 2005 season was the 103rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 95-67 finishing with the same record as the Boston Red Sox but winning the division due to a head-to-head advantage over Boston. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they lost in the ALDS in 5 games to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was also their eleventh year going to the playoffs in a row.

Offseason[edit]

December 3, 2004: Kenny Lofton was traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Félix Rodríguez.^[1]

December 3, 2004: Félix Heredia was traded by the New York Yankees to the New York Mets for Mike Stanton.^[2]

December 20, 2004: Carl Pavano signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

December 28, 2004: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[3]

January 11, 2005: Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash were traded by New York Yankees to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.^[4]

January 21, 2005: Aaron Small signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[5]

February 9, 2005: Buddy Groom signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[6]

February 18, 2005: Ramiro Mendoza signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[7]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	67	0.586	—	53–28	42–39
Boston Red Sox	95	67	0.586	—	54–27	41–40
Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	0.494	15	43–38	37–44
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	0.457	21	36–45	38–43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	67	95	0.414	28	40–41	27–54

Record vs. opponents[edit]

2005 American League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–10	2–6	1–6	3–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	7–3	12–6	4–6	9–10	8–10
Boston	10–8	—	4–3	4–2	6–4	4–2	6–4	4–2	9–10	6–4	3–3	13–6	7–2	7–11	12–6
Chicago	6–2	3–4	—	14–5	14–5	13–5	4–6	11–7	3–3	2–7	6–3	4–2	3–6	4–2	12–6
Cleveland	6–1	2–4	5–14	—	12–6	13–6	3–5	10–9	3–4	6–3	7–3	4–6	3–3	4–2	15–3
Detroit	5–3	4–6	5–14	6–12	—	10–9	4–6	8–11	1–5	1–5	5–4	5–2	4–2	4–3	9–9
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	5–13	6–13	9–10	—	2–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	2–7	3–5	2–8	3–6	9–9
Los Angeles	4–2	4–6	6–4	5–3	6–4	7–2	—	6–4	6–4	10–9	9–9	4–5	15–4	1–5	12–6
Minnesota	3–3	2–4	7–11	9–10	11–8	13–6	4–6	—	3–3	4–6	6–4	6–0	3–6	4–2	8–10
New York	11–7	10–9	3–3	4–3	5–1	3–3	4–6	3–3	—	7–2	7–3	8–11	7–3	12–6	11–7
Oakland	6–4	4–6	7–2	3–6	5–1	4–2	9–10	6–4	2–7	—	12–6	4–5	11–8	5–5	10–8
Seattle	3–7	3–3	3–6	3–7	4–5	7–2	9–9	4–6	3–7	6–12	—	4–2	6–13	4–6	10–8
Tampa Bay	6–12	6–13	2–4	6–4	2–5	5–3	5–4	0–6	11–8	5–4	2–4	—	6–2	8–11	3–15
Texas	6–4	2–7	6–3	3–3	2–4	8–2	4–15	6–3	3–7	8–11	13–6	2–6	—	7–3	9–9
Toronto	10–9	11–7	2–4	2–4	3–4	6–3	5–1	2–4	6–12	5–5	6–4	11–8	3–7	—	8–10

Notable transactions[edit]

July 1, 2005: Mike Stanton was released by the Yankees.^[2]

July 30, 2005: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[8]

July 31, 2005: Buddy Groom was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.^[6]

August 30, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[9]

Roster[edit]

2005 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

31 Jason Anderson

58 Colter Bean

27 Kevin Brown

39 Shawn Chacón

61,58 Jorge De Paula

46 Alan Embree

48 Wayne Franklin

36 Tom Gordon

58 Alex Graman

38 Buddy Groom

58 Sean Henn

41 Randy Johnson

31 Steve Karsay

19 Al Leiter

46 Darrell May

38 Ramiro Mendoza

35 Mike Mussina

45 Carl Pavano

43 Scott Proctor

48 Paul Quantrill

29 Tim Redding

42 Mariano Rivera

47 Félix Rodríguez

31 Aaron Small

29 Mike Stanton

56 Tanyon Sturtze

40 Chien-Ming Wang

33 Jaret Wright

Catchers

17 John Flaherty

60 Wil Nieves

20 Jorge Posada

Infielders

26 Mark Bellhorn

14,22 Robinson Canó

29 Félix Escalona

25 Jason Giambi

2 Derek Jeter

14 Russ Johnson

24 Tino Martinez

39,18,14 Andy Phillips

13 Alex Rodriguez

26 Rey Sánchez

Outfielders

39 Melky Cabrera

19,18 Bubba Crosby

50 Matt Lawton

55 Hideki Matsui

39 Kevin Reese

11 Gary Sheffield

28 Rubén Sierra

58 Mike Vento

51 Bernie Williams

12 Tony Womack

Manager

6 Joe Torre

Coaches

57 Neil Allen (bullpen)

52 Joe Girardi (bench)

23 Don Mattingly (hitting)

53 Luis Sojo (third base)

34 Mel Stottlemyre (pitching)

54 Roy White (first base)

Game Log[edit]

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

Game Log

April (10–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
1	April 3	Red Sox	9–2	Johnson (1–0)	Wells (0–1)		54,818	1–0	W1
2	April 5	Red Sox	4–3	Rivera (1–0)	Foulke (0–1)		54,690	2–0	W2
3	April 6	Red Sox	3–7	Timlin (1–0)	Rivera (1–1)		55,165	2–1	L1
4	April 8	Orioles	5–12	Ponson (1–0)	Wright (0–1)		43,128	2–2	L2
5	April 9	Orioles	8–5	Sturtze (1–0)	Reed (0–1)	Rivera (1)	50,275	3–2	W1
6	April 10	Orioles	2–7	López (2–0)	Pavano (0–1)		46,797	3–3	L1
7	April 11	@ Red Sox	1–8	Wakefield (1–0)	Mussina (0–1)		33,072	3–4	L2
8	April 13	@ Red Sox	5–2	Wright (1–1)	Schilling (0–1)	Rivera (2)	35,115	4–4	W1
9	April 14	@ Red Sox	5–8	Foulke (1–1)	Gordon (0–1)		35,251	4–5	L1
10	April 15	@ Orioles	1–8	Chen (1–0)	Pavano (0–2)		48,061	4–6	L2
11	April 16	@ Orioles	6–7	Kline (2–1)	Gordon (0–2)	Ryan (2)	48,598	4–7	L3
12	April 17	@ Orioles	4–8	Cabrera (1–1)	Brown (0–1)		47,883	4–8	L4
13	April 18	Devil Rays	19–8	Wright (2–1)	Bell (1–1)		35,282	5–8	W1
14	April 19	Devil Rays	2–6	Nomo (2–1)	Johnson (1–1)		45,802	5–9	L1
15	April 20	@ Blue Jays	11–2	Pavano (1–2)	Lilly (0–2)		22,838	6–9	W1
16	April 21	@ Blue Jays	4–3	Mussina (1–1)	Chacín (3–1)	Rivera (3–1)	23,178	7–9	W2
17	April 22	Rangers	3–5	Young (2–1)	Brown (0–2)	Cordero (8)	42,710	7–10	L1
18	April 23	Rangers	2–10	Park (2–1)	Wright (2–2)		44,731	7–11	L2
19	April 24	Rangers	11–1	Johnson (2–1)	Astacio (1–2)		42,732	8–11	W1
20	April 26	Angels	12–4	Pavano (2–2)	Colón (3–2)		36,328	9–11	W2
21	April 27	Angels	1–5	Washburn (1–0)	Mussina (1–2)		37,934	9–12	L1
22	April 28	Angels	1–3	Lackey (2–1)	Brown (0–3)	Rodríguez (5)	51,951	9–13	L2
23	April 29	Blue Jays	0–2	Halladay (4–1)	Johnson (2–2)		40,839	9–14	L3
24	April 30	Blue Jays	4–3	Rivera (2–1)	Chulk (0–1)		47,483	10–14	W1

May (17–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
25	May 1	Blue Jays	6–8	Walker (1–0)	Stanton (0–1)	Batista (7)	54,224	10–15	L1
26	May 2	@ Devil Rays	6–2	Mussina (2–2)	Kazmir (0–3)		13,217	11–15	W1
27	May 3	@ Devil Rays	4–11	Waechter (1–1)	Brown (0–4)		14,824	11–16	L1
28	May 4	@ Devil Rays	8–11	Fossum (2–1)	Henn (0–1)	Báez (2)	16,452	11–17	L2
29	May 5	@ Devil Rays	2–6	Hendrickson (1–1)	Wang (0–1)		16,662	11–18	L3
30	May 6	Athletics	3–6 (10)	Dotel (1–0)	Rivera (2–2)	Calero (1)	47,973	11–19	L4
31	May 7	Athletics	5–0	Mussina (3–2)	Blanton (0–3)		52,776	12–19	W1
32	May 8	Athletics	6–0	Brown (1–4)	Harden (2–2)		47,575	13–19	W2
33	May 9	Mariners	4–3	Johnson (3–2)	Nelson (0–1)	Rivera (4)	38,079	14–19	W2
34	May 10	Mariners	7–4	Wang (1–1)	Sele (2–4)	Rivera (5)	39,780	15–19	W3
35	May 11	Mariners	13–9	Quantrill (1–0)	Thornton (0–3)		47,844	16–19	W4
36	May 13	@ Athletics	9–4	Mussina (4–2)	Harden (2–3)		38,636	17–19	W5
37	May 14	@ Athletics	15–6	Brown (2–4)	Blanton (0–4)		41,180	18–19	W6
38	May 15	@ Athletics	6–4	Johnson (4–2)	Rincón (1–1)	Rivera (6)	37,237	19–19	W7
39	May 16	@ Mariners	6–3	Wang (2–1)	Hasegawa (0–1)	Rivera (7)	37,814	20–19	W8
40	May 17	@ Mariners	6–0	Pavano (3–2)	Mateo (1–1)		35,549	21–19	W9
41	May 18	@ Mariners	6–7	Nelson (1–1)	Gordon (0–3)	Villone (1)	37,419	21–20	L1
42	May 20	@ Mets	5–2	Brown (3–4)	Zambrano (2–4)	Rivera (8)	55,740	22–20	W1
43	May 21	@ Mets	1–7	Benson (2–1)	Johnson (4–3)		55,800	22–21	L1
44	May 22	@ Mets	5–3	Pavano (4–2)	Hernández (2–2)	Rivera (9)	55,953	23–21	W1
45	May 24	Tigers	12–3	Mussina (5–2)	Ledezma (2–4)		37,099	24–21	W2
46	May 25	Tigers	4–2	Wang (3–1)	Maroth (4–4)	Rivera (10)	51,833	25–21	W3
47	May 26	Tigers	4–3	Brown (4–4)	Bonderman (5–3)	Rivera (11)	42,835	26–21	W4
48	May 27	Red Sox	6–3	Johnson (5–3)	Wakefield (4–4)	Rivera (12)	55,051	27–21	W5
49	May 28	Red Sox	1–17	Clement (6–0)	Pavano (4–3)		55,315	27–22	L1
50	May 29	Red Sox	2–7	Wells (3–4)	Mussina (5–3)		55,235	27–23	L2
51	May 31	@ Royals	3–5	Greinke (1–6)	Brown (4–5)	MacDougal (3)	18,680	27–24	L3

June (12–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
52	June 1	@ Royals	1–3	Carrasco (1–1)	Johnson (5–4)	MacDougal (4)	28,033	27–25	L4
53	June 2	@ Royals	2–5	Jensen (2–1)	Pavano (4–4)	Burgos (2)	25,590	27–26	L5
54	June 3	@ Twins	3–6	Lohse (5–3)	Mussina (5–4)	Nathan (16)	41,588	27–27	L6
55	June 4	@ Twins	4–3 (10)	Gordon (1–3)	Nathan (1–2)	Rivera (13)	45,553	28–27	W1
56	June 5	@ Twins	3–9	Silva (4–3)	Brown (4–6)		37,349	28–28	L1
57	June 6	@ Brewers	3–4	Davis (8–5)	Johnson (5–5)	Turnbow (9)	34,627	28–29	L2
58	June 7	@ Brewers	1–2	Sheets (2–5)	Pavano (4–5)	Turnbow (10)	35,611	28–30	L3
59	June 8	@ Brewers	12–3	Mussina (6–4)	Capuano (5–5)		37,586	29–30	W1
60	June 10	@ Cardinals	1–8	Marquis (8–3)	Wang (3–2)		50,250	29–31	L1
61	June 11	@ Cardinals	5–0	Johnson (6–5)	Mulder (7–4)	Rivera (14)	50,177	30–31	W1
62	June 12	@ Cardinals	3–5	King (1–1)	Sturtze (1–1)	Isringhausen (18)	50,372	30–32	L1
63	June 14	Pirates	9–0	Mussina (7–4)	Wells (5–5)		44,541	31–32	W1
64	June 15	Pirates	7–5 (10)	Rivera (3–2)	Mesa (0–5)		48,828	32–32	W2
65	June 16	Pirates	6–1	Johnson (7–5)	Pérez (5–5)		54,734	33–32	W3
66	June 17	Cubs	9–6	Stanton (1–1)	Ohman (2–1)	Rivera (15)	54,773	34–32	W4
67	June 18	Cubs	8–1	Wang (4–2)	Rusch (5–3)		55,284	35–32	W5
68	June 19	Cubs	6–3	Mussina (8–4)	Mitre (2–2)	Rivera (16)	55,060	36–32	W6
69	June 20	Devil Rays	4–5	Fossum (3–5)	Henn (0–2)	Báez (10)	43,543	36–33	L1
70	June 21	Devil Rays	20–11	Groom (1–0)	Harper (1–6)		40,271	37–33	W1
71	June 22	Devil Rays	3–5	Kazmir (3–5)	Pavano (4–6)	Báez (11)	48,452	37–34	L1
72	June 23	Devil Rays	4–9	Hendrickson (3–4)	Wang (4–3)	Báez (12)	45,382	37–35	L2
73	June 24	Mets	4–6	Martínez (8–2)	Mussina (8–5)		55,297	37–36	L3
74	June 25	Mets	3–10	Glavine (5–7)	Henn (0–3)		55,114	37–37	L4
75	June 26	Mets	5–4	Rivera (4–2)	Looper (2–3)		55,327	38–37	W1
76	June 27	@ Orioles	6–4	Sturtze (2–1)	Kline (2–3)	Rivera (17)	45,801	39–27	W2
77	June 28	@ Orioles	4–5 (10)	Ryan (1–1)	Stanton (1–2)		47,465	39–38	L1
–	June 29	@ Orioles	Postponed (rain).

July (17–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
78	July 1	@ Tigers	2–10	Bonderman (10–5)	Johnson (7–6)		40,776	39–39	L2
79	July 2	@ Tigers	8–4	Gordon (2–3)	Percival (1–2)		41,207	40–39	W1
80	July 3	@ Tigers	1–0	Wang (5–3)	Robertson (3–7)	Rivera (18)	40,056	41–39	W2
81	July 4	Orioles	13–8	Anderson (1–0)	Ryan (1–2)		53,844	42–39	W3
82	July 5	Orioles	12–3	Johnson (8–6)	López (7–5)		55,276	43–39	W4
83	July 7	Indians	7–2	Mussina (9–5)	Millwood (3–7)		52,201	44–39	W5
84	July 8	Indians	5–4	Wang (6–3)	Lee (9–4)	Rivera (19)	52,938	45–39	W6
85	July 9	Indians	7–8	Elarton (6–3)	May (1–4)	Wickman (23)	54,366	45–40	L1
86	July 10	Indians	9–4	Johnson (9–6)	Westbrook (6–11)	Rivera (20)	54,256	46–40	W1
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 7–5
87	July 14	@ Red Sox	8–6	Gordon (3–3)	Schilling (1–3)	Rivera (21)	35,232	47–40	W2
88	July 15	@ Red Sox	1–17	Wells (7–5)	Redding (0–6)		35,083	47–41	L1
89	July 16	@ Red Sox	7–4	Johnson (10–6)	Clement (10–3)	Rivera (22)	34,694	48–41	W1
90	July 17	@ Red Sox	5–3	Leiter (4–7)	Wakefield (8–8)	Rivera (23)	34,802	49–41	W2
91	July 18	@ Rangers	11–10	Sturtze (3–1)	Brocail (3–2)	Rivera (24)	46,538	50–41	W3
92	July 19	@ Rangers	1–2	Loe (4–2)	Franklin (0–1)	Cordero (22)	45,208	50–42	L1
93	July 20	@ Rangers	8–4	Small (1–0)	Benoit (1–1)		45,354	51–42	W1
94	July 21	@ Angels	5–6	Colón (12–6)	Gordon (3–4)	Rodríguez (22)	44,109	51–43	L1
95	July 22	@ Angels	3–6	Lackey (8–4)	Leiter (4–8)	Rodríguez (23)	44,043	51–44	L2
96	July 23	@ Angels	6–8	Santana (5–4)	Brown (4–7)	Rodríguez (24)	44,035	51–45	L3
97	July 24	@ Angels	4–1	Mussina (10–5)	Washburn (6–6)	Rivera (25)	44,032	52–45	W1
98	July 26	Twins	4–0	Johnson (11–6)	Radke (6–10)		53,855	53–45	W2
99	July 27	Twins	3–7	Santana (10–5)	Leiter (4–9)	Nathan (28)	50,334	53–46	L1
100	July 28	Twins	6–3	Small (2–0)	Mays (5–6)	Rivera (26)	53,524	54–46	W1
101	July 29	Angels	1–4	Santana (6–4)	Mussina (10–6)	Rodríguez (26)	54,025	54–47	L1
102	July 30	Angels	8–7	Rivera (5–2)	Rodríguez (2–2)		54,220	55–47	W1
103	July 31	Angels	8–7 (11)	Gordon (4–4)	Gregg (1–2)		53,653	56–47	W2

August (19–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
104	August 2	@ Indians	7–8	Elarton (7–5)	Leiter (4–10)	Wickman (28)	34,457	56–48	L1
105	August 3	@ Indians	4–7	Lee (12–4)	Mussina (10–7)	Wickman (29)	35,737	56–49	L2
106	August 4	@ Indians	4–3	Gordon (5–4)	Wickman (0–3)	Rivera (27)	40,048	57–49	W1
107	August 5	@ Blue Jays	6–2	Small (3–0)	Chacín (11–6)	Rivera (28)	43,688	58–49	W2
108	August 6	@ Blue Jays	5–8	Walker (5–3)	Johnson (11–7)		48,088	58–50	L1
109	August 7	@ Blue Jays	6–2	Leiter (5–10)	Towers (8–9)	Rivera (29)	46,114	59–50	W1
110	August 8	White Sox	3–2	Mussina (11–7)	Hernández (8–5)	Rivera (30)	54,871	60–50	W2
111	August 9	White Sox	1–2	Contreras (7–6)	Chacón (1–8)	Hermanson (29)	53,946	60–51	L1
112	August 10	White Sox	1–2 (10)	Cotts (4–0)	Rivera (5–3)	Hermanson (30)	54,635	60–52	L2
113	August 11	Rangers	9–8	Sturtze (4–1)	Baldwin (0–2)	Rivera (31)	54,283	61–52	W1
114	August 12	Rangers	6–5	Leiter (6–10)	Wilson (0–5)	Sturtze (1)	54,442	62–52	W2
115	August 13	Rangers	7–5 (11)	Small (4–0)	Loe (5–4)		54,919	63–52	W3
116	August 14	Rangers	10–3	Chacón (2–8)	Benoit (3–2)		54,824	64–52	W4
117	August 15	@ Devil Rays	5–2	Wright (3–2)	Fossum (6–10)	Rivera (32)	19,320	65–52	W5
118	August 16	@ Devil Rays	3–4 (11)	Orvella (2–2)	Embree (1–5)		20,678	65–53	L1
119	August 17	@ Devil Rays	6–7	Miller (1–0)	Sturtze (4–2)	Báez (26)	20,178	65–54	L2
120	August 19	@ White Sox	3–1	Mussina (12–7)	Garland (16–7)	Rivera (33)	39,496	66–54	W1
121	August 20	@ White Sox	5–0	Chacón (3–8)	Hernández (8–6)		38,938	67–54	W2
122	August 21	@ White Sox	2–6	Contreras (8–7)	Johnson (11–8)		39,480	67–55	L1
123	August 22	Blue Jays	7–0	Wright (4–2)	Downs (1–3)		50,162	68–55	W1
124	August 23	Blue Jays	5–4	Rivera (6–3)	Batista (5–5)		50,258	69–55	W2
125	August 24	Blue Jays	5–9	Bush (3–7)	Mussina (12–8)		54,705	69–56	L1
126	August 25	Blue Jays	6–2	Chacón (4–8)	Chacín (11–7)		54,329	70–56	W1
127	August 26	Royals	5–1	Johnson (12–8)	Wood (4–5)		53,922	71–56	W2
128	August 27	Royals	8–7	Embree (2–5)	Camp (1–3)		54,452	72–56	W3
129	August 28	Royals	10–3	Leiter (7–10)	Greinke (3–16)		54,951	73–56	W4
130	August 29	@ Mariners	7–4	Small (5–0)	Thornton (0–4)	Rivera (34)	41,731	74–56	W5
131	August 30	@ Mariners	3–8	Harris (2–1)	Chacón (4–9)		37,773	74–57	L1
132	August 31	@ Mariners	2–0	Johnson (13–8)	Hernández (2–2)	Rivera (35)	46,240	75–57	W1

September–October (20–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
133	September 1	@ Mariners	1–5	Sherrill (3–2)	Sturtze (4–3)		39,986	75–58	L1
134	September 2	@ Athletics	0–12	Haren (12–10)	Leiter (7–11)		36,048	75–59	L2
135	September 3	@ Athletics	7–0	Small (6–0)	Saarloos (9–7)		40,076	76–59	W1
136	September 4	@ Athletics	7–3	Chacón (5–9)	Zito (12–11)		43,874	77–59	W2
137	September 6	Devil Rays	3–4	Orvella (3–2)	Rivera (6–4)	Báez (34)	48,820	77–60	L1
138	September 7	Devil Rays	5–4	Sturtze (5–3)	Borowski (1–3)	Rivera (36)	52,928	78–60	W1
139	September 8	Devil Rays	4–7	Hendrickson (9–7)	Wang (6–4)	Báez (35)	49,673	78–61	L1
140	September 9	Red Sox	8–4	Small (7–0)	Wells (12–7)		55,024	79–61	W1
141	September 10	Red Sox	2–9	Schilling (6–7)	Chacón (5–10)		55,076	79–62	L1
142	September 11	Red Sox	1–0	Johnson (14–8)	Wakefield (15–11)	Rivera (37)	55,123	80–62	W1
143	September 13	@ Devil Rays	17–3	Wright (5–2)	Waechter (5–10)		14,048	81–62	W2
144	September 14	@ Devil Rays	6–5	Wang (7–4)	Orvella (3–3)	Rivera (38)	14,396	82–62	W3
145	September 15	@ Devil Rays	9–5	Small (8–0)	McClung (6–10)	Rivera (39)	18,391	83–62	W4
146	September 16	@ Blue Jays	11–10	Proctor (1–0)	Bush (5–9)	Rivera (40)	36,543	84–62	W5
147	September 17	@ Blue Jays	1–0	Chacón (6–10)	Chacín (12–9)	Gordon (1)	43,433	85–62	W6
148	September 18	@ Blue Jays	5–6	Lilly (9–10)	Wright (5–3)	Batista (28)	39,891	85–63	L1
149	September 19	Orioles	3–2	Rivera (7–4)	DuBose (1–3)		51,521	86–63	W1
150	September 20	Orioles	12–9	Small (9–0)	Maine (2–2)		46,982	87–63	W2
151	September 21	Orioles	2–1	Johnson (15–8)	López (14–11)	Rivera (41)	50,382	88–63	W3
152	September 22	Orioles	7–6	Mussina (13–8)	Chen (12–10)	Gordon (2)	52,368	89–63	W4
153	September 23	Blue Jays	5–0	Chacón (7–10)	Lilly (9–11)		53,175	90–63	W5
154	September 24	Blue Jays	4–7	Downs (4–3)	Wright (5–4)	Batista (30)	53,911	90–64	L1
155	September 25	Blue Jays	8–4	Wang (8–4)	Towers (12–12)	Rivera (42)	55,136	91–64	W1
156	September 26	@ Orioles	11–3	Johnson (16–8)	López (14–12)		43,039	92–64	W2
157	September 27	@ Orioles	9–17	Rakers (1–0)	Leiter (7–12)		29,557	92–65	L1
158	September 28	@ Orioles	2–1	Chacón (8–10)	Cabrera (10–13)	Rivera (43)	30,539	93–65	W1
159	September 29	@ Orioles	8–4	Small (10–0)	Bédard (6–8)		36,821	94–65	W2
160	September 30	@ Red Sox	3–5	Wells (15–7)	Wang (8–5)	Timlin (13)	34,832	94–66	L1
161	October 1	@ Red Sox	8–4	Johnson (17–8)	Wakefield (16–12)		34,556	95–66	W1
162	October 2	@ Red Sox	1–10	Schilling (8–8)	Wright (5–5)		34,534	95–67	L1

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

Postseason Game Log

American League Division Series VS Angels (2–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
1	October 4	@ Angels	4–2	Mussina (1–0)	Colón (0–1)	Rivera (1)	45,142	1–0	W1
2	October 5	@ Angels	3–5	Escobar (1–0)	Wang (0–1)	Rodríguez (1)	45,150	1–1	L1
3	October 7	Angels	7–11	Shields (1–0)	Small (0–1)		56,277	1–2	L2
4	October 9	Angels	3–2	Leiter (1–0)	Shields (1–1)	Rivera (2)	56,226	2–2	W1
5	October 10	@ Angels	3–5	Santana (1–0)	Mussina (1–1)	Rodríguez (2)	45,133	2–3	L1

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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
LF	Hideki Matsui	162	629	192	.305	23	116
3B	Alex Rodriguez	162	605	194	.321	48	130
SS	Derek Jeter	159	654	202	.309	19	70
RF	Gary Sheffield	154	584	170	.291	34	123
C	Jorge Posada	142	474	124	.262	19	71
CF	Bernie Williams	141	485	121	.249	12	64
DH	Jason Giambi	139	417	113	.271	32	87
2B	Robinson Canó	132	522	155	.297	14	62
1B	Tino Martinez	131	303	73	.241	17	49
LF	Tony Womack	108	329	82	.249	0	15
RF	Bubba Crosby	76	98	27	.276	1	6
DH	Rubén Sierra	61	170	39	.229	4	29
C	John Flaherty	47	127	21	.165	2	11
1B	Andy Phillips	27	40	6	.150	1	4
2B	Rey Sanchez	23	43	12	.279	0	2
3B	Russ Johnson	22	18	4	.222	0	0
RF	Matt Lawton	21	48	6	.125	2	4
SS	Félix Escalona	10	14	4	.286	0	2
2B	Mark Bellhorn	9	17	2	.118	1	2
CF	Melky Cabrera	6	19	4	.211	0	0
C	Wil Nieves	3	4	0	.000	0	0
LF	Kevin Reese	2	1	0	.000	0	0
RF	Mike Vento	2	2	0	.000	0	0

Other batters[edit]

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[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Johnson	34	34	225.2	17	8	3.79	211
Mike Mussina	30	30	179.2	13	8	4.41	142

Other pitchers[edit]

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[edit]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Félix Rodríguez	34	0	0	0	5.01	18
Mike Stanton	28	1	2	0	7.07	12

Postseason[edit]

ALDS[edit]

Game	Score	Date
1	New York 4, Los Angeles 2	October 4
2	New York 3, Los Angeles 5	October 5
3	Los Angeles 11, New York 7	October 7
4	Los Angeles 2, New York 3	October 9
5	New York 3, Los Angeles 5	October 10

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Bucky Dent
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Bill Masse
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Joe Breeden
A	Charleston RiverDogs	South Atlantic League	Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season	Staten Island Yankees	New York–Penn League	Andy Stankiewicz
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Oscar Acosta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island, GCL Yankees^[10]^[11]

References[edit]

^ Kenny Lofton page at Baseball Reference

^ ^a^b Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference

^ Jaret Wright page at Baseball Reference

^ Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference

^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml

^ ^a^b https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml

^ Ramiro Mendoza page at Baseball Reference

^ Alan Embree pate at Baseball Reference

^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellhma01.shtml

^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

^ Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory

External links[edit]

2005 New York Yankees

2005 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

[1] Kenny Lofton page at Baseball Reference

[stanton-2] Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference

[3] Jaret Wright page at Baseball Reference

[4] Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference

[5] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml

[baseball-reference.com-6] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml

[7] Ramiro Mendoza page at Baseball Reference

[8] Alan Embree pate at Baseball Reference

[9] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellhma01.shtml

[10] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

[11] Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory

2005 New York Yankees
2005 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976) New York (since 1903)
Results
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Brian Cashman
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WWOR-TV YES Network (Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice)
Local radio	WCBS (AM) (John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman) WKDM (Francisco X. Rivera, Beto Villa)
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