The 2005 College World Series was held June 17 through 27, 2005 in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a 64-team bracket to play at historic Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. It was won by Texas, which defeated Florida in the championship round. It was the 59th College World Series and the 56th series held in Omaha. The official host for the event was nearby Creighton University. See also: College World Series for series history and past champions. [edit] Participants | School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS Record | | Tulane | C-USA | 55 - 10 (24 - 6) | Rick Jones | 1
(last: 2001) | 5th
(2001) | 1 - 2 | | Tennessee | SEC | 43 - 19 (18 - 11) | Rod Delmonico | 2
(last: 2001) | 2nd
(1951) | 8 - 6 | | Nebraska | Big 12 | 56 - 13 (19 - 8) | Mike Anderson | 2
(last: 2002) | 7th
(2001, 2002) | 0 - 4 | | Baylor | Big 12 | 44 - 22 (19 - 8) | Steve Smith | 2
(last: 1978) | 7th
(1977, 1978) | 0 - 4 | | Texas | Big 12 | 51 - 16 (16 - 10) | Augie Garrido | 31
(last: 2004) | 1st
(1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002) | 73 - 53 | | Arizona State | Pac-10 | 39 - 23 (15 - 9) | Pat Murphy | 18
(last: 1998) | 1st
(1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) | 55 - 30 | | Florida | SEC | 45 - 20 (20 - 10) | Pat McMahon | 4
(last: 1998) | 3rd
(1991, 1996) | 5 - 8 | | Oregon State | Pac-10 | 46 - 10 (19 - 5) | Pat Casey | 1
(last: 1952) | 7th
(1952) | 0 - 2 | [edit] Tournament Notes - Texas is the only team that was included in 2004's CWS field.
[edit] Bracket [edit] Schedule / Results (CDT is -5 hours difference from UTC) [edit] Friday 6/17 [edit] Game #1 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | | Florida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 3 | W: Alan Horne L: Luke Hochevar S: Darren O’Day
Notes: First win for UF in the CWS since 1996, this is the first loss in the NCAA Tournament for UT Att: 21,546 | [edit] Game #2 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Arizona State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | | Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 0 | W: Joba Chamberlain L: Zechry Zinicola S: Brett Jensen
Notes: first win in the CWS for UN in third appearance, Session 2 attendance record, 9th largest crowd in CWS history Att: 24,904 | [edit] Saturday 6/18 [edit] Game #3 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | | Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 | W: Micah Owings L: Jonah Nickerson S: Daniel Latham
Notes: Att: 20,345 | [edit] Game #4 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Texas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | W: Adrian Alaniz L: Mark McCormick
Notes: Attendance record for session four Att: 26,641 | [edit] Sunday 6/19 [edit] Game #5 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | | Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | W: Pat Bresnehan L: James Adkins
Notes: Tennessee elim. Est. att: 17,000 | [edit] Game #6 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Florida | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | W: Darren O'Day L: Johnny Dorn
Notes: Jeff Corsaletti tied CWS record with three doubles in a game, attendance record for session five, second largest crowd in CWS history Att: 26,813 | [edit] Monday 6/20 [edit] Game #7 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | | Oregon State | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | W: Jeff Mandel L: Kevin Gunderson
Notes: OSU eliminated Est. att: 13,000 | [edit] Game #8 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | | Texas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 12 | 0 | W: Kyle McCulloch L: Brian Bogusevic
Notes: Session 6 attendance record, second biggest crowd in CWS history, Texas moves into sole possession of record for most CWS wins with its 75th victory Att: 26,941 | [edit] Tuesday 6/21 [edit] Game #9 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | W: Zechry Zinicola L: Brett Jensen
Notes: NU eliminated, ASU 1b Jeff Larish matched a CWS record with three home runs Estimated att: 20,000 | [edit] Game #10 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Tulane | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | W: Abe Woody L: Sean Morgan
Notes: session seven attendance record, #1 seed Tulane eliminated Att: 26,220 | [edit] Wednesday 6/22 [edit] Game #11 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 | W: Erik Averill L: Bryan Ball
Estimated att: 14,000 | [edit] Game #12 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | | Texas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | W: J. Brent Cox L: Ryan LaMotta
Notes: second largest crowd in CWS history, J. Brent Cox mades a record 11th career CWS pitching appearance Att: 27,452 | [edit] Thursday 6/23 [edit] Game #13 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | | Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 0 | W: Tommy Boss L: Brett Bordes
Notes: Session nine attendance record, Baylor eliminated Att: 16,819 | [edit] Championship Series [edit] Saturday 6/25 Game #1 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Texas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | | Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | W: Adrian Alaniz L: Stephen Locke S: J. Brent Cox
Att: 25,958 | [edit] Sunday 6/26 Game #2 | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | | Texas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 | W: Kyle McCulloch L: Bryan Ball
Notes: Texas wins sixth CWS title Att: 19,836 | [edit] CWS records tied or broken - Total attendance: 263,475 (previous record was 260,091 in 2003)
- Average single session attendance: 23,952
- No game was decided by more than five runs, making the 2005 CWS the closest-contended in history
- For the first time in CWS history, not a single player hit a triple
- Texas closer J. Brent Cox tied the CWS record with five pitching appearances
[edit] CWS Leaders - Highest batting average: Texas, 0.278 (Lowest: Florida, 0.211)
- Lowest ERA: Texas, 1.40, 45.0 IP (Highest: Nebraska, 4.45, 28.2 IP)
[edit] Individual - Highest batting average (at least 5 at-bats): Ryan Gipson, Oregon State (0.667)
- Lowest ERA (at least 3 innings pitched): four players tied at 0.00
- J. Brent Cox, Texas (10.1 IP)
- Darren O'Day, Florida (8.1 IP)
- Jeff Mandel, Baylor (4.2 IP)
- Sean Watson, Tennessee (3.2 IP)
[edit] All Tournament Team | Position | Name | Team | | Catcher | Taylor Teagarden | Texas | | First base | Jeff Larish | Arizona State | | Second base | Joey Hooft | Arizona State | | Third base | David Maroul | Texas | | Shortstop | Seth Johnston | Texas | | Outfield | Colin Curtis | Arizona State | | Travis Buck | Arizona State | | Andy Gerch | Nebraska | | DH | Will Crouch | Texas | | Pitcher | Kyle McCulloch | Texas | | J. Brent Cox | Texas | Most Outstanding
Player | David Maroul | Texas | [edit] See also [edit] External links [edit] College World Series [edit] Schools [edit] Other links |
