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This article is about the 2005 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2005 in baseball.

The 2005 MLB season was the 105th season of Major League Baseball. The season was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the BALCO scandal, which enforced harsher penalties ever than before for steroid use in Major League Baseball. Several players, including veteran Rafael Palmeiro, were suspended under the new policy. Also, every team in the NL East division had at least 81 wins (at least half of the 162 games played).

The season ended when the Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in a four-game sweep in the World Series, winning their first championship since 1917.

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
East Division
1st	New York Yankees^‡	95	67	.586	--
2nd	Boston Red Sox^†^‡	95	67	.586	--
3rd	Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	.494	15.0
4th	Baltimore Orioles	74	88	.457	21.0
5th	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	67	95	.414	28.0
Central Division
1st	Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	--
2nd	Cleveland Indians	93	69	.574	6.0
3rd	Minnesota Twins	83	79	.512	16.0
4th	Detroit Tigers	71	91	.438	28.0
5th	Kansas City Royals	56	106	.346	43.0
West Division
1st	Los Angeles Angels	95	67	.586	--
2nd	Oakland Athletics	88	74	.543	7.0
3rd	Texas Rangers	79	83	.488	16.0
4th	Seattle Mariners	69	93	.426	26.0

†Denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league.
‡Because the Yankees and Red Sox finished with the same win-loss record, the season series result awarded the division championship to the Yankees and the wild card to the Red Sox.

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
East Division
1st	Atlanta Braves	90	72	.556	--
2nd	Philadelphia Phillies	88	74	.543	2.0
3rd	Florida Marlins	83	79	.512	7.0
3rd	New York Mets	83	79	.512	7.0
5th	Washington Nationals	81	81	.500	9.0
Central Division
1st	St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	.617	--
2nd	Houston Astros^†	89	73	.549	11.0
3rd	Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	.500	19.0
4th	Chicago Cubs	79	83	.488	21.0
5th	Cincinnati Reds	73	89	.451	27.0
6th	Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	.414	33.0
West Division
1st	San Diego Padres	82	80	.506	--
2nd	Arizona Diamondbacks	77	85	.475	5.0
3rd	San Francisco Giants	75	87	.463	7.0
4th	Los Angeles Dodgers	71	91	.438	11.0
5th	Colorado Rockies	67	95	.414	15.0

[edit] Playoffs

The playoffs began on October 4, and ended on October 26. For more information, see the following articles:

Division Series
- American League
- National League
Championship Series
- American League
- National League
World Series

[edit] Bracket

Division Series (ESPN/FOX)			League Championship Series (FOX)			World Series (FOX)

1	Chicago White Sox	3
4	Boston Red Sox	0
			1	Chicago White Sox	4
American League
			2	Los Angeles Angels	1
2	Los Angeles Angels	3

3	New York Yankees	2
						AL1	Chicago White Sox	4
						NL4	Houston Astros	0
1	St. Louis Cardinals	3
3	San Diego Padres	0
			1	St. Louis Cardinals	2
National League
			4	Houston Astros	4
2	Atlanta Braves	1

4	Houston Astros	3

Click on any series score to link to that series' page.
Higher seed had home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.
The American League champion had home field advantage during the World Series as a result of the AL victory in the 2005 All-Star Game.

[edit] Statistical leaders

[edit] Batting

[edit] Team

Statistic	American League		National League
Runs scored	Boston Red Sox	910	Cincinnati Reds	820
Hits	Boston Red Sox	1579	Chicago Cubs	1506
Home runs	Texas Rangers	260	Cincinnati Reds	222
Batting average	Boston Red Sox	.281	Florida Marlins	.272
Stolen bases	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	161	New York Mets	153

[edit] Individual

Statistic	American League		National League
Batting average	Michael Young (Texas)	.331	Derrek Lee (Chicago)	.335
Runs scored	Alex Rodriguez (New York)	124	Albert Pujols (St. Louis)	129
Hits	Michael Young (Texas)	221	Derrek Lee (Chicago)	199
Home runs	Alex Rodriguez (New York)	48	Andruw Jones (Atlanta)	51
Runs batted in	David Ortiz (Boston)	148	Andruw Jones (Atlanta)	128
Stolen bases	Chone Figgins (Los Angeles)	62	José Reyes (New York)	60

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Team

Statistic	American League		National League
Runs allowed	Cleveland Indians	642	Houston Astros	609
Earned run average	Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians	3.61	St. Louis Cardinals	3.49
Hits allowed	Oakland Athletics	1315	Houston Astros	1336
Home runs allowed	Oakland Athletics	154	New York Mets	135
Strikeouts	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1126	Chicago Cubs	1256

[edit] Individual

Statistic	American League		National League
Earned run average	Kevin Millwood (Cleveland)	2.86	Roger Clemens (Houston)	1.87
Wins	Bartolo Colón (Los Angeles)	21	Dontrelle Willis (Florida)	22
Saves	Francisco Rodríguez (Los Angeles) Bob Wickman (Cleveland)	45	Chad Cordero (Washington)	47
Strikeouts	Johan Santana (Minnesota)	238	Jake Peavy (San Diego)	216

[edit] Awards and honors

Award	American League	National League
Most Valuable Player	Alex Rodriguez	Albert Pujols
Cy Young	Bartolo Colón	Chris Carpenter
Rookie of the Year	Huston Street	Ryan Howard
Manager of the Year	Ozzie Guillén	Bobby Cox
Comeback Player of the Year	Jason Giambi	Ken Griffey, Jr.

[edit] Gold Glove Awards

Position	American League	National League
Pitcher	Kenny Rogers	Greg Maddux
Catcher	Jason Varitek	Mike Matheny
First baseman	Mark Teixeira	Derrek Lee
Second baseman	Orlando Hudson	Luis Castillo
Third baseman	Eric Chavez	Mike Lowell
Shortstop	Derek Jeter	Omar Vizquel
Outfielders	Torii Hunter	Bobby Abreu
	Ichiro Suzuki	Jim Edmonds
	Vernon Wells	Andruw Jones

[edit] Player of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April	Brian Roberts	Derrek Lee
May	Alex Rodriguez	Bobby Abreu
June	Travis Hafner	Andruw Jones
July	Jason Giambi	Adam Dunn
August	Alex Rodriguez	Andruw Jones
September	David Ortiz	Randy Winn

[edit] Pitcher of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April	Jon Garland	Dontrelle Willis
May	Kenny Rogers	Trevor Hoffman
June	Mark Buehrle	Chad Cordero
July	Barry Zito	Andy Pettitte
August	Bartolo Colón	Noah Lowry
September	José Contreras	Andy Pettitte

[edit] Rookie of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April	Gustavo Chacín	Clint Barmes
May	Damon Hollins	Ryan Church
June	Joe Blanton	Garrett Atkins
July	Gustavo Chacín	Zach Duke
August	Joe Blanton	Zach Duke
September	Robinson Canó	Ryan Howard

[edit] References

Contents

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Bracket

[edit] Statistical leaders

[edit] Batting

[edit] Team

[edit] Individual

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Team

[edit] Individual

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] Gold Glove Awards

[edit] Player of the Month

[edit] Pitcher of the Month

[edit] Rookie of the Month

[edit] References