2005 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkMcAfee Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersLewis Wolff
General managersBilly Beane
ManagersKen Macha
TelevisionKICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Tim Roye, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper)
RadioKFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach)
KZSF
(Fernando Arias, Julio Gonzalez)
Seasons

The Oakland Athletics' 2005 season was their 37th in Oakland, California. It was also the 105th season in franchise history. The team finished second in the American League West with a record of 88–74.

The Athletics entered the 2005 season with low expectations. The team had won more than 90 games in each of the previous five seasons; despite this, there were concerns about the team's starting pitching. During the 2004–05 offseason, general manager Billy Beane traded two of the team's so-called "Big Three" starting pitchers. Beane traded two of the three, Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder, to the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals (respectively); in both instances, he received prospects in return. The A's retained All-Star starter Barry Zito; despite this, many worried about the quality of the team's remaining starters. Some even picked the Athletics to finish last in the American League West, despite their having finished second (one game behind the Anaheim Angels) just months prior.

The A's seemed to validate these concerns in the early days of the 2005 season. On May 29, they were 17-32 (the third-worst record in baseball at the time); moreover, the team trailed the division-leading Angels by 12.5 games. The Athletics would follow this poor start with a stunning turnaround. From May 30 to August 13, Oakland would go a league-best 50-17. The surge was brought about, in large part, by the strong pitching of young starters Dan Haren (received in the Mulder trade), Rich Harden, and Joe Blanton. The team stunningly erased their 12.5 game deficit over this span. Oakland would pace the Angels well into September; at their peak, on August 30, the A's actually led the Angels by two games. In the end, though, the team fell short; a collapse in the second half of the 2005 season, combined with a dramatic Angels surge, saw the Athletics finish seven games out of first place.

The 2005 season also saw Athletics closer Huston Street win the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Street earned the honor after posting a 1.72 earned run average in his first major-league season; he did so while recording 23 saves. The Rookie of the Year Award was Oakland's second in as many years (and sixth overall).

Offseason

  • November 27, 2004: Jason Kendall was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Redman, Arthur Rhodes, and cash.[1]
  • December 16, 2004: Tim Hudson was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Cruz, Dan Meyer, and Charles Thomas.[2]
  • December 18, 2004: Dan Haren was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Daric Barton and Kiko Calero to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Mulder.[3]

Regular season


Dennis
Eckersley
Pitcher:
1987-95(OAK)

Retired 2005

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
Oakland Athletics 8874 0.543 7 45–36 43–38
Texas Rangers 7983 0.488 16 44–37 35–46
Seattle Mariners 6993 0.426 26 39–42 30–51

Record vs. opponents

2005 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Baltimore —8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston 10–8—4–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–4—14–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–14—12–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–12—10–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–10—2–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–2—6–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–6—3–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–3—7–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–7—12–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–12—4–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–4—6–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–6—7–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–7—8–10

Transactions

  • July 13, 2005: Eric Byrnes was traded by the Oakland Athletics with Omar Quintanilla to the Colorado Rockies for Joe Kennedy and Jay Witasick.[4]

Roster

2005 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CJason Kendall150601163.271053
1BDan Johnson109375103.2751558
2BMark Ellis122434137.3161352
SSBobby Crosby8433392.276938
3BEric Chavez160625168.26927101
LFBobby Kielty11637799.2631057
CFMark Kotsay139582163.2801582
RFNick Swisher131462109.2362174
DHScott Hatteberg134464119.256759

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
Marco Scutaro11838194.247937
Jay Payton6927574.2691342
Eric Byrnes5919251.266724
Erubiel Durazo4115236.237416
Keith Ginter5113722.161325
Adam Melhuse399724.247212
Matt Watson19489.18805
Charles Thomas30465.10901
Hiram Bocachica9192.10500
Freddie Bynum772.28601
Alberto Castillo110.00000
Jermaine Clark400----00

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
Barry Zito35228.114133.86171
Dan Haren34217.014123.73163
Joe Blanton33201.112123.53116
Kirk Saarloos29159.21094.1753
Rich Harden22128.01052.53121
Seth Etherton317.2116.6210

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
Joe Kennedy1960.2454.4545
Ryan Glynn517.0046.8815
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
Huston Street6751231.7272
Ricardo Rincón671104.3427
Justin Duchscherer657452.2185
Kiko Calero584113.2352
Keiichi Yabu404014.5044
Juan Cruz280307.4434
Jay Witasick281113.2533
Octavio Dotel151273.5216
Ron Flores110001.046
Tim Harikkala80006.397
Santiago Casilla30003.001
Britt Reames20009.534

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Von Hayes
A Stockton Ports California League Todd Steverson
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Dave Joppie
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Juan Navarrette
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Midland

References

  • 2005 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
  • 2005 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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