2005 Boston Red Sox

95-67 • .586 Win% • 2nd in AL E

The 2005 Boston Red Sox went 95-67 (.586) finishing 2nd in the AL E division. The club scored 910 runs, allowed 805, and played home games at Fenway Park II. Team leaders included David Ortiz (47 HR, 148 RBI) and Tim Wakefield (16-12, 4.15 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

95 Wins
67 Losses
.586 Win %
2nd Rank
910 R 805 RA
Diff +105

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⚡ Quick Stats

910 Runs Scored
805 Runs Allowed
+105 Run Diff
2,847K Attendance

📈 vs. 2005 AL Average

Batting Avg .280 5% above the 2005 league average (.267)
OBP .356 8% above the 2005 league average (.330)
SLG .454 7% above the 2005 league average (.424)
Team ERA 4.74 9% worse than the 2005 league average (4.36)
Runs Scored 910 18% above the 2005 league average (771 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,847,798
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Avg per Game 35,158

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2005

Batting Avg

1 Tony Graffanino 0.319 2 Johnny Damon 0.316 3 David Ortiz 0.300 4 Bill Mueller 0.295 5 Manny Ramirez 0.292

Home Runs

1 David Ortiz 47 2 Manny Ramirez 45 3 Jason Varitek 22 4 Trot Nixon 13 5 Johnny Damon 10

RBI

1 David Ortiz 148 2 Manny Ramirez 144 3 Johnny Damon 75 4 Edgar Renteria 70 5 Jason Varitek 70
2005 Boston Red Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Johnny Damon 148 624 117 197 35 6 10 75 53 69 18 0.316
Edgar Renteria 153 623 100 172 36 4 8 70 55 100 9 0.276
David Ortiz 159 601 119 180 40 1 47 148 102 124 1 0.300
Manny Ramirez 152 554 112 162 30 1 45 144 80 119 1 0.292
Bill Mueller 150 519 69 153 34 3 10 62 59 74 0 0.295
Jason Varitek 133 470 70 132 30 1 22 70 62 117 2 0.281
Kevin Millar 134 449 57 122 28 1 9 50 54 74 0 0.272
Trot Nixon 124 408 64 112 29 1 13 67 53 59 2 0.275
Mark Bellhorn 85 283 41 61 20 0 7 28 49 109 3 0.216
Tony Graffanino 51 188 39 60 12 1 4 20 9 23 4 0.319
John Olerud 87 173 18 50 7 0 7 37 16 20 0 0.289
Doug Mirabelli 50 136 16 31 7 0 6 18 14 48 2 0.228
Jay Payton 55 133 24 35 7 0 5 21 10 14 0 0.263
Alex Cora 47 104 14 28 3 2 2 16 6 12 1 0.269
Gabe Kapler 36 97 15 24 7 0 1 9 3 15 1 0.247
Kevin Youkilis 44 79 11 22 7 0 1 9 14 19 0 0.278
Ramon Vazquez 27 61 6 12 2 0 0 4 3 14 0 0.197
Roberto Petagine 18 32 4 9 2 0 1 9 4 5 0 0.281
Adam Hyzdu 12 16 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.250
Kelly Shoppach 9 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Adam Stern 36 15 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 4 1 0.133
Jose Cruz 4 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.250
Tim Wakefield 33 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.250
David Wells 30 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.143
Alejandro Machado 10 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.200
Dave McCarty 13 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.500
Matt Clement 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Wade Miller 16 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.667
Hanley Ramirez 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bronson Arroyo 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Shawn Wooten 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Abe Alvarez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Bradford 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Cassidy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Manny Delcarmen 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lenny DiNardo 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alan Embree 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Keith Foulke 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Geremi Gonzalez 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Halama 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Hansen 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Harville 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Mantei 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cla Meredith 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Myers 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Blaine Neal 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jonathan Papelbon 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Perisho 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Remlinger 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Curt Schilling 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Stanton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Timlin 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2005

ERA

1 Mike Timlin 2.24 2 Jonathan Papelbon 2.65 3 Mike Myers 3.13 4 Tim Wakefield 4.15 5 David Wells 4.45

Wins

1 Tim Wakefield 16 2 David Wells 15 3 Bronson Arroyo 14 4 Matt Clement 13 5 Curt Schilling 8

Strikeouts

1 Tim Wakefield 151 2 Matt Clement 146 3 David Wells 107 4 Bronson Arroyo 100 5 Curt Schilling 87
2005 Boston Red Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tim Wakefield 16 12 4.15 33 33 0 225.1 210 104 68 151
Bronson Arroyo 14 10 4.51 35 32 0 205.1 213 103 54 100
Matt Clement 13 6 4.57 32 32 0 191.0 192 97 68 146
David Wells 15 7 4.45 30 30 0 184.0 220 91 21 107
Curt Schilling 8 8 5.69 32 11 9 93.1 121 59 22 87
Wade Miller 4 4 4.95 16 16 0 91.0 96 50 47 64
Mike Timlin 7 3 2.24 81 0 13 80.1 86 20 20 59
Geremi Gonzalez 2 1 6.11 28 3 0 56.0 64 38 16 28
Keith Foulke 5 5 5.91 43 0 15 45.2 53 30 18 34
John Halama 1 1 6.18 30 1 0 43.2 56 30 9 26
Alan Embree 1 4 7.65 43 0 1 37.2 42 32 11 30
Mike Myers 3 1 3.13 65 0 0 37.1 30 13 13 21
Jonathan Papelbon 3 1 2.65 17 3 0 34.0 33 10 17 34
Matt Mantei 1 0 6.49 34 0 0 26.1 23 19 24 22
Chad Bradford 2 1 3.86 31 0 0 23.1 29 10 4 10
Lenny DiNardo 0 1 1.84 8 1 0 14.2 13 3 5 15
Manny Delcarmen 0 0 3.00 10 0 0 9.0 8 3 7 9
Blaine Neal 0 1 9.00 8 0 0 8.0 15 8 3 3
Chad Harville 0 1 6.43 8 0 0 7.0 7 5 3 3
Mike Remlinger 0 0 14.85 8 0 0 6.2 15 11 5 5
Craig Hansen 0 0 6.00 4 0 0 3.0 6 2 1 3
Abe Alvarez 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 2.1 6 4 0 1
Cla Meredith 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 2.1 6 7 4 0
Mike Stanton 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1
Scott Cassidy 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0.2 4 3 0 0
Matt Perisho 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Division Series
Lost to CHA 3-0

👥 Roster (52)

Abe Alvarez Bronson Arroyo Mark Bellhorn Chad Bradford Scott Cassidy Matt Clement Alex Cora Jose Cruz Johnny Damon Manny Delcarmen Lenny DiNardo Alan Embree +40 more

52 players

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The 2005 Boston Red Sox in brief

In 2005 the Boston Red Sox posted a 95-67 mark (.586) and finished 2nd in the AL East. The club earned a wild-card berth. Runs came in at 910 scored against 805 allowed (+105). Against a league average of .267, the 2005 Boston Red Sox batted .280. Pitchers allowed 4.74 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.36.

The 910 runs scored compare with a league average of 771 per club, 18% more. Home games were played at Fenway Park II, where 2,847,798 fans came through the gates. The home run leader was David Ortiz, who hit 47. On the mound, Tim Wakefield won 16 games to lead the staff. The saves leader was Keith Foulke with 15. The AL Division Series ended in a loss against CHA 3-0.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2005 Boston Red Sox

What was the 2005 Boston Red Sox record?
The 2005 Boston Red Sox finished 95-67 (.586 win pct).
Who led the 2005 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
David Ortiz led the 2005 Boston Red Sox with 47 home runs.
What was the 2005 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 2005 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.74.
Did the 2005 Boston Red Sox win the World Series?
No. The 2005 Boston Red Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2005 Boston Red Sox play?
The 2005 Boston Red Sox played home games at Fenway Park II.
Who led the 2005 Boston Red Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were David Ortiz (47 HR, 148 RBI) and Tim Wakefield (16-12, 4.15 ERA).
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