2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 8th season in Major League Baseball and their 8th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West.
They looked to improve on their 51–111 record from 2004. They looked to contend in what was once again a weak National League West. They finished the season with a record of 77–85, good for second place in the division.

Offseason

December 11, 2004: Russ Ortiz was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
December 21, 2004: Craig Counsell was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
January 11, 2005: Shawn Green was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dioner Navarro, Beltrán Pérez, Danny Muegge, and William Juarez.
January 11, 2005: Randy Johnson was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees for Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash.

Regular season

Notable Transactions

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

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Chris Snyder	115	326	66	.202	6	28
1B	Chad Tracy	145	503	155	.308	27	72
2B	Craig Counsell	150	578	148	.256	9	42
SS	Royce Clayton	143	522	141	.270	2	44
3B	Troy Glaus	149	538	139	.258	37	97
LF	Luis Gonzalez	155	579	157	.271	24	79
CF	Luis Terrero	88	161	37	.230	4	20
RF	Shawn Green	158	581	166	.286	22	73

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
Tony Clark	130	349	106	.304	30	87
Alex Cintrón	122	330	90	.237	8	48
Quinton McCracken	134	215	51	.237	1	13
José Cruz Jr.	64	202	43	.213	12	28
Kelly Stinnett	59	129	32	.248	6	12
Conor Jackson	40	85	17	.200	2	8
Koyie Hill	34	78	17	.218	0	6
Andy Green	17	31	7	.226	0	2
Matt Kata	30	31	6	.194	0	0
Scott Hairston	15	20	2	.100	0	0

Pitching

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
Brandon Webb	33	229.0	14	12	3.54	172
Javier Vázquez	33	215.2	11	15	4.42	192
Brad Halsey	28	160.0	8	12	4.61	82
Shawn Estes	21	123.2	7	8	4.80	63
Claudio Vargas	21	119.2	9	6	4.81	90
Russ Ortiz	22	115.0	5	11	6.89	46
Dustin Nippert	3	14.2	1	0	5.52	11

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
Mike Gosling	13	32.1	0	3	4.45	14

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
José Valverde	61	3	4	15	2.44	75
Lance Cormier	67	7	3	0	5.11	63
Brian Bruney	47	1	3	12	7.43	51
Mike Koplove	44	2	1	0	5.07	28
Greg Aquino	35	0	1	1	7.76	34
Tim Worrell	32	1	1	0	2.27	22
Brandon Lyon	32	0	2	14	6.44	17
Javier López	29	1	1	2	9.42	11
Brandon Medders	27	4	1	0	1.78	31
Buddy Groom	23	0	1	1	4.70	7
Óscar Villarreal	11	2	0	0	5.27	5
Jason Bulger	9	1	0	0	5.40	9
Randy Choate	8	0	0	0	9.00	4
Kerry Ligtenberg	7	0	0	0	13.97	5
Matt Herges	7	0	0	0	13.50	3
Armando Almanza	6	0	0	0	2.25	2
Édgar González	1	0	0	0	108.00	1

Minor League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: South Bend