2005 Cleveland Indians season

The 2005 Cleveland Indians season was the 105th season for the franchise. It involved the Indians attempting to win the American League Central. They had a very good September, and went into a season-closing series with the Chicago White Sox with a chance to tie the White Sox record and make it into the playoffs, but lost three close games to finish 6 games behind the White Sox, who were the eventual World Series winners, eliminating Cleveland from the possibility to go to the playoffs.

Offseason

November 3, 2004: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 24, 2004: Bob Wickman was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
January 17, 2005: Juan González was signed as a free agent by the Indians. His season – and his career – ended on his first regular season at-bat, when he pulled a leg muscle trying to run out a ground ball.

Regular season

Notable transactions

June 7, 2005: Tim Lincecum was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 42nd round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Josh Bard	34	83	6	16	4	0	1	9	.193	0
Ronnie Belliard	145	536	71	152	36	1	17	78	.284	2
Rafael Betancourt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Casey Blake	147	523	72	126	32	1	23	58	.241	4
Aaron Boone	143	511	61	124	19	1	16	60	.243	9
Ben Broussard	142	466	59	119	30	5	19	68	.255	2
Alex Cora	49	146	11	30	5	2	1	8	.205	6
Coco Crisp	145	594	86	178	42	4	16	69	.300	15
Jason Davis	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jason Dubois	14	45	6	10	0	0	2	2	.222	0
Scott Elarton	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ryan Garko	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jody Gerut	44	138	12	38	9	1	1	12	.275	1
Juan González	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Franklin Gutierrez	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Travis Hafner	137	486	94	148	42	0	33	108	.305	0
José Hernández	84	234	28	54	7	0	6	31	.231	1
Bob Howry	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Cliff Lee	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jeff Liefer	19	56	5	11	2	0	1	8	.196	0
Ryan Ludwick	19	41	8	9	0	0	4	5	.220	0
Victor Martinez	147	547	73	167	33	0	20	80	.305	0
Matt Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Kevin Millwood	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jhonny Peralta	141	504	82	147	35	4	24	78	.292	0
Brandon Phillips	6	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Arthur Rhodes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
CC Sabathia	2	6	1	2	1	0	1	4	.333	0
Scott Sauerbeck	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Grady Sizemore	158	640	111	185	37	11	22	81	.289	22
Ramón Vázquez	12	24	1	6	3	0	0	1	.250	0
Jake Westbrook	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bob Wickman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Team Totals	162	5609	790	1522	337	30	207	760	.271	62

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Rafael Betancourt	4	3	2.79	54	0	1	67.2	57	23	21	17	73
Fernando Cabrera	2	1	1.47	15	0	0	30.2	24	7	5	11	29
Jason Davis	4	2	4.69	11	4	0	40.1	44	22	21	20	32
Scott Elarton	11	9	4.61	31	31	0	181.2	189	100	93	48	103
Jeremy Guthrie	0	0	6.00	1	0	0	6.0	9	4	4	2	3
Bob Howry	7	4	2.47	79	0	3	73.0	49	23	20	16	48
Cliff Lee	18	5	3.79	32	32	0	202.0	194	91	85	52	143
Matt Miller	1	0	1.82	23	0	1	29.2	22	6	6	10	23
Kevin Millwood	9	11	2.86	30	30	0	192.0	182	72	61	52	146
Arthur Rhodes	3	1	2.08	47	0	0	43.1	33	13	10	12	43
David Riske	3	4	3.10	58	0	1	72.2	55	28	25	15	48
CC Sabathia	15	10	4.03	31	31	0	196.2	185	92	88	62	161
Scott Sauerbeck	1	0	4.04	58	0	0	35.2	35	18	16	16	35
Kaz Tadano	0	0	2.25	1	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	1
Brian Tallet	0	0	7.71	2	0	0	4.2	6	4	4	3	2
Jake Westbrook	15	15	4.49	34	34	0	210.2	218	121	105	56	119
Bob Wickman	0	4	2.47	64	0	45	62.0	57	17	17	21	41
Team Totals	93	69	3.61	162	162	51	1452.2	1363	642	582	413	1050

Awards and honors

'''All-Star Game'''