2005 Los Angeles Angels season

The 2005 [Major League Baseball season|2005 Los Angeles Angels season] was the List of [Los Angeles Angels seasons|45th season] of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 40th in Anaheim, and their 40th season playing their home games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The regular season ended with a record of 95–67, resulting in the Angels winning the American League West title for the second consecutive season, their fifth in franchise history.
In the postseason, the Angels defeated the New York Yankees in the 2005 [American League Division Series|American League Division Series], 3–2, but were subsequently defeated by the eventual World Series champion Chicago White Sox in the American League Championship Series, 4–1.
The season was the first the team played under its Anaheim v. [Angels Baseball">Anaheim, California">Anaheim v. [Angels Baseball LP|controversial] "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" moniker.

Offseason

October 20, 2004: Adam Riggs was released by the Anaheim Angels.
December 14, 2004: Paul Byrd was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.

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
C	Bengie Molina	119	410	121	.295	15	69
1B	Darin Erstad	153	609	166	.273	7	66
2B	Adam Kennedy	129	416	125	.300	2	37
SS	Orlando Cabrera	141	540	139	.257	8	57
3B	Dallas McPherson	61	205	50	.244	8	26
LF	Garret Anderson	142	575	163	.283	17	96
CF	Steve Finley	112	406	90	.222	12	54
RF	Vladimir Guerrero	141	520	165	.317	32	108
DH	Jeff DaVanon	108	225	52	.231	2	15

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
Chone Figgins	158	642	186	.290	8	57
Juan Rivera	106	350	95	.271	15	59
Maicer Izturis	77	191	47	.246	1	15
José Molina	75	184	42	.228	6	25
Robb Quinlan	54	134	31	.231	5	14
Casey Kotchman	47	126	35	.278	7	22
Josh Paul	34	37	7	.189	2	4
Zach Sorensen	12	12	2	.167	0	0
Curtis Pride	11	11	1	.091	0	0
Lou Merloni	5	5	0	.000	0	1
Jeff Mathis	5	3	1	.333	0	0
Chris Prieto	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Dave Matranga	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Bartolo Colón	33	222.2	21	8	3.48	157
John Lackey	33	209.0	14	5	3.44	199
Paul Byrd	31	204.1	12	11	3.74	102
Jarrod Washburn	29	177.1	8	8	3.20	94
Ervin Santana	23	133.2	12	8	4.65	99
Joe Saunders	2	9.1	0	0	7.71	4

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
Kelvim Escobar	16	59.2	3	2	3.02	63
Chris Bootcheck	5	18.2	0	1	3.38	8

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
Francisco Rodríguez	66	2	5	45	2.67	91
Scot Shields	78	10	11	7	2.75	98
Brendan Donnelly	65	9	3	0	3.72	53
Esteban Yan	49	1	1	0	4.59	45
Kevin Gregg	33	1	2	0	5.04	52
Joel Peralta	28	1	0	0	3.89	30
Jake Woods	28	1	1	0	4.55	20
Jason Christiansen	12	0	0	0	2.45	4
Greg Jones	6	0	0	0	6.75	6
Bret Prinz	3	0	1	0	3.00	1

Postseason

With their win on Monday, September 27, 2005, the Angels clinched their second straight American League West championship.

American League Division Series

The 2005 American League Division Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL East champion New York Yankees. The series began on October 4, 2005 with the Angels splitting the first two games at Angel Stadium. The Angels then proceeded to split the two games at Yankee Stadium and finally won the fifth game at Angel Stadium ultimately winning the series 3–2.

American League Championship Series

The 2005 American League Championship Series featured the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox. The series began on October 11, 2005 with the Angels winning the first game at U.S. Cellular Field, but after an incredibly controversial second game loss, the Angels dropped the next three and lost the series 4–1. Because of the controversy surrounding game two, Angel fans to this day give A. J. Pierzynski a poor welcome at Angel Stadium.

Bracket

Note: Major League Baseball's playoff format automatically seeds the Wild Card team 4th. Normally, the No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed in the Division Series. However, MLB does not allow the No. 1 seed to play the 4th seed/Wild Card winner in the Division Series if they are from the same division, instead having the No. 1 seed play the next lowest seed, the No. 3 seed.