2005 New York Yankees season

The 2005 New York Yankees season was the 103rd season for the New York Yankees franchise. The team finished with a record of 95–67, tied with the Boston Red Sox but won the division due to winning the season series 10–9 over Boston. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they lost in the ALDS in 5 games to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was their eleventh year making the playoffs in a row.

Offseason

December 3, 2004: Kenny Lofton was traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Félix Rodríguez.
December 3, 2004: Félix Heredia was traded by the New York Yankees to the New York Mets for Mike Stanton.
December 20, 2004: Carl Pavano signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
December 28, 2004: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
January 11, 2005: Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash were traded by New York Yankees to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.
January 21, 2005: Aaron Small signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
February 9, 2005: Buddy Groom signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
February 18, 2005: Ramiro Mendoza signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Notable transactions

July 1, 2005: Mike Stanton was released by the Yankees.
July 30, 2005: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
July 31, 2005: Buddy Groom was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.
August 30, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position and other batters

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	Jorge Posada	142	474	124	.262	19	71
1B	Tino Martinez	131	303	73	.241	17	49
2B	Robinson Canó	132	522	155	.297	14	62
SS	Derek Jeter	159	654	202	.309	19	70
3B	Alex Rodriguez	162	605	194	.321	48	130
LF	Hideki Matsui	162	629	192	.305	23	116
CF	Bernie Williams	141	485	121	.249	12	64
RF	Gary Sheffield	154	584	170	.291	34	123
DH	Jason Giambi	139	417	113	.271	32	87
LF	Tony Womack	108	329	82	.249	0	15
DH	Rubén Sierra	61	170	39	.229	4	29
C	John Flaherty	47	127	21	.165	2	11
RF	Bubba Crosby	76	98	27	.276	1	6
RF	Matt Lawton	21	48	6	.125	2	4
2B	Rey Sanchez	23	43	12	.279	0	2
1B	Andy Phillips	27	40	6	.150	1	4
CF	Melky Cabrera	6	19	4	.211	0	0
3B	Russ Johnson	22	18	4	.222	0	0
2B	Mark Bellhorn	9	17	2	.118	1	2
SS	Félix Escalona	10	14	4	.286	0	2
C	Wil Nieves	3	4	0	.000	0	0
RF	Mike Vento	2	2	0	.000	0	0
LF	Kevin Reese	2	1	0	.000	0	0
	Pitcher Totals	162	21	1	.048	0	0
	Team Totals	162	5624	1552	.276	229	847

''Note: Individual pitchers batting not included''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	34	34	225.2	17	8	3.79	211
	30	30	179.2	13	8	4.41	142
	18	17	116.1	8	5	4.02	47
	17	17	100.0	4	6	4.77	56
	14	12	79.0	7	3	2.85	40
	13	13	73.1	4	7	6.50	50
	13	13	63.2	5	5	6.08	34
	3	3	11.1	0	3	11.12	3
	1	1	1.0	0	1	54.00	2

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
	15	76.0	10	0	3.20	37
	16	62.1	4	5	5.49	45
	2	7.0	0	1	16.71	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	71	78.1	7	4	43	1.38	80
	79	80.2	5	4	2	2.57	69
	64	78.0	5	3	1	4.73	45
	34	32.1	0	0	0	5.01	18
	29	44.2	1	0	0	6.04	36
	28	14.0	1	2	0	7.07	12
	24	25.2	1	0	0	4.91	13
	24	14.1	1	1	0	7.53	8
	22	32.0	1	0	0	6.75	11
	13	12.2	0	1	0	6.39	10
	6	6.0	0	0	0	6.00	5
	3	6.2	0	0	0	8.10	3
	3	5.2	1	0	0	7.94	2
	2	1.1	0	0	0	13.50	0
	1	2.0	0	0	0	4.50	2
	1	1.0	0	0	0	18.00	1
Team Pitching Totals	162	1430.2	95	67	46	4.52	985

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island, GCL Yankees