2005 Oakland Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Oakland Athletics 2005 American League West McAfee Coliseum Oakland, California 88–74 (.543) 2nd Lewis Wolff Billy Beane Ken Macha KICU-TVFSN Bay Area(Ray Fosse, Tim Roye, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper) KFRC(Bill King, Ken Korach)KZSF(Fernando Arias, Julio Gonzalez) The Oakland Athletics' 2005 season was their 37th in Oakland, California. It was also the 105th season in franchise history. The team finished second in the American League West with a record of 88–74. The Athletics entered the 2005 season with low expectations. The team had won more than 90 games in each of the previous five seasons; despite this, there were concerns about the team's starting pitching. During the 2004–05 offseason, general manager Billy Beane traded two of the team's so-called "Big Three" starting pitchers. Beane traded two of the three, Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder, to the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals (respectively); in both instances, he received prospects in return. The A's retained All-Star starter Barry Zito; despite this, many worried about the quality of the team's remaining starters. Some even picked the Athletics to finish last in the American League West, despite their having finished second (one game behind the Anaheim Angels) just months prior. The A's seemed to validate these concerns in the early days of the 2005 season. On May 29, they were 17–32 (the third-worst record in baseball at the time); moreover, the team trailed the division-leading Angels by 12.5 games. The Athletics would follow this poor start with a stunning turnaround. From May 30 to August 13, Oakland would go a league-best 50–17. The surge was brought about, in large part, by the strong pitching of young starters Dan Haren (received in the Mulder trade), Rich Harden, and Joe Blanton. The team stunningly erased their 12.5 game deficit over this span. Oakland would pace the Angels well into September; at their peak, on August 30, the A's actually led the Angels by two games. In the end, though, the team fell short; a collapse in the second half of the 2005 season, combined with a dramatic Angels surge, saw the Athletics finish seven games out of first place. The 2005 season also saw Athletics closer Huston Street win the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Street earned the honor after posting a 1.72 earned run average in his first major-league season; he did so while recording 23 saves. The Rookie of the Year Award was Oakland's second in as many years (and sixth overall). Offseason November 27, 2004: Jason Kendall was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Redman, Arthur Rhodes, and cash.Jason Kendall Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com December 16, 2004: Tim Hudson was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Cruz, Dan Meyer, and Charles Thomas.Tim Hudson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com December 18, 2004: Dan Haren was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Daric Barton and Kiko Calero to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Mulder.Danny Haren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Regular season 95pxDennisEckersleyPitcher:1987-95(OAK)Retired 2005 Season standings Oakland Athletics Record vs. opponents OAK Transactions July 13, 2005: Eric Byrnes was traded by the Oakland Athletics with Omar Quintanilla to the Colorado Rockies for Joe Kennedy and Jay Witasick.Eric Byrnes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Roster 2005 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers 55 Joe Blanton 50 Kiko Calero 46 Santiago Casilla 51 Juan Cruz 29 Octavio Dotel 58 Justin Duchscherer 30 Seth Etherton 40 Ron Flores 56 Ryan Glynn 40 Rich Harden 24 Dan Haren 49 Tim Harikkala 37 Joe Kennedy 57 Britt Reames 73 Ricardo Rincón 31 Kirk Saarloos 20 Huston Street 45 Jay Witasick 13 Keiichi Yabu 75 Barry Zito Catchers 22 Alberto Castillo 18 Jason Kendall 17 Adam Melhuse Infielders 49 Freddie Bynum  3 Eric Chavez  4 Jermaine Clark  7 Bobby Crosby 44 Erubiel Durazo 14 Mark Ellis  6 Keith Ginter 10 Scott Hatteberg 11 Dan Johnson 19 Marco Scutaro Outfielders 29 Hiram Bocachica 22 Eric Byrnes 23 Bobby Kielty 21 Mark Kotsay 16 Jay Payton 33 Nick Swisher 26 Charles Thomas 12 Matt Watson Manager 39 Ken Macha Coaches 35 Brad Fischer (first base) 52 Bob Geren (bullpen) 48 Dave Hudgens (hitting) 15 Rene Lachemann (bench) 38 Ron Washington (third base) 41 Curt Young (pitching) 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 Jason Kendall 150 601 163 .271 0 53 1B Dan Johnson 109 375 103 .275 15 58 2B Mark Ellis 122 434 137 .316 13 52 SS Bobby Crosby 84 333 92 .276 9 38 3B Eric Chavez 160 625 168 .269 27 101 LF Bobby Kielty 116 377 99 .263 10 57 CF Mark Kotsay 139 582 163 .280 15 82 RF Nick Swisher 131 462 109 .236 21 74 DH Scott Hatteberg 134 464 119 .256 7 59 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 Marco Scutaro 118 381 94 .247 9 37 Jay Payton 69 275 74 .269 13 42 Eric Byrnes 59 192 51 .266 7 24 Erubiel Durazo 41 152 36 .237 4 16 Keith Ginter 51 137 22 .161 3 25 Adam Melhuse 39 97 24 .247 2 12 Matt Watson 19 48 9 .188 0 5 Charles Thomas 30 46 5 .109 0 1 Hiram Bocachica 9 19 2 .105 0 0 Freddie Bynum 7 7 2 .286 0 1 Alberto Castillo 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Jermaine Clark 4 0 0 ---- 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 Barry Zito 35 228.1 14 13 3.86 171 Dan Haren 34 217.0 14 12 3.73 163 Joe Blanton 33 201.1 12 12 3.53 116 Kirk Saarloos 29 159.2 10 9 4.17 53 Rich Harden 22 128.0 10 5 2.53 121 Seth Etherton 3 17.2 1 1 6.62 10 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 Joe Kennedy 19 60.2 4 5 4.45 45 Ryan Glynn 5 17.0 0 4 6.88 15 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 Huston Street 67 5 1 23 1.72 72 Ricardo Rincón 67 1 1 0 4.34 27 Justin Duchscherer 65 7 4 5 2.21 85 Kiko Calero 58 4 1 1 3.23 52 Keiichi Yabu 40 4 0 1 4.50 44 Juan Cruz 28 0 3 0 7.44 34 Jay Witasick 28 1 1 1 3.25 33 Octavio Dotel 15 1 2 7 3.52 16 Ron Flores 11 0 0 0 1.04 6 Tim Harikkala 8 0 0 0 6.39 7 Santiago Casilla 3 0 0 0 3.00 1 Britt Reames 2 0 0 0 9.53 4 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Von Hayes A Stockton Ports California League Todd Steverson A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Dave Joppie A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Juan Navarrette Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Midland References 2005 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 2005 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Oakland Athletics seasons Oakland Athletics Season, 2005 Oak