2005 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 2005 American League East champions American League East Yankee Stadium New York 95–67 (.586) 1st George Steinbrenner Brian Cashman Joe Torre WWOR-TVYES Network(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice) WCBS (AM)(John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman)WKDM(Francisco X. Rivera, Beto Villa) The 2005 New York Yankees season was the 103rd season for the New York Yankees franchise. The team finished the regular season 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.Kenny Lofton page at Baseball Reference December 3, 2004: Félix Heredia was traded by the New York Yankees to the New York Mets for Mike Stanton.Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference 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.Jaret Wright page at Baseball Reference January 11, 2005: Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash were traded by New York Yankees to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference January 21, 2005: Aaron Small signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml Aaron Small Stats February 9, 2005: Buddy Groom signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml Buddy Groom Stats February 18, 2005: Ramiro Mendoza signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.Ramiro Mendoza page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents NYY 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.Alan Embree pate at Baseball Reference 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellhma01.shtml Mark Bellhorn Stats Roster 2005 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 31 Jason Anderson 58 Colter Bean 27 Kevin Brown 39 Shawn Chacón 61,58 Jorge De Paula 46 Alan Embree 48 Wayne Franklin 36 Tom Gordon 58 Alex Graman 38 Buddy Groom 58 Sean Henn 41 Randy Johnson 31 Steve Karsay 19 Al Leiter 46 Darrell May 38 Ramiro Mendoza 35 Mike Mussina 45 Carl Pavano 43 Scott Proctor 48 Paul Quantrill 29 Tim Redding 42 Mariano Rivera 47 Félix Rodríguez 31 Aaron Small 29 Mike Stanton 56 Tanyon Sturtze 40 Chien-Ming Wang 33 Jaret Wright Catchers 17 John Flaherty 60 Wil Nieves 20 Jorge Posada Infielders 26 Mark Bellhorn 14,22 Robinson Canó 29 Félix Escalona 25 Jason Giambi  2 Derek Jeter 14 Russ Johnson 24 Tino Martinez 39,18,14 Andy Phillips 13 Alex Rodriguez 26 Rey Sánchez Outfielders 39 Melky Cabrera 19,18 Bubba Crosby 50 Matt Lawton 55 Hideki Matsui 39 Kevin Reese 11 Gary Sheffield 28 Rubén Sierra 58 Mike Vento 51 Bernie Williams 12 Tony Womack Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 57 Neil Allen (bullpen) 52 Joe Girardi (bench) 23 Don Mattingly (hitting) 53 Luis Sojo (third base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre(pitching) 54 Roy White (first base) Game log Legend Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game postponed background: #1c2841;color:white; Game Log y background:#1c2841; ;color:white; April (10–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || Red Sox || 9–2 || Johnson (1–0) || Wells (0–1) || || 54,818 || 1–0 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 5 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Rivera (1–0) || Foulke (0–1) || || 54,690 || 2–0 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 6 || Red Sox || 3–7 || Timlin (1–0) || Rivera (1–1) || || 55,165 || 2–1 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 8 || Orioles || 5–12 || Ponson (1–0) || Wright (0–1) || || 43,128 || 2–2 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 9 || Orioles || 8–5 || Sturtze (1–0) || Reed (0–1) || Rivera (1) || 50,275 || 3–2 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 10 || Orioles || 2–7 || López (2–0) || Pavano (0–1) || || 46,797 || 3–3 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 11 || @ Red Sox || 1–8 || Wakefield (1–0) || Mussina (0–1) || || 33,072 || 3–4 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 13 || @ Red Sox || 5–2 || Wright (1–1) || Schilling (0–1) || Rivera (2) || 35,115 || 4–4 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 14 || @ Red Sox || 5–8 || Foulke (1–1) || Gordon (0–1) || || 35,251 || 4–5 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 15 || @ Orioles || 1–8 || Chen (1–0) || Pavano (0–2) || || 48,061 || 4–6 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 16 || @ Orioles || 6–7 || Kline (2–1) || Gordon (0–2) || Ryan (2) || 48,598 || 4–7 || L3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 17 || @ Orioles || 4–8 || Cabrera (1–1) || Brown (0–1) || || 47,883 || 4–8 || L4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 18 || Devil Rays || 19–8 || Wright (2–1) || Bell (1–1) || || 35,282 || 5–8 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 19 || Devil Rays || 2–6 || Nomo (2–1) || Johnson (1–1) || || 45,802 || 5–9 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 20 || @ Blue Jays || 11–2 || Pavano (1–2) || Lilly (0–2) || || 22,838 || 6–9 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 21 || @ Blue Jays || 4–3 || Mussina (1–1) || Chacín (3–1) || Rivera (3) || 23,178 || 7–9 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 22 || Rangers || 3–5 || Young (2–1) || Brown (0–2) || Cordero (8) || 42,710 || 7–10 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 23 || Rangers || 2–10 || Park (2–1) || Wright (2–2) || || 44,731 || 7–11 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 24 || Rangers || 11–1 || Johnson (2–1) || Astacio (1–2) || || 42,732 || 8–11 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 26 || Angels || 12–4 || Pavano (2–2) || Colón (3–2) || || 36,328 || 9–11 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 27 || Angels || 1–5 || Washburn (1–0) || Mussina (1–2) || || 37,934 || 9–12 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 28 || Angels || 1–3 || Lackey (2–1) || Brown (0–3) || Rodríguez (5) || 51,951 || 9–13 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 29 || Blue Jays || 0–2 || Halladay (4–1) || Johnson (2–2) || || 40,839 || 9–14 || L3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 30 || Blue Jays || 4–3 || Rivera (2–1) || Chulk (0–1) || || 47,483 || 10–14 || W1 |- y background:#1c2841;color:white; May (17–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 1 || Blue Jays || 6–8 || Walker (1–0) || Stanton (0–1) || Batista (7) || 54,224 || 10–15 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 2 || @ Devil Rays || 6–2 || Mussina (2–2) || Kazmir (0–3) || || 13,217 || 11–15 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 3 || @ Devil Rays || 4–11 || Waechter (1–1) || Brown (0–4) || || 14,824 || 11–16 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 4 || @ Devil Rays || 8–11 || Fossum (2–1) || Henn (0–1) || Báez (2) || 16,452 || 11–17 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 5 || @ Devil Rays || 2–6 || Hendrickson (1–1) || Wang (0–1) || || 16,662 || 11–18 || L3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 6 || Athletics || 3–6 (10) || Dotel (1–0) || Rivera (2–2) || Calero (1) || 47,973 || 11–19 || L4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 7 || Athletics || 5–0 || Mussina (3–2) || Blanton (0–3) || || 52,776 || 12–19 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 8 || Athletics || 6–0 || Brown (1–4) || Harden (2–2) || || 47,575 || 13–19 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 9 || Mariners || 4–3 || Johnson (3–2) || Nelson (0–1) || Rivera (4) || 38,079 || 14–19 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 10 || Mariners || 7–4 || Wang (1–1) || Sele (2–4) || Rivera (5) || 39,780 || 15–19 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 11 || Mariners || 13–9 || Quantrill (1–0) || Thornton (0–3) || || 47,844 || 16–19 || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 13 || @ Athletics || 9–4 || Mussina (4–2) || Harden (2–3) || || 38,636 || 17–19 || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 14 || @ Athletics || 15–6 || Brown (2–4) || Blanton (0–4) || || 41,180 || 18–19 || W6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 15 || @ Athletics || 6–4 || Johnson (4–2) || Rincón (1–1) || Rivera (6) || 37,237 || 19–19 || W7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 16 || @ Mariners || 6–3 || Wang (2–1) || Hasegawa (0–1) || Rivera (7) || 37,814 || 20–19 || W8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 17 || @ Mariners || 6–0 || Pavano (3–2) || Mateo (1–1) || || 35,549 || 21–19 || W9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 18 || @ Mariners || 6–7 || Nelson (1–1) || Gordon (0–3) || Villone (1) || 37,419 || 21–20 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 20 || @ Mets || 5–2 || Brown (3–4) || Zambrano (2–4) || Rivera (8) || 55,740 || 22–20 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 21 || @ Mets || 1–7 || Benson (2–1) || Johnson (4–3) || || 55,800 || 22–21 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 22 || @ Mets || 5–3 || Pavano (4–2) || Hernández (2–2) || Rivera (9) || 55,953 || 23–21 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 24 || Tigers || 12–3 || Mussina (5–2) || Ledezma (2–4) || || 37,099 || 24–21 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 25 || Tigers || 4–2 || Wang (3–1) || Maroth (4–4) || Rivera (10) || 51,833 || 25–21 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 26 || Tigers || 4–3 || Brown (4–4) || Bonderman (5–3) || Rivera (11) || 42,835 || 26–21 || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 27 || Red Sox || 6–3 || Johnson (5–3) || Wakefield (4–4) || Rivera (12) || 55,051 || 27–21 || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 28 || Red Sox || 1–17 || Clement (6–0) || Pavano (4–3) || || 55,315 || 27–22 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 29 || Red Sox || 2–7 || Wells (3–4) || Mussina (5–3) || || 55,235 || 27–23 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 31 || @ Royals || 3–5 || Greinke (1–6) || Brown (4–5) || MacDougal (3) || 18,680 || 27–24 || L3 |- y background:#1c2841;color:white; June (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || June 1 || @ Royals || 1–3 || Carrasco (1–1) || Johnson (5–4) || MacDougal (4) || 28,033 || 27–25 || L4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 2 || @ Royals || 2–5 || Jensen (2–1) || Pavano (4–4) || Burgos (2) || 25,590 || 27–26 || L5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 3 || @ Twins || 3–6 || Lohse (5–3) || Mussina (5–4) || Nathan (16) || 41,588 || 27–27 || L6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 4 || @ Twins || 4–3 (10) || Gordon (1–3) || Nathan (1–2) || Rivera (13) || 45,553 || 28–27 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 5 || @ Twins || 3–9 || Silva (4–3) || Brown (4–6) || || 37,349 || 28–28 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 6 || @ Brewers || 3–4 || Davis (8–5) || Johnson (5–5) || Turnbow (9) || 34,627 || 28–29 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 7 || @ Brewers || 1–2 || Sheets (2–5) || Pavano (4–5) || Turnbow (10) || 35,611 || 28–30 || L3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 8 || @ Brewers || 12–3 || Mussina (6–4) || Capuano (5–5) || || 37,586 || 29–30 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 60 || June 10 || @ Cardinals || 1–8 || Marquis (8–3) || Wang (3–2) || || 50,250 || 29–31 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 11 || @ Cardinals || 5–0 || Johnson (6–5) || Mulder (7–4) || Rivera (14) || 50,177 || 30–31 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 12 || @ Cardinals || 3–5 || King (1–1) || Sturtze (1–1) || Isringhausen (18) || 50,372 || 30–32 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 14 || Pirates || 9–0 || Mussina (7–4) || Wells (5–5) || || 44,541 || 31–32 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || June 15 || Pirates || 7–5 (10) || Rivera (3–2) || Mesa (0–5) || || 48,828 || 32–32 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 16 || Pirates || 6–1 || Johnson (7–5) || Pérez (5–5) || || 54,734 || 33–32 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || June 17 || Cubs || 9–6 || Stanton (1–1) || Ohman (2–1) || Rivera (15) || 54,773 || 34–32 || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || June 18 || Cubs || 8–1 || Wang (4–2) || Rusch (5–3) || || 55,284 || 35–32 || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || June 19 || Cubs || 6–3 || Mussina (8–4) || Mitre (2–2) || Rivera (16) || 55,060 || 36–32 || W6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 20 || Devil Rays || 4–5 || Fossum (3–5) || Henn (0–2) || Báez (10) || 43,543 || 36–33 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 21 || Devil Rays || 20–11 || Groom (1–0) || Harper (1–6) || || 40,271 || 37–33 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || June 22 || Devil Rays || 3–5 || Kazmir (3–5) || Pavano (4–6) || Báez (11) || 48,452 || 37–34 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 23 || Devil Rays || 4–9 || Hendrickson (3–4) || Wang (4–3) || Báez (12) || 45,382 || 37–35 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 73 || June 24 || Mets || 4–6 || Martínez (8–2) || Mussina (8–5) || || 55,297 || 37–36 || L3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || June 25 || Mets || 3–10 || Glavine (5–7) || Henn (0–3) || || 55,114 || 37–37 || L4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || June 26 || Mets || 5–4 || Rivera (4–2) || Looper (2–3) || || 55,327 || 38–37 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || June 27 || @ Orioles || 6–4 || Sturtze (2–1) || Kline (2–3) || Rivera (17) || 45,801 || 39–27 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || June 28 || @ Orioles || 4–5 (10) || Ryan (1–1) || Stanton (1–2) || || 47,465 || 39–38 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || June 29 || @ Orioles || colspan=7| Postponed (rain; rescheduled for September 26) |- y background:#1c2841;color:white; July (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || July 1 || @ Tigers || 2–10 || Bonderman (10–5) || Johnson (7–6) || || 40,776 || 39–39 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || July 2 || @ Tigers || 8–4 || Gordon (2–3) || Percival (1–2) || || 41,207 || 40–39 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || July 3 || @ Tigers || 1–0 || Wang (5–3) || Robertson (3–7) || Rivera (18) || 40,056 || 41–39 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 4 || Orioles || 13–8 || Anderson (1–0) || Ryan (1–2) || || 53,844 || 42–39 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || July 5 || Orioles || 12–3 || Johnson (8–6) || López (7–5) || || 55,276 || 43–39 || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 7 || Indians || 7–2 || Mussina (9–5) || Millwood (3–7) || || 52,201 || 44–39 || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 8 || Indians || 5–4 || Wang (6–3) || Lee (9–4) || Rivera (19) || 52,938 || 45–39 || W6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 9 || Indians || 7–8 || Elarton (6–3) || May (1–4) || Wickman (23) || 54,366 || 45–40 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 10 || Indians || 9–4 || Johnson (9–6) || Westbrook (6–11) || Rivera (20) || 54,256 || 46–40 || W1 |- style="text-align:center;" |colspan="10" style="background:#bbcaff;"|All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 7–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 14 || @ Red Sox || 8–6 || Gordon (3–3) || Schilling (1–3) || Rivera (21) || 35,232 || 47–40 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 15 || @ Red Sox || 1–17 || Wells (7–5) || Redding (0–6) || || 35,083 || 47–41 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 89 || July 16 || @ Red Sox || 7–4 || Johnson (10–6) || Clement (10–3) || Rivera (22) || 34,694 || 48–41 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 17 || @ Red Sox || 5–3 || Leiter (4–7) || Wakefield (8–8) || Rivera (23) || 34,802 || 49–41 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || July 18 || @ Rangers || 11–10 || Sturtze (3–1) || Brocail (3–2) || Rivera (24) || 46,538 || 50–41 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 19 || @ Rangers || 1–2 || Loe (4–2) || Franklin (0–1) || Cordero (22) || 45,208 || 50–42 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 93 || July 20 || @ Rangers || 8–4 || Small (1–0) || Benoit (1–1) || || 45,354 || 51–42 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 21 || @ Angels || 5–6 || Colón (12–6) || Gordon (3–4) || Rodríguez (22) || 44,109 || 51–43 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 22 || @ Angels || 3–6 || Lackey (8–4) || Leiter (4–8) || Rodríguez (23) || 44,043 || 51–44 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 23 || @ Angels || 6–8 || Santana (5–4) || Brown (4–7) || Rodríguez (24) || 44,035 || 51–45 || L3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 24 || @ Angels || 4–1 || Mussina (10–5) || Washburn (6–6) || Rivera (25) || 44,032 || 52–45 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 26 || Twins || 4–0 || Johnson (11–6) || Radke (6–10) || || 53,855 || 53–45 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 27 || Twins || 3–7 || Santana (10–5) || Leiter (4–9) || Nathan (28) || 50,334 || 53–46 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || July 28 || Twins || 6–3 || Small (2–0) || Mays (5–6) || Rivera (26) || 53,524 || 54–46 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 29 || Angels || 1–4 || Santana (6–4) || Mussina (10–6) || Rodríguez (26) || 54,025 || 54–47 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 102 || July 30 || Angels || 8–7 || Rivera (5–2) || Rodríguez (2–2) || || 54,220 || 55–47 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 103 || July 31 || Angels || 8–7 (11) || Gordon (4–4) || Gregg (1–2) || || 53,653 || 56–47 || W2 |- y background:#1c2841;color:white; August (19–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || August 2 || @ Indians || 7–8 || Elarton (7–5) || Leiter (4–10) || Wickman (28) || 34,457 || 56–48 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || August 3 || @ Indians || 4–7 || Lee (12–4) || Mussina (10–7) || Wickman (29) || 35,737 || 56–49 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 106 || August 4 || @ Indians || 4–3 || Gordon (5–4) || Wickman (0–3) || Rivera (27) || 40,048 || 57–49 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 107 || August 5 || @ Blue Jays || 6–2 || Small (3–0) || Chacín (11–6) || Rivera (28) || 43,688 || 58–49 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 6 || @ Blue Jays || 5–8 || Walker (5–3) || Johnson (11–7) || || 48,088 || 58–50 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 109 || August 7 || @ Blue Jays || 6–2 || Leiter (5–10) || Towers (8–9) || Rivera (29) || 46,114 || 59–50 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 8 || White Sox || 3–2 || Mussina (11–7) || Hernández (8–5) || Rivera (30) || 54,871 || 60–50 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || August 9 || White Sox || 1–2 || Contreras (7–6) || Chacón (1–8) || Hermanson (29) || 53,946 || 60–51 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 10 || White Sox || 1–2 (10) || Cotts (4–0) || Rivera (5–3) || Hermanson (30) || 54,635 || 60–52 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 113 || August 11 || Rangers || 9–8 || Sturtze (4–1) || Baldwin (0–2) || Rivera (31) || 54,283 || 61–52 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 12 || Rangers || 6–5 || Leiter (6–10) || Wilson (0–5) || Sturtze (1) || 54,442 || 62–52 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 13 || Rangers || 7–5 (11) || Small (4–0) || Loe (5–4) || || 54,919 || 63–52 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 116 || August 14 || Rangers || 10–3 || Chacón (2–8) || Benoit (3–2) || || 54,824 || 64–52 || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 15 || @ Devil Rays || 5–2 || Wright (3–2) || Fossum (6–10) || Rivera (32) || 19,320 || 65–52 || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 16 || @ Devil Rays || 3–4 (11) || Orvella (2–2) || Embree (1–5) || || 20,678 || 65–53 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 17 || @ Devil Rays || 6–7 || Miller (1–0) || Sturtze (4–2) || Báez (26) || 20,178 || 65–54 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 19 || @ White Sox || 3–1 || Mussina (12–7) || Garland (16–7) || Rivera (33) || 39,496 || 66–54 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 121 || August 20 || @ White Sox || 5–0 || Chacón (3–8) || Hernández (8–6) || || 38,938 || 67–54 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 21 || @ White Sox || 2–6 || Contreras (8–7) || Johnson (11–8) || || 39,480 || 67–55 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 123 || August 22 || Blue Jays || 7–0 || Wright (4–2) || Downs (1–3) || || 50,162 || 68–55 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 23 || Blue Jays || 5–4 || Rivera (6–3) || Batista (5–5) || || 50,258 || 69–55 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 24 || Blue Jays || 5–9 || Bush (3–7) || Mussina (12–8) || || 54,705 || 69–56 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 25 || Blue Jays || 6–2 || Chacón (4–8) || Chacín (11–7) || || 54,329 || 70–56 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 127 || August 26 || Royals || 5–1 || Johnson (12–8) || Wood (4–5) || || 53,922 || 71–56 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 27 || Royals || 8–7 || Embree (2–5) || Camp (1–3) || || 54,452 || 72–56 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 28 || Royals || 10–3 || Leiter (7–10) || Greinke (3–16) || || 54,951 || 73–56 || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 29 || @ Mariners || 7–4 || Small (5–0) || Thornton (0–4) || Rivera (34) || 41,731 || 74–56 || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 30 || @ Mariners || 3–8 || Harris (2–1) || Chacón (4–9) || || 37,773 || 74–57 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 132 || August 31 || @ Mariners || 2–0 || Johnson (13–8) || Hernández (2–2) || Rivera (35) || 46,240 || 75–57 || W1 |- y background:#1c2841;color:white; September–October (20–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || September 1 || @ Mariners || 1–5 || Sherrill (3–2) || Sturtze (4–3) || || 39,986 || 75–58 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 134 || September 2 || @ Athletics || 0–12 || Haren (12–10) || Leiter (7–11) || || 36,048 || 75–59 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || September 3 || @ Athletics || 7–0 || Small (6–0) || Saarloos (9–7) || || 40,076 || 76–59 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || September 4 || @ Athletics || 7–3 || Chacón (5–9) || Zito (12–11) || || 43,874 || 77–59 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 6 || Devil Rays || 3–4 || Orvella (3–2) || Rivera (6–4) || Báez (34) || 48,820 || 77–60 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 138 || September 7 || Devil Rays || 5–4 || Sturtze (5–3) || Borowski (1–3) || Rivera (36) || 52,928 || 78–60 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 8 || Devil Rays || 4–7 || Hendrickson (9–7) || Wang (6–4) || Báez (35) || 49,673 || 78–61 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 140 || September 9 || Red Sox || 8–4 || Small (7–0) || Wells (12–7) || || 55,024 || 79–61 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 10 || Red Sox || 2–9 || Schilling (6–7) || Chacón (5–10) || || 55,076 || 79–62 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 142 || September 11 || Red Sox || 1–0 || Johnson (14–8) || Wakefield (15–11) || Rivera (37) || 55,123 || 80–62 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 143 || September 13 || @ Devil Rays || 17–3 || Wright (5–2) || Waechter (5–10) || || 14,048 || 81–62 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 144 || September 14 || @ Devil Rays || 6–5 || Wang (7–4) || Orvella (3–3) || Rivera (38) || 14,396 || 82–62 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 || September 15 || @ Devil Rays || 9–5 || Small (8–0) || McClung (6–10) || Rivera (39) || 18,391 || 83–62 || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 146 || September 16 || @ Blue Jays || 11–10 || Proctor (1–0) || Bush (5–9) || Rivera (40) || 36,543 || 84–62 || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 147 || September 17 || @ Blue Jays || 1–0 || Chacón (6–10) || Chacín (12–9) || Gordon (1) || 43,433 || 85–62 || W6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 18 || @ Blue Jays || 5–6 || Lilly (9–10) || Wright (5–3) || Batista (28) || 39,891 || 85–63 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 149 || September 19 || Orioles || 3–2 || Rivera (7–4) || DuBose (1–3) || || 51,521 || 86–63 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 || September 20 || Orioles || 12–9 || Small (9–0) || Maine (2–2) || || 46,982 || 87–63 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 151 || September 21 || Orioles || 2–1 || Johnson (15–8) || López (14–11) || Rivera (41) || 50,382 || 88–63 || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 || September 22 || Orioles || 7–6 || Mussina (13–8) || Chen (12–10) || Gordon (2) || 52,368 || 89–63 || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 153 || September 23 || Blue Jays || 5–0 || Chacón (7–10) || Lilly (9–11) || || 53,175 || 90–63 || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 24 || Blue Jays || 4–7 || Downs (4–3) || Wright (5–4) || Batista (30) || 53,911 || 90–64 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 155 || September 25 || Blue Jays || 8–4 || Wang (8–4) || Towers (12–12) || Rivera (42) || 55,136 || 91–64 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 26 || @ Orioles || 11–3 || Johnson (16–8) || López (14–12) || || 43,039 || 92–64 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 27 || @ Orioles || 9–17 || Rakers (1–0) || Leiter (7–12) || || 29,557 || 92–65 ||L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 158 || September 28 || @ Orioles || 2–1 || Chacón (8–10) || Cabrera (10–13) || Rivera (43) || 30,539 || 93–65 ||W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || September 29 || @ Orioles || 8–4 || Small (10–0) || Bédard (6–8) || || 36,821 || 94–65 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 160 || September 30 || @ Red Sox || 3–5 || Wells (15–7) || Wang (8–5) || Timlin (13) || 34,832 || 94–66 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || October 1 || @ Red Sox || 8–4 || Johnson (17–8) || Wakefield (16–12) || || 34,556 || 95–66 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 162 || October 2 || @ Red Sox || 1–10 || Schilling (8–8) || Wright (5–5) || || 34,534 || 95–67 || L1 |- Legend Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game postponed background: #1c2841;color:white; Postseason Game Log y background:#1c2841; ;color:white; American League Division Series VS Angels (2–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 4 || @ Angels || 4–2 || Mussina (1–0) || Colón (0–1) || Rivera (1) || 45,142 || 1–0 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 5 || @ Angels || 3–5 || Escobar (1–0) || Wang (0–1) || Rodríguez (1) || 45,150 || 1–1 || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 7 || Angels || 7–11 || Shields (1–0) || Small (0–1) || || 56,277 || 1–2 || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 9 || Angels || 3–2 || Leiter (1–0) || Shields (1–1) || Rivera (2) || 56,226 || 2–2 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || October 10 || @ Angels || 3–5 || Santana (1–0) || Mussina (1–1) || Rodríguez (2) || 45,133 || 2–3 || L1 |- 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 totals162211.04800 Team totals16256241552.276229847 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 Randy Johnson 34 34 225.2 17 8 3.79 211 Mike Mussina 30 30 179.2 13 8 4.41 142 Chien-Ming Wang 18 17 116.1 8 5 4.02 47 Carl Pavano 17 17 100.0 4 6 4.77 56 Shawn Chacón 14 12 79.0 7 3 2.85 40 Kevin Brown Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher) 13 13 73.1 4 7 6.50 50 Jaret Wright 13 13 63.2 5 5 6.08 34 Sean Henn 3 3 11.1 0 3 11.12 3 Tim Redding 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 Aaron Small 15 76.0 10 0 3.20 37 Al Leiter 16 62.1 4 5 5.49 45 Darrell May 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 Mariano Rivera 7178.1 7 4 43 1.38 80 Tom Gordon 79 80.2 5 4 2 2.57 69 Tanyon Sturtze 64 78.0 5 3 1 4.73 45 Félix Rodríguez Félix Rodríguez (baseball) 34 32.1 0 0 0 5.01 18 Scott Procter 29 44.2 1 0 0 6.04 36 Mike Stanton Mike Stanton (left-handed pitcher) 28 14.0 1 2 0 7.07 12 Buddy Groom 24 25.2 1 0 0 4.91 13 Alan Embree 24 14.1 1 1 0 7.53 8 Paul Quantrill 22 32.0 1 0 0 6.75 11 Wayne Franklin 13 12.2 0 1 0 6.39 10 Steve Karsay 6 6.0 0 0 0 6.00 5 Jorge De Paula 3 6.2 0 0 0 8.10 3 Jason Anderson Jason Anderson (baseball) 3 5.2 1 0 0 7.94 2 Alex Graman 2 1.1 0 0 0 13.50 0 Colter Bean 1 2.0 0 0 0 4.50 2 Ramiro Mendoza 1 1.0 0 0 0 18.00 1Team Pitching Totals1621430.29567464.52985 Postseason ALDS 2005 American League Division Series GameScoreDate1New York 4, Los Angeles 2 October 42New York 3, Los Angeles 5 October 53Los Angeles 11, New York 7 October 74Los Angeles 2, New York 3 October 95New York 3, Los Angeles 5 October 10 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Bill Masse A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Joe Breeden A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Bill Mosiello A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Andy Stankiewicz Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Oscar AcostaLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island, GCL YankeesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory References External links 2005 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 2005 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:2000s in the Bronx Category:American League East champion seasons