2005 Boston Red Sox season

2005 Boston Red Sox
American League Wild Card Winners
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
President	Larry Lucchino
General manager	Theo Epstein
Manager	Terry Francona
Television	WSBK-TV NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Radio	WEEI (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Bill Kulik, Uri Berenguer, Juan Báez)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The 2005 Boston Red Sox season was the 105th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 95–67, the same record as the New York Yankees. The Yankees were deemed the division winner, due to their 10–9 head-to-head record against the Red Sox during the regular season. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, but were swept by the American League Central champion Chicago White Sox in the ALDS.

On offense, the Red Sox led Major League Baseball in runs scored (910), hits (1,579), doubles (339), RBI (863), walks (653), batting average (.281), OBP (.357), OPS (.811) and sacrifice flies (63).^[1] Red Sox pitchers hit opposing batters with 89 pitches, the most by any major league pitching staff in 2005.^[1]

The Red Sox made a few notable offseason moves coming off their 2004 World Series championship. The team brought back Jason Varitek by re-signing the veteran catcher to a 4-year $40 million deal.^[2] Outfielder Dave Roberts – who played a key role as a base stealer during the 2004 postseason – was traded to the Padres in exchange for shortstop Ramon Vazquez and left fielder Jay Payton.^[3]

Management sought to fill the void left by Orlando Cabrera and Pokey Reese at shortstop by signing free agent Édgar Rentería to a 4-year $40 million year with a 5th year option.^[2] The move sat well with fans because Rentería was coming off a very successful 2004 campaign with the St. Louis Cardinals. Rentería hit .287 with 10 home runs and 72 RBI in 2004.^[4]

The Red Sox front office looked to bolster their starting pitching by signing two veteran pitchers. The need for starting pitching was a point of emphasize due to the departure of Pedro Martínez to the New York Mets after 7 years in a Red Sox uniform.^[5] The first pitcher signed was former Padres starter David Wells. Wells was coming off a surprising 2004 season with the Padres in which he posted a 3.73 ERA over 195 innings pitched at the age of 41.^[6] The second pitcher signed was former Cubs starter Matt Clement. Clement was coming off a season in which he posted a respectable 3.68 ERA over 181 innings pitched.^[7]

Boston Win

Boston Loss

2005 Boston Red Sox Spring Training Log
March # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Record Source 1 March 3 Twins 4─3 González (1─0) Durbin (0─1) 1─0 [8][9] 2 March 4 Northeastern Huskies 17─0 Wakefield Pellegrine 2─0 [10] 3 March 4 Boston College 11─5 Timlin Jeanes 3─0 [10]

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	67	.586	—	53‍–‍28	42‍–‍39
Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	—	54‍–‍27	41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	.494	15	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	.457	21	36‍–‍45	38‍–‍43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	67	95	.414	28	40‍–‍41	27‍–‍54

2005 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–10	2–6	1–6	3–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	7–3	12–6	4–6	9–10	8–10
Boston	10–8	—	4–3	4–2	6–4	4–2	6–4	4–2	9–10	6–4	3–3	13–6	7–2	7–11	12–6
Chicago	6–2	3–4	—	14–5	14–5	13–5	4–6	11–7	3–3	2–7	6–3	4–2	3–6	4–2	12–6
Cleveland	6–1	2–4	5–14	—	12–6	13–6	3–5	10–9	3–4	6–3	7–3	4–6	3–3	4–2	15–3
Detroit	5–3	4–6	5–14	6–12	—	10–9	4–6	8–11	1–5	1–5	5–4	5–2	4–2	4–3	9–9
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	5–13	6–13	9–10	—	2–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	2–7	3–5	2–8	3–6	9–9
Los Angeles	4–2	4–6	6–4	5–3	6–4	7–2	—	6–4	6–4	10–9	9–9	4–5	15–4	1–5	12–6
Minnesota	3–3	2–4	7–11	9–10	11–8	13–6	4–6	—	3–3	4–6	6–4	6–0	3–6	4–2	8–10
New York	11–7	10–9	3–3	4–3	5–1	3–3	4–6	3–3	—	7–2	7–3	8–11	7–3	12–6	11–7
Oakland	6–4	4–6	7–2	3–6	5–1	4–2	9–10	6–4	2–7	—	12–6	4–5	11–8	5–5	10–8
Seattle	3–7	3–3	3–6	3–7	4–5	7–2	9–9	4–6	3–7	6–12	—	4–2	6–13	4–6	10–8
Tampa Bay	6–12	6–13	2–4	6–4	2–5	5–3	5–4	0–6	11–8	5–4	2–4	—	6–2	8–11	3–15
Texas	6–4	2–7	6–3	3–3	2–4	8–2	4–15	6–3	3–7	8–11	13–6	2–6	—	7–3	9–9
Toronto	10–9	11–7	2–4	2–4	3–4	6–3	5–1	2–4	6–12	5–5	6–4	11–8	3–7	—	8–10

Red Sox vs. National League

Team	NL Central
	CHC	CIN	HOU	MIL	PIT	STL	ATL	PHI
Boston	1–2	3–0	—	—	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0

• December 17, 2004: David Wells and John Halama were signed as free agents with the Red Sox.^[11]
• December 19, 2004: Édgar Rentería was signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.^[12]
• December 20, 2004: Jay Payton, Ramón Vázquez and David Pauley were acquired by the Red Sox from the Padres in exchange for Dave Roberts.^[11]
• December 22, 2004: Matt Clement and Wade Miller were signed as free agents with the Red Sox.^[11]
• January 11, 2005: David McCarty was signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.^[13]
• May 2, 2005: David McCarty was released by the Red Sox and granted free agency.^[13]
• May 2, 2005: John Olerud was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[14]
• June 7, 2005: Jacoby Ellsbury was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 2005.^[15]
• June 7, 2005: Clay Buchholz was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2005.^[16]
• July 7: 2005: Alex Cora was acquired by the Red Sox from the Indians in exchange for Ramón Vázquez.^[17]
• July 13, 2005: Chad Bradford was acquired by the Red Sox from the Athletics in exchange for Jay Payton.^[18]
• July 19, 2005: Alan Embree was released by the Red Sox.^[19]
• July 19, 2005: Tony Graffanino was acquired by the Red Sox from the Royals in exchange for Chip Ambres and minor leaguer Juan Cedeño.^[20]
• July 26, 2005: John Halama was released by the Red Sox.^[21]
• August 9, 2005: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[22]
• August 9, 2005: Mike Remlinger and cash were acquired by the Red Sox from the Cubs in exchange for minor league pitcher Olivo Astacio.^[23]
• August 19, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was released by the Red Sox.^[24]
• August 25, 2005: Ricky Bottalico was released by the Red Sox.^[22]
• August 28, 2005: Mike Remlinger was released by the Red Sox.^[23]

18	Johnny Damon	CF
16	Édgar Rentería	SS
24	Manny Ramirez	LF
34	David Ortiz	DH
15	Kevin Millar	1B
33	Jason Varitek	C
44	Jay Payton	RF
11	Bill Mueller	3B
12	Mark Bellhorn	2B
3	David Wells	P

2005 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 59 Abe Alvarez 61 Bronson Arroyo 53 Chad Bradford 57 Scott Cassidy 30 Matt Clement 57 Manny Delcarmen 55 Lenny DiNardo 43 Alan Embree 29 Keith Foulke 54 Geremi González 54 John Halama 56 Craig Hansen 43 Chad Harville 31 Matt Mantei 51 Cla Meredith 52 Wade Miller 36 Mike Myers 59 Blaine Neal 58 Jonathan Papelbon 46 Matt Perisho 37 Mike Remlinger 38 Curt Schilling 37 Mike Stanton 50 Mike Timlin 49 Tim Wakefield 3,16 David Wells		Catchers 28 Doug Mirabelli 48 Kelly Shoppach 33 Jason Varitek 10 Shawn Wooten Infielders 12 Mark Bellhorn 23 Alex Cora 10 Tony Graffanino 40 Alejandro Machado 10 David McCarty 15 Kevin Millar 11 Bill Mueller 19 John Olerud 13 Roberto Petagine 60 Hanley Ramírez 16,3 Édgar Rentería 23 Ramón Vázquez 20 Kevin Youkilis		Outfielders 32 José Cruz Jr. 18 Johnny Damon 25 Adam Hyzdu 44 Gabe Kapler  7 Trot Nixon 44 Jay Payton 24 Manny Ramírez 39 Adam Stern Designated hitter 34 David Ortiz		Manager 47 Terry Francona Coaches 44 Bill Haselman (Bullpen) 22 Ron Jackson (Hitting) 35 Lynn Jones (First base)  2 Brad Mills (Bench) 41 Dale Sveum (Third base) 17 Dave Wallace (Pitching)

2005 Game Log
April (12–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @ Yankees 9–2 Johnson (1–0) Wells (0–1) — 54,818 0–1 2 April 5 @ Yankees 4–3 Rivera (1–0) Foulke (0–1) — 54,690 0–2 3 April 6 @ Yankees 7–3 Timlin (1–0) Rivera (1–1) — 55,165 1–2 4 April 8 @ Blue Jays 6–5 Arroyo (1–0) Bush (0–1) Foulke (1) 50,560 2–2 5 April 9 @ Blue Jays 12–5 Frasor (1–0) Wells (0–2) — 28,765 2–3 6 April 10 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Batista (1–0) Timlin (1–1) — 22,845 2–4 7 April 11 Yankees 8–1 Wakefield (1–0) Mussina (0–1) — 33,702 3–4 8 April 13 Yankees 5–2 Wright (1–1) Schilling (0–1) Rivera (2) 35,115 3–5 9 April 14 Yankees 8–5 Foulke (1–1) Gordon (0–1) — 35,251 4–5 10 April 15 Devil Rays 10–0 Wells (1–2) Nomo (1–1) — 35,023 5–5 11 April 16 Devil Rays 6–2 Clement (1–0) Brazelton (0–3) — 35,106 6–5 12 April 17 Devil Rays 3–1 Wakefield (2–0) Kazmir (0–1) Foulke (2) 35,232 7–5 13 April 18 Blue Jays 12–7 Schilling (1–1) Bush (0–2) — 35,243 8–5 14 April 19 Blue Jays 4–3 Halladay (3–0) Foulke (1–2) Batista (4) 35,598 8–6 15 April 20 @ Orioles 8–0 Wells (2–2) Chen (1–1) — 36,478 9–6 16 April 21 @ Orioles 1–0 Clement (2–0) López (2–1) Foulke (3) 40,419 10–6 17 April 22 @ Devil Rays 5–4 Báez (3–0) Embree (0–1) — 30,530 10–7 18 April 23 @ Devil Rays 6–5 Fossum (1–1) Schilling (1–2) Carter (1) 33,220 10–8 19 April 24 @ Devil Rays 11–3 Arroyo (2–0) Nomo (2–2) — 30,236 11–8 20 April 25 Orioles 8–4 Chen (2–1) Wells (2–3) — 35,003 11–9 21 April 26 Orioles 11–8 Julio (1–0) Foulke (1–3) Ryan (3) 35,670 11–10 – April 27 Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 2 22 April 29 @ Rangers 7–2 Park (3–1) Wakefield (2–1) Mahay (1) 43,933 11–11 23 April 30 @ Rangers 9–2 Arroyo (3–0) Astacio (1–3) — 44,114 12–11
May (16–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Rangers 6–5 Clement (3–0) Drese (2–3) Foulke (4) 49,342 13–11 25 May 2 @ Tigers 8–3 Bonderman (4–2) Neal (0–1) Urbina (1) 17,497 13–12 26 May 3 @ Tigers 5–3 Halama (1–0) Maroth (2–2) Foulke (5) 19,121 14–12 27 May 4 @ Tigers 4–3 Wakefield (3–1) Farnsworth (1–1) Foulke (6) 23,295 15–12 28 May 5 @ Tigers 2–1 Arroyo (4–0) Urbina (0–3) Foulke (7) 24,870 16–12 29 May 6 Mariners 7–2 Clement (4–0) Moyer (4–1) — 35,229 17–12 – May 7 Mariners Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 8 30 May 8 Mariners 6–3 González (1–0) Piñeiro (2–3) Foulke (8) 34,848 18–12 31 May 8 Mariners 6–4 Franklin (2–4) Halama (1–1) Guardado (9) 34,671 18–13 32 May 9 Athletics 13–5 Wakefield (4–1) Haren (1–5) — 35,000 19–13 33 May 10 Athletics 3–2 Matt Mantei (1–0) Dotel (1–1) — 35,644 20–13 34 May 11 Athletics 6–5 Foulke (2–3) Dotel (1–2) — 35,375 21–13 35 May 13 @ Mariners 14–7 Mateo (1–0) González (1–1) — 44,534 21–14 36 May 14 @ Mariners 6–3 Myers (1–0) Villone (0–2) Foulke (9) 46,229 22–14 37 May 15 @ Mariners 5–4 Meche (3–2) Wakefield Guardado (10) 46,145 22–15 38 May 16 @ Athletics 6–4 Yabu (3–0) Myers (1–1) Dotel (7) 30,281 22–16 39 May 17 @ Athletics 7–5 Embree (1–1) Cruz (0–2) Foulke (10) 29,494 23–16 40 May 18 @ Athletics 13–6 Etherton (1–0) Wells (2–4) — 42,705 23–17 41 May 20 Braves 4–3 Miller (1–0) Hudson (4–3) Foulke (11) 35,332 24–17 42 May 21 Braves 7–5 Davies (1–0) Wakefield (4–3) — 35,008 24–18 43 May 22 Braves 5–2 Clement (5–0) Colón (0–1) — 34,844 25–18 44 May 24 @ Blue Jays 9–6 Batista (3–0) Embree (1–2) — 34,280 25–19 45 May 25 @ Blue Jays 6–1 Lilly (3–4) Arroyo (4–1) — 23,221 25–20 46 May 26 @ Blue Jays 8–1 Chacín (5–3) Miller (1–1) Walker (2) 26,255 25–21 47 May 27 @ Yankees 6–3 Johnson (5–3) Wakefield (4–4) Rivera (12) 55,051 25–22 48 May 28 @ Yankees 17–1 Clement (6–0) Pavano (4–3) — 55,315 26–22 49 May 29 @ Yankees 7–2 Wells (3–4) Mussina (5–3) — 55,235 27–22 50 May 30 Orioles 8–1 Lopez (4–2) Arroyo (4–2) — 35,483 27–23 51 May 31 Orioles 5–1 Miller (2–1) Cabrera (4–4) — 35,147 28–23
June (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 Orioles 9–3 Ponson (6–3) Wakefield (4–5) — 35,527 28–24 53 June 2 Orioles 6–4 Foulke (3–3) Ryan (0–1) — 35,138 29–24 54 June 3 Angels 7–4 Myers (2–1) Shields (4–3) Foulke (12) 35,328 30–24 55 June 4 Angels 13–6 Colón (7–3) Embree (1–3) — 34,754 30–25 56 June 5 Angels 6–3 Myers (3–1) Woods (1–1) Foulke (13) 35,008 31–25 57 June 6 @ Cardinals 7–1 Morris (7–0) Wakefield (4–6) — 50,270 31–26 58 June 7 @ Cardinals 9–2 Suppan (5–5) Clement (6–1) — 47,496 31–27 59 June 8 @ Cardinals 4–0 Wells (4–4) Carpenter (8–4) — 46,928 32–27 60 June 10 @ Cubs 14–6 Maddux (5–3) Arroyo (4–3) — 39,215 32–28 61 June 11 @ Cubs 7–6 Wellemeyer (2–1) Miller (2–2) Dempster (8) 39,096 32–29 62 June 12 @ Cubs 8–1 Wakefield (5–6) Rusch (5–2) — 39,138 33–29 63 June 13 Reds 10–3 Clement (7–1) Milton (3–8) — 35,478 34–29 64 June 14 Reds 7–0 Wells (5–4) Hudson (1–1) — 35,387 35–29 65 June 15 Reds 6–1 Arroyo (5–3) Harang (4–5) — 35,265 36–29 66 June 17 Pirates 6–5 Foulke (4–3) White (2–3) — 35,377 37–29 67 June 18 Pirates 2–0 White (3–3) Embree (1–4) Mesa (18) 35,216 37–30 68 June 19 Pirates 8–0 Clement (8–1) Wells (5–6) — 35,046 38–30 69 June 20 @ Indians 10–9 Wells (6–4) Sabathia (5–4) Foulke (14) 30,562 39–30 70 June 21 @ Indians 9–2 Arroyo (6–3) Millwood (2–5) — 28,450 40–30 71 June 22 @ Indians 5–4 Foulke (5–3) Wickman (0–2) — 29,915 41–30 72 June 24 @ Phillies 8–0 Wakefield (6–6) Lieber (8–7) — 45,090 42–30 73 June 25 @ Phillies 7–1 Clement (9–1) Padilla (3–7) — 44,868 43–30 74 June 26 @ Phillies 12–8 Timlin (2–1) Cormier (2–2) — 45,042 44–30 75 June 27 Indians 7–0 Millwood (3–5) Arroyo (6–4) — 35,458 44–31 76 June 28 Indians 12–8 Miller (1–0) Foulke (5–4) — 35,445 44–32 77 June 29 Indians 5–2 Wakefield (7–6) Elarton (4–3) Timlin (1) 35,069 45–32
July (14–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 Blue Jays 15–2 Lilly (6–8) Clement (9–2) — 35,302 45–33 79 July 2 Blue Jays 6–4 Timlin (3–1) Walker (3–2) Foulke (15) 35,268 46–33 80 July 3 Blue Jays 5–2 Halladay (12–4) Arroyo (6–5) Schoeneweis (1) 34,794 46–34 81 July 4 @ Rangers 6–5 Benoit (1–0) Foulke (5–5) — 50,492 46–35 82 July 5 @ Rangers 7–4 Wakefield (8–6) Young (8–5) Timlin (2) 33,356 47–35 83 July 6 @ Rangers 7–4 Clement (10–2) Park (8–3) Embree (1) 34,962 48–35 84 July 7 @ Orioles 3–1 Cabrera (7–7) Wells (6–5) Byrdak (1) 47,389 48–36 85 July 8 @ Orioles 7–2 Arroyo (7–5) Ponson (7–7) — 49,174 49–36 86 July 9 @ Orioles 9–1 Chen (7–5) Miller (2–3) — 49,331 49–37 87 July 10 @ Orioles 4–1 Lopez (8–5) Wakefield (8–7) Ryan (19) 49,828 49–38 88 July 14 Yankees 8–6 Gordon (3–3) Schilling (1–3) Rivera (21) 35,232 49–39 89 July 15 Yankees 17–1 Wells (7–5) Redding (0–6) — 35,083 50–39 90 July 16 Yankees 7–4 Johnson (10–6) Clement (10–3) Rivera (22) 34,694 50–40 91 July 17 Yankees 5–3 Leiter (4–7) Wakefield (8–8) Rivera (23) 34,802 50–41 92 July 18 Devil Rays 3–1 Kazmir (4–7) Miller (2–4) Báez (17) 35,405 50–42 93 July 19 Devil Rays 5–2 Arroyo (8–5) Fossum (4–8) Schilling (1) 35,428 51–42 94 July 20 Devil Rays 9–4 Wells (8–5) Hendrickson (4–7) — 35,123 52–42 95 July 21 @ White Sox 6–5 Schilling (2–3) Vizcaíno (4–4) — 36,784 53–42 96 July 22 @ White Sox 8–4 Garland (15–4) Wakefield (8–9) — 37,511 53–43 97 July 23 @ White Sox 3–0 Miller (3–4) Hernández (7–3) Schilling (2) 39,408 54–43 98 July 24 @ White Sox 6–4 Contreras (6–6) Arroyo (8–6) Hermanson (23) 37,168 54–44 99 July 25 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Colomé (2–2) Schilling (2–4) — 21,550 54–45 100 July 26 @ Devil Rays 10–9 Schilling (3–4) Báez (5–3) — 24,029 55–45 101 July 27 @ Devil Rays 4–1 Wakefield (9–9) McClung (1–6) Schilling (3) 22,079 56–45 102 July 29 Twins 8–5 Arroyo (9–6) Silva (7–5) Schilling (4) 35,211 57–45 103 July 30 Twins 6–2 Wells (9–5) Lohse (7–10) — 35,167 58–45 104 July 31 Twins 4–3 Timlin (4–1) Rincón (4–4) Schilling (5) 34,929 59–45
August (18–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 2 Royals 6–4 Wakefield (10–9) Burgos (1–4) Schilling (6) 35,386 60–45 106 August 3 Royals 8–5 Miller (4–4) Snyder Schilling (7) 35,055 61–45 107 August 4 Royals 11–9 Clement (11–3) Núñez (2–2) Schilling (8) 35,060 62–45 108 August 5 @ Twins 12–0 Radke (7–10) Arroyo (9–7) — 38,161 62–46 109 August 6 @ Twins 4–3 Nathan (4–3) Timlin (4–2) — 40,626 62–47 110 August 7 @ Twins 11–7 Wakefield (11–9) Mays (5–7) Schilling (9) 40,982 63–47 111 August 8 Rangers 11–6 González (2–1) Karsay (0–1) — 35,453 64–47 112 August 9 Rangers 8–7 Schilling (4–4) Gryboski (1–1) — 35,308 65–47 113 August 10 Rangers 16–5 Arroyo (10–7) Rogers (11–5) — 35,379 66–47 114 August 12 White Sox 9–8 Bradford (1–0) Buehrle (13–5) — 35,132 67–47 115 August 13 White Sox 7–4 Wakefield (12–9) Garland (16–6) — 35,055 68–47 – August 14 White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 5 116 August 15 @ Tigers 7–6 Walker (4–3) Schilling (4–5) — 30,426 68–48 117 August 16 @ Tigers 10–7 Bradford (2–0) Dingman (1–2) — 32,129 69–48 118 August 17 @ Tigers 6–5 Bonderman (14–9) Wells (9–6) Rodney (5) 30,634 69–49 119 August 18 @ Angels 13–4 Colón (16–6) Wakefield (12–10) — 44,050 69–50 120 August 19 @ Angels 4–3 Schilling (5–5) Shields (8–9) — 43,896 70–50 121 August 20 @ Angels 4–2 Santana (7–5) Arroyo (10–8) Rodríguez (28) 44,014 70–51 122 August 21 @ Angels 5–1 Timlin (5–2) Byrd (9–8) — 44,022 71–51 123 August 23 @ Royals 5–2 Wells (10–6) Greinke (3–15) — 21,323 72–51 124 August 24 @ Royals 4–3 Sisco (2–2) Arroyo (10–9) — 18,871 72–52 125 August 25 @ Royals 7–4 Lima (5–12) Schilling (5–6) MacDougal (17) 21,815 72–53 126 August 26 Tigers 9–8 Wakefield (13–10) Johnson (7–10) Timlin (3) 35,056 73–53 127 August 27 Tigers 12–8 Colón (2–5) Papelbon (0–1) — 35,228 73–54 128 August 28 Tigers 11–3 Wells (11–6) Robertson (6–11) — 34,658 74–54 129 August 29 Devil Rays 10–6 Clement (12–3) McClung (5–8) — 35,007 75–54 130 August 30 Devil Rays 7–6 Timlin (6–2) Borowski (1–1) — 35,101 76–54 131 August 31 Devil Rays 7–6 Wakefield (14–10) Fossum (8–11) Timlin (4) 35,253 77–54
September (17–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Devil Rays 7–4 Arroyo (11–9) Waechter (5–9) Timlin (5) 35,337 78–54 133 September 2 Orioles 7–3 Maine (2–1) DiNardo (0–1) — 35,156 78–55 134 September 3 Orioles 7–6 Clement (13–3) Bédard (6–6) Timlin (6) 35,142 79–55 135 September 4 Orioles 5–1 Wells (12–6) Lopez (13–9) — 35,003 80–55 136 September 5 White Sox 5–3 McCarthy (2–1) Schilling (5–7) — 35,673 80–56 137 September 6 Angels 3–2 Wakefield (15–10) Shields (8–11) — 35,061 81–56 138 September 7 Angels 6–3 Arroyo (12–9) Santana (8–7) Timlin (7) 35,423 82–56 139 September 8 Angels 3–0 Byrd (11–9) Clement (13–4) Rodríguez (35) 35,351 82–57 140 September 9 @ Yankees 8–4 Small (7–0) Wells (12–7) — 55,024 82–58 141 September 10 @ Yankees 9–2 Schilling (6–7) Chacón (5–10) — 55,076 83–58 142 September 11 @ Yankees 1–0 Johnson (14–8) Wakefield (15–11) Rivera (37) 55,123 83–59 143 September 12 @ Blue Jays 6–5 Papelbon (1–1) Walker (6–5) — 24,617 84–59 144 September 13 @ Blue Jays 9–3 Downs (3–3) Clement (13–5) — 25,253 84–60 145 September 14 @ Blue Jays 1–0 Wells (13–7) Towers (11–11) Timlin (8) 25,865 85–60 146 September 15 Athletics 6–2 Blanton (10–11) Schilling (6–8) — 35,079 85–61 147 September 16 Athletics 3–2 Timlin (7–2) Cruz (0–3) — 35,249 86–61 148 September 17 Athletics 2–1 Arroyo (13–9) Haren (13–11) Timlin (9) 35,220 87–61 149 September 18 Athletics 12–3 Saarloos (10–7) Clement (13–6) — 34,849 87–62 150 September 19 @ Devil Rays 8–7 Hendrickson (10–7) Harville (0–3) Báez (38) 16,124 87–63 151 September 20 @ Devil Rays 15–2 Schilling (7–8) McClung (6–11) — 18,723 88–63 152 September 21 @ Devil Rays 7–4 Miller (2–2) Timlin (7–3) Báez (39) 20,002 88–64 153 September 23 @ Orioles 6–3 Arroyo (14–9) Cabrera (10–12) Timlin (10) 46,850 89–64 154 September 24 @ Orioles 4–3 Papelbon (2–1) Ryan (1–4) Timlin (11) 48,612 90–64 155 September 25 @ Orioles 9–3 Wells (14–7) Maine (2–3) — 46,559 91–64 – September 26 Blue Jays Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 27 156 September 27 Blue Jays 3–1 Wakefield (16–11) Bush (5–11) Timlin (12) 35,700 92–65 157 September 27 Blue Jays 5–7 Frasor (3–5) Bradford (2–1) Batista (31) 35,476 92–65 158 September 28 Blue Jays 7–2 Lilly Arroyo (14–10) — 35,313 92–66 159 September 29 Blue Jays 5–4 Papelbon (3–1) Batista (5–8) — 35,345 93–66 160 September 30 Yankees 5–3 Wells (15–7) Wang (8–5) Timlin (13) 34,832 94–66
October (1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 Yankees 8–4 Johnson (17–8) Wakefield (16–12) — 34,556 94–67 162 October 2 Yankees 10–1 Schilling (8–8) Wright — 34,534 95–67

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 Varitek	133	470	132	.281	22	70
1B	Kevin Millar	134	449	122	.272	9	50
2B	Mark Bellhorn	85	283	61	.216	7	28
SS	Édgar Rentería	153	623	172	.276	8	70
3B	Bill Mueller	150	519	153	.295	10	62
LF	Manny Ramirez	152	554	162	.292	45	144
CF	Johnny Damon	148	624	197	.316	10	75
RF	Trot Nixon	124	408	112	.275	13	65
DH	David Ortiz	159	601	180	.300	47	148

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
Tony Graffanino	51	188	60	.319	4	20
John Olerud	87	173	50	.289	7	37
Doug Mirabelli	50	136	31	.228	6	18
Jay Payton	55	133	35	.263	5	21
Alex Cora	47	104	28	.269	2	16
Gabe Kapler	36	97	24	.247	1	9
Kevin Youkilis	44	79	22	.278	1	9
Ramón Vázquez	27	61	12	.197	0	4
Roberto Petagine	18	32	9	.281	1	9
Adam Hyzdu	12	16	4	.250	0	0
Adam Stern	36	15	2	.133	1	2
Kelly Shoppach	9	15	0	.000	0	0
José Cruz Jr.	4	12	3	.250	0	0
Dave McCarty	13	4	2	.500	0	2
Alejandro Machado	10	5	1	.200	0	0
Hanley Ramirez	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Shawn Wooten	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tim Wakefield	33	225.1	16	12	4.15	151
Bronson Arroyo	35	205.1	14	10	4.51	100
Matt Clement	32	191.0	13	6	4.57	146
David Wells	30	189.0	15	7	4.45	107
Wade Miller	16	91.0	4	4	4.95	64

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Curt Schilling	32	93.1	8	8	5.69	87
Jonathan Papelbon	17	34.0	3	1	2.65	34
Lenny DiNardo	8	14.2	0	1	1.84	15

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Keith Foulke	43	5	5	15	5.91	34
Mike Timlin	81	7	3	13	2.24	59
Mike Myers	65	3	1	0	3.13	21
Alan Embree	43	1	4	1	7.65	30
Matt Mantei	34	1	0	0	6.49	22
Chad Bradford	31	2	1	0	3.86	10
John Halama	30	1	1	0	6.18	26
Geremi González	28	2	1	0	6.11	28
Manny Delcarmen	10	0	0	0	3.00	9
Blaine Neal	8	0	1	0	9.00	3
Chad Harville	8	0	1	0	6.43	3
Mike Remlinger	8	0	0	0	14.85	5
Craig Hansen	4	0	0	0	6.00	3
Cla Meredith	3	0	0	0	27.00	0
Abe Alvarez	2	0	0	0	15.43	1
Mike Stanton	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Scott Cassidy	1	0	0	0	40.50	0
Matt Perisho	1	0	0	0	inf	0

Game	Score	Date
1	Boston 2, Chicago 14	October 4
2	Boston 4, Chicago 5	October 5
3	Chicago 5, Boston 3	October 7

The Chicago White Sox swept the Red Sox in the American League Division Series. The White Sox went on to win the World Series that year against the Houston Astros. The Red Sox entered the 2005 postseason as a wild card team even though they had the same regular season record as their division rival, the New York Yankees because they lost the regular season head-to-head matchups 10–9.

A crucial moment of the series came in Game 2 when Red Sox second baseman Tony Graffanino made a crucial error that led to the White Sox scoring three unearned runs in the fifth inning. A slow groundball hit to the right side of the infield was able to get past Graffanino and a key double play was not turned. Later in the inning, White Sox second baseman Tadahito Iguchi hit a three-run home run to give the White Sox a one-run lead.^[25] Red Sox pitcher David Wells was pitching well in the game until the error. The error is viewed by many fans as having the Red Sox lose Game 2 and eventually the American League Division Series.

Red Sox ace Curt Schilling did not start a game in the American League Division Series after pitching in the last game of the season against the Yankees.

• David Ortiz – Silver Slugger Award (DH), AL Player of the Month (September)
• Manny Ramirez – Silver Slugger Award (OF)
• Jason Varitek – Silver Slugger Award (C), Gold Glove Award (C)

All-Star Game

• Matt Clement, reserve P (roster replacement)
• Johnny Damon, starting CF
• David Ortiz, starting DH
• Manny Ramirez, starting LF
• Jason Varitek, starting C

The Wilmington Blue Rocks replaced the Sarasota Red Sox as the Class A-Advanced affiliate, and the Greenville Bombers replaced the Augusta GreenJackets as the Class A affiliate.

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Ron Johnson
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Todd Claus
A-Advanced	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	Dann Bilardello
A	Greenville Bombers	South Atlantic League	Chad Epperson
A-Short Season	Lowell Spinners	New York–Penn League	Luis Alicea
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Ralph Treuel
Rookie	DSL Red Sox	Dominican Summer League	Nelson Paulino
Rookie	VSL Red Sox (cooperative)	Venezuelan Summer League	Josman Robles

VSL cooperative was with the San Diego Padres.^{[citation needed]}
Source:^[26][27]

• 2005 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 2005 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
• 2005 Boston Red Sox Draft Selections