2005 Major League Baseball season

The by|2005 MLB season was the 105th season of Major League Baseball. The season was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the BALCO scandal, which enforced harsher penalties ever than before for steroid use in Major League Baseball. Several players, including veteran Rafael Palmeiro, were suspended under the new policy. Also, every team in the NL East division had at least 81 wins (at least half of the 162 games played).

The season ended when the Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in a four-game sweep in the World Series, winning their first championship since by|1917.

Major League Baseball final standings

†"Denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league."
‡"Because the Yankees and Red Sox finished with the same win-loss record, the season series result awarded the division championship to the Yankees and the wild card to the Red Sox."

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Playoffs

The playoffs began on October 4, and ended on October 26. For more information, see the following articles:
*Division Series
**American League
**National League
*Championship Series
**American League
**National League
*World Series

Bracket

Baseballplayoffsbracket | RD1=Division Series
(ESPN/FOX) | RD2=League Championship Series
(FOX) | RD3=World Series
(FOX)
group1=American League
group2=National League

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Chicago White Sox
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2=Boston Red Sox
RD1-score1=3
RD1-score2=0

RD1-seed3=2
RD1-team3=Los Angeles Angels
RD1-seed4=3
RD1-team4=New York Yankees
RD1-score3=3
RD1-score4=2

RD1-seed5=1
RD1-team5=St. Louis Cardinals
RD1-seed6=3
RD1-team6=San Diego Padres
RD1-score5=3
RD1-score6=0

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Atlanta Braves
RD1-seed8=4
RD1-team8=Houston Astros
RD1-score7=1
RD1-score8=3

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Chicago White Sox
RD2-seed2=2
RD2-team2=Los Angeles Angels
RD2-score1=4
RD2-score2=1

RD2-seed3=1
RD2-team3=St. Louis Cardinals
RD2-seed4=4
RD2-team4=Houston Astros
RD2-score3=2
RD2-score4=4

RD3-seed1=AL1
RD3-team1=Chicago White Sox
RD3-seed2=NL4
RD3-team2=Houston Astros
RD3-score1=4
RD3-score2=0

Click on any series score to link to that series' page.
Higher seed had home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.
The American League champion had home field advantage during the World Series as a result of the AL victory in the 2005 All-Star Game.

tatistical leaders

Batting

Team

Individual

Player of the Month

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_2005.shtml Baseball-Reference.com, 2005 American League season]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_2005.shtml Baseball-Reference.com, 2005 National League season]