2005 Seattle Mariners season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Seattle Mariners
season = 2005
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1977
division = Western Division
y2 = 1977
Uniform
ballpark = Safeco Field
y4 = 1999
city = Seattle, Washington
y5 = 1977
owners = Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln
managers = Mike Hargrove
television = KSTW 11
FSN Northwest
radio = KOMO (AM) 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner)|

The Seattle Mariners 2005 season was their 29th since the franchise creation, and their second consecutive season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a record of 69-93 (.426). They only had one player in the 2005 All-Star Game, who was Ichiro Suzuki with his fifth selection for the All-Star Game.

Over the course of the disappointing season, the Mariners managed to have their longest winning streak over the course of a four game series with the Angels (7 - 10 July), whilst having two losing streaks of seven between 30 April - 8 May / 25 June - 2 July.

Offseason

*December 17, 2004: Adrian Beltre was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beltrad01.shtml]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

*Adrian Beltre
*Bret Boone
*Raul Ibanez
*Jamie Moyer
*Miguel Olivo
*Jeremy Reed
*Richie Sexson
*Ichiro Suzuki
*Wilson Valdez
*Randy Winn [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2005&t=SEA]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 7, 2005: Jeff Clement was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 2005. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clemeje01.shtml]
*July 11, 2005: Bret Boone was sent to the Minnesota Twins by the Seattle Mariners as part of a conditional deal. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebr01.shtml]
*July 30, 2005: Yorvit Torrealba was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jesse Foppert to the Seattle Mariners for Randy Winn. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torreyo01.shtml]
*August 19, 2005: Scott Spiezio was released by the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spiezsc01.shtml]

Game log

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Team statistics

"Positions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams"

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Pitching

"Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts"

References

*Game Logs::1st Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=sea&season=2005&seasonType=2&half=1 Seattle Mariners Game Log] on ESPN.com:2nd Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=sea&season=2005&seasonType=2&half=2 Seattle Mariners Game Log] on ESPN.com
*Batting Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=sea&season=2005&seasonType=2 Seattle Mariners Batting Stats] on ESPN.com
*Pitching Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/pitching?team=sea&season=2005&seasonType=2 Seattle Mariners Pitching Stats] on ESPN.com

External links

* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2005&t=SEA 2005 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]