2005 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 2005
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = John W. Henry
managers = Terry Francona
television = WSBK-TV
NESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
radio = WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bill Kulik, Uri Berenguer, Juan Báez)|

The Boston Red Sox' 2005 season included the Boston Red Sox attempting to win the American League East in the American League. The Red Sox finished 95-67 and with the same record as the New York Yankees, but although the Yankees had won more previous games, they won the American League East and the Red Sox had to settle for the American League Wild Card.

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

*December 19, 2004: Edgar Renteria was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/renteed01.shtml]
* May 2, 2005: John Olerud was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/olerujo01.shtml John Olerud Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/ellsbja01.shtml Jacoby Ellsbury Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/buchhcl01.shtml Clay Buchholz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 19, 2005: Alan Embree was released by the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/embreal01.shtml Alan Embree Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 9, 2005: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bottari01.shtml Ricky Bottalico Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 25, 2005: Ricky Bottalico was released by the Boston Red Sox.

Opening Day Lineup

Other batters

Relief pitchers

ALDS

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Ron Johnson, manager)
* Class AA: Portland Sea Dogs (Eastern League; Todd Claus, manager)
* Class A: Wilmington Blue Rocks (Carolina League; Dann Bilardello, manager)
* Class A: Greenville Bombers (South Atlantic League; Chad Epperson, manager)
* Class SS-A: Lowell Spinners (New York-Penn League; Luis Alicea, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Red Sox (Gulf Coast League; Ralph Treuel, manager)

References

*Season Standings: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings?date=20051029 American League East Standings] on ESPN.com
*Game logs::1st Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=bos&season=2005&seasonType=2&half=1 Boston Red Sox Game Log] on ESPN.com:2nd Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=bos&season=2005&seasonType=2&half=2 Boston Red Sox Game Log] on ESPN.com
*Batting Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=bos&season=2005&seasonType=2 Boston Red Sox Batting Stats] on ESPN.com
*Pitching Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/pitching?team=bos&season=2005&seasonType=2 Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats] on ESPN.com

* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2005&t=BOS 2005 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2005.shtml 2005 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball-Reference.com]

succession box
title = AL Wild Card
years = 2005
before = Boston Red Sox
2004
after = Detroit Tigers
2006