2005 Boston Red Sox
Record: 81-81
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 813
Runs Allowed: 841
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,356,538
Manager: Greg Grasso

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-67, 9th in the American
AA: 69-69, 8th in the American
A: 66-72, 11th in the American
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Johnny Damon 31 154 610 105 162 23 9 15 72 63 17 59 44 .266 .337 .407 .743 89.4 15.6 5.3
LF *Raul Ibanez 33 146 543 77 147 34 3 19 89 4 3 71 90 .271 .355 .449 .805 86.2 17.3 2.7
DH *David Ortiz 29 149 507 82 115 30 0 23 81 0 0 78 131 .227 .327 .422 .749 74.4 12.1 0.0
RF *Karim Garcia 29 155 561 62 143 12 0 23 85 0 3 32 152 .255 .296 .399 .695 62.0 7.6 3.8
C #Jason Varitek 33 144 493 74 150 32 1 18 67 0 1 62 99 .304 .386 .483 .869 85.7 19.2 5.7
2B #Jose Vidro 30 155 497 61 149 28 4 8 71 6 4 51 48 .300 .370 .421 .791 73.1 14.2 6.0
SS  Michael Young 28 118 510 70 136 25 6 8 57 25 17 30 74 .267 .309 .386 .695 58.3 7.8 4.2
1B *Brad Fullmer 30 111 406 60 108 28 2 14 66 6 3 39 75 .266 .341 .448 .789 61.0 11.5 0.4
1B  Kevin Youkilis 26 134 364 63 97 19 4 7 54 3 0 55 36 .266 .363 .398 .762 55.0 10.4 2.3
1B *Carlos Pena 27 102 291 40 61 6 3 9 41 0 0 28 78 .210 .285 .344 .628 30.5 2.8 0.3
2B  Placido Polanco 29 112 268 32 77 17 0 5 25 8 2 19 25 .287 .339 .407 .746 34.7 6.3 2.0
CF  Gabe Kapler 29 107 230 36 50 8 0 4 24 15 1 22 52 .217 .282 .304 .587 23.1 1.6 1.2
SS  Nomar Garciaparra 31 44 186 25 49 8 0 4 20 7 2 14 9 .263 .319 .371 .690 23.3 3.5 1.3
C  Doug Mirabelli 34 47 145 19 35 6 0 3 19 0 0 8 37 .241 .281 .345 .626 12.3 0.8 1.6
LF  Manny Ramirez 33 6 23 5 8 3 0 4 8 0 0 4 4 .348 .444 1.000 1.444 8.0 2.4 0.2
LF *Ben Grieve 29 12 18 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .278 .316 .444 .760 2.6 0.6 0.0
1B  Brandon Larson 29 12 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .118 .235 -1.1 0.0 0.1
CF  Adam Hyzdu 33 5 11 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 .182 .250 .455 .705 0.7 0.0 0.1
C  Kelly Shoppach 25 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 1714 5684 813 1496 279 32 166 784 137 53 574 971 .263 .334 .411 .745 778.8 133.7 37.2
  Rank among 14 AL teams 4 4 7 1 9 10 4 8 4 3 1 8 4 7 7 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Derek Lowe 32 16 9 .640 34 34 0 214.7 217 90 12 68 164 3.77 14.5
*Eric Milton 29 12 7 .632 32 32 0 185.0 207 101 27 42 118 4.91 7.3
 Carl Pavano 29 11 10 .524 31 31 0 173.0 203 99 25 48 102 5.15 5.8
 Bronson Arroyo 28 5 10 .333 31 19 1 113.3 164 88 20 43 62 6.99 0.0
 Jose Lima 32 5 6 .455 40 8 3 109.0 108 58 17 34 67 4.79 4.8
 Mike Dejean 34 6 4 .600 61 0 3 97.7 91 44 11 33 66 4.05 6.7
 Joaquin Benoit 27 6 7 .462 23 18 1 92.3 97 50 10 60 53 4.87 3.0
 Keith Foulke 32 5 9 .357 72 0 34 91.0 72 26 10 24 98 2.57 16.2
 Scott Williamson 29 5 1 .833 82 0 4 90.0 86 50 15 66 94 5.00 3.7
 Cory Lidle 33 1 7 .125 14 14 0 87.3 110 51 18 26 51 5.26 1.7
 Vladimir Nunez 30 2 2 .500 63 0 1 79.7 88 42 7 28 55 4.75 3.6
*Mark Malaska 27 4 5 .444 65 0 3 54.7 50 23 7 25 37 3.79 4.8
*Brandon Claussen 26 1 3 .250 6 6 0 30.7 34 23 4 13 24 6.75 0.0
*Scott Sauerbeck 33 1 1 .500 12 0 0 13.0 15 15 3 9 12 10.38 0.0
Team Totals 30.1 80 81 .497 566 162 50 1431.3 1542 760 186 519 1003 4.78 72.0
Rank among 14 AL teams 10 10 1 10 14 11 11 11 9 12 11  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 29.7
J.Varitek 1173.0 128 137 845 77 11 3 .988 30.1
D.Mirabelli 284.7 33 37 205 28 1 0 .996 44.9
K.Shoppach 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1466.7 162 175 1054 105 12 3 .990 33.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.66
B.Fullmer 665.6 73 78 757 58 2 66 .998 11.02
C.Pena 430.3 51 52 504 48 4 46 .993 11.54
K.Youkilis 61.7 5 14 79 3 1 4 .988 11.97
D.Mirabelli 35.3 3 9 40 8 1 6 .980 12.23
B.Larson 31.0 4 5 35 2 0 3 1.000 10.74
G.Kapler 7.0 0 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 7.71
D.Ortiz 7.0 0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 5.14
R.Ibanez 6.0 0 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50
Team Total 1243.9 136 174 1431 120 8 126 .995 11.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.45
J.Vidro 1307.3 147 151 279 545 12 126 .986 5.67
P.Polanco 158.7 15 26 41 54 2 7 .979 5.39
Team Total 1466.0 162 177 320 599 14 133 .985 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
K.Youkilis 915.0 107 120 63 226 8 19 .973 2.84
P.Polanco 534.0 55 85 38 140 9 12 .952 3.00
B.Larson 14.0 0 7 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.57
C.Pena 3.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1466.7 162 214 101 371 17 32 .965 2.90
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.73
M.Young 1084.7 116 116 161 427 10 71 .983 4.88
N.Garciaparra 409.3 42 43 51 146 6 24 .970 4.33
Team Total 1494.0 158 159 212 573 16 95 .980 4.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.77
R.Ibanez 1158.1 132 132 199 4 1 1 .995 1.58
G.Kapler 182.0 18 25 30 2 1 1 .970 1.58
M.Ramirez 53.2 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Varitek 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Pena 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Mirabelli 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Hyzdu 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Grieve 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
N.Garciaparra 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Larson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1411.2 156 172 243 6 2 2 .992 1.59
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.32
J.Damon 1319.3 150 153 337 10 0 2 1.000 2.37
G.Kapler 120.7 11 20 20 3 2 1 .920 1.72
K.Garcia 17.7 0 6 6 0 1 0 .857 3.06
A.Hyzdu 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
N.Garciaparra 2.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1469.2 162 180 366 13 3 3 .992 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.84
K.Garcia 1251.3 144 146 259 12 9 0 .968 1.95
G.Kapler 179.0 16 29 39 0 4 0 .907 1.96
R.Ibanez 63.9 7 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.70
A.Hyzdu 16.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Grieve 11.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
P.Polanco 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1525.6 169 195 307 12 13 0 .961 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.92
D.Lowe 214.7 34 34 17 41 1 3 .983 2.43
E.Milton 185.0 32 32 16 36 8 2 .867 2.53
C.Pavano 173.0 31 31 14 22 0 1 1.000 1.87
B.Arroyo 113.3 19 31 8 15 1 3 .958 1.83
J.Lima 109.0 8 40 7 16 0 1 1.000 1.90
M.Dejean 97.7 0 61 4 24 0 3 1.000 2.58
J.Benoit 92.3 18 23 11 7 1 0 .947 1.75
K.Foulke 91.0 0 72 2 11 1 0 .929 1.29
S.Williamson 90.0 0 82 8 10 2 0 .900 1.80
C.Lidle 87.3 14 14 4 19 0 1 1.000 2.37
V.Nunez 79.7 0 63 7 6 2 0 .867 1.47
M.Malaska 54.7 0 65 4 10 0 2 1.000 2.31
B.Claussen 30.7 6 6 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.64
S.Sauerbeck 13.0 0 12 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1431.3 162 566 106 225 16 17 .954 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Varitek .304
On-Base Pct Varitek .386
Slugging Pct Varitek .483
OPS Varitek .869
XR Damon 89.4
Games Garcia, Vidro 155
At-Bats Damon 610
Runs Damon 105
Hits Damon 162
Total Bases Damon 248
Singles Damon 115
Doubles Ibanez 34
Triples Damon 9
Homeruns Garcia, Ortiz 23
RBIs Ibanez 89
Stolen Bases Damon 63
Caught Stealing Damon, Young 17
Walks Ortiz 78
Strikeouts Garcia 152
ERA Lowe 3.77
Wins Lowe 16
Losses Arroyo, Pavano 10
Winning Pct Lowe .640
Saves Foulke 34
Games Pitched Williamson 82
Games Started Lowe 34
Complete Games Milton 2
Shutouts Milton 1
Innings Pitched Lowe 214.7
Hits Allowed Lowe 217
Homeruns Allowed Milton 27
Strikeouts Lowe 164
Walks Allowed Lowe 68
Walks per 9IP Milton 2.0
Hits per 9IP Lowe 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Lowe 6.9
WHiP Lowe 1.33
OAVG Lowe .267
OOBP Milton .324
OSLG Lowe .355
OOPS Lowe .684
Team All-Stars
Keith Foulke
Player Salaries
Carl Pavano $ 11,000,000
Eric Milton $ 7,250,000
David Ortiz $ 6,500,000
Johnny Damon $ 5,775,000
Karim Garcia $ 5,000,000
Keith Foulke $ 4,900,000
Jason Varitek $ 4,690,000
Cory Lidle $ 4,590,000
Derek Lowe $ 4,200,000
Jose Vidro $ 4,000,000
Raul Ibanez $ 3,090,000
Placido Polanco $ 3,010,000
Jose Lima $ 3,000,000
Vladimir Nunez $ 2,300,000
Scott Williamson $ 2,223,000
Michael Young $ 2,000,000
Ben Grieve $ 1,500,000
Will Cunnane $ 1,000,000
Carlos Pena $ 928,571
Gabe Kapler $ 900,000
Brad Fullmer $ 680,000
Eddy Candelario $ 510,000
Doug Mirabelli $ 500,000
Mike Dejean $ 500,000
Joaquin Benoit $ 450,000
Dennys Reyes $ 350,000
Bronson Arroyo $ 300,000
Mark Malaska $ 300,000
Adam Hyzdu $ 300,000
Kevin Youkilis $ 300,000
Kelly Shoppach $ 300,000
Brandon Claussen $ 300,000
Brandon Larson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/30 Signed     Jose Vidro
Jose Vidro
1/31 Signed     Karim Garcia
Karim Garcia
2/3 Signed     Mike Dejean
Mike Dejean
2/7 Traded Kevin Millar
Claudio Arias
Kevin Millar
Claudio Arias
Detroit Carlos Pena
Joe Thurston
Carlos Pena
Joe Thurston
2/8 Signed     Doug Mirabelli
Doug Mirabelli
2/13 Traded Casey Daigle
Casey Daigle
Cincinnati Kevin Youkilis
Kevin Youkilis
2/13 Signed     Ben Grieve
Ben Grieve
2/21 Signed     Dennys Reyes
Dennys Reyes
2/21 Signed     Franklin Perez
Franklin Perez
2/22 Signed     Vladimir Nunez
Vladimir Nunez
2/22 Signed     Eddy Candelario
Eddy Candelario
2/23 Signed     Joaquin Benoit
Joaquin Benoit
2/23 Signed     Mike Myers
Mike Myers
2/26 Signed     Will Cunnane
Will Cunnane
2/27 Signed     Brandon Larson
Brandon Larson
2/28 Traded Jason Schmidt
Jason Schmidt
Texas Eric Milton
Chris Young
Nick Markakis
Eric Milton
Chris Young
Nick Markakis
2/28 Traded Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
Detroit Jose Lima
Todd Linden
Wilfredo Ledezma
Jose Lima
Todd Linden
Wilfredo Ledezma
4/12 Traded Manny Ramirez
Wilfredo Ledezma
Juan Perez
Manny Ramirez
Wilfredo Ledezma
Juan Perez
Florida Carl Pavano
Josh Wilson
Raul Ibanez
Carl Pavano
Josh Wilson
Raul Ibanez
4/12 Traded Jon Lester
Matt Murton
Jon Lester
Matt Murton
Detroit Placido Polanco
Placido Polanco
5/22 Traded Nomar Garciaparra
Kevin Ool
Nomar Garciaparra
Kevin Ool
Texas Michael Young
Brad Fullmer
Chris Ray
Michael Young
Brad Fullmer
Chris Ray
5/30 Released Scott Sauerbeck
Scott Sauerbeck
   
7/17 Traded Colter Bean
Colter Bean
Cincinnati Cory Lidle
Cory Lidle
7/17 Released Mike Myers
Mike Myers