2005 Season

Season Notes

• 2005 Season Page at Baseball Reference
• 2005 Season page at Wikipedia
• Final Record: 79-83 (.488), 3rd/4 AL West, 16Gb
• Interleague Home: Astros, Braves, Nationals
• Interleague Away: Astros, Marlins, Phillies
• All Star Representatives (4): Michael Young, Kenny Rogers, Alfonso Soriano, & Mark Teixeira.
• Michael Young was AL Batting Champ
• The Interactive schedule is not available for this season – the first year MLB.com did that was 2009.

• Rangers beat the Mariners, 3-0 (10/3/2004)
• ST Game 1: Rangers lose to Royals 6-4 (3/3/2005)
• ST Game 2: Rangers bomb Royals 17-13 (3/4/2005)
• ST Game 3: Rangers beat Royals 5-3 (3/5/2005)
• ST Game 4: Rangers blow out Rockies 16-1 (3/6/2005)
• ST Game 5: Rangers lose to Cubs, 9-4 (3/7/2005)
• ST Game 6: Rangers lose to Giants, 5-1 (3/8/2005)
• ST Game 7: Rangers eek out a win against Cubs, 6-5 (3/9/2005)
• ST Game 8: Rangers lose to Pale Ho’s 7-2 (3/10/2005)
• ST Game 9: Rangers lose to Angels, 6-4 (3/11/2005)
• ST Game 10: Rangers drop another, 8-3 to Mariners (3/12/2005)
• ST Game 11: Rangers lose again, 7-6 (3/13/2005)
• ST Game 12: Rangers drop 5th in a row, 10-6 (3/14/2005)
• ST Game 13: Rangers finally win, 1-0 (3/15/2005)
• ST Game 14: Rangers lose second game, 6-4 (3/15/2005)
• ST Game 15: Rangers beat Diamondbacks on Wed, 9-2 (3/17/2005)
• Rangers go 1-2 over last three (3/18/2005)
• ST Game 18: Rangers lose to Angels, 5-3 (3/19/2005)
• ST19: Rangers lose again Sunday to Brew Crew, 8-5 (3/20/2005)
• ST20: Rangers lose a fiasco to A’s, 15-9 (3/22/2005)
• ST21: Rangers finally win one, 13-10 over A’s (3/24/2005)
• ST22: Rangers beat Royals 6-4 (3/24/2005)
• ST23: Rangers lose to Diamondbacks Friday, 10-6 (3/26/2005)
• ST24: Rangers beat ChiSox, 7-2 on Saturday (3/26/2005)
• ST25: Rangers slug it out to win against Brewers Sunday, 10-6 (3/27/2005)
• ST26: Rangers lose tight one to Giants, 2-1 (3/28/2005)
• ST27: Rangers blow it big time to Padres, 13-12 (3/29/2005)
• ST28: Rangers lose again to Padres on Wed, 9-6 (3/31/2005)
• ST29: Ryan Drese is great in win over Royals, 3-0 (3/31/2005)
• G1: Rangers lose opener to Angels, 3-2 (4/5/2005)
• G2: Rangers win against Angels in a thriller, 3-2 (4/7/2005)
• G3: Rangers lose to Angels again Thursday, 7-6 (4/8/2005)
• G4: Rangers lose an annoying one to M’s, 9-6 (4/9/2005)
• G5: Rangers pull out a thrilling win, 7-6 on Saturday (4/9/2005)
• G6: Rangers take series in Seattle with 7-6 win on Sunday (4/10/2005)
• G7: Rangers lose home opener 7-6 (4/11/2005)
• G8: Rangers lose to Angels 13-8 (4/12/2005)
• G9: Behind Chan Ho Park, the Rangers take the finale on Wed, 7-5 (4/14/2005)
• G10: Rangers lose a tight one to Jays, 2-1 (4/14/2005)
• G21: Rangers lose to the Mariners, 7-4 on Tuesday (4/27/2005)
• G22: Rangers win big on Wed, 8-2 (4/28/2005)
• G23: Rangers lose annoyingly to Mariners, 4-1 on Thursday (4/29/2005)
• Rangers lose 2 of 3 to Red Sox over weekend (5/2/2005)
• G27: Rogers is masterful in 3-2 win in Oakland (5/3/2005)
• G28: Rangers win 6-1 on Tuesday (5/4/2005)
• G29: Rangers sweep A’s with 16-7 bombing on Thursday (5/4/2005)
• G30: Rangers lose to Indians Friday, 8-6 (5/6/2005)
• G31: Rangers win behind Drese complete game, 6-1 (5/7/2005)
• G32: Rogers extends scoreless streak to 21 innings; Rangers win 7-2 (5/8/2005)
• Rangers blanked Monday night, 2-0 by Tigers (5/9/2005)
• G34: Rangers win 5-4 against Tigers on Tuesday (5/10/2005)
• G35: Rangers lose Thursday, 6-5 to Tigers (5/11/2005)
• G36: Rangers win in extra innings against Twins Friday, 9-6 (5/13/2005)
• G37: Kenny Rogers is masterful in 5-0 shutout of Twins Saturday (5/14/2005)
• G38: Rangers lose series finale Sunday to Twins, 5-2 (5/15/2005)
• G39: Rangers ride Mench’s power to a 7-6 win on Monday (5/17/2005)
• G40: Rangers lose to White Sox & Jon Garland on Tuesday, 5-2 (5/18/2005)
• G41: Rangers shut out on Thursday, 7-0 (5/18/2005)
• G42: Rangers open Interleague play with a win against the Astros Friday, 7-3 (5/21/2005)
• G43: Rangers annihilate the Astros 18-3 on Saturday (5/21/2005)
• G44: Rangers shut out Astros for sweep Sunday, 2-0 (5/22/2005)
• G45: Rangers beat Royals on Tuesday 4-3 (5/25/2005)
• G46: Rangers now tied for 1st after 7-3 win over Royals on Wednesday (5/26/2005)
• G47: Rangers sweep Royals with an 8-1 win on Thursday (5/26/2005)
• G48: Rangers muscle the White Sox to a 6-2 win Friday (5/28/2005)
• Rangers / White Sox rained out on Saturday (5/28/2005)
• G49: Rangers bomb Garland and ChiSox 12-4 (5/29/2005)
• G50: Rangers win 9th in a row with an 8-2 win in Detroit (5/31/2005)
• G51: The Winning Streak ends with a 6-4 loss to the Tigers (6/2/2005)
• G52: Rangers Lose to Tigers Thursday afternoon, 6-5 (6/2/2005)
• G53: Our losing streak reaches 3 on Friday with a 2-1 loss to the Royals (6/4/2005)
• G54: We win again on Saturday in a shootout, 14-9 (6/4/2005)
• G55: Rangers win Sunday afternoon, 8-1 (6/5/2005)
• G56: The Rangers drop the first game in Philly, 8-5 (6/8/2005)
• G57: Rangers blanked in Philly on Wed, 2-0 (6/9/2005)
• G58: Rangers get swept in Philly with 10-8 loss on Thursday (6/10/2005)
• G59: The stink continues with a 12-5 pounding by Florida on Friday (6/13/2005)
• G60: The losing streak reaches 5 with 6-5 loss on Saturday (6/13/2005)
• G61: Topes Win! Topes Win! Losing streak is over with 6-2 win on Sunday (6/13/2005)
• G62: Rangers finally beat Braves, 6-3 (6/14/2005)
• G63: Rangers lose to Braves Tuesday, 7-2 (6/15/2005)
• G64: Rangers beat Braves Wednesday, 9-5 (6/16/2005)
• G65: Rangers beat Nationals 8-1 on Friday (6/17/2005)
• G66: My Daughter’s First Game!! – The Rangers win 7-4 (6/18/2005)
• G67: Rangers drop finale of Nats series Sunday afternoon, 8-2 (6/20/2005)
• G68: Rangers drop opener in Anaheim 5-1, fall 2.5 games back (6/21/2005)
• G69: Rangers lose behind a stinkfest by Chan Ho Park, 8-6 (6/22/2005)
• G70: Rangers swept in Anaheim by score of 6-0, fall 4.5 games back (6/23/2005)
• G71: Rangers drop fifth in a row in Houston, 5-2 (6/25/2005)
• G72: Rangers finally win, 6-5 against Astros (6/25/2005)
• G73: We lose to the Astros in 10 innings, 3-2 (6/26/2005)
• G74: Rangers stink up Arlington pretty good, 13-3 (6/28/2005)
• G75: Rangers blow it in extra innings, 5-1 (6/29/2005)
• G76: Rangers finally beat the Angels 7-6 on Wed (6/29/2005)
• G77: Rangers bomb Angels 18-5 on Thursday afternoon (6/30/2005)
• Rangers take 2 out of 3 in Seattle (7/5/2005)
• G81: Rangers get a great walk-off win against the BoSox, 6-5 on July 4th (7/5/2005)
• G82: Rangers get slammed out, 7-4 on Tuesday (7/6/2005)
• G83: Rangers lose to Sox again, 7-4 (7/8/2005)
• G84: Rangers get a thrilling walkoff win, 7-6 (7/9/2005)
• G85: Rangers survive Saturday’s game, 12-10 (7/9/2005)
• G86: Ranger survive another one 9-8 on Jamey Newberg (& Rusty Greer) Day (7/10/2005)
• G87: Rangers face near perfection, lose 6-0 (7/15/2005)
• G88: Rangers lose to the old Barry Zito, 7-2 (7/15/2005)
• G91: Rangers lose slugfest to Yankees, 11-10 (7/19/2005)
• G92: Rangers squeak by Yanks 2-1 behind Park, Blalock (7/20/2005)
• G93: Yankees Homer Rangers to death 8-4 (7/21/2005)
• G94: Rangers lose AGAIN to A’s now solidly in third place (7/22/2005)
• G95, 96, 97 vs A’s: We stink. (7/24/2005)
• G98: Rangers beat O’s 4-2 to start road trip off nicely (7/26/2005)
• G99: Rangers lose to Orioles on Tuesday, 5-4 (7/27/2005)
• G100: Rangers win a marathon game on Wed, 11-8 (7/28/2005)
• G101: Rangers take the final game in Baltimore, 2-1 (7/29/2005)
• G102: Rangers beat Blue Jays 4-1 (7/29/2005)
• G103: Rangers beat Jays 3-2 to take fourth in a row (7/30/2005)
• G105: Rangers lose slugfest to the Devil Rays 10-8 (8/3/2005)
• G106: Rangers lose again to Devil Rays 8-5 (8/4/2005)
• Devil Rays series (8/5/2005)
• G108: Rangers lose to Orioles on Friday, 10-5 (8/5/2005)
• G109: Rangers retire Johnny Oates #26, and then win 10-3 (8/6/2005)
• G110: Rangers win 9-3, taking series against Baltimore (8/7/2005)
• G111: Ricardo Rodriguez stinks up Fenway Park on the way to an 11-6 Ranger loss (8/9/2005)
• The Red Sox Series (8/11/2005)
• That’s it (8/12/2005)
• G119: Topes Win! Topes Win! Topes Win! (Rangers win 3-0) (8/18/2005)
• G110: Rangers lose again, 9-4 to Indians (8/19/2005)
• G121: Seth McClung shuts down Rangers; Rays win 2-1 (8/24/2005)
• G122: Rangers shut down again on my 40th birthday, 4-2 (8/24/2005)
• G123: Rangers swept away in Florida, 6-3 (8/24/2005)
• G124: Rangers win back at home, 6-4 over Mariners (8/24/2005)
• G125: Rangers beat Mariners on Dog Day, 8-1 (8/25/2005)
• G126: Rangers lose finale of M’s series, 8-2 (8/25/2005)
• G127: Kam Loe & CJ Wilson shut out Twins, 6-0 on Friday (8/26/2005)
• G128: Rangers and fans bake on Saturday afternoon in 7-2 loss to Twins (8/27/2005)
• G129: Rangers beat Cy Young winner 2-1 on Sunday afternoon (8/29/2005)
• G130: Dominguez outduels Buehrle; Rangers win 7-5 (8/30/2005)
• G131: Rangers take first half of doubleheader, 8-6 (8/31/2005)
• G132: Rangers shut out in second half of DH, 8-0 (8/31/2005)
• G133: Rangers beat White Sox on Wed, 9-2 (8/31/2005)
• G134: Rangers take first game of Royals series, 5-4 (9/6/2005)
• G135: Rod Barajas blasts the Rangers to a win Friday, 8-7 (9/6/2005)
• G136: Rangers win again in KC, 5-3 over Royals (9/6/2005)
• G137: Rangers destroyed in Royals series finale, 17-8 (9/6/2005)
• G138: Loe & Wilson shut out Twins on Monday, 7-0 (9/6/2005)
• G139: Rangers homer their way to a win on Tuesday, 10-7 (9/7/2005)
• G140: Rangers lose to Twins 8-6 (9/15/2005)
• G141: A’s series starts with a loss Friday, 9-8 (9/15/2005)
• G142: Rangers lose again to the A’s, 5-4 on Saturday (9/15/2005)
• G143: Rangers take A’s series finale, 7-4 (9/15/2005)
• G144: Rangers drop Mondays’ game to O’s, 4-2 (9/15/2005)
• G145: Rangers lose again to Baltimore, 4-3 (9/15/2005)
• G146: Rangers win in 10, 7-6 (9/15/2005)
• G147: Rangers beat M’s despite 4 errors, 4-3 (9/16/2005)
• G148: Rangers’ Rupe beats M’s Hernandez Friday, 5-3 (9/19/2005)
• G149: Rangers win Saturday 7-6, but my mind was elsewhere (9/19/2005)
• G150: Rangers sweep M’s beind 8-6 win on Sunday (9/19/2005)
• G151: Rangers beat again by Colon & Angels, 2-1 (9/21/2005)
• G153: Rangers drop finale of Anaheim series, 7-4, get swept (9/26/2005)
• G154: Rangers take opener of Oakland series Friday, 3-1 (9/26/2005)
• G155: Rangers pen blows the lead in Oakland Saturday, 7-6 (9/26/2005)
• G156: Rangers win on Sunday night, 6-2 (9/26/2005)
• G157: Rangers take first game of M’s series, 3-2 (9/30/2005)
• G158: Rangers beat M’s again, 7-3 (9/30/2005)
• G159: Rangers drop finale of M’s series, 4-3 (9/30/2005)
• G160: Rangers lose to Angels 7-1 (9/30/2005)
• G161: Rangers lose again to Angels, 7-6 (10/1/2005)
• G162: Rangers lose season finale to Angels, 7-4 (10/2/2005)