2005 Seattle Mariners season

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2005  Seattle Mariners
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Safeco Field
City Seattle, Washington
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place4th
Owners Nintendo of America
(represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managers Bill Bavasi
Managers Mike Hargrove
Television KSTW 11
FSN Northwest
Radio KOMO 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Jay Buhner)
  2004 Seasons 2006  

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 represented at the 2005 All-Star Game, who was Ichiro Suzuki with his fifth selection for the All-Star Game.

Contents

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 (July 7–10), while having two losing streaks of seven between April 30–8 May / June 25 – July 2.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 95670.58649–3246–35
Oakland Athletics 88740.543745–3643–38
Texas Rangers 79830.4881644–3735–46
Seattle Mariners 69930.4262639–4230–51

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Baltimore 8–102–61–63–54–22–43–37–114–67–312–64–69–108–10
Boston 10–84–34–26–44–26–44–29–106–43–313–67–27–1112–6
Chicago 6–23–414–514–513–54–611–73–32–76–34–23–64–212–6
Cleveland 6–12–45–1412–613–63–510–93–46–37–34–63–34–215–3
Detroit 5–34–65–146–1210–94–68–111–51–55–45–24–24–39–9
Kansas City 2–42–45–136–139–102–76–133–32–42–73–52–83–69–9
Los Angeles 4–24–66–45–36–47–26–46–410–99–94–515–41–512–6
Minnesota 3–32–47–119–1011–813–64–63–34–66–46–03–64–28–10
New York 11–710–93–34–35–13–34–63–37–27–38–117–312–611–7
Oakland 6–44–67–23–65–14–29–106–42–712–64–511–85–510–8
Seattle 3–73–33–63–74–57–29–94–63–76–124–26–134–610–8
Tampa Bay 6–126–132–46–42–55–35–40–611–85–42–46–28–113–15
Texas 6–42–76–33–32–48–24–156–33–78–1113–62–67–39–9
Toronto 10–911–72–42–43–46–35–12–46–125–56–411–83–78–10

Transactions

Roster

2005 Seattle Mariners
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

2005 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4 Twins 5–1 Moyer (1–0) Radke (0–1)46,2491–0
2April 5 Twins 8–4 Santana (1–0) Thornton (0–1)28,3731–1
3April 6 Twins 4–1 Silva (1–0) Madritsch (0–1) Nathan (1)25,5801–2
4April 8 Rangers 9–6 Putz (1–0) Regilio (0–1) Guardado (1)29,6522–2
5April 9 Rangers 7–6 Brocail (1–0) Guardado (0–1) Cordero (1)31,5012–3
6April 10 Rangers 7–6 Riley (1–0) Thornton (0–2) Cordero (2)30,4342–4
7April 11@ Royals 8–2 Franklin (1–0) Hernández (1–1)41,7883–4
8April 13@ Royals 2–1 Sele (1–0) Cerda (0–1) Guardado (2)10,5774–4
9April 14@ Royals 10–2 Moyer (2–0) Bautista (1–1)10,2125–4
10April 15@ White Sox 6–4 Garland (2–0) Piñeiro (0–1) Hermanson (2)16,7495–5
11April 16@ White Sox 2–1 Buehrle (2–1) Franklin (1–1)25,9315–6
12April 17@ White Sox 5–4 Meche (1–0) García (1–1) Guardado (3)23,3246–6
13April 18@ Angels 6–1 Byrd (1–2) Sele (1–1)39,6386–7
14April 19@ Angels 5–3 Moyer (3–0) Gregg (1–1) Guardado (4)38,6677–7
15April 20 Athletics 7–6 Piñeiro (1–1) Street (1–1) Guardado (5)24,8418–7
16April 21 Athletics 3–0 Harden (2–0) Franklin (1–2) Dotel (3)22,4288–8
17April 22 Indians 6–1 Sabathia (1–0) Meche (1–1)43,2078–9
18April 23 Indians 5–2 Lee (2–0) Sele (1–2) Wickman (5)33,5648–10
19April 24 Indians 9–1 Moyer (4–0) Elarton (0–1)32,8899–10
20April 26@ Rangers 7–4 Piñeiro (2–1) Drese (2–2) Guardado (6)23,06410–10
21April 27@ Rangers 8–2 Rogers (1–2) Franklin (1–3)26,30810–11
22April 28@ Rangers 4–1 Meche (2–1) Young (2–2) Guardado (7)23,92811–11
23April 29@ Athletics 4–2 Sele (2–2) Haren (1–3) Guardado (8)18,54512–11
24April 30@ Athletics 6–5 Yabu (2–0) Villone (0–1)23,28812–12
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Athletics 3–2 Zito (1–4) Piñeiro (2–2) Dotel (6)30,63412–13
26May 2 Anaheim 5–0 Washburn (2–0) Franklin (1–4)24,18412–14
27May 3 Anaheim 5–2 Lackey (3–1) Meche (2–2) Shields (2)29,91712–15
28May 4 Anaheim 5–2 Byrd (2–3) Sele (2–3) Rodríguez (7)26,30312–16
29May 6@ Red Sox 7–2 Clement (4–0) Moyer (4–1)35,22912–17
May 7@ Red Sox Postponed, rescheduled for 8 May12–17
30May 8@ Red Sox 6–3 González (1–0) Piñeiro (2–3) Foulke (8)34,84812–18
31May 8@ Red Sox 6–4 Franklin (2–4) Halama (1–1) Guardado (9) 34,67113–18
32May 9@ Yankees 4–3 Johnson (3–2) Nelson (0–1) Rivera (4)38,07913–19
33May 10@ Yankees 7–4 Wang (1–1) Sele (2–4) Rivera (5)39,78013–20
34May 11@ Yankees 13–9 Quantrill (1–0) Thornton (0–3)47,84413–21
35May 13 Red Sox 14–7 Mateo (1–0) González (1–1)44,53414–21
36May 14 Red Sox 6–3 Myers (1–0) Villone (0–2) Foulke (9)46,22914–22
37May 15 Red Sox 5–4 Meche (3–2) Wakefield (4–2) Guardado (10)46,14515–22
38May 16 Yankees 6–3 Wang (2–1) Hasegawa (0–1) Rivera (7)37,81415–23
39May 17 Yankees 6–0 Pavano (3–2) Mateo (1–1)35,54915–24
40May 18 Yankees 7–6 Nelson (1–1) Gordon (0–3) Villone (1)37,41916–24
41May 20 Padres 6–1 Peavy (4–0) Franklin (2–5)38,40016–25
42May 21 Padres 5–3 Meche (4–2) Lawrence (2–5) Guardado (11)37,28617–25
43May 22 Padres 5–0 Sele (3–4) Stauffer (1–1)41,01718–25
44May 24@ Orioles 3–2 Williams (4–3) Putz (1–1) Ryan (13)19,83918–26
45May 25@ Orioles 3–1 López (3–2) Moyer (4–2) Ryan (14)18,82018–27
46May 26@ Orioles 5–2 Cabrera (4–3) Franklin (2–6)22,16618–28
47May 27@ Devil Rays 5–4 Hendrickson (2–2) Meche (4–3) Báez (7)10,13018–29
48May 28@ Devil Rays 3–2 Sele (4–4) Fossum (2–3) Guardado (12)13,28119–29
49May 29@ Devil Rays 10–9 Villone (1–2) McClung (0–2) Guardado (13)13,85120–29
50May 30 Blue Jays 4–3 Moyer (5–2) Lilly (3–5) Guardado (14)25,54021–29
51May 31 Blue Jays 9–7 Gaudin (1–0) Franklin (2–7) Batista (9)25,73721–30
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1 Blue Jays 3–0 Meche (5–3) Chacín (5–4) Guardado (15)24,81522–30
53June 3 Devil Rays 6–1 Waechter (2–3) Sele (4–5)35,34422–31
54June 4 Devil Rays 6–5 Mateo (2–1) Báez (4–1) Guardado (16)32,74223–31
55June 5 Devil Rays 6–5 Villone (2–2) Orvella (0–1)40,00424–31
56June 7@ Marlins 4–3 Hasegawa (1–1) Mecir (1–1) Guardado (17)20,51925–31
57June 8@ Marlins 5–4 Willis (10–2) Meche (5–4) Jones (10)19,31325–31
58June 9@ Marlins 8–0 Sele (5–5) Beckett (7–4)16,06926–32
59June 10@ Nationals 9–3 Ayala (6–3) Hasegawa (1–2)28,70426–33
60June 11@ Nationals 2–1 Patterson (3–1) Putz (1–2) Cordero (18)39,10826–34
61June 12@ Nationals 3–2 Armas (3–3) Franklin (2–8) Cordero (19)37,17026–35
62June 14 Phillies 3–1 Meche (6–4) Lieber (8–5) Guardado (18)26,81827–35
63June 15 Phillies 5–1 Sele (6–5) Padilla (3–6)26,01928–35
64June 16 Phillies 3–2 Geary (1–0) Mateo (2–2) Wagner (18)27,16228–36
65June 17 Mets 5–0 Moyer (6–2) Ishii (1–6) Nelson (1)37,44329–36
66June 18 Mets 4–1 Franklin (3–8) Martínez (7–2) Guardado (19)45,84130–36
67June 19 Mets 11–5 Meche (7–4) Glavine (4–7)45,78531–36
68June 20 Athletics 6–2 Haren (5–7) Villone (2–3)27,26331–37
69June 21 Athletics 4–2 Harden (3–3) Piñeiro (2–4) Duchscherer (3)31,67331–38
70June 22 Athletics 5–4 Guardado (1–1) Glynn (0–4)28,82932–38
71June 23 Athletics 5–0 Saarloos (4–4) Franklin (3–9)37,54932–39
72June 24@ Padres 14–5 Meche (8–4) May (1–2)35,94233–39
73June 25@ Padres 8–5 Peavy (7–2) Sele (6–6) Hoffman (20)33,92633–40
74June 26@ Padres 5–4 Seánez (4–0) Mateo (2–3) Hoffman (21)39,09833–41
75June 28@ Athletics 8–1 Zito (4–8) Moyer (6–3)14,38433–42
76June 29@ Athletics 6–2 Blanton (5–6) Franklin (3–10)25,17733–43
77June 30@ Athletics 6–2 Haren (7–7) Meche (8–5)19,58333–44
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1 Rangers 6–2 Park (8–2) Sele (6–7)37,27033–45
79July 2 Rangers 6–5 Loe (2–1) Putz (1–3) Cordero (19)34,20933–46
80July 3 Rangers 2–1 Moyer (7–3) Rogers (9–4) Guardado (20)34,39734–46
81July 4@ Royals 6–0 Franklin (4–10) Howell (1–3)23,56235–46
82July 5@ Royals 8–6 Carrasco (4–3) Meche (8–6) MacDougal (10)10,65835–47
83July 6@ Royals 5–1 Hernández (6–9) Sele (6–8) MacDougal (11)12,20635–48
84July 7@ Angels 10–2 Piñeiro (3–4) Colon (11–5)43,74736–48
85July 8@ Angels 10–4 Moyer (8–3) Washburn (5–4)43,85337–48
86July 9@ Angels 6–3 Franklin (5–10) Lackey (6–4)44,01238–48
87July 10@ Angels 7–4 Meche (9–6) Santana (3–4) Guardado (21)41,65739–48
88July 14 Orioles 5–3 Cabrera (8–7) Sele (6–9) Ryan (20)36,31639–49
89July 15 Orioles 6–3 López (9–5) Piñeiro (3–5) Ryan (21)39,04439–50
90July 16 Orioles 3–2 Putz (2–3) Ray (0–1)39,28240–50
91July 17 Orioles 8–2 Meche (10–6) Ponson (7–8)41,21541–50
92July 19@ Blue Jays 12–10 Lilly (8–9) Sele (6–10) Batista (16)20,51641–51
93July 20@ Blue Jays 9–4 Chacín (9–5) Franklin (5–11)28,80141–52
94July 21@ Blue Jays 6–3 Towers (7–8) Piñeiro (3–6) Batista (17)26,83741–53
95July 22@ Indians 4–3 Putz (3–3) Elarton (6–5) Guardado (22)27,20842–53
96July 23@ Indians 4–3 Lee (11–4) Meche (10–7) Wickman (24)28,49842–54
97July 24@ Indians 6–3 Millwood (4–9) Sele (6–11)22,86342–55
98July 25 Tigers 5–3 Putz (4–3) Robertson (5–8) Guardado (23)27,10243–55
99July 26 Tigers 8–5 Johnson (7–8) Mateo (2–4) Farnsworth (6)30,64443–56
100July 27 Tigers 9–3 Moyer (9–3) Maroth (8–11)29,32344–56
101July 28 Indians 6–5 Howry (6–2) Putz (4–4) Wickman (26)28,50044–57
102July 29 Indians 10–5 Millwood (5–9) Sele (6–12)32,96644–58
103July 30 Indians 3–2 Franklin (6–11) Sabathia (6–9) Guardado (24)37,71945–58
104July 31 Indians 9–7 Westbrook (9–12) Piñeiro (3–7) Wickman (27)33,65245–59
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 2@ Tigers 4–1 Mateo (3–4) Johnson (7–9) Guardado (25)30,30646–59
106August 3@ Tigers 10–7 Maroth (9–11) Meche (10–8) Rodney (1)26,76046–60
107August 4@ Tigers 3–1 Douglass (4–1) Hernández (0–1) Rodney (2)28,14846–61
108August 5@ White Sox 4–2 Piñeiro (4–7) García (11–5) Guardado (26)39,16547–61
109August 6@ White Sox 4–2 Buehrle (13–4) Moyer (9–4) Hermanson (27)37,52947–62
110August 7@ White Sox 3–1 Garland (16–5) Harris (0–1) Hermanson (28)35,70647–63
111August 8 Twins 5–4 Sherrill (1–0) Silva (7–6) Guardado (27)35,40148–63
112August 9 Twins 1–0 Hernández (1–1) Lohse (7–11) Guardado (28)34,21349–63
113August 10 Twins 7–3 Nathan (5–3) Nelson (1–2)35,80149–64
114August 12 Angels 9–4 Donnelly (7–3) Putz (4–5)37,58549–65
115August 13 Angels 9–1 Colon (15–6) Franklin (6–12)42,50049–66
116August 14 Angels 7–6 Donnelly (8–3) Sherrill (1–1) Rodríguez (27)38,46849–67
117August 15 Royals 11–3 Hernández (2–1) Hernández (8–11)31,90850–67
118August 16 Royals 4–3 Piñeiro (5–7) Affeldt (0–2) Guardado (29)31,42551–67
119August 17 Royals 11–5 Moyer (10–4) Carrasco (5–7)35,22452–67
120August 18@ Twins 7–3 Mays (6–8) Franklin (6–13)22,23052–68
121August 19@ Twins 7–4 Silva (8–6) Sherrill (1–2) Nathan (31)24,79552–69
122August 20@ Twins 8–3 Sherrill (2–2) Guerrier (0–2)33,33453–69
123August 21@ Twins 8–3 Radke (8–10) Piñeiro (5–8)33,40553–70
124August 23@ Rangers 6–4 Young (11–7) Moyer (10–5) Cordero (28)25,65353–71
125August 24@ Rangers 8–1 Domínguez (1–3) Franklin (6–14) Wasdin (2)28,61253–72
126August 25@ Rangers 8–2 Harris (1–1) Benoit (3–4)19,11254–72
127August 26 White Sox 5–3 Vizcaíno (6–5) Nelson (1–3) Hermanson (32)40,43154–73
128August 27 White Sox 4–3 Contreras (9–7) Piñeiro (5–9) Marte (4)37,32654–74
129August 28 White Sox 9–2 Moyer (11–5) García (11–7)36,83855–75
130August 29 Yankees 7–4 Small (5–0) Thornton (0–4) Rivera (34)41,73155–75
131August 30 Yankees 8–3 Harris (2–1) Chacón (3–2)37,77356–75
132August 31 Yankees 2–0 Johnson (13–8) Hernández (2–2) Rivera (35)46,24056–76
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1 Yankees 5–1 Sherrill (3–2) Sturtze (4–3)39,98657–76
134September 2@ Angels 4–1 Byrd (10–9) Moyer (11–6) Rodríguez (33)42,60457–77
135September 3@ Angels 6–3 Putz (5–5) Shields (8–10)43,81958–77
136September 4@ Angels 5–3 Colon (18–6) Harris (2–2) Rodríguez (34)43,75758–78
137September 5@ Athletics 2–0 Hernández (3–2) Blanton (8–11) Guardado (30)22,26259–78
138September 6@ Athletics 3–2 Piñeiro (6–9) Kennedy (3–2) Guardado (31)24,01260–78
139September 7@ Athletics 8–7 Street (5–1) Guardado (1–2)14,60960–79
140September 9 Orioles 3–2 Moyer (12–6) Bédard (6–7) Putz (1)27,42961–79
141September 10 Orioles 5–3 López (14–9) Harris (2–3) Ryan (30)30,40861–80
142September 11 Orioles 6–3 Chen (12–9) Hernández (3–3) Ryan (31)30,21261–81
143September 12 Angels 8–1 Piñeiro (7–9) Santana (8–8)27,95262–81
144September 13 Angels 2–1 Putz (6–5) Byrd (11–10)28,81363–81
145September 14 Angels 10–9 Guardado (2–2) Rodríguez (2–5)23,39764–81
146September 15@ Rangers 4–3 Loe (9–5) Harris (2–4) Cordero (32)23,67964–82
147September 16@ Rangers 5–3 Rupe (1–0) Hernández (3–4) Cordero (33)25,56764–83
148September 17@ Rangers 7–6 Shouse (3–2) Guardado (2–3)41,98364–84
149September 18@ Rangers 8–6 Dickey (1–1) Franklin (6–15) Cordero (34)26,53264–85
150September 19@ Blue Jays 7–5 Sherrill (4–2) Batista (5–7) Guardado (32)18,76265–85
151September 20@ Blue Jays 6–4 Towers (12–11) Harris (2–5) Frasor (1)19,00265–86
152September 21@ Blue Jays 3–2 Hernández (4–4) Bush (5–10) Guardado (33)21,46966–86
153September 22@ Blue Jays 7–5 Speier (3–2) Piñeiro (7–10) Batista (29)23,11866–87
154September 23@ Tigers 2–1 Franklin (7–15) Spurling (3–4) Guardado (34)23,97267–87
155September 24@ Tigers 7–1 Grilli (1–0) Moyer (12–7)25,32867–88
156September 25@ Tigers 8–1 Maroth (14–13) Hasegawa (1–3)26,12867–89
157September 27 Rangers 3–2 Wasdin (3–2) Mateo (3–5) Cordero (36)22,73967–90
158September 28 Rangers 7–3 Young (12–7) Piñeiro (7–11) Cordero (37)20,72367–91
159September 29 Rangers 4–3 Franklin (8–15) Rogers (14–8) Guardado (35)19,48168–91
160September 30 Athletics 4–1 Moyer (13–7) Saarloos (10–9) Guardado (36)34,80969–91
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1 Athletics 4–3 Blanton (12–12) Mateo (3–6) Street (23)26,99869–92
162October 2 Athletics 8–3 Kennedy (4–5) Sherrill (4–3)35,30069–93

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerPosGABHAvg.HRRBI
Miguel Olivo C5415223.151518
Richie Sexson 1B156558147.26339121
Bret Boone 2B7427363.231734
Yuniesky Betancourt SS6021154.256115
Adrián Beltré 3B156603154.2551987
Randy Winn LF102386106.275637
Jeremy Reed CF141488124.254345
Ichiro Suzuki RF162679206.3031568
Raúl Ibañez DH162614172.2802089

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Willie Bloomquist 8224964.257022
Michael Morse 7223064.278323
José López 5419047.247225
Greg Dobbs 5914235.246120
Wilson Valdez 4212625.19808
Pat Borders 3911723.19717
Yorvit Torrealba 4210826.24128
Dave Hansen 607513.173211
René Rivera 164819.39616
Scott Spiezio 29473.06411
Wiki González 144512.26702
Miguel Ojeda 16295.17213
Chris Snelling 15298.27611
Dan Wilson 11275.18502
Jamal Strong 16205.25002
Jaime Bubela 11192.10500
Shin-Soo Choo 10181.05601
Ramón Santiago 881.12500

Pitching

Starting and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jorge Campillo 22.0000.001
Félix Hernández 1284.1442.6777
Jeff Harris 1153.2254.1925
Jamie Moyer 32200.01374.28102
Ryan Franklin 30186.28155.1693
Gil Meche 26139.21085.2280
Joel Piñeiro 30189.07115.62107
Aaron Sele 21116.06125.6653
Bobby Madritsch 14.1016.231

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLHSVERASO
Ron Villone 5240.1231712.4541
Rafael Soriano 77.100102.459
Eddie Guardado 5856.1200362.7248
Julio Mateo 5588.136803.0652
J. J. Putz 6460.0652113.6045
Jeff Nelson 4936.213913.9334
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 4666.213304.1930
Masao Kida 12.000004.500
Matt Thornton 5557.004505.2157
George Sherrill 2919.043905.2124
Scott Atchison 66.200006.759
Clint Nageotte 34.000006.751

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

TeamGABHRAvg.HRRBI
Mariners1625507 (20th)1408 (27th)699 (22nd).256 (26th)130 (25th)657 (22nd)
Opponents16255291483751.268179729

Pitching

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

TeamGIPWLERASOSHO
Mariners1621427.2 (26th)69 (26th)93 (5th)4.49 (20th)892 (30th)7 (22nd)

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Dan Rohn
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Dave Brundage
A Inland Empire 66ers California League Daren Brown
A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Scott Steinmann
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League Pedro Grifol
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Dana Williams

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Major League Baseball Draft

2005 Seattle Mariners draft picks
Jeff Clement Cropped.jpg
Jeff Clement (pictured) was the Mariners first round pick in 2005.
Information
Owner Nintendo of America
General Manager(s) Bill Bavasi
Manager(s) Mike Hargrove
First pick Jeff Clement (Rule 4) Jason Bourgeois (Rule 5)
Draft positions5 (Rule 4) 4 (Rule 5)
Number of selections50 (Rule 4) 1 (Rule 5)
Players signed (Rule 4)26
Links
Results The Baseball Cube
Official Site The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners
Years 2004 • 2005 • 2006

Below is a list of 2005 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in both the Rule 4 draft (June amateur draft) and the Rule 5 draft. The first selection by the Mariners in the Rule 4 draft was catcher Jeff Clement. The first and only player selected by Seattle in the Rule 5 draft was infielder Jason Bourgeois.

June amateur draft

Key

Round (Pick)Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
PositionIndicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
BoldIndicates the player signed with the Mariners
ItalicsIndicates the player did not sign with the Mariners

Table

Justin Thomas was selected in the fourth round of the 2005 draft. Justin thomas.jpg
Justin Thomas was selected in the fourth round of the 2005 draft.
Round (Pick)NamePositionSchoolRef
1 (3) Jeff Clement Catcher University of Southern California [8]
4 (113) Justin Thomas Left-handed pitcher Youngstown State University [9]
5 (143) Stephen Kahn Right-handed pitcher Loyola Marymount University [10]
6 (173)Michael Lynn Right-handed pitcher Brownsburg High School [11]
7 (203) Robert Rohrbaugh Left-handed pitcher Clemson University [12]
8 (233)David Asher Left-handed pitcher Florida International University [11]
9 (263)Bryan Sabatella Third baseman Quinnipiac College [11]
10 (293)Ronald Prettyman Third baseman California State University, Fullerton [11]
11 (323)Brian Contreras Outfielder Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School [11]
12 (353) Anthony Varvaro Right-handed pitcher St. John's University [11]
13 (383)Reed Eastley Shortstop Niagara University [11]
14 (413)Bradley Boyer Second baseman University of Arizona [11]
15 (443)John Holdzkom Right-handed pitcher Rancho Cucamonga High School [11]
16 (473)Grant Gerrard Outfielder Southern Illinois University [11]
17 (503)James Russell Left-handed pitcher Navarro College [11]
18 (533)Curtis Ledbetter First baseman University of Nebraska [11]
19 (563)Brett Bannister Right-handed pitcher University of Southern California [11]
20 (593)Travis Scott Catcher Lincoln Land Community College [11]
21 (623)Nicholas Allen Right-handed pitcher Villanova University [11]
22 (653)Alex Gary Outfielder Virginia Commonwealth University [11]
23 (683)Ryan Lindgren Right-handed pitcher Stillwater High School [11]
24 (713)Kevin Gergel Catcher Kennesaw State University [11]
25 (743)William Brown Left-handed pitcher Downey High School [11]
26 (773)Ari Kafka Right-handed pitcher Quinnipiac College [11]
27 (803)Jeremy Hill Right-handed pitcher Ohlone College [11]
28 (883)Lance Beus Left-handed pitcher Brigham Young University [11]
29 (863)Eric Thomas Outfielder Buchholz High School [11]
30 (893)Aric Van Gaalen Left-handed pitcher Edmonton Cracker-Cats (Independent baseball) [13]
31 (923)Jeffrey Gilmore Right-handed pitcher Stanford University [11]
32 (953)John Heckman Second baseman Indiana University [11]
33 (983)Julian Henson Catcher Cordova High School [11]
34 (1013)Andrew Schneider Right-handed pitcher Franklin High School [11]
35 (1043)Blake Amador Outfielder Modesto Junior College [11]
36 (1073)Ross Kwan Catcher Seattle Preparatory School [11]
37 (1103)Jesse Costa Right-handed pitcher Magnolia High School [11]
38 (1133)Joe Agreste First baseman Greenbrier Christian Academy [11]
39 (1163)Duke Welker Right-handed pitcher Seminole State College [11]
40 (1192)Eugene Edwards Outfielder Long Beach Community College [11]
41 (1221)Joseph White First baseman Georgia Perimeter College [11]
42 (1250)Kevin Reynolds Outfielder Quincy University [11]
43 (1279)Philip Roy Right-handed pitcher Miami Southridge High School [11]
44 (1308)Paul Patterson Right-handed pitcher Northern Kentucky University [11]
45 (1337)Luis Coste Outfielder Cochise County Community College [11]
46 (1366)Rufus Lumry Left-handed pitcher Princeton University [11]
47 (1395)Andrew Hargrove First baseman Kent State University [11]
48 (1423)Matthew Gardner Right-handed pitcher Grayson County Community College [11]
49 (1450)Dennis Raben First baseman St. Thomas Aquinas High School [11]
50 (1477)Xavier Scruggs First baseman Poway High School [11]

Rule 5 draft

Jason Bourgeois was the Mariners only Rule 5 selection in 2005. Jason Bourgeois on August 14, 2009.jpg
Jason Bourgeois was the Mariners only Rule 5 selection in 2005.

Key

PickIndicates the pick the player was drafted
Previous teamIndicates the previous organization, not Minor league team

Table

Phase (Pick)NamePositionPrevious teamNotesRef
Triple-A (4) Jason Bourgeois Infielder Atlanta Braves He spent the entire season with the Double-A San Antonio Missions. [14]

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