In 2005, the

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suffered from a rash of injuries to key players such as closer

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, shortstop

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and outfielder

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and fell to their second worst record in Los Angeles history, finishing in fourth place in the Western Division of the National League. After the season, manager Jim Tracy and General Manager

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were both fired and the team was torn apart. This was also the last season to be broadcast on

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(13).

Offseason

* January 11, 2005: Acquired Dioner Navarro, William Juarez, Danny Muegge and Beltrán Pérez from the

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for

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and cash. * March 20, 2005: Acquired Jason Phillips from the

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for Kaz Ishii. * March 30, 2005: Traded David Ross to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

* August 9, 2005: Acquired

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from the

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for a player to be named later
Tony Schrager
.

Roster

Starting Pitchers stats

''Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games''

Relief Pitchers stats

''Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves''

Batting Stats

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

2005 Awards

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starting second baseman **

reserve *

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Farm system

Teams in BOLD won the League Championship

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 51 players in this draft. Of those, 13 of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They lost their first round draft pick as a result of signing free agent Derek Lowe but gained a supplemental first round pick and a second round pick as compensation for the loss of free agent

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. The first round pick was right-handed pitcher

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out of the

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. After a long and controversial negotiation period, Hochevar backed out on a deal to sign with the Dodgers and would re-enter the draft the following year where he signed with the Kansas City Royals. While several members of this years draft class would make the Majors, none were more than role players.

References

External links

2005 Los Angeles Dodgers uniformLos Angeles Dodgers official web site

Baseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page
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