2005 Baltimore Orioles Roster

The 2005 Baltimore Orioles team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2005 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 2005 Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starters list, a 2005 Baltimore Orioles salary list, a 2005 Baltimore Orioles uniform number breakdown and a 2005 Baltimore Orioles primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"It (the 2005 regular season) was like a roller-coaster. You went to the highest part and then dropped down to the lowest part. It was sad." - Baltimore Orioles Catcher Javy Lopez (AP Wire, 10/18/2005)
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2005 Baltimore Orioles



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Complete Roster  
 

23, 19 James Baldwin 6-03 210 Right Right 1971-07-15
30 Rick Bauer 6-06 212 Right Right 1977-01-10
45 Erik Bedard 6-01 186 Left Left 1979-03-05
40 Tim Byrdak 5-11 190 Left Left 1973-10-31
35 Daniel Cabrera 6-07 230 Right Right 1981-05-28
27 Bruce Chen 6-02 210 Right Both 1977-06-19
28 Eric DuBose 6-03 231 Left Left 1976-05-15
38 Jason Grimsley 6-03 180 Right Right 1967-08-07
50 Jorge Julio 6-01 190 Right Right 1979-03-03
41 Steve Kline 6-02 200 Left Both 1972-08-22
13 Rodrigo Lopez 6-01 180 Right Right 1975-12-14
61 John Maine 6-04 195 Right Right 1981-05-08
36 John Parrish 5-11 181 Left Left 1977-11-26
49 Hayden Penn 6-03 195 Right Right 1984-10-13
43 Sidney Ponson 6-01 225 Right Right 1976-11-02
47 Aaron Rakers 6-03 205 Right Right 1977-01-22
37 Chris Ray 6-03 200 Right Right 1982-01-12
39 Steve Reed 6-02 202 Right Right 1965-03-11
52 B.J. Ryan 6-06 230 Left Left 1975-12-28
53 Todd Williams 6-03 185 Right Right 1971-02-13
26 Sal Fasano 6-02 220 Right Right 1971-08-10
9 Geronimo Gil 6-02 195 Right Right 1975-08-07
18 Javy Lopez 6-03 185 Right Right 1970-11-05
77 Eli Whiteside 6-02 210 Right Right 1979-10-22
64 Bernie Castro 5-10 165 Right Both 1979-07-14
58 Alejandro Freire 6-02 225 Right Right 1974-08-23
14 Chris Gomez 6-01 183 Right Right 1971-06-16
6 Melvin Mora 5-11 180 Right Right 1972-02-02
25 Rafael Palmeiro 6-00 188 Left Left 1964-09-24
1 Brian Roberts 5-09 170 Right Both 1977-10-09
67 Ed Rogers 6-01 172 Right Right 1978-08-28
10 Miguel Tejada 5-10 170 Right Right 1974-05-25
75 Walter Young 6-05 315 Right Left 1980-02-18
3 Larry Bigbie 6-04 190 Right Left 1977-11-04
37 Napoleon Calzado 6-03 201 Right Right 1977-02-09
3 Midre Cummings 6-00 196 Right Both 1971-10-14
16 Jeff Fiorentino 6-01 190 Right Left 1983-04-14
31 Jay Gibbons 6-00 200 Left Left 1977-03-02
16 Eli Marrero 6-01 180 Right Right 1973-11-17
32 Luis Matos 6-02 210 Right Right 1978-10-30
11 David Newhan 5-10 180 Right Left 1973-09-07
15 Ramon Nivar 5-10 170 Right Right 1980-02-22
28 Keith Reed 6-04 205 Right Right 1978-10-08
21 Sammy Sosa 6-00 185 Right Right 1968-11-12
17 B.J. Surhoff 6-01 200 Right Left 1964-08-04
15 Eric Byrnes 6-02 205 Right Right 1976-02-16
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The 2005 Baltimore Orioles played 162 games during the regular season, won 74 games, lost 88 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Park Factors: 94/95) where 2,624,804 fans witnessed their 2005 Orioles finish the season with a .457 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 2005 Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starters list, a 2005 Baltimore Orioles salary list, a 2005 Baltimore Orioles uniform number breakdown and a 2005 Baltimore Orioles primary starters list:

2005 Baltimore Orioles
Opening Day Starters


Larry Bigbie
Jay Gibbons
Javy Lopez
Rodrigo Lopez
Luis Matos
Melvin Mora
Rafael Palmeiro
Brian Roberts
Sammy Sosa
Miguel Tejada

2005 Baltimore Orioles
Most Games by Position

C Javy Lopez (75)
1B Rafael Palmeiro (93)
2B Brian Roberts (141)
3B Melvin Mora (148)
SS Miguel Tejada (160)
LF Larry Bigbie (57)
CF Luis Matos (120)
RF Jay Gibbons (71)
  
SP Erik Bedard
SP Daniel Cabrera
SP Bruce Chen
SP Rodrigo Lopez
SP Sidney Ponson
  
RP James Baldwin
RP Tim Byrdak
RP Jason Grimsley
RP Jorge Julio
RP Steve Kline
RP Chris Ray
RP Steve Reed
RP Todd Williams
CL B.J. Ryan


2005 Baltimore Orioles
Salaries

Sammy Sosa $17,875,000.00
Miguel Tejada $10,781,206.00
Sidney Ponson $8,500,000.00
Javy Lopez $7,500,000.00
Melvin Mora $3,833,333.00
Eli Marrero $3,200,000.00
Rafael Palmeiro $3,000,000.00
Jay Gibbons $2,600,000.00
B.J. Ryan $2,600,000.00
Jorge Julio $2,500,000.00
Steve Kline $2,500,000.00
Rodrigo Lopez $2,375,000.00
Eric Byrnes $2,200,000.00
Jason Grimsley $2,000,000.00
B.J. Surhoff $1,100,000.00
Luis Matos $1,025,000.00
Steve Reed $900,000.00
Chris Gomez $850,000.00
John Parrish $612,500.00
Bruce Chen $550,000.00
Brian Roberts $390,000.00
Larry Bigbie $380,000.00
David Newhan $365,000.00
Rick Bauer $350,000.00
Todd Williams $347,500.00
Geronimo Gil $342,500.00
Erik Bedard $330,000.00
Daniel Cabrera $325,000.00


2005 Baltimore Orioles
Uniform Numbers

#1 Brian Roberts
#3 Larry Bigbie
#3 Midre Cummings
#6 Melvin Mora
#9 Geronimo Gil
#10 Miguel Tejada
#11 David Newhan
#13 Rodrigo Lopez
#14 Chris Gomez
#15 Eric Byrnes
#15 Ramon Nivar
#16 Jeff Fiorentino
#16 Eli Marrero
#17 B.J. Surhoff
#18 Javy Lopez
#19 James Baldwin
#21 Sammy Sosa
#23 James Baldwin
#25 Rafael Palmeiro
#26 Sal Fasano
#27 Bruce Chen
#28 Eric DuBose
#28 Keith Reed
#30 Rick Bauer
#31 Jay Gibbons
#32 Luis Matos
#35 Daniel Cabrera
#36 John Parrish
#37 Napoleon Calzado
#37 Chris Ray
#38 Jason Grimsley
#39 Steve Reed
#40 Tim Byrdak
#41 Steve Kline
#43 Sidney Ponson
#45 Erik Bedard
#47 Aaron Rakers
#49 Hayden Penn
#50 Jorge Julio
#52 B.J. Ryan
#53 Todd Williams
#58 Alejandro Freire
#61 John Maine
#64 Bernie Castro
#67 Ed Rogers
#75 Walter Young
#77 Eli Whiteside

Did you know that a 2005 Baltimore Orioles Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?