2005 New York Yankees Roster

The 2005 New York Yankees 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 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 2005 New York Yankees salary list, a 2005 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 2005 New York Yankees primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"We (2005 New York Yankees) know how evenly matched we are. We're sitting here as Division Champs because we were 10-9 against them; you can't get much more balanced than that." - New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre on MLB.com (Mark Feinsand, 10/02/2005)
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2005 New York Yankees



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Complete Roster  
 

31 Jason Anderson 6-00 170 Right Left 1979-06-09
58 Colter Bean 6-06 255 Right Right 1977-01-16
27 Kevin Brown 6-04 195 Right Right 1965-03-14
39 Shawn Chacon 6-03 212 Right Right 1977-12-23
61, 58 Jorge De Paula 6-01 160 Right Right 1979-07-27
46 Alan Embree 6-02 185 Left Left 1970-01-23
48 Wayne Franklin 6-02 195 Left Left 1974-03-09
36 Tom Gordon 5-09 180 Right Right 1967-11-18
58 Alex Graman 6-04 210 Left Left 1977-11-17
38 Buddy Groom 6-02 200 Left Left 1965-07-10
58 Sean Henn 6-05 200 Left Right 1981-04-23
41 Randy Johnson 6-10 225 Left Right 1963-09-10
31 Steve Karsay 6-03 210 Right Right 1972-03-24
19 Al Leiter 6-03 215 Left Left 1965-10-23
46 Darrell May 6-02 170 Left Left 1972-06-13
38 Ramiro Mendoza 6-02 154 Right Right 1972-06-15
35 Mike Mussina 6-02 185 Right Left 1968-12-08
45 Carl Pavano 6-05 230 Right Right 1976-01-08
43 Scott Proctor 6-01 200 Right Right 1977-01-02
48 Paul Quantrill 6-01 185 Right Left 1968-11-03
29 Tim Redding 6-00 180 Right Right 1978-02-12
42 Mariano Rivera 6-04 170 Right Right 1969-11-29
47 Felix Rodriguez 6-01 170 Right Right 1972-09-09
31 Aaron Small 6-05 200 Right Right 1971-11-23
29 Mike Stanton 6-01 190 Left Left 1967-06-02
56 Tanyon Sturtze 6-05 190 Right Right 1970-10-12
40 Chien-Ming Wang 6-03 200 Right Right 1980-03-31
33 Jaret Wright 6-02 220 Right Right 1975-12-29
17 John Flaherty 6-01 195 Right Right 1967-10-21
60 Wil Nieves 5-11 160 Right Right 1977-09-25
20 Jorge Posada 6-02 190 Right Both 1971-08-17
26 Mark Bellhorn 6-01 195 Right Both 1974-08-23
14, 22 Robinson Cano 6-00 170 Right Left 1981-10-22
29 Felix Escalona 6-00 195 Right Right 1979-03-12
25 Jason Giambi 6-02 200 Right Left 1971-01-08
2 Derek Jeter 6-03 175 Right Right 1974-06-26
14 Russ Johnson 5-10 185 Right Right 1973-02-22
24 Tino Martinez 6-02 210 Right Left 1967-12-07
39, 18, 14 Andy Phillips 6-00 205 Right Right 1977-04-06
13 Alex Rodriguez 6-03 190 Right Right 1975-07-27
26 Rey Sanchez 5-09 170 Right Right 1967-10-05
39 Melky Cabrera 5-11 170 Left Both 1984-08-11
19, 18 Bubba Crosby 5-11 185 Left Left 1976-08-11
50 Matt Lawton 5-09 180 Right Left 1971-11-30
55 Hideki Matsui 6-01 210 Right Left 1974-06-12
39 Kevin Reese 5-11 195 Left Left 1978-03-11
11 Gary Sheffield 5-11 190 Right Right 1968-11-18
28 Ruben Sierra 6-01 200 Right Both 1965-10-06
58 Mike Vento 6-00 195 Right Right 1978-05-25
51 Bernie Williams 6-02 205 Right Both 1968-09-13
12 Tony Womack 5-09 160 Right Left 1969-09-25
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The 2005 New York Yankees played 162 games during the regular season, won 95 games, lost 67 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Yankee Stadium (Park Factors: 103/102) where 4,090,696 fans witnessed their 2005 Yankees finish the season with a .586 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 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 2005 New York Yankees salary list, a 2005 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 2005 New York Yankees primary starters list:

2005 New York Yankees
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

2005 New York Yankees
Most Games by Position

C Jorge Posada (133)
1B Tino Martinez (122)
2B Robinson Cano (131)
3B Alex Rodriguez (161)
SS Derek Jeter (157)
LF Hideki Matsui (115)
CF Bernie Williams (112)
RF Gary Sheffield (131)
  
SP Randy Johnson
SP Mike Mussina
SP Carl Pavano
SP Chien-Ming Wang
  
RP Alan Embree
RP Tom Gordon
RP Buddy Groom
RP Scott Proctor
RP Paul Quantrill
RP Felix Rodriguez
RP Mike Stanton
RP Tanyon Sturtze
CL Mariano Rivera


2005 New York Yankees
Salaries

Alex Rodriguez $25,705,118.00
Derek Jeter $19,600,000.00
Mike Mussina $19,000,000.00
Kevin Brown $15,714,286.00
Randy Johnson $15,419,815.00
Jason Giambi $13,428,571.00
Bernie Williams $12,357,143.00
Gary Sheffield $11,496,689.00
Jorge Posada $11,000,000.00
Mariano Rivera $10,500,000.00
Carl Pavano $9,000,000.00
Hideki Matsui $8,000,000.00
Jaret Wright $5,666,667.00
Tom Gordon $3,750,000.00
Felix Rodriguez $3,150,000.00
Tino Martinez $2,750,000.00
Tony Womack $2,000,000.00
Ruben Sierra $1,500,000.00
Tanyon Sturtze $850,000.00
John Flaherty $800,000.00
Rey Sanchez $600,000.00
Bubba Crosby $332,950.00
Andy Phillips $317,200.00


2005 New York Yankees
Uniform Numbers

#2 Derek Jeter
#11 Gary Sheffield
#12 Tony Womack
#13 Alex Rodriguez
#14 Robinson Cano
#14 Russ Johnson
#14 Andy Phillips
#17 John Flaherty
#18 Bubba Crosby
#18 Andy Phillips
#19 Bubba Crosby
#19 Al Leiter
#20 Jorge Posada
#22 Robinson Cano
#24 Tino Martinez
#25 Jason Giambi
#26 Mark Bellhorn
#26 Rey Sanchez
#27 Kevin Brown
#28 Ruben Sierra
#29 Felix Escalona
#29 Tim Redding
#29 Mike Stanton
#31 Jason Anderson
#31 Steve Karsay
#31 Aaron Small
#33 Jaret Wright
#35 Mike Mussina
#36 Tom Gordon
#38 Buddy Groom
#38 Ramiro Mendoza
#39 Melky Cabrera
#39 Shawn Chacon
#39 Andy Phillips
#39 Kevin Reese
#40 Chien-Ming Wang
#41 Randy Johnson
#42 Mariano Rivera
#43 Scott Proctor
#45 Carl Pavano
#46 Alan Embree
#46 Darrell May
#47 Felix Rodriguez
#48 Wayne Franklin
#48 Paul Quantrill
#50 Matt Lawton
#51 Bernie Williams
#55 Hideki Matsui
#56 Tanyon Sturtze
#58 Colter Bean
#58 Jorge De Paula
#58 Alex Graman
#58 Sean Henn
#58 Mike Vento
#60 Wil Nieves
#61 Jorge De Paula

Did you know that a 2005 New York Yankees 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)?