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| 2005 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 3 – October 26, 2005 |
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| TV partner(s) | Fox, ESPN |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Justin Upton |
| Picked by | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Regular Season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) NL: Albert Pujols (STL) |
| Postseason | |
| AL champions | Chicago White Sox |
| AL runners-up | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
| NL champions | Houston Astros |
| NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Chicago White Sox |
| Runners-up | Houston Astros |
| World Series MVP | Jermaine Dye (CWS) |
The 2005 Major League Baseball season was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the BALCO scandal, which enforced harsher penalties than ever before for steroid use in Major League Baseball. Several players, including veteran Rafael Palmeiro, were suspended under the new policy. Besides steroids it was also notable that every team in the NL East finished the season with at least 81 wins (at least half of the 162 games played). Additionally it was the first season featuring a baseball team in Washington, D.C. since the second iteration of the Washington Senators last played there in 1971; the Washington Nationals had moved from Montreal, the first relocation of a team in 34 years and currently the last time this has occurred in the majors.
The Anaheim Angels changed their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
The season ended when the Chicago White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in a four-game sweep in the World Series, winning their first championship since 1917.
As of the 2023 season, this is the last season in which no no-hit games were pitched; 2005 was also only the 6th year since 1949 in which no such games were thrown.[a]
This was the first season since 1993 that all teams played at least 162 games with no cancellations.