2005 Boston Red Sox season
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ron Johnson
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Todd Claus
A-Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Dann Bilardello
A Greenville Bombers South Atlantic League Chad Epperson
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York-Penn League Luis Alicea
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Ralph Treuel
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League Nelson Paulino
Rookie cooperative Venezuelan Summer League
Farm system
See also : Minor League Baseball The Wilmington Blue Rocks replaced the Sarasota Red Sox as the Class A-Advanced affiliate , and the Greenville Bombers replaced the Augusta GreenJackets as the Class A affiliate .
The 2005 Boston Red Sox season was the 105th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, the same record as the New York Yankees. The Yankees were deemed the division winner, due to their 10-9 head-to-head record against the Red Sox during the regular season. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, but were swept by the American League Central champion Chicago White Sox in the ALDS. On offense, the Red Sox led Major League Baseball in runs scored (910), hits (1,579), doubles (339), RBI (863), walks (653), batting average (.281), OBP (.357), OPS (.811) and sacrifice flies (63). Red Sox pitchers hit opposing batters with 89 pitches, the most by any major league pitching staff in 2005.