2005 American League Division Series
The 2005 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2005 American League postseason, began on Tuesday, October 4, and ended on Monday, October 10, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
- (1) Chicago White Sox (Central Division champion, 99–63) vs. (4) Boston Red Sox (Wild Card, 95–67): White Sox win series, 3–0.
- (2) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Western Division champion, 95–67) vs. (3) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 95–67): Angels win series, 3–2.
| 2005 American League Division Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 4 – 7 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (Games 1–2) ESPN2 (Game 3) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Chris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe, Mike Piazza, and Erin Andrews | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi, Buck Martinez | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | John Hirschbeck, Bill Miller, Mark Wegner, Mark Carlson (Game 1), Dale Scott (Games 2-3), Mike Everitt, Dan Iassogna | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 4 – 10 | ||||||||||||
| Television | Fox (Games 1, 4–5) ESPN (Games 2–3) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Chris Myers (Games 1, 5) Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Gary Miller (Games 2–3) Thom Brennaman, Tim McCarver and Chris Myers (Game 4) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman, Dave Campbell | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Gary Darling Jerry Meals Derryl Cousins Alfonso Márquez Joe West Jim Reynolds | ||||||||||||
The higher seed (#1 is the highest) had the home field advantage.
2005 was the first year since 2001 that the Minnesota Twins had not participated in the ALDS. Other than the White Sox' victory in the AL Central, the participants were identical to those of the previous year.
The two victorious teams went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The victorious White Sox advanced to defeat the National League champion Houston Astros and win the 2005 World Series, their first World Series title since 1917.