2005 American League Division Series

2005 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Chicago White Sox (3) Ozzie Guillén 99–63, .611, GA: 6
Boston Red Sox (0) Terry Francona 95–67, .586, GA: 0
DatesOctober 4 – 7
TelevisionESPN (Games 1–2)
ESPN2 (Game 3)
TV announcersChris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe, Mike Piazza, and Erin Andrews
RadioESPN
Radio announcersJon Sciambi, Buck Martinez
UmpiresJohn Hirschbeck, Bill Miller, Mark Wegner, Mark Carlson (Game 1), Dale Scott (Games 2-3), Mike Everitt, Dan Iassogna
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Los Angeles Angels
of Anaheim
(3)
Mike Scioscia 95–67, .586, GA: 7
New York Yankees (2) Joe Torre 95–67, .586, GA: 0
DatesOctober 4 – 10
TelevisionFox (Games 1, 4–5)
ESPN (Games 2–3)
TV announcersJoe 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)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersDan Shulman, Dave Campbell
UmpiresGary Darling
Jerry Meals
Derryl Cousins
Alfonso Márquez
Joe West
Jim Reynolds
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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:

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.
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