2005
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2005.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Asia Series: Chiba Lotte Marines (NPB) defeated the Samsung Lions (KBO) in the finals, 5 - 3 (Details)
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Chiba Lotte Marines (PL) over the Hanshin Tigers (CL), 4 - 0 - 0 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: Samsung Lions defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Sinon Bulls defeated the Macoto Cobras in the Taiwan Series (Details)
- China Baseball League: Beijing Tigers defeated the Tianjin Lions in the championship series, 2 - 0 (Details)
- Claxton Shield: New South Wales Patriots
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: Grosseto Orioles, Serie A1 (Details)
- Division Élite: Rouen Baseball 76
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Paderborn Untouchables
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam
- Holland Series: SC Neptunus defeated the HCAW in the series, 3 - 1 (Details)
- Serie A1: Italeri Bologna
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Chicago White Sox (AL) over the Houston Astros (NL), 4 - 0 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Appalachian League: Elizabethton Twins
- Arizona League: AZL Giants
- Atlantic League: Somerset Patriots
- California League: San Jose Giants
- Canadian-American Association: Worcester Tornadoes
- Carolina League: Frederick Keys
- Central League: Fort Worth Cats
- Eastern League: Akron Aeros
- Florida State League: Palm Beach Cardinals
- Frontier League: Kalamazoo Kings
- Golden League: San Diego Surf Dawgs
- Gulf Coast League: GCL Yankees
- International League: Toledo Mud Hens (Details)
- Midwest League: South Bend Silver Hawks
- New York-Penn League: Staten Island Yankees
- Northern League: Gary RailCats
- Northwest League: Spokane Indians
- Pacific Coast League: Nashville Sounds (Details)
- Pioneer League: Ogden Raptors
- South Atlantic League: Kannapolis Intimidators
- Southern League: Jacksonville Suns
- Texas League: Midland RockHounds
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tigres de la Angelopolis defeated the Saraperos de Saltillo in the finals, 4 - 2
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in Mazatlán, México; Venados de Mazatlán (Mexico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 4 - 3
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Venados de Mazatlán
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez defeated the Gigantes de Carolina in the finals, in an unknown result
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tigres de Aragua defeated the Leones del Caracas in the finals, 4 - 3
Amateur[edit]
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): The University of Texas at Austin defeated the University of Florida in the finals, 4 - 2, 6 - 2 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: Florida Southern College over the University of North Florida, 12 - 9 in the finals
- Division III Baseball Championship: The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater over the State University of New York College at Cortland, 11 - 4 in the finals
- NAIA College World Series: Oklahoma City University over Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 8 - 1 in the finals
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Santa Rosa Junior College over Palomar College 13 - 4 in the finals
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Prairie Gravel (Details)
- National Club Baseball Association: Colorado State University
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: Cape Breton University
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Aoyama Gakuin University defeated the Tohoku Fukushi University in the final, 2 - 1 (Details)
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Aikoudai Meiden High School (Aichi) defeat Kamimura Gakuen (Kagoshima), 9 - 2 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Komazawa University Tomakomai High School (North Hokkaido) defeat Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School (Kyoto), 5 - 3 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: West Oahu (Ewa Beach, HI) defeat Pabao (Willemstad, Curaçao), 7 - 6 in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- Baseball World Cup in the Netherlands (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Panama (Bronze)
- World Youth Championship in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); unknown (Bronze)
- Asian Championship in Miyazaki, Japan (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); China (Bronze)
- European Championship in Blansko, Chocen, Olomouc and Prague, Czech Republic (Details)
- The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Spain (Bronze)
- South American Championship in São Paulo Brazil (Details)
- Southeast Asian Games in Manila Philippines (Details)
- Philippines (Gold); Thailand (Silver); Indonesia (Bronze)
- South Pacific Mini-Games in Koror City Palau (Details)
- Guam (Gold); Palau (Silver); Federated States of Micronesia (Bronze)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- Baseball Before We Knew It, by David Block
- The Book on the Book, by Bill Felber
- Burying the Black Sox, by Gene Carney
- Diamonds Around the Globe, by Peter C. Bjarkman
- Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball, by Jerrold Casway
- The Ferrell Brothers of Baseball, by Dick Thompson
- Juiced, by Jose Canseco
- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning, by Jonathan Mahler
- Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, by Jonathan Eig
- Remembering Japanese Baseball, by Robert K. Fitts
- Reno, by Marty Gervais
- Reversing the Curse, by Dan Shaughnessy
- Three Nights in August, by Buzz Bissinger
- Voices of Summer, by Curt Smith
- Yankees Suck!, by Jim Gerard
Song[edit]
- Perfect Situation, by Weezer
- Third Base, Dodger Stadium, by Ry Cooder
Film[edit]
- Bad News Bears (remake)
- Fever Pitch
- Game 6
- The Upside of Anger
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2005
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2005
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