2005 Eastern League season

The 2005 Eastern League season began on approximately April 1 and the regular season ended on approximately September 1.

The Akron Aeros defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 3 games to 1 to win the Eastern League Championship Series.

Regular season

Standings

Eastern League - Northern Division
Team	Win	Loss	%	GB
Portland Sea Dogs	76	66	.535	–
Trenton Thunder	74	68	.521	2.0
Norwich Navigators	71	71	.500	9.0
New Britain Rock Cats	70	72	.493	6.0
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	68	74	.479	8.0
Binghamton Mets	63	79	.444	13.0

Eastern League - Southern Division
Team	Win	Loss	%	GB
Akron Aeros	84	58	.592	–
Altoona Curve	76	66	.535	8.0
Bowie Baysox	74	68	.521	10.0
Reading Phillies	69	73	.486	15.0
Harrisburg Senators	64	78	.451	20.0
Erie SeaWolves	63	79	.444	21.0

Notes:

Green shade indicates that team advanced to the playoffs

Bold indicates that team advanced to ELCS

Italics indicates that team won ELCS

Statistical league leaders

Batting leaders

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Randy Ruiz (Reading Phillies)	.349
HR	Shelley Duncan (Trenton Thunder)	34
RBI	Mike Jacobs (Binghamton Mets)	93
R	Chris Roberson (Reading Phillies)	90

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Total
W	Allen Davis (Reading Phillies)	13
ERA	Jon Lester (Portland Sea Dogs)	2.61
SO	Jon Lester (Portland Sea Dogs)	163
SV	Edwin Almonte (Erie SeaWolves)	33

Playoffs

Divisional Series

Northern Division

The Portland Sea Dogs defeated the Trenton Thunder in the Northern Division playoffs 3 games to 2.

Southern Division

The Akron Aeros defeated the Altoona Curve in the Southern Division playoffs 3 games to 2.

Championship Series

The Akron Aeros defeated the Portland Sea Dogs in the ELCS 3 games to 1.

External links

• 2005 Eastern League Review at thebaseballcube.com