Today's featured sporting event is a Aug. 4th 2005 MLB game between the Houston Astros and the Arizona Diamondbacks; http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200508040.shtml.


2005 was the year that the Montreal Expos moved to Washington D.C., and became the Nationals. 2005 was also the year that the Anaheim Angels changed their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Chicago White Sox won their first World Series in 88 years by sweeping the Houston Astros 4 games to 0. This is the only World Series appearance in franchise history for the Houston Astros.


Here are some stats for the 2005 MLB Season:
Best record; St. Louis Cardinals 100-62
Worst record; Kansas City Royals 56-106
Most runs scored; Boston Red Sox 910 (5.6 per game)
Most base hits; Boston Red Sox 1579 (9.7 per game)
Most doubles; Boston Red Sox 339 (2 per game)
Most triples; Detroit Tigers 45 (0.2 per game)
Most home runs; Texas Rangers 260 (1.6 per game)
Fewest strikeouts; Oakland Athletics 819 (5 per game)
Player with the most home runs; Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves with 51
Player with the most RBI's; David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox with 148.
Player who threw the most strikeouts; Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins with 238. Here is the season summary; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_mlb_season.