2005 Major League Baseball Opening Day Rosters

2004 MLB / 2006 MLB Opening Day Rosters

Lineups are the starting lineups for Opening Day.

Teams	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P	DH
Baltimore Orioles - AL (all-time)	Lopez	Palmeiro	Roberts	Mora	Tejada	Bigbie	Matos	Sosa	Lopez	Gibbons
Boston Red Sox - AL (all-time)	Varitek	Millar	Bellhorn	Mueller	Renteria	Ramirez	Damon	Payton	Wells	Ortiz
Chicago White Sox - AL (all-time)	Pierzynski	Konerko	Iguchi	Crede	Uribe	Podsednik	Rowand	Dye	Buehrle	Everett
Cleveland Indians - AL (all-time)	Martinez	Broussard	Belliard	Boone	Peralta	Hernandez	Crisp	Blake	Westbrook	Hafner
Detroit Tigers - AL (all-time)	Rodriguez	Pena	Infante	Inge	Guillen	White	Monroe	Ordonez	Bonderman	Young
Kansas City Royals - AL (all-time)	Buck	Sweeney	Gotay	Teahen	Berroa	Long	DeJesus	Stairs	Lima	Pickering
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - AL (all-time)	Molina	Erstad	Figgins	Quinlan	Cabrera	Anderson	Finley	Guerrero	Colon	DaVanon
Minnesota Twins - AL (all-time)	Mauer	Morneau	Rivas	Cuddyer	Bartlett	Stewart	Hunter	Jones	Radke	Ford
New York Yankees - AL (all-time)	Posada	Giambi	Womack	Rodriguez	Jeter	Matsui	Williams	Sheffield	Johnson	Sierra
Oakland Athletics - AL (all-time)	Kendall	Hatteberg	Ellis	Chavez	Crosby	Byrnes	Kotsay	Swisher	Zito	Durazo
Seattle Mariners - AL (all-time)	Olivo	Sexson	Boone	Beltre	Valdez	Winn	Reed	Suzuki	Moyer	Ibanez
Tampa Bay Devil Rays - AL (all-time)	Hall	Lee	Cantu	Gonzalez	Lugo	Crawford	Singleton	Huff	Brazelton	Phelps
Texas Rangers - AL (all-time)	Barajas	Teixeira	Soriano	Blalock	Young	Mench	Matthews	Hidalgo	Drese	Dellucci
Toronto Blue Jays - AL (all-time)	Zaun	Hinske	Hudson	Koskie	Adams	Catalanotto	Wells	Gross	Halladay	Hillenbrand
Arizona Diamondbacks - NL (all-time)	Hill	Tracy	Counsell	Glaus	Clayton	Gonzalez	Cruz	Green	Vazquez
Atlanta Braves - NL (all-time)	Estrada	LaRoche	Giles	Jones	Furcal	Jordan	Jones	Mondesi	Smoltz
Chicago Cubs - NL (all-time)	Barrett	Lee	Walker	Ramirez	Garciaparra	Hollandsworth	Patterson	Burnitz	Zambrano
Cincinnati Reds - NL (all-time)	LaRue	Casey	Jimenez	Randa	Aurilia	Dunn	Griffey	Kearns	Wilson
Colorado Rockies - NL (all-time)	Closser	Helton	Miles	Baker	Barmes	Holliday	Wilson	Mohr	Kennedy
Florida Marlins - NL (all-time)	Lo Duca	Delgado	Castillo	Lowell	Gonzalez	Cabrera	Pierre	Encarnacion	Beckett
Houston Astros - NL (all-time)	Ausmus	Bagwell	Biggio	Ensberg	Everett	Scott	Taveras	Lane	Oswalt
Los Angeles Dodgers - NL (all-time)	Phillips	Choi	Kent	Valentin	Izturis	Ledee	Bradley	Drew	Lowe
Milwaukee Brewers - NL (all-time)	Moeller	Overbay	Spivey	Cirillo	Hardy	Lee	Clark	Jenkins	Sheets
New York Mets - NL (all-time)	Piazza	Mientkiewicz	Matsui	Wright	Reyes	Floyd	Beltran	Valent	Martinez
Philadelphia Phillies - NL (all-time)	Lieberthal	Thome	Polanco	Bell	Rollins	Burrell	Lofton	Abreu	Lieber
Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (all-time)	Santiago	Ward	Castillo	Wigginton	Wilson	Bay	Redman	Lawton	Perez
San Diego Padres - NL (all-time)	Hernandez	Nevin	Loretta	Burroughs	Greene	Klesko	Nady	Giles	Williams
San Francisco Giants - NL (all-time)	Matheny	Snow	Durham	Alfonzo	Vizquel	Feliz	Grissom	Alou	Schmidt
St. Louis Cardinals - NL (all-time)	Molina	Pujols	Grudzielanek	Rolen	Eckstein	Sanders	Edmonds	Walker	Carpenter
Washington Nationals - NL (all-time)	Schneider	Johnson	Vidro	Castilla	Guzman	Sledge	Wilkerson	Guillen	Hernandez

2004 MLB / 2006 MLB Opening Day Rosters

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