Luis Castillo had the highest batting average against left-handed pitchers with 50+ games played in 2005, with an average of .423.
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top 10 batting averages by a player vs lefties in 2005, minimum 50 games| NAME | AVG | G | SEASON | TM | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Castillo | .423 | 56 | 2005 | 111 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 124 | 72 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .467 | .649 | 1.115 | |
| 2 | | D. Bell | .400 | 58 | 2005 | 135 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 152 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .461 | .593 | 1.053 | |
| 3 | | B. Molina | .393 | 60 | 2005 | 122 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 137 | 79 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .430 | .648 | 1.077 | |
| 4 | | L. Gonzalez | .380 | 63 | 2005 | 142 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 153 | 78 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .413 | .549 | .963 | |
| 5 | | G. Sheffield | .359 | 68 | 2005 | 156 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 50 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 179 | 105 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .436 | .673 | 1.109 | |
| 6 | | A. Ramirez | .355 | 52 | 2005 | 121 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 134 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .418 | .694 | 1.112 | |
| 7 | | H. Matsui | .354 | 104 | 2005 | 209 | 74 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 229 | 121 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .393 | .579 | .972 | |
| 8 |  | I. Suzuki | .352 | 89 | 2005 | 196 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 214 | 99 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .394 | .505 | .899 | |
| 9 | | P. Polanco | .348 | 63 | 2005 | TOT | 161 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 173 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .387 | .491 | .878 |
| 10 | | V. Wells | .347 | 66 | 2005 | 147 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 164 | 99 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .409 | .673 | 1.082 | |
| 11 | | J. Bay | .347 | 72 | 2005 | 150 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 28 | 178 | 93 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .444 | .620 | 1.064 | |
| 12 | | M. Young | .340 | 83 | 2005 | 153 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 169 | 77 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .396 | .503 | .900 | |
| 13 | | B. Hall | .336 | 66 | 2005 | 125 | 42 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 140 | 70 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .407 | .560 | .967 | |
| 14 |  | D. Wright | .336 | 66 | 2005 | 128 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 147 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .415 | .602 | 1.017 | |
| 15 | | S. Casey | .335 | 99 | 2005 | 197 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 216 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .389 | .431 | .820 | |
| 16 | | R. Sexson | .333 | 60 | 2005 | 123 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 34 | 153 | 81 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .458 | .659 | 1.116 | |
| 17 | | D. Lee | .333 | 64 | 2005 | 147 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 27 | 180 | 99 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .439 | .673 | 1.112 | |
| 18 | | S. Podsednik | .330 | 51 | 2005 | 100 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 115 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .404 | .350 | .754 | |
| 19 | | G. Anderson | .330 | 84 | 2005 | 188 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 196 | 84 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .347 | .447 | .794 | |
| 20 | | N. Johnson | .328 | 72 | 2005 | 125 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 24 | 151 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .472 | .916 | |
| 21 | | J. Damon | .327 | 93 | 2005 | 208 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 231 | 91 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .377 | .438 | .814 | |
| 22 | | E. Renteria | .326 | 93 | 2005 | 193 | 63 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 218 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .384 | .482 | .866 | |
| 23 | | F. Sanchez | .326 | 62 | 2005 | 135 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 150 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .369 | .459 | .828 | |
| 24 | | S. Hillenbrand | .325 | 70 | 2005 | 160 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 169 | 84 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .361 | .525 | .886 | |
| 25 | | J. Cruz | .325 | 52 | 2005 | TOT | 80 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 94 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .426 | .525 | .951 |
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