Based on hitting projections from
The Bill James Handbook Projections Update 2005 and pitching projections from
Ron Shandler’s website update to the
Baseball Forecaster 2005, this year’s projected year-end leaderboards are:
| American | | National | |
Average | 1. Suzuki | .337 | 1. Pujols | .344 |
| 2. V. Guerrero | .330 | 2. Helton | .341 |
| 3. M. Ramirez | .318 | 3. Pierre | .313 |
| 4. Mauer | .316 | 4. Garciaparra | .312 |
| 5. Jeter | .312 | 5. D. Wright | .309 |
Home Runs | 1. A. Rod | 42 | 1. Pujols | 45 |
| 2. V. Guerrero | 39 | 2. Dunn | 42 |
| 2. M. Ramirez | 39 | 2. Thome | 42 |
| 4. Soriano | 35 | 4. Glaus | 41 |
| 4. Teixeira | 35 | 5. Bay | 37 |
RBI | 1. Tejada | 123 | 1. Pujols | 131 |
| 1. M. Ramirez | 123 | 2. M. Cabrera | 119 |
| 3. V. Guerrero | 119 | 3. Bay | 114 |
| 4. A. Rod | 118 | 4. Helton | 113 |
| 5. V. Martinez | 110 | 4. Glaus | 113 |
Stolen Bases | 1. Podsednik | 58 | 1. J. Reyes | 60 |
| 1. Crawford | 58 | 2. D. Roberts | 48 |
| 3. Gathright | 44 | 3. W. Taveras | 47 |
| 4. Iguchi | 37 | 4. Pierre | 43 |
| 5. Figgins | 34 | 5. Beltran | 38 |
On-Base plus | 1. M. Ramirez | 1.033 | 1. Pujols | 1.106 |
Slugging (OPS) | 2. V. Guerrero | 1.002 | 2. Helton | 1.066 |
| 3. A. Rod | 0.957 | 3. Berkman | 1.004 |
| 4. Hafner | 0.942 | 4. Thome | 0.967 |
| 5. Sheffield | 0.935 | 5. L. Walker | 0.959 |
Wins | 1. Santana | 19 | 1. Oswalt | 18 |
| 2. R. Johnson | 18 | 2. Schmidt | 17 |
| 3. Schilling | 17 | 3. B. Lawrence | 16 |
| 3. Colon | 17 | 3. J. Thomson | 16 |
| 3. R. Lopez | 17 | 5. Sheets | 15 |
| | | 5. Peavy | 15 |
Saves | 1. Cordero | 47 | 1. Gagne | 47 |
| 2. K. Rod | 45 | 1. Isringhausen | 47 |
| 2. Rivera | 45 | 3. Lidge | 45 |
| 4. Nathan | 40 | 4. Hoffman | 42 |
| 5. Dotel | 31 | 4. Benitez | 42 |
| 5. Foulke | 31 | 4. Mota | 42 |
| 5. Baez | 31 | | |
Strikeouts | 1. R. Johnson | 253 | 1. P. Martinez | 249 |
| 2. Santana | 238 | 2. Schmidt | 231 |
| 3. Schilling | 194 | 3. Oliv. Perez | 228 |
| 4. Escobar | 185 | 4. Sheets | 216 |
| 5. Clement | 178 | 5. Wood | 204 |
ERA | 1. Santana | 2.96 | 1. P. Martinez | 2.72 |
| 2. R. Johnson | 3.17 | 2. Sheets | 2.96 |
| 3. Schilling | 3.34 | 3. Schmidt | 3.08 |
| 4. Radke | 3.61 | 4. Oswalt | 3.13 |
| 5. R. Lopez | 3.65 | 5. Peavy | 3.16 |