CWS Records Tied or Broken
- Total attendance: 263,475 (previous record was 260,091 in 2003)
- Average single session attendance: 23,952
- No game was decided by more than five runs, making the 2005 CWS the closest-contended in history
- For the first time in CWS history, not a single player hit a triple
- Texas closer J. B. Cox tied the CWS record with five pitching appearances
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