2005 Chicago Cubs season

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The 2005 Chicago Cubs season was the 134th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 130th in the National League and the 90th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished 79–83, fourth place in the National League Central. This was the first season for the WGN-TV broadcast pairing of Bob Brenly and Len Kasper.

LeagueNational League
BallparkWrigley Field
Record79–83 (48.8%)
OwnersTribune Company
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2005 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
Record79–83 (48.8%)
Divisional place4th
OwnersTribune Company
General managersJim Hendry
ManagersDusty Baker
TelevisionCSN Chicago
Superstation WGN
WCIU-TV
(Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
RadioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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Offseason

  • December 31, 2004: Todd Hollandsworth was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[1]
  • January 20, 2005: Cody Ransom was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[2]
  • February 2, 2005: Sammy Sosa was traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Jerry Hairston, Mike Fontenot, and Dave Crouthers (minors).[3]
  • February 2, 2005: Jeromy Burnitz was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[4]
  • February 8, 2005: Scott McClain was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[5]
  • March 30, 2005: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Chicago Cubs.[2]

Regular season

Ryne Sandberg's number 23 was retired by the Chicago Cubs in 2005.

After his Hall of Fame induction, Ryne Sandberg had his number 23 retired in a ceremony at Wrigley Field on August 28, 2005.

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10062 .617 — 50‍–‍31 50‍–‍31
Houston Astros 8973 .549 11 53‍–‍28 36‍–‍45
Milwaukee Brewers 8181 .500 19 46‍–‍35 35‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs 7983 .488 21 38‍–‍43 41‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 7389 .451 27 42‍–‍39 31‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795 .414 33 34‍–‍47 33‍–‍48
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Record vs. opponents

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2005 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2005

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WAS AL
Arizona—3–35–22–411–72–43–313–52–41–63–43–410–97–112–52–48–10
Atlanta3–3—6–17–32–410–85–13–33–313–69–104–31–54–23–310–97–8
Chicago2–51–6—6–94–35–49–74–27–92–42–411–54–35–210–61–56–9
Cincinnati4–23–79–6—3–32–44–123–46–103–33–49–74–23–55–115–17-8
Colorado 7–114–23–43–3—3–31–511–81–53–42–43–77–117–114–42–46–9
Florida4–28–104–54–23–3—4–35–23–48–109–103–42–44–23–49–910–5
Houston3–31–57–912–45–13-4—4–210–55–56–09–74–33–45–115–27–8
Los Angeles 5–133–32–44–38–112–52–4—5–13–33–35–211–79–102–52–45–13
Milwaukee4–23–39–710–65–14–35–101–5—3–34–59–73–44–35–114–48–7
New York6–16–134–23–34–310–85–53–33–3—11–73–34–23–32–511–85–10
Philadelphia4-310–94–24–34–210–90–63–35–47–11—4–36–05–14–211–87–8
Pittsburgh4–33–45–117–97–34–37–92–57–93–33–4—3–42–44–121–55–7
San Diego9–105–13–42–411–74–23–47–114–32–40–64–3—12–64–35–17–11
San Francisco11–72–42–55–311–72–44–310–93–43–31–54–26–12—2–43–36–12
St. Louis5–23–36–1011–54–44-311–55–211–55–22–412–43–44–2—4–210–5
Washington4–29–105–11–54–29-92–54–24–48–118–115–11–53–32–4—12–6
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Transactions

  • May 2, 2005: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[6]
  • May 27, 2005: Cody Ransom was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[2]
  • July 7, 2005: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Chicago Cubs.[6]
  • August 29, 2005: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Angelo Burrows (minors) and Todd Blackford (minors).[1]

Roster

2005 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg.= Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CMichael Barrett133424117.2761661
1BDerrek Lee158594199.33546107
2BTodd Walker110397121.3051240
SSNeifi Pérez154572157.274954
3BAramis Ramírez123463140.3023192
LFTodd Hollandsworth10726868.254535
CFCorey Patterson12645197.2151334
RFJeromy Burnitz160605156.2582487
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jerry Hairston Jr.11438099.261430
Nomar Garciaparra6223065.283930
José Macías11217745.254113
Henry Blanco5416139.242625
Jason Dubois5214234.239722
Matt Murton5114045.321714
Ronny Cedeño418024.30016
Matt Lawton197819.24415
Enrique Wilson15223.13600
Ben Grieve23205.25001
Jody Gerut11141.07100
Scott McClain13142.14301
Ryan Theriot9132.15400
Mike Fontenot720.00000
Geovany Soto110.00000
Adam Greenberg100----00
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Greg Maddux35225.013154.24136
Carlos Zambrano33223.11463.26202
Mark Prior27166.21173.67188
Jerome Williams18106.0683.9159
John Koronka415.2127.4710
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Glendon Rusch46145.1984.52111
Kerry Wood2166.0344.2377
Sergio Mitre2160.1255.3737
Rich Hill1023.2029.1321
Jon Leicester69.0029.007
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ryan Dempster6353333.1389
Michael Wuertz756203.8189
Will Ohman692202.9145
Roberto Novoa494504.4347
Mike Remlinger350304.9130
Todd Wellemeyer222116.1232
LaTroy Hawkins211443.3213
Cliff Bartosh190205.4915
Scott Williamson170005.6523
Joe Borowski110006.5511
Chad Fox110016.7511
Jermaine Van Buren60203.003
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs Pacific Coast League Mike Quade
AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Bobby Dickerson
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Richie Zisk
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Julio Garcia
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Trey Forkerway
Rookie AZL Cubs Arizona League Steve McFarland
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