2005 Chicago Cubs season

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, 4th place in the NL Central. This was the first season for the WGN-TV broadcast pairing of Bob Brenly and Len Kasper.

2005 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Tribune Company
General manager(s)Jim Hendry
Manager(s)Dusty Baker
Local televisionCSN Chicago
Superstation WGN
WCIU-TV
(Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Local radioWGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-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

Season standings

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10062 0.617 — 50–31 50–31
Houston Astros 8973 0.549 11 53–28 36–45
Milwaukee Brewers 8181 0.500 19 46–35 35–46
Chicago Cubs 7983 0.488 21 38–43 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 7389 0.451 27 42–39 31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795 0.414 33 34–47 33–48

Record vs. opponents
2005 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH 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

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

Stats in bold are the team leaders. Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; Avg. = Batting average

Batting

Note: G=Games played; AB=At Bats; H=Hits; Avg.=Batting Average; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ryan Dempster 63 92.0 5 3 3.13 89
Jon Leicester 6 9.0 0 2 51 0.78
Greg Maddux 35 225.0 13 15 4.24 136
Glendon Rusch 46 145.1 9 8 4.52 111
Michael Wuertz 75 75.2 6 2 116 89
Carlos Zambrano 33 223.1 14 6 135 202

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
LaTroy Hawkins 21 1 4 4 3.32 13

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[7]

gollark: You should do this, as ABR is more objective.
gollark: ++choose "polya vector fields" "riemann-liouville integration" "work on kamilacas" "sleep earlier"
gollark: RENDER dragon curves.
gollark: I could add it. I just haven't.
gollark: Macron infixr/infixl?

References
1st Half: Chicago Cubs Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Chicago Cubs Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollato01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml
  3. Sammy Sosa Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Sosa replacement: Burnitz agrees with Cubs". ESPN.com. February 2, 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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