2005 Atlanta Braves season

2005 Atlanta Braves
NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876) Eastern Division (since 1994)
Location
Turner Field (since 1997) Atlanta (since 1966)
Results
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Time Warner
General manager(s)	John Schuerholz
Manager(s)	Bobby Cox
Local television	TBS Superstation Turner South (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray) FSN South (Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
Local radio	WGST WKLS (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray) WWWE (Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 2005 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 40th season in Atlanta and the 135th season overall. The Braves won their 11th consecutive division title under Manager of the Year Bobby Cox, finishing 2 games ahead of the second-place Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves lost the 2005 Divisional Series to the Houston Astros, 3 games to 1.

Tim Hudson joined the Braves' rotation and rookies Jeff Francoeur, Kelly Johnson and Brian McCann had their first seasons with Atlanta in 2005.

Offseason[]

• October 15, 2004: DeWayne Wise was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Atlanta Braves.^[1]
• December 3, 2004: Julio Franco was resigned in Free Agency to the Atlanta Braves.^[2]
• December 11, 2004: Danny Kolb was acquired by the Atlanta Braves from the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later and Jose Capellan. The Atlanta Braves sent Alec Zumwalt (minors) (December 14, 2004) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.^[3]
• December 16, 2004: Ex-All-star Tim Hudson was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Cruz, Dan Meyer, and Charles Thomas.^[4]
• January 14, 2005: Raúl Mondesí Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[5]
• March 31, 2005: Jorge Sosa was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Atlanta Braves for Nick Green.^[6]

Regular season[]

• On September 15, 2005, Andruw Jones hit his 300th career home run which went 430 feet (130 m) off Philadelphia Phillies reliever Geoff Geary in a 12–4 Phillies win. Jones became one of the quickest in Major League history to 300 home runs.^[7] The ball landed in the upper deck in left field at Citizens Bank Park.^[8]

Opening Day starters[]

Position	Name
Starting Pitcher	John Smoltz
Catcher	Johnny Estrada
First Baseman	Adam LaRoche
Second Baseman	Marcus Giles
Third Baseman	Chipper Jones
Shortstop	Rafael Furcal
Left Fielder	Brian Jordan
Center Fielder	Andruw Jones
Right Fielder	Raúl Mondesí

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Season standings[]

National League East[]

v t NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	72	0.556	—	53–28	37–44
Philadelphia Phillies	88	74	0.543	2	46–35	42–39
Florida Marlins	83	79	0.512	7	45–36	38–43
New York Mets	83	79	0.512	7	48–33	35–46
Washington Nationals	81	81	0.500	9	41–40	40–41

Record vs. opponents[]

2005 National League Records v t Source: [1]
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	5–2	2–4	11–7	2–4	3–3	13–5	2–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	10–9	7–11	2–5	2–4	8–10
Atlanta	3–3	—	6–1	7–3	2–4	10–8	5–1	3–3	3–3	13–6	9–10	4–3	1–5	4–2	3–3	10–9	7–8
Chicago	2–5	1–6	—	6–9	4–3	5–4	9–7	4–2	7–9	2–4	2–4	11–5	4–3	5–2	10–6	1–5	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–7	9–6	—	3–3	2–4	4–12	3–4	6–10	3–3	3–4	9–7	4–2	3–5	5–11	5–1	7-8
Colorado	7–11	4–2	3–4	3–3	—	3–3	1–5	11–8	1–5	3–4	2–4	3–7	7–11	7–11	4–4	2–4	6–9
Florida	4–2	8–10	4–5	4–2	3–3	—	4–3	5–2	3–4	8–10	9–10	3–4	2–4	4–2	3–4	9–9	10–5
Houston	3–3	1–5	7–9	12–4	5–1	3-4	—	4–2	10–5	5–5	6–0	9–7	4–3	3–4	5–11	5–2	7–8
Los Angeles	5–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–2	11–7	9–10	2–5	2–4	5–13
Milwaukee	4–2	3–3	9–7	10–6	5–1	4–3	5–10	1–5	—	3–3	4–5	9–7	3–4	4–3	5–11	4–4	8–7
New York	6–1	6–13	4–2	3–3	4–3	10–8	5–5	3–3	3–3	—	11–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	11–8	5–10
Philadelphia	4-3	10–9	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	0–6	3–3	5–4	7–11	—	4–3	6–0	5–1	4–2	11–8	7–8
Pittsburgh	4–3	3–4	5–11	7–9	7–3	4–3	7–9	2–5	7–9	3–3	3–4	—	3–4	2–4	4–12	1–5	5–7
San Diego	9–10	5–1	3–4	2–4	11–7	4–2	3–4	7–11	4–3	2–4	0–6	4–3	—	12–6	4–3	5–1	7–11
San Francisco	11–7	2–4	2–5	5–3	11–7	2–4	4–3	10–9	3–4	3–3	1–5	4–2	6–12	—	2–4	3–3	6–12
St. Louis	5–2	3–3	6–10	11–5	4–4	4-3	11–5	5–2	11–5	5–2	2–4	12–4	3–4	4–2	—	4–2	10–5
Washington	4–2	9–10	5–1	1–5	4–2	9-9	2–5	4–2	4–4	8–11	8–11	5–1	1–5	3–3	2–4	—	12–6

Notable transactions[]

• April 15, 2005: John Foster signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[10]
• June 1, 2005: Raúl Mondesí was released by the Atlanta Braves.^[11]
• July 31, 2005: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Atlanta Braves for Román Colón and Zach Miner.^[12]
• August 29, 2005: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Angelo Burrows (minors) and Todd Blackford (minors).^[13]
• Notable picks in the 2005 Draft include Joey Devine (26th pick overall), Yunel Escobar (2nd round), and Jordan Schafer (3rd round).

Roster[]

2005 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 50 Adam Bernero 48 Blaine Boyer 27 Frank Brooks 38 Jim Brower 48 Matt Childers 40 Román Colón 26 Kyle Davies 28 Joey Devine 40 Kyle Farnsworth 46 John Foster 48 Seth Greisinger 49 Kevin Gryboski 32 Mike Hampton 15 Tim Hudson 36 Chuck James 51 Dan Kolb 50 Anthony Lerew 38 Tom Martin 49 Macay McBride 43 Jay Powell 30 Horacio Ramírez 37 Chris Reitsma 29 John Smoltz 34 Jorge Sosa 52 John Thomson 36 Jorge Vásquez		Catchers 23 Johnny Estrada 16 Brian McCann  8 Brayan Peña 12 Eddie Pérez Infielders 24 Wilson Betemit 14 Julio Franco  1 Rafael Furcal 22 Marcus Giles 10 Chipper Jones 19 Adam LaRoche 11 Andy Marte  4 Pete Orr		Outfielders  7 Jeff Francoeur 20 Todd Hollandsworth 27 Kelly Johnson 25 Andruw Jones 33 Brian Jordan 18 Ryan Langerhans 43 Raúl Mondesí		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 39 Pat Corrales (bench) 53 Bobby Dews (bullpen) 45 Fredi González (third base) 17 Glenn Hubbard (first base) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching)  9 Terry Pendleton (hitting)

Player stats[]

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

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

2005 National League Division Series[]

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros[]

Houston wins series, 3–1. Game 4 was a thrilling series clinching 18 inning victory for Houston, and has been cited by many critics as "The greatest first round game in MLB history".

Game	Score	Date
1	Houston 10, Atlanta 5	October 5
2	Atlanta 7, Houston 1	October 6
3	Houston 7, Atlanta 3	October 8
4	Houston 7, Atlanta 6 (18 innings)	October 9

Awards and honors[]

2005 Major League Baseball season

• Bobby Cox was voted the National League Manager of the Year for the second consecutive year and 3rd time in total.
• John Smoltz was chosen to receive the Roberto Clemente Award. With this honor included, Smoltz became the only player in MLB history to win a Cy Young, and reliever of the year award.
• Andruw Jones led the National League in home runs and runs batted in. He was the recipient of a Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, and the Hank Aaron Award. Jones also finished second in voting for National League Most Valuable Player.
• Jeff Francoeur finished third in voting for National League Rookie of the Year.

2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Andruw Jones and John Smoltz represented the Atlanta Braves in the 2005 All Star Game. Jones hit a home run and Smoltz took the loss in the game.

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Pat Kelly
AA	Mississippi Braves	Southern League	Brian Snitker
A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Carolina League
A	Rome Braves	South Atlantic League	Rocket Wheeler
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Paul Runge
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League

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References[]

• 2005 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference