2005 Chicago Cubs season

2005 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916) Chicago (since 1870)
Results
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Tribune Company
General manager(s)	Jim Hendry
Manager(s)	Dusty Baker
Local television	CSN Chicago Superstation WGN WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Local radio	WGN (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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, 4th place in the NL Central. This was the first season for the WGN-TV broadcast pairing of Bob Brenly and Len Kasper.

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[]

v t NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	0.617	—	50–31	50–31
Houston Astros	89	73	0.549	11	53–28	36–45
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	0.500	19	46–35	35–46
Chicago Cubs	79	83	0.488	21	38–43	41–40
Cincinnati Reds	73	89	0.451	27	42–39	31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	33	34–47	33–48

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

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 56 Cliff Bartosh 48 Joe Borowski 46 Ryan Dempster 47 Chad Fox 32 LaTroy Hawkins 53 Rich Hill 49 John Koronka 31 Greg Maddux 52 Sergio Mitre 51 Jon Leicester 44 Roberto Novoa 50,45 Will Ohman 22 Mark Prior 37 Mike Remlinger 33 Glendon Rusch 37 Jermaine Van Buren 40 Todd Wellemeyer 32 Jerome Williams 48 Scott Williamson 34 Kerry Wood 43 Michael Wuertz 38 Carlos Zambrano		Catchers  8 Michael Barrett 9,24 Henry Blanco Infielders 11 Ronny Cedeño 29 Mike Fontenot  5 Nomar Garciaparra 25 Derrek Lee  1 José Macías  9 Scott McClain 13 Neifi Pérez 16 Aramis Ramírez 55 Ryan Theriot  7 Todd Walker 19 Enrique Wilson Outfielders  3 Jeromy Burnitz  4 Jason Dubois  9 Jody Gerut  4 Ben Grieve 15 Jerry Hairston, Jr. 28 Todd Hollandsworth 50 Matt Lawton 19 Matt Murton 20 Corey Patterson Other batters 17 Adam Greenberg 58 Geovany Soto		Manager 12 Dusty Baker Coaches  2 Gene Clines (hitting)  6 Sonny Jackson (special asst) 59 Juan Lopez (bullpen) 36 Gary Matthews (first base) 39 Dick Pole (bench) 41 Larry Rothschild (pitching) 35 Chris Speier (third base)

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[]

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
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League

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References[]