2005 St. Louis Cardinals season

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2005 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central champions
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionFSN Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter)
Local radioKMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 2005 season was the team's 124th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 114th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 100-62 during the season and won the National League Central division by 11 games over the NL Wild-Card Champion and eventual NL Champion Houston Astros. In the playoffs the Cardinals swept the San Diego Padres 3 games to 0 in the NLDS. However, the Cardinals lost to the Astros 4 games to 2 in the NLCS.

The season was the last one played in Busch Memorial Stadium by the Cardinals and they moved to the new Busch Stadium the next year. The Cardinals also moved their radio broadcasts from KMOX after a 55-year affiliation to KTRS after the season. After the 2010 season, the Cardinals would move their radio broadcasts from KTRS back to KMOX, starting in 2011.

First baseman Albert Pujols won the MVP Award this year, batting .330, with 41 home runs and 117 RBIs. Chris Carpenter won the Cy Young Award this year, with a 2.83 ERA, 21 wins, and 213 strikeouts. Outfielder Jim Edmonds won a Gold Glove this year. The Cardinals pitching staff led Major League Baseball by having the lowest (ERA) (3.49), conceding the fewest earned runs (560) and pitching the most complete games (15).[1]

Offseason[]

  • December 18, 2004: Dan Haren was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Daric Barton and Kiko Calero to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Mulder.[2]
  • February 21, 2005: Bill Pulsipher was Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]

Regular season[]

A herniated disc in Larry Walker's neck prevented him from turning his head to left. He received a second cortisone shot to alleviate the pain on June 27. With eight previous surgeries and now playing with pain that impeded his ability to continue to produce at a high level, he signaled that he would retire from playing after the season. He had $12 million team option for 2006.[4]

On August 4, the Cardinals announced that they had bought a 50% share of KTRS 550 AM and was leaving the longtime flagship station KMOX 1120 AM after 52 years and transferring the games to KTRS in 2006.

The Cardinals clinched their fifth National League Central division title in six years on September 17 when they beat the Cubs 5-1. The final regular season game at Busch Memorial Stadium took place on October 2, a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Rookie Chris Duncan hit the final regular season home run at that version of Busch Stadium.

Game log[]

2005 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (100–62)
April: (15–7)
May: (18–11)
June: (16–11)
July: (17–9)
August: (19–11)
September: (13–13)
October: (2–0)

Postseason Game Log[]

2005 St. Louis Cardinals Postseason Game Log (5–4)
NLDS: (3–0)
NLCS: (2–4)

Season standings[]

National League Central[]

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

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[]

  • July 29, 2005: Alan Benes was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[5]
  • September 6, 2005: Bill Pulsipher was Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]

Roster[]

2005 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • 10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Yadier Molina 114 385 97 .252 8 49
1B Albert Pujols 161 591 195 .330 41 117
2B Mark Grudzielanek 137 528 155 .294 8 59
SS David Eckstein 158 630 185 .294 8 61
3B Abraham Núñez 139 421 120 .285 5 44
LF Reggie Sanders 93 295 80 .271 21 54
CF Jim Edmonds 142 467 123 .263 29 89
RF Larry Walker 100 315 91 .289 15 52

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
So Taguchi 143 396 114 .288 8 53
John Mabry 112 246 59 .240 8 32
Scott Rolen 56 196 46 .235 5 28
John Rodriguez 56 149 44 .295 5 24
Héctor Luna 64 137 39 .285 1 18
Einar Díaz 58 130 27 .208 1 17
Scott Seabol 59 105 23 .219 1 10
Mike Mahoney 26 64 10 .156 1 6
Roger Cedeño 37 57 9 .158 0 8
John Gall 22 37 10 .270 2 10
Skip Schumaker 27 24 6 .250 0 1
Chris Duncan 9 10 2 .200 1 3

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Carpenter 33 241.2 21 5 2.83 213
Jason Marquis 33 207 13 14 4.13 100
Mark Mulder 32 205 16 8 3.64 111
Jeff Suppan 32 194.1 16 10 3.87 114
Matt Morris 31 192.2 14 10 4.11 117

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Anthony Reyes 4 13.1 1 1 2.70 12
Relief pitchers[]
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ray King 77 4 4 0 3.38 23
Julián Tavárez 74 2 3 4 3.43 47
Al Reyes 65 4 2 3 2.15 67
Jason Isringhausen 63 1 2 39 2.14 51
Randy Flores 50 3 1 1 3.46 43
Brad Thompson 40 4 0 1 2.95 29
Cal Eldred 31 1 0 0 2.19 29
Gabe White 6 0 0 0 2.16 1
Carmen Cali 6 0 0 0 10.50 5
Jimmy Journell 5 0 1 0 10.38 5
Bill Pulsipher 5 0 0 0 6.75 1
Tyler Johnson 5 0 0 0 0.00 4
Kevin Jarvis 4 0 1 0 13.50 2
Adam Wainwright 2 0 0 0 13.50 0

NLDS[]

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres[]

St. Louis wins series, 3-0.

Game Score Date
1 St. Louis 8, San Diego 5 October 4
2 St. Louis 6, San Diego 2 October 6
3 St. Louis 7, San Diego 4 October 8

NLCS[]

Down to their last out and strike and facing elimination in game 5 of the 2005 National League Championship Series, David Eckstein hit a single in the hole on the left side off of the Astros' Brad Lidge to bring the tying run to the plate. The next batter, Jim Edmonds, worked a base on balls. Albert Pujols followed with a 412-foot home run onto the train tracks behind left field (had the game been played with the roof open, the drive would have exited Minute Maid Park, as it first hit off the glass wall which forms part of the roof),[citation needed] to put the Cardinals ahead 5–4. The roar of the crowd, anticipating the end of the game that would signal the Astros' entrance into the World Series, was hushed as they watched Pujols' home run (one of the announcers described it as a "vacuum" from the sudden intake of air by the crowd). Houston was then shut down in the bottom of the 9th by the Cardinals' closer Jason Isringhausen to preserve the win, guaranteeing at least one more game at old Busch Stadium. However, the Astros dominated Game 6, shutting the Cardinals down 5–1 for their first berth in the World Series in franchise history. Walker struck out in the ninth inning, his final major league at bat. He retired shortly after the game.[6]

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(HOU-STL)

1 October 12 Houston 3 St. Louis 5 0-1
2 October 13 Houston 4 St. Louis 1 1-1
3 October 15 St. Louis 3 Houston 4 2-1
4 October 16 St. Louis 1 Houston 2 3-1
5 October 17 St. Louis 5 Houston 4 3-2
6 October 19 Houston 5 St. Louis 1 4-2
HOU won 4, STL won 2.

Houston wins the National League Championship
and advance to the 2005 World Series

Awards and honors[]

Farm system[]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Danny Sheaffer
AA Springfield Cardinals Texas League Chris Maloney
A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Ron Warner
A Quad Cities Swing Midwest League
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Mark DeJohn
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Palm Beach[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "2005 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Danny Haren Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Kurkjian, Tim (June 30, 2005). "Career winding down for 'gifted' Walker". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml
  6. ^ Schlegel, John (October 19, 2005). "Walker says goodbye to baseball". MLB.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  8. ^ Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory

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