2005 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	2005
League:	National League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
Record:	79–83 (48.8%)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Tribune Company
General Managers:	Jim Hendry
Managers:	Dusty Baker
Television:	CSN Chicago Superstation WGN WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Radio:	WGN (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
Espntn:	chc
Brtn:	CHC

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.

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

Record vs. opponents

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 (hitting) (special asst) (bullpen) (first base) (bench) (pitching) (third base)

Player stats

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		133	424	117	.276	16	61
1B		158	594	199	.335	46	107
2B		110	397	121	.305	12	40
SS		154	572	157	.274	9	54
3B		123	463	140	.302	31	92
LF		107	268	68	.254	5	35
CF		126	451	97	.215	13	34
RF		160	605	156	.258	24	87

Other batters

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
	114	380	99	.261	4	30
	62	230	65	.283	9	30
	112	177	45	.254	1	13
	54	161	39	.242	6	25
	52	142	34	.239	7	22
	51	140	45	.321	7	14
	41	80	24	.300	1	6
	19	78	19	.244	1	5
	15	22	3	.136	0	0
	23	20	5	.250	0	1
	11	14	1	.071	0	0
	13	14	2	.143	0	1
	9	13	2	.154	0	0
	7	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	35	225.0	13	15	4.24	136
	33	223.1	14	6	3.26	202
	27	166.2	11	7	3.67	188
	18	106.0	6	8	3.91	59
	4	15.2	1	2	7.47	10

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	46	145.1	9	8	4.52	111
	21	66.0	3	4	4.23	77
	21	60.1	2	5	5.37	37
	10	23.2	0	2	9.13	21
	6	9.0	0	2	9.00	7

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	63	5	3	33	3.13	89
	75	6	2	0	3.81	89
	69	2	2	0	2.91	45
	49	4	5	0	4.43	47
	35	0	3	0	4.91	30
	22	2	1	1	6.12	32
	21	1	4	4	3.32	13
	19	0	2	0	5.49	15
	17	0	0	0	5.65	23
	11	0	0	0	6.55	11
	11	0	0	1	6.75	11
	6	0	2	0	3.00	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[7]

References

• 2005 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
• Season standings: National League Central Standings on ESPN.com
• Game Logs:

1st Half: Chicago Cubs Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Chicago Cubs Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Chicago Cubs Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Chicago Cubs Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

1. Web site: Todd Hollandsworth Stats.
2. Web site: Cody Ransom Stats.
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sosasa01.shtml Sammy Sosa Statistics
4. Web site: Sosa replacement: Burnitz agrees with Cubs. 2005-02-02. ESPN.com. 2018-04-17.
5. Web site: Scott McClain Stats.
6. Web site: Trent Hubbard Stats.
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007