2005 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	2005
League:	National League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Great American Ball Park
City:	Cincinnati
Record:	73–89 (.451)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Carl Lindner
General Managers:	Dan O'Brien Jr.
Managers:	Dave Miley, Jerry Narron
Television:	FSN Ohio (George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio:	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Steve Stewart)
Espntn:	cin
Brtn:	CIN

The 2005 Cincinnati Reds season was the 136th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their third season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. It consisted of the Reds finishing in fifth place in the National League Central and failing to improve on their 76–86 record from 2004. The Reds were managed by Dave Miley for most of the season, and after being fired, was followed by Jerry Narron.

The Reds missed the playoffs for the tenth straight season, tying a record set between 1980 and 1989.

Offseason

November 15, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[1]
December 15, 2004: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
December 27, 2004: Eric Milton was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]
February 4, 2005 Barry Larkin announced his retirement. He played all 19 seasons with the Reds.

Regular season

Season information

The Reds finished with an overall record of 73–89, 16 games under .500, and in 5th place behind the division winner, the St. Louis Cardinals. They were 27 games behind the Cardinals in their division, and 16 games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros, the eventual National League champions. The Reds finished 8 games behind the third place team, the Milwaukee Brewers, and 6 games behind the fourth place team, the Chicago Cubs. The Reds were six games ahead of the last place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Sean Casey led the team in batting average with an average of .312. Adam Dunn led the team in both home runs and RBI, with 40 and 101, respectively. Aaron Harang led the team in wins with 11. Felipe López was the only Red to make the National League All-Star team.

The Reds finished in 13th out of 16 teams in the National League in attendance. The Reds scored 820 runs and allowed 889 runs. Ken Griffey Jr. led the team in season salary at $12,500,000.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

July 1, 2005: Jason Standridge was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[4]
July 20, 2005: Kenny Kelly was selected off waivers by the Washington Nationals from the Cincinnati Reds.^[1]

Roster

2005 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (third base) (hitting) (pitching) (bullpen) (bench) (first 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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	110	361	94	.260	14	60
1B	137	529	165	.312	9	58
2B	114	426	120	.282	14	68
SS	148	580	169	.291	23	85
3B	92	332	96	.289	13	48
LF	160	543	134	.247	40	101
CF	128	491	148	.301	35	92
RF	112	387	93	.240	18	67

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
103	369	100	.271	4	21
99	311	79	.254	19	51
76	221	62	.281	14	50
69	211	49	.232	9	31
110	127	30	.236	4	18
35	105	24	.229	0	5
54	77	17	.221	1	4
18	38	10	.263	1	2
17	38	5	.132	0	1
19	30	8	.267	1	3
22	27	6	.222	0	2
17	27	6	.222	0	2
7	9	3	.333	0	2
1	3	0	.000	0	0
2	3	0	.000	0	0
2	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	211.2	11	13	3.83	163
34	186.1	8	15	6.47	123
30	171.1	9	11	5.36	96
29	166.2	10	11	4.21	121
19	84.2	6	9	6.38	53
9	46.1	1	5	7.77	30

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
	24	56.0	2	1	6.27	43
	6	22.1	0	3	8.46	9

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
73	7	4	15	3.94	61
78	3	1	4	3.65	45
60	4	8	1	4.41	59
57	4	1	1	4.50	26
42	3	2	0	6.11	39
37	1	0	0	2.43	17
32	2	2	0	4.06	17
23	0	0	0	6.75	15
20	1	1	10	7.36	8
16	0	1	0	8.16	9
11	1	0	0	1.93	5
10	0	0	0	8.03	8
9	0	1	0	6.75	6
3	0	0	0	31.50	2

Farm system

References

2005 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
National League Central Standings on ESPN.com
Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

Notes and References

Web site: Kenny Kelly Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
Web site: David Weathers Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
Web site: Reds sign Eric Milton to three-year deal.
Web site: Jason Standridge Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007