# 2005 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 2005 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 123rd season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished in second place in the National League East with a record of 88–74, two games behind the Atlanta Braves, and one game behind the NL Champion Houston Astros, who won the NL Wild Card race for the second consecutive season. The Phillies were managed by their new manager Charlie Manuel, as they played their home games at Citizens Bank Park. First baseman Ryan Howard was named the National League Rookie of the Year for the 2005 season.

## Offseason

* October 29, 2004: Chris Coste signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
* November 15, 2004: AJ Hinch was signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
* December 3, 2004: Kenny Lofton was traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Felix Rodriguez.

## Regular season

* On September 14, 2005, Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves hit his 300th career home run which went 430 feet off Phils reliever Geoff Geary in a 12–4 Phillies win. The ball landed in the upper deck in left field.
The Phillies again contended for the wild card down to the last day of the season. But, an 0–6 record against the eventual wild card winning Houston Astros doomed the team. One loss included a game on September 7, in which the Phillies led 6-5 in the ninth inning. With Billy Wagner on the mound, the Phillies gave up a fielding error and an infield single with two outs before Craig Biggio went up to the plate. Biggio subsequently lined a deep shot into left field that gave them an 8-6 lead that the Phillies did not recover from.
As a result of another year out of the playoffs, general manager Ed Wade was fired at the end of the season.

### Season standings
#### National League East

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 74 | .543 | 2 | 46‍–‍35 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Florida Marlins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| New York Mets | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7 | 48‍–‍33 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Washington Nationals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 9 | 41‍–‍40 | 40‍–‍41 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2005 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | 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 14, 2005: Marlon Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Nationals for Endy Chávez.
* June 8, 2005: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ramón Martínez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Plácido Polanco.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
2005 Game Log Overall Record: 88–74 :
April (10–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4Nationals8–4Jon Lieber (1–0)Liván Hernández (0–1)None44,0801–0
2April 6Nationals3–7Joey Eischen (1–0)Tim Worrell (0–1)None23,4351–1
3April 7Nationals4–5 (10)Chad Cordero (1–0)Rhéal Cormier (0–1)None21,6931–2
4April 8@ Cardinals5–6Al Reyes (1–0)Ryan Madson (0–1)Jason Isringhausen (2)50,0741–3
5April 9@ Cardinals10–4Gavin Floyd (1–0)Jeff Suppan (0–1)None39,2422–3
6April 10@ Cardinals13–4Jon Lieber (2–0)Chris Carpenter (1–1)None37,9713–3
7April 11@ Marlins4–1Brett Myers (1–0)Al Leiter (0–1)Billy Wagner (1)11,4164–3
8April 12@ Marlins2–8A. J. Burnett (1–1)Randy Wolf (0–1)None15,1294–4
9April 13@ Marlins0–4Dontrelle Willis (2–0)Cory Lidle (0–1)None14,4274–5
10April 15Braves4–11Horacio Ramírez (1–0)Gavin Floyd (1–1)None31,4084–6
11April 16Braves2–1Jon Lieber (3–0)John Smoltz (0–3)Billy Wagner (2)36,8205–6
12April 17Braves2–1 (10)Ryan Madson (1–1)Dan Kolb (0–2)None32,0086–6
13April 18Mets5–4Randy Wolf (1–1)Kaz Ishii (0–2)Tim Worrell (1)25,2367–6
14April 19Mets4–16Víctor Zambrano (1–1)Vicente Padilla (0–1)None28,0637–7
15April 20Rockies4–7Jamey Wright (1–1)Cory Lidle (0–2)None25,9617–8
16April 21Rockies6–3Jon Lieber (4–0)Joe Kennedy (1–2)Billy Wagner (3)21,7498–8
17April 22@ Braves2–6Mike Hampton (2–0)Brett Myers (1–1)Dan Kolb (6)26,8378–9
18April 23@ Braves1–11Tim Hudson (2–0)Randy Wolf (1–2)None31,6568–10
19April 24@ Braves0–4John Thomson (2–2)Vicente Padilla (0–2)None26,7138–11
20April 25@ Nationals5–4Cory Lidle (1–2)Zach Day (1–2)Billy Wagner (4)24,9569–11
21April 26@ Nationals1–3John Patterson (2–1)Jon Lieber (4–1)Chad Cordero (4)23,3329–12
22April 27@ Nationals3–0Rhéal Cormier (1–1)Esteban Loaiza (0–2)Billy Wagner (5)27,48310–12
23April 29Marlins4–6A. J. Burnett (3–1)Randy Wolf (1–3)Todd Jones (1)28,47110–13
24April 30Marlins1–2 (6)Dontrelle Willis (5–0)Vicente Padilla (0–3)None25,90010–14 :
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Marlins8–6Cory Lidle (2–2)Josh Beckett (4–2)Billy Wagner (6)37,30611–14
26May 2@ Mets1–5Pedro Martínez (3–1)Terry Adams (0–1)None16,89711–15
27May 3@ Mets10–3Brett Myers (2–1)Tom Glavine (1–4)None17,05112–15
28May 4@ Mets2–3Jae Weong Seo (2–1)Randy Wolf (1–4)Braden Looper (5)21,35612–16
29May 5@ Mets5–7Aaron Heilman (3–2)Vicente Padilla (0–4)Braden Looper (6)19,55312–17
30May 6@ Cubs3–2Billy Wagner (1–0)LaTroy Hawkins (1–3)None38,76713–17
31May 7@ Cubs4–1Jon Lieber (5–1)Glendon Rusch (2–1)Billy Wagner (7)38,93314–17
32May 8@ Cubs1–2Carlos Zambrano (3–1)Brett Myers (2–2)None38,65614–18
33May 9@ Brewers4–2Randy Wolf (2–4)Víctor Santos (1–2)Billy Wagner (8)11,10315–18
34May 10@ Brewers5–8Julio Santana (1–1)Terry Adams (0–2)Ricky Bottalico (1)12,08215–19
35May 11@ Brewers2–5Doug Davis (4–4)Cory Lidle (2–3)Derrick Turnbow (5)13,17515–20
36May 12Reds5–7Ramón Ortiz (1–1)Jon Lieber (5–2)Danny Graves (9)33,66315–21
37May 13Reds12–2Brett Myers (3–2)Eric Milton (2–4)None27,07116–21
38May 14Reds4–12Aaron Harang (2–2)Ryan Madson (1–2)None30,18916–22
39May 15Reds4–3Vicente Padilla (1–4)Elizardo Ramírez (0–1)Billy Wagner (9)41,14117–22
40May 17Cardinals7–5Cory Lidle (3–3)Jeff Suppan (3–4)Billy Wagner (10)32,10318–22
41May 18Cardinals4–8Chris Carpenter (6–2)Jon Lieber (5–3)None29,13018–23
42May 19Cardinals7–4Brett Myers (4–2)Jason Marquis (5–3)None38,22919–23
43May 20@ Orioles9–3Randy Wolf (3–4)Daniel Cabrera (3–3)None34,64220–23
44May 21@ Orioles0–7Érik Bédard (5–1)Vicente Padilla (1–5)None42,33120–24
45May 22@ Orioles7–2Cory Lidle (4–3)Sidney Ponson (5–2)None41,61421–24
46May 23@ Marlins2–5Dontrelle Willis (8–1)Jon Lieber (5–4)Todd Jones (7)11,94421–25
47May 24@ Marlins3–4 (10)John Riedling (2–0)Amaury Telemaco (0–1)None18,41921–26
48May 25@ Marlins8–5Randy Wolf (4–4)Al Leiter (2–5)Billy Wagner (11)17,16522–26
49May 27@ Braves5–1Cory Lidle (5–3)John Smoltz (3–4)None31,50123–26
50May 28@ Braves12–5Jon Lieber (6–4)Horacio Ramírez (3–4)None34,97524–26
51May 29@ Braves2–7Tim Hudson (6–3)Brett Myers (4–3)None37,61524–27
52May 31Giants5–2Randy Wolf (5–4)Brett Tomko (4–7)None23,45625–27 :
June (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Giants10–6Ryan Madson (2–2)LaTroy Hawkins (1–5)None24,54626–27
54June 2Giants6–5Jon Lieber (7–4)Brad Hennessey (2–2)Billy Wagner (12)25,58927–27
–June 3DiamondbacksPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 4 as a traditional double-header
55June 4 (1)Diamondbacks10–6Vicente Padilla (2–5)Javier Vázquez (5–4)Nonesee 2nd game28–27
56June 4 (2)Diamondbacks5–3Brett Myers (5–3)Russ Ortiz (4–5)Billy Wagner (13)43,44929–27
57June 5Diamondbacks7–6Randy Wolf (6–4)Brad Halsey (4–3)Billy Wagner (14)37,58230–27
58June 6Diamondbacks8–10Brandon Webb (7–2)Cory Lidle (5–4)Javier López (2)25,57030–28
59June 7Rangers8–5Jon Lieber (8–4)Ryan Drese (4–6)Billy Wagner (15)33,61631–28
60June 8Rangers2–0Aaron Fultz (1–0)Chris Young (5–3)Billy Wagner (16)24,33932–28
61June 9Rangers10–8Vicente Padilla (3–5)Pedro Astacio (2–7)Billy Wagner (17)25,20533–28
62June 10Brewers5–2Ryan Madson (3–2)Matt Wise (0–2)None27,22534–28
63June 11Brewers7–5Rhéal Cormier (2–1)Ricky Bottalico (0–1)Ugueth Urbina (10)33,45535–28
64June 12Brewers6–2Cory Lidle (6–4)Ben Sheets (2–6)None40,38536–28
65June 14@ Mariners1–3Gil Meche (6–4)Jon Lieber (8–5)Eddie Guardado (18)26,81836–29
66June 15@ Mariners1–5Aaron Sele (6–5)Vicente Padilla (3–6)None26,01936–30
67June 16@ Mariners3–2 (13)Geoff Geary (1–0)Julio Mateo (2–2)Billy Wagner (18)27,16237–30
68June 17@ Athletics6–1Robinson Tejeda (1–0)Barry Zito (3–8)None15,60138–30
69June 18@ Athletics1–2Kirk Saarloos (3–4)Cory Lidle (6–5)Justin Duchscherer (1)20,33238–31
70June 19@ Athletics2–5Joe Blanton (3–6)Jon Lieber (8–6)Justin Duchscherer (2)30,61938–32
71June 21Mets5–8Kris Benson (6–2)Brett Myers (5–4)Braden Looper (14)43,05038–33
72June 22Mets8–4Ryan Madson (4–2)Royce Ring (0–2)None42,64039–33
73June 23Mets3–4Kaz Ishii (2–6)Cory Lidle (6–6)Braden Looper (15)45,44939–34
74June 24Red Sox0–8Tim Wakefield (6–6)Jon Lieber (8–7)None45,09039–35
75June 25Red Sox1–7Matt Clement (9–1)Vicente Padilla (3–7)None44,86839–36
76June 26Red Sox8–12Mike Timlin (2–1)Rhéal Cormier (2–2)None45,04239–37
77June 28@ Mets3–8Víctor Zambrano (4–6)Robinson Tejeda (1–1)None39,89839–38
78June 29@ Mets6–3Cory Lidle (7–6)Kaz Ishii (2–7)Billy Wagner (19)24,91540–38
79June 30@ Mets3–5Pedro Martínez (9–2)Jon Lieber (8–8)Braden Looper (16)36,66740–39 :
July (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1Braves1–9John Smoltz (9–5)Vicente Padilla (3–8)None45,00440–40
81July 2Braves6–4Brett Myers (6–4)Horacio Ramírez (7–5)Billy Wagner (20)29,20541–40
82July 3Braves3–4Jim Brower (3–1)Billy Wagner (1–1)Chris Reitsma (7)39,73241–41
83July 4@ Pirates12–1Cory Lidle (8–6)Dave Williams (6–6)None37,25942–41
84July 5@ Pirates0–3Kip Wells (6–8)Ryan Madson (4–3)None13,44242–42
85July 6@ Pirates5–0Vicente Padilla (4–8)Mark Redman (4–8)None19,96143–42
86July 7@ Pirates1–2Zach Duke (1–0)Brett Myers (6–5)José Mesa (21)20,94243–43
87July 8Nationals7–8Ryan Drese (7–7)Robinson Tejeda (1–2)Chad Cordero (31)44,68843–44
88July 9Nationals1–0Billy Wagner (2–1)Héctor Carrasco (3–2)None33,36544–44
89July 10Nationals5–4 (12)Rhéal Cormier (3–2)Sun-Woo Kim (1–2)None34,12445–44
–July 122005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Comerica Park in Detroit
90July 14Marlins13–7Brett Myers (7–5)A. J. Burnett (5–6)None29,66046–44
91July 15Marlins7–9Brian Moehler (5–6)Cory Lidle (8–7)Todd Jones (14)30,23346–45
92July 16Marlins10–5Jon Lieber (9–8)Scott Olsen (1–1)None33,26847–45
93July 17Marlins8–4Vicente Padilla (5–8)Dontrelle Willis (13–5)None36,41948–45
94July 19Dodgers5–4 (10)Billy Wagner (3–1)Yhency Brazobán (2–5)None29,34949–45
95July 20Dodgers2–10Derek Lowe (6–10)Cory Lidle (8–8)None31,16449–46
96July 21Dodgers0–1Odalis Pérez (5–5)Jon Lieber (9–9)Yhency Brazobán (17)36,23249–47
97July 22Padres8–6 (11)Aaron Fultz (2–0)Paul Quantrill (2–1)None28,60050–47
98July 23Padres2–0Robinson Tejeda (2–2)Pedro Astacio (2–9)Billy Wagner (21)33,99251–47
99July 24Padres5–1Brett Myers (8–5)Brian Lawrence (5–10)None35,32252–47
100July 25@ Astros1–7Andy Pettitte (8–7)Cory Lidle (8–9)None36,02952–48
101July 26@ Astros1–2Roy Oswalt (14–8)Ryan Madson (4–4)None33,86752–49
102July 27@ Astros2–3Roger Clemens (9–4)Vicente Padilla (5–9)Brad Lidge (24)38,07152–50
103July 28@ Rockies8–5Ugueth Urbina (2–3)Mike DeJean (4–2)Billy Wagner (22)22,01553–50
104July 29@ Rockies5–3Brett Myers (9–5)José Acevedo (2–1)Billy Wagner (23)21,85554–50
105July 30@ Rockies8–7Cory Lidle (9–9)Aaron Cook (0–1)Billy Wagner (24)33,41855–50
106July 31@ Rockies2–9Jeff Francis (10–7)Jon Lieber (9–10)None21,80755–51 :
August (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 2Cubs1–2Carlos Zambrano (8–4)Vicente Padilla (5–10)Ryan Dempster (15)32,58555–52
108August 3Cubs4–3Billy Wagner (4–1)Mike Remlinger (0–3)None34,72756–52
109August 4Cubs6–4Brett Myers (10–5)Mark Prior (7–4)Billy Wagner (25)37,88257–52
110August 5Brewers1–3 (10)Ben Sheets (8–7)Geoff Geary (1–1)Matt Wise (1)31,75957–53
111August 6Brewers8–2Jon Lieber (10–10)Chris Capuano (12–7)None35,80058–53
112August 7Brewers0–2Tomo Ohka (7–6)Vicente Padilla (5–11)Derrick Turnbow (24)35,01758–54
113August 9@ Dodgers8–4Ryan Madson (5–4)Steve Schmoll (2–1)None44,55659–54
114August 10@ Dodgers9–5Ugueth Urbina (3–3)Yhency Brazobán (2–7)None44,00160–54
115August 11@ Dodgers1–5Odalis Pérez (7–6)Cory Lidle (9–10)None44,96360–55
116August 12@ Padres3–2Jon Lieber (11–10)Jake Peavy (10–5)Billy Wagner (26)41,15361–55
117August 13@ Padres5–2Ugueth Urbina (4–3)Trevor Hoffman (1–5)Billy Wagner (27)37,77762–55
118August 14@ Padres8–3Robinson Tejeda (3–2)Chan Ho Park (9–6)None37,16763–55
119August 15Nationals3–6Liván Hernández (14–5)Brett Myers (10–6)None40,62763–56
–August 16NationalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 18 as a day-night double-header
120August 17Nationals4–3Jon Lieber (12–10)Esteban Loaiza (7–9)Billy Wagner (28)33,45064–56
121August 18 (1)Nationals2–1Vicente Padilla (6–11)Tony Armas (7–6)Billy Wagner (29)30,04665–56
122August 18 (2)Nationals4–5Luis Ayala (8–6)Ugueth Urbina (4–4)Chad Cordero (39)34,49265–57
123August 19Pirates2–11Kip Wells (7–12)Robinson Tejeda (3–3)None32,99265–58
124August 20Pirates6–1Brett Myers (11–6)Dave Williams (10–9)None43,19266–58
125August 21Pirates4–3Ryan Madson (6–4)Rick White (3–6)Billy Wagner (30)40,68967–58
126August 22@ Giants0–5Noah Lowry (10–11)Jon Lieber (12–11)None38,94767–59
127August 23@ Giants10–2Vicente Padilla (7–11)Brett Tomko (7–14)None37,89268–59
128August 24@ Giants7–4Robinson Tejeda (4–3)Brad Hennessey (4–6)Billy Wagner (31)36,81269–59
129August 26@ Diamondbacks11–3Aaron Fultz (3–0)Brad Halsey (8–11)None22,39770–59
130August 27@ Diamondbacks0–2Brandon Webb (11–10)Jon Lieber (12–12)José Valverde (5)26,90370–60
131August 28@ Diamondbacks5–10Claudio Vargas (8–7)Vicente Padilla (7–12)None31,11270–61
132August 30@ Mets4–6Juan Padilla (1–0)Ugueth Urbina (4–5)Braden Looper (28)36,50570–62
133August 31@ Mets8–2Brett Myers (12–6)Pedro Martínez (13–6)None43,78071–62 :
September (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Mets3–1Jon Lieber (13–12)Tom Glavine (10–12)Billy Wagner (32)38,31672–62
135September 2@ Nationals7–1Vicente Padilla (8–12)John Halama (1–3)None28,93973–62
136September 3@ Nationals4–5 (12)Héctor Carrasco (4–3)Aquilino López (0–1)None30,56173–63
137September 4@ Nationals1–6Esteban Loaiza (10–10)Gavin Floyd (1–2)None32,25173–64
138September 5Astros3–4Andy Pettitte (14–9)Brett Myers (12–7)Brad Lidge (33)36,14473–65
139September 6Astros1–2Roy Oswalt (17–11)Billy Wagner (4–2)Brad Lidge (34)30,60073–66
140September 7Astros6–8Chad Qualls (5–4)Billy Wagner (4–3)Brad Lidge (35)29,02673–67
141September 9Marlins12–5Cory Lidle (10–10)A. J. Burnett (12–10)None32,93374–67
142September 10Marlins6–7Chris Resop (1–0)Ryan Madson (6–5)Todd Jones (36)40,47974–68
143September 11Marlins11–1Jon Lieber (14–12)Ismael Valdez (2–2)None34,79475–68
144September 12Braves4–1Eude Brito (1–0)Tim Hudson (12–8)Billy Wagner (33)21,16976–68
145September 13Braves5–4Aaron Fultz (4–0)Blaine Boyer (2–2)Billy Wagner (34)24,31177–68
146September 14Braves12–4Cory Lidle (11–10)Horacio Ramírez (11–9)None78–68
147September 15Braves4–6Jorge Sosa (12–3)Brett Myers (12–8)Kyle Farnsworth (13)27,80478–69
148September 16@ Marlins13–3Jon Lieber (15–12)Jim Mecir (1–4)None30,85379–69
149September 17@ Marlins10–2Ugueth Urbina (5–5)Dontrelle Willis (21–9)None27,20380–69
150September 18@ Marlins1–7Josh Beckett (15–8)Eude Brito (1–1)None25,20880–70
151September 20@ Braves1–4Jorge Sosa (13–3)Cory Lidle (11–11)None25,70180–71
152September 21@ Braves10–6 (10)Geoff Geary (2–1)Kyle Davies (7–4)None27,03081–71
153September 22@ Braves4–0Jon Lieber (16–12)Tim Hudson (13–9)None26,30182–71
154September 23@ Reds11–10Rhéal Cormier (4–2)David Weathers (7–4)Billy Wagner (35)22,60883–71
155September 24@ Reds2–3Eric Milton (8–14)Eude Brito (1–2)David Weathers (15)31,63283–72
156September 25@ Reds6–3Cory Lidle (12–11)Randy Keisler (2–1)Billy Wagner (36)23,07284–72
157September 26Mets5–6Shingo Takatsu (2–2)Ugueth Urbina (5–6)Roberto Hernández (3)28,67984–73
158September 27Mets2–3Juan Padilla (3–1)Jon Lieber (16–13)Aaron Heilman (4)36,15084–74
159September 28Mets16–6Vicente Padilla (9–12)Steve Trachsel (1–4)None42,25085–74
160September 30@ Nationals4–3Cory Lidle (13–11)Liván Hernández (15–10)Billy Wagner (37)30,37586–74 :
October (2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1@ Nationals8–4Brett Myers (13–8)John Patterson (9–7)None32,90387–74
162October 2@ Nationals9–3Jon Lieber (17–13)Héctor Carrasco (5–4)Billy Wagner (38)36,49188–74 :

### First Washington Nationals game

* On April 4, 2005, Brad Wilkerson (after being the last player to ever wear a Montreal Expo jersey) had the honor of being the first batter for the Washington Nationals and he promptly responded with the first hit in the new team's history. Nevertheless, Kenny Lofton hit a three-run homer and Jon Lieber pitched 52⁄3 effective innings, leading the home team Philadelphia Phillies to an 8–4 victory over the new Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. (Lieber was credited with the win for the Phillies and would also score a win for Philadelphia in the last game of the 2005 Nationals season.) Outfielder Terrmel Sledge hit the Nats' first home run in the April 4 contest.
** Scorecard
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 8 | 14 | 1 |
| W: Lieber (1–0) L: Hernandez (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HRs: Terrmel Sledge, Kenny Lofton Attendance: 44,080. Length of game: 3:19. Umpires: HP: Darling, 1B: Poncino, 2B: Wegner, 3B: Nauert |||||||||||||
* On April 6, 2005, the Washington Nationals recorded their first-ever regular season win by beating the Phillies, 7–3. The win came in their second game of the season and was highlighted by Wilkerson's hit for the cycle.

## 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 | Mike Lieberthal | 118 | 392 | 103 | .263 | 12 | 47 |
| 1B | Ryan Howard | 88 | 312 | 90 | .288 | 22 | 63 |
| 2B | Chase Utley | 147 | 543 | 158 | .291 | 28 | 105 |
| SS | Jimmy Rollins | 158 | 677 | 196 | .290 | 12 | 54 |
| 3B | David Bell | 150 | 557 | 138 | .248 | 10 | 61 |
| LF | Pat Burrell | 154 | 562 | 158 | .281 | 32 | 117 |
| CF | Kenny Lofton | 110 | 367 | 123 | .335 | 2 | 36 |
| RF | Bobby Abreu | 162 | 588 | 168 | .286 | 24 | 102 |

#### 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 |
| Jason Michaels | 105 | 289 | 88 | .304 | 4 | 31 |
| Jim Thome | 59 | 193 | 40 | .207 | 7 | 30 |
| Todd Pratt | 60 | 175 | 44 | .251 | 7 | 23 |
| Tomás Pérez | 94 | 159 | 37 | .233 | 0 | 22 |
| Plácido Polanco | 43 | 158 | 50 | .316 | 3 | 20 |
| Endy Chávez | 91 | 107 | 23 | .215 | 0 | 10 |
| Ramón Martínez | 33 | 56 | 16 | .286 | 1 | 8 |
| José Offerman | 33 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Tucker | 22 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 3 |
| Shane Victorino | 21 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 2 | 8 |
| Marlon Byrd | 5 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Kata | 10 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Sandoval | 3 | 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jon Lieber | 35 | 218.1 | 17 | 13 | 4.20 | 149 |
| Brett Myers | 34 | 215.1 | 13 | 8 | 3.72 | 208 |
| Corey Lidle | 31 | 184.2 | 13 | 11 | 4.53 | 121 |
| Vicente Padilla | 27 | 147.0 | 9 | 12 | 4.71 | 103 |
| Randy Wolf | 13 | 80.0 | 6 | 4 | 4.39 | 61 |

#### 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 |
| Rob Tejeda | 26 | 85.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.57 | 72 |
| Gavin Floyd | 7 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 10.04 | 17 |
| Eude Brito | 6 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.68 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Wagner | 75 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 1.51 | 87 |
| Ryan Madson | 78 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4.14 | 79 |
| Aaron Fultz | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.24 | 54 |
| Rhéal Cormier | 57 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5.89 | 34 |
| Ugueth Urbina | 56 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4.13 | 66 |
| Geoff Geary | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.72 | 42 |
| Tim Worrell | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.41 | 17 |
| Terry Adams | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.33 | 4 |
| Aquilino López | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.13 | 16 |
| Amaury Telemaco | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.22 | 8 |
| Pedro Liriano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.57 | 6 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | International League | Gene Lamont |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Steve Swisher |
| A | Clearwater Threshers | Florida State League | Greg Legg |
| A | Lakewood BlueClaws | South Atlantic League | P. J. Forbes |
| A-Short Season | Batavia Muckdogs | New York–Penn League | Manny Amador |
| Rookie | GCL Phillies | Gulf Coast League | Jim Morrison |