# 2005 Cincinnati Reds season

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.
* December 15, 2004: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
* December 27, 2004: Eric Milton was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
* 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
#### National League Central

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Houston Astros | 89 | 73 | .549 | 11 | 53‍–‍28 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 19 | 46‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Cubs | 79 | 83 | .488 | 21 | 38‍–‍43 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 89 | .451 | 27 | 42‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 33 | 34‍–‍47 | 33‍–‍48 |

#### 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

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

### Roster
## 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 | Jason LaRue | 110 | 361 | 94 | .260 | 14 | 60 |
| 1B | Sean Casey | 137 | 529 | 165 | .312 | 9 | 58 |
| 2B | Rich Aurilia | 114 | 426 | 120 | .282 | 14 | 68 |
| SS | Felipe López | 148 | 580 | 169 | .291 | 23 | 85 |
| 3B | Joe Randa | 92 | 332 | 96 | .289 | 13 | 48 |
| LF | Adam Dunn | 160 | 543 | 134 | .247 | 40 | 101 |
| CF | Ken Griffey Jr. | 128 | 491 | 148 | .301 | 35 | 92 |
| RF | Austin Kearns | 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
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Ryan Freel | 103 | 369 | 100 | .271 | 4 | 21 |
| Wily Mo Peña | 99 | 311 | 79 | .254 | 19 | 51 |
| Javier Valentín | 76 | 221 | 62 | .281 | 14 | 50 |
| Edwin Encarnación | 69 | 211 | 49 | .232 | 9 | 31 |
| Jacob Cruz | 110 | 127 | 30 | .236 | 4 | 18 |
| D'Angelo Jiménez | 35 | 105 | 24 | .229 | 0 | 5 |
| Ray Olmedo | 54 | 77 | 17 | .221 | 1 | 4 |
| Chris Denorfia | 18 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 1 | 2 |
| William Bergolla | 17 | 38 | 5 | .132 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Romano | 19 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 1 | 3 |
| Aaron Holbert | 22 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis López | 17 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenny Kelly | 7 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Dane Sardinha | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Pérez | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson Machado | 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Aaron Harang | 32 | 211.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.83 | 163 |
| Eric Milton | 34 | 186.1 | 8 | 15 | 6.47 | 123 |
| Ramón Ortiz | 30 | 171.1 | 9 | 11 | 5.36 | 96 |
| Brandon Claussen | 29 | 166.2 | 10 | 11 | 4.21 | 121 |
| Luke Hudson | 19 | 84.2 | 6 | 9 | 6.38 | 53 |
| Paul Wilson | 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 |
| Randy Keisler | 24 | 56.0 | 2 | 1 | 6.27 | 43 |
| Elizardo Ramírez | 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
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| David Weathers | 73 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 3.94 | 61 |
| Kent Mercker | 78 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3.65 | 45 |
| Matt Belisle | 60 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4.41 | 59 |
| Todd Coffey | 57 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 26 |
| Ryan Wagner | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.11 | 39 |
| Brian Shackelford | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.43 | 17 |
| Jason Standridge | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.06 | 17 |
| Ricky Stone | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 15 |
| Danny Graves | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7.36 | 8 |
| Joe Valentine | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.16 | 9 |
| Josh Hancock | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 5 |
| Ben Weber | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.03 | 8 |
| Allan Simpson | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 |
| Chris Booker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Louisville Bats | International League | Rick Sweet |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League | Jayhawk Owens |
| A | Sarasota Reds | Florida State League | Edgar Caceres |
| A | Dayton Dragons | Midwest League | Alonzo Powell |
| Rookie | GCL Reds | Gulf Coast League | Luis Aguayo |
| Rookie | Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Rick Burleson |