# 2005 Atlanta Braves season

The 2005 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 40th season in Atlanta and the 135th season overall. The Braves won their 11th consecutive division title under Manager of the Year Bobby Cox, finishing 2 games ahead of the second-place Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves lost the NLDS to the Houston Astros, 3 games to 1.
Tim Hudson joined the Braves' rotation and rookies Jeff Francoeur, Kelly Johnson and Brian McCann had their first seasons with Atlanta in 2005.

## Offseason

* October 15, 2004: DeWayne Wise was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Atlanta Braves.
* December 3, 2004: Julio Franco was resigned in free agency to the Atlanta Braves.
* December 11, 2004: Dan Kolb was acquired by the Atlanta Braves from the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later and José Capellán. The Atlanta Braves sent Alec Zumwalt (minors) (December 14, 2004) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
* December 16, 2004: Ex-All-star Tim Hudson was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Cruz, Dan Meyer, and Charles Thomas.
* January 14, 2005: Raúl Mondesí signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* March 31, 2005: Jorge Sosa was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Atlanta Braves for Nick Green.

## Regular season

* On September 15, 2005, Andruw Jones hit his 300th career home run which went 430 feet (130 m) off Philadelphia Phillies reliever Geoff Geary in a 12–4 Phillies win. Jones became one of the quickest in Major League history to 300 home runs. The ball landed in the upper deck in left field at Citizens Bank Park.

### Opening Day starters

| Position | Name |
| Starting Pitcher | John Smoltz |
| Catcher | Johnny Estrada |
| First Baseman | Adam LaRoche |
| Second Baseman | Marcus Giles |
| Third Baseman | Chipper Jones |
| Shortstop | Rafael Furcal |
| Left Fielder | Brian Jordan |
| Center Fielder | Andruw Jones |
| Right Fielder | Raúl Mondesí |

### 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 |

### Notable transactions

* April 15, 2005: John Foster signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* June 1, 2005: Raúl Mondesí was released by the Atlanta Braves.
* July 31, 2005: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Atlanta Braves for Román Colón and Zach Miner.
* August 29, 2005: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Angelo Burrows (minors) and Todd Blackford (minors).
* Notable picks in the 2005 Draft include Joey Devine (26th pick overall), Yunel Escobar (2nd round), and Jordan Schafer (3rd round).

### Game log

2005 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 53–28; Away: 37–44) :
April: 14–10 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Marlins0–9Beckett (1–0)Smoltz (0–1)—57,4050–1
2April 6@ Marlins2–1 (13)Bernero (1–0)Bump (0–1)Kolb (1)20,3171–1
3April 7@ Marlins4–2Hudson (1–0)Burnett (0–1)Kolb (2)19,1082–1
4April 8Mets3–1Thomson (1–0)Zambrano (0–1)Kolb (3)50,9393–1
5April 9Mets6–3Bernero (2–0)Heilman (0–1)—40,6044–1
6April 10Mets1–6Martinez (1–0)Smoltz (0–2)—36,6014–2
7April 11Nationals11–2Hampton (1–0)Day (0–1)—16,5845–2
8April 12Nationals3–4Ayala (1–0)Kolb (0–1)Cordero (1)20,1225–3
9April 13Nationals4–11Ohka (1–1)Thomson (1–1)—19,0935–4
10April 15@ Phillies11–4Ramirez (1–0)Floyd (1–1)—31,4086–4
11April 16@ Phillies1–2Lieber (3–0)Smoltz (0–3)Wagner (2)36,8206–5
12April 17@ Phillies1–2 (10)Madson (1–1)Kolb (0–2)—32,0086–6
13April 18@ Astros1–0 (12)Sosa (1–0)Wheeler (0–2)Kolb (4)31,6727–6
14April 19@ Astros3–5Backe (1–0)Thomson (1–2)Lidge (4)32,1467–7
15April 20@ Nationals0–2Day (1–1)Ramirez (1–1)Cordero (3)27,3747–8
16April 21@ Nationals2–1Reitsma (1–0)Cordero (2–1)Kolb (5)30,7288–8
17April 22Phillies6–2Hampton (2–0)Myers (1–1)Kolb (6)26,8379–8
18April 23Phillies11–1Hudson (2–0)Wolf (1–2)—31,65610–8
19April 24Phillies4–0Thomson (2–2)Padilla (0–2)—26,71311–8
20April 25@ Mets4–5Heilman (2–2)Ramirez (1–2)Looper (3)16,87411–9
21April 26@ Mets4–3Smoltz (1–3)Martinez (2–1)Foster (1)31,51112–9
22April 27@ Mets8–4Hampton (3–0)Glavine (1–3)—21,08713–9
23April 29Cardinals5–6Mulder (3–1)Hudson (2–1)Reyes (1)33,83313–10
24April 30Cardinals3–2Kolb (1–2)Journell (0–1)—35,78914–10 :
May: 14–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Cardinals2–1Smoltz (2–3)Suppan (2–3)Kolb (7)34,30415–10
26May 3Marlins6–11Leiter (1–2)Hampton (3–1)—22,29915–11
27May 4Marlins5–2Hudson (3–1)Burnett (3–2)Kolb (8)25,08216–11
28May 5Astros9–3Thomson (3–2)Backe (2–2)—20,55317–11
29May 6Astros9–4Smoltz (3–3)Oswalt (4–3)—26,98719–11
30May 7Astros4–1Ramirez (2–2)Pettitte (2–3)Kolb (9)36,45219–11
31May 8Astros16–0Hampton (4–1)Astacio (0–1)—32,49820–11
32May 9@ Rockies6–7Wright (2–2)Hudson (3–2)Tsao (3)20,30720–12
33May 10@ Rockies9–5Sosa (2–0)Jennings (1–4)—20,41521–12
34May 11@ Rockies5–6Tsao (1–0)Kolb (1–3)—19,63121–13
35May 13@ Dodgers4–7Carrara (4–0)Reitsma (1–1)Brazoban (11)53,68921–14
36May 14@ Dodgers5–1Bernero (3–0)Perez (4–4)—49,11222–14
37May 15@ Dodgers5–2Hudson (4–2)Alvarez (1–1)Kolb (10)53,23923–14
38May 16@ Padres3–5Linebrink (1–1)Reitsma (1–2)Hoffman (12)25,95823–15
39May 17@ Padres2–3Reyes (2–0)Kolb (1–4)—31,33023–16
40May 18@ Padres4–8Eaton (6–1)Ramirez (2–3)Hoffman (13)31,67023–17
41May 20@ Red Sox3–4Miller (1–0)Hudson (4–3)Foulke (11)35,33223–18
42May 21@ Red Sox7–5Davies (1–0)Wakefield (4–3)—35,00824–18
43May 22@ Red Sox2–5Clement (5–0)Colon (0–1)—34,84424–19
44May 23Mets8–6Ramirez (3–3)Ishii (0–3)Kolb (11)26,13225–19
45May 24Mets4–0Hudson (5–3)Glavine (3–5)—28,92726–19
46May 25Mets3–0Davies (2–0)Zambrano (2–5)Reitsma (1)33,25027–19
47May 27Phillies1–5Lidle (5–3)Smoltz (3–4)—31,50127–20
48May 28Phillies5–12Lieber (6–4)Ramirez (3–4)—34,97527–21
49May 29Phillies7–2Hudson (6–3)Myers (4–3)—37,61528–21
50May 30@ Nationals2–3Ohka (4–3)Davies (2–1)Cordero (12)39,70528–22
51May 31@ Nationals4–5Ayala (3–3)Colon (0–2)Cordero (13)29,51228–23 :
June: 15–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Nationals5–4Smoltz (4–4)Carrasco (1–1)Reitsma (2)28,28029–23
53June 2@ Nationals6–8Carrasco (2–1)Kolb (1–5)Cordero (14)29,22529–24
54June 3@ Pirates1–3Wells (4–4)Hudson (6–4)Mesa (15)27,64329–25
55June 4@ Pirates1–0Foster (1–0)Gonzalez (0–2)Reitsma (3)33,64930–25
56June 5@ Pirates2–5Perez (4–4)Bernero (3–1)Mesa (16)28,71730–26
57June 6Angels2–4Donnelly (3–1)Smoltz (4–5)Rodriguez (11)23,10430–27
58June 7Angels3–2Ramirez (4–4)Byrd (5–5)Reitsma (4)25,27631–27
59June 8Angels4–8Donnelly (4–1)Foster (1–1)—27,74731–28
60June 10Athletics4–6Haren (4–7)Colon (0–3)Street (3)28,53531–29
61June 11Athletics5–3Smoltz (5–5)Duchscherer (2–1)—36,00431–30
62June 12Athletics5–11Zito (3–7)Boyer (0–1)—27,81932–30
63June 13@ Rangers3–7Young (6–3)Hudson (6–5)—41,59432–31
64June 14@ Rangers7–2Sosa (3–0)Astacio (2–8)—30,22132–31
65June 15@ Rangers5–9Park (7–1)Davies (2–2)Cordero (17)33,66333–32
66June 16@ Reds5–2Smoltz (6–5)Claussen (3–4)Reitsma (5)23,36234–32
67June 17@ Reds10–5Ramirez (5–4)Ortiz (2–5)—27,02335–32
68June 18@ Reds6–1Bernero (4–1)Milton (3–9)—41,73736–32
69June 19@ Reds8–11Weathers (4–0)Bernero (4–2)—28,83636–33
70June 21Marlins5–0Smoltz (7–5)Burnett (4–5)—28,68637–33
71June 22Marlins8–0Ramirez (6–4)Moehler (2–5)—30,21638–33
72June 23Marlins0–8Willis (12–2)Sosa (3–1)—29,82638–34
73June 24Orioles7–5Davies (3–2)Penn (2–1)Reitsma (6)43,82239–34
74June 25Orioles5–4Vasquez (1–0)Williams (4–4)—44,10640–34
75June 26Orioles8–1Smoltz (8–5)Lopez (7–3)—37,15741–34
76June 27@ Marlins7–2 (8)Ramirez (7–4)Moehler (2–6)—16,34142–34
77June 28@ Marlins9–1Sosa (4–1)Willis (12–3)—20,12943–34
78June 29@ Marlins5–6 (13)Riedling (4–1)Bernero (4–3)—23,51243–35
79June 30@ Marlins2–6Beckett (8–5)Colon (0–4)—23,14743–36 :
July: 18–8 (Home: 11–2; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Phillies9–1Smoltz (9–5)Padilla (3–8)—45,00444–36
81July 2@ Phillies3–6Myers (6–4)Ramirez (7–5)Wagner (20)29,20544–37
82July 3@ Phillies4–3Brower (3–1)Wagner (1–1)Reitsma (7)39,73245–37
83July 4Cubs4–0Davies (4–2)Wood (1–2)—52,27446–37
84July 4Cubs5–1Colon (1–4)Maddux (7–6)—34,69847–37
–July 6CubsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for July 7
85July 7 (1)Cubs6–0Ramirez (8–5)Prior (5–3)—32,71148–37
86July 7 (2)Cubs9–4Foster (2–1)Novoa (2–2)—34,84749–37
87July 8Brewers2–1Kolb (2–5)Santana (1–3)—29,40250–37
88July 9Brewers6–9Sheets (5–6)Davies (4–3)—40,51450–38
89July 10Brewers4–8Capuano (10–6)Colon (1–5)—24,91650–39
76th All-Star Game in Detroit, Michigan
90July 14@ Mets3–6Hernandez (5–2)Brower (3–2)Looper (21)43,31950–40
91July 15@ Mets2–1Smoltz (10–5)Hernandez (5–3)Reitsma (8)34,44451–40
92July 16@ Mets3–0Hudson (7–5)Zambrano (4–8)Reitsma (9)36,07852–40
93July 17@ Mets1–8Martinez (11–3)Hampton (4–2)—34,98352–41
94July 18@ Giants6–1Sosa (5–1)Correia (1–1)—42,27753–41
95July 19@ Giants4–5Walker (3–2)Kolb (2–6)—42,49453–42
96July 20@ Giants4–1Smoltz (11–5)Lowry (6–10)Reitsma (10)42,37154–42
97July 22@ Diamondbacks5–6 (10)Cormier (6–1)Brower (3–3)—27,34854–43
98July 23@ Diamondbacks3–2Reitsma (2–2)Valverde (1–4)—32,67355–43
99July 24@ Diamondbacks2–3Vazquez (9–9)Ramirez (8–6)Bruney (11)30,28055–44
100July 26Nationals3–2 (10)Reitsma (3–2)Stanton (1–3)—43,30856–44
101July 27Nationals4–3Kolb (3–6)Majewski (2–2)Reitsma (11)40,62557–44
102July 28Nationals5–4Sosa (6–1)Drese (7–10)Reitsma (12)40,26958–44
103July 29Pirates2–1Ramirez (9–6)Williams (8–8)McBride (1)36,76759–44
104July 30Pirates9–6Davies (5–3)Redman (5–11)Reitsma (13)47,44160–44
105July 31Pirates5–4Smoltz (12–5)Grabow (2–1)Reitsma (14)33.27561–44 :
August: 14–14 (Home: 7–9; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Pirates1–4Duke (4–0)Hudson (7–6)Mesa (26)25,87561–45
107August 2@ Reds12–2Sosa (7–1)Ortiz (6–7)—25,68062–45
108August 3@ Reds5–8Claussen (6–8)Ramirez (9–7)Mercker (3)37,15762–46
109August 4@ Reds7–4Davies (6–3)Harang (7–10)Reitsma (15)23,28563–46
110August 5@ Cardinals3–11Mulder (13–5)Smoltz (12–6)—47,83863–47
111August 6@ Cardinals8–1Hudson (8–6)Marquis (9–10)—48,56564–47
112August 7@ Cardinals3–5King (3–2)Reitsma (3–3)—47,71464–48
113August 9Giants7–1Ramirez (10–7)Hennessey (4–4)—27,23065–48
114August 10Giants5–4 (12)Boyer (1–1)Cooper (0–1)—24,03266–48
115August 11Giants3–5Schmidt (9–6)Hudson (8–7)Walker (20)26,57766–49
116August 12Diamondbacks0–8Vargas (6–6)Sosa (7–2)—32,00666–50
117August 13Diamondbacks9–5Foster (3–1)Cormier (7–3)—36,81767–50
118August 14Diamondbacks13–8Hampton (5–2)Vazquez (9–12)—30,09868–50
119August 16Dodgers4–6Carrara (7–4)Reitsma (3–4)Sanchez (1)24,69268–51
120August 17Dodgers10–2Hudson (9–7)Perez (7–7)—23,02869–51
121August 18Dodgers4–7Weaver (11–8)Thomson (3–3)Sanchez (2)24,10169–52
122August 19Padres7–12Park (10–6)Hampton (5–3)—35,07169–53
123August 20Padres2–7 (13)Seanez (5–1)Devine (0–1)—37,13369–54
124August 21Padres6–2Sosa (8–2)Otsuka (1–5)—26,07770–54
125August 22@ Cubs4–2Hudson (10–7)Wood (3–4)—38,76771–54
126August 23@ Cubs1–10Williams (4–6)Thomson (3–4)—38,27371–55
127August 24@ Cubs3–1Sosa (9–2)Prior (9–5)Farnsworth (7)38,03372–55
128August 26@ Brewers1–3Sheets (10–9)Ramirez (10–8)Turnbow (29)30,67072–56
129August 27@ Brewers8–4Smoltz (13–6)Santos (4–13)—42,46473–56
130August 28@ Brewers5–2Hudson (11–7)Capuano (14–9)—35,06074–56
–August 29NationalsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for August 31
131August 30Nationals2–3Bergmann (1–0)Sosa (9–3)Cordero (42)20,00174–57
132August 31 (1)Nationals5–3Ramirez (11–8)Loaiza (9–10)Farnsworth (8)N/A75–57
133August 31 (2)Nationals3–4Stanton (2–3)Reitsma (3–5)Cordero (43)25,55575–58 :
September/October: 15–14 (Home: 11–5; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Nationals8–7 (10)Davies (7–3)Ayala (8–7)—19,05376–58
135September 2Reds7–4Hudson (12–7)Milton (7–13)Farnsworth (9)27,04177–58
136September 3Reds9–3Sosa (10–3)Hudson (6–7)—40,21278–58
137September 4Reds3–8 (12)Belisle (3–6)Kolb (3–7)—34,47278–59
138September 5Mets4–2Boyer (2–1)Trachsel (1–1)Farnsworth (10)33,04579–59
139September 6Mets3–1Smoltz (14–6)Martinez (13–7)Farnsworth (11)21,06880–59
140September 7Mets4–3 (10)Foster (4–1)Looper (4–7)—28,56481–59
141September 9@ Nationals6–8Majewski (3–3)Foster (4–2)Cordero (44)36,29581–60
142September 10@ Nationals4–0Sosa (11–3)Hernandez (15–7)—44,08382–60
143September 11@ Nationals9–7McBride (1–0)Cordero (2–4)Farnsworth (12)31,83483–60
144September 12@ Phillies1–4Brito (1–0)Hudson (12–8)Wagner (33)21,16983–61
145September 13@ Phillies4–5Fultz (4–0)Boyer (2–2)Wagner (34)24,31183–62
146September 14@ Phillies4–12Lidle (11–10)Ramirez (11–9)—23,12583–63
147September 15@ Phillies6–4Sosa (12–3)Myers (12–8)Farnsworth (13)27,80484–63
148September 16@ Mets0–4Martinez (15–7)Smoltz (14–7)—37,51984–64
149September 17@ Mets7–4Hudson (13–8)Trachsel (1–3)Farnsworth (14)34,19185–64
150September 18@ Mets1–4Glavine (11–13)Thomson (3–5)—31,70385–65
151September 20Phillies4–1Sosa (13–3)Lidle (11–11)—25,70186–65
152September 21Phillies6–10 (10)Geary (2–1)Davies (7–4)—27,03086–66
153September 22Phillies0–4Lieber (16–12)Hudson (13–9)—26,30186–67
154September 23Marlins4–3Boyer (3–2)Jones (1–5)Farnsworth (15)39,07687–67
155September 24Marlins6–1Thomson (4–5)Moehler (6–11)—51,77588–67
156September 25Marlins5–3Boyer (4–2)Burnett (12–12)Farnsworth (16)48,14789–67
157September 26Rockies5–6Speier (2–1)Reitsma (3–6)Fuentes (31)23,78889–68
158September 27Rockies12–3Hudson (14–9)Cook (6–2)—25,30690–68
159September 28Rockies5–10Francis (14–12)Davies (7–5)—29,97190–69
160September 30@ Marlins2–5Villone (4–5)Thomson (4–6)Jones (39)25,46190–70
161October 1@ Marlins4–6Resop (2–0)Kolb (3–8)Jones (40)28,39290–71
162October 2@ Marlins6–7 (10)Villone (5–5)Davies (7–6)—29,21490–72 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Braves team member :

## 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 | Johnny Estrada | 105 | 357 | 93 | .261 | 4 | 39 |
| 1B | Adam LaRoche | 141 | 451 | 117 | .259 | 20 | 78 |
| 2B | Marcus Giles | 152 | 577 | 168 | .291 | 15 | 63 |
| SS | Rafael Furcal | 154 | 616 | 175 | .284 | 12 | 58 |
| 3B | Chipper Jones | 109 | 358 | 106 | .296 | 21 | 72 |
| LF | Kelly Johnson | 87 | 290 | 70 | .241 | 9 | 40 |
| CF | Andruw Jones | 160 | 586 | 154 | .263 | 51 | 128 |
| RF | Jeff Francoeur | 70 | 257 | 77 | .300 | 14 | 45 |

#### 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 Langerhans | 128 | 326 | 87 | .267 | 8 | 42 |
| Wilson Betemit | 115 | 246 | 75 | .305 | 4 | 20 |
| Julio Franco | 108 | 233 | 64 | .275 | 9 | 42 |
| Brian Jordan | 76 | 231 | 57 | .247 | 3 | 24 |
| Brian McCann | 59 | 180 | 50 | .278 | 5 | 23 |
| Pete Orr | 112 | 150 | 45 | .300 | 1 | 8 |
| Raúl Mondesí | 41 | 142 | 30 | .211 | 4 | 17 |
| Andy Marte | 24 | 57 | 8 | .140 | 0 | 4 |
| Brayan Peña | 18 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 4 |
| Eddie Pérez | 16 | 38 | 5 | .211 | 2 | 6 |
| Todd Hollandsworth | 24 | 35 | 6 | .171 | 1 | 1 |

### 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 |
| John Smoltz | 33 | 229.2 | 14 | 7 | 3.06 | 169 |
| Horacio Ramírez | 33 | 202.1 | 11 | 9 | 4.63 | 80 |
| Tim Hudson | 29 | 192.0 | 14 | 9 | 3.52 | 115 |
| John Thomson | 17 | 98.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.47 | 61 |
| Mike Hampton | 12 | 69.1 | 5 | 3 | 3.50 | 27 |
| Seth Greisinger | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Jorge Sosa | 44 | 134.0 | 13 | 3 | 2.55 | 85 |
| Kyle Davies | 21 | 87.2 | 7 | 6 | 4.93 | 62 |
| Román Colón | 23 | 44.1 | 1 | 5 | 5.28 | 30 |

##### 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 |
| Chris Reitsma | 76 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3.93 | 42 |
| Danny Kolb | 65 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5.93 | 39 |
| John Foster | 62 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.15 | 32 |
| Blaine Boyer | 43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.11 | 33 |
| Jim Brower | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.20 | 28 |
| Adam Bernero | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6.51 | 37 |
| Kevin Gryboski | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.98 | 8 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 26 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.98 | 32 |
| Macay McBride | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 22 |
| Jorge Vásquez | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 9 |
| Anthony Lerew | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 5 |
| Joey Devine | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.60 | 3 |
| Jay Powell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Tom Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 0 |
| Matt Childers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Chuck James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 5 |
| Frank Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Postseason
### Game log

2005 Postseason Game Log :
National League Division Series: 1–3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 5Astros5–10Pettitte (1–0)Hudson (0–1)—40,5900–1
2October 6Astros7–1Smoltz (1–0)Clemens (0–1)—46,1811–1
3October 8@ Astros3–7Oswalt (1–0)Sosa (0–1)—43,7591–2
4October 9@ Astros6–7 (18)Clemens (1–1)Devine (0–1)—43,4131–3 :

## Awards and honors

2005 Major League Baseball season
* Bobby Cox was voted the National League Manager of the Year for the second consecutive year and 3rd time in total.
* John Smoltz was chosen to receive the Roberto Clemente Award. With this honor included, Smoltz became the only player in MLB history to win a Cy Young, and reliever of the year award.
* Andruw Jones led the National League in home runs and runs batted in. He was the recipient of a Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, and the Hank Aaron Award. Jones also finished second in voting for National League Most Valuable Player.
* Jeff Francoeur finished third in voting for National League Rookie of the Year.
2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Andruw Jones and John Smoltz represented the Atlanta Braves in the 2005 All Star Game. Jones hit a home run and Smoltz took the loss in the game.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Richmond Braves | International League | Pat Kelly |
| AA | Mississippi Braves | Southern League | Brian Snitker |
| A | Myrtle Beach Pelicans | Carolina League | Randy Ingle |
| A | Rome Braves | South Atlantic League | Rocket Wheeler |
| Rookie | Danville Braves | Appalachian League | Paul Runge |
| Rookie | GCL Braves | Gulf Coast League | Luis Ortiz |