# 2005 Chicago Cubs season

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.
* January 20, 2005: Cody Ransom was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
* 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).
* February 2, 2005: Jeromy Burnitz was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
* February 8, 2005: Scott McClain was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
* March 30, 2005: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Chicago Cubs.

## Regular season
### 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

* May 2, 2005: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
* May 27, 2005: Cody Ransom was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
* July 7, 2005: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Chicago Cubs.
* August 29, 2005: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Angelo Burrows (minors) and Todd Blackford (minors).

### 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 | Michael Barrett | 133 | 424 | 117 | .276 | 16 | 61 |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | 158 | 594 | 199 | .335 | 46 | 107 |
| 2B | Todd Walker | 110 | 397 | 121 | .305 | 12 | 40 |
| SS | Neifi Pérez | 154 | 572 | 157 | .274 | 9 | 54 |
| 3B | Aramis Ramírez | 123 | 463 | 140 | .302 | 31 | 92 |
| LF | Todd Hollandsworth | 107 | 268 | 68 | .254 | 5 | 35 |
| CF | Corey Patterson | 126 | 451 | 97 | .215 | 13 | 34 |
| RF | Jeromy Burnitz | 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 |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | 114 | 380 | 99 | .261 | 4 | 30 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 62 | 230 | 65 | .283 | 9 | 30 |
| José Macías | 112 | 177 | 45 | .254 | 1 | 13 |
| Henry Blanco | 54 | 161 | 39 | .242 | 6 | 25 |
| Jason Dubois | 52 | 142 | 34 | .239 | 7 | 22 |
| Matt Murton | 51 | 140 | 45 | .321 | 7 | 14 |
| Ronny Cedeño | 41 | 80 | 24 | .300 | 1 | 6 |
| Matt Lawton | 19 | 78 | 19 | .244 | 1 | 5 |
| Enrique Wilson | 15 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Grieve | 23 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Jody Gerut | 11 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott McClain | 13 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Theriot | 9 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Fontenot | 7 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Geovany Soto | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Greenberg | 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 |
| Greg Maddux | 35 | 225.0 | 13 | 15 | 4.24 | 136 |
| Carlos Zambrano | 33 | 223.1 | 14 | 6 | 3.26 | 202 |
| Mark Prior | 27 | 166.2 | 11 | 7 | 3.67 | 188 |
| Jerome Williams | 18 | 106.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.91 | 59 |
| John Koronka | 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 |
| Glendon Rusch | 46 | 145.1 | 9 | 8 | 4.52 | 111 |
| Kerry Wood | 21 | 66.0 | 3 | 4 | 4.23 | 77 |
| Sergio Mitre | 21 | 60.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.37 | 37 |
| Rich Hill | 10 | 23.2 | 0 | 2 | 9.13 | 21 |
| Jon Leicester | 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 |
| Ryan Dempster | 63 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 3.13 | 89 |
| Michael Wuertz | 75 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.81 | 89 |
| Will Ohman | 69 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.91 | 45 |
| Roberto Novoa | 49 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4.43 | 47 |
| Mike Remlinger | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.91 | 30 |
| Todd Wellemeyer | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.12 | 32 |
| LaTroy Hawkins | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3.32 | 13 |
| Cliff Bartosh | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.49 | 15 |
| Scott Williamson | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.65 | 23 |
| Joe Borowski | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 11 |
| Chad Fox | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 11 |
| Jermaine Van Buren | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Iowa Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Mike Quade |
| AA | West Tenn Diamond Jaxx | Southern League | Bobby Dickerson |
| A | Daytona Cubs | Florida State League | Richie Zisk |
| A | Peoria Chiefs | Midwest League | Julio Garcia |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Trey Forkerway |
| Rookie | AZL Cubs | Arizona League | Steve McFarland |