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2005 Chicago Cubs season

Field	Value
name	Chicago Cubs
image	Chicago Cubs logo.svg
season	2005
league	National League
division	Central
ballpark	Wrigley Field
city	Chicago
record	79–83 (48.8%)
divisional_place	4th
owners	Tribune Company
general_managers	Jim Hendry
managers	Dusty Baker
television	CSN Chicago
Superstation WGN
WCIU-TV
(Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
radio	WGN
(Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
espntn	chc
brtn	CHC

Superstation WGN WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly) (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo) |}} 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

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After his Hall of Fame induction, Ryne Sandberg had his number 23 retired in a ceremony at Wrigley Field on August 28, .

Season standings

National League Central

Record vs. opponents

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

2005 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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

References

2005 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
Season standings: National League Central Standings on ESPN.com
Game Logs: :1st Half: Chicago Cubs Game Log on ESPN.com :2nd Half: Chicago Cubs Game Log on ESPN.com
Batting Statistics: Chicago Cubs Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Chicago Cubs Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

References

"Todd Hollandsworth Stats".
"Cody Ransom Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sosasa01.shtml Sammy Sosa Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
(2005-02-02). "Burnitz deal could climb to $11.5M".
"Scott McClain Stats".
"Trent Hubbard Stats".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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