2005 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkTurner Field
CityAtlanta
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
OwnersTime Warner
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionTBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray)
FSN South
(Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
RadioWGST
WKLS
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray)
WWWE
(Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)
Seasons

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.[1]
  • December 3, 2004: Julio Franco was resigned in free agency to the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • 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.[4]
  • January 14, 2005: Raúl Mondesí signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[5]
  • March 31, 2005: Jorge Sosa was traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Atlanta Braves for Nick Green.[6]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

PositionName
Starting PitcherJohn Smoltz
CatcherJohnny Estrada
First BasemanAdam LaRoche
Second BasemanMarcus Giles
Third BasemanChipper Jones
ShortstopRafael Furcal
Left FielderBrian Jordan
Center FielderAndruw Jones
Right FielderRaúl Mondesí

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Season standings

National League East

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9072 0.556 — 53–28 37–44
Philadelphia Phillies 8874 0.543 2 46–35 42–39
Florida Marlins 8379 0.512 7 45–36 38–43
New York Mets 8379 0.512 7 48–33 35–46
Washington Nationals 8181 0.500 9 41–40 40–41

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona—3–35–22–411–72–43–313–52–41–63–43–410–97–112–52–48–10
Atlanta3–3—6–17–32–410–85–13–33–313–69–104–31–54–23–310–97–8
Chicago2–51–6—6–94–35–49–74–27–92–42–411–54–35–210–61–56–9
Cincinnati4–23–79–6—3–32–44–123–46–103–33–49–74–23–55–115–17-8
Colorado 7–114–23–43–3—3–31–511–81–53–42–43–77–117–114–42–46–9
Florida4–28–104–54–23–3—4–35–23–48–109–103–42–44–23–49–910–5
Houston3–31–57–912–45–13-4—4–210–55–56–09–74–33–45–115–27–8
Los Angeles 5–133–32–44–38–112–52–4—5–13–33–35–211–79–102–52–45–13
Milwaukee4–23–39–710–65–14–35–101–5—3–34–59–73–44–35–114–48–7
New York6–16–134–23–34–310–85–53–33–3—11–73–34–23–32–511–85–10
Philadelphia4-310–94–24–34–210–90–63–35–47–11—4–36–05–14–211–87–8
Pittsburgh4–33–45–117–97–34–37–92–57–93–33–4—3–42–44–121–55–7
San Diego9–105–13–42–411–74–23–47–114–32–40–64–3—12–64–35–17–11
San Francisco11–72–42–55–311–72–44–310–93–43–31–54–26–12—2–43–36–12
St. Louis5–23–36–1011–54–44-311–55–211–55–22–412–43–44–2—4–210–5
Washington4–29–105–11–54–29-92–54–24–48–118–115–11–53–32–4—12–6

Notable transactions

  • April 15, 2005: John Foster signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[10]
  • June 1, 2005: Raúl Mondesí was released by the Atlanta Braves.[11]
  • July 31, 2005: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Atlanta Braves for Román Colón and Zach Miner.[12]
  • August 29, 2005: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Angelo Burrows (minors) and Todd Blackford (minors).[13]
  • Notable picks in the 2005 Draft include Joey Devine (26th pick overall), Yunel Escobar (2nd round), and Jordan Schafer (3rd round).

Roster

2005 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CJohnny Estrada10535793.261439
1BAdam LaRoche141451117.2592078
2BMarcus Giles152577168.2911563
SSRafael Furcal154616175.2841258
3BChipper Jones109358106.2962172
LFKelly Johnson8729070.241940
CFAndruw Jones160586154.26351128
RFJeff Francoeur7025777.3001445

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 Langerhans12832687.267842
Wilson Betemit11524675.305420
Julio Franco10823364.275942
Brian Jordan7623157.247324
Brian McCann5918050.278523
Pete Orr11215045.30018
Raúl Mondesí4114230.211417
Andy Marte24578.14004
Brayan Peña18397.17904
Eddie Pérez16385.21126
Todd Hollandsworth24356.17111

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
John Smoltz33229.21473.06169
Horacio Ramírez33202.11194.6380
Tim Hudson29192.01493.52115
John Thomson1798.2464.4761
Mike Hampton1269.1533.5027
Seth Greisinger15.0003.602

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 Sosa44134.01332.5585
Kyle Davies2187.2764.9362
Román Colón2344.1155.2830
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 Reitsma7636153.9342
Danny Kolb6538115.9339
John Foster624214.1532
Blaine Boyer434203.1133
Jim Brower371204.2028
Adam Bernero364306.5137
Kevin Gryboski310002.988
Kyle Farnsworth2600101.9832
Macay McBride231015.7922
Jorge Vásquez71003.009
Anthony Lerew70005.635
Joey Devine501012.603
Jay Powell50000.001
Tom Martin400019.290
Matt Childers30004.502
Chuck James20001.595
Frank Brooks10000.000

2005 National League Division Series

Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros

Houston wins series, 3–1. Game 4 was a thrilling series clinching 18 inning victory for Houston, and has been cited by many critics as "The greatest first round game in MLB history".

GameScoreDate
1Houston 10, Atlanta 5October 5
2Atlanta 7, Houston 1October 6
3Houston 7, Atlanta 3October 8
4Houston 7, Atlanta 6 (18 innings)October 9

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Dewayne Wise Stats".
  2. ↑ Julio Franco Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Danny Kolb Stats".
  4. ↑ Tim Hudson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Raúl Mondesí Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Jorge Sosa Stats".
  7. ↑ "September 14, 2005 Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score and Play by Play". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
  8. ↑ Bowman, Mark (September 14, 2005). "Andruw hits two milestones with homer; Braves center fielder belts No. 50 of 2005, No. 300 of career". MLB.com. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins Box Score, April 5, 2005".
  10. ↑ "John Foster Stats".
  11. ↑ Raúl Mondesí Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ "Kyle Farnsworth Stats".
  13. ↑ "Todd Hollandsworth Stats".
  14. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  15. ↑ Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory
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