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2005 Chicago Cubs
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1876) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (since 1876)
2005 information
Owner(s)
Manager(s)	Dusty Baker
Local television	CSN Chicago Superstation WGN WCIU-TV (Bob Brenly, Len Kasper)
Local radio	WGN (Ron Santo, Pat Hughes)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The Chicago Cubs' 2005 season was the Cub's 133rd season. The Chicago Cubs finished 79-83, 4th place in the NL Central. This was the first season for the WGN-TV broadcast pairing of Bob Brenly and Len Kasper.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
4 Farm system
5 References

Offseason

December 31, 2004: Todd Hollandsworth was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[1]
January 20, 2005: Cody Ransom was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
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).^[3]
February 8, 2005: Scott McClain was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[4]
March 30, 2005: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Chicago Cubs.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	--	.617
Houston Astros	89	73	11	.549
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	19	.500
Chicago Cubs	79	83	21	.488
Cincinnati Reds	73	89	27	.451
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	33	.414

Transactions

May 2, 2005: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[5]
May 27, 2005: Cody Ransom was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
July 7, 2005: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Chicago Cubs.^[5]
August 29, 2005: Todd Hollandsworth was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Angelo Burrows (minors) and Todd Blackford (minors).^[1]

Roster

2005 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

8 Michael Barrett
9,24 Henry Blanco

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

17 Adam Greenberg
58 Geovany Soto

Manager

12 Dusty Baker

Coaches

2 Gene Clines (hitting)
6 Sonny Jackson (special asst)
59 Juan Lopez (bullpen)
36 Gary Matthews (first base)
39 Dick Pole (bench)
41 Larry Rothschild (pitching)
35 Chris Speier (third base)

Player stats

Batting

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

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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
Short-Season A	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Trey Forkerway
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Steve McFarland

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

^ ^a ^b http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollato01.shtml
^ ^a ^b ^c http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml
^ Sammy Sosa Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
^ ^a ^b http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

2005 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans • Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Managers • Owners and executives • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

23rd Street Grounds • Lakefront Park • West Side Park I • South Side Park • West Side Park II • Wrigley Field
Spring training: Plant Field • Blair Field • HoHoKam Park

Lore

Babe Ruth's called shot • The Inning • Gatorade Glove Play • Homer in the Gloamin' • The Sandberg Game • Fall of '69 • Sandy Koufax's perfect game • Home Run Chase • Brock for Broglio • Merkle's Boner • Worst to First • Monday Saves the Flag • College of Coaches • Ken Hubbs incident • Billy Jurges incident • Game 163

Culture

Steve Bartman • Curse of the Billy Goat • Ex-Cubs Factor • Tinker to Evers to Chance • Rookie of the Year • This Old Cub • Ronnie Woo Woo • Grant DePorter • Wrigley Rooftops • Cubby Bear • Wrigleyville • Wayne Messmer • Yosh Kawano • Mike Royko • Holy Cow! • Wrigley Company • Old Style Beer • Hey Hey Holy Mackerel • Bill Holden • Bleacher Bums • The Heckler • Arne Harris • Voice of Chicago • Billy Sianis • "Go, Cubs, Go" • The Natural • Pat and Ron Show • "All the Way" • Cubs Win Flag • Brant Brown • JDRF • Addison Red Line Station • Sheridan Red Line Station • Taking Care of Business • Billy Goat Tavern • Heel Click • Winter Classic • Clark Street • Addison Street • Radio Network • "Let's Play Two!" • Mr. Cub • A League of Their Own • Take Me Out to the Ball Game • I.O. • The Cubs Fan's Guide To Happiness • Pat Pieper • The Cubby Bear • Great Chicago Fire • Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse • Bohemian National Cemetery Columbarium

Rivalries

Milwaukee Brewers • St. Louis Cardinals • Chicago White Sox

Retired numbers

10 • 14 • 23 • 26 • 31 • 31 • 42 • Hey Hey!

Key personnel

Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts • President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein • General Manager: Jed Hoyer • Manager: Dale Sveum

World Series
Championships (4)

1882 • 1885 • 1907 • 1908

National League
Championships (16)

1876 • 1880 • 1881 • 1882 • 1885 • 1886 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1910 • 1918 • 1929 • 1932 • 1935 • 1938 • 1945

Division
Championships

Eastern	1984 • 1989

Central	2003 • 2007 • 2008

Wild Card	1998

Minor league
affiliates

Iowa Cubs (AAA) • Tennessee Smokies (AA) • Daytona Cubs (A) • Peoria Chiefs (A) • Boise Hawks (A) • Arizona League Cubs (Rookie) • DSL Cubs1 (Rookie) • DSL Cubs2 (Rookie)

Other assets

Comcast SportsNet Chicago • WGN

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