2005 Atlanta Braves season

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2005  Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
Owners Time Warner
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers Bobby Cox
Television TBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray)
FSN South
(Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
Radio WGST
WKLS
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray)
WWWE
(Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)
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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.

Contents

Tim Hudson joined the Braves' rotation and rookies Jeff Francoeur, Kelly Johnson and Brian McCann had their first seasons with Atlanta in 2005.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

PositionName
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

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Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 90720.556—53–2837–44
Philadelphia Phillies 88740.543246–3542–39
Florida Marlins 83790.512745–3638–43
New York Mets 83790.512748–3335–46
Washington Nationals 81810.500941–4040–41

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona —3–35–22–411–72–43–313–52–41–63–43–410–97–112–52–48–10
Atlanta 3–3—6–17–32–410–85–13–33–313–69–104–31–54–23–310–97–8
Chicago 2–51–6—6–94–35–49–74–27–92–42–411–54–35–210–61–56–9
Cincinnati 4–23–79–6—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
Florida 4–28–104–54–23–3—4–35–23–48–109–103–42–44–23–49–910–5
Houston 3–31–57–912–45–13-4—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
Milwaukee 4–23–39–710–65–14–35–101–5—3–34–59–73–44–35–114–48–7
New York 6–16–134–23–34–310–85–53–33–3—11–73–34–23–32–511–85–10
Philadelphia 4-310–94–24–34–210–90–63–35–47–11—4–36–05–14–211–87–8
Pittsburgh 4–33–45–117–97–34–37–92–57–93–33–4—3–42–44–121–55–7
San Diego 9–105–13–42–411–74–23–47–114–32–40–64–3—12–64–35–17–11
San Francisco 11–72–42–55–311–72–44–310–93–43–31–54–26–12—2–43–36–12
St. Louis 5–23–36–1011–54–44-311–55–211–55–22–412–43–44–2—4–210–5
Washington 4–29–105–11–54–29-92–54–24–48–118–115–11–53–32–4—12–6

Notable transactions

Roster

2005 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Johnny Estrada 10535793.261439
1B Adam LaRoche 141451117.2592078
2B Marcus Giles 152577168.2911563
SS Rafael Furcal 154616175.2841258
3B Chipper Jones 109358106.2962172
LF Kelly Johnson 8729070.241940
CF Andruw Jones 160586154.26351128
RF Jeff Francoeur 7025777.3001445

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ryan Langerhans 12832687.267842
Wilson Betemit 11524675.305420
Julio Franco 10823364.275942
Brian Jordan 7623157.247324
Brian McCann 5918050.278523
Pete Orr 11215045.30018
Raúl Mondesí 4114230.211417
Andy Marte 24578.14004
Brayan Peña 18397.17904
Eddie Pérez 16385.21126
Todd Hollandsworth 24356.17111

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Smoltz 33229.21473.06169
Horacio Ramírez 33202.11194.6380
Tim Hudson 29192.01493.52115
John Thomson 1798.2464.4761
Mike Hampton 1269.1533.5027
Seth Greisinger 15.0003.602

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jorge Sosa 44134.01332.5585
Kyle Davies 2187.2764.9362
Román Colón 2344.1155.2830
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Chris Reitsma 7636153.9342
Danny Kolb 6538115.9339
John Foster 624214.1532
Blaine Boyer 434203.1133
Jim Brower 371204.2028
Adam Bernero 364306.5137
Kevin Gryboski 310002.988
Kyle Farnsworth 2600101.9832
Macay McBride 231015.7922
Jorge Vásquez 71003.009
Anthony Lerew 70005.635
Joey Devine 501012.603
Jay Powell 50000.001
Tom Martin 400019.290
Matt Childers 30004.502
Chuck James 20001.595
Frank Brooks 10000.000

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

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

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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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  4. ↑ Tim Hudson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
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