2005 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 2005 season was the team's 124th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 114th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 100-62 during the season and won the National League Central division by 11 games over the NL Wild-Card Champion and eventual NL Champion Houston Astros. In the playoffs the Cardinals swept the San Diego Padres 3 games to 0 in the NLDS. However, the Cardinals lost to the Astros 4 games to 2 in the NLCS.

2005 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)William DeWitt, Jr.
General manager(s)Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionFSN Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter)
Local radioKMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
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The season was the last one played in Busch Memorial Stadium by the Cardinals and they moved to the new Busch Stadium the next year. The Cardinals also moved their radio broadcasts from KMOX after a 55-year affiliation to KTRS after the season. After the 2010 season, the Cardinals would move their radio broadcasts from KTRS back to KMOX, starting in 2011.

First baseman Albert Pujols won the MVP Award this year, batting .330, with 41 home runs and 117 RBIs. Chris Carpenter won the Cy Young Award this year, with a 2.83 ERA, 21 wins, and 213 strikeouts. Outfielder Jim Edmonds won a Gold Glove this year. The Cardinals pitching staff led Major League Baseball by having the lowest (ERA) (3.49), conceding the fewest earned runs (560) and pitching the most complete games (15).[1]

Offseason
  • December 18, 2004: Dan Haren was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Daric Barton and Kiko Calero to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Mulder.[2]
  • February 21, 2005: Bill Pulsipher was Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]

Regular season

A herniated disc in Larry Walker's neck prevented him from turning his head to left. He received a second cortisone shot to alleviate the pain on June 27. With eight previous surgeries and now playing with pain that impeded his ability to continue to produce at a high level, he signaled that he would retire from playing after the season. He had $12 million team option for 2006.[4]

On August 4, the Cardinals announced that they had bought a 50% share of KTRS 550 AM and was leaving the longtime flagship station KMOX 1120 AM after 52 years and transferring the games to KTRS in 2006.

The Cardinals clinched their fifth National League Central division title in six years on September 17 when they beat the Cubs 5-1. The final regular season game at Busch Memorial Stadium took place on October 2, a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Rookie Chris Duncan hit the final regular season home run at that version of Busch Stadium.

Game log
2005 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (100–62)
April: (15–7)
May: (18–11)
June: (16–11)
July: (17–9)
August: (19–11)
September: (13–13)
October: (2–0)

Postseason Game Log
2005 St. Louis Cardinals Postseason Game Log (5–4)
NLDS: (3–0)
NLCS: (2–4)

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10062 0.617 — 50–31 50–31
Houston Astros 8973 0.549 11 53–28 36–45
Milwaukee Brewers 8181 0.500 19 46–35 35–46
Chicago Cubs 7983 0.488 21 38–43 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 7389 0.451 27 42–39 31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795 0.414 33 34–47 33–48

Record vs. opponents
2005 National League Records

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

Transactions
  • July 29, 2005: Alan Benes was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[5]
  • September 6, 2005: Bill Pulsipher was Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]

Roster
2005 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CYadier Molina11438597.252849
1BAlbert Pujols161591195.33041117
2BMark Grudzielanek137528155.294859
SSDavid Eckstein158630185.294861
3BAbraham Núñez139421120.285544
LFReggie Sanders9329580.2712154
CFJim Edmonds142467123.2632989
RFLarry Walker10031591.2891552

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
So Taguchi143396114.288853
John Mabry11224659.240832
Scott Rolen5619646.235528
John Rodriguez5614944.295524
Héctor Luna6413739.285118
Einar Díaz5813027.208117
Scott Seabol5910523.219110
Mike Mahoney266410.15616
Roger Cedeño37579.15808
John Gall223710.270210
Skip Schumaker27246.25001
Chris Duncan9102.20013

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Carpenter33241.22152.83213
Jason Marquis3320713144.13100
Mark Mulder322051683.64111
Jeff Suppan32194.116103.87114
Matt Morris31192.214104.11117

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Anthony Reyes413.1112.7012
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ray King774403.3823
Julián Tavárez742343.4347
Al Reyes654232.1567
Jason Isringhausen6312392.1451
Randy Flores503113.4643
Brad Thompson404012.9529
Cal Eldred311002.1929
Gabe White60002.161
Carmen Cali600010.505
Jimmy Journell501010.385
Bill Pulsipher50006.751
Tyler Johnson50000.004
Kevin Jarvis401013.502
Adam Wainwright200013.500

NLDS
Main article: 2005 National League Division Series

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres

St. Louis wins series, 3-0.

GameScoreDate
1St. Louis 8, San Diego 5October 4
2St. Louis 6, San Diego 2October 6
3St. Louis 7, San Diego 4October 8

NLCS
Main article: 2005 National League Championship Series

Down to their last out and strike and facing elimination in game 5 of the 2005 National League Championship Series, David Eckstein hit a single in the hole on the left side off of the Astros' Brad Lidge to bring the tying run to the plate. The next batter, Jim Edmonds, worked a base on balls. Albert Pujols followed with a 412-foot home run onto the train tracks behind left field (had the game been played with the roof open, the drive would have exited Minute Maid Park, as it first hit off the glass wall which forms part of the roof), to put the Cardinals ahead 5–4. The roar of the crowd, anticipating the end of the game that would signal the Astros' entrance into the World Series, was hushed as they watched Pujols' home run (one of the announcers described it as a "vacuum" from the sudden intake of air by the crowd). Houston was then shut down in the bottom of the 9th by the Cardinals' closer Jason Isringhausen to preserve the win, guaranteeing at least one more game at old Busch Stadium. However, the Astros dominated Game 6, shutting the Cardinals down 5–1 for their first berth in the World Series in franchise history. Walker struck out in the ninth inning, his final major league at bat. He retired shortly after the game.[6]

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(HOU-STL)

1 October 12 Houston 3 St. Louis 5 0-1
2 October 13 Houston 4 St. Louis 1 1-1
3 October 15 St. Louis 3 Houston 4 2-1
4 October 16 St. Louis 1 Houston 2 3-1
5 October 17 St. Louis 5 Houston 4 3-2
6 October 19 Houston 5 St. Louis 1 4-2
HOU won 4, STL won 2.

Houston wins the National League Championship
and advance to the 2005 World Series

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Danny Sheaffer
AA Springfield Cardinals Texas League Chris Maloney
A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Ron Warner
A Quad Cities Swing Midwest League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Mark DeJohn
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Tom Kidwell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Palm Beach[7][8]

References
  1. "2005 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  2. Danny Haren Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Kurkjian, Tim (June 30, 2005). "Career winding down for 'gifted' Walker". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml
  6. Schlegel, John (October 19, 2005). "Walker says goodbye to baseball". MLB.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  8. Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory
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