2005 Chicago Cubs season

2005 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tribune Company
General manager(s)	Jim Hendry
Manager(s)	Dusty Baker
Local television	CSN Chicago Superstation WGN WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly)
Local radio	WGN (Pat Hughes, Ron Santo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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, 4th place in the NL 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.^[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

National League Central

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	0.617	—	50–31	50–31
Houston Astros	89	73	0.549	11	53–28	36–45
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	0.500	19	46–35	35–46
Chicago Cubs	79	83	0.488	21	38–43	41–40
Cincinnati Reds	73	89	0.451	27	42–39	31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	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	—	3–3	5–2	2–4	11–7	2–4	3–3	13–5	2–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	10–9	7–11	2–5	2–4	8–10
Atlanta	3–3	—	6–1	7–3	2–4	10–8	5–1	3–3	3–3	13–6	9–10	4–3	1–5	4–2	3–3	10–9	7–8
Chicago	2–5	1–6	—	6–9	4–3	5–4	9–7	4–2	7–9	2–4	2–4	11–5	4–3	5–2	10–6	1–5	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–7	9–6	—	3–3	2–4	4–12	3–4	6–10	3–3	3–4	9–7	4–2	3–5	5–11	5–1	7-8
Colorado	7–11	4–2	3–4	3–3	—	3–3	1–5	11–8	1–5	3–4	2–4	3–7	7–11	7–11	4–4	2–4	6–9
Florida	4–2	8–10	4–5	4–2	3–3	—	4–3	5–2	3–4	8–10	9–10	3–4	2–4	4–2	3–4	9–9	10–5
Houston	3–3	1–5	7–9	12–4	5–1	3-4	—	4–2	10–5	5–5	6–0	9–7	4–3	3–4	5–11	5–2	7–8
Los Angeles	5–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–2	11–7	9–10	2–5	2–4	5–13
Milwaukee	4–2	3–3	9–7	10–6	5–1	4–3	5–10	1–5	—	3–3	4–5	9–7	3–4	4–3	5–11	4–4	8–7
New York	6–1	6–13	4–2	3–3	4–3	10–8	5–5	3–3	3–3	—	11–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	11–8	5–10
Philadelphia	4-3	10–9	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	0–6	3–3	5–4	7–11	—	4–3	6–0	5–1	4–2	11–8	7–8
Pittsburgh	4–3	3–4	5–11	7–9	7–3	4–3	7–9	2–5	7–9	3–3	3–4	—	3–4	2–4	4–12	1–5	5–7
San Diego	9–10	5–1	3–4	2–4	11–7	4–2	3–4	7–11	4–3	2–4	0–6	4–3	—	12–6	4–3	5–1	7–11
San Francisco	11–7	2–4	2–5	5–3	11–7	2–4	4–3	10–9	3–4	3–3	1–5	4–2	6–12	—	2–4	3–3	6–12
St. Louis	5–2	3–3	6–10	11–5	4–4	4-3	11–5	5–2	11–5	5–2	2–4	12–4	3–4	4–2	—	4–2	10–5
Washington	4–2	9–10	5–1	1–5	4–2	9-9	2–5	4–2	4–4	8–11	8–11	5–1	1–5	3–3	2–4	—	12–6

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

56 Cliff Bartosh

48 Joe Borowski

46 Ryan Dempster

47 Chad Fox

32 LaTroy Hawkins

53 Rich Hill

49 John Koronka

31 Greg Maddux

52 Sergio Mitre

51 Jon Leicester

44 Roberto Novoa

50,45 Will Ohman

22 Mark Prior

37 Mike Remlinger

33 Glendon Rusch

37 Jermaine Van Buren

40 Todd Wellemeyer

32 Jerome Williams

48 Scott Williamson

34 Kerry Wood

43 Michael Wuertz

38 Carlos Zambrano

Catchers

8 Michael Barrett

9,24 Henry Blanco

Infielders

11 Ronny Cedeño

29 Mike Fontenot

5 Nomar Garciaparra

25 Derrek Lee

1 José Macías

9 Scott McClain

13 Neifi Pérez

16 Aramis Ramírez

55 Ryan Theriot

7 Todd Walker

19 Enrique Wilson

Outfielders

3 Jeromy Burnitz

4 Jason Dubois

9 Jody Gerut

4 Ben Grieve

15 Jerry Hairston, Jr.

28 Todd Hollandsworth

50 Matt Lawton

19 Matt Murton

20 Corey Patterson

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)

Game log

2005 Game Log (79–83)

April: 12–11 (Home: 6–5; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 4	@ Diamondbacks	16-6	Rusch (1–0)	Vázquez (0–1)	-	45,539	1-0
2	April 5	@ Diamondbacks	4-5	Ortiz (1-0)	Maddux (0-1)	Lyon (1)	30,260	1-1
3	April 6	@ Diamondbacks	3-8	Webb (1–0)	Dempster (0–1)	-	26,789	1–2
4	April 8	Brewers	3-6	De La Rosa (1–0)	Leicester (0–1)	Adams (1)	39,892	1–3
5	April 9	Brewers	4-0	Zambrano (1–0)	Sheets (0-1)	—	38,743	2-3
6	April 10	Brewers	6–5 (12)	Rusch (2-0)	Turnbow (0-1)	–	39,076	3–3
7	April 11	Padres	0-1	Eaton (1-0)	Dempster (0–2)	Hoffman (1)	36,791	3-4
8	April 13	Padres	8-3	Peavy (1–0)	Wood (0-1)	–	–	3-5
9	April 13	Padres	8-3	Prior (1-0)	Lawrence (0-2)	–	39,230	4-5
10	April 15	@ Pirates	5–8	Torres (1-0)	Remlinger (0-1)	Mesa (4)	29,256	4-6
11	April 16	@ Pirates	4-3	Dempster (1-2)	Wells (0-3)	Hawkins (1)	34,783	5-6
12	April 17	@ Pirates	7–6 (11)	Wuertz (1-0)	Redman (0-1)	Hawkins (2)	20,416	6–6
11	April 19	Padres	2–5	Cashner (1–2)	Lester (0–2)	Benoit (1)	29,113	6–5
12	April 20	@ Pirates	5–2	Arrieta (2–1)	Caminero (0–1)	—	11,777	7–5
13	April 21	@ Pirates	9–8	Jackson (1–0)	Melancon (0–1)	Rondon (3)	13,680	8–5
14	April 22	@ Pirates	3–4	Worley (2–1)	Hammel(1–1)	Watson (1)	15,101	8–6
15	April 23	@ Pirates	4–5	Liz (1–1)	Schlitter (0–2)	Melancon (3)	22,224	8–7
16	April 24	@ Reds	7–3 (11)	Motte (1–0)	Badenhop (0–1)	—	39,891	9–7
–	April 25	@ Reds	Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: July 22)
17	April 26	@ Reds	5–2	Arrieta (3–1)	DeSclafani (2–1)	Rondon (4)	38,954	10–7
18	April 27	Pirates	4–0	Hammel (2–1)	Worley (2–2)	—	29,159	11–7
19	April 28	Pirates	6–2	Wood (2–1)	Locke (2–1)	—	29,915	12–7
20	April 29	Pirates	1–8	Cole (4–0)	Hendricks (0–1)	—	30,634	12–8

May: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
21	May 1	Brewers	1–0	Lester (1–2)	Peralta (0–4)	Rondon (5)	31,128	13–8
22	May 2	Brewers	1–6	Fiers (1–3)	Arrieta (3–2)	—	34,878	13–9
23	May 3	Brewers	3–5	Smith (1–0)	Strop (0–1)	Rodríguez (4)	33,398	13–10
24	May 4	@ Cardinals	9–10	Socalovich (2–0)	Strop (0–2)	Maness (2)	41,981	13–11
25	May 5	@ Cardinals	4–7	Harris (1–0)	Jackson (1–1)	Rosenthal (9)	41,613	13–12
26	May 6	@ Cardinals	6–5	Lester (2–2)	Lynn (1–3)	Rondon (6)	42,207	14–12
27	May 7	@ Cardinals	1–5	Lackey (1–2)	Arrieta (3–3)	Rosenthal (10)	44,472	14–13
28	May 8	@ Brewers	7–6	Hammel (3–1)	Nelson (1–3)	—	38,283	15–13
29	May 9	@ Brewers	4–12	Lohse (2–4)	Wood (2–2)	—	39,600	15–14
30	May 10	@ Brewers	2–3 (10)	Blazek (3–0)	Motte (1–1)	—	41,467	15–15
31	May 11	Mets	4–3	Lester (3–2)	deGrom (3–4)	Rondon (7)	32,980	16–15
32	May 12	Mets	6–1	Arrieta (4–3)	Syndergaard (0–1)	—	31,542	17–15
33	May 13	Mets	2–1	Rondon (2–0)	Torres (1–2)	—	33,709	18–15
34	May 14	Mets	6–5	Strop (1–2)	Niese (3–3)	Rondon (8)	31,497	19–15
35	May 15	Pirates	11–10 (12)	Jackson (2–1)	Liz (1–3)	—	33,617	20–15
36	May 16	Pirates	4–1	Lester (4–2)	Cole (5–2)	Wood (1)	38,883	21–15
37	May 17	Pirates	0–3	Burnett (3–1)	Arrieta (4–4)	Melancon (9)	36,289	21–16
38	May 19	@ Padres	3–4	Benoit (4–1)	Russell (0–1)	Kimbrel (11)	25,917	21–17
39	May 20	@ Padres	3–2	Grimm (1–0)	T. Ross (2–4)	Rondon (9)	25.028	22–17
40	May 21	@ Padres	3–0	Hendricks (1–1)	Despaigne (2–3)	—	30.021	23–17
41	May 22	@ Diamondbacks	4–5 (13)	Delgado (2–2)	Rosscup (1–1)	—	34,498	23–18
42	May 23	@ Diamondbacks	9–6	Motte(2–1)	Burgos (0–2)	Strop (1)	30,502	24–18
43	May 24	@ Diamondbacks	3–4	Hellickson (2–3)	Hammel (3–2)	Ziegler (2)	39,660	24–19
44	May 25	Nationals	1–2	Roark (1–2)	Grimm (1–1)	Storen (15)	38,463	24–20
45	May 26	Nationals	3–2	Rondon (3–0)	Grace (2–1)	—	30,440	25–20
46	May 27	Nationals	0–3	Scherzer (6–3)	Lester (4–3)	Storen (16)	34,215	25–21
47	May 29	Royals	4–8	Herrera (1–1)	Strop (1–3)	—	34,273	25–22
–	May 30	Royals	Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: September 28)
48	May 31	Royals	2–1 (11)	Rosscup (2–1)	Madson (0–1)	—	37,766	26–22

June: 14–13 (Home: 5–4; Away: 9–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
49	June 1	@ Marlins	5–1	Hammel (4–2)	Urena (0–2)	—	20,964	27–22
50	June 2	@ Marlins	2–5	Hand (1–1)	Hendricks (1–2)	Ramos (5)	23,789	27–23
51	June 3	@ Marlins	3–7	Haren (6–2)	Lester (4–4)	—	22,962	27–24
52	June 4	@ Nationals	2–1	Arrieta (5–4)	Gonzalez (4–3)	Rondón (10)	35,465	28–24
53	June 5	@ Nationals	5–7	Roark (2–2)	Wada (0–1)	–	36,124	28–25
54	June 6	@ Nationals	4–2	Hammel (5–2)	Ross (0–1)	Strop (2)	38,214	29–25
55	June 7	@ Nationals	6–3	Hendricks (2–2)	Zimmermann (5–3)	Motte (1)	40,939	30–25
56	June 9	@ Tigers	0–6	Sanchez (4–7)	Lester (4–5)	—	33,301	30–26
57	June 10	@ Tigers	12–3	Arrieta (6–4)	Greene (4–6)	—	33,397	31–26
58	June 11	Reds	6–3	Wood (3–2)	Lorenzen (1–2)	Rondón (11)	35,031	32–26
59	June 12	Reds	4–5 (10)	Hoover (5–0)	Rondón (3–1)	Chapman (13)	40,016	32–27
60	June 13	Reds	4–3	Motte (3–1)	Cingrani (0–3)	—	40,693	33–27
61	June 14	Reds	2–1 (11)	Schlitter (1–2)	Badenhop (0–2)	—	33,201	34–27
–	June 15	Indians	Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: August 24)
62	June 16	Indians	0–6	Bauer (6–3)	Arrieta (6–5)	—	35,914	34–28
63	June 17	@ Indians	17–0	Wada (1–1)	Marcum (3–2)	—	15,572	35–28
64	June 18	@ Indians	3–4	McAllister (2–2)	Wood (3–3)	Shaw (1)	15,891	35–29
65	June 19	@ Twins	2–7	Hughes (5–6)	Hendricks (2–3)	—	36,817	35–30
66	June 20	@ Twins	4–1 (10)	Motte (4–1)	Boyer (2–3)	Rondon (12)	40,066	36–30
67	June 21	@ Twins	8–0	Arrieta (7–5)	Gibson (4–6)	—	40,273	37–30
68	June 22	Dodgers	4–2	Wood (4–3)	Kershaw (5–5)	Motte (2)	35,147	38–30
69	June 23	Dodgers	1–0 (10)	Motte (5–1)	Peralta (1–1)	—	36,799	39–30
70	June 24	Dodgers	2–5	Howell (3–1)	Hendricks (2–4)	Jansen (10)	36.653	39–31
71	June 25	Dodgers	0–4	Frias (5–5)	Lester (4–6)	—	41,498	39–32
72	June 26	@ Cardinals	2–3	Maness (2–0)	Grimm (1–2)	—	45,558	39–33
73	June 27	@ Cardinals	1–8	Wacha (10–3)	Roach (0–1)	Villanueva (1)	46,407	39–34
74	June 28	@ Cardinals	1–4	Martinez (9–3)	Hammel (5–3)	Rosenthal (23)	45,384	39–35
75	June 30	@ Mets	1–0	Hendricks (3–4)	Niese (3–8)	Motte (3)	27,084	40–35

July: 15–12 (Home: 7–9; Away: 8–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
76	July 1	@ Mets	2–0 (11)	Motte (6–1)	Torres (2–4)	Grimm (1)	23,906	41–35
77	July 2	@ Mets	6–1	Arrieta (8–5)	deGrom (8–6)	—	27,207	42–35
78	July 3	Marlins	1–2	Koehler (7–4)	Hammel (5–4)	Ramos (13)	41,212	42–36
79	July 4	Marlins	7–2	Richard (1–0)	Cosart (1–4)	—	37,898	43–36
80	July 5	Marlins	2–0	Hendricks (4–4)	Latos (3–6)	Motte (4)	37,766	44–36
81	July 6	Cardinals	0–6	Lackey (7–5)	Lester(4–7)	—	37,609	44–37
82	July 7	Cardinals	7–4	Arrieta (9–5)	Lyons (2–1)	—	34,368	45–37
83	July 7	Cardinals	5–3	Wood (5–3)	Maness (3–1)	Motte (5)	35,703	46–37
84	July 8	Cardinals	5–6	Socolovich (3–1)	Strop (1–4)	Rosenthal (25)	37,993	46–38
85	July 10	White Sox	0–1	Petricka (3–2)	Rondon (3–2)	Robertson (19)	41,580	46–39
86	July 11	White Sox	1–5	Sale (8–4)	Lester (4–8)	—	41,596	46–40
87	July 12	White Sox	3–1	Arrieta (10–5)	Quintana (4–9)	—	41,688	47–40
86th All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio
88	July 17	@ Braves	2–4	Vizciano (1–0)	Strop (1–5)	Johnson (6)	42,532	47–41
89	July 18	@ Braves	4–0	Lester (5–8)	Banuelos (1–1)	—	45,758	48–41
90	July 19	@ Braves	4–1	Arrieta (11–5)	Miller (5–6)	—	31,690	49–41
91	July 20	@ Reds	4–5	Matthews (1–1)	Grimm (1–3)	Chapman (19)	34,900	49–42
92	July 21	@ Reds	5–4 (13)	Motte (7–1)	Adcock (1–2)	Grimm (2)	36,845	50–42
93	July 22	@ Reds	1–9	Leake (8–5)	Hendricks (4–5)	—	35,093	50–43
94	July 22	@ Reds	6–5	Rondon (4–2)	Chapman (3–4)	Motte (6)	39,183	51–43
95	July 24	Phillies	3–5 (10)	Giles (5–2)	Russell (0–2)	Papelbon (17)	41,230	51–44
96	July 25	Phillies	0–5	Hamels (6–7)	Arrieta (11–6)	—	41,683	51–45
97	July 26	Phillies	5–11	Nola (1–1)	Hammel (5–5)	—	41,123	51–46
98	July 27	Rockies	9–8	Soriano (1–0)	Axford (3–4)	—	35,070	52–46
99	July 28	Rockies	2–7	Flande (1–1)	Beeler (0–1)	—	36.747	52–47
100	July 29	Rockies	3–2	Lester (6–8)	Butler (3–7)	Rondon (13)	38,874	53–47
101	July 30	@ Brewers	5–2	Soriano (2–0)	Smith (4–2)	Rondon (14)	36,206	54–47
102	July 31	@ Brewers	4–1	Hammel (6–5)	Jungmann (5–3)	Rondon (15)	35,669	55–47

August: 19–9 (Home: 12–3; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
103	August 1	@ Brewers	4–2	Hendricks (5–5)	Garza (5–12)	Hunter (1)	41,720	56–47
104	August 2	@ Brewers	4–3	Richard (2–0)	Lohse (5–13)	Rondon (16)	38,536	57–47
—	August 3	@ Pirates	Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: September 15)
105	August 4	@ Pirates	5–0	Arrieta (12–6)	Happ (4–7)	—	34,993	58–47
106	August 5	@ Pirates	5–7	Bastardo (3–1)	Wood (5–4)	Melancon (34)	35,759	58–48
107	August 6	Giants	5–4	Grimm (2–3)	Heston (11–6)	Rondon (17)	41,242	59–48
108	August 7	Giants	7–3	Lester (7–8)	Vogelsong (7–8)	Rondon (18)	41,311	60–48
109	August 8	Giants	8–6	Hendricks (6–5)	Cain (2–3)	Grimm (3)	41,305	61–48
110	August 9	Giants	2–0	Arrieta (13–6)	Peavy (2–5)	Rondon (19)	39,939	62–48
111	August 11	Brewers	6–3	Haren (8–7)	Jungmann (6–4)	Russell (1)	37,109	63–48
112	August 12	Brewers	3–2 (10)	Hunter (3–2)	Blazek (5–3)	—	36,438	64–48
113	August 13	Brewers	9–2	Lester (8–8)	Cravy (0–4)	—	40,799	65–48
114	August 14	@ White Sox	6–5	Richard (3–0)	Samardzija (8–8)	Rondon (20)	36,386	66–48
115	August 15	@ White Sox	6–3	Arrieta (14–6)	Quintana (6–10)	Rondon (21)	39,579	67–48
116	August 16	@ White Sox	1–3	Sale (11–7)	Haren (8–8)	Robertson (24)	39,475	67–49
117	August 18	Tigers	8–10	Alburquerque (3–0)	Strop (1–6)	—	39,684	67–50
118	August 19	Tigers	8–15	Feliz (3–3)	Lester (8–9)	—	40,310	67–51
119	August 20	Braves	7–1	Arrieta (15–6)	Foltynewicz (4–5)	—	34,633	68–51
120	August 21	Braves	5–3	Motte (8–1)	Miller (5–10)	Rondon (22)	39,211	69–51
121	August 22	Braves	9–7	Strop (2–6)	Jackson (2–2)	Rondon (23)	41,196	70–51
122	August 23	Braves	9–3	Hammel (7–5)	Wisler (5–4)	—	39,581	71–51
123	August 24	Indians	2–1	Rondon (5–2)	McAllister (3–4)	—	36,283	72–51
124	August 25	@ Giants	8–5	Arrieta (16–6)	Cain (2–4)	Rondon (24)	41,595	73–51
125	August 26	@ Giants	2–4	Peavy (4–2)	Hendricks (6–6)	Casilla (31)	41,640	73–52
126	August 27	@ Giants	1–9	Bumgarner (16−6)	Haren (8–9)	—	41,847	73–53
127	August 28	@ Dodgers	1–4	Kershaw (11−6)	Hammel (7−6)	Jansen (26)	44,874	73–54
128	August 29	@ Dodgers	2–5	Howell (5−1)	Lester (8−10)	Jansen (27)	51,697	73–55
129	August 30	@ Dodgers	2–0	Arrieta (17–6)	Wood (9–9)	—	46,679	74–55
130	August 31	Reds	5–13	Mattheus (2−4)	Grimm (2−4)	Chapman (26)	34,017	74–56

September: 19–9 (Home: 10–5; Away: 9–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	Reds	5–4	Rodney (6−5)	Badenhop (1−4)	Rondon (25)	33,756	75–56
132	September 2	Reds	4–7	Hoover (7−0)	Rondon (5−3)	Chapman (27)	31,165	75–57
133	September 4	Diamondbacks	14–5	Lester (9−10)	Godley (4−1)	—	36,132	76–57
134	September 5	Diamondbacks	2–0	Arrieta (18–6)	Ray (3–11)	Rondon (26)	40,690	77–57
135	September 6	Diamondbacks	6–4	Grimm (3−4)	De La Rosa (12−7)	—	41,183	78–57
136	September 7	@ Cardinals	9–0	Haren (9–9)	Lynn (11–9)	—	45,986	79–57
137	September 8	@ Cardinals	8–5	Hammel (8–6)	Wacha (15–5)	Rondón (27)	42,206	80–57
138	September 9	@ Cardinals	3–4	Broxton (2−1)	Richard (3−1)	Rosenthal (43)	43,557	80–58
139	September 11	@ Phillies	5–1	Arrieta (19–6)	Morgan (5–6)	—		81–58
140	September 11	@ Phillies	7–3	Hendricks (7–6)	Asher (0–3)	Rondón (28)	22,538	82–58
141	September 12	@ Phillies	5–7	Giles (6–2)	Rondón (5–4)	—	20,813	82–59
142	September 13	@ Phillies	4–7	Hinojosa (1–0)	Richard (3–2)	Giles (13)	23,450	82–60
143	September 15	@ Pirates	4–5	Watson (4–1)	Grimm (3–5)	Melancon (46)	31,488	82–61
144	September 15	@ Pirates	2–1	Lester (10–10)	Happ (9–8)	—	25,914	83–61
145	September 16	@ Pirates	3–2 (12)	Rondón (6–4)	Worley (4–6)	—	31,945	84–61
146	September 17	@ Pirates	9–6	Richard (4–2)	Morton (9–8)	Wood (2)	28,228	85–61
147	September 18	Cardinals	8–3	Hunter (4−2)	Maness (4−2)	—	40,846	86–61
148	September 19	Cardinals	5–4	Cahill (1–3)	Wacha (16–6)	Strop (3)	40,994	87–61
149	September 20	Cardinals	3–4	Martinez (14–7)	Lester (10–11)	Rosenthal (46)	40,962	87–62
150	September 21	Brewers	9–5	Hammel (9–6)	Peralta (5–10)	—	34,373	88–62
151	September 22	Brewers	4–0	Arrieta (20–6)	Cravy (0–8)	—	36,270	89–62
152	September 23	Brewers	1–4	Davies (2–2)	Hendricks (7–7)	Rodrigues (35)	37,559	89–63
153	September 25	Pirates	2–3	Cole (18–8)	Lester (10−12)	Melancon (51)	40,432	89–64
154	September 26	Pirates	0–4	Liriano (12−7)	Hammel (9−7)	—	41,150	89–65
155	September 27	Pirates	4–0	Arrieta (21−6)	Burnett (9-6)	—	40,617	90–65
156	September 28	Royals	1–0 (11)	Rodney (7−5)	Almonte (0−2)	–	40,552	91–65
157	September 29	@ Reds	4–1	Haren (10–9)	Smith (0–3)	Wood (3)	18,168	92–65
158	September 30	@ Reds	10–3	Lester (11–12)	DeScalfani (9–13)	—	21,397	93–65

October: 4–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 4–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
159	October 1	@ Reds	5–3	Hammel (10–7)	Lamb (1–5)	Rondon (29)	26,352	94–65
160	October 2	@ Brewers	6–1	Arrieta (22–6)	Pena (2–1)	—	30,044	95–65
161	October 3	@ Brewers	1–0	Hendricks (8–7)	Wagner (0–2)	Rondon (30)	35,291	96–65
162	October 4	@ Brewers	3–1	Haren (11–9)	Lopez (1–1)	Wood (4)	32,959	97–65

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Cubs team member

Player stats

Stats in bold are the team leaders. Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; Avg. = Batting average

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
Ryan Dempster	63	92.0	5	3	3.13	89
Jon Leicester	6	9.0	0	2	51	0.78
Greg Maddux	35	225.0	13	15	4.24	136
Glendon Rusch	46	145.1	9	8	4.52	111
Michael Wuertz	75	75.2	6	2	116	89
Carlos Zambrano	33	223.1	14	6	135	202

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
LaTroy Hawkins	21	1	4	4	3.32	13

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
A-Short Season	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

1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollato01.shtml
1 2 3 http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml
↑ Sammy Sosa Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: 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	Los Angeles 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

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park
Plant Field
Rendezvous Park
Blair Field
HoHoKam Park
Sloan Park

Lore

Culture

Rivalries

Key personnel

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

World Series
championships (3)

National League
championships (17)

Division
championships

East	1984 1989

Central	2003 2007 2008 2016

Wild Card	1998 2015

Minor league
affiliates

Media

Seasons (146)

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1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

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