2005 Atlanta Braves season

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.

2005 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Turner Field
City	Atlanta
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	1st
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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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

• On September 15, 2005, Andruw Jones hit his 300th career home run which went 430 feet (130 m) off Philadelphia Phillies reliever Geoff Geary in a 12–4 Phillies win. Jones became one of the quickest in Major League history to 300 home runs.^[7] The ball landed in the upper deck in left field at Citizens Bank Park.^[8]

Opening Day starters

Position	Name
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

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	72	.556	—	53‍–‍28	37‍–‍44
Philadelphia Phillies	88	74	.543	2	46‍–‍35	42‍–‍39
Florida Marlins	83	79	.512	7	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
New York Mets	83	79	.512	7	48‍–‍33	35‍–‍46
Washington Nationals	81	81	.500	9	41‍–‍40	40‍–‍41

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League record v t e Source:
Team	AZ	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

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 50 Adam Bernero 48 Blaine Boyer 27 Frank Brooks 38 Jim Brower 48 Matt Childers 40 Román Colón 26 Kyle Davies 28 Joey Devine 40 Kyle Farnsworth 46 John Foster 48 Seth Greisinger 49 Kevin Gryboski 32 Mike Hampton 15 Tim Hudson 36 Chuck James 51 Dan Kolb 50 Anthony Lerew 38 Tom Martin 49 Macay McBride 43 Jay Powell 30 Horacio Ramírez 37 Chris Reitsma 29 John Smoltz 34 Jorge Sosa 52 John Thomson 36 Jorge Vásquez		Catchers 23 Johnny Estrada 16 Brian McCann  8 Brayan Peña 12 Eddie Pérez Infielders 24 Wilson Betemit 14 Julio Franco  1 Rafael Furcal 22 Marcus Giles 10 Chipper Jones 19 Adam LaRoche 11 Andy Marte  4 Pete Orr		Outfielders  7 Jeff Francoeur 20 Todd Hollandsworth 27 Kelly Johnson 25 Andruw Jones 33 Brian Jordan 18 Ryan Langerhans 43 Raúl Mondesí		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 39 Pat Corrales (bench) 53 Bobby Dews (bullpen) 45 Fredi González (third base) 17 Glenn Hubbard (first base) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching)  9 Terry Pendleton (hitting)

Game log

2005 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 53–28; Away: 37–44)
April: 14–10 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Marlins 0–9 Beckett (1–0) Smoltz (0–1) — 57,405 0–1 2 April 6 @ Marlins 2–1 (13) Bernero (1–0) Bump (0–1) Kolb (1) 20,317 1–1 3 April 7 @ Marlins 4–2 Hudson (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Kolb (2) 19,108 2–1 4 April 8 Mets 3–1 Thomson (1–0) Zambrano (0–1) Kolb (3) 50,939 3–1 5 April 9 Mets 6–3 Bernero (2–0) Heilman (0–1) — 40,604 4–1 6 April 10 Mets 1–6 Martinez (1–0) Smoltz (0–2) — 36,601 4–2 7 April 11 Nationals 11–2 Hampton (1–0) Day (0–1) — 16,584 5–2 8 April 12 Nationals 3–4 Ayala (1–0) Kolb (0–1) Cordero (1) 20,122 5–3 9 April 13 Nationals 4–11 Ohka (1–1) Thomson (1–1) — 19,093 5–4 10 April 15 @ Phillies 11–4 Ramirez (1–0) Floyd (1–1) — 31,408 6–4 11 April 16 @ Phillies 1–2 Lieber (3–0) Smoltz (0–3) Wagner (2) 36,820 6–5 12 April 17 @ Phillies 1–2 (10) Madson (1–1) Kolb (0–2) — 32,008 6–6 13 April 18 @ Astros 1–0 (12) Sosa (1–0) Wheeler (0–2) Kolb (4) 31,672 7–6 14 April 19 @ Astros 3–5 Backe (1–0) Thomson (1–2) Lidge (4) 32,146 7–7 15 April 20 @ Nationals 0–2 Day (1–1) Ramirez (1–1) Cordero (3) 27,374 7–8 16 April 21 @ Nationals 2–1 Reitsma (1–0) Cordero (2–1) Kolb (5) 30,728 8–8 17 April 22 Phillies 6–2 Hampton (2–0) Myers (1–1) Kolb (6) 26,837 9–8 18 April 23 Phillies 11–1 Hudson (2–0) Wolf (1–2) — 31,656 10–8 19 April 24 Phillies 4–0 Thomson (2–2) Padilla (0–2) — 26,713 11–8 20 April 25 @ Mets 4–5 Heilman (2–2) Ramirez (1–2) Looper (3) 16,874 11–9 21 April 26 @ Mets 4–3 Smoltz (1–3) Martinez (2–1) Foster (1) 31,511 12–9 22 April 27 @ Mets 8–4 Hampton (3–0) Glavine (1–3) — 21,087 13–9 23 April 29 Cardinals 5–6 Mulder (3–1) Hudson (2–1) Reyes (1) 33,833 13–10 24 April 30 Cardinals 3–2 Kolb (1–2) Journell (0–1) — 35,789 14–10
May: 14–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Cardinals 2–1 Smoltz (2–3) Suppan (2–3) Kolb (7) 34,304 15–10 26 May 3 Marlins 6–11 Leiter (1–2) Hampton (3–1) — 22,299 15–11 27 May 4 Marlins 5–2 Hudson (3–1) Burnett (3–2) Kolb (8) 25,082 16–11 28 May 5 Astros 9–3 Thomson (3–2) Backe (2–2) — 20,553 17–11 29 May 6 Astros 9–4 Smoltz (3–3) Oswalt (4–3) — 26,987 19–11 30 May 7 Astros 4–1 Ramirez (2–2) Pettitte (2–3) Kolb (9) 36,452 19–11 31 May 8 Astros 16–0 Hampton (4–1) Astacio (0–1) — 32,498 20–11 32 May 9 @ Rockies 6–7 Wright (2–2) Hudson (3–2) Tsao (3) 20,307 20–12 33 May 10 @ Rockies 9–5 Sosa (2–0) Jennings (1–4) — 20,415 21–12 34 May 11 @ Rockies 5–6 Tsao (1–0) Kolb (1–3) — 19,631 21–13 35 May 13 @ Dodgers 4–7 Carrara (4–0) Reitsma (1–1) Brazoban (11) 53,689 21–14 36 May 14 @ Dodgers 5–1 Bernero (3–0) Perez (4–4) — 49,112 22–14 37 May 15 @ Dodgers 5–2 Hudson (4–2) Alvarez (1–1) Kolb (10) 53,239 23–14 38 May 16 @ Padres 3–5 Linebrink (1–1) Reitsma (1–2) Hoffman (12) 25,958 23–15 39 May 17 @ Padres 2–3 Reyes (2–0) Kolb (1–4) — 31,330 23–16 40 May 18 @ Padres 4–8 Eaton (6–1) Ramirez (2–3) Hoffman (13) 31,670 23–17 41 May 20 @ Red Sox 3–4 Miller (1–0) Hudson (4–3) Foulke (11) 35,332 23–18 42 May 21 @ Red Sox 7–5 Davies (1–0) Wakefield (4–3) — 35,008 24–18 43 May 22 @ Red Sox 2–5 Clement (5–0) Colon (0–1) — 34,844 24–19 44 May 23 Mets 8–6 Ramirez (3–3) Ishii (0–3) Kolb (11) 26,132 25–19 45 May 24 Mets 4–0 Hudson (5–3) Glavine (3–5) — 28,927 26–19 46 May 25 Mets 3–0 Davies (2–0) Zambrano (2–5) Reitsma (1) 33,250 27–19 47 May 27 Phillies 1–5 Lidle (5–3) Smoltz (3–4) — 31,501 27–20 48 May 28 Phillies 5–12 Lieber (6–4) Ramirez (3–4) — 34,975 27–21 49 May 29 Phillies 7–2 Hudson (6–3) Myers (4–3) — 37,615 28–21 50 May 30 @ Nationals 2–3 Ohka (4–3) Davies (2–1) Cordero (12) 39,705 28–22 51 May 31 @ Nationals 4–5 Ayala (3–3) Colon (0–2) Cordero (13) 29,512 28–23
June: 15–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 @ Nationals 5–4 Smoltz (4–4) Carrasco (1–1) Reitsma (2) 28,280 29–23 53 June 2 @ Nationals 6–8 Carrasco (2–1) Kolb (1–5) Cordero (14) 29,225 29–24 54 June 3 @ Pirates 1–3 Wells (4–4) Hudson (6–4) Mesa (15) 27,643 29–25 55 June 4 @ Pirates 1–0 Foster (1–0) Gonzalez (0–2) Reitsma (3) 33,649 30–25 56 June 5 @ Pirates 2–5 Perez (4–4) Bernero (3–1) Mesa (16) 28,717 30–26 57 June 6 Angels 2–4 Donnelly (3–1) Smoltz (4–5) Rodriguez (11) 23,104 30–27 58 June 7 Angels 3–2 Ramirez (4–4) Byrd (5–5) Reitsma (4) 25,276 31–27 59 June 8 Angels 4–8 Donnelly (4–1) Foster (1–1) — 27,747 31–28 60 June 10 Athletics 4–6 Haren (4–7) Colon (0–3) Street (3) 28,535 31–29 61 June 11 Athletics 5–3 Smoltz (5–5) Duchscherer (2–1) — 36,004 31–30 62 June 12 Athletics 5–11 Zito (3–7) Boyer (0–1) — 27,819 32–30 63 June 13 @ Rangers 3–7 Young (6–3) Hudson (6–5) — 41,594 32–31 64 June 14 @ Rangers 7–2 Sosa (3–0) Astacio (2–8) — 30,221 32–31 65 June 15 @ Rangers 5–9 Park (7–1) Davies (2–2) Cordero (17) 33,663 33–32 66 June 16 @ Reds 5–2 Smoltz (6–5) Claussen (3–4) Reitsma (5) 23,362 34–32 67 June 17 @ Reds 10–5 Ramirez (5–4) Ortiz (2–5) — 27,023 35–32 68 June 18 @ Reds 6–1 Bernero (4–1) Milton (3–9) — 41,737 36–32 69 June 19 @ Reds 8–11 Weathers (4–0) Bernero (4–2) — 28,836 36–33 70 June 21 Marlins 5–0 Smoltz (7–5) Burnett (4–5) — 28,686 37–33 71 June 22 Marlins 8–0 Ramirez (6–4) Moehler (2–5) — 30,216 38–33 72 June 23 Marlins 0–8 Willis (12–2) Sosa (3–1) — 29,826 38–34 73 June 24 Orioles 7–5 Davies (3–2) Penn (2–1) Reitsma (6) 43,822 39–34 74 June 25 Orioles 5–4 Vasquez (1–0) Williams (4–4) — 44,106 40–34 75 June 26 Orioles 8–1 Smoltz (8–5) Lopez (7–3) — 37,157 41–34 76 June 27 @ Marlins 7–2 (8) Ramirez (7–4) Moehler (2–6) — 16,341 42–34 77 June 28 @ Marlins 9–1 Sosa (4–1) Willis (12–3) — 20,129 43–34 78 June 29 @ Marlins 5–6 (13) Riedling (4–1) Bernero (4–3) — 23,512 43–35 79 June 30 @ Marlins 2–6 Beckett (8–5) Colon (0–4) — 23,147 43–36
July: 18–8 (Home: 11–2; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 @ Phillies 9–1 Smoltz (9–5) Padilla (3–8) — 45,004 44–36 81 July 2 @ Phillies 3–6 Myers (6–4) Ramirez (7–5) Wagner (20) 29,205 44–37 82 July 3 @ Phillies 4–3 Brower (3–1) Wagner (1–1) Reitsma (7) 39,732 45–37 83 July 4 Cubs 4–0 Davies (4–2) Wood (1–2) — 52,274 46–37 84 July 4 Cubs 5–1 Colon (1–4) Maddux (7–6) — 34,698 47–37 – July 6 Cubs Postponed (rain); rescheduled for July 7 85 July 7 (1) Cubs 6–0 Ramirez (8–5) Prior (5–3) — 32,711 48–37 86 July 7 (2) Cubs 9–4 Foster (2–1) Novoa (2–2) — 34,847 49–37 87 July 8 Brewers 2–1 Kolb (2–5) Santana (1–3) — 29,402 50–37 88 July 9 Brewers 6–9 Sheets (5–6) Davies (4–3) — 40,514 50–38 89 July 10 Brewers 4–8 Capuano (10–6) Colon (1–5) — 24,916 50–39 76th All-Star Game in Detroit, Michigan 90 July 14 @ Mets 3–6 Hernandez (5–2) Brower (3–2) Looper (21) 43,319 50–40 91 July 15 @ Mets 2–1 Smoltz (10–5) Hernandez (5–3) Reitsma (8) 34,444 51–40 92 July 16 @ Mets 3–0 Hudson (7–5) Zambrano (4–8) Reitsma (9) 36,078 52–40 93 July 17 @ Mets 1–8 Martinez (11–3) Hampton (4–2) — 34,983 52–41 94 July 18 @ Giants 6–1 Sosa (5–1) Correia (1–1) — 42,277 53–41 95 July 19 @ Giants 4–5 Walker (3–2) Kolb (2–6) — 42,494 53–42 96 July 20 @ Giants 4–1 Smoltz (11–5) Lowry (6–10) Reitsma (10) 42,371 54–42 97 July 22 @ Diamondbacks 5–6 (10) Cormier (6–1) Brower (3–3) — 27,348 54–43 98 July 23 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Reitsma (2–2) Valverde (1–4) — 32,673 55–43 99 July 24 @ Diamondbacks 2–3 Vazquez (9–9) Ramirez (8–6) Bruney (11) 30,280 55–44 100 July 26 Nationals 3–2 (10) Reitsma (3–2) Stanton (1–3) — 43,308 56–44 101 July 27 Nationals 4–3 Kolb (3–6) Majewski (2–2) Reitsma (11) 40,625 57–44 102 July 28 Nationals 5–4 Sosa (6–1) Drese (7–10) Reitsma (12) 40,269 58–44 103 July 29 Pirates 2–1 Ramirez (9–6) Williams (8–8) McBride (1) 36,767 59–44 104 July 30 Pirates 9–6 Davies (5–3) Redman (5–11) Reitsma (13) 47,441 60–44 105 July 31 Pirates 5–4 Smoltz (12–5) Grabow (2–1) Reitsma (14) 33.275 61–44
August: 14–14 (Home: 7–9; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 Pirates 1–4 Duke (4–0) Hudson (7–6) Mesa (26) 25,875 61–45 107 August 2 @ Reds 12–2 Sosa (7–1) Ortiz (6–7) — 25,680 62–45 108 August 3 @ Reds 5–8 Claussen (6–8) Ramirez (9–7) Mercker (3) 37,157 62–46 109 August 4 @ Reds 7–4 Davies (6–3) Harang (7–10) Reitsma (15) 23,285 63–46 110 August 5 @ Cardinals 3–11 Mulder (13–5) Smoltz (12–6) — 47,838 63–47 111 August 6 @ Cardinals 8–1 Hudson (8–6) Marquis (9–10) — 48,565 64–47 112 August 7 @ Cardinals 3–5 King (3–2) Reitsma (3–3) — 47,714 64–48 113 August 9 Giants 7–1 Ramirez (10–7) Hennessey (4–4) — 27,230 65–48 114 August 10 Giants 5–4 (12) Boyer (1–1) Cooper (0–1) — 24,032 66–48 115 August 11 Giants 3–5 Schmidt (9–6) Hudson (8–7) Walker (20) 26,577 66–49 116 August 12 Diamondbacks 0–8 Vargas (6–6) Sosa (7–2) — 32,006 66–50 117 August 13 Diamondbacks 9–5 Foster (3–1) Cormier (7–3) — 36,817 67–50 118 August 14 Diamondbacks 13–8 Hampton (5–2) Vazquez (9–12) — 30,098 68–50 119 August 16 Dodgers 4–6 Carrara (7–4) Reitsma (3–4) Sanchez (1) 24,692 68–51 120 August 17 Dodgers 10–2 Hudson (9–7) Perez (7–7) — 23,028 69–51 121 August 18 Dodgers 4–7 Weaver (11–8) Thomson (3–3) Sanchez (2) 24,101 69–52 122 August 19 Padres 7–12 Park (10–6) Hampton (5–3) — 35,071 69–53 123 August 20 Padres 2–7 (13) Seanez (5–1) Devine (0–1) — 37,133 69–54 124 August 21 Padres 6–2 Sosa (8–2) Otsuka (1–5) — 26,077 70–54 125 August 22 @ Cubs 4–2 Hudson (10–7) Wood (3–4) — 38,767 71–54 126 August 23 @ Cubs 1–10 Williams (4–6) Thomson (3–4) — 38,273 71–55 127 August 24 @ Cubs 3–1 Sosa (9–2) Prior (9–5) Farnsworth (7) 38,033 72–55 128 August 26 @ Brewers 1–3 Sheets (10–9) Ramirez (10–8) Turnbow (29) 30,670 72–56 129 August 27 @ Brewers 8–4 Smoltz (13–6) Santos (4–13) — 42,464 73–56 130 August 28 @ Brewers 5–2 Hudson (11–7) Capuano (14–9) — 35,060 74–56 – August 29 Nationals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 31 131 August 30 Nationals 2–3 Bergmann (1–0) Sosa (9–3) Cordero (42) 20,001 74–57 132 August 31 (1) Nationals 5–3 Ramirez (11–8) Loaiza (9–10) Farnsworth (8) N/A 75–57 133 August 31 (2) Nationals 3–4 Stanton (2–3) Reitsma (3–5) Cordero (43) 25,555 75–58
September/October: 15–14 (Home: 11–5; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Nationals 8–7 (10) Davies (7–3) Ayala (8–7) — 19,053 76–58 135 September 2 Reds 7–4 Hudson (12–7) Milton (7–13) Farnsworth (9) 27,041 77–58 136 September 3 Reds 9–3 Sosa (10–3) Hudson (6–7) — 40,212 78–58 137 September 4 Reds 3–8 (12) Belisle (3–6) Kolb (3–7) — 34,472 78–59 138 September 5 Mets 4–2 Boyer (2–1) Trachsel (1–1) Farnsworth (10) 33,045 79–59 139 September 6 Mets 3–1 Smoltz (14–6) Martinez (13–7) Farnsworth (11) 21,068 80–59 140 September 7 Mets 4–3 (10) Foster (4–1) Looper (4–7) — 28,564 81–59 141 September 9 @ Nationals 6–8 Majewski (3–3) Foster (4–2) Cordero (44) 36,295 81–60 142 September 10 @ Nationals 4–0 Sosa (11–3) Hernandez (15–7) — 44,083 82–60 143 September 11 @ Nationals 9–7 McBride (1–0) Cordero (2–4) Farnsworth (12) 31,834 83–60 144 September 12 @ Phillies 1–4 Brito (1–0) Hudson (12–8) Wagner (33) 21,169 83–61 145 September 13 @ Phillies 4–5 Fultz (4–0) Boyer (2–2) Wagner (34) 24,311 83–62 146 September 14 @ Phillies 4–12 Lidle (11–10) Ramirez (11–9) — 23,125 83–63 147 September 15 @ Phillies 6–4 Sosa (12–3) Myers (12–8) Farnsworth (13) 27,804 84–63 148 September 16 @ Mets 0–4 Martinez (15–7) Smoltz (14–7) — 37,519 84–64 149 September 17 @ Mets 7–4 Hudson (13–8) Trachsel (1–3) Farnsworth (14) 34,191 85–64 150 September 18 @ Mets 1–4 Glavine (11–13) Thomson (3–5) — 31,703 85–65 151 September 20 Phillies 4–1 Sosa (13–3) Lidle (11–11) — 25,701 86–65 152 September 21 Phillies 6–10 (10) Geary (2–1) Davies (7–4) — 27,030 86–66 153 September 22 Phillies 0–4 Lieber (16–12) Hudson (13–9) — 26,301 86–67 154 September 23 Marlins 4–3 Boyer (3–2) Jones (1–5) Farnsworth (15) 39,076 87–67 155 September 24 Marlins 6–1 Thomson (4–5) Moehler (6–11) — 51,775 88–67 156 September 25 Marlins 5–3 Boyer (4–2) Burnett (12–12) Farnsworth (16) 48,147 89–67 157 September 26 Rockies 5–6 Speier (2–1) Reitsma (3–6) Fuentes (31) 23,788 89–68 158 September 27 Rockies 12–3 Hudson (14–9) Cook (6–2) — 25,306 90–68 159 September 28 Rockies 5–10 Francis (14–12) Davies (7–5) — 29,971 90–69 160 September 30 @ Marlins 2–5 Villone (4–5) Thomson (4–6) Jones (39) 25,461 90–70 161 October 1 @ Marlins 4–6 Resop (2–0) Kolb (3–8) Jones (40) 28,392 90–71 162 October 2 @ Marlins 6–7 (10) Villone (5–5) Davies (7–6) — 29,214 90–72
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Braves team member

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
C	Johnny Estrada	105	357	93	.261	4	39
1B	Adam LaRoche	141	451	117	.259	20	78
2B	Marcus Giles	152	577	168	.291	15	63
SS	Rafael Furcal	154	616	175	.284	12	58
3B	Chipper Jones	109	358	106	.296	21	72
LF	Kelly Johnson	87	290	70	.241	9	40
CF	Andruw Jones	160	586	154	.263	51	128
RF	Jeff Francoeur	70	257	77	.300	14	45

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 Langerhans	128	326	87	.267	8	42
Wilson Betemit	115	246	75	.305	4	20
Julio Franco	108	233	64	.275	9	42
Brian Jordan	76	231	57	.247	3	24
Brian McCann	59	180	50	.278	5	23
Pete Orr	112	150	45	.300	1	8
Raúl Mondesí	41	142	30	.211	4	17
Andy Marte	24	57	8	.140	0	4
Brayan Peña	18	39	7	.179	0	4
Eddie Pérez	16	38	5	.211	2	6
Todd Hollandsworth	24	35	6	.171	1	1

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 Smoltz	33	229.2	14	7	3.06	169
Horacio Ramírez	33	202.1	11	9	4.63	80
Tim Hudson	29	192.0	14	9	3.52	115
John Thomson	17	98.2	4	6	4.47	61
Mike Hampton	12	69.1	5	3	3.50	27
Seth Greisinger	1	5.0	0	0	3.60	2

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 Sosa	44	134.0	13	3	2.55	85
Kyle Davies	21	87.2	7	6	4.93	62
Román Colón	23	44.1	1	5	5.28	30

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 Reitsma	76	3	6	15	3.93	42
Danny Kolb	65	3	8	11	5.93	39
John Foster	62	4	2	1	4.15	32
Blaine Boyer	43	4	2	0	3.11	33
Jim Brower	37	1	2	0	4.20	28
Adam Bernero	36	4	3	0	6.51	37
Kevin Gryboski	31	0	0	0	2.98	8
Kyle Farnsworth	26	0	0	10	1.98	32
Macay McBride	23	1	0	1	5.79	22
Jorge Vásquez	7	1	0	0	3.00	9
Anthony Lerew	7	0	0	0	5.63	5
Joey Devine	5	0	1	0	12.60	3
Jay Powell	5	0	0	0	0.00	1
Tom Martin	4	0	0	0	19.29	0
Matt Childers	3	0	0	0	4.50	2
Chuck James	2	0	0	0	1.59	5
Frank Brooks	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Postseason

Game log

2005 Postseason Game Log
National League Division Series: 1–3 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 5 Astros 5–10 Pettitte (1–0) Hudson (0–1) — 40,590 0–1 2 October 6 Astros 7–1 Smoltz (1–0) Clemens (0–1) — 46,181 1–1 3 October 8 @ Astros 3–7 Oswalt (1–0) Sosa (0–1) — 43,759 1–2 4 October 9 @ Astros 6–7 (18) Clemens (1–1) Devine (0–1) — 43,413 1–3

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

• 2005 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference