2005 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2005 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 36th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 8th in the National League, and 37th overall. They finished the season in third place in the National League Central Division. This was also the Brewers’ first non-losing season since 1992.[1]

2005 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Mark Attanasio
General manager(s)Doug Melvin
Manager(s)Ned Yost
Local televisionFSN Wisconsin
(Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder)
Local radioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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Offseason
  • December 13, 2004: Scott Podsednik was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later and Luis Vizcaíno to the Chicago White Sox for Carlos Lee. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Travis Hinton (minors) (January 10, 2005) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.[2]
  • January 21, 2005: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]
  • March 29, 2005: Brooks Kieschnick was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters
  • Russell Branyan
  • Brady Clark
  • Doug Davis
  • J. J. Hardy
  • Geoff Jenkins
  • Carlos Lee
  • Damian Miller
  • Lyle Overbay
  • Junior Spivey

[5]

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
  • May 27, 2005: Tim Crabtree was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.[6]
  • July 27, 2005: Ricky Bottalico was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]

Roster
2005 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Awards and records

2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Carlos Lee, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2005.[7] The Nashville Sounds won the Pacific Coast League championship.[8]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Frank Kremblas
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Don Money
Class A-Advanced Brevard County Manatees Florida State League John Tamargo
Class A West Virginia Power South Atlantic League Ramón Avilés
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Ed Sedar
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Mike Guerrero

Game log
Game Log

References
  1. "Milwaukee Brewers Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball Reference.
  2. Scott Podsednik Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Ricky Bottalico Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Brooks Kieschnick Stats".
  5. "2005 Milwaukee Brewers Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. "Tim Crabtree Stats".
  7. "2005 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  8. "Pacific Coast League Champions". Pacific Coast League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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