2005 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 2005
misc = NL Central Champs

current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = William DeWitt, Jr.
managers = Tony La Russa
television = FSN Midwest
(Joe Buck,Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter)
radio = KMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

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. In the playoffs the Cardinals swept the San Diego Padres 3 games to 0 in the NLDS. However, the Cardinals lost to the Houston Astros 4 games to 2 in the NLCS.

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.

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.

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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harenda01.shtml Danny Haren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 21, 2005: Bill Pulsipher was Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pulsibi01.shtml Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

eason standings

Transactions

*July 29, 2005: Alan Benes was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml]
*September 6, 2005: Bill Pulsipher was Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Game log

Roster

Starting pitchers

NLDS

t. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres

St. Louis wins series, 3-0.

NLCS

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/2005.shtml 2005 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2005&t=SLN 2005 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com] succession box
title = NL Central Championship Season
years = 2005
before =St. Louis Cardinals
2004
after = St. Louis Cardinals
2006