2005 Cincinnati Reds season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Cincinnati Reds
season = 2005
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = Great American Ball Park
y4 = 2003
city = Cincinnati, Ohio
y5 = 1876
owners = Carl Lindner
general managers = Dan O'Brien
managers = Dave Miley, Jerry Narron
television = FSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
radio = WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Steve Stewart)
espntn = cin
brtn = CIN|

The Cincinnati Reds' 2005 season consisted of the Reds finishing in fifth place in the National League Central Division. The Reds were managed by Dave Miley for most of the season, and after being fired, was followed by Jerry Narron.

Offseason

*November 15, 2004: Kenny Kely was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyke01.shtml]

Regular season

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The Reds finished with an overall record of 73-89, 16 games under .500, and in 5th place behind the division winner, the St. Louis Cardinals. They were 27 games behind the Cardinals in their division, and 16 games behind the second place team, the Houston Astros, the eventual National League champions. The Reds finished 8 games behind the third place team, the Milwaukee Brewers, and 6 games behind the fourth place team, the Chicago Cubs. The Reds were six games ahead of the last place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Sean Casey led the team in batting average with an average of .312. Adam Dunn led the team in both home runs and RBI, with 40 and 101, respectively. Aaron Harang led the team in wins with 11. Felipe López was the only Red to make the National League All-Star team.

The Reds finished in 13th out of 16 teams in the National League in attendance. The Reds scored 820 runs and allowed 889 runs. Ken Griffey, Jr. led the team in season salary.

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Transactions

*July 1, 2005: Jason Standridge was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/standja01.shtml]
*July 20, 2005: Kenny Kely was selected off waivers by the Washington Nationals from the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyke01.shtml]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/2005.shtml 2005 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference]
*Season Standings: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings?date=20051029 National League Central Standings] on ESPN.com
*Game Logs::1st Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=cin&season=2005&seasonType=2&half=1 Cincinnati Reds Game Log] on ESPN.com:2nd Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=cin&season=2005&seasonType=2&half=2 Cincinnati Reds Game Log] on ESPN.com
*Batting Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=cin&season=2005&seasonType=2 Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats] on ESPN.com
*Pitching Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/pitching?team=cin&season=2005&seasonType=2 Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats] on ESPN.com