2005 Philadelphia Phillies season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Philadelphia Phillies
season = 2005
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1883
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Citizens Bank Park
y4 = 2004
city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
y5 = 1883
owners = Bill Giles
general managers =Ed Wade
managers =Charlie Manuel
television = WPSGKYW-TV
CSN Philadelphia
radio = WIP (AM)/WPHT
(Harry Kalas, Larry Andersen, Chris Wheeler, Scott Graham, John Kruk, Tom McCarthy)
WPWA
(Bill Kulik, Danny Martinez] )|

The by|2005 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 123rd season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished in second place in the National League East with a record of 88-74, two games behind the Atlanta Braves, and one game behind the NL Champion Houston Astros, who won the NL Wild-Card race for the second consecutive season. The Phillies were managed by their new manager Charlie Manuel, as they played their home games at Citizens Bank Park. First-baseman Ryan Howard was named the National League's Rookie-of-the-Year for the 2005 season.

Offseason

* October 29, 2004: Chris Coste signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/costech01.shtml Chris Coste Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* December 3, 2004: Kenny Lofton was traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Felix Rodriguez.

Regular season

*On September 14, 2005, Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves hit his 300th career home run which went 430 feet off Phils reliever Geoff Geary in a 12-4 Phillies win. The ball landed in the upper deck in left field.

eason standings

Transactions

*May 14, 2005: Marlon Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Nationals for Endy Chavez. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/byrdma01.shtml]
*June 8, 2005: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ramon Martinez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Placido Polanco. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2005.shtml 2005 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference]