2005 Cincinnati Reds season

March 2026 November 2013 Cincinnati Reds 2005 National League Central Great American Ball Park Cincinnati 73–89 (.451) 5th Carl Lindner Dan O'Brien Jr. Dave Miley, Jerry Narron FSN Ohio (George Grande, Chris Welsh) WLW(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Steve Stewart) cin CIN thumb | right The 2005 Cincinnati Reds season was the 136th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their third season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. It consisted of the Reds finishing in fifth place in the National League Central and failing to improve on their 76–86 record from 2004. The Reds were managed by Dave Miley for most of the season, and after being fired, was followed by Jerry Narron. The Reds missed the playoffs for the tenth straight season, tying a record set between 1980 and 1989. Offseason November 15, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyke01.shtml Kenny Kelly Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com August 24, 2012 December 15, 2004: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml David Weathers Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com August 24, 2012 December 27, 2004: Eric Milton was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=1953873 Reds sign Eric Milton to three-year deal February 4, 2005 Barry Larkin announced his retirement. He played all 19 seasons with the Reds. Regular season Season information 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 at $12,500,000. Season standings National League Central Cincinnati Reds Record vs. opponents CIN Transactions July 1, 2005: Jason Standridge was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/standja01.shtml Jason Standridge Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com August 24, 2012 July 20, 2005: Kenny Kelly was selected off waivers by the Washington Nationals from the Cincinnati Reds. Roster 2005 Cincinnati Reds Roster Pitchers 31 Matt Belisle 52 Chris Booker 34 Brandon Claussen 56 Todd Coffey 32 Danny Graves 43 Josh Hancock 39 Aaron Harang 54 Luke Hudson 57 Randy Keisler 50 Kent Mercker 22 Eric Milton 36 Ramón Ortiz 45 Elizardo Ramírez 37 Brian Shackelford 46 Allan Simpson 35 Jason Standridge 52 Ricky Stone 48 Joe Valentine 38 Ryan Wagner 25 David Weathers 77 Ben Weber 40 Paul Wilson Catchers 23 Jason LaRue 29 Miguel Perez 59 Dane Sardinha 17 Javier Valentín Infielders 33 Rich Aurilia 27 William Bergolla 21 Sean Casey 12 Edwin Encarnación  6 Ryan Freel  7 Aaron Holbert  3 D'Angelo Jiménez  2 Felipe López 15 Luis López 19 Andy Machado  4 Ray Olmedo 16 Joe Randa Outfielders  9 Jacob Cruz 19 Chris Denorfia 44 Adam Dunn 30 Ken Griffey Jr. 28 Austin Kearns 29 Kenny Kelly 26 Wily Mo Peña  7 Jason Romano Manager 12 Dave Miley 41 Jerry Narron Coaches 55 Mark Berry (third base) 49 Chris Chambliss (hitting) 35 Don Gullett (pitching) 47 Tom Hume (bullpen) 41 Jerry Narron (bench) 53 Randy Whisler (first base) 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 Jason LaRue 110 361 94 .260 14 60 1B Sean Casey 137 529 165 .312 9 58 2B Rich Aurilia 114 426 120 .282 14 68 SS Felipe López 148 580 169 .291 23 85 3B Joe Randa 92 332 96 .289 13 48 LF Adam Dunn 160 543 134 .247 40 101 CF Ken Griffey Jr. 128 491 148 .301 35 92 RF Austin Kearns 112 387 93 .240 18 67 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 Freel 103 369 100 .271 4 21 Wily Mo Peña 99 311 79 .254 19 51 Javier Valentín 76 221 62 .281 14 50 Edwin Encarnación 69 211 49 .232 9 31 Jacob Cruz 110 127 30 .236 4 18 D'Angelo Jiménez 35 105 24 .229 0 5 Ray Olmedo 54 77 17 .221 1 4 Chris Denorfia 18 38 10 .263 1 2 William Bergolla 17 38 5 .132 0 1 Jason Romano 19 30 8 .267 1 3 Aaron Holbert 22 27 6 .222 0 2 Luis López 17 27 6 .222 0 2 Kenny Kelly 7 9 3 .333 0 2 Dane Sardinha 1 3 0 .000 0 0 Miguel Pérez 2 3 0 .000 0 0 Anderson Machado 2 2 0 .000 0 0 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 Aaron Harang 32 211.2 11 13 3.83 163 Eric Milton 34 186.1 8 15 6.47 123 Ramón Ortiz 30 171.1 9 11 5.36 96 Brandon Claussen 29 166.2 10 11 4.21 121 Luke Hudson 19 84.2 6 9 6.38 53 Paul Wilson 9 46.1 1 5 7.77 30 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 Randy Keisler 24 56.0 2 1 6.27 43 Elizardo Ramírez 6 22.1 0 3 8.46 9 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 David Weathers 73 7 4 15 3.94 61 Kent Mercker 78 3 1 4 3.65 45 Matt Belisle 60 4 8 1 4.41 59 Todd Coffey 57 4 1 1 4.50 26 Ryan Wagner 42 3 2 0 6.11 39 Brian Shackelford 37 1 0 0 2.43 17 Jason Standridge 32 2 2 0 4.06 17 Ricky Stone 23 0 0 0 6.75 15 Danny Graves 20 1 1 10 7.36 8 Joe Valentine 16 0 1 0 8.16 9 Josh Hancock 11 1 0 0 1.93 5 Ben Weber 10 0 0 0 8.03 8 Allan Simpson 9 0 1 0 6.75 6 Chris Booker 3 0 0 0 31.50 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Louisville Bats International League Rick Sweet AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Jayhawk Owens A Sarasota Reds Florida State League Edgar Caceres A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Alonzo Powell Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Luis Aguayo Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Rick BurlesonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2005 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference National League Central Standings on ESPN.com Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats on ESPN.com Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats on ESPN.com Category:Cincinnati Reds seasons Cincinnati Reds season Cincinnati Reds Category:2000s in Cincinnati