2005 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2005 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Kevin McClatchy
General managers	Dave Littlefield
Managers	Lloyd McClendon Pete Mackanin
Television	FSN Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 124th season of the franchise; the 119th in the National League. This was their fifth season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

Offseason

• November 2, 2004: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
• November 27, 2004: Jason Kendall was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Redman, Arthur Rhodes, and cash.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	0.617	—	50–31	50–31
Houston Astros	89	73	0.549	11	53–28	36–45
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	0.500	19	46–35	35–46
Chicago Cubs	79	83	0.488	21	38–43	41–40
Cincinnati Reds	73	89	0.451	27	42–39	31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	33	34–47	33–48

Game log

2005 Game Log (67–95)[4]
April (8–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 Brewers 2–9 Sheets Pérez (0–1) — 38,016 0–1 2 April 6 Brewers 2–10 Davis Wells (0–1) — 12,077 0–2 3 April 7 @ Padres 0–1 (12) Seanez White (0–1) — 43,538 0–3 4 April 8 @ Padres 3–2 Fogg (1–0) Lawrence Mesa (1) 39,791 1–3 5 April 9 @ Padres 3–11 Williams Pérez (0–2) — 37,939 1–4 6 April 10 @ Padres 6–3 Williams (1–0) Redding Mesa (2) 33,521 2–4 7 April 11 @ Brewers 2–6 Davis Wells (0–2) — 42,458 2–5 8 April 12 @ Brewers 4–2 Redman (1–0) Glover Mesa (3) 10,927 3–5 9 April 13 @ Brewers 2–6 De La Rosa White (0–2) — 11,021 3–6 10 April 15 Cubs 8–5 Torres (1–0) Remlinger Mesa (4) 29,256 4–6 11 April 16 Cubs 3–4 Dempster Wells (0–3) Hawkins 34,783 4–7 12 April 17 Cubs 2–4 Wuertz Redman (1–1) Hawkins 20,416 4–8 13 April 18 Cardinals 1–11 Mulder Williams (1–1) — 11,220 4–9 14 April 19 Cardinals 1–7 Morris Fogg (1–1) — 12,285 4–10 15 April 20 @ Reds 4–6 Wilson Torres (1–1) Graves 16,857 4–11 16 April 21 @ Reds 4–2 Wells (1–3) Milton Mesa (5) 16,218 5–11 17 April 23 @ Cubs 4–3 Grabow (1–0) Hawkins Mesa (6) 37,695 6–11 18 April 24 @ Cubs 2–5 Wood Williams (1–2) Fox 37,452 6–12 19 April 25 Astros 2–0 Pérez (1–2) Oswalt Mesa (7) 8,413 7–12 20 April 27 Astros 2–0 Wells (2–3) Pettitte Mesa (8) 13,426 8–12 21 April 29 Giants 2–3 Tomko Redman (1–2) — 24,209 8–13 22 April 30 Giants 6–7 Walker Williams (1–3) Brower 23,972 8–14
May (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Giants 3–8 Hennessey Pérez (1–3) — 22,100 8–15 24 May 2 @ Astros 4–11 Pettitte Fogg (1–2) — 23,882 8–16 25 May 3 @ Astros 7–4 White (1–2) Qualls Mesa (9) 27,809 9–16 26 May 4 @ Astros 6–4 Torres (2–1) Lidge Mesa (10) 29,299 10–16 27 May 5 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 Williams (2–3) Estes — 18,906 11–16 28 May 6 @ Diamondbacks 4–8 Vazquez Pérez (1–4) — 24,056 11–17 29 May 7 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Fogg (2–2) Ortiz Mesa (11) 32,879 12–17 30 May 8 @ Diamondbacks 16–2 Wells (3–3) Halsey — 24,526 13–17 31 May 9 @ Giants 1–2 Tomko Redman (1–3) — 34,037 13–18 32 May 10 @ Giants 5–2 Williams (3–3) Brower Mesa (12) 35,668 14–18 33 May 11 @ Giants 7–2 Fogg (3–2) Lowry White (1) 39,200 15–18 34 May 13 Brewers 3–4 Capuano Mesa (0–1) Turnbow 23,845 15–19 35 May 14 Brewers 2–0 Redman (2–3) Santos — 21,772 16–19 36 May 15 Brewers 4–2 Williams (4–3) Glover Mesa (13) 15,134 17–19 37 May 17 Cubs 3–4 Ohman Mesa (0–2) Dempster 19,701 17–20 38 May 18 Cubs 2–3 Wuertz Mesa (0–3) Dempster 21,142 17–21 39 May 20 Rockies 9–4 Redman (3–3) Wright — 31,656 18–21 40 May 21 Rockies 8–3 Pérez (2–4) Jennings Gonzalez (1) 37,504 19–21 41 May 22 Rockies 3–4 Kennedy Fogg (3–3) Fuentes 20,853 19–22 42 May 23 @ Cardinals 2–4 Carpenter Williams (4–4) Isringhausen 33,073 19–23 43 May 24 @ Cardinals 1–2 (12) Reyes Mesa (0–4) — 36,285 19–24 44 May 25 @ Cardinals 5–11 Mulder Redman (3–4) — 34,895 19–25 45 May 26 @ Reds 8–4 Pérez (3–4) Ramirez — 20,513 20–25 46 May 27 @ Reds 5–6 Wagner Gonzalez (0–1) — 24,370 20–26 47 May 28 @ Reds 9–2 Williams (5–4) Milton — 30,739 21–26 48 May 29 @ Reds 2–11 Claussen Wells (3–4) — 26,107 21–27 49 May 30 Marlins 3–2 (10) White (2–2) Jones — 17,379 22–27 50 May 31 Marlins 5–4 Meadows (1–0) Bump Mesa (14) 12,553 23–27
June (11–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 Marlins 9–1 Fogg (4–3) Moehler Torres (1) 15,487 24–27 52 June 2 Marlins 3–6 Willis Williams (5–5) Jones 15,105 24–28 53 June 3 Braves 3–1 Wells (4–4) Hudson Mesa (15) 27,643 25–28 54 June 4 Braves 0–1 Foster Gonzalez (0–2) Reitsma 33,649 25–29 55 June 5 Braves 5–2 Pérez (4–4) Bernero Mesa (16) 28,717 26–29 56 June 6 Orioles 3–4 Julio Torres (2–2) Ryan 15,860 26–30 57 June 7 Orioles 6–5 Meadows (2–0) Julio Mesa (17) 21,422 27–30 58 June 8 Orioles 6–1 Wells (5–4) Chen — 37,438 28–30 59 June 10 Devil Rays 7–2 Redman (4–4) Nomo — 27,517 29–30 60 June 11 Devil Rays 18–2 Pérez (5–4) Kazmir — 31,113 30–30 61 June 12 Devil Rays 5–7 (13) Nunez Meadows (2–1) Orvella 23,240 30–31 62 June 14 @ Yankees 0–9 Mussina Wells (5–5) — 44,541 30–32 63 June 15 @ Yankees 5–7 (10) Rivera Mesa (0–5) — 48,828 30–33 64 June 16 @ Yankees 1–6 Johnson Pérez (5–5) — 54,734 30–34 65 June 17 @ Red Sox 5–6 Foulke White (2–3) — 35,377 30–35 66 June 18 @ Red Sox 2–0 White (3–3) Embree Mesa (18) 35,216 31–35 67 June 19 @ Red Sox 0–8 Clement Wells (5–6) — 35,046 31–36 68 June 20 Nationals 4–7 Hernandez Redman (4–5) Cordero 21,893 31–37 69 June 21 Nationals 11–4 Pérez (6–5) Drese — 26,006 32–37 70 June 22 Nationals 4–5 Carrasco Gonzalez (0–3) Cordero 24,064 32–38 71 June 23 @ Cardinals 11–7 Williams (6–5) Morris White (2) 43,590 33–38 72 June 24 @ Cardinals 1–8 Suppan Wells (5–7) — 48,184 33–39 73 June 25 @ Cardinals 0–8 Carpenter Redman (4–6) — 48,413 33–40 74 June 26 @ Cardinals 5–4 (10) Grabow (2–0) Reyes Mesa (19) 45,050 34–40 75 June 28 @ Nationals 1–2 Drese Fogg (4–4) Cordero 35,828 34–41 76 June 29 @ Nationals 2–3 Ayala Torres (2–3) Cordero 31,213 34–42 77 June 30 @ Nationals 5–7 Loaiza Wells (5–8) Cordero 37,361 34–43
July (10–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Brewers 4–8 Wise Redman (4–7) — 21,804 34–44 79 July 2 @ Brewers 3–5 Bottalico Torres (2–4) Turnbow 29,052 34–45 80 July 3 @ Brewers 11–10 Meadows (3–1) Phelps Mesa (20) 28,323 35–45 81 July 4 Phillies 1–12 Lidle Williams (6–6) — 37,259 35–46 82 July 5 Phillies 3–0 Wells (6–8) Madson — 13,442 36–46 83 July 6 Phillies 0–5 Padilla Redman (4–8) — 19,961 36–47 84 July 7 Phillies 2–1 Duke (1–0) Myers Mesa (21) 20,942 37–47 85 July 8 Mets 6–5 (10) Mesa (1–5) Looper — 32,563 38–47 86 July 9 Mets 11–4 Williams (7–6) Ishii — 36,708 39–47 87 July 10 Mets 1–6 Martinez Wells (6–9) — 26,551 39–48 88 July 14 @ Cubs 1–5 Prior Redman (4–9) — 38,902 39–49 89 July 15 @ Cubs 1–11 Wood Fogg (4–5) — 39,512 39–50 90 July 16 @ Cubs 3–0 Duke (2–0) Maddux Mesa (22) 39,790 40–50 91 July 17 @ Cubs 2–8 Zambrano Wells (6–10) — 39,391 40–51 92 July 18 Astros 1–11 Backe Williams (7–7) — 17,590 40–52 93 July 19 Astros 3–9 Astacio Snell (0–1) — — 40–53 94 July 19 Astros 4–6 Rodriguez Redman (4–10) Lidge 20,552 40–54 95 July 20 Astros 0–8 Pettitte Fogg (4–6) — 19,769 40–55 96 July 21 Rockies 8–1 Duke (3–0) Francis — 22,492 41–55 97 July 22 Rockies 3–5 (10) Fuentes Mesa (1–6) Cortes 35,262 41–56 98 July 23 Rockies 5–3 Williams (8–7) Kim Mesa (23) 37,778 42–56 99 July 24 Rockies 3–0 Redman (5–10) Chacon Mesa (24) 18,523 43–56 100 July 26 @ Marlins 6–3 Fogg (5–6) Moehler Mesa (25) 26,431 44–56 101 July 27 @ Marlins 1–3 Vargas Vogelsong (0–1) Jones 21,216 44–57 102 July 28 @ Marlins 0–3 Willis Wells (6–11) Jones 19,621 44–58 103 July 29 @ Braves 1–2 Ramirez Williams (8–8) McBride 36,767 44–59 104 July 30 @ Braves 6–9 Davies Redman (5–11) Reitsma 47,441 44–60 105 July 31 @ Braves 4–5 Smoltz Grabow (2–1) Reitsma 33,275 44–61
August (11–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 @ Braves 4–1 Duke (4–0) Hudson Mesa (26) 25,875 45–61 107 August 2 Padres 3–11 Peavy Wells (6–12) — 23,624 45–62 108 August 3 Padres 9–8 Mesa (2–6) Otsuka — 23,274 46–62 109 August 4 Padres 7–12 Lawrence Redman (5–12) — 21,739 46–63 110 August 5 Dodgers 6–12 Lowe Fogg (5–7) Schmoll 37,318 46–64 111 August 6 Dodgers 9–4 Duke (5–0) Perez — 38,579 47–64 112 August 7 Dodgers 4–6 Weaver Snell (0–2) Schmoll 25,860 47–65 113 August 9 @ Rockies 12–4 Williams (9–8) Acevedo — 20,683 48–65 114 August 10 @ Rockies 5–6 (10) Cortes White (3–4) — 20,135 48–66 115 August 11 @ Rockies 11–3 Fogg (6–7) Francis — 21,102 49–66 116 August 12 @ Astros 5–6 Wheeler White (3–5) Lidge 37,524 49–67 117 August 13 @ Astros 1–0 Torres (3–4) Lidge Mesa (27) 43,286 50–67 118 August 14 @ Astros 8–0 Williams (10–8) Astacio — 36,872 51–67 119 August 16 @ Mets 2–6 Benson Redman (5–13) — 37,202 51–68 120 August 17 @ Mets 1–5 Glavine Fogg (6–8) Heilman 28,730 51–69 121 August 18 @ Mets 5–0 Duke (6–0) Zambrano — 35,653 52–69 122 August 19 @ Phillies 11–2 Wells (7–12) Tejeda — 32,992 53–69 123 August 20 @ Phillies 1–6 Myers Williams (10–9) — 43,192 53–70 124 August 21 @ Phillies 3–4 Madson White (3–6) Wagner 40,689 53–71 125 August 22 Cardinals 1–3 Mulder Fogg (6–9) Isringhausen 23,751 53–72 126 August 23 Cardinals 10–0 Torres (4–4) Marquis — 23,948 54–72 127 August 24 Cardinals 3–8 Carpenter Wells (7–13) — 21,506 54–73 128 August 25 Cardinals 3–6 Morris Williams (10–10) Isringhausen 24,626 54–74 129 August 26 Reds 1–6 Harang Redman (5–14) — 28,788 54–75 130 August 27 Reds 2–4 (10) Weathers Mesa (2–7) Mercker 23,109 54–76 131 August 28 Reds 2–7 Hudson Wells (7–14) Coffey 23,495 54–77 132 August 30 @ Brewers 6–0 Maholm (1–0) Davis — 28,337 55–77 133 August 31 @ Brewers 5–6 Turnbow Mesa (2–8) — 15,062 55–78
September (10–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 2 Cubs 3–7 Maddux Fogg (6–10) Dempster 24,976 55–79 135 September 3 Cubs 5–9 Zambrano Williams (10–11) — 22,909 55–80 136 September 4 Cubs 0–2 Williams Wells (7–15) Dempster 23,204 55–81 137 September 6 Diamondbacks 2–4 (12) Valverde Grabow (2–2) Groom 11,186 55–82 138 September 7 Diamondbacks 2–4 Webb Redman (5–15) Valverde 12,066 55–83 139 September 8 Diamondbacks 8–7 (12) White (4–6) Groom — 10,984 56–83 140 September 9 @ Reds 8–4 Vogelsong (1–1) Hudson — 19,244 57–83 141 September 10 @ Reds 2–6 Ortiz Wells (7–16) — 23,510 57–84 142 September 11 @ Reds 3–5 Belisle Grabow (2–3) Weathers 18,529 57–85 143 September 12 @ Cardinals 3–4 Isringhausen Torres (4–5) — 40,064 57–86 144 September 13 @ Cardinals 4–5 Thompson White (4–7) — 40,599 57–87 145 September 14 @ Cardinals 5–3 Vogelsong (2–1) Marquis Gonzalez (2) 40,172 58–87 146 September 16 Reds 2–8 Claussen Duke (6–1) — — 58–88 147 September 16 Reds 5–4 Torres (5–5) Weathers — 22,715 59–88 148 September 17 Reds 4–0 Maholm (2–0) Harang — 31,174 60–88 149 September 18 Reds 9–7 Gonzalez (1–3) Belisle — 21,320 61–88 150 September 19 Astros 7–0 Snell (1–2) Clemens — 13,865 62–88 151 September 20 Astros 4–7 Pettitte Gorzelanny (0–1) — 12,927 62–89 152 September 21 Astros 8–12 Oswalt Wells (7–17) — 16,266 62–90 153 September 22 Astros 1–2 Backe Duke (6–2) Lidge 12,587 62–91 154 September 23 @ Dodgers 3–4 Houlton Maholm (2–1) Sanchez 40,170 62–92 155 September 24 @ Dodgers 8–3 Pérez (7–5) Perez — 45,730 63–92 156 September 25 @ Dodgers 2–9 Lowe Fogg (6–11) — 37,846 63–93 157 September 26 @ Dodgers 4–9 Jackson Wells (7–18) — 36,397 63–94 158 September 27 @ Cubs 5–3 Duke (7–2) Maddux Torres (2) 38,440 64–94 159 September 28 @ Cubs 3–2 Maholm (3–1) Prior Gonzalez (3) 37,491 65–94 160 September 30 Brewers 5–6 Lehr Vogelsong (2–2) Turnbow 20,922 65–95
October (2–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 Brewers 5–1 Wells (8–18) Ohka — 17,261 66–95 162 October 2 Brewers 3–1 Duke (8–2) Capuano Torres (3) 23,008 67–95
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	5–2	2–4	11–7	2–4	3–3	13–5	2–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	10–9	7–11	2–5	2–4	8–10
Atlanta	3–3	—	6–1	7–3	2–4	10–8	5–1	3–3	3–3	13–6	9–10	4–3	1–5	4–2	3–3	10–9	7–8
Chicago	2–5	1–6	—	6–9	4–3	5–4	9–7	4–2	7–9	2–4	2–4	11–5	4–3	5–2	10–6	1–5	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–7	9–6	—	3–3	2–4	4–12	3–4	6–10	3–3	3–4	9–7	4–2	3–5	5–11	5–1	7-8
Colorado	7–11	4–2	3–4	3–3	—	3–3	1–5	11–8	1–5	3–4	2–4	3–7	7–11	7–11	4–4	2–4	6–9
Florida	4–2	8–10	4–5	4–2	3–3	—	4–3	5–2	3–4	8–10	9–10	3–4	2–4	4–2	3–4	9–9	10–5
Houston	3–3	1–5	7–9	12–4	5–1	3-4	—	4–2	10–5	5–5	6–0	9–7	4–3	3–4	5–11	5–2	7–8
Los Angeles	5–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–2	11–7	9–10	2–5	2–4	5–13
Milwaukee	4–2	3–3	9–7	10–6	5–1	4–3	5–10	1–5	—	3–3	4–5	9–7	3–4	4–3	5–11	4–4	8–7
New York	6–1	6–13	4–2	3–3	4–3	10–8	5–5	3–3	3–3	—	11–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	11–8	5–10
Philadelphia	4-3	10–9	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	0–6	3–3	5–4	7–11	—	4–3	6–0	5–1	4–2	11–8	7–8
Pittsburgh	4–3	3–4	5–11	7–9	7–3	4–3	7–9	2–5	7–9	3–3	3–4	—	3–4	2–4	4–12	1–5	5–7
San Diego	9–10	5–1	3–4	2–4	11–7	4–2	3–4	7–11	4–3	2–4	0–6	4–3	—	12–6	4–3	5–1	7–11
San Francisco	11–7	2–4	2–5	5–3	11–7	2–4	4–3	10–9	3–4	3–3	1–5	4–2	6–12	—	2–4	3–3	6–12
St. Louis	5–2	3–3	6–10	11–5	4–4	4-3	11–5	5–2	11–5	5–2	2–4	12–4	3–4	4–2	—	4–2	10–5
Washington	4–2	9–10	5–1	1–5	4–2	9-9	2–5	4–2	4–4	8–11	8–11	5–1	1–5	3–3	2–4	—	12–6

Detailed records

Roster

2005 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 60 Bryan Bullington 62 Matt Capps 57 Zach Duke 27 Josh Fogg 51 Mike Gonzalez 61 Tom Gorzelanny 39 John Grabow 37 Mike Johnston 30 Paul Maholm 46 Brian Meadows 49 José Mesa 48 Óliver Pérez 55 Mark Redman 53 Ian Snell 16 Salomón Torres 22 Ryan Vogelsong 32 Kip Wells 88,00 Rick White 58 Dave Williams		Catchers 11 Humberto Cota 41 Ryan Doumit 56 Ronny Paulino 29 David Ross 34 Benito Santiago Infielders  6 Alfredo Amézaga  7 José Bautista 14 José Castillo 35 Brad Eldred 66 J. J. Furmaniak 17 Bobby Hill  3 Rob Mackowiak 12 Freddy Sanchez 31 Daryle Ward 19 Ty Wigginton  2 Jack Wilson		Outfielders 38 Jason Bay 26 Chris Duffy 50 Matt Lawton 59 Nate McLouth  5 Tike Redman 34 Michael Restovich 43 Ray Sadler 36 Craig Wilson		Manager 25 Pete Mackanin 23 Lloyd McClendon Coaches 10 Álvaro Espinoza (infield) 15 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 25 Pete Mackanin (bench) 28 Gerald Perry (hitting) 13 John Russell (third base) 52 Bruce Tanner (bullpen) 54 Spin Williams (pitching)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Matt Lawton	RF
Jack Wilson	SS
Tike Redman	CF
Jason Bay	LF
Daryle Ward	1B
Ty Wigginton	3B
José Castillo	2B
Benito Santiago	C
Óliver Pérez	SP

Awards and honors

2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Jason Bay, OF, reserve

Statistics

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Trent Jewett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Tony Beasley
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Tim Leiper
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Jeff Branson
A-Short Season	Williamsport Crosscutters	New York–Penn League	Tom Prince
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Jeff Livesey

References

• 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.