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The 2005 season of the National League was the one hundred thirtieth season of the league.

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Standings

An asterisk (*) indicates the team won its league's wild card, Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Central Division
1	St. Louis Cardinals	162	100	62	0	.617	-.-	805 (4.97)	634 (3.91)	0.270	0.339	0.423	3.49	0.984
2	Houston Astros*	163	89	73	1	.546	11.0	693 (4.25)	609 (3.74)	0.256	0.322	0.408	3.51	0.985
3	Milwaukee Brewers	162	81	81	0	.500	19.0	726 (4.48)	697 (4.30)	0.259	0.331	0.423	3.97	0.980
4	Chicago Cubs	162	79	83	0	.488	21.0	703 (4.34)	714 (4.41)	0.270	0.324	0.440	4.19	0.983
5	Cincinnati Reds	163	73	89	1	.448	27.0	820 (5.03)	889 (5.45)	0.261	0.339	0.446	5.15	0.983
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	67	95	0	.414	33.0	680 (4.20)	769 (4.75)	0.259	0.322	0.400	4.42	0.981
Eastern Division
1	Atlanta Braves	162	90	72	0	.556	-.-	769 (4.75)	674 (4.16)	0.265	0.333	0.435	3.98	0.986
2	Philadelphia Phillies	162	88	74	0	.543	2.0	807 (4.98)	726 (4.48)	0.270	0.348	0.423	4.21	0.985
3	Florida Marlins	162	83	79	0	.512	7.0	717 (4.43)	732 (4.52)	0.272	0.339	0.409	4.16	0.983
4	New York Mets	162	83	79	0	.512	7.0	722 (4.46)	648 (4.00)	0.258	0.322	0.416	3.76	0.983
5	Washington Nationals	162	81	81	0	.500	9.0	639 (3.94)	673 (4.15)	0.252	0.322	0.386	3.87	0.985
Western Division
1	San Diego Padres	162	82	80	0	.506	-.-	684 (4.22)	726 (4.48)	0.257	0.333	0.391	4.13	0.982
2	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	77	85	0	.475	5.0	696 (4.30)	856 (5.28)	0.256	0.332	0.421	4.84	0.985
3	San Francisco Giants	162	75	87	0	.463	7.0	649 (4.01)	745 (4.60)	0.261	0.319	0.396	4.33	0.985
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	71	91	0	.438	11.0	685 (4.23)	755 (4.66)	0.253	0.326	0.395	4.38	0.983
5	Colorado Rockies	162	67	95	0	.414	15.0	740 (4.57)	862 (5.32)	0.267	0.333	0.411	5.13	0.981

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Bobby Abreu Jason Bay Carlos Lee Juan Pierre	Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates Milwaukee Brewers Florida Marlins	162
At Bats	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	696
Runs Scored	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	129
Hits	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	199
Doubles	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	50
Triples	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	17
Home Runs	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	51
Total Bases	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	393
Runs Batted In	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	128
Stolen Bases	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	60
Caught Stealing	Juan Pierre	Florida Marlins	17
Walks	Brian Giles	San Diego Padres	119
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	27
Hit by Pitch	Jose Guillen Geoff Jenkins	Washington Nationals Milwaukee Brewers	19
Strikeouts	Adam Dunn	Cincinnati Reds	168
Sacrifice Hits	Omar Vizquel	San Francisco Giants	20
Sacrifice Flies	Carlos Lee	Milwaukee Brewers	11
Grounded into Double Plays	Sean Casey	Cincinnati Reds	27
Batting Average	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	0.335
On-Base Percentage	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	0.445
Slugging Percentage	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	0.662
On-Base plus Slugging	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	1.080
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	177

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Dontrelle Willis	Florida Marlins	22
Losses	Kip Wells	Pittsburgh Pirates	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Jorge Sosa	Atlanta Braves	0.812
Appearances	Scott Eyre	San Francisco Giants	86
Games Started	Chris Capuano Doug Davis Livan Hernandez Jon Lieber Derek Lowe Greg Maddux Roy Oswalt	Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee Brewers Washington Nationals Philadelphia Phillies Los Angeles Dodgers Chicago Cubs Houston Astros	35
Complete Games	Chris Carpenter Dontrelle Willis	St. Louis Cardinals Florida Marlins	7
Shutouts	Dontrelle Willis	Florida Marlins	5
Games Finished	Billy Wagner	Philadelphia Phillies	70
Saves	Chad Cordero	Washington Nationals	47
Innings Pitched	Livan Hernandez	Washington Nationals	246.1
Batters Faced	Livan Hernandez	Washington Nationals	1065
Hits Allowed	Livan Hernandez	Washington Nationals	268
Home Runs Allowed	Eric Milton	Cincinnati Reds	40
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Kip Wells	Pittsburgh Pirates	99
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Livan Hernandez	Washington Nationals	14
Hit Batsmen	Jeff Weaver	Los Angeles Dodgers	18
Strikeouts	Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	216
Wild Pitches	Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	14
Balks	Chris Capuano Brett Myers	Milwaukee Brewers Philadelphia Phillies	4
Runs Allowed	Eric Milton	Cincinnati Reds	141
Earned Runs Allowed	Eric Milton	Cincinnati Reds	134
Earned Run Average	Roger Clemens	Houston Astros	1.87
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Pedro Martinez	New York Mets	0.949

All-Star Game

The National League lost the seventy-sixth midsummer classic at Comerica Park in Detroit, MI on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 by a score of 7 to 5. The league's manager was Tony LaRussa.

Postseason

The 2005 National League playoffs featured the champions of the league's three divisions along with a wild card team. The teams competed in a best-of-five Division Series, followed by a best-of-seven League Championship Series. The winner of the League Championship Series represented the league in the World Series.

	Division Series					Championship Series
	Cent.	St. Louis Cardinals	3
	West.	San Diego Padres	0
						Cent.	St. Louis Cardinals	2
						WC	Houston Astros	4
	East.	Atlanta Braves	1
	WC	Houston Astros	3

In the World Series, the National League champion Houston Astros were defeated by the American League's Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 0.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Albert Pujols, a first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 378 out of a possible 448 points and 18 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Chris Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 132 out of a possible 140 points and 19 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Ryan Howard, a first baseman with the Philadelphia Phillies. In the award's voting, he had 109 out of a possible 160 points and 19 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Greg Maddux	Chicago Cubs
C	Mike Matheny	San Francisco Giants
1B	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs
2B	Luis Castillo	Florida Marlins
3B	Omar Vizquel	San Francisco Giants
SS	Mike Lowell	Florida Marlins
OF	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves
	Jim Edmonds	St. Louis Cardinals
	Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia Phillies

Silver Sluggers

The following players won the Silver Slugger Award, given to the league's best hitters as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
C	Michael Barrett	Chicago Cubs
1B	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs
2B	Jeff Kent	Los Angeles Dodgers
3B	Morgan Ensberg	Houston Astros
SS	Felipe Lopez	Cincinnati Reds
OF	Miguel Cabrera	Florida Marlins
	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves
	Carlos Lee	Milwaukee Brewers
P	Jason Marquis	St. Louis Cardinals

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Derrek Lee, Chicago Cubs
  • May: Bobby Abreu, Philadelphia Phillies
  • June: Andruw Jones, Atlanta Braves
  • July: Adam Dunn, Cincinnati Reds
  • August: Andruw Jones, Atlanta Braves
  • September: Randy Winn, San Francisco Giants

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: Dontrelle Willis, Florida Marlins
  • May: Trevor Hoffman, San Diego Padres
  • June: Chad Cordero, Washington Nationals
  • July: Andy Pettitte, Houston Astros
  • August: Noah Lowry, San Francisco Giants
  • September: Andy Pettitte, Houston Astros

• Rookie of the Month Award
  • April: Clint Barmes, Colorado Rockies
  • May: Ryan Church, Washington Nationals
  • June: Garrett Atkins, Colorado Rockies
  • July: Zach Duke, Pittsburgh Pirates
  • August: Zach Duke, Pittsburgh Pirates
  • September: Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies

Hall of Fame Game

The fifty-ninth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on May 23 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The game did not feature a National League Team.

Umpires

See 2005 Major League Baseball