2005 St. Louis Cardinals season

2005 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central Champions
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	100–62 (.617)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	William DeWitt Jr.
General managers	Walt Jocketty
Managers	Tony La Russa
Television	FSN Midwest (Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky) KPLR (Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter)
Radio	KMOX (Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
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The St. Louis Cardinals 2005 season was the team's 124th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 114th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 100–62 during the season and won the National League Central by 11 games over the NL Wild-Card Champion and eventual NL Champion Houston Astros. In the playoffs the Cardinals swept the San Diego Padres 3 games to 0 in the NLDS. However, the Cardinals lost to the Astros 4 games to 2 in the NLCS.

The season was the last one played in Busch Memorial Stadium by the Cardinals and they moved to the new Busch Stadium the next year. The Cardinals also moved their radio broadcasts from KMOX after a 55-year affiliation to KTRS after the season. After the 2010 season, the Cardinals would move their radio broadcasts from KTRS back to KMOX, starting in 2011.

First baseman Albert Pujols won the MVP Award this year, batting .330, with 41 home runs and 117 RBIs. Chris Carpenter won the Cy Young Award this year, with a 2.83 ERA, 21 wins, and 213 strikeouts. Outfielder Jim Edmonds won a Gold Glove this year. The Cardinals pitching staff led Major League Baseball by having the lowest (ERA) (3.49), conceding the fewest earned runs (560) and pitching the most complete games (15).^[1]

• December 18, 2004: Dan Haren was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Daric Barton and Kiko Calero to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Mulder.^[2]
• February 21, 2005: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

A herniated disc in Larry Walker's neck prevented him from turning his head to the left. He received a second cortisone shot to alleviate the pain on June 27. With eight previous surgeries and now playing with pain that impeded his ability to continue to produce at a high level, he signaled that he would retire from playing after the season. He had $12 million team option for 2006.^[4]

On August 4, the Cardinals announced that they had bought a 50% share of KTRS 550 AM and was leaving the longtime flagship station KMOX 1120 AM after 52 years and transferring the games to KTRS in 2006.

The Cardinals clinched their fifth National League Central division title in six years on September 17 when they beat the Cubs 5-1. The final regular season game at Busch Memorial Stadium took place on October 2, a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Rookie Chris Duncan hit the final regular season home run at that version of Busch Stadium.

2005 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (100–62)
April: (15–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Astros 7–3 Carpenter Oswalt Isringhausen 43,567 1–0 2 April 6 @ Astros 1–4 Qualls Tavárez Lidge 28,496 1–1 3 April 8 Phillies 6–5 Reyes Madson Isringhausen 50,074 2–1 4 April 9 Phillies 4–10 Floyd Suppan 39,242 2–2 5 April 10 Phillies 4–13 Lieber Carpenter 37,971 2–3 6 April 12 Reds 5–1 Marquis Harang 33,617 3–3 7 April 13 Reds 5–6 Belisle Mulder Graves 28,772 3–4 8 April 15 @ Brewers 3–0 Suppan Sheets Isringhausen 22,676 4–4 9 April 16 @ Brewers 5–3 Carpenter Davis Isringhausen 30,732 5–4 10 April 17 @ Brewers 3–2 Marquis Adams Isringhausen 21,144 6–4 11 April 18 @ Pirates 11–1 Mulder D. Williams 11,220 7–4 12 April 19 @ Pirates 7–1 Morris Fogg 12,285 8–4 13 April 20 Cubs 1–3 Zambrano Suppan Hawkins 44,855 8–5 14 April 21 Cubs 4–0 Carpenter Dempster 46,119 9–5 15 April 22 Astros 8–7 Marquis Duckworth Isringhausen 44,805 10–5 16 April 23 Astros 1–0 Mulder Qualls 40,058 11–5 17 April 24 Astros 8–5 Morris Backe Isringhausen 39,020 12–5 18 April 26 Brewers 5–3 Suppan Davis Flores 28,787 13–5 19 April 27 Brewers 6–3 Carpenter Santos Tavárez 38,343 14–5 20 April 28 Brewers 3–4 Capuano Marquis Turnbow 26,026 14–6 21 April 29 @ Braves 6–5 Mulder Hudson Reyes 33,833 15–6 22 April 30 @ Braves 2–3 Kolb Journell 35,789 15–7
May: (18–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Braves 1–2 Smoltz Suppan Kolb 34,304 15–8 24 May 2 @ Reds 10–9 Flores Graves Tavárez 15,961 16–8 25 May 3 @ Reds 4–2 Marquis Harang Reyes 16,512 17–8 26 May 4 @ Reds 7–3 Mulder Claussen 17,241 18–8 27 May 5 Padres 3–8 Hammond King 30,507 18–9 28 May 6 Padres 5–6 Williams Flores Hoffman 47,160 18–10 29 May 7 Padres 4–5 Eaton Carpenter Hoffman 18–11 30 May 8 Padres 15–5 Marquis Redding Thompson 46,444 19–11 31 May 9 Dodgers 4–2 Mulder Perez Reyes 37,194 20–11 32 May 10 Dodgers 8–9 Alvarez Jarvis Brazoban 38,984 20–12 33 May 11 Dodgers 9–3 Suppan Penny 35,671 21–12 34 May 12 Dodgers 10–3 Carpenter Lowe 45,656 22–12 35 May 13 @ Mets 0–2 Glavine Marquis Looper 43,495 22–13 36 May 14 @ Mets 7–6 Tavárez R. Hernandez Isringhausen 40,921 23–13 37 May 15 @ Mets 4–2 Morris Heilman Isringhausen 32,949 24–13 38 May 17 @ Phillies 5–7 Lidle Suppan Wagner 32,103 24–14 39 May 18 @ Phillies 8–4 Carpenter Lieber 29,130 25–14 40 May 19 @ Phillies 4–7 Myers Marquis 38,229 25–15 41 May 20 @ Royals 7–6 Mulder Greinke Isringhausen 31,513 26–15 42 May 21 @ Royals 6–5 Morris Cerda Isringhausen 39,781 27–15 43 May 22 @ Royals 2–9 Jensen Suppan 29,269 27–16 44 May 23 Pirates 4–2 Carpenter D. Williams Isringhausen 33,073 28–16 45 May 24 Pirates 2–1 Reyes Mesa 36,285 29–16 46 May 25 Pirates 11–5 Mulder Redman 34,895 30–16 47 May 27 Nationals 6–3 Morris Armas Isringhausen 47,383 31–16 48 May 28 Nationals 3–1 Suppan Loaiza Isringhausen 49,123 32–16 49 May 29 Nationals 2–3 L. Hernandez Carpenter Cordero 47,012 32–17 50 May 30 @ Rockies 5–4 Marquis Witasick Isringhausen 34,239 33–17 51 May 31 @ Rockies 1–2 Jennings Mulder Fuentes 23,519 33–18
June: (16–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 @ Rockies 8–6 Morris Neal Isringhausen 22,266 34–18 53 June 2 @ Rockies 7–8 Fuentes Isringhausen 21,381 34–19 54 June 3 @ Astros 2–0 Carpenter Pettitte Tavárez 34,092 35–19 55 June 4 @ Astros 11–9 Marquis Rodriguez Isringhausen 39,288 36–19 56 June 5 @ Astros 4–6 Clemens Mulder Lidge 34,009 36–20 57 June 6 Red Sox 7–1 Morris Wakefield 50,270 37–20 58 June 7 Red Sox 9–2 Suppan Clement 47,496 38–20 59 June 8 Red Sox 0–4 Wells Carpenter 46,928 38–21 60 June 10 Yankees 8–1 Marquis Wang 50,250 39–21 61 June 11 Yankees 0–5 Johnson Mulder Rivera 50,177 39–22 62 June 12 Yankees 5–3 King Sturtze Isringhausen 50,372 40–22 63 June 13 @ Blue Jays 1–4 Halladay Suppan 20,032 40–23 64 June 14 @ Blue Jays 7–0 Carpenter Gaudin 37,536 41–23 65 June 15 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Lilly Marquis Batista 22,908 41–24 66 June 17 @ Devil Rays 6–4 Mulder Harper Isringhausen 19,099 42–24 67 June 18 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Morris Hendrickson Isringhausen 20,416 43–24 68 June 19 @ Devil Rays 8–5 Suppan Waechter Isringhausen 21,275 44–24 69 June 20 @ Reds 6–1 Carpenter Harang 22,035 45–24 70 June 21 @ Reds 4–11 Claussen Marquis 22,268 45–25 71 June 22 @ Reds 6–7 Ortiz Mulder Mercker 31,566 45–26 72 June 23 Pirates 7–11 Williams Morris R. White 43,590 45–27 73 June 24 Pirates 8–1 Suppan Wells 48,184 46–27 74 June 25 Pirates 8–0 Carpenter Redman 48,413 47–27 75 June 26 Pirates 4–5 Grabow Reyes Mesa 45,050 47–28 76 June 28 Reds 2–1 Mulder Claussen Isringhausen 38,640 48–28 77 June 29 Reds 11–3 Morris Ortiz 39,298 49–28 78 June 30 Rockies 0–7 Francis Suppan 44,036 49–29
July: (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Rockies 6–0 Carpenter Kennedy 40,128 50–29 80 July 2 Rockies 1–3 Wright Marquis Fuentes 47,913 50–30 81 July 3 Rockies 5–4 King Witasick 47,811 51–30 82 July 4 @ Dbacks 10–3 Morris Webb 31,197 52–30 83 July 5 @ Dbacks 7–1 Suppan Estes 23,590 53–30 84 July 6 @ Dbacks 2–1 Carpenter Vazquez Isringhausen 21,076 54–30 85 July 7 @ Dbacks 1–2 Cormier King 21,959 54–31 86 July 8 @ Giants 3–1 Mulder Schmidt Isringhausen 41,405 55–31 87 July 9 @ Giants 0–2 Hennessey Morris Walker 42,423 55–32 88 July 10 @ Giants 4–3 Suppan Lowry Isringhausen 41,925 56–32 89 July 15 Astros 4–3 Thompson Harville 48,420 57–32 90 July 16 Astros 4–2 Marquis Oswalt Isringhausen 48,034 58–32 91 July 17 Astros 3–0 Carpenter Clemens 46,584 59–32 92 July 18 Brewers 11–4 Morris Santos 41,827 60–32 93 July 19 Brewers 4–5 Wise Tavárez Turnbow 44,270 60–33 94 July 20 Brewers 4–2 Mulder Sheets Isringhausen 40,904 61–33 95 July 21 Brewers 7–12 Capuano Marquis 44,002 61–34 96 July 22 Cubs 2–1 Reyes Mitre 49,840 62–34 97 July 23 Cubs 5–6 J. Williams Morris Dempster 49,942 62–35 98 July 24 Cubs 4–8 Dempster Reyes 49,762 62–36 99 July 26 @ Padres 4–2 Mulder Williams Isringhausen 36,659 63–36 100 July 27 @ Padres 1–2 Hoffman Marquis 37,592 63–37 101 July 28 @ Padres 11–3 Carpenter Stauffer 38,760 64–37 102 July 29 @ Dodgers 5–7 Sanchez Morris Brazoban 53,783 64–38 103 July 30 @ Dodgers 9–4 Suppan Lowe 47,805 65–38 104 July 31 @ Dodgers 7–5 Eldred Alvarez Isringhausen 44,543 66–38
August: (19–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 Marlins 5–6 Valdez Marquis T. Jones 43,403 66–39 106 August 2 Marlins 3–1 Carpenter Willis 43,557 67–39 107 August 3 Marlins 9–6 Morris Villone 43,111 68–39 108 August 4 Marlins 3–4 Burnett Suppan T. Jones 44,201 68–40 109 August 5 Braves 11–3 Mulder Smoltz 47,838 69–40 110 August 6 Braves 1–8 Hudson Marquis 48,565 69–41 111 August 7 Braves 5–3 King Reitsma 47,714 70–41 112 August 8 @ Brewers 8–4 Flores Wise 30,260 71–41 113 August 9 @ Brewers 5–2 Reyes Davis Isringhausen 28,556 72–41 114 August 10 @ Brewers 3–0 Suppan Sheets Isringhausen 37,650 73–41 115 August 11 @ Cubs 4–11 Maddux Mulder 38,170 73–42 116 August 12 @ Cubs 1–4 Zambrano Marquis 39,717 73–43 117 August 13 @ Cubs 5–2 Carpenter J. Williams 39,923 74–43 118 August 14 @ Cubs 4–5 Prior Morris Dempster 39,311 74–44 119 August 16 Dbacks 8–2 Suppan Halsey 42,198 75–44 120 August 17 Dbacks 5–0 Mulder Webb 41,407 76–44 121 August 18 Dbacks 2–9 Vargas Marquis 44,625 76–45 122 August 19 Giants 5–4 Tavárez Accardo 46,200 77–45 123 August 20 Giants 4–2 Morris Correia Isringhausen 47,169 78–45 124 August 21 Giants 2–4 Schmidt Suppan Benitez 46,113 78–46 125 August 22 @ Pirates 3–1 Mulder Fogg Isringhausen 23,751 79–46 126 August 23 @ Pirates 0–10 Torres Marquis 23,948 79–47 127 August 24 @ Pirates 8–3 Carpenter Wells 21,506 80–47 128 August 25 @ Pirates 6–3 Morris D. Williams Isringhausen 24,626 81–47 129 August 26 @ Nationals 1–4 Loaiza Suppan Cordero 37,885 81–48 130 August 27 @ Nationals 6–0 Marquis White 44,254 82–48 131 August 28 @ Nationals 6–0 Thompson Halama 41,130 83–48 132 August 29 @ Marlins 6–1 Carpenter Burnett 18,388 84–48 133 August 30 @ Marlins 6–7 Mota Morris T. Jones 20,073 84–49 134 August 31 @ Marlins 10–5 Suppan Vargas 20,656 85–49
September: (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 2 @ Astros 5–6 Qualls Tavárez 38,511 85–50 136 September 3 @ Astros 4–2 Carpenter Springer 42,817 86–50 137 September 4 @ Astros 4–1 Marquis Rodriguez 38,277 87–50 138 September 5 Cubs 6–4 King Novoa Tavárez 49,646 88–50 139 September 6 Cubs 2–5 Rusch Morris Dempster 47,292 88–51 140 September 7 Cubs 1–2 Maddux Mulder Dempster 47,789 88–52 141 September 8 Mets 5–0 Carpenter Benson 47,422 89–52 142 September 9 Mets 3–2 Marquis Seo Isringhausen 45,616 90–52 143 September 10 Mets 4–2 Suppan Trachsel Isringhausen 48,465 91–52 144 September 11 Mets 2–7 Martinez Morris 45,884 91–53 145 September 12 Pirates 4–3 Isringhausen Torres 40,064 92–53 146 September 13 Pirates 5–4 Thompson R. White 40,599 93–53 147 September 14 Pirates 3–5 Vogelsong Marquis M. Gonzalez 40,172 93–54 148 September 15 @ Cubs 6–1 Suppan Prior 37,849 94–54 149 September 16 @ Cubs 3–5 Rusch Morris Dempster 38,080 94–55 150 September 17 @ Cubs 5–1 Mulder Maddux 39,269 95–55 151 September 18 @ Cubs 4–7 Zambrano Reyes 38,182 95–56 152 September 20 @ Reds 5–6 Hancock King Weathers 16,587 95–57 153 September 21 @ Reds 5–1 Marquis Ortiz 16,784 96–57 154 September 22 @ Reds 2–6 Coffey King 17,461 96–58 155 September 23 @ Brewers 6–9 Capuano Carpenter Turnbow 22,472 96–59 156 September 24 @ Brewers 7–8 Glover Mulder Turnbow 33,506 96–60 157 September 25 @ Brewers 2–0 Suppan Davis Isringhausen 20,150 97–60 158 September 27 Astros 1–3 Oswalt Morris Lidge 40,260 97–61 159 September 28 Astros 6–7 Qualls Isringhausen Lidge 40,616 97–62 160 September 30 Reds 12–6 Reyes Hudson 47,257 98–62
October: (2–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 Reds 9–6 Flores Simpson Isringhausen 49,487 99–62 162 October 2 Reds 7–5 Thompson Claussen Isringhausen 50,434 100–62

2005 St. Louis Cardinals Postseason Game Log (5–4)
NLDS: (3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 4 Padres 8–5 Carpenter Peavy 52,349 1–0 2 October 6 Padres 6–2 Mulder Astacio 52,599 2–0 3 October 8 @ Padres 7–4 Morris W. Williams Isringhausen 45,093 3–0
NLCS: (2–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 12 Astros 5–3 Carpenter Pettitte Isringhausen 52,332 1–0 2 October 13 Astros 1–4 Oswalt Mulder Lidge 52,358 1–1 3 October 15 @ Astros 3–4 Clemens Morris Lidge 42,823 1–2 4 October 16 @ Astros 1–2 Qualls Lidge 43,010 1–3 5 October 17 @ Astros 5–4 Isringhausen Lidge 43,470 2–3 6 October 19 Astros 1–5 Oswalt Mulder 52,438 2–4

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	.617	—	50‍–‍31	50‍–‍31
Houston Astros	89	73	.549	11	53‍–‍28	36‍–‍45
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	.500	19	46‍–‍35	35‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	79	83	.488	21	38‍–‍43	41‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	73	89	.451	27	42‍–‍39	31‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	.414	33	34‍–‍47	33‍–‍48

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

• July 29, 2005: Alan Benes was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[5]
• September 6, 2005: Bill Pulsipher was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

2005 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 54 Carmen Cali 29 Chris Carpenter 23 Cal Eldred 34 Randy Flores 44 Jason Isringhausen 32 Kevin Jarvis 61 Tyler Johnson 77 Jimmy Journell 56 Ray King 21 Jason Marquis 35 Matt Morris 30 Mark Mulder 40 Bill Pulsipher 52 Al Reyes 26 Anthony Reyes 37 Jeff Suppan 50 Julián Tavárez 48 Brad Thompson 60 Adam Wainwright 53 Gabe White		Catchers  4 Einar Díaz 46 Mike Mahoney 41 Yadier Molina Infielders 62 Chris Duncan 22 David Eckstein 12 Mark Grudzielanek  7 Héctor Luna  3 Abraham Núñez  5 Albert Pujols 27 Scott Rolen 28 Scott Seabol		Outfielders 19 Roger Cedeño 15 Jim Edmonds 43 John Gall 47 John Mabry 53 John Rodriguez 16 Reggie Sanders 55 Skip Schumaker 99 So Taguchi 33 Larry Walker		Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan (pitching) 38 Marty Mason (bullpen) 39 Dave McKay (first base) 12 Hal McRae (hitting) 11 José Oquendo (third base) 24 Joe Pettini (bench)

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	Yadier Molina	114	385	97	.252	8	49
1B	Albert Pujols	161	591	195	.330	41	117
2B	Mark Grudzielanek	137	528	155	.294	8	59
SS	David Eckstein	158	630	185	.294	8	61
3B	Abraham Núñez	139	421	120	.285	5	44
LF	Reggie Sanders	93	295	80	.271	21	54
CF	Jim Edmonds	142	467	123	.263	29	89
RF	Larry Walker	100	315	91	.289	15	52

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
So Taguchi	143	396	114	.288	8	53
John Mabry	112	246	59	.240	8	32
Scott Rolen	56	196	46	.235	5	28
John Rodriguez	56	149	44	.295	5	24
Héctor Luna	64	137	39	.285	1	18
Einar Díaz	58	130	27	.208	1	17
Scott Seabol	59	105	23	.219	1	10
Mike Mahoney	26	64	10	.156	1	6
Roger Cedeño	37	57	9	.158	0	8
John Gall	22	37	10	.270	2	10
Skip Schumaker	27	24	6	.250	0	1
Chris Duncan	9	10	2	.200	1	3

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Carpenter	33	241.2	21	5	2.83	213
Jason Marquis	33	207.0	13	14	4.13	100
Mark Mulder	32	205.0	16	8	3.64	111
Jeff Suppan	32	194.1	16	10	3.87	114
Matt Morris	31	192.2	14	10	4.11	117

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Anthony Reyes	4	13.1	1	1	2.70	12

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jason Isringhausen	63	1	2	39	2.14	51
Ray King	77	4	4	0	3.38	23
Julián Tavárez	74	2	3	4	3.43	47
Al Reyes	65	4	2	3	2.15	67
Randy Flores	50	3	1	1	3.46	43
Brad Thompson	40	4	0	1	2.95	29
Cal Eldred	31	1	0	0	2.19	29
Gabe White	6	0	0	0	2.16	1
Carmen Cali	6	0	0	0	10.50	5
Jimmy Journell	5	0	1	0	10.38	5
Bill Pulsipher	5	0	0	0	6.75	1
Tyler Johnson	5	0	0	0	0.00	4
Kevin Jarvis	4	0	1	0	13.50	2
Adam Wainwright	2	0	0	0	13.50	0

St. Louis wins series, 3-0.

Game	Score	Date
1	St. Louis 8, San Diego 5	October 4
2	St. Louis 6, San Diego 2	October 6
3	St. Louis 7, San Diego 4	October 8

Down to their last out and strike and facing elimination in game 5 of the 2005 National League Championship Series, David Eckstein hit a single in the hole on the left side off of the Astros' Brad Lidge to bring the tying run to the plate. The next batter, Jim Edmonds, worked a base on balls. Albert Pujols followed with a 412-foot home run onto the train tracks behind left field (had the game been played with the roof open, the drive would have exited Minute Maid Park, as it first hit off the glass wall which forms part of the roof),^{[citation needed]} to put the Cardinals ahead 5–4. The roar of the crowd, anticipating the end of the game that would signal the Astros' entrance into the World Series, was hushed as they watched Pujols' home run (one of the announcers described it as a "vacuum" from the sudden intake of air by the crowd). Houston was then shut down in the bottom of the 9th by the Cardinals' closer Jason Isringhausen to preserve the win, guaranteeing at least one more game at old Busch Stadium. However, the Astros dominated Game 6, shutting the Cardinals down 5–1 for their first berth in the World Series in franchise history. Walker struck out in the ninth inning, his final major league at bat. He retired shortly after the game.^[6]

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (HOU-STL)
1	October 12	Houston	3	St. Louis	5	0-1
2	October 13	Houston	4	St. Louis	1	1-1
3	October 15	St. Louis	3	Houston	4	2-1
4	October 16	St. Louis	1	Houston	2	3-1
5	October 17	St. Louis	5	Houston	4	3-2
6	October 19	Houston	5	St. Louis	1	4-2
HOU won 4, STL won 2. Houston wins the National League Championship and advance to the 2005 World Series

• Cy Young Award: Chris Carpenter
• MVP: Albert Pujols

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pacific Coast League	Danny Sheaffer
AA	Springfield Cardinals	Texas League	Chris Maloney
A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Florida State League	Ron Warner
A	Quad Cities Swing	Midwest League	Joe Cunningham Jr.
A-Short Season	New Jersey Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Mark DeJohn
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Tom Kidwell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Palm Beach^[7][8]

• 2005 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 2005 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com