2005 NATIONAL LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: MLB
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| Central |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 100 | 62 | .617 | -- | 805 | 634 | Tony LaRussa | Busch Stadium II | 3,491,837 | $92,106,833 | Albert Pujols (1) | Chris Carpenter (1) | Lost NLCS (Astros) |
| 2 | Houston Astros ** | 89 | 73 | .549 | 11.0 | 693 | 609 | Phil Garner | Minute Maid Park | 2,762,472 | $76,779,000 | Morgan Ensberg (16) | Roy Oswalt (5) | Lost World Series (White Sox) |
| 3 | Milwaukee Brewers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 19.0 | 726 | 697 | Ned Yost | Miller Park | 2,211,023 | $39,934,833 | Carlos Lee (14) | Doug Davis (17) | - |
| 4 | Chicago Cubs | 79 | 83 | .488 | 21.0 | 703 | 714 | Dusty Baker | Wrigley Field | 3,100,262 | $87,032,933 | Derrek Lee (2) | Carlos Zambrano (10) | - |
| 5 | Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 89 | .451 | 27.0 | 820 | 889 | Jerry Narron, Dave Miley | Great American Ballpark | 1,943,157 | $61,892,583 | Adam Dunn (5) | Eric Milton (28) | - |
| 6 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 33.0 | 680 | 769 | Lloyd McClendon, Pete Mackanin | PNC Park | 1,794,237 | $38,133,000 | Jason Bay (3) | Kip Wells (40) | - |
| East |
| 1 | Atlanta Braves | 90 | 72 | .556 | -- | 769 | 674 | Bobby Cox | Turner Field | 2,521,534 | $86,457,302 | Andruw Jones (8) | John Smoltz (7) | Lost NLDS (Astros) |
| 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 74 | .543 | 2.0 | 807 | 726 | Charlie Manuel | Citizens Bank Park | 2,665,301 | $95,522,000 | Bobby Abreu (6) | Jon Lieber (14) | - |
| 3 | Florida Marlins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7.0 | 717 | 732 | Jack McKeon | Pro Player Stadium | 1,823,388 | $60,408,834 | Miguel Cabrera (4) | Dontrelle Willis (3) | - |
| 4 | New York Mets | 83 | 79 | .512 | 7.0 | 722 | 648 | Willie Randolph | Shea Stadium | 2,782,212 | $101,305,821 | Jose Reyes (11) | Pedro Martinez (2) | - |
| 5 | Washington Nationals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 9.0 | 639 | 673 | Frank Robinson | RFK Memorial Stadium | 2,692,123 | $48,581,500 | Brad Wilkerson (24) | John Patterson (22) | - |
| West |
| 1 | San Diego Padres | 82 | 80 | .506 | -- | 684 | 726 | Bruce Bochy | Petco Park | 2,832,039 | $63,290,833 | Brian Giles (10) | Jake Peavy (4) | Lost NLDS (Cardinals) |
| 2 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 77 | 85 | .475 | 5.0 | 696 | 856 | Bob Melvin | Bank One Ballpark | 2,059,331 | $62,329,166 | Troy Glaus (26) | Javier Vazquez (9) | - |
| 3 | San Francisco Giants | 75 | 87 | .463 | 7.0 | 649 | 745 | Felipe Alou | SBC Park | 3,140,781 | $90,199,500 | Omar Vizquel (31) | Jason Schmidt (31) | - |
| 4 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 11.0 | 685 | 755 | Jim Tracy | Dodger Stadium | 3,603,680 | $83,039,000 | Jeff Kent (32) | Jeff Weaver (8) | - |
| 5 | Colorado Rockies | 67 | 95 | .414 | 15.0 | 740 | 862 | Clint Hurdle | Coors Field | 1,915,586 | $48,155,000 | Todd Helton (9) | Brian Fuentes (29) | - |