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2005 Philadelphia Phillies season

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Owner(s)
  
Bill Giles

Manager(s)
  
Charlie Manuel

General manager(s)
  
Ed Wade

Local television
  
WPSGKYW-TV CSN Philadelphia

Local radio
  
WIP/WPHT (Harry Kalas, Larry Andersen, Chris Wheeler, Scott Graham, Tom McCarthy) WPWA (Bill Kulik, Danny Martinez)

The 2005 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 123rd season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies finished in second place in the National League East with a record of 88-74, two games behind the Atlanta Braves, and one game behind the NL Champion Houston Astros, who won the NL Wild-Card race for the second consecutive season. The Phillies were managed by their new manager Charlie Manuel, as they played their home games at Citizens Bank Park. First-baseman Ryan Howard was named the National League's Rookie-of-the-Year for the 2005 season.

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Offseason

  • October 29, 2004: Chris Coste signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • November 15, 2004: AJ Hinch was signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • December 3, 2004: Kenny Lofton was traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Felix Rodriguez.

    • Regular season

  • On September 14, 2005, Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves hit his 300th career home run which went 430 feet off Phils reliever Geoff Geary in a 12-4 Phillies win. The ball landed in the upper deck in left field.

    • Transactions

  • May 14, 2005: Marlon Byrd was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Washington Nationals for Endy Chávez.
  • June 8, 2005: Ugueth Urbina was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ramón Martínez to the Philadelphia Phillies for Plácido Polanco.

    • First Washington Nationals game

  • On April 4, 2005, Brad Wilkerson (after being the last player to ever wear a Montreal Expo jersey) had the honor of being the first batter for the Washington Nationals and he promptly responded with the first hit in the new team's history. Nevertheless, Kenny Lofton hit a three-run homer and Jon Lieber pitched 5 2⁄3 effective innings, leading the home team Philadelphia Phillies to an 8-4 victory over the new Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. (Lieber was credited with the win for the Phillies and would also score a win for Philadelphia in the last game of the 2005 Nationals season.) Outfielder Terrmel Sledge hit the Nats' first home run in the April 4 contest.
  • Scorecard
  • On April 6, 2005, the Washington Nationals recorded their first-ever regular season win by beating the Phillies, 7-3. The win came in their second game of the season and was highlighted by Wilkerson's hit for the cycle.

    • Batting

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

    References

    2005 Philadelphia Phillies season Wikipedia
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