2005 St. Louis Cardinals season
| 2005 St. Louis Cardinals | |
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| NL Central champions | |
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| Results | |
| Record | 100–62 (.617) |
| Divisional place | 1st |
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| Owner(s) | William DeWitt, Jr. |
| General manager(s) | Walt Jocketty |
| Manager(s) | Tony La Russa |
| Local television |
FSN Midwest (Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky) KPLR (Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter) |
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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 division 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.
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.
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