NL Central by season · division · 2005
NL Central Standings 2005
National League Central, 2005: 6 teams and 974 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 215.9
- Runs / game
- 4.55
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.14
- FIP
- 4.30
- Home runs
- 1,073
Standings
Every column sorts.
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 805 | 634 | +171 | .608 | 102 | 3.49 | 43.2 |
| 2 |  Houston Astros | 89 | 73 | .546 | 11 | 693 | 609 | +84 | .559 | 95 | 3.53 | 39.1 |
| 3 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 19 | 726 | 697 | +29 | .519 | 100 | 3.96 | 36.5 |
| 4 |  Chicago Cubs | 79 | 83 | .488 | 21 | 703 | 714 | -11 | .493 | 102 | 4.26 | 37.8 |
| 5 |  Cincinnati Reds | 73 | 89 | .448 | 27 | 820 | 889 | -69 | .463 | 105 | 5.19 | 34.7 |
| 6 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 33 | 680 | 769 | -89 | .444 | 91 | 4.44 | 24.6 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Derrek Lee | 691 | 182 | 8.1 |
| 2 |  Albert Pujols | 700 | 172 | 7.4 |
| 3 |  Jason Bay | 707 | 155 | 6.6 |
| 4 |  Morgan Ensberg | 624 | 153 | 5.7 |
| 5 |  Ken Griffey Jr. | 555 | 146 | 5.3 |
| 6 |  Adam Dunn | 671 | 141 | 5.0 |
| 7 |  Jim Edmonds | 567 | 143 | 4.9 |
| 8 |  Felipe López | 648 | 120 | 4.8 |
| 9 |  Lance Berkman | 565 | 153 | 4.4 |
| 10 |  Aramis Ramirez | 506 | 146 | 4.3 |
| 11 |  Geoff Jenkins | 618 | 137 | 3.9 |
| 12 |  Bill Hall | 546 | 123 | 3.6 |
| 13 |  Craig Biggio | 651 | 113 | 3.6 |
| 14 |  David Eckstein | 713 | 107 | 3.5 |
| 15 |  Brady Clark | 674 | 118 | 3.3 |