2005 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 124th season of the franchise; the 119th in the National League. This was their fifth season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.

Offseason

November 2, 2004: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
November 27, 2004: Jason Kendall was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Redman, Arthur Rhodes, and cash.

Regular season

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
April	22	8	14		65	107
May	28	15	13		136	117
June	27	11	16		122	123
July	28	10	18		94	148
August	28	11	17		140	136
September	27	10	17		115	136
October	2	2	0		8	2
Total	162	67	95		680	769

Awards and honors

2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Jason Bay, OF, reserve

Statistics

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

Player
	2	4	2	0.500	0	0
	75	4	2	0.500	0	0
	39	126	43	0.341	1	9
	162	599	183	0.306	32	101
	132	453	132	0.291	5	35
	101	374	102	0.273	10	44
	142	463	126	0.272	9	58
	58	93	25	0.269	0	11
	101	370	99	0.268	11	53
	59	197	52	0.264	5	22
	6	23	6	0.261	0	0
	133	407	106	0.260	12	63
	57	155	40	0.258	7	25
	158	587	151	0.257	8	52
	41	109	28	0.257	5	12
	75	231	59	0.255	6	35
	135	319	80	0.251	2	26
	3	8	2	0.250	1	1
	93	297	72	0.242	7	43
	4	18	4	0.222	0	2
	40	108	24	0.222	3	15
	55	190	42	0.221	12	27
	52	84	18	0.214	2	5
	13	26	5	0.192	0	1
	19	33	6	0.182	0	3
	32	57	9	0.158	1	2
	11	28	4	0.143	0	1
	14	28	4	0.143	0	1
	6	15	2	0.133	0	0
	24	42	5	0.119	0	4
	29	53	6	0.113	0	2
	41	9	1	0.111	0	0
	33	47	5	0.106	0	3
	3	3	0	0.000	0	0
	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
	63	1	0	0.000	0	0
	53	1	0	0.000	0	0
	15	8	0	0.000	0	0
	68	2	0	0.000	0	0
	1	0	0	—	0	0
	4	0	0	—	0	0
	49	0	0	—	0	0
	61	0	0	—	0	0
	1	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,573	1,445	0.259	139	656

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

Player
	14	84	8	2	1.81	58
	6	41	3	1	2.18	26
	51	50	1	3	2.70	58
	78	94	5	5	2.76	55
	71	75	4	7	3.72	40
	25	138	10	11	4.41	88
	44	81	2	2	4.43	52
	4	4	0	0	4.50	3
	65	74	3	1	4.58	44
	55	56	2	8	4.76	37
	63	52	2	3	4.85	42
	30	178	5	15	4.90	101
	34	169	6	11	5.05	85
	33	182	8	18	5.09	132
	15	42	1	2	5.14	34
	20	103	7	5	5.85	97
	3	6	0	1	12.00	3
	1	1	0	0	13.50	1
	1	1	0	0	36.00	2
Team Totals	162	1,436	67	95	4.42	958