2005 Nashville Sounds season
The Nashville Sounds' 2005 season was the franchise's twenty-eighth year of play. The team finished the regular season with a record of 75 wins and 69 losses. They finished first in their division, clinching the American North Division title. In post-season play, the team had six wins and two losses on the way to winning the American Conference title and the Pacific Coast League Championship, the third league title in franchise history and their first in the PCL.
Regular season
The Sounds finished on top of the division standings, earning them a trip to the post-season.
Season standings
Pacific Coast League - American North Division |
|---|
Team |
Nashville Sounds |
Omaha Royals |
Memphis Redbirds |
Iowa Cubs |
Post-season
American Conference finals
The American North champion Sounds met the American South champion Oklahoma RedHawks in a best-of-five series to determine the American Conference champion. After splitting the first two games, Nashville lost game three, putting them on the verge of elimination. However, Nashville rallied back to win the final two games of the series, allowing them to advance to the league championship series.
Pacific Coast League Championship
Nashville met the Pacific Conference champion Tacoma Rainiers in the best-of-five league championship series. The Sounds proceeded to sweep Tacoma in three-straight games. The final game was tied 2–2 until the top of the thirteenth inning when Nelson Cruz hit a three-run home run that scored Corey D. Hart and Tony Zuniga, putting them up 5–2. The Rainiers were unable to answer in their half of the inning, giving the Sounds their first PCL Championship, the third league title in franchise history.
2005 Post-season |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
American Conference finals
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific Coast League Championship
|
Roster
2005 Nashville Sounds roster |
|---|
Players |
Pitchers
|
Awards and honors
Left fielder Corey Hart was named to the league's mid-season All-Star team.
Pitcher Rick Helling led the league with his .750 (9–3) winning percentage.
References
- Statistics: "2005 Nashville Sounds Statistics." The Baseball Cube. Retrieved on 26 July 2008.
- Standings: "2005 Pacific Coast League Review." The Baseball Cube. Retrieved on 26 July 2008.
- Post-season results: "Postseason History." Nashville Sounds 2008 Media Guide. 2008: 144.
- Roster: "2005 Nashville Roster." The Baseball Cube. Retrieved on 26 July 2008.
- Specific: