2005 National League Division Series

DatesOctober 4 – 8TelevisionESPN (Games 1, 3)
ESPN2 (Game 2)TV announcersJon Miller, Joe Morgan, and Gary Miller (Games 1, 3)
Dave O'Brien, Steve Phillips, Eric Karros, and Duke Castiglione (Game 2)RadioESPNRadio announcersGary Cohen, Luis GonzalezUmpiresEd Montague
Bill Hohn
Bruce Dreckman
Jerry Layne
Angel Hernandez
Tim TimmonsTeamsDatesOctober 5 – 9TelevisionESPN (Games 1, 4)
Fox (Games 2–3)TV announcersDave O'Brien, Steve Phillips, Eric Karros (Game 1)
Thom Brennaman, Steve Lyons (Game 2)
Josh Lewin, Steve Lyons (Game 3)
Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe and Erin Andrews (Game 4)RadioESPNRadio announcersJim Durham, John FrancoUmpiresJoe Brinkman
Marvin Hudson
Jeff Nelson
Gary Cederstrom
Eric Cooper
Sam Holbrook

The 2005 National League Division Series (NLDS), the first round of the National League side in Major League Baseball’s 2005 postseason, began on Tuesday, October 4, and ended on Sunday, October 9, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

• (1) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division champions, 100–62) vs. (3) San Diego Padres (Western Division champions, 82–80): Cardinals win series, 3–0.
• (2) Atlanta Braves (Eastern Division champions, 90–72) vs. (4) Houston Astros (Wild Card, 89–73): Astros win series, 3–1.

The Cardinals and Astros went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Astros became the National League champion, and lost to the American League championChicago White Sox in the 2005 World Series.