2005 Southern League season

The 2005 Southern League was a Class AA baseball season played between April 7 and September 5. Ten teams played a 140-game schedule, with the top team in each division in each half of the season qualifying for the post-season.

The Jacksonville Suns won the Southern League championship, defeating the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx in the playoffs.

• The divisional format is changed from East Division and West Division to North Division and South Division.
• The Carolina Mudcats, Chattanooga Lookouts, Huntsville Stars, Tennessee Smokies and West Tenn Diamond Jaxx join the North Division.
• The Birmingham Barons, Jacksonville Suns, Mississippi Braves, Mobile BayBears and Montgomery Biscuits join the South Division.

• The Greenville Braves relocated to Jackson, Mississippi and were renamed to the Mississippi Braves. The club joined the newly established South Division.
• The Tennessee Smokies ended their affiliation with the St. Louis Cardinals and began a new affiliation with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Carolina

Chattan-
ooga

Huntsville

Tennessee

West Tenn

Birming-
ham

Jackson-
ville

Mississ-
ippi

Mobile

Mont-gomery

North Division South Division

• The West Tenn Diamond Jaxx finished the season with the best record in the league for the first time since 2000.

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• The Jacksonville Suns won their third Southern League championship, defeating the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx in four games.

• 2005 Major League Baseball season

• Minor League Baseball official website