AL by season · league · 2005
AL Standings 2005
American League, 2005: 14 teams and 2,268 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 453.9
- Runs / game
- 4.76
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 4.35
- FIP
- 4.33
- Home runs
- 2,450
Standings
Broken out by division within each league. Every column sorts.
sorted by PCT descending
American League
East
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 886 | 789 | +97 | .553 | 116 | 4.26 | 46.3 |
| 2 |  Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 910 | 805 | +105 | .556 | 118 | 4.67 | 45.5 |
| 3 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 775 | 705 | +70 | .543 | 97 | 4.06 | 27.9 |
| 4 |  Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 21 | 729 | 800 | -71 | .458 | 107 | 4.57 | 29.2 |
| 5 |  Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | 750 | 936 | -186 | .400 | 101 | 5.41 | 21.4 |
Central
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chicago White Sox | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 741 | 645 | +96 | .563 | 99 | 3.60 | 34.5 |
| 2 |  Cleveland Indians | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 | 790 | 642 | +148 | .594 | 113 | 3.61 | 45.0 |
| 3 |  Minnesota Twins | 83 | 79 | .512 | 16 | 688 | 662 | +26 | .518 | 90 | 3.72 | 29.2 |
| 4 |  Detroit Tigers | 71 | 91 | .438 | 28 | 723 | 787 | -64 | .461 | 101 | 4.48 | 26.4 |
| 5 |  Kansas City Royals | 56 | 106 | .346 | 43 | 701 | 935 | -234 | .371 | 93 | 5.56 | 16.5 |
West
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Los Angeles Angels | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 761 | 643 | +118 | .576 | 97 | 3.68 | 35.2 |
| 2 |  Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7 | 772 | 658 | +114 | .573 | 94 | 3.91 | 32.1 |
| 3 |  Texas Rangers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 865 | 858 | +7 | .504 | 111 | 4.88 | 42.7 |
| 4 |  Seattle Mariners | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 699 | 751 | -52 | .467 | 92 | 4.53 | 22.0 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alex Rodriguez | 715 | 174 | 9.4 |
| 2 |  Michael Young | 732 | 141 | 6.9 |
| 3 |  Brian Roberts | 640 | 148 | 6.0 |
| 4 |  David Ortiz | 713 | 164 | 6.0 |
| 5 |  Derek Jeter | 752 | 128 | 5.9 |
| 6 |  Mark Teixeira | 730 | 152 | 5.8 |
| 7 |  Manny Ramirez | 650 | 159 | 5.7 |
| 8 |  Miguel Tejada | 704 | 133 | 5.3 |
| 9 |  Travis Hafner | 578 | 174 | 5.2 |
| 10 |  Jason Giambi | 545 | 164 | 5.0 |
| 11 |  Jhonny Peralta | 570 | 142 | 5.0 |
| 12 |  Victor Martinez | 622 | 133 | 4.8 |
| 13 |  Vladimir Guerrero | 594 | 153 | 4.8 |
| 14 |  Gary Sheffield | 675 | 137 | 4.7 |
| 15 |  Grady Sizemore | 706 | 128 | 4.7 |