The Atlanta Braves went 90-72 in 2005, a .556 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 769 runs and allowed 674, a run differential of +95. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.16 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Andruw Jones led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and John Smoltz the rotation at a 3.06 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL East, 2 games clear. They spent 101 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 7 games on September 11 and were as far as 5.5 games back on June 15. Their best month was July at 18-8, their worst August at 14-14. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 3 to July 8 and a 4-game losing streak from May 16 to May 20. They were 53-28 at home and 37-44 on the road, 23-20 in one-run games and 57-51 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-0 against the Astros on May 8; the heaviest defeat, 9-0 at the Marlins on April 5.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
10
.583
98
78
+20
May
14
13
.519
140
113
+27
June
15
13
.536
138
124
+14
July
18
8
.692
113
86
+27
August
14
14
.500
141
134
+7
Sept/Oct
15
14
.517
139
139
0
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
23-20
.535
Extra innings
6-7
.462
Within the division
42-33
.560
Against .500+ clubs
57-51
.528
Decided by 5+ runs
27-16
.628
Last 10
4-6
.400
2005 postseason
In October the Atlanta Braves lost the NLDS to the Astros 3-1.
NLDS vs Astros1-3 L
Game 1, October 5 L 5-10 vs Astros
Game 2, October 6 W 7-1 vs Astros
Game 3, October 8 L 3-7 at Astros
Game 4, October 9 L 6-7 at Astros
National League East standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2005. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
80
31,519
30,035
16,584
52,274
Night
56
30,831
28,625
16,584
52,274
Day
24
33,126
33,790
19,093
48,147
Weekend
39
35,512
35,071
24,916
51,775
Weekday
41
27,721
26,132
16,584
52,274
On the road
81
32,767
31,672
16,341
57,405
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
30,797
May
13
30,044
Jun
12
31,858
Jul
13
37,773
Aug
16
26,143
Sep
16
31,284
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2005.
Regulation
2:43
148 games
All games
2:46
Extra innings
3:26
13 of them
Longest
3:40
2005-08-20, 13 inn
Shortest
2:05
2005-09-24
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
2:46
2:43
2:04
4:43
Regulation
148
2:43
2:43
2:04
3:31
Extra innings
13
3:26
3:30
2:35
4:43
Home
81
2:47
2:45
2:05
3:40
Road
80
2:46
2:43
2:04
4:43
Day
48
2:45
2:44
2:11
3:40
Night
113
2:47
2:43
2:04
4:43
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:41
May
13
2:40
Jun
12
2:39
Jul
13
2:41
Aug
16
2:59
Sep
16
2:56
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 163 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Atlanta Braves are 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +95 run differential implies .560. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
