The Baltimore Orioles went 74-88 in 2005, a .457 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 729 runs and allowed 800, a run differential of -71. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.57 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Brian Roberts led the position players at 6.0 WAR, and Erik Bedard the rotation at a 4.00 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL East, 21 games back. They spent 70 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 4.5 games on May 26 and were as far as 23 games back on September 29. Their best month was March/April at 16-7, their worst July at 8-18. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 22 to May 1 and a 9-game losing streak from September 18 to September 26. They were 36-45 at home and 38-43 on the road, 14-25 in one-run games and 31-51 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-5 at the Blue Jays on April 22; the heaviest defeat, 12-0 against the Blue Jays on August 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
7
.696
137
109
+28
May
15
13
.536
131
115
+16
June
12
15
.444
125
138
-13
July
8
18
.308
98
135
-37
August
11
17
.393
104
154
-50
Sept/Oct
12
18
.400
134
149
-15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
36-45
.444
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
14-25
.359
Extra innings
2-6
.250
Within the division
36-37
.493
Against .500+ clubs
31-51
.378
Decided by 5+ runs
17-30
.362
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League East standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American 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
81
32,405
30,784
15,641
49,828
Night
52
30,325
28,514
15,641
49,174
Day
29
36,135
35,955
17,645
49,828
Weekend
39
37,097
35,955
19,920
49,828
Weekday
42
28,048
26,194
15,641
48,271
On the road
81
30,282
30,212
9,226
55,276
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
32,305
May
19
28,042
Jun
9
37,562
Jul
14
37,681
Aug
14
29,744
Sep
13
32,487
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
2:51
153 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:28
8 of them
Longest
4:16
2005-09-27, 9 inn
Shortest
1:55
2005-05-25
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
2:53
2:50
1:55
4:16
Regulation
153
2:51
2:49
1:55
4:16
Extra innings
8
3:28
3:17
2:48
4:13
Home
80
2:55
2:53
1:55
4:16
Road
81
2:51
2:49
2:09
4:12
Day
54
2:51
2:47
2:05
4:12
Night
107
2:54
2:53
1:55
4:16
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:55
May
19
2:50
Jun
9
2:54
Jul
13
3:00
Aug
14
2:49
Sep
13
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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
Baltimore Orioles are 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -71 run differential implies .458. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
