The Boston Red Sox went 95-67 in 2005, a .586 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 910 runs and allowed 805, a run differential of +105. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.67 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 118 team wRC+ was 18% above league average — the best in MLB. David Ortiz led the position players at 6.0 WAR, and David Wells the rotation at a 4.45 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for first in the AL East. They spent 98 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 5.5 games on August 10 and were as far as 5 games back on May 26. Their best month was August at 18-9, their worst July at 14-13. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 26 to August 4 and a 4-game losing streak from May 24 to May 27. They were 54-27 at home and 41-40 on the road, 27-15 in one-run games and 39-28 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-1 at the Yankees on May 28; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the Blue Jays on July 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
11
.522
130
104
+26
May
16
12
.571
148
142
+6
June
17
9
.654
156
127
+29
July
14
13
.519
136
129
+7
August
18
9
.667
190
166
+24
Sept/Oct
18
13
.581
150
137
+13
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
54-27
.667
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
27-15
.643
Extra innings
6-2
.750
Within the division
39-35
.527
Against .500+ clubs
39-28
.582
Decided by 5+ runs
28-22
.560
Last 10
7-3
.700
2005 postseason
In October the Boston Red Sox lost the ALDS to the White Sox 3-0.
ALDS vs White Sox0-3 L
Game 1, October 4 L 2-14 at White Sox
Game 2, October 5 L 4-5 at White Sox
Game 3, October 7 L 3-5 vs White Sox
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
35,159
35,211
33,702
35,700
Night
57
35,252
35,251
34,802
35,670
Day
24
34,938
34,966
33,702
35,700
Weekend
38
35,025
35,056
34,534
35,377
Weekday
43
35,278
35,337
33,702
35,700
On the road
81
37,735
39,138
16,124
55,315
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
35,094
May
11
35,144
Jun
14
35,250
Jul
13
35,111
Aug
14
35,152
Sep
17
35,248
Oct
2
34,545
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
3:00
153 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:42
8 of them
Longest
4:13
2005-08-09, 10 inn
Shortest
2:20
2005-09-04
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
3:02
3:01
2:05
4:13
Regulation
153
3:00
3:00
2:05
4:03
Extra innings
8
3:42
3:46
3:05
4:13
Home
81
3:02
3:03
2:20
4:13
Road
80
3:01
2:59
2:05
4:07
Day
50
3:00
3:00
2:05
3:51
Night
111
3:02
3:01
2:20
4:13
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:05
May
11
2:54
Jun
14
3:04
Jul
13
3:01
Aug
14
3:11
Sep
17
2:56
Oct
2
3:19
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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
Boston Red Sox are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +105 run differential implies .556. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
