The Chicago Cubs went 79-83 in 2005, a .488 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 703 runs and allowed 714, a run differential of -11. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.26 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Derrek Lee led the position players at 8.1 WAR, and Carlos Zambrano the rotation at a 3.26 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 21 games back. They spent 1 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 21.5 games back on August 29. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 16-13, their worst August at 10-18. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 27 to June 2 and an 8-game losing streak from June 30 to July 7. They were 38-43 at home and 41-40 on the road, 26-20 in one-run games and 46-55 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 against the Marlins on June 14; the heaviest defeat, 15-5 against the Marlins on June 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
11
.522
119
107
+12
May
14
13
.519
104
98
+6
June
14
13
.519
131
142
-11
July
13
15
.464
125
123
+2
August
10
18
.357
117
137
-20
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
107
107
0
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
26-20
.565
Extra innings
5-5
.500
Within the division
43-36
.544
Against .500+ clubs
46-55
.455
Decided by 5+ runs
18-22
.450
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 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
38,750
38,806
36,791
40,488
Night
26
38,517
38,574
37,552
39,965
Day
54
38,862
38,918
36,791
40,488
Weekend
38
39,115
39,209
37,452
40,488
Weekday
42
38,419
38,399
36,791
39,965
On the road
81
36,463
37,221
17,897
55,284
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
34,820
May
16
38,812
Jun
12
38,951
Jul
14
39,421
Aug
16
38,632
Sep
12
38,214
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 162 completed games, 2005.
Regulation
2:41
152 games
All games
2:45
Extra innings
3:36
10 of them
Longest
4:28
2005-04-08, 12 inn
Shortest
2:00
2005-05-08
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
162
2:45
2:42
2:00
4:28
Regulation
152
2:41
2:41
2:00
3:36
Extra innings
10
3:36
3:34
2:48
4:28
Home
81
2:45
2:42
2:00
4:28
Road
81
2:45
2:42
2:06
3:40
Day
85
2:45
2:42
2:00
4:28
Night
77
2:45
2:41
2:06
3:40
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:58
May
16
2:34
Jun
12
2:41
Jul
14
2:53
Aug
16
2:43
Sep
12
2:46
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 161 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
Chicago Cubs are 79-83, a .488 win rate, while their -11 run differential implies .493. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
