The Cincinnati Reds went 73-89 in 2005, a .448 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 820 runs and allowed 889, a run differential of -69. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.19 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Ken Griffey Jr. led the position players at 5.3 WAR, and Aaron Harang the rotation at a 3.83 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 27 games back. They spent 4 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 27 games back on October 2. Their best month was July at 17-11, their worst June at 9-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from July 27 to July 31 and an 8-game losing streak from April 27 to May 6. They were 42-39 at home and 31-50 on the road, 21-18 in one-run games and 37-61 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-3 against the Diamondbacks on August 19; the heaviest defeat, 13-3 at the Brewers on May 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
13
.435
101
119
-18
May
11
18
.379
145
171
-26
June
9
16
.360
134
164
-30
July
17
11
.607
159
142
+17
August
15
12
.556
138
122
+16
Sept/Oct
11
19
.367
141
169
-28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
21-18
.538
Extra innings
5-2
.714
Within the division
33-46
.418
Against .500+ clubs
37-61
.378
Decided by 5+ runs
27-29
.482
Last 10
2-8
.200
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
81
23,990
23,297
13,351
42,794
Night
58
23,778
23,324
13,351
41,737
Day
23
24,523
23,297
15,886
42,794
Weekend
39
26,273
26,107
18,529
41,737
Weekday
42
21,869
19,885
13,351
42,794
On the road
80
32,474
33,129
13,173
50,434
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
24,937
May
19
22,686
Jun
14
26,210
Jul
14
24,346
Aug
13
24,628
Sep
12
19,567
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
2:51
155 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:44
7 of them
Longest
4:20
2005-05-24, 14 inn
Shortest
2:24
2005-08-07
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
2:53
2:50
2:15
4:20
Regulation
155
2:51
2:49
2:15
3:41
Extra innings
7
3:44
3:33
3:28
4:20
Home
81
2:54
2:50
2:24
4:20
Road
81
2:52
2:50
2:15
3:41
Day
49
2:54
2:52
2:24
3:32
Night
113
2:53
2:50
2:15
4:20
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:42
May
19
2:59
Jun
13
2:49
Jul
14
2:57
Aug
13
2:52
Sep
12
2:57
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
Cincinnati Reds are 73-89, a .448 win rate, while their -69 run differential implies .463. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
