The Cleveland Indians went 93-69 in 2005, a .574 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 790 runs and allowed 642, a run differential of +148. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.61 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 113 team wRC+ was 13% above league average — the third best in MLB. Travis Hafner led the position players at 5.2 WAR, and CC Sabathia the rotation at a 4.03 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 6 games back. They were as far as 15 games back on July 17. Their best month was August at 19-8, their worst March/April at 9-14. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from June 10 to June 19 and a 5-game losing streak from July 10 to July 17. They were 43-38 at home and 50-31 on the road, 22-36 in one-run games and 31-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 against the Royals on September 18; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Tigers on April 9.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
14
.391
86
101
-15
May
16
11
.593
114
99
+15
June
17
10
.630
156
114
+42
July
13
16
.448
125
129
-4
August
19
8
.704
157
111
+46
Sept/Oct
19
10
.655
152
88
+64
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
50-31
.617
One-run games
22-36
.379
Extra innings
6-8
.429
Within the division
40-35
.533
Against .500+ clubs
31-40
.437
Decided by 5+ runs
34-14
.708
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American 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
24,867
23,138
12,162
42,521
Night
57
24,506
22,539
12,162
42,521
Day
24
25,725
24,621
15,771
42,461
Weekend
39
27,373
27,114
15,360
42,521
Weekday
42
22,540
21,518
12,162
42,461
On the road
81
27,433
26,365
8,564
54,366
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
18,083
May
14
19,590
Jun
12
27,054
Jul
15
24,557
Aug
14
29,361
Sep
14
26,643
Oct
2
41,030
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
2:48
147 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:29
14 of them
Longest
4:17
2005-09-30, 13 inn
Shortest
2:12
2005-04-17
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
2:51
2:49
1:51
4:17
Regulation
147
2:48
2:47
1:51
3:40
Extra innings
14
3:29
3:31
2:54
4:17
Home
80
2:50
2:47
2:12
4:17
Road
81
2:53
2:53
1:51
4:11
Day
54
2:46
2:46
1:51
4:11
Night
107
2:54
2:54
2:16
4:17
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:43
May
14
2:48
Jun
12
2:59
Jul
14
2:48
Aug
14
2:54
Sep
14
2:50
Oct
2
2:52
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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
Cleveland Indians are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +148 run differential implies .594. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
