The Chicago White Sox went 99-63 in 2005, a .611 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 741 runs and allowed 645, a run differential of +96. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.60 staff ERA was the third best. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Paul Konerko led the position players at 4.2 WAR, and Mark Buehrle the rotation at a 3.12 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 6 games clear. They spent 182 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 15 games on August 1 and were never out of first place. Their best month was June at 18-7, their worst August at 12-16. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 18 to April 25 and a 7-game losing streak from August 12 to August 20. They were 47-34 at home and 52-29 on the road, 35-19 in one-run games and 39-33 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-5 at the Rockies on June 8; the heaviest defeat, 10-1 against the Athletics on July 9.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
7
.708
106
81
+25
May
18
10
.643
123
107
+16
June
18
7
.720
141
98
+43
July
15
11
.577
140
127
+13
August
12
16
.429
98
119
-21
Sept/Oct
19
12
.613
133
113
+20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
52-29
.642
One-run games
35-19
.648
Extra innings
11-8
.579
Within the division
52-22
.703
Against .500+ clubs
39-33
.542
Decided by 5+ runs
21-16
.568
Last 10
8-2
.800
2005 postseason
In October the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 3-0 in the ALDS, beat the Angels 4-1 in the ALCS, then beat the Astros 4-0 in the World Series. They won the 2005 World Series.
ALDS vs Red Sox3-0 W
Game 1, October 4 W 14-2 vs Red Sox
Game 2, October 5 W 5-4 vs Red Sox
Game 3, October 7 W 5-3 at Red Sox
ALCS vs Angels4-1 W
Game 1, October 11 L 2-3 vs Angels
Game 2, October 12 W 2-1 vs Angels
Game 3, October 14 W 5-2 at Angels
Game 4, October 15 W 8-2 at Angels
Game 5, October 16 W 6-3 at Angels
World Series vs Astros4-0 W
Game 1, October 22 W 5-3 vs Astros
Game 2, October 23 W 7-6 vs Astros
Game 3, October 25 W 7-5 at Astros
Game 4, October 26 W 1-0 at Astros
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
28,924
29,031
10,520
39,610
Night
54
28,536
28,197
12,362
39,496
Day
27
29,699
30,931
10,520
39,610
Weekend
39
31,727
30,931
16,749
39,610
Weekday
42
26,321
26,518
10,520
39,160
On the road
80
28,168
26,923
8,774
54,871
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
21,930
May
13
23,839
Jun
16
29,668
Jul
13
34,417
Aug
12
35,789
Sep
17
27,179
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
2:42
143 games
All games
2:49
Extra innings
3:38
19 of them
Longest
5:09
2005-08-16, 16 inn
Shortest
1:39
2005-04-16
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
2:49
2:46
1:39
5:09
Regulation
143
2:42
2:42
1:39
3:31
Extra innings
19
3:38
3:36
2:45
5:09
Home
81
2:47
2:42
1:39
5:09
Road
81
2:50
2:48
2:08
4:25
Day
57
2:47
2:49
1:39
4:25
Night
105
2:50
2:45
2:08
5:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:50
May
13
2:36
Jun
16
2:45
Jul
13
2:56
Aug
12
2:54
Sep
17
2:45
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 162 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 White Sox are 99-63, a .611 win rate, while their +96 run differential implies .563. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
