The Detroit Tigers went 71-91 in 2005, a .438 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 723 runs and allowed 787, a run differential of -64. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.48 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Placido Polanco led the position players at 3.6 WAR, and Jeremy Bonderman the rotation at a 4.57 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 28 games back. They spent 3 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 28 games back on October 2. Their best month was March/April at 11-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 8-24. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 22 to April 29 and a 9-game losing streak from September 1 to September 9. They were 39-42 at home and 32-49 on the road, 22-26 in one-run games and 32-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-6 against the Blue Jays on August 21; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 against the Athletics on August 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
11
.500
121
98
+23
May
12
15
.444
94
115
-21
June
13
13
.500
119
115
+4
July
14
15
.483
142
147
-5
August
13
13
.500
144
154
-10
Sept/Oct
8
24
.250
103
158
-55
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
22-26
.458
Extra innings
8-3
.727
Within the division
29-46
.387
Against .500+ clubs
32-59
.352
Decided by 5+ runs
20-25
.444
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
80
25,306
24,303
10,463
44,105
Night
49
25,359
23,972
10,840
41,207
Day
31
25,223
24,440
10,463
44,105
Weekend
37
30,381
30,134
18,873
41,207
Weekday
43
20,940
19,585
10,463
44,105
On the road
79
26,358
25,265
8,640
51,833
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
21,390
May
14
21,093
Jun
14
26,216
Jul
12
30,523
Aug
15
31,832
Sep
16
19,034
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
151 games
All games
2:44
Extra innings
3:31
11 of them
Longest
3:59
2005-06-29, 13 inn
Shortest
2:02
2005-06-16
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
2:44
2:44
1:58
4:10
Regulation
151
2:41
2:43
1:58
3:44
Extra innings
11
3:31
3:37
2:28
4:10
Home
81
2:46
2:46
2:02
3:59
Road
81
2:43
2:43
1:58
4:10
Day
57
2:37
2:36
1:58
3:37
Night
105
2:48
2:46
2:09
4:10
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:41
May
14
2:54
Jun
14
2:43
Jul
12
2:42
Aug
15
2:52
Sep
16
2:40
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
Detroit Tigers are 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -64 run differential implies .461. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
