The Florida Marlins went 83-79 in 2005, a .512 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 717 runs and allowed 732, a run differential of -15. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.19 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Dontrelle Willis the rotation at a 2.63 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 3rd in the NL East, 7 games back. They spent 33 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on May 22 and were as far as 10 games back on September 27. Their best month was March/April at 14-8, their worst Sept/Oct at 13-16. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 18 to May 24 and a 6-game losing streak from September 23 to September 28. They were 45-36 at home and 38-43 on the road, 20-23 in one-run games and 47-56 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-4 at the Giants on July 23; the heaviest defeat, 14-0 at the Cubs on June 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
8
.636
103
58
+45
May
13
14
.481
118
126
-8
June
13
14
.481
114
132
-18
July
13
13
.500
138
130
+8
August
17
14
.548
120
123
-3
Sept/Oct
13
16
.448
124
163
-39
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
20-23
.465
Extra innings
5-9
.357
Within the division
34-39
.466
Against .500+ clubs
47-56
.456
Decided by 5+ runs
24-30
.444
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League East standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 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
22,872
21,566
11,416
57,405
Night
62
21,711
20,529
11,416
37,336
Day
19
26,658
26,170
14,427
57,405
Weekend
39
26,088
25,891
16,622
37,336
Weekday
42
19,885
19,467
11,416
57,405
On the road
80
32,857
33,296
10,624
55,351
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
24,595
May
16
22,038
Jun
10
20,251
Jul
13
23,457
Aug
16
22,490
Sep
10
23,076
Oct
2
28,803
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 160 completed games, 2005.
Regulation
2:46
146 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:29
14 of them
Longest
4:43
2005-06-29, 13 inn
Shortest
1:55
2005-08-17
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
160
2:50
2:49
1:55
4:43
Regulation
146
2:46
2:46
1:55
3:40
Extra innings
14
3:29
3:21
2:45
4:43
Home
80
2:50
2:49
1:55
4:43
Road
80
2:50
2:50
2:05
4:18
Day
45
2:49
2:51
2:13
3:58
Night
115
2:50
2:46
1:55
4:43
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:44
May
16
2:44
Jun
9
3:01
Jul
13
2:54
Aug
16
2:44
Sep
10
3:03
Oct
2
2:41
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 166 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
Florida Marlins are 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their -15 run differential implies .491. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
