The Houston Astros went 89-73 in 2005, a .546 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 693 runs and allowed 609, a run differential of +84. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.53 staff ERA was the second best. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Morgan Ensberg led the position players at 5.7 WAR, and Roy Oswalt the rotation at a 2.94 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 11 games back. They spent 5 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 10 and were as far as 16 games back on June 7. Their best month was July at 22-7, their worst May at 10-19. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 24 to July 30 and a 7-game losing streak from May 18 to May 24. They were 53-28 at home and 36-45 on the road, 25-21 in one-run games and 39-35 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 at the Nationals on July 22; the heaviest defeat, 16-0 at the Braves on May 8.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
13
.409
84
80
+4
May
10
19
.345
98
149
-51
June
16
9
.640
119
87
+32
July
22
7
.759
150
88
+62
August
13
14
.481
109
96
+13
Sept/Oct
19
11
.633
131
107
+24
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
25-21
.543
Extra innings
4-4
.500
Within the division
43-36
.544
Against .500+ clubs
39-35
.527
Decided by 5+ runs
24-14
.632
Last 10
6-4
.600
2005 postseason
In October the Houston Astros beat the Braves 3-1 in the NLDS, beat the Cardinals 4-2 in the NLCS, then lost the World Series to the White Sox 4-0.
NLDS vs Braves3-1 W
Game 1, October 5 W 10-5 at Braves
Game 2, October 6 L 1-7 at Braves
Game 3, October 8 W 7-3 vs Braves
Game 4, October 9 W 7-6 vs Braves
NLCS vs Cardinals4-2 W
Game 1, October 12 L 3-5 at Cardinals
Game 2, October 13 W 4-1 at Cardinals
Game 3, October 15 W 4-3 vs Cardinals
Game 4, October 16 W 2-1 vs Cardinals
Game 5, October 17 L 4-5 vs Cardinals
Game 6, October 19 W 5-1 at Cardinals
World Series vs White Sox0-4 L
Game 1, October 22 L 3-5 at White Sox
Game 2, October 23 L 6-7 at White Sox
Game 3, October 25 L 5-7 vs White Sox
Game 4, October 26 L 0-1 vs White Sox
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
34,627
34,309
23,882
43,596
Night
61
33,666
32,173
23,882
43,596
Day
20
37,555
38,146
28,496
43,028
Weekend
39
37,553
37,524
28,607
43,596
Weekday
42
31,909
30,445
23,882
43,567
On the road
80
30,652
30,833
8,413
53,663
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
34,521
May
13
31,705
Jun
13
34,070
Jul
14
37,128
Aug
15
33,809
Sep
13
35,286
Oct
2
42,155
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
154 games
All games
2:44
Extra innings
3:32
8 of them
Longest
4:04
2005-09-02, 13 inn
Shortest
1:50
2005-06-12
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
2:41
1:50
4:23
Regulation
154
2:41
2:40
1:50
3:29
Extra innings
8
3:32
3:29
2:39
4:23
Home
81
2:42
2:41
1:50
4:04
Road
81
2:45
2:41
1:53
4:23
Day
45
2:41
2:38
1:50
4:11
Night
117
2:44
2:42
1:53
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:47
May
13
2:45
Jun
13
2:36
Jul
14
2:41
Aug
15
2:44
Sep
13
2:44
Oct
2
2:34
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
Houston Astros are 89-73, a .546 win rate, while their +84 run differential implies .559. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
