The Kansas City Royals went 56-106 in 2005, a .346 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 701 runs and allowed 935, a run differential of -234. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.56 staff ERA was the worst. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. David DeJesus led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Zack Greinke the rotation at a 5.80 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 43 games back. They were as far as 43 games back on October 2. Their best month was June at 12-14, their worst August at 5-21. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 11 to June 16 and a 19-game losing streak from July 28 to August 19. They were 34-47 at home and 22-59 on the road, 18-30 in one-run games and 28-61 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-2 at the Tigers on September 9; the heaviest defeat, 16-1 against the Athletics on August 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
6
18
.250
87
135
-48
May
8
19
.296
123
159
-36
June
12
14
.462
123
142
-19
July
12
16
.429
122
152
-30
August
5
21
.192
88
169
-81
Sept/Oct
13
18
.419
158
178
-20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
34-47
.420
Road
22-59
.272
One-run games
18-30
.375
Extra innings
4-8
.333
Within the division
26-49
.347
Against .500+ clubs
28-61
.315
Decided by 5+ runs
13-37
.260
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
79
17,357
15,832
8,640
41,788
Night
55
17,628
16,061
8,915
39,781
Day
24
16,735
15,280
8,640
41,788
Weekend
37
19,772
18,808
10,994
39,781
Weekday
42
15,229
13,119
8,640
41,788
On the road
81
26,044
24,544
8,308
54,951
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
16,805
May
11
20,711
Jun
11
21,127
Jul
16
17,639
Aug
14
16,060
Sep
15
11,243
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 159 completed games, 2005.
Regulation
2:45
147 games
All games
2:49
Extra innings
3:34
12 of them
Longest
4:25
2005-07-27, 13 inn
Shortest
1:58
2005-08-14
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
159
2:49
2:45
1:44
4:25
Regulation
147
2:45
2:42
1:44
3:47
Extra innings
12
3:34
3:36
2:51
4:25
Home
79
2:50
2:41
1:58
4:25
Road
80
2:48
2:46
1:44
3:50
Day
54
2:54
2:48
1:58
4:25
Night
105
2:46
2:44
1:44
3:58
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:50
May
10
2:41
Jun
11
2:42
Jul
15
2:55
Aug
14
2:52
Sep
15
2:55
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 165 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
Kansas City Royals are 56-106, a .346 win rate, while their -234 run differential implies .371. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
