The Los Angeles Angels went 95-67 in 2005, a .586 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 761 runs and allowed 643, a run differential of +118. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.68 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Vladimir Guerrero led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and John Lackey the rotation at a 3.44 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 West, 7 games clear. They spent 170 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 8.5 games on June 28 and were as far as 2 games back on August 30. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 21-9, their worst July at 13-14. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from June 20 to June 28 and a 5-game losing streak from August 25 to August 30. They were 49-32 at home and 46-35 on the road, 33-26 in one-run games and 44-35 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Royals on May 28; the heaviest defeat, 18-5 at the Rangers on June 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
11
.542
110
103
+7
May
17
11
.607
118
99
+19
June
17
9
.654
150
103
+47
July
13
14
.481
102
116
-14
August
14
13
.519
134
104
+30
Sept/Oct
21
9
.700
147
118
+29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
33-26
.559
Extra innings
9-10
.474
Within the division
34-22
.607
Against .500+ clubs
44-35
.557
Decided by 5+ runs
26-11
.703
Last 10
8-2
.800
2005 postseason
In October the Los Angeles Angels beat the Yankees 3-2 in the ALDS, then lost the ALCS to the White Sox 4-1.
ALDS vs Yankees3-2 W
Game 1, October 4 L 2-4 vs Yankees
Game 2, October 5 W 5-3 vs Yankees
Game 3, October 7 W 11-7 at Yankees
Game 4, October 9 L 2-3 at Yankees
Game 5, October 10 W 5-3 vs Yankees
ALCS vs White Sox1-4 L
Game 1, October 11 W 3-2 at White Sox
Game 2, October 12 L 1-2 at White Sox
Game 3, October 14 L 2-5 vs White Sox
Game 4, October 15 L 2-8 vs White Sox
Game 5, October 16 L 3-6 vs White Sox
American League West standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 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
42,033
43,026
35,077
44,109
Night
63
41,917
42,716
35,077
44,109
Day
18
42,440
43,659
35,508
44,032
Weekend
39
43,269
43,831
39,167
44,107
Weekday
42
40,885
41,863
35,077
44,109
On the road
80
30,780
29,892
12,445
54,543
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
40,601
May
13
40,554
Jun
12
43,133
Jul
14
43,025
Aug
15
43,258
Sep
14
41,490
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 161 completed games, 2005.
Regulation
2:46
142 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:26
19 of them
Longest
3:55
2005-09-16, 12 inn
Shortest
2:16
2005-09-24
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
161
2:51
2:47
2:06
4:50
Regulation
142
2:46
2:44
2:06
3:51
Extra innings
19
3:26
3:19
2:24
4:50
Home
81
2:50
2:47
2:16
3:55
Road
80
2:51
2:48
2:06
4:50
Day
46
2:54
2:53
2:06
4:20
Night
115
2:49
2:44
2:13
4:50
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:55
May
13
2:41
Jun
12
2:47
Jul
14
2:49
Aug
15
2:58
Sep
14
2:51
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
Los Angeles Angels are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +118 run differential implies .576. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
