The Los Angeles Dodgers went 71-91 in 2005, a .438 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 685 runs and allowed 755, a run differential of -70. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.38 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Jeff Kent led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Brad Penny the rotation at a 3.90 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL West, 11 games back. They spent 36 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 4.5 games on April 19 and were as far as 11 games back on September 30. Their best month was March/April at 15-8, their worst Sept/Oct at 10-19. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 12 to April 20 and an 8-game losing streak from June 14 to June 21. They were 40-41 at home and 31-50 on the road, 20-23 in one-run games and 36-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-5 against the Marlins on May 17; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Rockies on September 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
8
.652
126
99
+27
May
11
17
.393
120
150
-30
June
11
16
.407
95
121
-26
July
10
17
.370
112
133
-21
August
14
14
.500
123
129
-6
Sept/Oct
10
19
.345
109
123
-14
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
20-23
.465
Extra innings
7-5
.583
Within the division
33-41
.446
Against .500+ clubs
36-44
.450
Decided by 5+ runs
18-24
.429
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League West standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National 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
44,490
44,963
30,329
55,892
Night
59
43,623
44,416
30,329
55,868
Day
22
46,814
47,630
34,441
55,892
Weekend
39
48,122
48,055
35,150
55,868
Weekday
42
41,117
42,636
30,329
55,892
On the road
81
32,564
35,671
11,029
50,273
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
49,235
May
15
44,845
Jun
14
43,471
Jul
14
47,762
Aug
12
45,715
Sep
16
38,301
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
2:47
150 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:27
12 of them
Longest
4:04
2005-07-31, 11 inn
Shortest
2:08
2005-04-15
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
2:50
2:48
2:08
4:04
Regulation
150
2:47
2:47
2:08
3:32
Extra innings
12
3:27
3:26
2:57
4:04
Home
81
2:51
2:50
2:08
4:04
Road
81
2:50
2:47
2:18
3:57
Day
45
2:48
2:43
2:09
4:04
Night
117
2:51
2:48
2:08
3:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:40
May
15
2:47
Jun
14
2:48
Jul
14
2:57
Aug
12
2:48
Sep
16
2:58
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 167 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 Dodgers are 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -70 run differential implies .456. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
