The Milwaukee Brewers went 81-81 in 2005, a .500 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 726 runs and allowed 697, a run differential of +29. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.96 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% above league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Geoff Jenkins led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Ben Sheets the rotation at a 3.33 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 19 games back. They spent 10 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 14 and were as far as 21 games back on September 17. Their best month was July at 16-12, their worst March/April at 10-13. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 28 to May 5 and a 7-game losing streak from April 15 to April 21. They were 46-35 at home and 35-46 on the road, 21-21 in one-run games and 36-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 at the Diamondbacks on September 15; the heaviest defeat, 12-3 against the Yankees on June 8.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
13
.435
102
99
+3
May
14
14
.500
120
98
+22
June
12
15
.444
113
125
-12
July
16
12
.571
144
131
+13
August
13
14
.481
108
125
-17
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
139
119
+20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
21-21
.500
Extra innings
3-8
.273
Within the division
38-41
.481
Against .500+ clubs
36-47
.434
Decided by 5+ runs
18-14
.563
Last 10
6-4
.600
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
27,297
28,337
10,927
45,079
Night
52
28,075
28,474
10,927
45,079
Day
29
25,901
24,916
11,021
42,458
Weekend
39
29,013
28,652
17,392
45,079
Weekday
42
25,703
28,184
10,927
42,458
On the road
81
29,342
30,359
8,801
46,287
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
20,693
May
16
23,364
Jun
10
38,702
Jul
14
30,341
Aug
14
29,942
Sep
17
23,487
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
2:50
151 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:39
11 of them
Longest
3:41
2005-09-26, 9 inn
Shortest
2:13
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
2:53
2:50
2:08
4:28
Regulation
151
2:50
2:47
2:08
4:09
Extra innings
11
3:39
3:37
2:49
4:28
Home
81
2:49
2:47
2:13
3:41
Road
81
2:57
2:53
2:08
4:28
Day
57
2:56
2:52
2:08
4:28
Night
105
2:52
2:48
2:11
4:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:48
May
16
2:45
Jun
10
2:52
Jul
14
2:50
Aug
14
2:44
Sep
17
2:55
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 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
Milwaukee Brewers are 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their +29 run differential implies .519. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
