The Minnesota Twins went 83-79 in 2005, a .512 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 688 runs and allowed 662, a run differential of +26. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.72 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Joe Mauer led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Johan Santana the rotation at a 2.87 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 16 games back. They spent 5 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 16.5 games back on August 9. Their best month was March/April at 15-8, their worst July at 12-16. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 10 to April 16 and a 6-game losing streak from July 28 to August 2. They were 45-36 at home and 38-43 on the road, 27-30 in one-run games and 33-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 against the Red Sox on August 5; the heaviest defeat, 12-4 at the Indians on September 11.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
8
.652
113
93
+20
May
14
13
.519
112
98
+14
June
13
13
.500
122
122
0
July
12
16
.429
112
124
-12
August
16
13
.552
115
93
+22
Sept/Oct
13
16
.448
114
132
-18
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
27-30
.474
Extra innings
15-8
.652
Within the division
40-35
.533
Against .500+ clubs
33-45
.423
Decided by 5+ runs
17-16
.515
Last 10
5-5
.500
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
81
25,114
24,153
12,564
48,764
Night
57
24,990
23,929
12,564
48,764
Day
24
25,408
25,010
13,034
40,982
Weekend
39
29,943
28,624
16,119
48,764
Weekday
42
20,630
20,413
12,564
33,572
On the road
81
27,369
26,023
8,884
54,368
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
26,538
May
14
24,170
Jun
17
25,573
Jul
10
26,744
Aug
14
30,407
Sep
14
18,154
Oct
2
24,226
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
2:37
139 games
All games
2:43
Extra innings
3:19
23 of them
Longest
3:45
2005-05-22, 11 inn
Shortest
2:05
2005-07-02
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
2:43
2:38
1:53
5:09
Regulation
139
2:37
2:36
1:53
3:42
Extra innings
23
3:19
3:18
2:28
5:09
Home
81
2:40
2:36
2:05
3:45
Road
81
2:45
2:42
1:53
5:09
Day
50
2:39
2:34
1:53
3:45
Night
112
2:44
2:40
2:00
5:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:44
May
14
2:40
Jun
17
2:47
Jul
10
2:38
Aug
14
2:37
Sep
14
2:36
Oct
2
2:22
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 157 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
Minnesota Twins are 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +26 run differential implies .518. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
