The New York Mets went 83-79 in 2005, a .512 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 722 runs and allowed 648, a run differential of +74. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.78 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. David Wright led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Pedro Martínez the rotation at a 2.82 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 3rd in the NL East, 7 games back. They were as far as 12.5 games back on September 15. Their best month was August at 16-11, their worst March/April at 11-13. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 10 to April 16 and a 6-game losing streak from September 5 to September 10. They were 48-33 at home and 35-46 on the road, 21-24 in one-run games and 57-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-4 at the Diamondbacks on August 24; the heaviest defeat, 12-2 against the Angels on June 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
13
.458
110
109
+1
May
15
13
.536
123
114
+9
June
13
13
.500
114
114
0
July
14
13
.519
123
94
+29
August
16
11
.593
139
101
+38
Sept/Oct
14
16
.467
113
116
-3
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
21-24
.467
Extra innings
8-6
.571
Within the division
38-36
.514
Against .500+ clubs
57-58
.496
Decided by 5+ runs
25-17
.595
Last 10
8-2
.800
National League East standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 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
80
35,374
35,318
16,874
55,953
Night
51
33,191
33,889
16,874
55,740
Day
29
39,213
38,316
19,553
55,953
Weekend
38
41,197
40,116
28,488
55,953
Weekday
42
30,106
30,548
16,874
53,663
On the road
81
35,023
36,150
16,048
55,327
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
36,559
May
14
33,476
Jun
14
31,197
Jul
13
39,060
Aug
14
38,050
Sep
12
30,102
Oct
2
42,052
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
2:47
147 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:27
14 of them
Longest
4:28
2005-08-02, 11 inn
Shortest
2:04
2005-09-16
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
2:50
2:47
2:04
4:28
Regulation
147
2:47
2:44
2:04
4:09
Extra innings
14
3:27
3:22
2:54
4:28
Home
81
2:51
2:46
2:04
4:28
Road
80
2:50
2:48
2:09
3:38
Day
52
2:54
2:50
2:09
4:09
Night
109
2:49
2:47
2:04
4:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:54
May
14
2:48
Jun
14
2:52
Jul
13
2:45
Aug
14
2:58
Sep
12
2:51
Oct
2
2:39
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
New York Mets are 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +74 run differential implies .549. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
