The New York Yankees went 95-67 in 2005, a .586 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 886 runs and allowed 789, a run differential of +97. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.26 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 116 team wRC+ was 16% above league average — the second best in MLB. Alex Rodriguez led the position players at 9.4 WAR, and Randy Johnson the rotation at a 3.79 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for first in the AL East. They spent 20 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on September 22 and were as far as 9 games back on May 6. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 20-10, their worst March/April at 10-14. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from May 7 to May 17 and a 6-game losing streak from May 28 to June 3. They were 53-28 at home and 42-39 on the road, 27-16 in one-run games and 36-33 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-3 at the Devil Rays on September 13; the heaviest defeat, 17-1 against the Red Sox on May 28.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
14
.417
123
129
-6
May
17
10
.630
155
136
+19
June
12
14
.462
136
123
+13
July
17
9
.654
153
138
+15
August
19
10
.655
149
113
+36
Sept/Oct
20
10
.667
170
150
+20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
27-16
.628
Extra innings
4-4
.500
Within the division
41-33
.554
Against .500+ clubs
36-33
.522
Decided by 5+ runs
29-20
.592
Last 10
6-4
.600
2005 postseason
In October the New York Yankees lost the ALDS to the Angels 3-2.
ALDS vs Angels2-3 L
Game 1, October 4 W 4-2 at Angels
Game 2, October 5 L 3-5 at Angels
Game 3, October 7 L 7-11 vs Angels
Game 4, October 9 W 3-2 vs Angels
Game 5, October 10 L 3-5 at Angels
American League East standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American 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
81
50,499
53,175
35,282
55,327
Night
48
48,967
51,025
35,282
55,327
Day
33
52,728
54,329
42,732
55,315
Weekend
40
52,273
54,311
40,839
55,327
Weekday
41
48,769
50,382
35,282
55,276
On the road
81
37,006
37,814
13,217
55,953
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
45,667
May
13
48,125
Jun
13
50,506
Jul
12
53,541
Aug
14
53,926
Sep
13
52,317
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
3:02
154 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:12
8 of them
Longest
4:20
2005-07-31, 11 inn
Shortest
2:08
2005-04-29
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
3:02
3:01
2:08
4:20
Regulation
154
3:02
3:01
2:08
4:16
Extra innings
8
3:12
3:00
2:48
4:20
Home
81
3:05
3:02
2:08
4:20
Road
81
3:00
3:00
2:18
4:16
Day
55
3:03
3:01
2:18
4:20
Night
107
3:02
3:02
2:08
4:16
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
2:59
May
13
3:02
Jun
13
3:04
Jul
12
3:14
Aug
14
3:09
Sep
13
3:01
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 Yankees are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +97 run differential implies .553. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
