The Pittsburgh Pirates went 67-95 in 2005, a .414 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 680 runs and allowed 769, a run differential of -89. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.44 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 91 team wRC+ was 9% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Jason Bay led the position players at 6.6 WAR, and Mark Redman the rotation at a 4.90 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 6th in the NL Central, 33 games back. They were as far as 35 games back on September 13. Their best month was May at 15-13, their worst July at 10-18. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from June 7 to June 11 and a 6-game losing streak from August 31 to September 7. They were 34-47 at home and 33-48 on the road, 15-28 in one-run games and 36-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-2 against the Devil Rays on June 11; the heaviest defeat, 12-1 against the Phillies on July 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
14
.364
65
107
-42
May
15
13
.536
136
117
+19
June
11
16
.407
122
123
-1
July
10
18
.357
94
148
-54
August
11
17
.393
140
136
+4
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
123
138
-15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
34-47
.420
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
15-28
.349
Extra innings
4-8
.333
Within the division
30-50
.375
Against .500+ clubs
36-58
.383
Decided by 5+ runs
22-32
.407
Last 10
5-5
.500
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
79
23,003
22,715
8,413
38,579
Night
54
23,583
23,192
8,413
38,579
Day
25
21,751
21,739
10,984
38,016
Weekend
39
26,908
24,976
15,134
38,579
Weekday
40
19,196
19,735
8,413
38,016
On the road
81
33,013
35,377
10,927
54,734
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
20,734
May
11
22,149
Jun
14
24,940
Jul
15
23,959
Aug
13
26,124
Sep
15
17,140
Oct
2
20,135
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
2:42
150 games
All games
2:46
Extra innings
3:26
12 of them
Longest
4:04
2005-06-12, 13 inn
Shortest
2:00
2005-07-24
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
2:46
2:42
1:49
4:04
Regulation
150
2:42
2:40
1:49
3:40
Extra innings
12
3:26
3:30
2:54
4:04
Home
81
2:47
2:40
2:00
4:04
Road
81
2:44
2:43
1:49
3:40
Day
52
2:47
2:42
2:00
4:04
Night
110
2:45
2:41
1:49
3:45
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:40
May
11
2:40
Jun
14
2:44
Jul
15
2:42
Aug
13
2:51
Sep
15
3:01
Oct
2
2:40
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 162 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
Pittsburgh Pirates are 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -89 run differential implies .444. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
