The Tampa Bay Devil Rays went 67-95 in 2005, a .414 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 750 runs and allowed 936, a run differential of -186. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.41 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Julio Lugo led the position players at 4.5 WAR, and Scott Kazmir the rotation at a 3.77 ERA.
The 2005 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 28 games back. They spent 2 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 28 games back on October 1. Their best month was August at 15-13, their worst June at 8-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 28 to August 3 and a 10-game losing streak from June 28 to July 8. They were 40-41 at home and 27-54 on the road, 29-25 in one-run games and 37-53 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-3 against the Indians on August 24; the heaviest defeat, 18-2 at the Pirates on June 11.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
16
.333
107
153
-46
May
11
18
.379
140
157
-17
June
8
18
.308
115
180
-65
July
13
14
.481
125
137
-12
August
15
13
.536
151
158
-7
Sept/Oct
12
16
.429
112
151
-39
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
27-54
.333
One-run games
29-25
.537
Extra innings
5-4
.556
Within the division
31-44
.413
Against .500+ clubs
37-53
.411
Decided by 5+ runs
10-27
.270
Last 10
4-6
.400
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
14,094
12,445
8,308
33,220
Night
62
13,609
12,095
8,308
33,220
Day
19
15,677
13,851
8,764
30,236
Weekend
39
15,039
13,232
8,884
33,220
Weekday
42
13,217
9,606
8,308
26,018
On the road
81
29,235
27,517
10,807
52,928
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
15,789
May
16
11,469
Jun
12
13,421
Jul
14
15,125
Aug
13
13,862
Sep
10
14,916
Oct
2
17,466
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
2:46
152 games
All games
2:48
Extra innings
3:25
9 of them
Longest
3:48
2005-07-26, 10 inn
Shortest
2:06
2005-08-28
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
2:48
2:48
2:05
4:04
Regulation
152
2:46
2:46
2:05
3:36
Extra innings
9
3:25
3:22
2:56
4:04
Home
81
2:48
2:48
2:06
3:48
Road
80
2:48
2:48
2:05
4:04
Day
40
2:45
2:47
2:06
4:04
Night
121
2:49
2:48
2:05
3:53
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:55
May
16
2:45
Jun
12
2:38
Jul
14
2:51
Aug
13
2:42
Sep
10
3:05
Oct
2
2:31
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 166 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
Tampa Bay Devil Rays are 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -186 run differential implies .400. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
