The Texas Rangers went 79-83 in 2005, a .488 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 865 runs and allowed 858, a run differential of +7. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.88 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 111 team wRC+ was 11% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Michael Young led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and Chris Young the rotation at a 4.26 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 West, 16 games back. They spent 11 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on May 31 and were as far as 16 games back on October 2. Their best month was May at 18-7, their worst June at 10-17. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from May 20 to May 31 and an 8-game losing streak from August 8 to August 16. They were 44-37 at home and 35-46 on the road, 24-29 in one-run games and 41-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-3 against the Astros on May 21; the heaviest defeat, 16-5 at the Red Sox on August 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
13
.480
123
136
-13
May
18
7
.720
156
89
+67
June
10
17
.370
142
153
-11
July
13
14
.481
137
152
-15
August
11
18
.379
154
177
-23
Sept/Oct
15
14
.517
153
151
+2
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
24-29
.453
Extra innings
7-8
.467
Within the division
25-32
.439
Against .500+ clubs
41-58
.414
Decided by 5+ runs
23-24
.489
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League West standings, 2005
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 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
31,566
30,167
18,077
50,492
Night
57
32,233
30,453
19,366
50,492
Day
23
29,911
27,466
18,077
50,054
Weekend
38
34,336
34,949
19,913
49,342
Weekday
42
29,059
27,313
18,077
50,492
On the road
81
27,126
25,235
8,799
54,919
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
30,057
May
15
31,686
Jun
10
34,148
Jul
13
37,182
Aug
16
25,923
Sep
11
27,550
Oct
2
43,254
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
2:48
147 games
All games
2:52
Extra innings
3:29
15 of them
Longest
3:38
2005-07-18, 9 inn
Shortest
2:13
2005-05-26
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
2:52
2:50
2:07
4:13
Regulation
147
2:48
2:47
2:07
3:47
Extra innings
15
3:29
3:25
2:39
4:13
Home
81
2:50
2:49
2:13
3:38
Road
81
2:54
2:51
2:07
4:13
Day
51
2:53
2:52
2:12
4:10
Night
111
2:51
2:49
2:07
4:13
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:42
May
15
2:43
Jun
10
2:57
Jul
13
3:03
Aug
16
2:46
Sep
11
2:53
Oct
2
2:49
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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
Texas Rangers are 79-83, a .488 win rate, while their +7 run differential implies .504. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
