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2005 MLB Standings

🏆 World Series Champion: Chicago White Sox

🏅 MVP Winners: Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez

🏅 Cy Young Winners: Chris Carpenter, Bartolo Colon

📊 League Batting: 0.264/0.330/0.419 -- 0.749

📈 League ERA: 4.28

Hitting Stats for 2005 Pitching Stats for 2005

MVP results for 2005
Cy Young results for 2005
All-Stars in 2005
Gold Glove in 2005
Silver Slugger in 2005

American League

AL East

Team Name	W	L	W%	GB	R	pR	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	WHIP
Boston Red Sox	95	67	0.586	-	910	805	199	0.281	0.357	0.454	4.74	1.39
New York Yankees	95	67	0.586	-	886	789	229	0.276	0.355	0.450	4.54	1.37
Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	0.494	15.0	775	705	136	0.265	0.331	0.407	4.06	1.33
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	0.457	21.0	729	800	189	0.269	0.327	0.434	4.56	1.43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	67	95	0.414	28.0	750	936	157	0.274	0.329	0.425	5.40	1.54

AL Central

Team Name	W	L	W%	GB	R	pR	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	WHIP
Chicago White Sox	99	63	0.611	-	741	645	200	0.262	0.322	0.425	3.61	1.25
Cleveland Indians	93	69	0.574	6.0	790	642	207	0.271	0.334	0.453	3.61	1.22
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	16.0	688	662	134	0.259	0.323	0.391	3.72	1.23
Detroit Tigers	71	91	0.438	28.0	723	787	168	0.272	0.321	0.428	4.52	1.37
Kansas City Royals	56	106	0.346	43.0	701	935	126	0.263	0.320	0.396	5.56	1.57

AL West

Team Name	W	L	W%	GB	R	pR	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	WHIP
Los Angeles Angels	95	67	0.586	-	761	643	147	0.270	0.325	0.409	3.68	1.27
Oakland Athletics	88	74	0.543	7.0	772	658	155	0.262	0.330	0.407	3.70	1.25
Texas Rangers	79	83	0.488	16.0	865	858	260	0.267	0.329	0.468	4.97	1.47
Seattle Mariners	69	93	0.426	26.0	699	751	130	0.256	0.317	0.391	4.49	1.39

National League

NL East

Team Name	W	L	W%	GB	R	pR	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	WHIP
Atlanta Braves	90	72	0.556	-	769	674	184	0.265	0.333	0.435	3.98	1.39
Philadelphia Phillies	88	74	0.543	2.0	807	726	167	0.270	0.348	0.423	4.21	1.30
Florida Marlins	83	79	0.512	7.0	717	732	128	0.272	0.339	0.409	4.19	1.40
New York Mets	83	79	0.512	7.0	722	648	175	0.258	0.322	0.416	3.77	1.31
Washington Nationals	81	81	0.500	9.0	639	673	117	0.252	0.322	0.386	3.87	1.37

NL Central

Team Name	W	L	W%	GB	R	pR	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	WHIP
St. Louis Cardinals	100	62	0.617	-	805	634	170	0.270	0.339	0.423	3.49	1.27
Houston Astros	89	73	0.549	11.0	693	609	161	0.256	0.322	0.408	3.52	1.23
Milwaukee Brewers	81	81	0.500	19.0	726	697	175	0.259	0.331	0.423	3.98	1.36
Chicago Cubs	79	83	0.488	21.0	703	714	194	0.270	0.324	0.440	4.19	1.34
Cincinnati Reds	73	89	0.451	27.0	820	889	222	0.261	0.339	0.446	5.18	1.50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	33.0	680	769	139	0.259	0.322	0.400	4.44	1.44

NL West

Team Name	W	L	W%	GB	R	pR	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	WHIP
San Diego Padres	82	80	0.506	-	684	726	130	0.257	0.333	0.391	4.13	1.34
Arizona Diamondbacks	77	85	0.475	5.0	696	856	191	0.256	0.332	0.421	4.87	1.45
San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463	7.0	649	745	128	0.261	0.319	0.396	4.35	1.42
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	91	0.438	11.0	685	755	149	0.253	0.326	0.395	4.38	1.33
Colorado Rockies	67	95	0.414	15.0	741	862	150	0.267	0.333	0.411	5.14	1.55

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