Every 2005 MLB race charted day by day: AL East, AL Central, AL West, AL Wild Card, NL East, NL Central, NL West and NL Wild Card. Final standings, from a season that ran April 3 to October 2, 2005.
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AL East standings, 2005
Team
W
L
Pct
GB
L10
Streak
New York Yankees (NYY)y
95
67
.586
-
6-4
L1
Boston Red Sox (BOS)w
95
67
.586
-
7-3
W1
Toronto Blue Jays (TOR)
80
82
.494
15
5-5
W1
Baltimore Orioles (BAL)
74
88
.457
21
4-6
W3
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (TB)
67
95
.414
28
4-6
L4
Final standings.
Clinch key
w
clinched a wild card place
y
clinched the division
Turning points
The lead changed hands 8 times.
The New York Yankees trailed by as many as 9 games on May 6, 2005.
The New York Yankees won 10 games in a row from May 7, 2005 to May 17, 2005, the longest run of the race.
The Boston Red Sox led by 5.5 games as late as August 10, 2005.
The New York Yankees went 21-10 from June 10, 2005 to July 18, 2005, turning a deficit of 7 games into a lead of half a game.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 48 of the 179 days played.
Five teams held first place.
The Boston Red Sox held first place for 64 straight days, the season's longest run.
The New York Yankees spent 20 of the season's 183 charted days in first place.