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2005 Eastern League

2005 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 852 games, 12 teams, approx. 142 games in season
Attendance: 3,944,135 (4,629/game)
Other Years: 2004 / 2006
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League Standings

Regular Season

April 7, 2005 to September 5, 2005 · 142 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	76	66	.535	--
Trenton Thunder	NYY	74	68	.521	2
Norwich Navigators	SFG	71	71	.500	5
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	70	72	.493	6
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	68	74	.479	8
Binghamton Mets	NYM	63	79	.444	13

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Akron Aeros	CLE	84	58	.592	--
Altoona Curve	PIT	76	66	.535	8
Bowie Baysox	BAL	74	68	.521	10
Reading Phillies	PHI	69	73	.486	15
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	64	78	.451	20
Erie SeaWolves	DET	63	79	.444	21

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Akron Aeros	CLE	23.9	5.11	142	5433	4824	726	1276	244	44	151	657	144	66	420	1094	.265	.333	.427	.760	2061	89	93	59	37	17
Altoona Curve	PIT	25.3	4.73	142	5449	4801	671	1262	236	38	141	617	155	46	485	1081	.263	.336	.416	.752	1997	99	61	66	36	20
Erie SeaWolves	DET	24.5	4.69	142	5446	4833	666	1271	249	37	114	617	73	47	455	1076	.263	.333	.401	.734	1936	90	77	38	43	17
Binghamton Mets	NYM	23.8	4.61	142	5416	4789	655	1291	269	36	133	610	107	58	433	1126	.270	.335	.424	.760	2031	75	61	95	38	27
Trenton Thunder	NYY	24.3	4.60	142	5393	4813	653	1212	231	24	129	605	88	38	446	1047	.252	.321	.390	.711	1878	117	62	34	38	16
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	23.6	4.56	142	5332	4742	647	1256	266	15	105	599	61	53	402	922	.265	.331	.394	.724	1867	109	82	69	37	20
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	23.8	4.53	142	5356	4751	643	1217	274	33	118	587	102	50	471	1004	.256	.328	.402	.730	1911	105	62	25	47	21
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	25.4	4.42	142	5348	4754	628	1211	241	24	134	580	90	70	441	989	.255	.323	.400	.723	1902	96	60	53	40	20
Norwich Navigators	SFG	24.7	4.33	142	5230	4645	615	1187	225	24	97	558	160	67	399	998	.256	.324	.377	.701	1751	110	86	63	37	18
Reading Phillies	PHI	25.8	4.32	142	5466	4871	614	1269	225	29	126	569	101	63	435	1048	.261	.327	.396	.723	1930	116	63	64	33	39
Bowie Baysox	BAL	25.6	4.08	142	5323	4724	579	1198	240	23	85	527	86	52	450	968	.254	.322	.368	.691	1739	110	49	60	40	20
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	24.5	3.80	142	5197	4734	540	1178	254	21	106	499	63	34	363	1131	.249	.306	.379	.684	1792	107	38	35	27	18
League Totals		24.6	4.48	1704	64389	57281	7637	14828	2954	348	1439	7025	1230	644	5200	12484	.259	.327	.398	.725	22795	1223	794	661	453	253

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Bowie Baysox	BAL	25.2	3.97	74	68	.521	3.54	142	142	140	2	11	39	1249.1	1128	564	492	112	464	15	1168	73	5	65	5261	1.274	8.1	0.8	3.3	8.4	2.52
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	24.1	4.00	68	74	.479	3.57	142	142	137	5	10	43	1240.2	1188	568	492	114	317	16	1133	48	2	44	5157	1.213	8.6	0.8	2.3	8.2	3.57
Akron Aeros	CLE	23.5	4.04	84	58	.592	3.40	142	142	139	3	10	36	1266.1	1183	574	479	94	389	17	1001	79	11	72	5372	1.241	8.4	0.7	2.8	7.1	2.57
Reading Phillies	PHI	27.3	4.29	69	73	.486	3.77	142	142	137	5	2	33	1276.0	1270	609	535	134	410	13	957	74	5	58	5454	1.317	9.0	0.9	2.9	6.8	2.33
Norwich Navigators	SFG	24.5	4.32	71	71	.500	3.96	142	142	140	2	13	41	1231.0	1243	614	541	111	426	10	971	63	6	67	5301	1.356	9.1	0.8	3.1	7.1	2.28
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	24.9	4.47	76	66	.535	3.82	142	142	136	6	16	39	1238.1	1182	635	526	113	463	40	1063	59	8	71	5296	1.328	8.6	0.8	3.4	7.7	2.30
Trenton Thunder	NYY	25.0	4.51	74	68	.521	3.86	142	142	142	0	13	38	1259.2	1226	641	540	110	527	19	1126	59	7	64	5472	1.392	8.8	0.8	3.8	8.0	2.14
Altoona Curve	PIT	25.2	4.59	76	66	.535	4.00	142	142	140	2	5	44	1258.2	1266	652	560	112	486	18	1042	47	4	75	5497	1.392	9.1	0.8	3.5	7.5	2.14
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	23.4	4.66	70	72	.493	4.10	142	142	135	7	7	36	1234.0	1212	662	562	116	428	31	1005	66	4	42	5290	1.329	8.8	0.8	3.1	7.3	2.35
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	24.8	4.78	64	78	.451	4.24	142	142	136	6	8	28	1251.2	1312	679	590	138	403	36	984	83	6	54	5452	1.370	9.4	1.0	2.9	7.1	2.44
Binghamton Mets	NYM	24.6	5.05	63	79	.444	4.40	142	142	136	6	8	26	1238.0	1298	717	605	134	465	28	1083	70	6	71	5451	1.424	9.4	1.0	3.4	7.9	2.33
Erie SeaWolves	DET	24.9	5.08	63	79	.444	4.52	142	142	141	1	11	42	1233.2	1320	722	620	151	422	10	951	73	10	49	5400	1.412	9.6	1.1	3.1	6.9	2.25
League Totals		24.8	4.48	852	852	.500	3.93	1704	1704	1659	45	114	445	14977.1	14828	7637	6542	1439	5200	253	12484	794	74	732	64403	1.337	8.9	0.9	3.1	7.5	2.40

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Bowie Baysox	BAL	142	3748	1484	125	118	.977	13	138	68	33%	314,227	Don Werner
Akron Aeros	CLE	142	3799	1541	133	110	.976	21	138	59	30%	455,056	Torey Lovullo
Norwich Navigators	SFG	142	3693	1510	126	129	.976	22	96	58	38%	170,686	Dave Machemer
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	142	3722	1411	126	129	.976	17	79	42	35%	279,556	Mike Basso
Trenton Thunder	NYY	142	3779	1515	138	146	.975	12	98	61	38%	410,926	Bill Masse
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	142	3755	1512	137	135	.975	15	84	32	28%	264,718	Keith Bodie
Reading Phillies	PHI	142	3828	1444	137	134	.975	21	109	49	31%	469,105	Steve Swisher
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	142	3702	1392	142	126	.973	18	112	59	35%	337,687	Stan Cliburn
Erie SeaWolves	DET	142	3701	1464	154	123	.971	15	66	55	45%	233,415	Duffy Dyer
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	142	3715	1407	151	125	.971	16	112	64	36%	396,277	Todd Claus
Altoona Curve	PIT	142	3776	1483	161	120	.970	15	81	46	36%	390,239	Tony Beasley
Binghamton Mets	NYM	142	3714	1331	169	113	.968	18	117	51	30%	222,243	Jack Lind
League Totals		1704	44932	17494	1699	1508	.974	203	1230	644	34%	3,944,135

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