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2005 MLB Wins by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Games won

The St. Louis Cardinals led all of MLB in wins in 2005, with 100, 1 ahead of the Chicago White Sox. The average across 30 MLB teams is 81.0.

Led all of MLB in 2005 St. Louis Cardinals 162 games
100 Wins 1 clear of Chicago White Sox
# Team League G W
1 St. Louis Cardinals NL 162 100
2 Chicago White Sox AL 162 99
3 Boston Red Sox AL 162 95
3 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL 162 95
3 New York Yankees AL 162 95
6 Cleveland Indians AL 162 93
7 Atlanta Braves NL 162 90
8 Houston Astros NL 163 89
9 Oakland Athletics AL 162 88
9 Philadelphia Phillies NL 162 88
11 Florida Marlins NL 162 83
11 Minnesota Twins AL 162 83
11 New York Mets NL 162 83
14 San Diego Padres NL 162 82
15 Milwaukee Brewers NL 162 81
15 Washington Nationals NL 162 81
MLB average 81.0
17 Toronto Blue Jays AL 162 80
18 Chicago Cubs NL 162 79
18 Texas Rangers AL 162 79
20 Arizona Diamondbacks NL 162 77
21 San Francisco Giants NL 162 75
22 Baltimore Orioles AL 162 74
23 Cincinnati Reds NL 163 73
24 Detroit Tigers AL 162 71
24 Los Angeles Dodgers NL 162 71
26 Seattle Mariners AL 162 69
27 Colorado Rockies NL 162 67
27 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 67
27 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 162 67
30 Kansas City Royals AL 162 56

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.