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2005 MLB NL West standings
The San Diego Padres won the 2005 MLB NL West division race at 82-80, 5 games ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
🏆How the 2005 playoffs went
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NL West standings, 2005
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| San Diego Padres (SD) | 82 | 80 | .506 | - | 6-4 | W1 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks (AZ) | 77 | 85 | .475 | 5 | 8-2 | L1 |
| San Francisco Giants (SF) | 75 | 87 | .463 | 7 | 4-6 | W1 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers (LAD) | 71 | 91 | .438 | 11 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Colorado Rockies (COL) | 67 | 95 | .414 | 15 | 4-6 | W1 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 13 times.
- The San Diego Padres trailed by as many as 5.5 games on April 20, 2005.
- The San Diego Padres took first place for good on August 2, 2005.
- The San Diego Padres won 8 games in a row from May 11, 2005 to May 20, 2005, the longest run of the race.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers led by 4.5 games as late as April 21, 2005.
- The San Diego Padres led by as many as 7 games on September 8, 2005.
- The San Diego Padres went 23-8 from May 1, 2005 to June 4, 2005, turning a deficit of 5.5 games into a lead of 4 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 39 of the 177 days played.
- The San Diego Padres spent 137 of the season's 183 charted days in first place.