The Houston Astros went 82-80 in 2006, a .506 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 735 runs and allowed 719, a run differential of +16. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.09 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Lance Berkman led the position players at 6.0 WAR, and Roy Oswalt the rotation at a 2.98 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 1.5 games back. They spent 17 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on April 18 and were as far as 10.5 games back on July 25. Their best month was March/April at 16-8, their worst May at 11-19. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from September 20 to September 28 and a 6-game losing streak from May 5 to May 10. They were 44-37 at home and 38-43 on the road, 25-21 in one-run games and 21-28 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Pirates on August 9; the heaviest defeat, 14-0 at the Reds on August 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
8
.667
125
108
+17
May
11
19
.367
123
162
-39
June
11
15
.423
113
131
-18
July
11
14
.440
115
103
+12
August
17
12
.586
137
102
+35
Sept/Oct
16
12
.571
122
113
+9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
25-21
.543
Extra innings
5-10
.333
Within the division
45-32
.584
Against .500+ clubs
21-28
.429
Decided by 5+ runs
22-21
.512
Last 10
8-2
.800
National League Central standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
37,318
37,979
26,093
43,769
Night
62
36,794
37,092
26,093
43,769
Day
19
39,028
39,867
27,944
43,424
Weekend
39
39,670
39,867
26,978
43,704
Weekday
42
35,134
35,519
26,093
43,769
On the road
81
31,490
32,091
8,216
55,992
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
32,149
May
11
37,502
Jun
16
37,789
Jul
13
40,377
Aug
12
38,634
Sep
13
38,671
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:48
147 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:58
15 of them
Longest
5:36
2006-08-15, 18 inn
Shortest
2:14
2006-07-29
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:54
2:48
2:08
5:49
Regulation
147
2:48
2:47
2:08
3:45
Extra innings
15
3:58
3:42
2:51
5:49
Home
81
2:53
2:47
2:14
5:36
Road
81
2:55
2:48
2:08
5:49
Day
47
2:51
2:48
2:13
3:42
Night
115
2:55
2:48
2:08
5:49
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
3:00
May
11
2:46
Jun
16
2:44
Jul
13
3:01
Aug
12
3:00
Sep
13
2:48
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Houston Astros are 82-80, a .506 win rate, while their +16 run differential implies .510. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
