The Houston Astros went 73-89 in 2007, a .451 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 723 runs and allowed 813, a run differential of -90. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.73 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Lance Berkman led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Roy Oswalt the rotation at a 3.18 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 12 games back. They spent 1 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 20 and were as far as 15 games back on September 23. Their best month was August at 15-14, their worst May at 12-17. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 16 to April 20 and a 10-game losing streak from May 20 to May 30. They were 42-39 at home and 31-50 on the road, 25-26 in one-run games and 38-48 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-1 at the Cardinals on September 20; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Rangers on May 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
14
.417
99
104
-5
May
12
17
.414
113
143
-30
June
12
16
.429
146
163
-17
July
12
13
.480
112
130
-18
August
15
14
.517
126
135
-9
Sept/Oct
12
15
.444
127
138
-11
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
25-26
.490
Extra innings
9-10
.474
Within the division
35-44
.443
Against .500+ clubs
38-48
.442
Decided by 5+ runs
19-30
.388
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League Central standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2007. 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
37,289
37,520
25,961
43,823
Night
63
36,586
36,784
25,961
43,803
Day
18
39,749
39,966
35,260
43,823
Weekend
39
40,094
40,530
35,260
43,823
Weekday
42
34,685
33,678
25,961
43,803
On the road
81
32,685
33,433
8,201
53,061
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
37,274
May
15
34,561
Jun
12
39,713
Jul
15
37,498
Aug
16
37,983
Sep
12
37,101
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, 2007.
Regulation
2:49
143 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:46
19 of them
Longest
5:09
2007-07-07, 17 inn
Shortest
2:10
2007-07-28
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
2:56
2:53
1:57
5:09
Regulation
143
2:49
2:51
1:57
3:50
Extra innings
19
3:46
3:32
2:33
5:09
Home
81
2:57
2:54
2:10
5:09
Road
81
2:54
2:52
1:57
4:59
Day
45
2:52
2:56
2:10
4:02
Night
117
2:57
2:52
1:57
5:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:50
May
15
2:52
Jun
12
3:02
Jul
15
2:58
Aug
16
3:06
Sep
12
2:54
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 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 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -90 run differential implies .447. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
