The Houston Astros went 86-75 in 2008, a .534 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 712 runs and allowed 743, a run differential of -31. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.48 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Lance Berkman led the position players at 6.1 WAR, and Roy Oswalt the rotation at a 3.54 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 11 games back. They were as far as 16 games back on August 26. Their best month was August at 21-9, their worst June at 10-16. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from August 7 to August 14 and an 8-game losing streak from June 11 to June 19. They were 47-33 at home and 39-42 on the road, 21-21 in one-run games and 43-46 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-4 at the Reds on August 10; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Yankees on June 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
16
.448
131
132
-1
May
17
11
.607
135
137
-2
June
10
16
.385
98
127
-29
July
10
14
.417
102
126
-24
August
21
9
.700
146
124
+22
Sept/Oct
15
9
.625
100
97
+3
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-33
.588
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
21-21
.500
Extra innings
5-3
.625
Within the division
43-35
.551
Against .500+ clubs
43-46
.483
Decided by 5+ runs
18-24
.429
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2008. 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
80
34,741
34,232
15,158
43,483
Night
62
34,290
33,642
23,441
43,483
Day
18
36,295
36,602
15,158
43,165
Weekend
37
38,373
39,152
23,441
43,409
Weekday
43
31,616
31,204
15,158
43,483
On the road
81
32,198
33,070
9,392
52,658
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
33,389
May
13
35,571
Jun
16
38,624
Jul
12
35,784
Aug
16
34,770
Sep
12
28,822
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 160 completed games, 2008.
Regulation
2:49
152 games
All games
2:52
Extra innings
3:53
8 of them
Longest
4:24
2008-05-04, 12 inn
Shortest
2:09
2008-09-11
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
160
2:52
2:50
2:05
5:35
Regulation
152
2:49
2:49
2:05
3:42
Extra innings
8
3:53
3:41
3:04
5:35
Home
80
2:52
2:51
2:09
4:24
Road
80
2:52
2:48
2:05
5:35
Day
43
2:59
2:53
2:14
5:35
Night
117
2:49
2:48
2:05
4:17
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:51
May
13
3:01
Jun
16
2:58
Jul
12
2:52
Aug
16
2:45
Sep
12
2:46
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 86-75, a .534 win rate, while their -31 run differential implies .481. That is about 9 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
