The Houston Astros went 74-88 in 2009, a .457 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 643 runs and allowed 770, a run differential of -127. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.54 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Lance Berkman led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and Wandy Rodriguez the rotation at a 3.02 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 17 games back. They spent 1 of 184 days in first place and were as far as 18.5 games back on September 22. Their best month was June at 16-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 11-20. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 31 to June 3 and a 9-game losing streak from September 13 to September 22. They were 44-37 at home and 30-51 on the road, 24-23 in one-run games and 40-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 9-1 against the Pirates on June 5; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 at the Giants on July 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
13
.409
78
92
-14
May
11
16
.407
127
150
-23
June
16
11
.593
108
101
+7
July
15
12
.556
118
137
-19
August
12
16
.429
112
149
-37
Sept/Oct
11
20
.355
100
141
-41
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
24-23
.511
Extra innings
3-7
.300
Within the division
31-47
.397
Against .500+ clubs
40-45
.471
Decided by 5+ runs
20-32
.385
Last 10
3-7
.300
National League Central standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2009. 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
31,124
30,049
22,032
43,827
Night
62
30,842
30,041
22,032
43,827
Day
19
32,045
32,048
25,729
37,595
Weekend
39
32,952
33,052
25,316
43,302
Weekday
42
29,427
29,379
22,032
43,827
On the road
81
30,667
34,582
9,852
51,209
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
29,509
May
11
30,515
Jun
16
28,968
Jul
13
32,972
Aug
12
31,987
Sep
16
32,865
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, 2009.
Regulation
2:48
152 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:46
10 of them
Longest
4:23
2009-04-25, 11 inn
Shortest
2:13
2009-09-09
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
2:51
2:49
2:08
4:23
Regulation
152
2:48
2:47
2:08
3:34
Extra innings
10
3:46
3:52
3:06
4:23
Home
81
2:53
2:49
2:13
4:23
Road
81
2:50
2:50
2:08
4:06
Day
46
2:51
2:49
2:10
4:08
Night
116
2:52
2:49
2:08
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:05
May
11
2:54
Jun
16
2:59
Jul
13
2:49
Aug
12
2:50
Sep
16
2:41
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 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -127 run differential implies .418. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
