The Houston Astros went 76-86 in 2010, a .469 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 611 runs and allowed 729, a run differential of -118. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.93 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 83 team wRC+ was 17% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Jeff Keppinger led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Roy Oswalt the rotation at a 2.76 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 15 games back. They were as far as 17.5 games back on August 20. Their best month was August at 17-12, their worst May at 9-20. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 27 to August 3 and an 8-game losing streak from April 5 to April 14. They were 42-39 at home and 34-47 on the road, 21-18 in one-run games and 30-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-4 at the Cardinals on August 3; the heaviest defeat, 12-2 at the Reds on May 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
14
.364
70
99
-29
May
9
20
.310
85
157
-72
June
14
14
.500
124
146
-22
July
13
11
.542
96
93
+3
August
17
12
.586
120
103
+17
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
116
131
-15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
21-18
.538
Extra innings
7-6
.538
Within the division
45-33
.577
Against .500+ clubs
30-47
.390
Decided by 5+ runs
12-31
.279
Last 10
3-7
.300
National League Central standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2010. 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
28,784
28,619
20,370
43,836
Night
59
28,877
28,081
20,370
43,836
Day
22
28,533
28,710
21,599
34,704
Weekend
39
31,500
31,010
23,526
41,060
Weekday
42
26,262
25,119
20,370
43,836
On the road
81
31,867
32,779
10,999
55,662
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
26,803
May
13
25,942
Jun
12
30,069
Jul
14
29,265
Aug
13
29,334
Sep
11
30,840
Oct
3
33,691
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, 2010.
Regulation
2:46
149 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:35
13 of them
Longest
4:18
2010-08-18, 14 inn
Shortest
2:00
2010-08-30
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
2:50
2:44
2:00
5:20
Regulation
149
2:46
2:42
2:00
3:45
Extra innings
13
3:35
3:31
2:52
5:20
Home
81
2:49
2:46
2:00
4:18
Road
81
2:50
2:42
2:11
5:20
Day
50
2:50
2:46
2:11
3:56
Night
112
2:49
2:42
2:00
5:20
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:45
May
13
2:51
Jun
12
2:55
Jul
14
2:41
Aug
13
2:43
Sep
11
3:03
Oct
3
2:45
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 166 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 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their -118 run differential implies .420. That is about 8 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
