The Houston Astros went 56-106 in 2011, a .346 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 615 runs and allowed 796, a run differential of -181. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.49 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Hunter Pence led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Bud Norris the rotation at a 3.77 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 6th in the NL Central, 40 games back. They were as far as 40 games back on September 28. Their best month was August at 12-17, their worst July at 6-20. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 30 to June 2 and a 7-game losing streak from August 9 to August 15. They were 31-50 at home and 25-56 on the road, 20-28 in one-run games and 24-56 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-2 against the Cubs on April 12; the heaviest defeat, 19-3 against the Rockies on September 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
17
.370
117
151
-34
May
11
17
.393
111
129
-18
June
8
19
.296
100
131
-31
July
6
20
.231
81
128
-47
August
12
17
.414
119
135
-16
Sept/Oct
9
16
.360
87
122
-35
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
31-50
.383
Road
25-56
.309
One-run games
20-28
.417
Extra innings
5-13
.278
Within the division
28-50
.359
Against .500+ clubs
24-56
.300
Decided by 5+ runs
15-28
.349
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2011. 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
25,519
24,472
19,250
41,042
Night
61
25,760
24,982
19,250
41,042
Day
20
24,783
23,837
20,027
38,035
Weekend
39
27,297
26,209
20,045
41,042
Weekday
42
23,867
23,098
19,250
32,418
On the road
81
28,581
30,935
9,840
45,562
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
25,347
May
13
25,053
Jun
16
26,241
Jul
9
32,420
Aug
15
23,897
Sep
13
22,387
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:52
144 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:26
18 of them
Longest
4:09
2011-09-24, 13 inn
Shortest
2:06
2011-09-14
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
2:54
2:06
4:09
Regulation
144
2:52
2:51
2:06
3:50
Extra innings
18
3:26
3:22
2:49
4:09
Home
81
2:59
3:00
2:06
4:09
Road
81
2:53
2:49
2:12
3:54
Day
50
2:58
2:55
2:06
3:55
Night
112
2:55
2:53
2:20
4:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:59
May
13
2:58
Jun
16
2:58
Jul
9
3:06
Aug
15
2:54
Sep
13
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 172 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 56-106, a .346 win rate, while their -181 run differential implies .384. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
