The Houston Astros went 55-107 in 2012, a .340 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 583 runs and allowed 794, a run differential of -211. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.47 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 86 team wRC+ was 14% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Jose Altuve led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Lucas Harrell the rotation at a 3.76 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 6th in the NL Central, 42 games back. They were as far as 43.5 games back on September 25. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-15, their worst July at 3-24. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 30 to May 5 and a 12-game losing streak from July 17 to July 28. They were 35-46 at home and 20-61 on the road, 17-27 in one-run games and 29-68 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 against the Dodgers on April 22; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 against the Cardinals on June 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
14
.391
104
100
+4
May
13
15
.464
108
122
-14
June
10
17
.370
109
149
-40
July
3
24
.111
85
161
-76
August
5
22
.185
75
149
-74
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
102
113
-11
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
35-46
.432
Road
20-61
.247
One-run games
17-27
.386
Extra innings
1-11
.083
Within the division
29-50
.367
Against .500+ clubs
29-68
.299
Decided by 5+ runs
13-32
.289
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2012. 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
19,849
18,098
12,584
43,464
Night
64
19,397
17,739
12,584
43,464
Day
17
21,548
19,914
14,195
35,873
Weekend
39
23,235
21,191
14,195
43,464
Weekday
42
16,704
16,055
12,584
30,687
On the road
81
31,119
32,167
12,785
48,288
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
23,629
May
16
22,346
Jun
16
20,936
Jul
10
21,016
Aug
14
16,186
Sep
15
16,145
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:59
150 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:45
12 of them
Longest
4:15
2012-08-06, 11 inn
Shortest
1:58
2012-06-27
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
3:02
3:02
1:58
4:15
Regulation
150
2:59
3:00
1:58
3:56
Extra innings
12
3:45
3:43
3:05
4:15
Home
81
3:05
3:03
1:58
4:15
Road
81
2:59
3:02
2:02
4:07
Day
47
2:59
3:01
2:19
4:07
Night
115
3:03
3:03
1:58
4:15
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:58
May
16
2:52
Jun
16
2:58
Jul
10
3:15
Aug
14
3:18
Sep
15
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 55-107, a .340 win rate, while their -211 run differential implies .362. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
