The Houston Astros went 70-92 in 2014, a .432 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 629 runs and allowed 723, a run differential of -94. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.08 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Jose Altuve led the position players at 6.4 WAR, and Dallas Keuchel the rotation at a 2.92 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL West, 28 games back. They spent 2 of 181 days in first place and were as far as 29 games back on September 24. Their best month was May at 15-14, their worst July at 8-17. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 24 to May 30 and a 7-game losing streak from April 13 to April 20. They were 38-43 at home and 32-49 on the road, 17-28 in one-run games and 43-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-5 at the Twins on June 8; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 at the Athletics on July 24.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
19
.321
88
142
-54
May
15
14
.517
124
110
+14
June
12
15
.444
104
122
-18
July
8
17
.320
108
150
-42
August
15
14
.517
122
116
+6
Sept/Oct
11
13
.458
83
83
0
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
17-28
.378
Extra innings
6-5
.545
Within the division
35-41
.461
Against .500+ clubs
43-58
.426
Decided by 5+ runs
21-29
.420
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League West standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2014. 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
21,628
19,946
14,028
42,117
Night
57
21,758
19,946
14,028
42,117
Day
24
21,317
20,272
14,786
31,466
Weekend
39
22,911
22,386
14,786
38,482
Weekday
42
20,436
18,098
14,028
42,117
On the road
81
27,192
28,003
10,466
45,944
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
23,166
May
12
21,138
Jun
16
23,572
Jul
12
20,766
Aug
16
18,866
Sep
9
22,146
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:07
151 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
4:01
11 of them
Longest
4:32
2014-09-18, 13 inn
Shortest
2:20
2014-09-17
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
3:10
3:09
2:07
5:05
Regulation
151
3:07
3:07
2:07
4:06
Extra innings
11
4:01
4:05
3:15
5:05
Home
81
3:10
3:13
2:20
4:32
Road
81
3:11
3:07
2:07
5:05
Day
47
3:03
3:06
2:07
3:45
Night
115
3:13
3:12
2:20
5:05
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
3:11
May
12
3:13
Jun
16
3:16
Jul
12
3:06
Aug
16
3:04
Sep
9
3:09
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 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 70-92, a .432 win rate, while their -94 run differential implies .437. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
