The Houston Astros went 86-76 in 2015, a .531 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 729 runs and allowed 618, a run differential of +111. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.52 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 111 team wRC+ was 11% above league average — the third best in MLB. Jose Altuve led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Dallas Keuchel the rotation at a 2.48 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL West, 2 games back. They spent 135 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 7 games on May 3 and were as far as 4.5 games back on September 25. Their best month was March/April at 15-7, their worst Sept/Oct at 13-17. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from April 24 to May 3 and a 7-game losing streak from June 4 to June 10. They were 53-28 at home and 33-48 on the road, 21-29 in one-run games and 42-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 21-5 at the Diamondbacks on October 2; the heaviest defeat, 14-3 at the Rangers on September 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
7
.682
103
75
+28
May
16
13
.552
116
122
-6
June
15
14
.517
137
101
+36
July
12
12
.500
104
86
+18
August
15
13
.536
110
85
+25
Sept/Oct
13
17
.433
159
149
+10
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
21-29
.420
Extra innings
8-6
.571
Within the division
38-38
.500
Against .500+ clubs
42-43
.494
Decided by 5+ runs
21-12
.636
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League West standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2015. 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
26,587
25,671
15,777
43,753
Night
59
25,592
24,642
15,777
43,753
Day
22
29,257
28,909
20,219
41,133
Weekend
39
30,914
29,720
21,653
41,941
Weekday
42
22,570
21,009
15,777
43,753
On the road
81
28,121
28,909
10,821
48,885
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
24,165
May
18
22,602
Jun
15
26,881
Jul
11
31,601
Aug
13
27,980
Sep
14
27,896
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, 2015.
Regulation
2:59
148 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:44
14 of them
Longest
4:08
2015-05-29, 11 inn
Shortest
2:14
2015-06-03
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
3:03
3:01
2:09
4:31
Regulation
148
2:59
2:57
2:09
4:01
Extra innings
14
3:44
3:41
3:01
4:31
Home
81
3:01
2:58
2:14
4:08
Road
81
3:05
3:03
2:09
4:31
Day
51
3:07
3:02
2:20
4:31
Night
111
3:01
3:00
2:09
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:53
May
18
2:52
Jun
15
2:51
Jul
11
3:11
Aug
13
3:08
Sep
14
3:14
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 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +111 run differential implies .575. That is about 7 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
