- Team WAR
- 42.6 25.0 bat / 17.6 pitch
- Win %
- .531 pyth .575
- Run diff
- +111 4.50 / 3.81 per g
- wRC+
- 111
- ERA
- 3.52 FIP 3.54
- Home runs
- 224
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 4.9 WAR, and Dallas Keuchel the rotation at a 2.48 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,317 team hits
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 154 | 689 | 200 | 15 | 66 | 38 | .313 | .353 | .459 | .350 | 126 | 4.9 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 99 | 432 | 108 | 22 | 68 | 14 | .279 | .345 | .512 | .369 | 140 | 4.1 |
| George Springer | RF | 102 | 451 | 107 | 16 | 41 | 16 | .276 | .367 | .459 | .365 | 137 | 3.0 |
| Colby Rasmus | LF | 132 | 485 | 103 | 25 | 61 | 2 | .238 | .314 | .475 | .344 | 122 | 2.3 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3B | 131 | 493 | 97 | 25 | 56 | 1 | .224 | .310 | .438 | .329 | 111 | 2.2 |
| Hank Conger | C | 69 | 229 | 46 | 11 | 33 | 0 | .229 | .311 | .448 | .333 | 114 | 1.6 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1B | 113 | 370 | 96 | 12 | 34 | 4 | .279 | .317 | .442 | .332 | 113 | 1.5 |
| Jason Castro | C | 104 | 375 | 71 | 11 | 31 | 0 | .211 | .283 | .365 | .288 | 81 | 1.2 |
| Jed Lowrie | 3B | 68 | 263 | 51 | 9 | 30 | 1 | .222 | .312 | .400 | .310 | 97 | 0.9 |
| Chris Carter | 1B | 127 | 460 | 78 | 24 | 64 | 1 | .199 | .307 | .427 | .325 | 108 | 0.8 |
| Jonathan Villar | SS | 49 | 128 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 7 | .284 | .339 | .414 | .332 | 113 | 0.8 |
| Preston Tucker | LF | 96 | 323 | 73 | 13 | 33 | 0 | .243 | .297 | .437 | .322 | 106 | 0.7 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 119 | 372 | 80 | 9 | 36 | 24 | .236 | .281 | .383 | .292 | 84 | 0.7 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 153 | 604 | 139 | 27 | 88 | 0 | .246 | .285 | .463 | .320 | 105 | 0.5 |
| Max Stassi | C | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .438 | .600 | .450 | 198 | 0.3 |
| Brett Oberholtzer | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .712 | 386 | 0.1 |
| Matt Duffy | PH | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .500 | .417 | 174 | 0.1 |
| Scott Feldman | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .441 | 191 | 0.0 |
| Roberto Hernandez | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .237 | 45 | -0.0 |
| Will Harris | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Alex Presley | LF | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .258 | 60 | -0.0 |
| Jon Singleton | 1B | 19 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .191 | .328 | .298 | .294 | 86 | -0.0 |
| L.J. Hoes | RF | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .267 | .265 | 65 | -0.0 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Dallas Keuchel | P | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Collin McHugh | P | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .110 | -46 | -0.1 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 22 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .143 | .222 | .245 | .217 | 30 | -0.3 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Dallas Keuchel | 33 | 33 | 232.0 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 216 | 2.48 | 2.91 | 1.02 | 8.4 | 5.3 |
| Collin McHugh | 32 | 32 | 203.2 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 171 | 3.89 | 3.58 | 1.28 | 7.6 | 3.1 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 22 | 22 | 125.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 129 | 3.22 | 3.26 | 1.19 | 9.2 | 2.4 |
| Josh Fields | 54 | 0 | 50.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 3.55 | 2.19 | 1.14 | 11.9 | 1.3 |
| Luke Gregerson | 64 | 0 | 61.0 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 59 | 3.10 | 2.85 | 0.95 | 8.7 | 1.1 |
| Tony Sipp | 60 | 0 | 54.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 1.99 | 2.93 | 1.03 | 10.3 | 0.9 |
| Vince Velasquez | 19 | 7 | 55.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 4.37 | 3.46 | 1.28 | 9.4 | 0.7 |
| Scott Feldman | 18 | 18 | 108.1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 3.90 | 4.32 | 1.31 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
| Will Harris | 68 | 0 | 71.0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 68 | 1.90 | 3.65 | 0.90 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
| Chad Qualls | 60 | 0 | 49.1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 4.38 | 3.52 | 1.11 | 8.4 | 0.5 |
| Joe Thatcher | 43 | 0 | 22.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3.18 | 3.00 | 1.54 | 10.3 | 0.4 |
| Pat Neshek | 66 | 0 | 54.2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 3.62 | 3.94 | 1.12 | 8.4 | 0.3 |
| Roberto Hernandez | 20 | 11 | 84.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 4.36 | 4.48 | 1.37 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Brett Oberholtzer | 8 | 8 | 38.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4.46 | 4.49 | 1.59 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Asher Wojciechowski | 5 | 3 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7.16 | 4.05 | 1.84 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| Brad Peacock | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 3.73 | 1.40 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Dan Straily | 4 | 3 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5.40 | 4.63 | 1.44 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Chapman | 3 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.38 | 4.26 | 1.31 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| Jake Buchanan | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.00 | 5.13 | 1.00 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
| Samuel Deduno | 9 | 2 | 21.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6.86 | 5.09 | 1.57 | 7.3 | -0.1 |
| Michael Feliz | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.88 | 6.51 | 1.63 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
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.