American League West · 2015
Houston Astros 2015
- Team WAR
- 42.9 24.7 bat / 18.2 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 4.8 WAR, and Dallas Keuchel the rotation at a 2.48 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 154 | 689 | 200 | 15 | 66 | 38 | .313 | .353 | .459 | .350 | 126 | 4.8 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 99 | 432 | 108 | 22 | 68 | 14 | .279 | .345 | .512 | .369 | 140 | 4.2 |
| George Springer | RF | 102 | 451 | 107 | 16 | 41 | 16 | .276 | .367 | .459 | .365 | 137 | 3.1 |
| 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 | 1.9 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1B | 113 | 370 | 96 | 12 | 34 | 4 | .279 | .317 | .442 | .332 | 113 | 1.4 |
| Hank Conger | C | 69 | 229 | 46 | 11 | 33 | 0 | .229 | .311 | .448 | .333 | 114 | 1.3 |
| Preston Tucker | LF | 96 | 323 | 73 | 13 | 33 | 0 | .243 | .297 | .437 | .322 | 106 | 0.9 |
| Jason Castro | C | 104 | 375 | 71 | 11 | 31 | 0 | .211 | .283 | .365 | .288 | 81 | 0.9 |
| 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 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 119 | 372 | 80 | 9 | 36 | 24 | .236 | .281 | .383 | .292 | 84 | 0.7 |
| Jonathan Villar | SS | 49 | 128 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 7 | .284 | .339 | .414 | .332 | 113 | 0.7 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 153 | 604 | 139 | 27 | 88 | 0 | .246 | .285 | .463 | .320 | 105 | 0.6 |
| Max Stassi | C | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .438 | .600 | .450 | 198 | 0.2 |
| Brett Oberholtzer | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .712 | 386 | 0.1 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 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 |
| Dallas Keuchel | P | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jon Singleton | 1B | 19 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .191 | .328 | .298 | .294 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Alex Presley | LF | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .258 | 60 | -0.0 |
| Will Harris | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -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 |
| Collin McHugh | P | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .110 | -46 | -0.0 |
| 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 | 5.5 |
| Collin McHugh | 32 | 32 | 203.2 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 171 | 3.89 | 3.58 | 1.28 | 7.6 | 3.2 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 22 | 22 | 125.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 129 | 3.22 | 3.26 | 1.19 | 9.2 | 2.5 |
| Josh Fields | 54 | 0 | 50.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 3.55 | 2.19 | 1.14 | 11.9 | 1.4 |
| 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 | 1.0 |
| Vince Velasquez | 19 | 7 | 55.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 4.37 | 3.46 | 1.28 | 9.4 | 0.8 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 26,587 81 home dates
- Median
- 25,671
- Total
- 2,153,585
- Best
- 43,753 2015-04-06
- Quietest
- 15,777 2015-05-14
- On the road
- 28,121 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.