- Team WAR
- 36.5 19.5 bat / 17.1 pitch
- Win %
- .519 pyth .515
- Run diff
- +23 4.47 / 4.33 per g
- wRC+
- 107
- ERA
- 4.08 FIP 3.87
- Home runs
- 206
The Houston Astros went 84-78 in 2016, a .519 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 724 runs and allowed 701, a run differential of +23. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.08 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Jose Altuve led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and Chris Devenski the rotation at a 2.16 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,398 team hits
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 161 | 717 | 216 | 24 | 96 | 30 | .338 | .396 | .531 | .395 | 158 | 6.9 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 153 | 660 | 158 | 20 | 96 | 13 | .274 | .361 | .451 | .353 | 128 | 4.8 |
| George Springer | RF | 161 | 744 | 168 | 29 | 82 | 9 | .261 | .359 | .457 | .357 | 131 | 3.3 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 128 | 499 | 112 | 32 | 72 | 2 | .251 | .319 | .508 | .350 | 126 | 2.4 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3B | 90 | 342 | 76 | 13 | 40 | 1 | .260 | .357 | .459 | .355 | 130 | 2.1 |
| Jason Castro | C | 107 | 376 | 69 | 11 | 32 | 2 | .210 | .307 | .377 | .305 | 94 | 1.5 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 49 | 217 | 53 | 8 | 34 | 2 | .264 | .313 | .478 | .340 | 119 | 1.1 |
| Carlos Gómez | CF | 117 | 453 | 95 | 13 | 53 | 18 | .231 | .298 | .384 | .299 | 90 | 0.8 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1B | 139 | 518 | 123 | 13 | 51 | 12 | .254 | .293 | .401 | .301 | 91 | 0.2 |
| Teoscar Hernández | LF | 37 | 112 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .230 | .304 | .420 | .312 | 99 | 0.1 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 3B | 36 | 137 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 1 | .262 | .292 | .385 | .294 | 86 | 0.1 |
| Joe Musgrove | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 85 | 0.0 |
| Scott Feldman | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Dallas Keuchel | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Doug Fister | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Matt Duffy | PH | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Collin McHugh | P | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.2 |
| Colin Moran | 3B | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .130 | .200 | .174 | .178 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Max Stassi | C | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .067 | -76 | -0.2 |
| Tony Kemp | LF | 55 | 136 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .217 | .296 | .325 | .278 | 75 | -0.2 |
| Colby Rasmus | LF | 105 | 417 | 76 | 15 | 54 | 4 | .206 | .286 | .355 | .285 | 80 | -0.3 |
| Danny Worth | 3B | 15 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .200 | .231 | .190 | 12 | -0.3 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 85 | 276 | 54 | 8 | 28 | 1 | .217 | .286 | .378 | .291 | 84 | -0.3 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 108 | 311 | 60 | 5 | 21 | 10 | .209 | .257 | .331 | .260 | 61 | -0.5 |
| AJ Reed | 1B | 44 | 141 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .164 | .270 | .262 | .247 | 53 | -0.7 |
| Preston Tucker | DH | 48 | 144 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .164 | .222 | .328 | .243 | 49 | -0.7 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Devenski | 48 | 5 | 108.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 104 | 2.16 | 2.34 | 0.91 | 8.6 | 2.8 |
| Collin McHugh | 33 | 33 | 184.2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 177 | 4.34 | 3.95 | 1.41 | 8.6 | 2.4 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 26 | 26 | 168.0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 144 | 4.55 | 3.87 | 1.29 | 7.7 | 2.3 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 14 | 14 | 81.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 106 | 3.22 | 3.00 | 1.54 | 11.8 | 1.9 |
| Will Harris | 66 | 0 | 64.0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 69 | 2.25 | 2.35 | 1.05 | 9.7 | 1.6 |
| Ken Giles | 69 | 0 | 65.2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 102 | 4.11 | 2.86 | 1.29 | 14.0 | 1.3 |
| Mike Fiers | 31 | 30 | 168.2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 4.48 | 4.43 | 1.36 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
| Luke Gregerson | 59 | 0 | 57.2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 67 | 3.28 | 2.99 | 0.97 | 10.5 | 1.1 |
| Michael Feliz | 47 | 0 | 65.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 4.43 | 3.24 | 1.18 | 13.2 | 1.0 |
| Doug Fister | 32 | 32 | 180.1 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 115 | 4.64 | 4.75 | 1.43 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Joe Musgrove | 11 | 10 | 62.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 4.06 | 4.18 | 1.21 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| Pat Neshek | 60 | 0 | 47.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 3.06 | 3.68 | 0.94 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
| Scott Feldman | 40 | 5 | 77.0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 3.97 | 4.24 | 1.38 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
| Jandel Gustave | 14 | 0 | 15.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.52 | 3.54 | 1.11 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Kevin Chapman | 9 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9.00 | 3.15 | 2.38 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Erik Kratz | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 2.15 | 2.50 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| David Paulino | 3 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.14 | 4.29 | 1.29 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| Brady Rodgers | 5 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15.12 | 5.31 | 2.64 | 3.2 | -0.1 |
| James Hoyt | 22 | 0 | 22.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.50 | 4.92 | 1.14 | 11.5 | -0.1 |
| Brad Peacock | 10 | 5 | 31.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3.69 | 5.17 | 1.11 | 8.0 | -0.1 |
| Tyler White | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.15 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Tony Sipp | 60 | 0 | 43.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 4.95 | 6.19 | 1.60 | 8.2 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
Houston Astros are 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their +23 run differential implies .515. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.