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 7.2 WAR, and Chris Devenski the rotation at a 2.16 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL West, 11 games back. They spent 1 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 5 and were as far as 12 games back on September 30. Their best month was June at 18-8, their worst March/April at 7-17. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 18 to June 25 and a 5-game losing streak from August 13 to August 18. They were 43-38 at home and 41-40 on the road, 28-25 in one-run games and 39-53 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-4 against the Twins on May 4; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 at the Tigers on July 31.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
7
17
.292
90
123
-33
May
17
12
.586
133
122
+11
June
18
8
.692
135
88
+47
July
13
12
.520
110
97
+13
August
16
13
.552
138
125
+13
Sept/Oct
13
16
.448
118
146
-28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
28-25
.528
Extra innings
10-8
.556
Within the division
41-35
.539
Against .500+ clubs
39-53
.424
Decided by 5+ runs
23-19
.548
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League West standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2016. 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
28,477
28,134
18,243
43,332
Night
57
27,136
25,618
18,243
43,332
Day
24
31,662
31,769
20,033
41,854
Weekend
39
32,939
32,721
25,413
42,272
Weekday
42
24,333
23,345
18,243
43,332
On the road
81
28,041
29,217
10,072
47,820
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
29,975
May
16
25,449
Jun
11
29,923
Jul
16
30,538
Aug
15
28,413
Sep
13
27,363
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, 2016.
Regulation
2:57
144 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:58
18 of them
Longest
5:09
2016-05-11, 16 inn
Shortest
2:14
2016-08-05
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
3:04
3:00
2:11
5:09
Regulation
144
2:57
2:58
2:11
3:49
Extra innings
18
3:58
3:56
3:01
5:09
Home
81
3:05
3:00
2:14
5:09
Road
81
3:02
2:59
2:11
4:57
Day
54
3:06
3:00
2:23
5:09
Night
108
3:03
3:00
2:11
5:03
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:18
May
16
3:10
Jun
11
3:14
Jul
16
2:56
Aug
15
2:56
Sep
13
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their +23 run differential implies .515. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
