The Houston Astros went 101-61 in 2017, a .623 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 896 runs and allowed 700, a run differential of +196. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.27 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 126 team wRC+ was 26% above league average — the best in MLB. Jose Altuve led the position players at 7.5 WAR, and Charlie Morton the rotation at a 3.62 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 21 games clear. They spent 177 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 21 games on September 28 and were as far as 1.5 games back on April 10. Their best month was May at 22-7, their worst August at 11-17. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from May 25 to June 5 and a 5-game losing streak from August 8 to August 12. They were 48-33 at home and 53-28 on the road, 19-13 in one-run games and 18-15 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-1 at the Blue Jays on July 9; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 at the Tigers on July 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
9
.640
112
89
+23
May
22
7
.759
180
113
+67
June
16
11
.593
157
131
+26
July
15
9
.625
174
122
+52
August
11
17
.393
112
127
-15
Sept/Oct
21
8
.724
161
118
+43
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
53-28
.654
One-run games
19-13
.594
Extra innings
4-4
.500
Within the division
50-26
.658
Against .500+ clubs
18-15
.545
Decided by 5+ runs
35-19
.648
Last 10
8-2
.800
American League West standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2017. 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
29,675
30,247
3,385
41,950
Night
58
28,946
27,527
3,485
41,950
Day
23
31,514
33,476
3,385
41,761
Weekend
39
35,311
34,720
28,328
41,950
Weekday
42
24,441
24,492
3,385
41,678
On the road
79
27,678
26,053
10,482
47,883
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
27,713
May
16
28,520
Jun
13
34,812
Jul
9
34,581
Aug
17
25,210
Sep
12
30,584
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:08
154 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
3:41
8 of them
Longest
4:25
2017-04-05, 13 inn
Shortest
2:29
2017-04-03
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
3:10
3:09
2:28
4:25
Regulation
154
3:08
3:07
2:28
4:08
Extra innings
8
3:41
3:44
3:05
4:25
Home
81
3:09
3:06
2:29
4:25
Road
81
3:12
3:09
2:28
3:55
Day
49
3:13
3:16
2:35
3:55
Night
113
3:09
3:07
2:28
4:25
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:00
May
16
2:59
Jun
13
3:20
Jul
9
3:19
Aug
17
3:09
Sep
12
3:10
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 188 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 101-61, a .623 win rate, while their +196 run differential implies .611. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
