American League West · 2018
Houston Astros 2018
- Team WAR
- 52.1 22.7 bat / 29.4 pitch
- Win %
- .636 pyth .675
- Run diff
- +263 4.92 / 3.30 per g
- wRC+
- 109
- ERA
- 3.16 FIP 3.26
- Home runs
- 202
The Houston Astros went 103-59 in 2018, a .636 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 797 runs and allowed 534, a run differential of +263. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.16 staff ERA was the best. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Alex Bregman led the position players at 7.3 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 2.52 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 157 | 705 | 170 | 31 | 103 | 10 | .286 | .394 | .532 | .400 | 158 | 7.3 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 137 | 599 | 169 | 13 | 61 | 17 | .316 | .386 | .451 | .367 | 134 | 4.7 |
| George Springer | RF | 138 | 620 | 144 | 22 | 71 | 6 | .265 | .346 | .434 | .343 | 118 | 2.6 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 110 | 468 | 96 | 15 | 65 | 3 | .239 | .323 | .405 | .317 | 99 | 1.9 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 65 | 237 | 58 | 12 | 42 | 0 | .276 | .354 | .533 | .382 | 145 | 1.6 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | LF | 141 | 552 | 121 | 16 | 68 | 2 | .247 | .324 | .409 | .321 | 103 | 1.6 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 136 | 573 | 156 | 13 | 85 | 5 | .291 | .323 | .428 | .326 | 106 | 1.0 |
| Max Stassi | C | 78 | 250 | 50 | 8 | 27 | 0 | .226 | .316 | .394 | .316 | 99 | 1.0 |
| Tony Kemp | LF | 94 | 295 | 67 | 6 | 30 | 9 | .263 | .351 | .392 | .331 | 109 | 1.0 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 130 | 487 | 105 | 17 | 47 | 7 | .242 | .318 | .400 | .315 | 98 | 0.8 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 85 | 235 | 45 | 10 | 28 | 6 | .211 | .275 | .399 | .293 | 83 | 0.3 |
| Brian McCann | C | 63 | 216 | 40 | 7 | 23 | 0 | .212 | .301 | .339 | .288 | 79 | 0.3 |
| Myles Straw | LF | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .400 | .667 | .450 | 192 | 0.2 |
| Tim Federowicz | C | 13 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .225 | .262 | .400 | .287 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Justin Verlander | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Morton | P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | 0.0 |
| Brad Peacock | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Dallas Keuchel | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| AJ Reed | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Gerrit Cole | P | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 128 | 451 | 92 | 25 | 78 | 1 | .226 | .284 | .452 | .313 | 97 | -0.1 |
| Derek Fisher | LF | 37 | 86 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 2 | .165 | .209 | .392 | .257 | 58 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Tucker | LF | 27 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .141 | .236 | .203 | .211 | 26 | -0.6 |
| J.D. Davis | 3B | 37 | 113 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .175 | .248 | .223 | .220 | 32 | -0.7 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Verlander | 34 | 34 | 214.0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 290 | 2.52 | 2.78 | 0.90 | 12.2 | 6.0 |
| Gerrit Cole | 32 | 32 | 200.1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 276 | 2.88 | 2.70 | 1.03 | 12.4 | 5.8 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 34 | 34 | 204.2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 153 | 3.74 | 3.69 | 1.31 | 6.7 | 3.5 |
| Charlie Morton | 30 | 30 | 167.0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 201 | 3.13 | 3.59 | 1.16 | 10.8 | 3.1 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 25 | 22 | 128.1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 142 | 3.86 | 3.50 | 1.17 | 10.0 | 2.4 |
| Collin McHugh | 58 | 0 | 72.1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 1.99 | 2.72 | 0.91 | 11.7 | 1.6 |
| Will Harris | 61 | 0 | 56.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 3.49 | 2.44 | 1.09 | 10.2 | 1.5 |
| Héctor Rondón | 63 | 0 | 59.0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 3.20 | 2.79 | 1.32 | 10.2 | 1.3 |
| Tony Sipp | 54 | 0 | 38.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1.86 | 2.41 | 1.03 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
| Roberto Osuna | 38 | 0 | 38.0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 32 | 2.37 | 2.45 | 0.97 | 7.6 | 1.0 |
| Ken Giles | 55 | 0 | 50.1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 53 | 4.65 | 3.08 | 1.21 | 9.5 | 0.9 |
| Brad Peacock | 61 | 1 | 65.0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 96 | 3.46 | 3.47 | 1.17 | 13.3 | 0.9 |
| Josh James | 6 | 3 | 23.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.35 | 3.51 | 0.96 | 11.3 | 0.4 |
| Joe Smith | 56 | 0 | 45.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 3.74 | 4.06 | 1.01 | 9.1 | 0.3 |
| Framber Valdez | 8 | 5 | 37.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2.19 | 4.65 | 1.24 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Chris Devenski | 50 | 1 | 47.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 4.18 | 4.49 | 1.16 | 9.7 | 0.1 |
| Reymin Guduan | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.70 | 4.66 | 0.30 | 10.8 | -0.0 |
| James Hoyt | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.16 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Dean Deetz | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 7.06 | 1.50 | 8.1 | -0.1 |
| J.D. Davis | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 14.16 | 1.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Cionel Pérez | 8 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.97 | 6.34 | 1.15 | 9.5 | -0.2 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 36,797 81 home dates
- Median
- 37,414
- Total
- 2,980,549
- Best
- 43,409 2018-06-20
- Quietest
- 27,698 2018-04-04
- On the road
- 28,842 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 36,797 | 37,414 | 27,698 | 43,409 |
| Night | 59 | 36,353 | 35,959 | 28,301 | 43,409 |
| Day | 22 | 37,986 | 39,430 | 27,698 | 43,247 |
| Weekend | 42 | 38,745 | 39,430 | 30,770 | 43,247 |
| Weekday | 39 | 34,699 | 34,585 | 27,698 | 43,409 |
| On the road | 80 | 28,842 | 28,399 | 7,360 | 53,598 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 16 | 35,923 |
| May | 12 | 34,659 |
| Jun | 14 | 37,013 |
| Jul | 14 | 38,727 |
| Aug | 11 | 36,019 |
| Sep | 14 | 38,093 |
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, 2018.
- Regulation
- 3:02 151 games
- All games
- 3:04
- Extra innings
- 3:39 11 of them
- Longest
- 4:04 2018-09-22, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:25 2018-04-08
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:04 | 3:02 | 2:19 | 4:53 |
| Regulation | 151 | 3:02 | 2:59 | 2:19 | 4:04 |
| Extra innings | 11 | 3:39 | 3:33 | 3:06 | 4:53 |
| Home | 81 | 3:04 | 3:04 | 2:25 | 4:04 |
| Road | 81 | 3:04 | 3:02 | 2:19 | 4:53 |
| Day | 51 | 3:02 | 3:02 | 2:23 | 4:53 |
| Night | 111 | 3:05 | 3:02 | 2:19 | 4:04 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 16 | 2:59 |
| May | 12 | 2:55 |
| Jun | 14 | 3:06 |
| Jul | 14 | 3:02 |
| Aug | 11 | 3:11 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:14 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 103-59, a .636 win rate, while their +263 run differential implies .675. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.