- Team WAR
- 51.3 24.5 bat / 26.8 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 7.5 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 2.52 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,367 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 157 | 705 | 170 | 31 | 103 | 10 | .286 | .394 | .532 | .400 | 158 | 7.5 |
| 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 | 2.8 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 110 | 468 | 96 | 15 | 65 | 3 | .239 | .323 | .405 | .317 | 99 | 2.1 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | LF | 141 | 552 | 121 | 16 | 68 | 2 | .247 | .324 | .409 | .321 | 103 | 1.7 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 65 | 237 | 58 | 12 | 42 | 0 | .276 | .354 | .533 | .382 | 145 | 1.4 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 136 | 573 | 156 | 13 | 85 | 5 | .291 | .323 | .428 | .326 | 106 | 1.4 |
| Max Stassi | C | 78 | 250 | 50 | 8 | 27 | 0 | .226 | .316 | .394 | .316 | 99 | 1.3 |
| Tony Kemp | LF | 94 | 295 | 67 | 6 | 30 | 9 | .263 | .351 | .392 | .331 | 109 | 1.1 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 130 | 487 | 105 | 17 | 47 | 7 | .242 | .318 | .400 | .315 | 98 | 0.9 |
| Brian McCann | C | 63 | 216 | 40 | 7 | 23 | 0 | .212 | .301 | .339 | .288 | 79 | 0.6 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 85 | 235 | 45 | 10 | 28 | 6 | .211 | .275 | .399 | .293 | 83 | 0.4 |
| 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 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 128 | 451 | 92 | 25 | 78 | 1 | .226 | .284 | .452 | .313 | 97 | 0.0 |
| Brad Peacock | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Justin Verlander | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -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 |
| Charlie Morton | P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.1 |
| AJ Reed | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Derek Fisher | LF | 37 | 86 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 2 | .165 | .209 | .392 | .257 | 58 | -0.2 |
| Gerrit Cole | P | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Tucker | LF | 27 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .141 | .236 | .203 | .211 | 26 | -0.5 |
| J.D. Davis | 3B | 37 | 113 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .175 | .248 | .223 | .220 | 32 | -0.6 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Verlander | 34 | 34 | 214.0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 290 | 2.52 | 2.78 | 0.90 | 12.2 | 5.5 |
| Gerrit Cole | 32 | 32 | 200.1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 276 | 2.88 | 2.70 | 1.03 | 12.4 | 5.3 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 34 | 34 | 204.2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 153 | 3.74 | 3.69 | 1.31 | 6.7 | 3.1 |
| Charlie Morton | 30 | 30 | 167.0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 201 | 3.13 | 3.59 | 1.16 | 10.8 | 2.7 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 25 | 22 | 128.1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 142 | 3.86 | 3.50 | 1.17 | 10.0 | 2.2 |
| Collin McHugh | 58 | 0 | 72.1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 1.99 | 2.72 | 0.91 | 11.7 | 1.5 |
| Will Harris | 61 | 0 | 56.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 3.49 | 2.44 | 1.09 | 10.2 | 1.4 |
| Héctor Rondón | 63 | 0 | 59.0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 3.20 | 2.79 | 1.32 | 10.2 | 1.2 |
| 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 | 0.9 |
| 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 | 0.8 |
| Josh James | 6 | 3 | 23.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.35 | 3.51 | 0.96 | 11.3 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
Record versus run differential
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.