- Team WAR
- 51.9 33.7 bat / 18.2 pitch
- Win %
- .660 pyth .660
- Run diff
- +280 5.68 / 3.95 per g
- wRC+
- 119
- ERA
- 3.64 FIP 3.92
- Home runs
- 282
The Houston Astros went 107-55 in 2019, a .660 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 920 runs and allowed 640, a run differential of +280. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.64 staff ERA was the second best. Their 119 team wRC+ was 19% above league average — the third best in MLB. Alex Bregman led the position players at 8.1 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 2.50 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,527 team hits
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 156 | 690 | 164 | 41 | 112 | 5 | .296 | .423 | .592 | .423 | 164 | 8.1 |
| George Springer | RF | 122 | 556 | 140 | 39 | 96 | 6 | .292 | .383 | .591 | .405 | 152 | 5.0 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 124 | 548 | 149 | 31 | 74 | 6 | .298 | .353 | .550 | .377 | 134 | 4.1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 87 | 369 | 98 | 27 | 78 | 0 | .313 | .412 | .655 | .436 | 173 | 3.5 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 148 | 637 | 179 | 22 | 90 | 3 | .311 | .372 | .503 | .369 | 129 | 3.4 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 144 | 612 | 168 | 31 | 104 | 5 | .298 | .343 | .541 | .367 | 127 | 3.2 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 75 | 321 | 78 | 21 | 59 | 1 | .279 | .358 | .568 | .384 | 138 | 2.9 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 111 | 437 | 87 | 17 | 58 | 1 | .238 | .347 | .443 | .340 | 109 | 2.7 |
| Aledmys Díaz | 2B | 68 | 247 | 57 | 9 | 40 | 2 | .271 | .356 | .467 | .348 | 115 | 1.2 |
| Myles Straw | SS | 50 | 128 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .269 | .378 | .343 | .327 | 101 | 0.6 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 104 | 318 | 68 | 10 | 34 | 10 | .233 | .289 | .411 | .299 | 82 | 0.5 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 140 | 550 | 138 | 14 | 56 | 5 | .275 | .319 | .409 | .310 | 89 | 0.5 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 22 | 72 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 5 | .269 | .319 | .537 | .351 | 117 | 0.4 |
| Abraham Toro | 3B | 25 | 89 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .218 | .303 | .385 | .298 | 81 | 0.1 |
| Garrett Stubbs | C | 16 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .282 | .286 | .256 | 53 | -0.0 |
| Justin Verlander | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Wade Miley | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .142 | -22 | -0.1 |
| José Urquidy | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Tony Kemp | 2B | 108 | 279 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 4 | .212 | .291 | .380 | .288 | 75 | -0.1 |
| Gerrit Cole | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.2 |
| Jack Mayfield | SS | 23 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .156 | .169 | .328 | .205 | 19 | -0.3 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 80 | 279 | 50 | 3 | 23 | 0 | .208 | .308 | .304 | .277 | 67 | -0.7 |
| Max Stassi | C | 49 | 147 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .136 | .211 | .167 | .180 | 3 | -1.0 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Gerrit Cole | 33 | 33 | 212.1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 326 | 2.50 | 2.64 | 0.89 | 13.8 | 6.1 |
| Justin Verlander | 34 | 34 | 223.0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 300 | 2.58 | 3.27 | 0.80 | 12.1 | 4.9 |
| Wade Miley | 33 | 33 | 167.1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 140 | 3.98 | 4.51 | 1.34 | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| Ryan Pressly | 55 | 0 | 54.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 2.32 | 2.66 | 0.90 | 11.9 | 1.3 |
| Roberto Osuna | 66 | 0 | 65.0 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 73 | 2.63 | 3.21 | 0.88 | 10.1 | 1.2 |
| Will Harris | 68 | 0 | 60.0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 1.50 | 3.15 | 0.93 | 9.3 | 1.1 |
| Brad Peacock | 23 | 15 | 91.2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 4.12 | 4.42 | 1.19 | 9.4 | 0.8 |
| José Urquidy | 9 | 7 | 41.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3.95 | 3.68 | 1.10 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| Josh James | 49 | 1 | 61.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 4.70 | 3.98 | 1.32 | 14.7 | 0.6 |
| Collin McHugh | 35 | 8 | 74.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 4.70 | 4.43 | 1.23 | 9.9 | 0.5 |
| Joe Smith | 28 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.80 | 3.09 | 0.96 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Rogelio Armenteros | 5 | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4.00 | 2.77 | 1.22 | 9.0 | 0.4 |
| Bryan Abreu | 7 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 0.81 | 13.5 | 0.3 |
| Chris Devenski | 61 | 1 | 69.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 4.83 | 4.62 | 1.30 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Framber Valdez | 26 | 8 | 70.2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 68 | 5.86 | 4.98 | 1.67 | 8.7 | 0.1 |
| Cy Sneed | 8 | 0 | 21.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5.48 | 4.81 | 1.45 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| Max Stassi | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Héctor Rondón | 62 | 1 | 60.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 3.71 | 4.96 | 1.25 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Cionel Pérez | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10.00 | 6.66 | 1.44 | 7.0 | -0.2 |
| Reymin Guduan | 7 | 0 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11.81 | 10.53 | 2.25 | 10.1 | -0.3 |
| Brady Rodgers | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16.20 | 13.81 | 2.00 | 7.2 | -0.5 |
| Tyler White | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.60 | 22.11 | 3.60 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Corbin Martin | 5 | 5 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.59 | 8.49 | 1.81 | 8.8 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Houston Astros are 107-55, a .660 win rate, while their +280 run differential implies .660. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.