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 8.3 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 2.50 ERA.
The 2019 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 10 games clear. They spent 162 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 10.5 games on August 10 and were as far as 4.5 games back on April 3. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-6, their worst June at 15-12. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from April 5 to April 16 and a 7-game losing streak from June 16 to June 22. They were 60-21 at home and 47-34 on the road, 24-19 in one-run games and 35-28 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 23-2 at the Orioles on August 10; the heaviest defeat, 21-7 against the Athletics on September 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
18
12
.600
143
105
+38
May
20
8
.714
155
100
+55
June
15
12
.556
128
137
-9
July
16
8
.667
140
102
+38
August
19
9
.679
200
109
+91
Sept/Oct
19
6
.760
154
87
+67
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
60-21
.741
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
24-19
.558
Extra innings
10-4
.714
Within the division
56-20
.737
Against .500+ clubs
35-28
.556
Decided by 5+ runs
36-12
.750
Last 10
8-2
.800
American League West standings, 2019
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2019. 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
35,276
35,606
22,698
43,264
Night
61
34,274
34,518
22,698
43,264
Day
20
38,333
38,546
32,485
43,169
Weekend
39
37,943
38,012
31,025
43,264
Weekday
42
32,799
31,746
22,698
43,243
On the road
80
26,302
22,956
10,921
48,308
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
32,470
May
17
32,530
Jun
14
36,869
Jul
9
40,235
Aug
15
34,900
Sep
13
36,958
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, 2019.
Regulation
2:59
148 games
All games
3:05
Extra innings
4:02
14 of them
Longest
4:49
2019-07-07, 10 inn
Shortest
2:12
2019-08-21
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
3:05
3:02
2:12
5:06
Regulation
148
2:59
2:58
2:12
4:06
Extra innings
14
4:02
4:11
3:12
5:06
Home
81
3:04
2:59
2:12
4:49
Road
81
3:05
3:02
2:12
5:06
Day
44
3:10
3:04
2:12
5:06
Night
118
3:03
2:59
2:12
4:40
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:05
May
17
2:57
Jun
14
3:05
Jul
9
3:06
Aug
15
3:04
Sep
13
3:12
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 107-55, a .660 win rate, while their +280 run differential implies .660. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
