American League West · 2020

Houston Astros 2020

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Team WAR: 11.8
Win %: .483
Run diff: +4
wRC+: 97
ERA: 4.35
Home runs: 69

The Houston Astros went 29-31 in 2020, a .483 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 279 runs and allowed 275, a run differential of +4. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.35 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. George Springer led the position players at 1.9 WAR, and Framber Valdez the rotation at a 3.57 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 2nd in the AL West, 7 games back. They spent 10 of 66 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on July 25 and were as far as 7 games back on September 11. Their best month was August at 15-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 10-17. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from August 12 to August 20 and a 6-game losing streak from September 4 to September 8. They were 20-10 at home and 9-21 on the road, 10-14 in one-run games and 4-13 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Mariners on August 14; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 at the Padres on August 22.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	4	3	.571	42	31	+11
August	15	11	.577	134	122	+12
Sept/Oct	10	17	.370	103	122	-19

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	20-10	.667
Road	9-21	.300
One-run games	10-14	.417
Extra innings	2-7	.222
Within the division	19-21	.475
Against .500+ clubs	4-13	.235
Decided by 5+ runs	8-8	.500
Last 10	4-6	.400

American League West standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League West, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600	—	274	232	+42	12.6
Houston Astros	29	31	.483	7	279	275	+4	11.8
Seattle Mariners	27	33	.450	9	254	303	-49	7.2
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	.433	10	294	321	-27	14.7
Texas Rangers	22	38	.367	14	224	312	-88	3.1

2020 Houston Astros roster

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.

Catchers 2

Martín MaldonadoC · 47 G · 0.9 WAR
Dustin GarneauC · 15 G · -0.0 WAR

Infielders 7

Alex Bregman3B · 42 G · 1.2 WAR
Carlos CorreaSS · 58 G · 0.9 WAR
Aledmys Díaz2B · 17 G · 0.2 WAR
Jose Altuve2B · 48 G · 0.2 WAR
Jack MayfieldSS · 20 G · -0.2 WAR
Yuli Gurriel1B · 57 G · -0.4 WAR
Abraham Toro3B · 32 G · -0.4 WAR

Outfielders 5

George SpringerCF · 50 G · 1.9 WAR
Kyle TuckerLF · 58 G · 1.3 WAR
Josh ReddickRF · 56 G · 0.1 WAR
Garrett StubbsLF · 9 G · -0.2 WAR
Myles StrawCF · 29 G · -0.3 WAR

Designated hitters 3

Michael BrantleyDH · 46 G · 1.2 WAR
Yordan AlvarezDH · 2 G · 0.0 WAR
Taylor JonesDH · 7 G · -0.1 WAR

Starting pitchers 8

Framber Valdez10 GS · 2.1 WAR
Zack Greinke12 GS · 2.1 WAR
Lance McCullers Jr.11 GS · 1.1 WAR
Cristian Javier10 GS · 0.3 WAR
José Urquidy5 GS · 0.3 WAR
Justin Verlander1 GS · -0.0 WAR
Chase De Jong2 GS · -0.1 WAR
Brandon Bielak6 GS · -0.6 WAR

Relief pitchers 18

Ryan Pressly23 G · 0.5 WAR
Enoli Paredes22 G · 0.3 WAR
Brooks Raley21 G · 0.2 WAR
Andre Scrubb20 G · 0.2 WAR
Roberto Osuna4 G · 0.2 WAR
Luis Garcia5 G · 0.1 WAR
Cionel Pérez7 G · 0.1 WAR
Blake Taylor22 G · 0.1 WAR
Brad Peacock3 G · 0.0 WAR
Cy Sneed18 G · 0.0 WAR
Brandon Bailey5 G · -0.0 WAR
Humberto Castellanos8 G · -0.0 WAR
Chris Devenski4 G · -0.1 WAR
Joe Biagini4 G · -0.1 WAR
Carlos Sanabria2 G · -0.2 WAR
Bryan Abreu4 G · -0.2 WAR
Nivaldo Rodriguez5 G · -0.3 WAR
Josh James13 G · -0.4 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

478 team hits

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.

Batting

17 players, ranked by dbWAR.


George Springer	CF	50	222	50	14	32	1	.265	.359	.540	.381	145	1.9
Kyle Tucker	LF	58	228	56	9	42	8	.268	.325	.512	.351	124	1.3
Michael Brantley	DH	46	187	51	5	22	2	.300	.364	.476	.364	133	1.2
Alex Bregman	3B	42	180	37	6	22	0	.242	.350	.451	.348	121	1.2
Martín Maldonado	C	47	165	29	6	24	1	.215	.350	.378	.330	108	0.9
Carlos Correa	SS	58	221	53	5	25	0	.264	.326	.383	.310	94	0.9
Aledmys Díaz	2B	17	59	14	3	6	0	.241	.254	.483	.307	93	0.2
Jose Altuve	2B	48	210	42	5	18	2	.219	.286	.344	.280	73	0.2
Josh Reddick	RF	56	210	46	4	23	1	.245	.316	.378	.306	92	0.1
Yordan Alvarez	DH	2	9	2	1	4	0	.250	.333	.625	.399	157	0.0
Dustin Garneau	C	15	46	6	1	4	0	.158	.273	.289	.260	59	-0.0
Taylor Jones	DH	7	22	4	1	3	0	.190	.227	.381	.259	59	-0.1
Garrett Stubbs	LF	9	10	1	0	1	0	.125	.111	.125	.098	-54	-0.2
Jack Mayfield	SS	20	47	8	0	3	0	.190	.239	.214	.209	24	-0.2
Myles Straw	CF	29	86	17	0	8	6	.207	.244	.256	.225	35	-0.3
Yuli Gurriel	1B	57	230	49	6	22	0	.232	.274	.384	.282	75	-0.4
Abraham Toro	3B	32	97	13	3	9	1	.149	.237	.276	.236	43	-0.4

Pitching

26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Framber Valdez	11	10	70.2	5	3	0	76	3.57	2.85	1.12	9.7	2.1
Zack Greinke	12	12	67.0	3	3	0	67	4.03	2.80	1.13	9.0	2.1
Lance McCullers Jr.	11	11	55.0	3	3	0	56	3.93	3.70	1.16	9.2	1.1
Ryan Pressly	23	0	21.0	1	3	12	29	3.43	2.81	1.33	12.4	0.5
Enoli Paredes	22	0	20.2	3	3	0	20	3.05	3.63	1.40	8.7	0.3
Cristian Javier	12	10	54.1	5	2	0	54	3.48	4.94	0.99	8.9	0.3
José Urquidy	5	5	29.2	1	1	0	17	2.73	4.71	1.01	5.2	0.3
Brooks Raley	21	0	20.0	0	1	1	27	4.95	3.94	0.95	12.2	0.2
Andre Scrubb	20	0	23.2	1	0	1	24	1.90	4.25	1.48	9.1	0.2
Roberto Osuna	4	0	4.1	0	0	1	3	2.08	1.81	0.69	6.2	0.2
Luis Garcia	5	1	12.1	0	1	0	9	2.92	4.25	0.97	6.6	0.1
Cionel Pérez	7	0	6.1	0	0	0	8	2.84	3.51	2.05	11.4	0.1
Blake Taylor	22	0	20.2	2	1	1	17	2.18	4.55	1.21	7.4	0.1
Brad Peacock	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	3	7.71	3.19	1.71	11.6	0.0
Cy Sneed	18	0	17.1	0	3	0	21	5.71	4.75	1.85	10.9	0.0
Justin Verlander	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	7	3.00	5.69	0.67	10.5	-0.0
Brandon Bailey	5	0	7.1	0	0	0	4	2.45	5.51	1.23	4.9	-0.0
Humberto Castellanos	8	0	10.2	0	1	0	12	6.75	5.35	1.59	10.1	-0.0
Chris Devenski	4	0	3.2	0	1	0	5	14.73	6.46	2.73	12.3	-0.1
Chase De Jong	3	2	7.1	0	1	0	9	14.73	6.33	2.18	11.0	-0.1
Joe Biagini	4	0	4.1	0	0	0	4	20.77	7.11	3.23	8.3	-0.1
Carlos Sanabria	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	9.00	12.19	3.00	9.0	-0.2
Bryan Abreu	4	0	3.1	0	0	0	3	2.70	9.49	2.40	8.1	-0.2
Nivaldo Rodriguez	5	0	8.2	0	1	0	8	6.23	7.92	2.42	8.3	-0.3
Josh James	13	2	17.1	1	0	0	21	7.27	7.06	1.85	10.9	-0.4
Brandon Bielak	12	6	32.0	3	3	0	26	6.75	7.00	1.75	7.3	-0.6

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	19	0	0	0	0
Day	11	0	0	0	0
Weekend	12	0	0	0	0
Weekday	18	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:00
All games: 3:08
Extra innings: 3:57
Longest: 4:44
Shortest: 2:07

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	60	3:08	3:05	2:07	4:44
Regulation	51	3:00	3:01	2:07	4:21
Extra innings	9	3:57	3:58	3:03	4:44
Home	30	3:01	3:02	2:07	4:44
Road	30	3:15	3:09	2:18	4:37
Day	23	3:05	3:04	2:07	4:37
Night	37	3:11	3:07	2:27	4:44

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	6	3:25
Aug	13	2:59
Sep	11	2:50

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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 29-31, a .483 win rate, while their +4 run differential implies .507. That is about 1 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.