American League West · 2021
Houston Astros 2021
- Team WAR
- 46.9 30.8 bat / 16.2 pitch
- Win %
- .586 pyth .622
- Run diff
- +205 5.33 / 4.06 per g
- wRC+
- 116
- ERA
- 3.75 FIP 4.11
- Home runs
- 214
The Houston Astros went 95-67 in 2021, a .586 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 863 runs and allowed 658, a run differential of +205. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.75 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 116 team wRC+ was 16% above league average — the second best in MLB. Carlos Correa led the position players at 5.4 WAR, and Lance McCullers Jr. the rotation at a 3.16 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Correa | SS | 148 | 640 | 155 | 26 | 92 | 0 | .279 | .366 | .485 | .367 | 135 | 5.4 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 146 | 678 | 167 | 31 | 83 | 5 | .278 | .350 | .489 | .359 | 130 | 5.0 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 137 | 567 | 149 | 30 | 92 | 14 | .294 | .359 | .557 | .385 | 148 | 4.6 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 141 | 605 | 169 | 15 | 81 | 1 | .319 | .383 | .462 | .366 | 135 | 3.2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 144 | 598 | 149 | 33 | 104 | 1 | .277 | .346 | .531 | .372 | 139 | 3.2 |
| Myles Straw | CF | 154 | 638 | 153 | 4 | 48 | 30 | .271 | .349 | .348 | .314 | 99 | 2.5 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 121 | 508 | 146 | 8 | 47 | 1 | .311 | .362 | .437 | .349 | 123 | 2.2 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 91 | 400 | 94 | 12 | 55 | 1 | .270 | .355 | .422 | .339 | 115 | 2.0 |
| Jason Castro | C | 64 | 179 | 35 | 8 | 21 | 0 | .235 | .356 | .443 | .351 | 124 | 1.3 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 94 | 320 | 73 | 14 | 50 | 4 | .257 | .319 | .447 | .329 | 109 | 1.0 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 47 | 163 | 38 | 6 | 28 | 3 | .260 | .323 | .438 | .331 | 110 | 0.8 |
| Aledmys Díaz | 3B | 84 | 319 | 76 | 8 | 45 | 0 | .259 | .317 | .405 | .313 | 97 | 0.7 |
| Jose Siri | RF | 18 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 3 | .304 | .347 | .609 | .401 | 159 | 0.5 |
| Alex De Goti | 2B | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .354 | 126 | 0.0 |
| José Urquidy | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Zack Greinke | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Ronnie Dawson | DH | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .267 | 65 | -0.0 |
| Framber Valdez | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Luis Garcia | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Jacob Wilson | 3B | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .150 | .190 | .300 | .212 | 27 | -0.1 |
| Martín Maldonado | C | 121 | 426 | 64 | 12 | 36 | 0 | .172 | .272 | .300 | .261 | 61 | -0.2 |
| Garrett Stubbs | C | 14 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .207 | 24 | -0.2 |
| Taylor Jones | 1B | 32 | 108 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .245 | .269 | .402 | .285 | 78 | -0.3 |
| Robel García | 3B | 42 | 117 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .151 | .216 | .208 | .197 | 16 | -0.8 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 28 | 28 | 162.1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 3.16 | 3.52 | 1.22 | 10.3 | 3.4 |
| Luis Garcia | 30 | 28 | 155.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 167 | 3.48 | 3.63 | 1.18 | 9.7 | 3.0 |
| Framber Valdez | 22 | 22 | 134.2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 125 | 3.14 | 4.01 | 1.25 | 8.4 | 2.1 |
| Ryan Pressly | 64 | 0 | 64.0 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 81 | 2.25 | 2.06 | 0.97 | 11.4 | 2.0 |
| José Urquidy | 20 | 20 | 107.0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 3.62 | 4.14 | 0.99 | 7.6 | 1.5 |
| Zack Greinke | 30 | 29 | 171.0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 120 | 4.16 | 4.71 | 1.17 | 6.3 | 1.2 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 24 | 23 | 104.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 91 | 4.21 | 4.48 | 1.25 | 7.8 | 1.0 |
| Brooks Raley | 58 | 0 | 49.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 4.78 | 3.27 | 1.20 | 11.9 | 0.9 |
| Cristian Javier | 36 | 9 | 101.1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 130 | 3.55 | 4.43 | 1.18 | 11.5 | 0.6 |
| Ryne Stanek | 72 | 0 | 68.1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 83 | 3.42 | 4.11 | 1.21 | 10.9 | 0.5 |
| Brandon Bielak | 28 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 4.50 | 4.07 | 1.38 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Joe Smith | 50 | 0 | 39.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 4.99 | 3.93 | 1.39 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| Peter Solomon | 6 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.29 | 3.46 | 1.29 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Bryan Abreu | 31 | 0 | 36.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 5.75 | 4.36 | 1.47 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Blake Taylor | 51 | 0 | 42.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 3.16 | 4.62 | 1.41 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Josh James | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.40 | 3.77 | 1.20 | 14.4 | 0.1 |
| Seth Martinez | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15.00 | 4.17 | 2.67 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Pedro Báez | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.08 | 4.55 | 0.69 | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Ivey | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.71 | 5.31 | 1.50 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.86 | 7.03 | 1.29 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Kent Emanuel | 10 | 0 | 17.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.55 | 5.49 | 0.91 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| Enoli Paredes | 12 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.23 | 6.29 | 2.77 | 15.6 | -0.1 |
| Robel García | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 29.17 | 5.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Nivaldo Rodriguez | 4 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.45 | 8.76 | 1.09 | 3.7 | -0.3 |
| Andre Scrubb | 18 | 0 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5.03 | 6.48 | 1.47 | 9.6 | -0.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 25,537 81 home dates
- Median
- 25,802
- Total
- 2,068,509
- Best
- 41,259 2021-07-10
- Quietest
- 11,862 2021-04-26
- On the road
- 17,948 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 25,537 | 25,802 | 11,862 | 41,259 |
| Night | 58 | 25,055 | 25,602 | 11,862 | 41,259 |
| Day | 23 | 26,752 | 26,825 | 14,149 | 39,821 |
| Weekend | 38 | 29,151 | 28,752 | 21,728 | 41,259 |
| Weekday | 43 | 22,344 | 22,200 | 11,862 | 34,443 |
| On the road | 81 | 17,948 | 14,863 | 3,925 | 52,724 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 17,523 |
| May | 16 | 24,959 |
| Jun | 12 | 27,558 |
| Jul | 12 | 31,548 |
| Aug | 12 | 25,878 |
| Sep | 12 | 26,526 |
| Oct | 3 | 28,574 |
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, 2021.
- Regulation
- 3:15 145 games
- All games
- 3:19
- Extra innings
- 3:52 17 of them
- Longest
- 5:08 2021-05-29, 12 inn
- Shortest
- 2:33 2021-05-11
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:19 | 3:15 | 2:06 | 5:08 |
| Regulation | 145 | 3:15 | 3:14 | 2:06 | 4:19 |
| Extra innings | 17 | 3:52 | 3:44 | 3:16 | 5:08 |
| Home | 81 | 3:21 | 3:15 | 2:33 | 5:08 |
| Road | 81 | 3:16 | 3:15 | 2:06 | 4:18 |
| Day | 51 | 3:16 | 3:15 | 2:06 | 5:08 |
| Night | 111 | 3:20 | 3:15 | 2:21 | 4:43 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 3:16 |
| May | 16 | 3:26 |
| Jun | 12 | 3:19 |
| Jul | 12 | 3:11 |
| Aug | 12 | 3:29 |
| Sep | 12 | 3:25 |
| Oct | 3 | 3:31 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 195 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 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +205 run differential implies .622. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.