- Team WAR
- 44.6 31.2 bat / 13.4 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 5.5 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.
1,536 team hits
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Correa | SS | 148 | 640 | 155 | 26 | 92 | 0 | .279 | .366 | .485 | .367 | 135 | 5.5 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 146 | 678 | 167 | 31 | 83 | 5 | .278 | .350 | .489 | .359 | 130 | 4.8 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 137 | 567 | 149 | 30 | 92 | 14 | .294 | .359 | .557 | .385 | 148 | 4.5 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 144 | 598 | 149 | 33 | 104 | 1 | .277 | .346 | .531 | .372 | 139 | 3.2 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 141 | 605 | 169 | 15 | 81 | 1 | .319 | .383 | .462 | .366 | 135 | 3.1 |
| Myles Straw | CF | 154 | 638 | 153 | 4 | 48 | 30 | .271 | .349 | .348 | .314 | 99 | 2.5 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 91 | 400 | 94 | 12 | 55 | 1 | .270 | .355 | .422 | .339 | 115 | 2.2 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 121 | 508 | 146 | 8 | 47 | 1 | .311 | .362 | .437 | .349 | 123 | 2.1 |
| Jason Castro | C | 64 | 179 | 35 | 8 | 21 | 0 | .235 | .356 | .443 | .351 | 124 | 1.4 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 94 | 320 | 73 | 14 | 50 | 4 | .257 | .319 | .447 | .329 | 109 | 1.1 |
| 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 |
| Martín Maldonado | C | 121 | 426 | 64 | 12 | 36 | 0 | .172 | .272 | .300 | .261 | 61 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| Ronnie Dawson | DH | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .267 | 65 | -0.0 |
| Zack Greinke | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Framber Valdez | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | P | 2 | 4 | 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 |
| Luis Garcia | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| 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 | -0.2 |
| 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 | 2.9 |
| Luis Garcia | 30 | 28 | 155.1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 167 | 3.48 | 3.63 | 1.18 | 9.7 | 2.6 |
| Ryan Pressly | 64 | 0 | 64.0 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 81 | 2.25 | 2.06 | 0.97 | 11.4 | 1.9 |
| Framber Valdez | 22 | 22 | 134.2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 125 | 3.14 | 4.01 | 1.25 | 8.4 | 1.7 |
| José Urquidy | 20 | 20 | 107.0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 3.62 | 4.14 | 0.99 | 7.6 | 1.2 |
| Zack Greinke | 30 | 29 | 171.0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 120 | 4.16 | 4.71 | 1.17 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| Brooks Raley | 58 | 0 | 49.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 4.78 | 3.27 | 1.20 | 11.9 | 0.8 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 24 | 23 | 104.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 91 | 4.21 | 4.48 | 1.25 | 7.8 | 0.8 |
| Ryne Stanek | 72 | 0 | 68.1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 83 | 3.42 | 4.11 | 1.21 | 10.9 | 0.5 |
| Cristian Javier | 36 | 9 | 101.1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 130 | 3.55 | 4.43 | 1.18 | 11.5 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Josh James | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.40 | 3.77 | 1.20 | 14.4 | 0.1 |
| Blake Taylor | 51 | 0 | 42.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 3.16 | 4.62 | 1.41 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Enoli Paredes | 12 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.23 | 6.29 | 2.77 | 15.6 | -0.2 |
| Kent Emanuel | 10 | 0 | 17.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.55 | 5.49 | 0.91 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
Record versus run differential
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.