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.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 5 games clear. They spent 118 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 8 games on September 21 and were as far as 4 games back on April 21. Their best month was June at 19-9, their worst August at 14-13. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from June 13 to June 24 and a 6-game losing streak from April 9 to April 16. They were 51-30 at home and 44-37 on the road, 21-19 in one-run games and 45-32 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-2 against the Angels on April 24; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 at the Athletics on September 24.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
12
.538
131
100
+31
May
15
12
.556
153
127
+26
June
19
9
.679
170
100
+70
July
16
8
.667
123
99
+24
August
14
13
.519
122
100
+22
Sept/Oct
17
13
.567
164
132
+32
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
21-19
.525
Extra innings
9-8
.529
Within the division
49-27
.645
Against .500+ clubs
45-32
.584
Decided by 5+ runs
36-12
.750
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League West standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2021. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
3:19
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
