- Team WAR
- 50.4 26.9 bat / 23.4 pitch
- Win %
- .654 pyth .656
- Run diff
- +219 4.55 / 3.20 per g
- wRC+
- 114
- ERA
- 2.96 FIP 3.35
- Home runs
- 204
The Houston Astros went 106-56 in 2022, a .654 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 737 runs and allowed 518, a run differential of +219. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 2.96 staff ERA was the second best. Their 114 team wRC+ was 14% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Jose Altuve led the position players at 7.1 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 1.75 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,273 team hits
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 141 | 604 | 158 | 28 | 57 | 18 | .300 | .387 | .533 | .400 | 163 | 7.1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 135 | 561 | 144 | 37 | 97 | 1 | .306 | .406 | .613 | .429 | 184 | 6.2 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 155 | 656 | 142 | 23 | 93 | 1 | .259 | .366 | .454 | .361 | 136 | 5.2 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 150 | 609 | 140 | 30 | 107 | 25 | .257 | .330 | .478 | .349 | 127 | 3.6 |
| Jeremy Peña | SS | 136 | 558 | 132 | 22 | 63 | 11 | .253 | .289 | .426 | .310 | 99 | 2.7 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 110 | 407 | 88 | 14 | 44 | 4 | .245 | .332 | .407 | .328 | 112 | 1.7 |
| Michael Brantley | DH | 64 | 277 | 70 | 5 | 26 | 1 | .288 | .370 | .416 | .347 | 126 | 1.1 |
| Aledmys Díaz | LF | 90 | 327 | 74 | 12 | 38 | 1 | .243 | .287 | .403 | .302 | 94 | 0.7 |
| Martín Maldonado | C | 110 | 379 | 64 | 15 | 45 | 0 | .186 | .248 | .352 | .266 | 68 | 0.7 |
| David Hensley | DH | 14 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .345 | .441 | .586 | .442 | 193 | 0.4 |
| Joe Perez | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Jones | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Yainer Diaz | DH | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .221 | 36 | -0.1 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 49 | 160 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 2 | .227 | .269 | .313 | .258 | 63 | -0.1 |
| Korey Lee | C | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .160 | .192 | .240 | .193 | 17 | -0.1 |
| J.J. Matijevic | DH | 31 | 71 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .209 | .254 | .328 | .259 | 63 | -0.2 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 145 | 584 | 132 | 8 | 53 | 8 | .242 | .288 | .360 | .287 | 83 | -0.4 |
| Jason Castro | C | 30 | 88 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .115 | .205 | .179 | .185 | 11 | -0.4 |
| Mauricio Dubón | CF | 86 | 265 | 52 | 5 | 24 | 2 | .214 | .252 | .313 | .249 | 56 | -0.5 |
| Niko Goodrum | 2B | 13 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .116 | .156 | .163 | .147 | -16 | -0.5 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Verlander | 28 | 28 | 175.0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 185 | 1.75 | 2.49 | 0.83 | 9.5 | 4.9 |
| Framber Valdez | 31 | 31 | 201.1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 194 | 2.82 | 3.06 | 1.16 | 8.7 | 4.3 |
| Cristian Javier | 30 | 25 | 148.2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 194 | 2.54 | 3.16 | 0.95 | 11.7 | 2.8 |
| Luis Garcia | 28 | 28 | 157.1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 157 | 3.72 | 3.93 | 1.13 | 9.0 | 1.7 |
| Bryan Abreu | 55 | 0 | 60.1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 1.94 | 2.12 | 1.18 | 13.1 | 1.6 |
| Héctor Neris | 70 | 0 | 65.1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 79 | 3.72 | 2.35 | 1.01 | 10.9 | 1.6 |
| Rafael Montero | 71 | 0 | 68.1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 73 | 2.37 | 2.64 | 1.02 | 9.6 | 1.4 |
| Ryan Pressly | 50 | 0 | 48.1 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 65 | 2.98 | 2.31 | 0.89 | 12.1 | 1.2 |
| Ryne Stanek | 59 | 0 | 54.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 1.15 | 3.02 | 1.23 | 10.2 | 0.9 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 8 | 8 | 47.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 2.27 | 3.49 | 1.24 | 9.4 | 0.8 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 22 | 22 | 106.1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 4.40 | 4.28 | 1.33 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
| Hunter Brown | 7 | 2 | 20.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.89 | 1.98 | 1.08 | 9.7 | 0.6 |
| Seth Martinez | 29 | 0 | 38.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2.09 | 3.32 | 1.03 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
| José Urquidy | 29 | 28 | 164.1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 3.94 | 4.60 | 1.17 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
| Parker Mushinski | 7 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.68 | 2.57 | 1.09 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| Phil Maton | 67 | 0 | 65.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 3.84 | 4.33 | 1.25 | 10.0 | 0.1 |
| Enoli Paredes | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 4.78 | 2.00 | 6.0 | -0.0 |
| Pedro Báez | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.57 | 5.26 | 3.43 | 7.7 | -0.0 |
| Ronel Blanco | 7 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.11 | 5.32 | 1.89 | 9.9 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Bielak | 5 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.65 | 4.98 | 1.22 | 8.8 | -0.1 |
| Blake Taylor | 19 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3.94 | 4.86 | 1.56 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
Record versus run differential
Houston Astros are 106-56, a .654 win rate, while their +219 run differential implies .656. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.