- Team WAR
- 34.7 24.2 bat / 10.5 pitch
- Win %
- .556 pyth .577
- Run diff
- +129 5.10 / 4.31 per g
- wRC+
- 110
- ERA
- 4.03 FIP 4.33
- Home runs
- 222
The Houston Astros went 90-72 in 2023, a .556 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 827 runs and allowed 698, a run differential of +129. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.03 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Kyle Tucker led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Framber Valdez the rotation at a 3.45 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,444 team hits
Batting
19 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 157 | 674 | 163 | 29 | 112 | 30 | .284 | .369 | .517 | .374 | 139 | 4.6 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 161 | 724 | 163 | 25 | 98 | 3 | .262 | .363 | .441 | .353 | 124 | 4.5 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 114 | 496 | 120 | 31 | 97 | 0 | .293 | .407 | .583 | .417 | 169 | 4.3 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 90 | 410 | 112 | 17 | 51 | 14 | .311 | .393 | .522 | .395 | 153 | 4.1 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 113 | 457 | 110 | 22 | 70 | 19 | .273 | .353 | .489 | .364 | 131 | 2.8 |
| Yainer Diaz | C | 104 | 377 | 100 | 23 | 60 | 0 | .282 | .308 | .538 | .354 | 125 | 2.3 |
| Jeremy Peña | SS | 149 | 634 | 152 | 10 | 52 | 13 | .263 | .324 | .381 | .312 | 95 | 2.2 |
| Mauricio Dubón | 2B | 126 | 492 | 130 | 10 | 46 | 7 | .278 | .309 | .411 | .312 | 96 | 1.4 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 99 | 341 | 70 | 10 | 33 | 5 | .227 | .296 | .382 | .298 | 86 | 0.6 |
| Martín Maldonado | C | 116 | 407 | 69 | 15 | 36 | 0 | .191 | .258 | .348 | .267 | 64 | 0.3 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 15 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .278 | .298 | .426 | .309 | 94 | 0.0 |
| Grae Kessinger | SS | 22 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .289 | .325 | .277 | 71 | -0.1 |
| Rylan Bannon | DH | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Bligh Madris | DH | 11 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .267 | .192 | .225 | 35 | -0.2 |
| César Salazar | C | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .130 | -31 | -0.2 |
| Corey Julks | LF | 91 | 323 | 73 | 6 | 33 | 15 | .245 | .297 | .352 | .287 | 78 | -0.2 |
| Jon Singleton | 1B | 36 | 105 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .165 | .267 | .264 | .246 | 49 | -0.6 |
| José Abreu | 1B | 141 | 594 | 128 | 18 | 90 | 0 | .237 | .296 | .383 | .297 | 85 | -0.6 |
| David Hensley | DH | 29 | 94 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .119 | .213 | .167 | .185 | 7 | -0.9 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Framber Valdez | 31 | 31 | 198.0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 200 | 3.45 | 3.50 | 1.13 | 9.1 | 3.7 |
| Bryan Abreu | 72 | 0 | 72.0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 100 | 1.75 | 2.98 | 1.04 | 12.5 | 1.4 |
| Hunter Brown | 31 | 29 | 155.2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 178 | 5.09 | 4.37 | 1.36 | 10.3 | 1.4 |
| Cristian Javier | 31 | 31 | 162.0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 4.56 | 4.58 | 1.27 | 8.8 | 1.2 |
| Ryan Pressly | 65 | 0 | 65.1 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 74 | 3.58 | 3.36 | 1.07 | 10.2 | 1.0 |
| J.P. France | 24 | 23 | 136.1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 101 | 3.83 | 4.66 | 1.36 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
| Phil Maton | 68 | 0 | 66.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 3.00 | 3.74 | 1.12 | 10.1 | 0.7 |
| Héctor Neris | 71 | 0 | 68.1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 1.71 | 3.83 | 1.05 | 10.1 | 0.7 |
| Luis Garcia | 6 | 6 | 27.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4.00 | 3.63 | 1.30 | 10.3 | 0.5 |
| Rafael Montero | 68 | 0 | 67.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 5.08 | 4.46 | 1.53 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
| Seth Martinez | 35 | 0 | 43.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 5.23 | 4.42 | 1.49 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Bennett Sousa | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.00 | 3.14 | 0.89 | 10.0 | 0.2 |
| Shawn Dubin | 3 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7.00 | 3.59 | 1.67 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
| Ryne Stanek | 55 | 0 | 50.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 4.09 | 4.60 | 1.24 | 9.1 | 0.1 |
| Matt Gage | 5 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.70 | 4.16 | 1.35 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Bielak | 15 | 13 | 80.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 3.83 | 5.19 | 1.52 | 7.0 | -0.0 |
| Bligh Madris | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 19.26 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Martín Maldonado | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 22.26 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Joel Kuhnel | 9 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.54 | 6.18 | 1.62 | 2.1 | -0.2 |
| José Urquidy | 16 | 10 | 63.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 5.29 | 5.38 | 1.43 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| Parker Mushinski | 14 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.52 | 7.28 | 1.57 | 9.2 | -0.4 |
| Ronel Blanco | 17 | 7 | 52.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 4.50 | 5.99 | 1.48 | 9.0 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Houston Astros are 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +129 run differential implies .577. That is about 3 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.