The Houston Astros went 81-81 in 2026, a .500 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 734 runs and allowed 766, a run differential of -32. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.54 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Yordan Alvarez led the position players at 7.5 WAR, and Peter Lambert the rotation at a 3.82 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 1 game clear. They spent 61 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on August 14 and were as far as 6.5 games back on May 21. Their best month was June at 16-11, their worst March/April at 12-20. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 27 to August 2 and an 8-game losing streak from April 5 to April 13. They were 39-42 at home and 42-39 on the road, 15-18 in one-run games and 29-26 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 at the Athletics on April 4; the heaviest defeat, 18-3 against the Angels on August 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
20
.375
168
194
-26
May
15
14
.517
103
110
-7
June
16
11
.593
126
134
-8
July
13
10
.565
119
110
+9
August
14
13
.519
114
122
-8
Sept/Oct
11
13
.458
104
96
+8
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
42-39
.519
One-run games
15-18
.455
Extra innings
7-8
.467
Within the division
26-26
.500
Against .500+ clubs
29-26
.527
Decided by 5+ runs
16-26
.381
Last 10
5-5
.500
2026 postseason
In October the Houston Astros lost the Wild Card Series to the White Sox 2-0.
Wild Card Series vs White Sox0-2 L
Game 1, September 29 L 3-6 vs White Sox
Game 2, September 30 L 3-7 vs White Sox
American League West standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2026. 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
30,520
30,582
20,934
41,329
Night
58
30,059
29,757
20,934
41,147
Day
23
31,682
31,476
24,155
41,329
Weekend
42
33,337
32,882
27,971
41,147
Weekday
39
27,486
26,956
20,934
41,329
On the road
80
27,254
27,652
9,012
44,468
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
6
30,695
Apr
10
32,272
May
13
30,990
Jun
14
29,218
Jul
11
30,844
Aug
15
28,194
Sep
12
32,593
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:45
147 games
All games
2:47
Extra innings
3:15
15 of them
Longest
3:42
2026-06-03, 9 inn
Shortest
2:07
2026-06-21
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
2:47
2:46
2:07
4:01
Regulation
147
2:45
2:44
2:07
3:42
Extra innings
15
3:15
3:18
2:31
4:01
Home
81
2:48
2:48
2:07
3:42
Road
81
2:47
2:44
2:11
4:01
Day
52
2:47
2:44
2:07
4:01
Night
110
2:47
2:47
2:15
3:42
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
6
2:54
Apr
10
2:52
May
13
2:41
Jun
14
2:44
Jul
11
2:53
Aug
15
2:53
Sep
12
2:41
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 165 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 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their -32 run differential implies .480. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
