Season Record: 44-25. Second in AL West, 1⁄2 game behind the Seattle Mariners. Fourth in AL behind Boston and New York, 4 games behind first place Yankees.
Pythagorean won/loss record: 43-15, best in MLB. Run differential: +138
Baseball Reference SRS: 1.9, best in MLB
The Big Trends: When this column began about five weeks ago the Astros were the best pitching team in baseball and middle of the pack in hitting. In fact for that first week the Astros were 26th in the league for that week.