Some of these clubs won it all, others piled up 100-plus wins and still went home early, and the sign-stealing argument never quite leaves the room.
12017 Houston AstrosA 101-61 team that beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games for the franchise's first World Series, later tainted by the sign-stealing scandal.1000pts
22021 Houston AstrosA 95-67 AL West champion that won the pennant and lost the World Series to the Atlanta Braves in six games.454pts
32019 Houston AstrosA franchise-record 107-55 team with Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole that lost the World Series to Washington in seven games.454pts
42022 Houston AstrosA 106-56 team that went 11-2 through the playoffs and beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games for the World Series title.454pts
52018 Houston AstrosA 103-59 defending champion that won the AL West and lost the ALCS to the Boston Red Sox in five games.372pts
61986 Houston AstrosA 96-66 NL West champion with Cy Young winner Mike Scott that lost a six-game NLCS to the New York Mets.372pts
72004 Houston AstrosA 92-70 wild card that won the franchise's first playoff series, over Atlanta, and lost a seven-game NLCS to St. Louis.273pts
82023 Houston AstrosA 90-72 AL West champion that reached a seventh straight ALCS and lost it in seven games to the Texas Rangers.272pts
92005 Houston AstrosA wild-card team with Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt and Andy Pettitte that won the franchise's first NL pennant before a World Series sweep by the White Sox.0pts
Photo credits
- 2019 Houston Astros — Ken Lund on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2018 Houston Astros — Larry Syverson from Richmond, VA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 1986 Houston Astros — Lori Shepler, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0
- 2023 Houston Astros — Spheroidite, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2005 Houston Astros — Grimbogey, CC BY-SA 3.0
