Home/road splitsville ... continued

Upon further review, it DOES appear that this could be the first time in post-expansion history that a team may play .500+ at home while playing .250 or worse on the road

We have exactly 2 instances pre-expansion:

Site Team Year GM W L Win% Site Team Year GM W L Win% diff.
home PHA 1945 77 39 35 .527 road PHA 1945 76 13 63 .171 .356
home BLA 1902 64 32 30 .516 road BLA 1902 77 18 57 .240 .276

The 4 2005 teams also have a chance to set the all-time record for greatest home/road win pct. differential:

Currently, the Astros 20-12 (.625) home record is .375 better than their 9-27 (.250) road record, and would set the record if they somehow kept up those trends.  The Rockies (.353 better at home), Reds (.325) and Rays (.324) are in hot (cold?) pursuit.

Here are all teams in ML history to compile a home winning pct. at least .300 better than their road winning pct.:

Rnk) Team Year GM W L Win% Rnk) Team Year GM W L Win% diff.
home PHA 1945 77 39 35 .527 road PHA 1945 76 13 63 .171 .356
home PHA 1902 73 56 17 .767 road PHA 1902 64 27 36 .429 .338
home BOS 1949 77 61 16 .792 road BOS 1949 78 35 42 .455 .337
home COL 1996 81 55 26 .679 road COL 1996 81 28 53 .346 .333
home MIN 1987 81 56 25 .691 road MIN 1987 81 29 52 .358 .333
home HOU 1978 81 50 31 .617 road HOU 1978 81 24 57 .296 .321
home PHA 1908 78 46 30 .605 road PHA 1908 79 22 55 .286 .319
home CHW 1903 70 41 28 .594 road CHW 1903 68 19 49 .279 .315
home CHW 1902 72 48 20 .706 road CHW 1902 66 26 40 .394 .312
home BOS 1952 77 50 27 .649 road BOS 1952 77 26 51 .338 .311
home CHC 1933 79 56 23 .709 road CHC 1933 75 30 45 .400 .309

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