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Houston AstrosJim Crane · since 2012
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$3.2BPayroll rank8 of 30Spending index136.2
Houston Astros Ownership
Owner: Jim Crane · since 2012 · AL West
Budget generosity54near the median
Patience27very quick to change
Win-now or build62win-now
Last five seasons+2.3 a yearsteady
- Jim Crane: over 15 seasons (2012 to 2026) the club paid on average 1.06 times the league median payroll and ranked 14 on average. Best payroll rank 4th (2021, 2024); worst 30th (2012, 2013).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 1.41 times the median, average rank 6.6.
- The club named 5 new managers per ten seasons (2012 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.4.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved +4.6 points on average, across 3 such seasons.
Scores run 0 to 100 and describe what the club did under this owner: budget generosity is payroll relative to the league median (50 is the median, 100 is double); patience is how rarely the club changes managers; win-now or build is whether payroll rose or fell after a losing season. They are our summary of public numbers, not a judgment of a person.
- Owner
- Jim Crane
- Principals
- Jim Crane
- Owner since
- 2012
- Reported price
- $615 million
- Forbes value (2026)
- $3.2B
- Revenue
- $464M
- Operating income
- Loss of $45M
- Payroll 2026
- $239.8M, rank 8 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 3
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $8 million
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McMullen | 1979 to 1992 | individual | Not public | |
| 2 | Drayton McLane | 1993 to 2011 | individual | $117 million | Included the lease on the Astrodome. |
| 3 | Jim Crane | 2012 to now | individual | $615 million | The club's own article also gives $680 million for the same purchase. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.2B | $464M | -$45M |
| 2025 | $2.8B | $494M | $11M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $2.25B | $407M | $44M |
| 2022 | $1.98B | $388M | $29M |
| 2021 | $1.9B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.9B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.8B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1.7B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $1.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $1.1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $800M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $530M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $626M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1John McMullen 1979 to 1992
- 2Drayton McLane 1993 to 2011
- 3Jim Crane 2012 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | $239.8M | 8 of 30 | 136.2 | 81-81 | Yes | ||
| 2025 | 3 | $232.1M | 6 of 30 | 144.0 | 50.0% | 87-75 | No | Yes |
| 2024 | 3 | $248.7M | 4 of 30 | 154.8 | 50.3% | 88-73 | Yes | Yes |
| 2023 | 3 | $237.1M | 7 of 30 | 148.7 | 90-72 | Yes | No | |
| 2022 | 3 | $183.8M | 8 of 30 | 122.4 | 45.2% | 106-56 | Yes | No |
| 2021 | 3 | $194.2M | 4 of 30 | 145.2 | 50.1% | 95-67 | Yes | No |
| 2020 | 3 | $83.0M | 5 of 30 | 130.0 | 29-31* | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | 3 | $167.1M | 8 of 30 | 119.0 | 107-55 | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | 3 | $163.5M | 9 of 30 | 115.8 | 103-59 | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | 3 | $138.3M | 17 of 30 | 97.7 | 101-61 | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | 3 | $99.8M | 20 of 30 | 74.2 | 84-78 | No | No | |
| 2015 | 3 | $81.5M | 25 of 30 | 68.9 | 86-76 | Yes | No | |
| 2014 | 3 | $52.2M | 29 of 30 | 47.2 | 70-92 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 3 | $28.7M | 30 of 30 | 28.7 | 51-111 | No | No | |
| 2012 | 3 | $54.1M | 30 of 30 | 55.2 | 55-107 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 2 | $84.6M | 18 of 30 | 89.3 | 56-106 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 2 | $79.4M | 16 of 30 | 96.6 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 2 | $103.0M | 8 of 30 | 127.1 | 74-88 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 2 | $88.9M | 14 of 30 | 111.2 | 86-75 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 2 | $87.8M | 14 of 30 | 103.7 | 73-89 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 2 | $88.7M | 11 of 30 | 123.2 | 82-80 | No | No | |
| 2005 | 2 | $76.8M | 12 of 30 | 116.0 | 89-73 | Yes | No | |
| 2004 | 2 | $75.4M | 12 of 30 | 121.0 | 92-70 | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | 2 | $71.0M | 14 of 30 | 103.0 | 87-75 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 2 | $63.4M | 14 of 30 | 103.8 | 84-78 | No | ||
| 2001 | 2 | $60.6M | 17 of 30 | 94.7 | 93-69 | Yes | ||
| 2000 | 2 | $51.3M | 19 of 30 | 90.7 | 72-90 | No | ||
| 1999 | 2 | $54.9M | 13 of 30 | 110.3 | 97-65 | Yes | ||
| 1998 | 2 | $42.4M | 16 of 30 | 99.8 | 102-60 | Yes | ||
| 1997 | 2 | $34.8M | 20 of 28 | 83.1 | 84-78 | Yes | ||
| 1996 | 2 | $28.5M | 19 of 28 | 84.5 | 82-80 | No | ||
| 1995 | 2 | $34.2M | 15 of 28 | 99.4 | 76-68 | No | ||
| 1994 | 2 | $33.1M | 14 of 28 | 100.2 | 66-49 | No | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $30.2M | 16 of 28 | 89.2 | 85-77 | No | ||
| 1992 | 1 | $15.4M | 25 of 26 | 50.4 | 81-81 | No | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $12.9M | 25 of 26 | 55.5 | 65-97 | No | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $18.3M | 11 of 26 | 104.2 | 75-87 | No | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $15.0M | 12 of 26 | 103.1 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $12.3M | 14 of 26 | 99.6 | 82-80 | No | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $12.6M | 8 of 26 | 111.7 | 76-86 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $9.9M | 20 of 26 | 86.0 | 96-66 | Yes | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $10.0M | 14 of 26 | 99.3 | 83-79 | No |
Owner numbers match the ownership list. Payroll is nominal dollars. * 2020 was a 60-game season. Payroll share of revenue exists for 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 only. The tax-line column stops at 2025 because 2026 tax bills are not known until December. How the index is built.
No owner stories are published for this club yet.
More on this club: Houston Astros team page and payroll history.