The Pittsburgh Pirates went 68-94 in 2007, a .420 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 724 runs and allowed 846, a run differential of -122. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.89 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Freddy Sanchez led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Ian Snell the rotation at a 3.76 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 6th in the NL Central, 17 games back. They spent 8 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 4 and were as far as 17 games back on September 23. Their best month was August at 17-13, their worst July at 7-17. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 22 to April 27 and a 9-game losing streak from September 15 to September 23. They were 37-44 at home and 31-50 on the road, 16-22 in one-run games and 29-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 against the Cardinals on August 1; the heaviest defeat, 16-4 at the Cardinals on September 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
12
.500
86
106
-20
May
11
18
.379
132
150
-18
June
12
15
.444
112
137
-25
July
7
17
.292
90
127
-37
August
17
13
.567
182
153
+29
Sept/Oct
9
19
.321
122
173
-51
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
16-22
.421
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
36-44
.450
Against .500+ clubs
29-59
.330
Decided by 5+ runs
20-32
.385
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League Central standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2007. 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
79
22,141
21,765
8,201
38,429
Night
56
22,532
21,861
8,201
38,152
Day
23
21,188
21,765
9,959
38,429
Weekend
36
27,992
27,414
18,409
38,152
Weekday
43
17,243
15,134
8,201
38,429
On the road
81
34,881
39,339
11,044
54,296
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
18,026
May
15
19,601
Jun
12
24,607
Jul
15
24,205
Aug
16
21,807
Sep
12
20,797
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 161 completed games, 2007.
Regulation
2:43
146 games
All games
2:47
Extra innings
3:36
15 of them
Longest
4:48
2007-04-25, 16 inn
Shortest
1:51
2007-08-13
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
161
2:47
2:45
1:51
4:58
Regulation
146
2:43
2:42
1:51
3:32
Extra innings
15
3:36
3:28
2:33
4:58
Home
81
2:44
2:38
1:51
4:48
Road
80
2:51
2:47
2:06
4:58
Day
53
2:46
2:46
2:11
3:39
Night
108
2:48
2:44
1:51
4:58
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:51
May
15
2:46
Jun
12
2:33
Jul
15
2:41
Aug
16
2:51
Sep
12
2:43
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 163 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
Pittsburgh Pirates are 68-94, a .420 win rate, while their -122 run differential implies .429. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
