The Pittsburgh Pirates went 67-95 in 2008, a .414 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 735 runs and allowed 884, a run differential of -149. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.03 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Nate McLouth led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Paul Maholm the rotation at a 3.71 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 6th in the NL Central, 30.5 games back. They spent 3 of 184 days in first place and were as far as 31.5 games back on September 24. Their best month was May at 15-13, their worst August at 7-21. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 6 to May 12 and a 10-game losing streak from August 20 to August 31. They were 39-42 at home and 28-53 on the road, 22-21 in one-run games and 40-70 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 at the Mets on April 30; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 at the Cubs on April 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
16
.407
128
160
-32
May
15
13
.536
148
140
+8
June
12
15
.444
121
150
-29
July
12
14
.462
136
152
-16
August
7
21
.250
82
150
-68
Sept/Oct
10
16
.385
120
132
-12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
28-53
.346
One-run games
22-21
.512
Extra innings
12-6
.667
Within the division
32-49
.395
Against .500+ clubs
40-70
.364
Decided by 5+ runs
18-32
.360
Last 10
3-7
.300
National League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2008. 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
80
20,113
17,923
8,444
39,081
Night
60
20,083
17,892
8,444
39,081
Day
20
20,206
19,030
10,717
37,491
Weekend
38
24,066
22,077
11,201
37,506
Weekday
42
16,537
13,604
8,444
39,081
On the road
81
33,698
36,091
10,431
53,629
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
15,761
May
13
17,688
Jun
18
20,105
Jul
14
22,447
Aug
13
24,103
Sep
10
18,474
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 162 completed games, 2008.
Regulation
2:48
144 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:49
18 of them
Longest
4:47
2008-04-07, 12 inn
Shortest
2:03
2008-06-21
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
162
2:55
2:50
1:55
4:47
Regulation
144
2:48
2:48
1:55
3:59
Extra innings
18
3:49
3:54
3:03
4:47
Home
81
2:54
2:48
2:03
4:47
Road
81
2:55
2:52
1:55
4:28
Day
49
2:58
2:55
2:16
4:47
Night
113
2:53
2:48
1:55
4:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:58
May
13
2:55
Jun
18
2:53
Jul
14
2:52
Aug
13
2:48
Sep
10
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -149 run differential implies .416. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
