The Pittsburgh Pirates went 57-105 in 2010, a .352 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 587 runs and allowed 866, a run differential of -279. The offence ranked the second worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.97 staff ERA was the worst. Their 85 team wRC+ was 15% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Andrew McCutchen led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Paul Maholm the rotation at a 5.10 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 6th in the NL Central, 34 games back. They spent 4 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 34.5 games back on September 15. Their best month was March/April at 10-13, their worst June at 6-20. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from September 17 to September 22 and a 12-game losing streak from June 6 to June 18. They were 40-41 at home and 17-64 on the road, 20-24 in one-run games and 25-52 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 against the Brewers on July 21; the heaviest defeat, 20-0 against the Brewers on April 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
13
.435
82
161
-79
May
11
18
.379
86
136
-50
June
6
20
.231
82
133
-51
July
9
16
.360
108
122
-14
August
8
21
.276
99
166
-67
Sept/Oct
13
17
.433
130
148
-18
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
17-64
.210
One-run games
20-24
.455
Extra innings
4-8
.333
Within the division
31-48
.392
Against .500+ clubs
25-52
.325
Decided by 5+ runs
11-39
.220
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2010. 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
81
19,919
18,057
9,027
39,024
Night
59
19,787
16,473
9,027
38,147
Day
22
20,271
19,432
9,352
39,024
Weekend
39
25,194
24,068
13,860
38,147
Weekday
42
15,020
13,349
9,027
39,024
On the road
81
30,600
30,018
11,154
46,775
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
18,718
May
15
16,392
Jun
11
22,735
Jul
14
23,656
Aug
17
19,357
Sep
15
19,248
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, 2010.
Regulation
2:49
149 games
All games
2:52
Extra innings
3:34
12 of them
Longest
4:05
2010-08-07, 10 inn
Shortest
2:18
2010-08-22
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
2:52
2:50
2:06
4:39
Regulation
149
2:49
2:49
2:06
3:40
Extra innings
12
3:34
3:34
2:38
4:39
Home
80
2:54
2:50
2:18
4:05
Road
81
2:51
2:49
2:06
4:39
Day
45
2:53
2:48
2:08
4:39
Night
116
2:52
2:50
2:06
4:16
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:08
May
15
2:48
Jun
11
2:51
Jul
14
2:53
Aug
16
2:53
Sep
15
2:54
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 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 57-105, a .352 win rate, while their -279 run differential implies .329. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
