The Pittsburgh Pirates went 72-90 in 2011, a .444 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 610 runs and allowed 712, a run differential of -102. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.05 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 86 team wRC+ was 14% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Andrew McCutchen led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Charlie Morton the rotation at a 3.83 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 24 games back. They spent 7 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on July 18 and were as far as 24 games back on September 28. Their best month was June at 16-11, their worst August at 8-22. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 18 to May 21 and a 10-game losing streak from July 29 to August 7. They were 36-45 at home and 36-45 on the road, 21-22 in one-run games and 28-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-0 at the Cubs on May 28; the heaviest defeat, 15-1 at the Dodgers on September 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
15
.444
91
115
-24
May
13
13
.500
108
91
+17
June
16
11
.593
105
106
-1
July
13
13
.500
102
98
+4
August
8
22
.267
113
167
-54
Sept/Oct
10
16
.385
91
135
-44
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
36-45
.444
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
21-22
.488
Extra innings
6-7
.462
Within the division
39-41
.487
Against .500+ clubs
28-44
.389
Decided by 5+ runs
15-26
.366
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2011. 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
24,255
22,372
8,755
39,511
Night
56
23,877
22,272
8,755
39,483
Day
24
25,138
25,166
9,520
39,511
Weekend
38
30,885
33,962
9,520
39,511
Weekday
42
18,257
17,443
8,755
39,219
On the road
80
30,896
32,056
10,112
45,809
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
17,083
May
11
20,600
Jun
16
27,975
Jul
12
30,673
Aug
17
25,625
Sep
13
19,811
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:56
149 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:49
13 of them
Longest
5:11
2011-04-08, 14 inn
Shortest
2:19
2011-06-11
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
3:00
2:57
2:11
6:39
Regulation
149
2:56
2:55
2:11
4:13
Extra innings
13
3:49
3:23
3:14
6:39
Home
81
2:58
2:55
2:19
5:11
Road
81
3:02
2:58
2:11
6:39
Day
56
3:01
2:59
2:20
3:55
Night
106
3:00
2:55
2:11
6:39
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:01
May
11
2:55
Jun
16
2:59
Jul
12
2:50
Aug
17
3:05
Sep
13
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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 72-90, a .444 win rate, while their -102 run differential implies .430. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
