The Pittsburgh Pirates went 79-83 in 2012, a .488 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 651 runs and allowed 674, a run differential of -23. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.90 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% below league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Andrew McCutchen led the position players at 7.9 WAR, and A.J. Burnett the rotation at a 3.51 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 18 games back. They spent 15 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on July 5 and were as far as 19 games back on September 28. Their best month was July at 17-9, their worst Sept/Oct at 9-22. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from July 17 to July 22 and a 7-game losing streak from September 7 to September 14. They were 45-36 at home and 34-47 on the road, 28-29 in one-run games and 41-55 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-2 against the Giants on July 8; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 against the Dodgers on August 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
12
.455
58
66
-8
May
15
13
.536
89
110
-21
June
17
10
.630
146
110
+36
July
17
9
.654
130
105
+25
August
11
17
.393
121
135
-14
Sept/Oct
9
22
.290
107
148
-41
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
28-29
.491
Extra innings
4-2
.667
Within the division
39-42
.481
Against .500+ clubs
41-55
.427
Decided by 5+ runs
14-21
.400
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2012. 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
26,149
25,197
10,323
39,585
Night
54
25,290
23,119
10,323
39,485
Day
26
27,933
28,094
14,697
39,585
Weekend
38
32,750
34,988
19,856
39,485
Weekday
42
20,177
19,907
10,323
39,585
On the road
81
31,308
32,774
15,207
56,000
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
22,577
May
18
21,530
Jun
9
30,488
Jul
13
31,512
Aug
17
27,647
Sep
12
24,649
Oct
3
17,117
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:58
156 games
All games
3:01
Extra innings
4:11
6 of them
Longest
4:07
2012-09-20, 9 inn
Shortest
2:14
2012-04-05
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
3:01
3:00
2:10
6:07
Regulation
156
2:58
2:59
2:10
4:07
Extra innings
6
4:11
3:39
3:07
6:07
Home
81
2:54
2:55
2:14
4:07
Road
81
3:08
3:05
2:10
6:07
Day
55
3:05
3:04
2:10
6:07
Night
107
2:59
2:59
2:22
5:22
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
2:44
May
18
2:50
Jun
9
2:49
Jul
13
2:49
Aug
17
3:01
Sep
12
3:08
Oct
3
2:40
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 79-83, a .488 win rate, while their -23 run differential implies .484. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
