The Pittsburgh Pirates went 94-68 in 2013, a .580 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 634 runs and allowed 577, a run differential of +57. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.30 staff ERA was the third best. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Andrew McCutchen led the position players at 7.3 WAR, and A.J. Burnett the rotation at a 3.30 ERA.
The 2013 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 3 games back. They spent 55 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 4 games on August 8 and were as far as 4 games back on June 6. Their best month was May at 19-9, their worst August at 14-14. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from June 20 to June 30 and a 4-game losing streak from April 4 to April 7. They were 50-31 at home and 44-37 on the road, 29-23 in one-run games and 40-34 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 9-0 at the Cardinals on April 28; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Cardinals on August 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
12
.556
110
110
0
May
19
9
.679
99
76
+23
June
17
9
.654
111
89
+22
July
14
12
.538
100
81
+19
August
14
14
.500
111
113
-2
Sept/Oct
15
12
.556
103
108
-5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
29-23
.558
Extra innings
9-9
.500
Within the division
45-31
.592
Against .500+ clubs
40-34
.541
Decided by 5+ runs
20-15
.571
Last 10
7-3
.700
2013 postseason
In October the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Reds 1-0 in the Wild Card Series, then lost the NLDS to the Cardinals 3-2.
Wild Card Series vs Reds1-0 W
Game 1, October 1 W 6-2 vs Reds
NLDS vs Cardinals2-3 L
Game 1, October 3 L 1-9 at Cardinals
Game 2, October 4 W 7-1 at Cardinals
Game 3, October 6 W 5-3 vs Cardinals
Game 4, October 7 L 1-2 vs Cardinals
Game 5, October 9 L 1-6 at Cardinals
National League Central standings, 2013
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2013. 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
28,211
29,360
9,570
39,514
Night
57
27,047
27,667
9,570
39,514
Day
23
31,096
35,328
11,634
39,078
Weekend
39
33,740
36,878
18,705
39,514
Weekday
41
22,951
23,541
9,570
39,078
On the road
81
33,489
33,874
17,777
52,053
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
20,616
May
18
21,491
Jun
11
32,562
Jul
13
29,533
Aug
15
33,062
Sep
12
32,051
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, 2013.
Regulation
3:00
144 games
All games
3:07
Extra innings
3:55
18 of them
Longest
4:39
2013-08-18, 16 inn
Shortest
2:24
2013-05-19
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
3:07
3:03
2:11
4:55
Regulation
144
3:00
2:59
2:11
3:54
Extra innings
18
3:55
3:48
3:11
4:55
Home
81
3:06
3:02
2:24
4:39
Road
81
3:07
3:03
2:11
4:55
Day
58
3:13
3:08
2:11
4:39
Night
104
3:03
3:01
2:24
4:55
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:03
May
18
3:06
Jun
11
3:16
Jul
13
3:03
Aug
15
3:09
Sep
12
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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 94-68, a .580 win rate, while their +57 run differential implies .543. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
