The Pittsburgh Pirates went 88-74 in 2014, a .543 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 682 runs and allowed 631, a run differential of +51. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.41 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 111 team wRC+ was 11% above league average — the third best in MLB. Andrew McCutchen led the position players at 8.2 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 3.65 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL Central, 2 games back. They spent 9 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 2 and were as far as 9.5 games back on April 29. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-9, their worst March/April at 10-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from September 14 to September 19 and a 7-game losing streak from August 13 to August 19. They were 51-30 at home and 37-44 on the road, 31-29 in one-run games and 33-39 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-2 against the Cardinals on April 4; the heaviest defeat, 12-2 at the Dodgers on May 31.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
16
.385
96
104
-8
May
15
14
.517
111
137
-26
June
17
10
.630
128
103
+25
July
15
11
.577
114
105
+9
August
14
14
.500
121
109
+12
Sept/Oct
17
9
.654
112
73
+39
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
31-29
.517
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
36-40
.474
Against .500+ clubs
33-39
.458
Decided by 5+ runs
21-14
.600
Last 10
6-4
.600
2014 postseason
In October the Pittsburgh Pirates lost the Wild Card Series to the Giants 1-0.
Wild Card Series vs Giants0-1 L
Game 1, October 1 L 0-8 vs Giants
National League Central standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2014. 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
30,155
31,564
11,418
39,833
Night
59
29,259
30,629
11,926
39,027
Day
22
32,558
36,450
11,418
39,833
Weekend
39
34,832
37,290
21,761
39,027
Weekday
42
25,812
26,051
11,418
39,833
On the road
79
33,316
35,022
13,175
51,020
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
39,833
Apr
13
21,854
May
15
27,789
Jun
14
31,365
Jul
12
31,981
Aug
17
32,094
Sep
9
37,035
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:03
147 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
4:05
15 of them
Longest
5:55
2014-04-02, 16 inn
Shortest
2:25
2014-09-21
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
3:09
3:05
2:11
5:55
Regulation
147
3:03
3:03
2:11
4:04
Extra innings
15
4:05
3:57
3:13
5:55
Home
81
3:09
3:04
2:25
5:55
Road
81
3:08
3:07
2:11
4:26
Day
53
3:04
3:01
2:11
4:21
Night
109
3:11
3:07
2:30
5:55
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:16
Apr
13
3:17
May
15
3:17
Jun
14
3:15
Jul
12
3:08
Aug
17
2:55
Sep
9
3:05
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +51 run differential implies .535. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
