- Team WAR
- 40.2 19.1 bat / 21.1 pitch
- Win %
- .605 pyth .571
- Run diff
- +101 4.30 / 3.68 per g
- wRC+
- 100
- ERA
- 3.33 FIP 3.45
- Home runs
- 132
The Pittsburgh Pirates went 98-64 in 2015, a .605 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 697 runs and allowed 596, a run differential of +101. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.33 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% above league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Andrew McCutchen led the position players at 6.6 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 2.60 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,390 team hits
Batting
36 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 157 | 685 | 165 | 23 | 96 | 11 | .292 | .401 | .488 | .386 | 151 | 6.6 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 129 | 510 | 133 | 7 | 43 | 1 | .295 | .370 | .401 | .344 | 122 | 4.0 |
| Jung Ho Kang | 3B | 124 | 467 | 121 | 15 | 58 | 5 | .287 | .355 | .461 | .360 | 133 | 3.6 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 151 | 603 | 146 | 16 | 71 | 4 | .269 | .328 | .427 | .328 | 110 | 3.0 |
| Starling Marte | LF | 151 | 633 | 166 | 19 | 81 | 30 | .287 | .337 | .444 | .340 | 119 | 3.0 |
| Josh Harrison | 3B | 111 | 449 | 120 | 4 | 28 | 10 | .287 | .327 | .390 | .316 | 101 | 1.5 |
| Pedro Álvarez | 1B | 149 | 491 | 106 | 27 | 77 | 2 | .243 | .318 | .469 | .337 | 116 | 1.4 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 152 | 652 | 152 | 9 | 52 | 27 | .256 | .320 | .381 | .308 | 96 | 1.1 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 56 | 172 | 46 | 0 | 15 | 0 | .289 | .320 | .340 | .292 | 84 | 0.6 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 112 | 430 | 96 | 3 | 34 | 3 | .244 | .293 | .320 | .268 | 67 | 0.3 |
| Tony Sanchez | C | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .375 | .373 | 142 | 0.1 |
| Jaff Decker | LF | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .371 | .321 | .326 | 109 | 0.1 |
| Brent Morel | 3B | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .308 | 96 | 0.0 |
| Jared Hughes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Radhames Liz | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Deolis Guerra | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Antonio Bastardo | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Casey Sadler | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Elias Díaz | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Keon Broxton | RF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Jose Tabata | PH | 26 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .289 | .341 | .289 | .289 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Joe Blanton | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Gorkys Hernández | RF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Travis Ishikawa | 1B | 41 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .206 | .306 | .302 | .281 | 76 | -0.1 |
| Vance Worley | P | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .179 | 3 | -0.1 |
| Pedro Florimón | SS | 15 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .087 | .160 | .174 | .157 | -13 | -0.2 |
| Steve Lombardozzi Jr. | PH | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .065 | -79 | -0.2 |
| Corey Hart | 1B | 35 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .222 | .246 | .352 | .252 | 55 | -0.3 |
| Sean Rodríguez | 1B | 111 | 240 | 55 | 4 | 17 | 2 | .246 | .281 | .362 | .284 | 78 | -0.3 |
| J.A. Happ | P | 12 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .103 | -51 | -0.4 |
| Andrew Lambo | PH | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .111 | .080 | .100 | -54 | -0.5 |
| Francisco Liriano | P | 27 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .246 | .180 | 4 | -0.5 |
| A.J. Burnett | P | 24 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .119 | .116 | .190 | .130 | -32 | -0.6 |
| Gerrit Cole | P | 30 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .150 | .177 | .150 | .151 | -17 | -0.7 |
| Jeff Locke | P | 29 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .067 | .106 | .089 | .095 | -57 | -0.8 |
| Charlie Morton | P | 19 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .028 | .054 | .028 | .043 | -94 | -0.8 |
Pitching
19 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Gerrit Cole | 32 | 32 | 208.0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 202 | 2.60 | 2.66 | 1.09 | 8.7 | 5.4 |
| Francisco Liriano | 31 | 31 | 186.2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 205 | 3.38 | 3.19 | 1.21 | 9.9 | 3.7 |
| A.J. Burnett | 26 | 26 | 164.0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 143 | 3.18 | 3.36 | 1.36 | 7.8 | 2.9 |
| Jeff Locke | 30 | 30 | 168.1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 129 | 4.49 | 3.95 | 1.42 | 6.9 | 1.8 |
| Mark Melancon | 78 | 0 | 76.2 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 62 | 2.23 | 2.82 | 0.93 | 7.3 | 1.4 |
| Tony Watson | 77 | 0 | 75.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 1.91 | 2.84 | 0.96 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
| Joe Blanton | 36 | 4 | 76.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 2.84 | 2.92 | 1.12 | 9.4 | 1.4 |
| Charlie Morton | 23 | 23 | 129.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 96 | 4.81 | 4.19 | 1.38 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
| Antonio Bastardo | 66 | 0 | 57.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 2.98 | 3.33 | 1.13 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Vance Worley | 23 | 8 | 71.2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 4.02 | 3.82 | 1.42 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| Arquimedes Caminero | 73 | 0 | 74.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 3.62 | 3.80 | 1.23 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
| Jared Hughes | 76 | 0 | 67.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2.28 | 3.81 | 1.33 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| Bobby LaFromboise | 11 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.13 | 3.13 | 0.75 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Casey Sadler | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.60 | 4.33 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Chris Volstad | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jaff Decker | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rob Scahill | 28 | 0 | 30.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2.64 | 4.50 | 1.60 | 7.0 | -0.0 |
| Radhames Liz | 14 | 0 | 23.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 4.24 | 4.98 | 1.63 | 10.4 | -0.2 |
| Deolis Guerra | 10 | 0 | 16.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6.48 | 5.71 | 1.74 | 9.2 | -0.3 |
Record versus run differential
Pittsburgh Pirates are 98-64, a .605 win rate, while their +101 run differential implies .571. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.