- Team WAR
- 26.4 19.3 bat / 7.1 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .482
- Run diff
- -29 4.50 / 4.68 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.30 FIP 4.43
- Home runs
- 153
The Pittsburgh Pirates went 78-83 in 2016, a .481 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 729 runs and allowed 758, a run differential of -29. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.30 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Starling Marte led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 3.88 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,439 team hits
Batting
45 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Starling Marte | LF | 127 | 529 | 152 | 9 | 46 | 47 | .311 | .362 | .456 | .354 | 122 | 3.0 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 153 | 675 | 153 | 24 | 79 | 6 | .256 | .336 | .430 | .332 | 107 | 2.9 |
| Jung Ho Kang | 3B | 100 | 370 | 81 | 21 | 62 | 3 | .255 | .354 | .513 | .374 | 135 | 2.9 |
| Sean Rodríguez | 1B | 124 | 342 | 81 | 18 | 56 | 2 | .270 | .349 | .510 | .368 | 131 | 2.2 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 101 | 393 | 86 | 1 | 33 | 6 | .264 | .377 | .322 | .320 | 99 | 2.0 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 143 | 587 | 136 | 22 | 86 | 17 | .258 | .323 | .463 | .335 | 109 | 1.9 |
| David Freese | 3B | 138 | 492 | 118 | 13 | 55 | 0 | .270 | .352 | .412 | .337 | 110 | 1.9 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 147 | 584 | 133 | 11 | 59 | 1 | .256 | .328 | .374 | .306 | 89 | 1.9 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 136 | 293 | 56 | 13 | 42 | 1 | .242 | .403 | .463 | .380 | 139 | 1.8 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 130 | 522 | 138 | 4 | 59 | 19 | .283 | .311 | .388 | .303 | 87 | 1.4 |
| John Jaso | 1B | 129 | 432 | 102 | 8 | 42 | 0 | .268 | .353 | .413 | .339 | 111 | 0.9 |
| Adam Frazier | LF | 60 | 160 | 44 | 2 | 11 | 4 | .301 | .356 | .411 | .337 | 110 | 0.6 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 45 | 152 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .273 | .368 | .406 | .342 | 114 | 0.4 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 53 | 133 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .267 | .336 | .319 | .294 | 81 | 0.3 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .467 | .377 | 137 | 0.2 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 33 | 113 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .214 | .319 | .286 | .273 | 67 | 0.2 |
| Trevor Williams | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .465 | 196 | 0.0 |
| Francisco Liriano | P | 21 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .381 | .288 | 77 | 0.0 |
| Tony Watson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Wilfredo Boscan | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 80 | 0.0 |
| Drew Hutchison | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Jared Hughes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Steven Brault | P | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 31 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Lobstein | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Rob Scahill | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Arquimedes Caminero | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Max Moroff | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| A.J. Schugel | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Elias Díaz | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Glasnow | P | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .125 | -33 | -0.1 |
| Pedro Florimón | 2B | 14 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .208 | .240 | .333 | .248 | 50 | -0.1 |
| Jason Rogers | PH | 23 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .080 | .303 | .160 | .245 | 48 | -0.2 |
| Alen Hanson | 2B | 21 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .226 | .273 | .258 | .226 | 35 | -0.2 |
| Gerrit Cole | P | 21 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .220 | .300 | .228 | 36 | -0.2 |
| Michael Morse | PH | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.2 |
| Juan Nicasio | P | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .139 | -24 | -0.2 |
| Cole Figueroa | PH | 21 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .154 | .185 | .154 | .156 | -12 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | P | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .109 | -43 | -0.3 |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 13 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .102 | -48 | -0.4 |
| Jonathon Niese | P | 18 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .156 | .133 | .138 | -24 | -0.4 |
| Iván Nova | P | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .101 | -49 | -0.4 |
| Jeff Locke | P | 19 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .152 | .125 | .127 | -31 | -0.5 |
| Jameson Taillon | P | 17 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .082 | -62 | -0.6 |
| Erik Kratz | C | 29 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .094 | .105 | .153 | .113 | -41 | -1.0 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Gerrit Cole | 21 | 21 | 116.0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 98 | 3.88 | 3.33 | 1.44 | 7.6 | 2.3 |
| Mark Melancon | 75 | 0 | 71.1 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 65 | 1.64 | 2.42 | 0.90 | 8.2 | 1.8 |
| Jameson Taillon | 18 | 18 | 104.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 3.38 | 3.71 | 1.12 | 7.4 | 1.6 |
| Juan Nicasio | 52 | 12 | 118.0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 4.50 | 3.78 | 1.37 | 10.5 | 1.3 |
| Chad Kuhl | 14 | 14 | 70.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 4.20 | 3.95 | 1.32 | 6.7 | 0.9 |
| A.J. Schugel | 36 | 0 | 52.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 3.63 | 3.18 | 1.04 | 8.0 | 0.8 |
| Francisco Liriano | 31 | 29 | 163.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 168 | 4.69 | 4.89 | 1.48 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| Tony Watson | 70 | 0 | 67.2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 3.06 | 4.37 | 1.06 | 7.7 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 7 | 4 | 23.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4.24 | 4.26 | 1.50 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
| Jeff Locke | 30 | 19 | 127.1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 5.44 | 4.84 | 1.53 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| Neftalí Feliz | 62 | 0 | 53.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 3.52 | 4.53 | 1.14 | 10.2 | 0.1 |
| Zach Phillips | 8 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.70 | 3.75 | 1.35 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Lobstein | 14 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.96 | 4.67 | 1.48 | 5.4 | -0.0 |
| Steven Brault | 8 | 7 | 33.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4.86 | 5.07 | 1.86 | 7.8 | -0.0 |
| Jared Hughes | 67 | 0 | 59.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 3.03 | 4.68 | 1.42 | 5.2 | -0.0 |
| Jorge Rondon | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17.18 | 5.33 | 2.73 | 9.8 | -0.0 |
| Curtis Partch | 2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 12.15 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Wilfredo Boscan | 6 | 1 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6.46 | 5.17 | 1.43 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | 24 | 14 | 82.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 4.81 | 5.00 | 1.46 | 6.7 | -0.1 |
| Arquimedes Caminero | 57 | 0 | 60.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 3.56 | 4.88 | 1.65 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Drew Hutchison | 9 | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.25 | 5.69 | 1.46 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Kelvin Marte | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 12.15 | 2.10 | 2.7 | -0.3 |
| Trevor Williams | 7 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7.82 | 6.70 | 1.89 | 7.8 | -0.3 |
| Cory Luebke | 9 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.35 | 8.22 | 3.00 | 9.3 | -0.3 |
| Jonathon Niese | 29 | 20 | 121.0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 88 | 5.50 | 5.62 | 1.59 | 6.5 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Pittsburgh Pirates are 78-83, a .481 win rate, while their -29 run differential implies .482. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.