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 3.1 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 3.88 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 25 games back. They spent 7 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 8 and were as far as 25 games back on October 2. Their best month was March/April at 15-9, their worst June at 9-19. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 29 to July 6 and an 8-game losing streak from August 29 to September 6. They were 38-42 at home and 40-41 on the road, 20-21 in one-run games and 32-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-2 at the Phillies on September 15; the heaviest defeat, 15-4 against the Giants on June 21.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
9
.625
128
109
+19
May
14
13
.519
130
115
+15
June
9
19
.321
106
154
-48
July
14
10
.583
107
96
+11
August
15
13
.536
122
111
+11
Sept/Oct
11
19
.367
135
172
-37
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-42
.475
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
20-21
.488
Extra innings
8-5
.615
Within the division
33-42
.440
Against .500+ clubs
32-45
.416
Decided by 5+ runs
19-23
.452
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League Central standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2016. 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
28,115
28,517
14,890
39,500
Night
57
27,342
27,729
14,890
37,828
Day
23
30,030
29,986
18,751
39,500
Weekend
39
30,862
31,124
21,772
39,500
Weekday
41
25,502
26,049
14,890
36,717
On the road
81
29,999
28,846
10,637
47,438
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
27,547
May
14
23,926
Jun
17
28,144
Jul
11
34,536
Aug
12
30,279
Sep
17
24,533
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 161 completed games, 2016.
Regulation
3:06
148 games
All games
3:11
Extra innings
4:17
13 of them
Longest
4:36
2016-09-23, 11 inn
Shortest
2:17
2016-08-22
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
161
3:11
3:08
2:17
5:48
Regulation
148
3:06
3:04
2:17
4:01
Extra innings
13
4:17
3:55
3:19
5:48
Home
80
3:10
3:08
2:17
4:36
Road
81
3:13
3:07
2:28
5:48
Day
49
3:17
3:10
2:37
5:48
Night
112
3:09
3:05
2:17
5:03
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:12
May
14
3:08
Jun
17
3:09
Jul
11
3:07
Aug
12
2:53
Sep
16
3:25
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 186 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 78-83, a .481 win rate, while their -29 run differential implies .482. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
