National League Central · 2016
Pittsburgh Pirates 2016
- Team WAR
- 30.7 21.8 bat / 8.9 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 3.1 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 3.88 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
45 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Starling Marte | LF | 127 | 529 | 152 | 9 | 46 | 47 | .311 | .362 | .456 | .354 | 122 | 3.1 |
| Jung Ho Kang | 3B | 100 | 370 | 81 | 21 | 62 | 3 | .255 | .354 | .513 | .374 | 135 | 2.7 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 153 | 675 | 153 | 24 | 79 | 6 | .256 | .336 | .430 | .332 | 107 | 2.7 |
| Sean Rodríguez | 1B | 124 | 342 | 81 | 18 | 56 | 2 | .270 | .349 | .510 | .368 | 131 | 2.2 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 143 | 587 | 136 | 22 | 86 | 17 | .258 | .323 | .463 | .335 | 109 | 2.0 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 147 | 584 | 133 | 11 | 59 | 1 | .256 | .328 | .374 | .306 | 89 | 1.9 |
| David Freese | 3B | 138 | 492 | 118 | 13 | 55 | 0 | .270 | .352 | .412 | .337 | 110 | 1.7 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 136 | 293 | 56 | 13 | 42 | 1 | .242 | .403 | .463 | .380 | 139 | 1.7 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 101 | 393 | 86 | 1 | 33 | 6 | .264 | .377 | .322 | .320 | 99 | 1.6 |
| 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 | 1.1 |
| Adam Frazier | LF | 60 | 160 | 44 | 2 | 11 | 4 | .301 | .356 | .411 | .337 | 110 | 0.8 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 45 | 152 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .273 | .368 | .406 | .342 | 114 | 0.5 |
| Francisco Liriano | P | 21 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .381 | .288 | 77 | 0.4 |
| Gerrit Cole | P | 21 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .220 | .300 | .228 | 36 | 0.3 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 53 | 133 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .267 | .336 | .319 | .294 | 81 | 0.2 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .467 | .377 | 137 | 0.2 |
| Trevor Williams | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .465 | 196 | 0.1 |
| Steven Brault | P | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 31 | 0.1 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 33 | 113 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .214 | .319 | .286 | .273 | 67 | 0.0 |
| Wilfredo Boscan | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 80 | 0.0 |
| Tony Watson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 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 |
| Drew Hutchison | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Glasnow | P | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .125 | -33 | -0.0 |
| Juan Nicasio | P | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .139 | -24 | -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 |
| A.J. Schugel | P | 3 | 3 | 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 |
| Elias Díaz | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Pedro Florimón | 2B | 14 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .208 | .240 | .333 | .248 | 50 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Locke | P | 19 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .152 | .125 | .127 | -31 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | P | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .109 | -43 | -0.1 |
| Jonathon Niese | P | 18 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .156 | .133 | .138 | -24 | -0.1 |
| Iván Nova | P | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .101 | -49 | -0.1 |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 13 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .102 | -48 | -0.1 |
| Alen Hanson | 2B | 21 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .226 | .273 | .258 | .226 | 35 | -0.1 |
| Jason Rogers | PH | 23 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .080 | .303 | .160 | .245 | 48 | -0.1 |
| Michael Morse | PH | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.2 |
| Jameson Taillon | P | 17 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .082 | -62 | -0.2 |
| Cole Figueroa | PH | 21 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .154 | .185 | .154 | .156 | -12 | -0.3 |
| Erik Kratz | C | 29 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .094 | .105 | .153 | .113 | -41 | -1.1 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Gerrit Cole | 21 | 21 | 116.0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 98 | 3.88 | 3.33 | 1.44 | 7.6 | 2.5 |
| Mark Melancon | 75 | 0 | 71.1 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 65 | 1.64 | 2.42 | 0.90 | 8.2 | 1.9 |
| Jameson Taillon | 18 | 18 | 104.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 3.38 | 3.71 | 1.12 | 7.4 | 1.8 |
| Juan Nicasio | 52 | 12 | 118.0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 4.50 | 3.78 | 1.37 | 10.5 | 1.4 |
| Chad Kuhl | 14 | 14 | 70.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 4.20 | 3.95 | 1.32 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
| A.J. Schugel | 36 | 0 | 52.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 3.63 | 3.18 | 1.04 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| Francisco Liriano | 31 | 29 | 163.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 168 | 4.69 | 4.89 | 1.48 | 9.3 | 0.6 |
| Jeff Locke | 30 | 19 | 127.1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 5.44 | 4.84 | 1.53 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| Tony Watson | 70 | 0 | 67.2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 3.06 | 4.37 | 1.06 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 7 | 4 | 23.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4.24 | 4.26 | 1.50 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kyle Lobstein | 14 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.96 | 4.67 | 1.48 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | 24 | 14 | 82.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 4.81 | 5.00 | 1.46 | 6.7 | -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 |
| Arquimedes Caminero | 57 | 0 | 60.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 3.56 | 4.88 | 1.65 | 7.4 | -0.1 |
| Drew Hutchison | 9 | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.25 | 5.69 | 1.46 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Trevor Williams | 7 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7.82 | 6.70 | 1.89 | 7.8 | -0.3 |
| Kelvin Marte | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 12.15 | 2.10 | 2.7 | -0.3 |
| Cory Luebke | 9 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.35 | 8.22 | 3.00 | 9.3 | -0.4 |
| Jonathon Niese | 29 | 20 | 121.0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 88 | 5.50 | 5.62 | 1.59 | 6.5 | -0.8 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 28,115 80 home dates
- Median
- 28,517
- Total
- 2,249,201
- Best
- 39,500 2016-04-03
- Quietest
- 14,890 2016-04-06
- On the road
- 29,999 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.