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National League Central · 2016

Pittsburgh Pirates

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
Andrew McCutchen153Andrew McCutchen — 153 hits (10.6%)Starling Marte152Starling Marte — 152 hits (10.6%)Josh Harrison138Josh Harrison — 138 hits (9.6%)Gregory Polanco136Gregory Polanco — 136 hits (9.5%)Jordy Mercer133Jordy Mercer — 133 hits (9.2%)David Freese118David Freese — 118 hits (8.2%)John Jaso102John Jaso — 102 hits (7.1%)Cervelli86Francisco Cervelli — 86 hits (6.0%)Jung Ho Kang81Jung Ho Kang — 81 hits (5.6%)Sean Rodríguez81Sean Rodríguez — 81 hits (5.6%)Matt Joyce56Matt Joyce — 56 hits (3.9%)Adam Frazier44Adam Frazier — 44 hits (3.1%)Josh Bell35Josh Bell — 35 hits (2.4%)Eric Fryer31Eric Fryer — 31 hits (2.2%)Chris Stewart21Chris Stewart — 21 hits (1.5%)12Francisco Liriano — 12 hits (0.8%)Gerrit Cole — 8 hits (0.6%)Erik Kratz — 8 hits (0.6%)Alen Hanson — 7 hits (0.5%)Jacob Stallings — 6 hits (0.4%)Pedro Florimón — 5 hits (0.3%)Cole Figueroa — 4 hits (0.3%)Jeff Locke — 4 hits (0.3%)Juan Nicasio — 3 hits (0.2%)Jonathon Niese — 3 hits (0.2%)Iván Nova — 3 hits (0.2%)Jameson Taillon — 3 hits (0.2%)Steven Brault — 2 hits (0.1%)Jason Rogers — 2 hits (0.1%)Chad Kuhl — 2 hits (0.1%)
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.

Batting

45 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Starling MarteLF12752915294647.311.362.456.3541223.0
Andrew McCutchenCF15367515324796.256.336.430.3321072.9
Jung Ho Kang3B1003708121623.255.354.513.3741352.9
Sean Rodríguez1B1243428118562.270.349.510.3681312.2
Francisco CervelliC101393861336.264.377.322.320992.0
Gregory PolancoRF143587136228617.258.323.463.3351091.9
David Freese3B13849211813550.270.352.412.3371101.9
Jordy MercerSS14758413311591.256.328.374.306891.9
Matt JoyceRF1362935613421.242.403.463.3801391.8
Josh Harrison2B13052213845919.283.311.388.303871.4
John Jaso1B1294321028420.268.353.413.3391110.9
Adam FrazierLF60160442114.301.356.411.3371100.6
Josh Bell1B45152353190.273.368.406.3421140.4
Eric FryerC53133310130.267.336.319.294810.3
Jacob StallingsC5156021.400.400.467.3771370.2
Chris StewartC3311321170.214.319.286.273670.2
Trevor WilliamsP130010.000.667.000.4651960.0
Francisco LirianoP214212150.286.286.381.288770.0
Tony WatsonP1100000.0
Wilfredo BoscanP331010.333.333.333.292800.0
Drew HutchisonP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Jared HughesP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Wade LeBlancP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Steven BraultP792000.250.250.250.21931-0.0
Kyle LobsteinP220000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Rob ScahillP220000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Arquimedes CamineroP220000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Max MoroffPH220000.000.000.000.000-117-0.1
A.J. SchugelP330000.000.000.000.000-117-0.1
Elias DíazC140010.000.000.000.000-117-0.1
Tyler GlasnowP571000.143.143.143.125-33-0.1
Pedro Florimón2B14255040.208.240.333.24850-0.1
Jason RogersPH23332020.080.303.160.24548-0.2
Alen Hanson2B21337012.226.273.258.22635-0.2
Gerrit ColeP21438130.200.220.300.22836-0.2
Michael MorsePH680000.000.000.000.000-117-0.2
Juan NicasioP11203010.158.158.158.139-24-0.2
Cole FigueroaPH21274031.154.185.154.156-12-0.3
Ryan VogelsongP14231010.053.143.053.109-43-0.3
Chad KuhlP13262000.087.125.087.102-48-0.4
Jonathon NieseP18343010.100.156.133.138-24-0.4
Iván NovaP13283000.115.115.115.101-49-0.4
Jeff LockeP19394000.125.152.125.127-31-0.5
Jameson TaillonP17363020.094.094.094.082-62-0.6
Erik KratzC29878140.094.105.153.113-41-1.0

Pitching

25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Gerrit Cole2121116.07100983.883.331.447.62.3
Mark Melancon75071.12247651.642.420.908.21.8
Jameson Taillon1818104.0540853.383.711.127.41.6
Juan Nicasio5212118.010701384.503.781.3710.51.3
Chad Kuhl141470.2540534.203.951.326.70.9
A.J. Schugel36052.0221463.633.181.048.00.8
Francisco Liriano3129163.081301684.694.891.489.30.3
Tony Watson70067.22515583.064.371.067.70.2
Tyler Glasnow7423.1020244.244.261.509.30.2
Jeff Locke3019127.1980735.444.841.535.20.1
Neftalí Feliz62053.2422613.524.531.1410.20.1
Zach Phillips806.200062.703.751.358.10.1
Kyle Lobstein14025.0200153.964.671.485.4-0.0
Steven Brault8733.1030294.865.071.867.8-0.0
Jared Hughes67059.1111343.034.681.425.2-0.0
Jorge Rondon203.2000417.185.332.739.8-0.0
Curtis Partch200.2000040.5012.156.000.0-0.1
Wilfredo Boscan6115.111086.465.171.434.7-0.1
Ryan Vogelsong241482.1370614.815.001.466.7-0.1
Arquimedes Caminero57060.2231503.564.881.657.4-0.2
Drew Hutchison9324.0100225.255.691.468.3-0.2
Kelvin Marte203.100010.0012.152.102.7-0.3
Trevor Williams7112.2110117.826.701.897.8-0.3
Cory Luebke908.201099.358.223.009.3-0.3
Jonathon Niese2920121.0870885.505.621.596.5-0.9
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.