The Pittsburgh Pirates went 75-87 in 2017, a .463 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 668 runs and allowed 731, a run differential of -63. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.20 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Andrew McCutchen led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 4.26 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 17 games back. They were as far as 18 games back on September 29. Their best month was July at 14-11, their worst August at 12-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 16 to July 21 and a 7-game losing streak from September 12 to September 19. They were 44-37 at home and 31-50 on the road, 20-24 in one-run games and 40-50 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 against the Cubs on September 4; the heaviest defeat, 17-3 at the Cubs on August 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
13
.458
90
110
-20
May
13
17
.433
122
140
-18
June
13
13
.500
129
126
+3
July
14
11
.560
105
94
+11
August
12
17
.414
114
159
-45
Sept/Oct
12
16
.429
108
102
+6
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
20-24
.455
Extra innings
8-9
.471
Within the division
33-43
.434
Against .500+ clubs
40-50
.444
Decided by 5+ runs
21-28
.429
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League Central standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2017. 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
81
23,697
23,529
2,596
36,484
Night
58
22,010
21,786
2,596
35,658
Day
23
27,951
27,728
16,939
36,484
Weekend
39
27,777
27,840
2,596
36,484
Weekday
42
19,908
19,260
11,027
33,493
On the road
81
32,633
33,490
13,909
48,235
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
23,566
May
15
23,420
Jun
14
23,663
Jul
9
27,350
Aug
16
24,546
Sep
15
21,013
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 162 completed games, 2017.
Regulation
3:03
145 games
All games
3:07
Extra innings
3:41
17 of them
Longest
4:40
2017-05-31, 14 inn
Shortest
2:10
2017-05-30
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
162
3:07
3:04
2:10
4:40
Regulation
145
3:03
3:02
2:10
4:22
Extra innings
17
3:41
3:38
2:34
4:40
Home
81
3:08
3:04
2:10
4:40
Road
81
3:06
3:03
2:14
4:22
Day
50
3:08
3:03
2:23
4:40
Night
112
3:06
3:05
2:10
4:35
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:07
May
15
3:07
Jun
14
3:07
Jul
9
3:11
Aug
16
3:15
Sep
15
3:00
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -63 run differential implies .459. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
