- Team WAR
- 23.4 9.9 bat / 13.5 pitch
- Win %
- .463 pyth .459
- Run diff
- -63 4.12 / 4.51 per g
- wRC+
- 90
- ERA
- 4.20 FIP 4.22
- Home runs
- 153
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 4.3 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 4.26 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,327 team hits
Batting
37 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 156 | 650 | 159 | 28 | 88 | 11 | .279 | .363 | .486 | .364 | 129 | 4.3 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 128 | 542 | 132 | 16 | 47 | 12 | .272 | .339 | .432 | .335 | 109 | 2.4 |
| David Freese | 3B | 130 | 503 | 112 | 10 | 52 | 0 | .263 | .368 | .371 | .329 | 105 | 1.9 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 144 | 558 | 128 | 14 | 58 | 0 | .255 | .326 | .406 | .312 | 93 | 1.7 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 159 | 620 | 140 | 26 | 90 | 2 | .255 | .334 | .466 | .343 | 114 | 1.5 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 81 | 304 | 66 | 5 | 31 | 0 | .249 | .342 | .370 | .319 | 98 | 1.3 |
| Adam Frazier | LF | 121 | 454 | 112 | 6 | 53 | 9 | .276 | .344 | .399 | .326 | 103 | 1.2 |
| Starling Marte | LF | 77 | 339 | 85 | 7 | 31 | 21 | .275 | .333 | .379 | .314 | 94 | 0.8 |
| John Jaso | RF | 123 | 302 | 54 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .211 | .328 | .402 | .322 | 100 | 0.4 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .357 | .438 | .500 | .391 | 148 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Glasnow | P | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .294 | .455 | .294 | .361 | 127 | 0.1 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 108 | 411 | 95 | 11 | 35 | 8 | .251 | .305 | .391 | .300 | 85 | 0.1 |
| Christopher Bostick | 2B | 18 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .406 | .370 | .355 | 123 | 0.1 |
| Gift Ngoepe | 2B | 24 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .222 | .323 | .296 | .286 | 75 | 0.0 |
| Antonio Bastardo | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .710 | 369 | 0.0 |
| Max Moroff | 2B | 54 | 140 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .200 | .302 | .325 | .284 | 73 | 0.0 |
| A.J. Schugel | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .355 | 123 | 0.0 |
| Johnny Barbato | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Angel Sánchez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Tony Watson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| John Bormann | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Jhan Mariñez | P | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .211 | 23 | -0.0 |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | -2 | -0.0 |
| Josh Lindblom | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Steven Brault | P | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .232 | 37 | -0.1 |
| Elias Díaz | C | 63 | 200 | 42 | 1 | 19 | 1 | .223 | .265 | .314 | .256 | 54 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Luplow | RF | 26 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .205 | .276 | .385 | .287 | 76 | -0.1 |
| José Osuna | RF | 102 | 227 | 50 | 7 | 30 | 0 | .233 | .269 | .428 | .297 | 83 | -0.2 |
| Danny Ortiz | RF | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .122 | -39 | -0.2 |
| Sean Rodríguez | 3B | 50 | 153 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .167 | .276 | .295 | .260 | 56 | -0.3 |
| Jameson Taillon | P | 23 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .138 | -28 | -0.5 |
| Phil Gosselin | 2B | 34 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .146 | .180 | .188 | .167 | -8 | -0.5 |
| Gerrit Cole | P | 32 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .164 | .179 | .236 | .180 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 50 | 144 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .183 | .241 | .221 | .209 | 21 | -0.6 |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 29 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .104 | .122 | .146 | .120 | -41 | -0.7 |
| Trevor Williams | P | 25 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .049 | .093 | .049 | .074 | -73 | -0.8 |
| Iván Nova | P | 28 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .020 | .020 | .020 | .017 | -112 | -1.3 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Gerrit Cole | 33 | 33 | 203.0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 196 | 4.26 | 4.08 | 1.25 | 8.7 | 2.6 |
| Jameson Taillon | 25 | 25 | 133.2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 4.44 | 3.48 | 1.48 | 8.4 | 2.6 |
| Felipe Vázquez | 73 | 0 | 75.1 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 88 | 1.67 | 2.47 | 0.89 | 10.5 | 1.9 |
| Trevor Williams | 31 | 25 | 150.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 117 | 4.07 | 4.03 | 1.31 | 7.0 | 1.8 |
| Chad Kuhl | 31 | 31 | 157.1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 142 | 4.35 | 4.24 | 1.47 | 8.1 | 1.7 |
| Iván Nova | 31 | 31 | 187.0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 131 | 4.14 | 4.46 | 1.28 | 6.3 | 1.6 |
| Juan Nicasio | 76 | 0 | 72.1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 2.61 | 2.98 | 1.08 | 9.0 | 1.4 |
| Wade LeBlanc | 50 | 0 | 68.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 4.50 | 4.28 | 1.19 | 7.1 | 0.4 |
| Daniel Hudson | 71 | 0 | 61.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 4.38 | 4.34 | 1.46 | 9.6 | 0.3 |
| Josh Lindblom | 4 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.84 | 2.09 | 2.03 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| A.J. Schugel | 32 | 0 | 32.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.97 | 4.00 | 1.41 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Tony Watson | 71 | 0 | 66.2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 3.37 | 4.45 | 1.38 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| Steven Brault | 11 | 4 | 34.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4.67 | 4.34 | 1.59 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| Jhan Mariñez | 43 | 0 | 58.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 3.70 | 4.65 | 1.54 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Edgar Santana | 19 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.50 | 4.55 | 1.56 | 10.0 | 0.1 |
| Jack Leathersich | 7 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.60 | 3.96 | 2.00 | 12.6 | 0.0 |
| Dovydas Neverauskas | 24 | 0 | 25.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3.91 | 4.93 | 1.26 | 6.0 | -0.0 |
| Dan Runzler | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.50 | 9.16 | 2.25 | 9.0 | -0.2 |
| Johnny Barbato | 24 | 0 | 28.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4.08 | 5.46 | 1.50 | 7.2 | -0.2 |
| Angel Sánchez | 8 | 0 | 12.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.76 | 7.05 | 1.38 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| Antonio Bastardo | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15.00 | 11.60 | 2.78 | 8.0 | -0.7 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 15 | 13 | 62.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 7.69 | 6.30 | 2.02 | 8.1 | -0.7 |
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.