National League Central · 2017
Pittsburgh Pirates 2017
- Team WAR
- 29.8 14.1 bat / 15.7 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 4.6 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 4.26 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
37 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 156 | 650 | 159 | 28 | 88 | 11 | .279 | .363 | .486 | .364 | 129 | 4.6 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 128 | 542 | 132 | 16 | 47 | 12 | .272 | .339 | .432 | .335 | 109 | 2.6 |
| David Freese | 3B | 130 | 503 | 112 | 10 | 52 | 0 | .263 | .368 | .371 | .329 | 105 | 1.8 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 159 | 620 | 140 | 26 | 90 | 2 | .255 | .334 | .466 | .343 | 114 | 1.7 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 144 | 558 | 128 | 14 | 58 | 0 | .255 | .326 | .406 | .312 | 93 | 1.7 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 81 | 304 | 66 | 5 | 31 | 0 | .249 | .342 | .370 | .319 | 98 | 1.2 |
| Adam Frazier | LF | 121 | 454 | 112 | 6 | 53 | 9 | .276 | .344 | .399 | .326 | 103 | 1.1 |
| Starling Marte | LF | 77 | 339 | 85 | 7 | 31 | 21 | .275 | .333 | .379 | .314 | 94 | 0.9 |
| John Jaso | RF | 123 | 302 | 54 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .211 | .328 | .402 | .322 | 100 | 0.5 |
| Tyler Glasnow | P | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .294 | .455 | .294 | .361 | 127 | 0.4 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 108 | 411 | 95 | 11 | 35 | 8 | .251 | .305 | .391 | .300 | 85 | 0.4 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .357 | .438 | .500 | .391 | 148 | 0.2 |
| Gerrit Cole | P | 32 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .164 | .179 | .236 | .180 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Max Moroff | 2B | 54 | 140 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .200 | .302 | .325 | .284 | 73 | 0.1 |
| Steven Brault | P | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .232 | 37 | 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 | 0.1 |
| Antonio Bastardo | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .710 | 369 | 0.0 |
| A.J. Schugel | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .355 | 123 | 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 |
| Angel Sánchez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Johnny Barbato | 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 |
| Jameson Taillon | P | 23 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .138 | -28 | -0.0 |
| Josh Lindblom | P | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 29 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .104 | .122 | .146 | .120 | -41 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Luplow | RF | 26 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .205 | .276 | .385 | .287 | 76 | -0.2 |
| Danny Ortiz | RF | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .122 | -39 | -0.2 |
| Trevor Williams | P | 25 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .049 | .093 | .049 | .074 | -73 | -0.2 |
| José Osuna | RF | 102 | 227 | 50 | 7 | 30 | 0 | .233 | .269 | .428 | .297 | 83 | -0.3 |
| Elias Díaz | C | 63 | 200 | 42 | 1 | 19 | 1 | .223 | .265 | .314 | .256 | 54 | -0.3 |
| Sean Rodríguez | 3B | 50 | 153 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .167 | .276 | .295 | .260 | 56 | -0.4 |
| Phil Gosselin | 2B | 34 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .146 | .180 | .188 | .167 | -8 | -0.5 |
| Iván Nova | P | 28 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .020 | .020 | .020 | .017 | -112 | -0.6 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 50 | 144 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .183 | .241 | .221 | .209 | 21 | -0.8 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Gerrit Cole | 33 | 33 | 203.0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 196 | 4.26 | 4.08 | 1.25 | 8.7 | 3.0 |
| Jameson Taillon | 25 | 25 | 133.2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 4.44 | 3.48 | 1.48 | 8.4 | 2.9 |
| Trevor Williams | 31 | 25 | 150.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 117 | 4.07 | 4.03 | 1.31 | 7.0 | 2.1 |
| Felipe Vázquez | 73 | 0 | 75.1 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 88 | 1.67 | 2.47 | 0.89 | 10.5 | 2.0 |
| Chad Kuhl | 31 | 31 | 157.1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 142 | 4.35 | 4.24 | 1.47 | 8.1 | 2.0 |
| Iván Nova | 31 | 31 | 187.0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 131 | 4.14 | 4.46 | 1.28 | 6.3 | 1.9 |
| Juan Nicasio | 76 | 0 | 72.1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 2.61 | 2.98 | 1.08 | 9.0 | 1.5 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 23,697 81 home dates
- Median
- 23,529
- Total
- 1,919,447
- Best
- 36,484 2017-04-07
- Quietest
- 2,596 2017-08-20
- On the road
- 32,633 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.