The Pittsburgh Pirates went 82-79 in 2018, a .509 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 692 runs and allowed 693, a run differential of -1. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.00 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Starling Marte led the position players at 3.7 WAR, and Jameson Taillon the rotation at a 3.20 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL Central, 13 games back. They spent 27 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on April 10 and were as far as 15.5 games back on September 2. Their best month was July at 17-9, their worst August at 10-17. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from July 11 to July 24 and a 5-game losing streak from April 19 to April 25. They were 44-36 at home and 38-43 on the road, 29-22 in one-run games and 39-53 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-3 against the Reds on April 6; the heaviest defeat, 17-1 at the Dodgers on July 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
12
.586
142
122
+20
May
12
15
.444
123
132
-9
June
10
16
.385
97
116
-19
July
17
9
.654
127
114
+13
August
10
17
.370
94
105
-11
Sept/Oct
16
10
.615
109
104
+5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-36
.550
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
29-22
.569
Extra innings
7-5
.583
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
39-53
.424
Decided by 5+ runs
20-23
.465
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2018. 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
78
18,786
19,225
8,855
35,900
Night
51
18,182
17,858
8,855
35,900
Day
27
19,928
19,713
8,970
30,186
Weekend
41
22,281
22,133
11,115
35,900
Weekday
37
14,914
14,075
8,855
30,186
On the road
81
31,288
32,720
6,852
53,139
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
12,916
May
15
19,669
Jun
12
19,250
Jul
16
20,819
Aug
11
22,424
Sep
11
15,070
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 160 completed games, 2018.
Regulation
3:00
148 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:56
12 of them
Longest
4:30
2018-07-06, 9 inn
Shortest
2:22
2018-09-19
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
160
3:04
3:00
2:17
5:36
Regulation
148
3:00
2:58
2:17
4:30
Extra innings
12
3:56
3:38
3:07
5:36
Home
80
3:02
3:01
2:22
4:30
Road
80
3:06
3:00
2:17
5:36
Day
56
3:00
2:58
2:17
5:27
Night
104
3:06
3:02
2:18
5:36
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
3:04
May
15
2:58
Jun
12
3:08
Jul
16
3:01
Aug
11
3:04
Sep
11
2:58
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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 82-79, a .509 win rate, while their -1 run differential implies .499. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
