- Team WAR
- 30.7 18.3 bat / 12.4 pitch
- Win %
- .509 pyth .499
- Run diff
- -1 4.30 / 4.30 per g
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 4.00 FIP 4.09
- Home runs
- 159
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 3.5 WAR, and Jameson Taillon the rotation at a 3.20 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,391 team hits
Batting
39 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Starling Marte | CF | 145 | 606 | 155 | 20 | 72 | 33 | .277 | .327 | .460 | .341 | 120 | 3.5 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 104 | 404 | 86 | 12 | 57 | 2 | .259 | .378 | .431 | .359 | 133 | 3.3 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 130 | 535 | 117 | 23 | 81 | 12 | .254 | .340 | .499 | .359 | 133 | 3.0 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 135 | 533 | 151 | 13 | 55 | 8 | .300 | .330 | .474 | .345 | 123 | 2.3 |
| Elias Díaz | C | 81 | 277 | 72 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .286 | .339 | .452 | .342 | 121 | 1.9 |
| David Freese | 3B | 112 | 312 | 83 | 11 | 51 | 0 | .296 | .359 | .471 | .360 | 134 | 1.9 |
| Colin Moran | 3B | 144 | 465 | 115 | 11 | 58 | 0 | .277 | .340 | .407 | .325 | 108 | 1.8 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 112 | 352 | 88 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .277 | .342 | .456 | .347 | 124 | 1.8 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 148 | 583 | 131 | 12 | 62 | 2 | .261 | .357 | .411 | .340 | 119 | 1.6 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 116 | 436 | 99 | 6 | 39 | 2 | .251 | .315 | .381 | .300 | 90 | 1.4 |
| Austin Meadows | CF | 58 | 191 | 51 | 6 | 17 | 5 | .287 | .325 | .461 | .335 | 116 | 0.8 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 96 | 374 | 86 | 8 | 37 | 3 | .250 | .293 | .363 | .287 | 81 | 0.5 |
| Pablo Reyes | RF | 17 | 63 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .293 | .349 | .483 | .361 | 134 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | PH | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .833 | .652 | 343 | 0.2 |
| Enny Romero | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.277 | 791 | 0.1 |
| Max Moroff | 2B | 24 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .186 | .284 | .356 | .280 | 76 | 0.0 |
| Jung Ho Kang | 3B | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 85 | 0.0 |
| Felipe Vázquez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Tanner Anderson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Casey Sadler | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Alex McRae | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Michael Feliz | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Richard Rodríguez | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Glasnow | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Sean Rodríguez | 2B | 62 | 173 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .167 | .277 | .313 | .268 | 68 | -0.1 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 14 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .216 | .268 | .216 | .223 | 35 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Luplow | LF | 35 | 103 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .185 | .272 | .359 | .283 | 78 | -0.1 |
| Clay Holmes | P | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| José Osuna | 1B | 49 | 111 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .226 | .252 | .396 | .279 | 76 | -0.2 |
| Steven Brault | P | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .190 | .200 | .178 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Chris Archer | P | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .127 | -34 | -0.2 |
| Nick Kingham | P | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .087 | .160 | .130 | .143 | -22 | -0.3 |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .126 | -35 | -0.3 |
| Joe Musgrove | P | 18 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .155 | -14 | -0.4 |
| Kevin Kramer | 3B | 19 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .135 | .175 | .135 | .145 | -21 | -0.4 |
| Kevin Newman | SS | 27 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .209 | .247 | .231 | .212 | 27 | -0.5 |
| Trevor Williams | P | 28 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .156 | .116 | .129 | -32 | -0.6 |
| Jameson Taillon | P | 29 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .070 | .086 | .088 | .080 | -68 | -1.0 |
| Iván Nova | P | 27 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .019 | .019 | .019 | .017 | -113 | -1.2 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jameson Taillon | 32 | 32 | 191.0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 179 | 3.20 | 3.46 | 1.18 | 8.4 | 3.4 |
| Trevor Williams | 31 | 31 | 170.2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 126 | 3.11 | 3.86 | 1.18 | 6.6 | 2.3 |
| Joe Musgrove | 19 | 19 | 115.1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 100 | 4.06 | 3.59 | 1.18 | 7.8 | 1.9 |
| Felipe Vázquez | 70 | 0 | 70.0 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 89 | 2.70 | 2.43 | 1.24 | 11.4 | 1.7 |
| Richard Rodríguez | 63 | 0 | 69.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 2.47 | 2.60 | 1.07 | 11.4 | 1.6 |
| Kyle Crick | 64 | 0 | 60.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 2.39 | 3.14 | 1.13 | 9.7 | 1.0 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 45 | 11 | 111.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 136 | 4.27 | 4.00 | 1.27 | 11.0 | 0.9 |
| Iván Nova | 29 | 29 | 161.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 114 | 4.19 | 4.57 | 1.28 | 6.4 | 0.9 |
| Edgar Santana | 69 | 0 | 66.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 3.26 | 3.58 | 1.10 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
| Chad Kuhl | 16 | 16 | 85.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 4.55 | 4.70 | 1.44 | 8.6 | 0.3 |
| Michael Feliz | 47 | 0 | 47.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 5.66 | 4.13 | 1.51 | 10.4 | 0.3 |
| Casey Sadler | 2 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.31 | 3.85 | 2.77 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Alex McRae | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.68 | 4.42 | 2.05 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Tanner Anderson | 6 | 0 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.35 | 5.63 | 2.03 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
| Nick Burdi | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.25 | 14.41 | 3.75 | 13.5 | -0.1 |
| Clay Holmes | 11 | 4 | 26.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6.84 | 5.40 | 2.01 | 7.2 | -0.2 |
| Steven Brault | 45 | 5 | 91.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 4.61 | 4.92 | 1.54 | 8.1 | -0.3 |
| George Kontos | 28 | 0 | 26.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4.39 | 5.60 | 1.27 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| Josh Smoker | 8 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.59 | 8.48 | 2.45 | 4.9 | -0.3 |
| Nick Kingham | 18 | 15 | 76.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 69 | 5.21 | 5.65 | 1.38 | 8.2 | -0.6 |
| Dovydas Neverauskas | 25 | 0 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8.00 | 6.72 | 1.48 | 9.0 | -0.6 |
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.