National League Central · 2018
Pittsburgh Pirates 2018
- Team WAR
- 35.3 21.9 bat / 13.4 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 3.7 WAR, and Jameson Taillon the rotation at a 3.20 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
39 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Starling Marte | CF | 145 | 606 | 155 | 20 | 72 | 33 | .277 | .327 | .460 | .341 | 120 | 3.7 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 104 | 404 | 86 | 12 | 57 | 2 | .259 | .378 | .431 | .359 | 133 | 3.1 |
| 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 | 2.2 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 148 | 583 | 131 | 12 | 62 | 2 | .261 | .357 | .411 | .340 | 119 | 1.9 |
| Colin Moran | 3B | 144 | 465 | 115 | 11 | 58 | 0 | .277 | .340 | .407 | .325 | 108 | 1.9 |
| David Freese | 3B | 112 | 312 | 83 | 11 | 51 | 0 | .296 | .359 | .471 | .360 | 134 | 1.9 |
| Elias Díaz | C | 81 | 277 | 72 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .286 | .339 | .452 | .342 | 121 | 1.8 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 112 | 352 | 88 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .277 | .342 | .456 | .347 | 124 | 1.7 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 116 | 436 | 99 | 6 | 39 | 2 | .251 | .315 | .381 | .300 | 90 | 1.3 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Joe Musgrove | P | 18 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .155 | -14 | 0.1 |
| Steven Brault | P | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .190 | .200 | .178 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Nick Kingham | P | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .087 | .160 | .130 | .143 | -22 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Williams | P | 28 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .156 | .116 | .129 | -32 | 0.0 |
| Jung Ho Kang | 3B | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 85 | 0.0 |
| Chris Archer | P | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .127 | -34 | -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 |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .126 | -35 | -0.0 |
| Michael Feliz | P | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| 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 | -0.0 |
| Clay Holmes | P | 5 | 6 | 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 |
| José Osuna | 1B | 49 | 111 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .226 | .252 | .396 | .279 | 76 | -0.1 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 14 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .216 | .268 | .216 | .223 | 35 | -0.2 |
| Jordan Luplow | LF | 35 | 103 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .185 | .272 | .359 | .283 | 78 | -0.3 |
| Jameson Taillon | P | 29 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .070 | .086 | .088 | .080 | -68 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Kramer | 3B | 19 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .135 | .175 | .135 | .145 | -21 | -0.5 |
| Kevin Newman | SS | 27 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .209 | .247 | .231 | .212 | 27 | -0.5 |
| Iván Nova | P | 27 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .019 | .019 | .019 | .017 | -113 | -0.5 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jameson Taillon | 32 | 32 | 191.0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 179 | 3.20 | 3.46 | 1.18 | 8.4 | 3.7 |
| Trevor Williams | 31 | 31 | 170.2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 126 | 3.11 | 3.86 | 1.18 | 6.6 | 2.5 |
| Joe Musgrove | 19 | 19 | 115.1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 100 | 4.06 | 3.59 | 1.18 | 7.8 | 2.0 |
| Felipe Vázquez | 70 | 0 | 70.0 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 89 | 2.70 | 2.43 | 1.24 | 11.4 | 1.8 |
| 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 |
| Iván Nova | 29 | 29 | 161.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 114 | 4.19 | 4.57 | 1.28 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 45 | 11 | 111.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 136 | 4.27 | 4.00 | 1.27 | 11.0 | 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 | 0.4 |
| 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 | -0.2 |
| 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 | -0.7 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 78 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 18,786 78 home dates
- Median
- 19,225
- Total
- 1,465,316
- Best
- 35,900 2018-07-28
- Quietest
- 8,855 2018-09-04
- On the road
- 31,288 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.