The Pittsburgh Pirates went 69-93 in 2019, a .426 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 758 runs and allowed 911, a run differential of -153. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.15 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Starling Marte led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Joe Musgrove the rotation at a 4.44 ERA.
The 2019 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 22 games back. They spent 5 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 19 and were as far as 24.5 games back on September 23. Their best month was May at 15-14, their worst July at 8-18. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 14 to April 20 and a 9-game losing streak from July 21 to July 29. They were 35-46 at home and 34-47 on the road, 19-25 in one-run games and 30-72 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 against the Reds on August 24; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Athletics on May 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
14
.481
90
109
-19
May
15
14
.517
143
188
-45
June
11
15
.423
143
135
+8
July
8
18
.308
128
147
-19
August
12
16
.429
144
172
-28
Sept/Oct
10
16
.385
110
160
-50
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
35-46
.432
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
19-25
.432
Extra innings
7-11
.389
Within the division
29-47
.382
Against .500+ clubs
30-72
.294
Decided by 5+ runs
18-39
.316
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2019
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2019. 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
81
18,413
17,663
2,503
38,380
Night
55
17,092
13,965
2,503
38,380
Day
26
21,206
20,896
9,365
37,336
Weekend
39
23,089
23,617
2,503
38,380
Weekday
42
14,070
12,714
8,523
37,336
On the road
81
32,071
33,408
8,340
52,875
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
14,967
May
13
19,280
Jun
10
21,636
Jul
14
22,694
Aug
16
18,446
Sep
15
14,467
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 161 completed games, 2019.
Regulation
3:06
143 games
All games
3:12
Extra innings
4:01
18 of them
Longest
5:23
2019-06-01, 13 inn
Shortest
2:25
2019-04-05
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
161
3:12
3:09
2:10
5:23
Regulation
143
3:06
3:06
2:10
3:52
Extra innings
18
4:01
4:02
3:03
5:23
Home
80
3:15
3:11
2:25
5:23
Road
81
3:10
3:09
2:10
4:17
Day
57
3:16
3:10
2:22
5:23
Night
104
3:10
3:09
2:10
4:27
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:05
May
13
3:16
Jun
10
3:27
Jul
14
3:18
Aug
16
3:07
Sep
15
3:18
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 186 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 69-93, a .426 win rate, while their -153 run differential implies .417. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
