National League Central · 2020

Pittsburgh Pirates 2020

19-415th in the NL CentralPNC ParkNational League Central National League

Team WAR: 1.9
Win %: .317
Run diff: -79
wRC+: 71
ERA: 4.78
Home runs: 58

The Pittsburgh Pirates went 19-41 in 2020, a .317 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 219 runs and allowed 298, a run differential of -79. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.78 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 71 team wRC+ was 29% below league average — the worst in MLB. Ke'Bryan Hayes led the position players at 1.6 WAR, and Joe Musgrove the rotation at a 3.86 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 5th in the NL Central, 15 games back. They were as far as 17 games back on September 21. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 9-19, their worst August at 8-17. The longest runs were a 3-game winning streak from August 21 to August 23 and an 8-game losing streak from September 9 to September 16. They were 12-18 at home and 7-23 on the road, 8-15 in one-run games and 14-30 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 8-0 at the Indians on September 26; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 at the Royals on September 13.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	2	5	.286	26	36	-10
August	8	17	.320	102	137	-35
Sept/Oct	9	19	.321	91	125	-34

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	12-18	.400
Road	7-23	.233
One-run games	8-15	.348
Extra innings	1-5	.167
Within the division	16-24	.400
Against .500+ clubs	14-30	.318
Decided by 5+ runs	4-12	.250
Last 10	4-6	.400

National League Central standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

National League Central, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Chicago Cubs	34	26	.567	—	265	240	+25	12.4
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	.517	3	240	229	+11	8.4
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	.517	3	243	243	0	13.4
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	.483	5	247	264	-17	11.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	.317	15	219	298	-79	1.9

2020 Pittsburgh Pirates roster

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.

Catchers 3

Jacob StallingsC · 40 G · 0.5 WAR
Andrew SusacC · 1 G · 0.0 WAR
John Ryan MurphyC · 22 G · -0.3 WAR

Infielders 9

Ke'Bryan Hayes3B · 24 G · 1.6 WAR
Phillip Evans3B · 11 G · 0.5 WAR
Adam Frazier2B · 57 G · 0.2 WAR
Will Craig1B · 2 G · -0.1 WAR
José Osuna1B · 25 G · -0.2 WAR
Erik GonzálezSS · 50 G · -0.2 WAR
Kevin NewmanSS · 44 G · -0.2 WAR
Josh Bell1B · 57 G · -0.3 WAR
JT Riddle3B · 22 G · -0.6 WAR

Outfielders 6

Bryan ReynoldsLF · 55 G · -0.1 WAR
Jason MartinCF · 6 G · -0.1 WAR
Jared OlivaLF · 6 G · -0.2 WAR
Jarrod DysonCF · 25 G · -0.4 WAR
Cole TuckerRF · 34 G · -0.6 WAR
Gregory PolancoRF · 50 G · -1.0 WAR

Designated hitters 1

Colin MoranDH · 52 G · 0.5 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Joe Musgrove8 GS · 1.0 WAR
Steven Brault10 GS · 0.8 WAR
JT Brubaker9 GS · 0.8 WAR
Chad Kuhl9 GS · 0.0 WAR
Cody Ponce3 GS · -0.2 WAR
Mitch Keller5 GS · -0.3 WAR
Trevor Williams11 GS · -0.4 WAR

Relief pitchers 21

Chris Stratton27 G · 0.6 WAR
Richard Rodríguez24 G · 0.6 WAR
Nick Tropeano7 G · 0.4 WAR
Nik Turley25 G · 0.3 WAR
Kyle Crick7 G · 0.1 WAR
Blake Cederlind5 G · 0.1 WAR
Nick Burdi4 G · 0.1 WAR
Sam Howard22 G · 0.1 WAR
Clay Holmes1 G · 0.1 WAR
Yacksel Ríos3 G · 0.0 WAR
Brandon Waddell2 G · 0.0 WAR
Austin Davis9 G · 0.0 WAR
John Ryan Murphy1 G · 0.0 WAR
Geoff Hartlieb21 G · 0.0 WAR
Keone Kela3 G · -0.1 WAR
Nick Mears4 G · -0.1 WAR
Miguel Del Pozo5 G · -0.1 WAR
Dovydas Neverauskas17 G · -0.2 WAR
Michael Feliz3 G · -0.2 WAR
Tyler Bashlor8 G · -0.2 WAR
Derek Holland12 G · -0.4 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

422 team hits

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.

Batting

19 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	24	95	32	5	11	1	.376	.442	.682	.467	197	1.6
Jacob Stallings	C	40	143	31	3	18	0	.248	.326	.376	.312	92	0.5
Colin Moran	DH	52	200	44	10	23	0	.247	.325	.472	.342	113	0.5
Phillip Evans	3B	11	45	14	1	9	0	.359	.444	.487	.412	160	0.5
Adam Frazier	2B	57	230	48	7	23	1	.230	.297	.364	.292	79	0.2
Andrew Susac	C	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.360	125	0.0
Bryan Reynolds	LF	55	208	35	7	19	1	.189	.275	.357	.280	71	-0.1
Will Craig	1B	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-118	-0.1
Jason Martin	CF	6	11	0	0	0	0	.000	.182	.000	.131	-30	-0.1
Jared Oliva	LF	6	16	3	0	0	1	.188	.188	.188	.166	-6	-0.2
José Osuna	1B	25	82	16	4	11	0	.205	.244	.397	.273	66	-0.2
Erik González	SS	50	193	41	3	20	2	.227	.255	.359	.264	60	-0.2
Kevin Newman	SS	44	172	35	1	10	0	.224	.281	.276	.253	52	-0.2
Josh Bell	1B	57	223	44	8	22	0	.226	.305	.364	.288	76	-0.3
John Ryan Murphy	C	22	63	10	0	2	0	.172	.226	.207	.201	17	-0.3
Jarrod Dyson	CF	25	66	11	0	5	6	.180	.231	.180	.194	13	-0.4
Cole Tucker	RF	34	116	24	1	8	1	.220	.252	.275	.235	40	-0.6
JT Riddle	3B	22	69	10	1	1	1	.149	.174	.224	.175	-0	-0.6
Gregory Polanco	RF	50	174	24	7	22	3	.153	.214	.325	.233	39	-1.0

Pitching

28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Joe Musgrove	8	8	39.2	1	5	0	55	3.86	3.42	1.24	12.5	1.0
Steven Brault	11	10	42.2	1	3	0	38	3.38	3.92	1.20	8.0	0.8
JT Brubaker	11	9	47.1	1	3	0	48	4.94	4.08	1.37	9.1	0.8
Chris Stratton	27	0	30.0	2	1	0	39	3.90	3.19	1.30	11.7	0.6
Richard Rodríguez	24	0	23.1	3	2	4	34	2.70	2.85	0.86	13.1	0.6
Nick Tropeano	7	0	15.2	1	0	0	19	1.15	2.55	1.15	10.9	0.4
Nik Turley	25	0	21.2	0	3	1	20	4.98	3.88	1.11	8.3	0.3
Kyle Crick	7	0	5.2	0	1	0	7	1.59	2.84	1.94	11.1	0.1
Blake Cederlind	5	0	4.0	0	0	0	4	4.50	1.94	1.00	9.0	0.1
Nick Burdi	4	0	2.1	0	1	1	4	3.86	2.33	1.71	15.4	0.1
Sam Howard	22	0	21.0	2	3	0	27	3.86	4.81	1.24	11.6	0.1
Clay Holmes	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.69	1.50	6.8	0.1
Yacksel Ríos	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	3	9.00	3.94	1.25	6.8	0.0
Brandon Waddell	2	0	3.1	0	0	0	2	2.70	3.79	1.20	5.4	0.0
Austin Davis	9	0	6.2	0	0	0	5	10.80	4.54	1.95	6.8	0.0
John Ryan Murphy	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	0.00	0.0	0.0
Chad Kuhl	11	9	46.1	2	3	0	44	4.27	5.48	1.36	8.5	0.0
Geoff Hartlieb	21	0	22.1	1	0	0	19	3.63	5.03	1.57	7.7	0.0
Keone Kela	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	3	4.50	8.19	2.00	13.5	-0.1
Nick Mears	4	0	5.0	0	0	0	7	5.40	7.19	2.20	12.6	-0.1
Miguel Del Pozo	5	0	3.2	0	0	0	2	17.18	8.65	4.09	4.9	-0.1
Dovydas Neverauskas	17	0	19.0	0	3	0	23	7.11	5.77	1.79	10.9	-0.2
Michael Feliz	3	0	1.2	0	0	0	2	32.40	13.99	3.60	10.8	-0.2
Tyler Bashlor	8	0	8.1	0	0	0	6	8.64	7.03	1.56	6.5	-0.2
Cody Ponce	5	3	17.0	1	1	0	12	3.18	6.66	1.06	6.4	-0.2
Mitch Keller	5	5	21.2	1	1	0	16	2.91	6.75	1.25	6.6	-0.3
Derek Holland	12	5	40.2	1	3	0	45	6.86	6.14	1.40	10.0	-0.4
Trevor Williams	11	11	55.1	2	8	0	49	6.18	6.30	1.57	8.0	-0.4

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	21	0	0	0	0
Day	9	0	0	0	0
Weekend	12	0	0	0	0
Weekday	18	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 2:59
All games: 3:05
Extra innings: 3:51
Longest: 4:33
Shortest: 2:25

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	60	3:05	3:02	2:02	4:33
Regulation	54	2:59	3:01	2:02	3:46
Extra innings	6	3:51	3:58	2:48	4:33
Home	30	3:11	3:08	2:25	4:33
Road	30	2:58	2:57	2:02	3:46
Day	19	3:01	3:02	2:02	3:37
Night	41	3:06	3:06	2:19	4:33

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	3	3:26
Aug	11	3:20
Sep	16	3:03

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 19-41, a .317 win rate, while their -79 run differential implies .363. That is about 3 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.