- Team WAR
- 0.2 -1.5 bat / 1.7 pitch
- Win %
- .317 pyth .363
- Run diff
- -79 3.65 / 4.97 per g
- wRC+
- 71
- ERA
- 4.78 FIP 4.83
- 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 1.5 WAR, and Joe Musgrove the rotation at a 3.86 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
422 team hits
Batting
19 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | 24 | 95 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .376 | .442 | .682 | .467 | 197 | 1.5 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 40 | 143 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .248 | .326 | .376 | .312 | 92 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Andrew Susac | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .360 | 125 | 0.0 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 57 | 230 | 48 | 7 | 23 | 1 | .230 | .297 | .364 | .292 | 79 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Erik González | SS | 50 | 193 | 41 | 3 | 20 | 2 | .227 | .255 | .359 | .264 | 60 | -0.2 |
| José Osuna | 1B | 25 | 82 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .205 | .244 | .397 | .273 | 66 | -0.2 |
| Bryan Reynolds | LF | 55 | 208 | 35 | 7 | 19 | 1 | .189 | .275 | .357 | .280 | 71 | -0.2 |
| John Ryan Murphy | C | 22 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .172 | .226 | .207 | .201 | 17 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Newman | SS | 44 | 172 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .224 | .281 | .276 | .253 | 52 | -0.3 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 25 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .180 | .231 | .180 | .194 | 13 | -0.4 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 57 | 223 | 44 | 8 | 22 | 0 | .226 | .305 | .364 | .288 | 76 | -0.4 |
| Cole Tucker | RF | 34 | 116 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .220 | .252 | .275 | .235 | 40 | -0.5 |
| 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 | 0.8 |
| Steven Brault | 11 | 10 | 42.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 3.38 | 3.92 | 1.20 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| JT Brubaker | 11 | 9 | 47.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 4.94 | 4.08 | 1.37 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 0.5 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| Blake Cederlind | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.50 | 1.94 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Crick | 7 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1.59 | 2.84 | 1.94 | 11.1 | 0.1 |
| Nick Burdi | 4 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.86 | 2.33 | 1.71 | 15.4 | 0.1 |
| Clay Holmes | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.69 | 1.50 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Sam Howard | 22 | 0 | 21.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3.86 | 4.81 | 1.24 | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| John Ryan Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.19 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 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 |
| Chad Kuhl | 11 | 9 | 46.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 4.27 | 5.48 | 1.36 | 8.5 | -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 |
| Michael Feliz | 3 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.40 | 13.99 | 3.60 | 10.8 | -0.2 |
| Dovydas Neverauskas | 17 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.11 | 5.77 | 1.79 | 10.9 | -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 | -0.3 |
| 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 | -0.5 |
| Trevor Williams | 11 | 11 | 55.1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 6.18 | 6.30 | 1.57 | 8.0 | -0.6 |
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.