The Pittsburgh Pirates went 61-101 in 2021, a .377 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 609 runs and allowed 833, a run differential of -224. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.04 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 83 team wRC+ was 17% below league average — the worst in MLB. Bryan Reynolds led the position players at 6.3 WAR, and Tyler Anderson the rotation at a 4.53 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 34 games back. They spent 3 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 36.5 games back on September 12. Their best month was March/April at 12-13, their worst May at 8-20. The longest runs were a 3-game winning streak from April 24 to April 27 and a 10-game losing streak from June 6 to June 16. They were 37-44 at home and 24-57 on the road, 20-22 in one-run games and 29-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Braves on July 5; the heaviest defeat, 20-1 at the Braves on May 21.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
13
.480
97
113
-16
May
8
20
.286
81
143
-62
June
9
17
.346
99
120
-21
July
11
14
.440
103
143
-40
August
8
20
.286
92
153
-61
Sept/Oct
13
17
.433
137
161
-24
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
24-57
.296
One-run games
20-22
.476
Extra innings
5-3
.625
Within the division
23-53
.303
Against .500+ clubs
29-59
.330
Decided by 5+ runs
14-30
.318
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2021. 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
10,611
9,218
4,023
32,071
Night
52
10,769
9,133
4,049
32,071
Day
29
10,329
9,396
4,023
17,875
Weekend
38
13,517
12,595
5,279
32,071
Weekday
43
8,043
8,618
4,023
11,600
On the road
80
20,719
19,226
7,283
53,114
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
5,547
May
15
6,222
Jun
12
10,538
Jul
15
15,745
Aug
14
12,519
Sep
12
10,274
Oct
3
16,501
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, 2021.
Regulation
3:09
153 games
All games
3:11
Extra innings
3:50
8 of them
Longest
4:20
2021-06-05, 12 inn
Shortest
2:03
2021-05-29
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
3:11
3:09
1:55
4:20
Regulation
153
3:09
3:08
1:55
4:12
Extra innings
8
3:50
3:51
3:20
4:20
Home
80
3:13
3:08
2:03
4:20
Road
81
3:09
3:09
1:55
4:12
Day
62
3:11
3:08
2:03
4:20
Night
99
3:12
3:10
1:55
4:07
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
3:17
May
15
3:08
Jun
11
3:12
Jul
15
3:22
Aug
14
3:10
Sep
12
3:07
Oct
3
3:21
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 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 61-101, a .377 win rate, while their -224 run differential implies .361. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
