National League Central · 2021
Pittsburgh Pirates 2021
- Team WAR
- 16.5 10.1 bat / 6.5 pitch
- Win %
- .377 pyth .361
- Run diff
- -224 3.76 / 5.14 per g
- wRC+
- 83
- ERA
- 5.04 FIP 4.74
- Home runs
- 124
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
49 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bryan Reynolds | CF | 159 | 646 | 169 | 24 | 90 | 5 | .302 | .390 | .522 | .389 | 149 | 6.3 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 154 | 639 | 176 | 5 | 43 | 10 | .305 | .368 | .411 | .344 | 118 | 3.8 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 112 | 427 | 92 | 8 | 53 | 0 | .246 | .335 | .369 | .316 | 99 | 1.7 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | 95 | 396 | 93 | 6 | 38 | 9 | .257 | .316 | .373 | .304 | 90 | 1.0 |
| Ben Gamel | LF | 119 | 400 | 84 | 8 | 26 | 3 | .247 | .347 | .388 | .326 | 106 | 0.9 |
| Colin Moran | 1B | 99 | 359 | 82 | 10 | 50 | 1 | .258 | .334 | .390 | .320 | 102 | 0.8 |
| Wilmer Difo | 2B | 115 | 240 | 59 | 4 | 24 | 1 | .269 | .329 | .384 | .314 | 98 | 0.7 |
| Oneil Cruz | SS | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .415 | 168 | 0.1 |
| Yoshi Tsutsugo | 1B | 80 | 262 | 50 | 8 | 32 | 0 | .217 | .307 | .383 | .305 | 91 | 0.1 |
| Taylor Davis | C | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .413 | 166 | 0.1 |
| Connor Overton | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .876 | 486 | 0.1 |
| Steven Brault | P | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .209 | 25 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Anderson | P | 18 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .103 | .125 | .179 | .134 | -27 | -0.0 |
| Dillon Peters | P | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .121 | -36 | -0.0 |
| David Bednar | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Clay Holmes | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Sean Poppen | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Nick Mears | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Shelby Miller | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Mitch Keller | P | 20 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .136 | -26 | -0.0 |
| Tanner Anderson | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Chris Stratton | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .097 | -52 | -0.0 |
| JT Brubaker | P | 24 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .079 | .167 | .079 | .132 | -29 | -0.0 |
| Miguel Yajure | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Rodolfo Castro | 2B | 31 | 93 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .198 | .258 | .395 | .283 | 76 | -0.0 |
| Cole Tucker | SS | 42 | 131 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 2 | .222 | .298 | .342 | .285 | 78 | -0.0 |
| Anthony Alford | LF | 49 | 148 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 5 | .233 | .311 | .406 | .312 | 96 | -0.0 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Hoy Park | 2B | 45 | 150 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .195 | .297 | .336 | .283 | 76 | -0.0 |
| Chase De Jong | P | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .104 | -47 | -0.1 |
| Hunter Owen | RF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .151 | -15 | -0.1 |
| Cody Ponce | P | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .073 | -69 | -0.1 |
| Bryse Wilson | P | 14 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .074 | -68 | -0.1 |
| Troy Stokes Jr. | RF | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .167 | .180 | 5 | -0.2 |
| Max Kranick | P | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.2 |
| Wil Crowe | P | 25 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .108 | .086 | .097 | -52 | -0.2 |
| John Nogowski | 1B | 52 | 143 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .233 | .301 | .310 | .276 | 71 | -0.2 |
| Phillip Evans | 1B | 76 | 247 | 44 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .206 | .312 | .299 | .282 | 75 | -0.2 |
| Jared Oliva | RF | 18 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .175 | .233 | .225 | .198 | 18 | -0.3 |
| Dustin Fowler | CF | 18 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .171 | .239 | .195 | .205 | 22 | -0.3 |
| Will Craig | 1B | 18 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .217 | .277 | .300 | .252 | 55 | -0.3 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 107 | 382 | 70 | 11 | 36 | 14 | .208 | .283 | .354 | .278 | 73 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Newman | SS | 148 | 554 | 117 | 5 | 39 | 6 | .226 | .265 | .309 | .251 | 54 | -0.3 |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 13 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .086 | .200 | .114 | .167 | -4 | -0.5 |
| Ka'ai Tom | LF | 46 | 133 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .139 | .278 | .231 | .244 | 49 | -0.5 |
| Erik González | 3B | 71 | 229 | 51 | 2 | 21 | 2 | .232 | .258 | .300 | .245 | 50 | -0.7 |
| Michael Pérez | C | 69 | 231 | 30 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .143 | .221 | .290 | .228 | 38 | -0.7 |
Pitching
34 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Tyler Anderson | 31 | 31 | 167.0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 134 | 4.53 | 4.37 | 1.25 | 7.2 | 1.9 |
| David Bednar | 61 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 77 | 2.23 | 2.69 | 0.97 | 11.4 | 1.5 |
| Clay Holmes | 69 | 0 | 70.0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 3.60 | 3.28 | 1.17 | 10.0 | 1.2 |
| Mitch Keller | 23 | 23 | 100.2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 92 | 6.17 | 4.30 | 1.79 | 8.2 | 1.2 |
| Chris Stratton | 68 | 0 | 79.1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 86 | 3.63 | 3.76 | 1.30 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
| Richard Rodríguez | 64 | 0 | 64.1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 2.94 | 4.04 | 0.93 | 5.9 | 0.6 |
| Trevor Cahill | 9 | 8 | 37.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 6.57 | 4.06 | 1.51 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
| Dillon Peters | 6 | 6 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3.71 | 3.66 | 1.35 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | 43 | 0 | 72.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 4.33 | 4.27 | 1.43 | 8.1 | 0.5 |
| Max Kranick | 9 | 9 | 38.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6.28 | 4.64 | 1.71 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| JT Brubaker | 24 | 24 | 124.1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 129 | 5.36 | 5.16 | 1.29 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| Steven Brault | 7 | 7 | 27.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5.86 | 4.62 | 1.63 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Connor Overton | 9 | 3 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4.70 | 3.89 | 1.24 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Roansy Contreras | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1.33 | 12.0 | 0.1 |
| Tanner Anderson | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 2.77 | 1.00 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Crick | 27 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.44 | 4.40 | 1.36 | 7.8 | 0.1 |
| John Nogowski | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3.17 | 2.67 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Chasen Shreve | 57 | 0 | 56.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 3.20 | 4.73 | 1.26 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Phillip Evans | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sam Howard | 54 | 1 | 45.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 5.60 | 4.86 | 1.47 | 12.0 | -0.0 |
| Cody Ponce | 15 | 2 | 38.1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 7.04 | 4.94 | 1.75 | 8.5 | -0.0 |
| Anthony Banda | 30 | 0 | 33.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4.28 | 4.92 | 1.54 | 8.6 | -0.0 |
| Geoff Hartlieb | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.00 | 5.84 | 2.33 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Bryse Wilson | 16 | 16 | 74.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 5.35 | 5.49 | 1.45 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| Shea Spitzbarth | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 7.17 | 1.20 | 1.8 | -0.1 |
| Wilmer Difo | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 13.17 | 6.00 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Chad Kuhl | 28 | 14 | 80.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 4.82 | 5.31 | 1.43 | 8.4 | -0.2 |
| Nick Mears | 30 | 0 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5.01 | 5.66 | 1.63 | 8.9 | -0.2 |
| Luis Oviedo | 22 | 1 | 29.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8.80 | 5.66 | 1.99 | 9.4 | -0.3 |
| Chase De Jong | 9 | 9 | 43.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 5.77 | 6.03 | 1.56 | 8.0 | -0.3 |
| Shelby Miller | 13 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9.24 | 7.83 | 2.13 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Wil Crowe | 26 | 25 | 116.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 111 | 5.48 | 5.67 | 1.57 | 8.6 | -0.4 |
| Miguel Yajure | 4 | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8.40 | 8.50 | 1.60 | 6.6 | -0.6 |
| Kyle Keller | 32 | 0 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6.48 | 6.95 | 1.56 | 9.7 | -0.8 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 10,611 81 home dates
- Median
- 9,218
- Total
- 859,498
- Best
- 32,071 2021-07-31
- Quietest
- 4,023 2021-04-15
- On the road
- 20,719 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.