National League Central · 2021
Pittsburgh Pirates
- Team WAR
- 10.3 6.7 bat / 3.7 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 6.1 WAR, and Tyler Anderson the rotation at a 4.53 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,310 team hits
Batting
49 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bryan Reynolds | CF | 159 | 646 | 169 | 24 | 90 | 5 | .302 | .390 | .522 | .389 | 149 | 6.1 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 154 | 639 | 176 | 5 | 43 | 10 | .305 | .368 | .411 | .344 | 118 | 3.6 |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 112 | 427 | 92 | 8 | 53 | 0 | .246 | .335 | .369 | .316 | 99 | 2.2 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | 95 | 396 | 93 | 6 | 38 | 9 | .257 | .316 | .373 | .304 | 90 | 1.1 |
| Ben Gamel | LF | 119 | 400 | 84 | 8 | 26 | 3 | .247 | .347 | .388 | .326 | 106 | 1.0 |
| Wilmer Difo | 2B | 115 | 240 | 59 | 4 | 24 | 1 | .269 | .329 | .384 | .314 | 98 | 0.6 |
| Colin Moran | 1B | 99 | 359 | 82 | 10 | 50 | 1 | .258 | .334 | .390 | .320 | 102 | 0.5 |
| Oneil Cruz | SS | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .415 | 168 | 0.1 |
| Anthony Alford | LF | 49 | 148 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 5 | .233 | .311 | .406 | .312 | 96 | 0.1 |
| Taylor Davis | C | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .413 | 166 | 0.1 |
| Hoy Park | 2B | 45 | 150 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .195 | .297 | .336 | .283 | 76 | 0.1 |
| Rodolfo Castro | 2B | 31 | 93 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .198 | .258 | .395 | .283 | 76 | 0.1 |
| Connor Overton | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .876 | 486 | 0.0 |
| Yoshi Tsutsugo | 1B | 80 | 262 | 50 | 8 | 32 | 0 | .217 | .307 | .383 | .305 | 91 | 0.0 |
| Cole Tucker | SS | 42 | 131 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 2 | .222 | .298 | .342 | .285 | 78 | 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 |
| David Bednar | 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 |
| Steven Brault | P | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .209 | 25 | -0.0 |
| Chris Stratton | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Tanner Anderson | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Hunter Owen | RF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .151 | -15 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Yajure | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Dillon Peters | P | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .121 | -36 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .097 | -52 | -0.1 |
| Cody Ponce | P | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.2 |
| Troy Stokes Jr. | RF | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .167 | .180 | 5 | -0.2 |
| Phillip Evans | 1B | 76 | 247 | 44 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .206 | .312 | .299 | .282 | 75 | -0.2 |
| Chase De Jong | P | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .104 | -47 | -0.2 |
| Dustin Fowler | CF | 18 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .171 | .239 | .195 | .205 | 22 | -0.3 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 107 | 382 | 70 | 11 | 36 | 14 | .208 | .283 | .354 | .278 | 73 | -0.3 |
| Will Craig | 1B | 18 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .217 | .277 | .300 | .252 | 55 | -0.3 |
| Jared Oliva | RF | 18 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .175 | .233 | .225 | .198 | 18 | -0.3 |
| Max Kranick | P | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.3 |
| John Nogowski | 1B | 52 | 143 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .233 | .301 | .310 | .276 | 71 | -0.4 |
| Mitch Keller | P | 20 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .136 | -26 | -0.4 |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .073 | -69 | -0.4 |
| Bryse Wilson | P | 14 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .074 | -68 | -0.4 |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 13 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .086 | .200 | .114 | .167 | -4 | -0.4 |
| Tyler Anderson | P | 18 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .103 | .125 | .179 | .134 | -27 | -0.5 |
| JT Brubaker | P | 24 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .079 | .167 | .079 | .132 | -29 | -0.5 |
| Ka'ai Tom | LF | 46 | 133 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .139 | .278 | .231 | .244 | 49 | -0.5 |
| Kevin Newman | SS | 148 | 554 | 117 | 5 | 39 | 6 | .226 | .265 | .309 | .251 | 54 | -0.6 |
| Michael Pérez | C | 69 | 231 | 30 | 7 | 21 | 0 | .143 | .221 | .290 | .228 | 38 | -0.6 |
| Wil Crowe | P | 25 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .108 | .086 | .097 | -52 | -0.6 |
| Erik González | 3B | 71 | 229 | 51 | 2 | 21 | 2 | .232 | .258 | .300 | .245 | 50 | -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 | 1.5 |
| David Bednar | 61 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 77 | 2.23 | 2.69 | 0.97 | 11.4 | 1.4 |
| Clay Holmes | 69 | 0 | 70.0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 3.60 | 3.28 | 1.17 | 10.0 | 1.1 |
| Mitch Keller | 23 | 23 | 100.2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 92 | 6.17 | 4.30 | 1.79 | 8.2 | 1.0 |
| Chris Stratton | 68 | 0 | 79.1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 86 | 3.63 | 3.76 | 1.30 | 9.8 | 0.8 |
| Richard Rodríguez | 64 | 0 | 64.1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 2.94 | 4.04 | 0.93 | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| Dillon Peters | 6 | 6 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3.71 | 3.66 | 1.35 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
| Trevor Cahill | 9 | 8 | 37.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 6.57 | 4.06 | 1.51 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | 43 | 0 | 72.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 4.33 | 4.27 | 1.43 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Max Kranick | 9 | 9 | 38.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6.28 | 4.64 | 1.71 | 7.4 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| Phillip Evans | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| JT Brubaker | 24 | 24 | 124.1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 129 | 5.36 | 5.16 | 1.29 | 9.3 | 0.0 |
| Chasen Shreve | 57 | 0 | 56.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 3.20 | 4.73 | 1.26 | 7.2 | -0.0 |
| Sam Howard | 54 | 1 | 45.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 5.60 | 4.86 | 1.47 | 12.0 | -0.1 |
| Cody Ponce | 15 | 2 | 38.1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 7.04 | 4.94 | 1.75 | 8.5 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Banda | 30 | 0 | 33.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4.28 | 4.92 | 1.54 | 8.6 | -0.1 |
| Geoff Hartlieb | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.00 | 5.84 | 2.33 | 9.0 | -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 |
| Nick Mears | 30 | 0 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5.01 | 5.66 | 1.63 | 8.9 | -0.2 |
| Bryse Wilson | 16 | 16 | 74.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 5.35 | 5.49 | 1.45 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
| Luis Oviedo | 22 | 1 | 29.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8.80 | 5.66 | 1.99 | 9.4 | -0.3 |
| Chad Kuhl | 28 | 14 | 80.1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 4.82 | 5.31 | 1.43 | 8.4 | -0.3 |
| Chase De Jong | 9 | 9 | 43.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 5.77 | 6.03 | 1.56 | 8.0 | -0.4 |
| Shelby Miller | 13 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9.24 | 7.83 | 2.13 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Miguel Yajure | 4 | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8.40 | 8.50 | 1.60 | 6.6 | -0.6 |
| Wil Crowe | 26 | 25 | 116.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 111 | 5.48 | 5.67 | 1.57 | 8.6 | -0.7 |
| Kyle Keller | 32 | 0 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6.48 | 6.95 | 1.56 | 9.7 | -0.8 |
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.