National League Central · 2022
Pittsburgh Pirates
- Team WAR
- 16.9 9.7 bat / 7.2 pitch
- Win %
- .383 pyth .356
- Run diff
- -226 3.65 / 5.04 per g
- wRC+
- 86
- ERA
- 4.59 FIP 4.23
- Home runs
- 163
The Pittsburgh Pirates went 62-100 in 2022, a .383 winning percentage — 28th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 591 runs and allowed 817, a run differential of -226. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.59 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 86 team wRC+ was 14% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Bryan Reynolds led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Jose Quintana the rotation at a 2.93 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,214 team hits
Batting
30 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bryan Reynolds | CF | 145 | 614 | 142 | 27 | 62 | 7 | .262 | .345 | .461 | .351 | 125 | 4.1 |
| Oneil Cruz | SS | 87 | 361 | 77 | 17 | 54 | 10 | .233 | .294 | .450 | .322 | 105 | 1.9 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | DH | 130 | 461 | 92 | 18 | 59 | 0 | .238 | .360 | .433 | .352 | 126 | 1.7 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | 134 | 560 | 123 | 7 | 41 | 20 | .244 | .314 | .345 | .296 | 88 | 1.6 |
| Rodolfo Castro | 2B | 71 | 278 | 59 | 11 | 27 | 5 | .233 | .299 | .427 | .317 | 102 | 1.2 |
| Kevin Newman | 2B | 78 | 309 | 79 | 2 | 24 | 8 | .274 | .316 | .372 | .304 | 93 | 1.1 |
| Jack Suwinski | LF | 103 | 372 | 66 | 19 | 38 | 4 | .202 | .298 | .411 | .314 | 100 | 0.9 |
| Ben Gamel | LF | 112 | 423 | 86 | 9 | 46 | 5 | .232 | .324 | .369 | .310 | 97 | 0.7 |
| Roberto Pérez | C | 20 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .233 | .333 | .367 | .317 | 102 | 0.4 |
| Ji Hwan Bae | CF | 10 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .333 | .405 | .424 | .372 | 140 | 0.4 |
| Hoy Park | 2B | 21 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .216 | .276 | .373 | .283 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Heineman | C | 55 | 174 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .217 | .276 | .268 | .250 | 56 | 0.1 |
| Diego Castillo | SS | 94 | 283 | 54 | 11 | 29 | 1 | .206 | .251 | .382 | .274 | 72 | 0.1 |
| Canaan Smith-Njigba | LF | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .429 | .400 | .389 | 152 | 0.1 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 27 | 82 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .234 | .272 | .390 | .284 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Liover Peguero | SS | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .397 | 158 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Alford | LF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 35 | -0.0 |
| Jason Delay | C | 54 | 167 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .213 | .265 | .271 | .244 | 51 | -0.1 |
| Cal Mitchell | RF | 69 | 232 | 48 | 5 | 17 | 3 | .226 | .286 | .349 | .283 | 78 | -0.1 |
| Travis Swaggerty | LF | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .098 | -50 | -0.1 |
| Michael Pérez | C | 41 | 132 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 1 | .149 | .214 | .298 | .229 | 41 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Knapp | C | 14 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .128 | .239 | .154 | .198 | 19 | -0.2 |
| José Godoy | C | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .104 | -45 | -0.3 |
| Josh VanMeter | 2B | 66 | 192 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 4 | .187 | .266 | .292 | .253 | 58 | -0.3 |
| Greg Allen | LF | 42 | 134 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 8 | .186 | .260 | .271 | .244 | 51 | -0.3 |
| Michael Chavis | 1B | 121 | 426 | 92 | 14 | 49 | 1 | .229 | .265 | .389 | .283 | 78 | -0.4 |
| Tucupita Marcano | LF | 49 | 177 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .206 | .256 | .306 | .250 | 56 | -0.4 |
| Cole Tucker | RF | 18 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .175 | .175 | .222 | .171 | 1 | -0.6 |
| Bligh Madris | RF | 39 | 123 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .177 | .244 | .265 | .233 | 44 | -0.6 |
| Yoshi Tsutsugo | 1B | 50 | 193 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .171 | .249 | .229 | .223 | 37 | -1.3 |
Pitching
31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jose Quintana | 32 | 32 | 165.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 137 | 2.93 | 2.99 | 1.21 | 7.4 | 3.6 |
| Mitch Keller | 31 | 29 | 159.0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 138 | 3.91 | 3.88 | 1.40 | 7.8 | 1.8 |
| JT Brubaker | 28 | 28 | 144.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 147 | 4.69 | 3.92 | 1.47 | 9.2 | 1.6 |
| David Bednar | 45 | 0 | 51.2 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 69 | 2.61 | 2.44 | 1.12 | 12.0 | 1.2 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | 51 | 1 | 57.1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 4.40 | 2.92 | 1.43 | 8.9 | 1.0 |
| Chris Stratton | 60 | 1 | 63.1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 4.26 | 3.32 | 1.53 | 8.5 | 0.8 |
| Roansy Contreras | 21 | 18 | 95.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 3.79 | 4.38 | 1.27 | 8.1 | 0.5 |
| Manny Banuelos | 35 | 0 | 41.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 4.39 | 3.45 | 1.29 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Luis Ortiz | 4 | 4 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4.50 | 3.67 | 1.13 | 9.6 | 0.2 |
| Yerry De los Santos | 26 | 0 | 25.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 4.91 | 4.01 | 1.29 | 9.1 | 0.1 |
| Austin Brice | 4 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.05 | 2.96 | 1.05 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Wil Crowe | 60 | 1 | 76.0 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 68 | 4.38 | 4.31 | 1.39 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Max Kranick | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 3.31 | 1.20 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Nick Mears | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.61 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Cam Alldred | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.11 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Banda | 32 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6.75 | 4.50 | 2.10 | 10.1 | -0.0 |
| Cam Vieaux | 8 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10.38 | 4.73 | 2.31 | 15.6 | -0.0 |
| Eric Stout | 20 | 0 | 22.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5.64 | 4.59 | 1.84 | 10.1 | -0.0 |
| Dillon Peters | 22 | 4 | 39.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4.58 | 4.74 | 1.32 | 5.9 | -0.1 |
| Zach Thompson | 29 | 22 | 121.2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 90 | 5.18 | 4.87 | 1.51 | 6.7 | -0.2 |
| Yohan Ramírez | 30 | 0 | 37.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4.58 | 4.88 | 1.39 | 7.7 | -0.2 |
| Aaron Fletcher | 9 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.94 | 6.11 | 1.20 | 4.6 | -0.2 |
| Diego Castillo | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 14.61 | 4.50 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Jerad Eickhoff | 1 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.77 | 10.04 | 2.54 | 8.3 | -0.3 |
| Sam Howard | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 16.11 | 3.00 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Chase De Jong | 42 | 0 | 71.2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 59 | 2.64 | 4.74 | 1.14 | 7.4 | -0.3 |
| Miguel Yajure | 12 | 1 | 24.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8.88 | 5.62 | 1.93 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Beede | 31 | 5 | 61.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 5.14 | 4.99 | 1.63 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Bryse Wilson | 25 | 20 | 115.2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 79 | 5.52 | 5.06 | 1.42 | 6.1 | -0.4 |
| Heath Hembree | 26 | 0 | 22.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7.36 | 7.43 | 1.95 | 7.0 | -0.8 |
| Josh VanMeter | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.00 | 26.78 | 5.67 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
Pittsburgh Pirates are 62-100, a .383 win rate, while their -226 run differential implies .356. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.