National League Central · 2023
Pittsburgh Pirates 2023
- Team WAR
- 26.3 13.8 bat / 12.5 pitch
- Win %
- .469 pyth .440
- Run diff
- -98 4.27 / 4.88 per g
- wRC+
- 92
- ERA
- 4.72 FIP 4.45
- Home runs
- 170
The Pittsburgh Pirates went 76-86 in 2023, a .469 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 692 runs and allowed 790, a run differential of -98. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.72 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Jack Suwinski led the position players at 3.1 WAR, and Mitch Keller the rotation at a 4.21 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jack Suwinski | CF | 141 | 534 | 100 | 26 | 74 | 13 | .224 | .339 | .454 | .343 | 115 | 3.1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | LF | 145 | 640 | 151 | 24 | 84 | 12 | .263 | .330 | .460 | .340 | 113 | 2.7 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | 122 | 525 | 134 | 15 | 61 | 10 | .271 | .309 | .453 | .326 | 104 | 2.1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | DH | 112 | 473 | 100 | 12 | 43 | 11 | .256 | .378 | .397 | .348 | 118 | 1.7 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 146 | 619 | 132 | 23 | 86 | 6 | .240 | .318 | .429 | .325 | 103 | 1.6 |
| Jared Triolo | 3B | 54 | 209 | 54 | 3 | 21 | 6 | .298 | .388 | .398 | .352 | 121 | 1.4 |
| Connor Joe | 1B | 132 | 472 | 102 | 11 | 42 | 3 | .247 | .339 | .421 | .335 | 110 | 1.3 |
| Jason Delay | C | 57 | 187 | 42 | 1 | 18 | 0 | .251 | .319 | .347 | .299 | 85 | 0.5 |
| Jihwan Bae | CF | 103 | 371 | 77 | 2 | 32 | 24 | .231 | .296 | .311 | .274 | 68 | 0.4 |
| Miguel Andujar | RF | 28 | 90 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 2 | .250 | .300 | .476 | .332 | 107 | 0.4 |
| Oneil Cruz | SS | 9 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .375 | .375 | .338 | 111 | 0.3 |
| Tucupita Marcano | SS | 68 | 220 | 47 | 3 | 18 | 5 | .233 | .276 | .356 | .277 | 70 | 0.3 |
| Alfonso Rivas III | 1B | 39 | 123 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 1 | .229 | .303 | .422 | .316 | 96 | 0.2 |
| Liover Peguero | 2B | 56 | 213 | 47 | 7 | 26 | 6 | .237 | .280 | .374 | .285 | 75 | 0.2 |
| Joshua Palacios | RF | 86 | 264 | 59 | 10 | 40 | 5 | .239 | .279 | .413 | .298 | 84 | 0.2 |
| Endy Rodríguez | C | 56 | 204 | 41 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .220 | .284 | .328 | .273 | 67 | 0.1 |
| Drew Maggi | 3B | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .358 | 125 | 0.0 |
| Mark Mathias | 2B | 26 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .226 | .333 | .258 | .281 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Nick Gonzales | 2B | 35 | 128 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .209 | .268 | .348 | .271 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Rodolfo Castro | 2B | 84 | 256 | 48 | 6 | 24 | 1 | .211 | .297 | .322 | .278 | 71 | -0.1 |
| Cal Mitchell | RF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .142 | -23 | -0.1 |
| Vinny Capra | 2B | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .250 | .222 | .222 | 32 | -0.1 |
| Canaan Smith-Njigba | RF | 13 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .125 | .216 | .219 | .203 | 19 | -0.2 |
| Alika Williams | SS | 35 | 112 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .198 | .270 | .248 | .240 | 45 | -0.3 |
| Chris Owings | SS | 8 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .141 | -23 | -0.3 |
| Henry Davis | RF | 62 | 255 | 48 | 7 | 24 | 3 | .213 | .302 | .351 | .289 | 78 | -0.3 |
| Ji Man Choi | DH | 38 | 117 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .163 | .239 | .385 | .268 | 64 | -0.4 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 72 | 212 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 1 | .184 | .234 | .227 | .210 | 24 | -0.9 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mitch Keller | 32 | 32 | 194.1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 210 | 4.21 | 3.80 | 1.25 | 9.7 | 3.6 |
| Johan Oviedo | 32 | 32 | 177.2 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 158 | 4.31 | 4.49 | 1.37 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| David Bednar | 66 | 0 | 67.1 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 80 | 2.00 | 2.53 | 1.10 | 10.7 | 1.8 |
| Dauri Moreta | 55 | 0 | 58.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 3.72 | 2.93 | 1.09 | 11.8 | 1.3 |
| Colin Holderman | 58 | 0 | 56.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 3.86 | 3.29 | 1.34 | 9.3 | 1.0 |
| Rich Hill | 32 | 27 | 146.1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 129 | 5.41 | 4.87 | 1.52 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| Vince Velasquez | 8 | 8 | 37.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 3.86 | 3.87 | 1.31 | 8.9 | 0.7 |
| Ryan Borucki | 38 | 2 | 40.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2.45 | 3.50 | 0.74 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| Osvaldo Bido | 16 | 9 | 50.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 5.86 | 4.10 | 1.50 | 8.5 | 0.6 |
| Angel Perdomo | 30 | 0 | 29.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3.72 | 3.01 | 1.10 | 13.7 | 0.6 |
| Thomas Hatch | 18 | 2 | 28.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4.08 | 3.71 | 1.57 | 8.2 | 0.4 |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 35 | 1 | 36.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 2.25 | 4.03 | 1.28 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Yerry De los Santos | 22 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.33 | 4.04 | 1.23 | 6.7 | 0.2 |
| Jose E. Hernandez | 50 | 0 | 50.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 4.97 | 4.48 | 1.36 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| Rob Zastryzny | 21 | 1 | 20.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.79 | 4.32 | 1.79 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| Andre Jackson | 19 | 7 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 4.99 | 4.90 | 1.21 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Yohan Ramírez | 31 | 0 | 38.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4.23 | 4.64 | 1.46 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Colin Selby | 21 | 5 | 24.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9.00 | 4.80 | 1.83 | 11.3 | 0.1 |
| Bailey Falter | 18 | 14 | 80.2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 60 | 5.36 | 5.25 | 1.41 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
| Chris Owings | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.26 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Hunter Stratton | 8 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.25 | 4.76 | 1.00 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Roansy Contreras | 19 | 11 | 68.1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 6.59 | 5.19 | 1.57 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | 20 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5.18 | 5.06 | 1.44 | 5.2 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Nicolas | 4 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11.81 | 5.88 | 2.06 | 11.8 | -0.1 |
| Cody Bolton | 16 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6.33 | 5.27 | 2.11 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Wil Crowe | 5 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.66 | 5.84 | 1.86 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Luis Ortiz | 18 | 15 | 86.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 4.78 | 5.57 | 1.70 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| Chase De Jong | 6 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13.50 | 11.02 | 2.12 | 5.6 | -0.8 |
| Quinn Priester | 10 | 8 | 50.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 7.74 | 6.74 | 1.70 | 6.5 | -0.8 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2023.
- Average
- 20,131 81 home dates
- Median
- 19,154
- Total
- 1,630,624
- Best
- 39,167 2023-04-07
- Quietest
- 8,594 2023-09-06
- On the road
- 29,919 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 20,131 | 19,154 | 8,594 | 39,167 |
| Night | 50 | 19,514 | 16,908 | 9,222 | 38,434 |
| Day | 31 | 21,127 | 21,642 | 8,594 | 39,167 |
| Weekend | 39 | 26,469 | 25,903 | 10,571 | 39,167 |
| Weekday | 42 | 14,246 | 13,591 | 8,594 | 26,541 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,919 | 31,388 | 8,261 | 51,487 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 15,004 |
| May | 12 | 18,961 |
| Jun | 16 | 21,954 |
| Jul | 11 | 29,292 |
| Aug | 16 | 19,285 |
| Sep | 12 | 16,922 |
| Oct | 1 | 22,954 |
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 162 completed games, 2023.
- Regulation
- 2:39 150 games
- All games
- 2:40
- Extra innings
- 2:56 12 of them
- Longest
- 3:39 2023-08-13, 10 inn
- Shortest
- 1:50 2023-09-14
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 2:40 | 2:40 | 1:50 | 3:39 |
| Regulation | 150 | 2:39 | 2:39 | 1:50 | 3:34 |
| Extra innings | 12 | 2:56 | 2:54 | 2:34 | 3:39 |
| Home | 81 | 2:40 | 2:40 | 1:50 | 3:39 |
| Road | 81 | 2:40 | 2:40 | 2:04 | 3:34 |
| Day | 61 | 2:36 | 2:34 | 1:50 | 3:08 |
| Night | 101 | 2:43 | 2:42 | 1:55 | 3:39 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 2:33 |
| May | 12 | 2:34 |
| Jun | 16 | 2:44 |
| Jul | 11 | 2:44 |
| Aug | 16 | 2:48 |
| Sep | 12 | 2:37 |
| Oct | 1 | 2:17 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 159 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 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their -98 run differential implies .440. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.