- Team WAR
- 20.6 11.1 bat / 9.5 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 2.8 WAR, and Mitch Keller the rotation at a 4.21 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,358 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jack Suwinski | CF | 141 | 534 | 100 | 26 | 74 | 13 | .224 | .339 | .454 | .343 | 115 | 2.8 |
| Bryan Reynolds | LF | 145 | 640 | 151 | 24 | 84 | 12 | .263 | .330 | .460 | .340 | 113 | 2.3 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | 122 | 525 | 134 | 15 | 61 | 10 | .271 | .309 | .453 | .326 | 104 | 2.0 |
| Andrew McCutchen | DH | 112 | 473 | 100 | 12 | 43 | 11 | .256 | .378 | .397 | .348 | 118 | 1.3 |
| Jared Triolo | 3B | 54 | 209 | 54 | 3 | 21 | 6 | .298 | .388 | .398 | .352 | 121 | 1.3 |
| Connor Joe | 1B | 132 | 472 | 102 | 11 | 42 | 3 | .247 | .339 | .421 | .335 | 110 | 1.1 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 146 | 619 | 132 | 23 | 86 | 6 | .240 | .318 | .429 | .325 | 103 | 1.0 |
| Jason Delay | C | 57 | 187 | 42 | 1 | 18 | 0 | .251 | .319 | .347 | .299 | 85 | 0.6 |
| Oneil Cruz | SS | 9 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .375 | .375 | .338 | 111 | 0.3 |
| Miguel Andujar | RF | 28 | 90 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 2 | .250 | .300 | .476 | .332 | 107 | 0.3 |
| Liover Peguero | 2B | 56 | 213 | 47 | 7 | 26 | 6 | .237 | .280 | .374 | .285 | 75 | 0.2 |
| Endy Rodríguez | C | 56 | 204 | 41 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .220 | .284 | .328 | .273 | 67 | 0.2 |
| Tucupita Marcano | SS | 68 | 220 | 47 | 3 | 18 | 5 | .233 | .276 | .356 | .277 | 70 | 0.2 |
| Joshua Palacios | RF | 86 | 264 | 59 | 10 | 40 | 5 | .239 | .279 | .413 | .298 | 84 | 0.1 |
| Alfonso Rivas III | 1B | 39 | 123 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 1 | .229 | .303 | .422 | .316 | 96 | 0.1 |
| Mark Mathias | 2B | 26 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .226 | .333 | .258 | .281 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Drew Maggi | 3B | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .358 | 125 | 0.0 |
| Jihwan Bae | CF | 103 | 371 | 77 | 2 | 32 | 24 | .231 | .296 | .311 | .274 | 68 | -0.0 |
| Cal Mitchell | RF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .142 | -23 | -0.1 |
| Rodolfo Castro | 2B | 84 | 256 | 48 | 6 | 24 | 1 | .211 | .297 | .322 | .278 | 71 | -0.1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 2B | 35 | 128 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .209 | .268 | .348 | .271 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Vinny Capra | 2B | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .250 | .222 | .222 | 32 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| Canaan Smith-Njigba | RF | 13 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .125 | .216 | .219 | .203 | 19 | -0.3 |
| Henry Davis | RF | 62 | 255 | 48 | 7 | 24 | 3 | .213 | .302 | .351 | .289 | 78 | -0.4 |
| 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 | -0.8 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mitch Keller | 32 | 32 | 194.1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 210 | 4.21 | 3.80 | 1.25 | 9.7 | 3.0 |
| David Bednar | 66 | 0 | 67.1 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 80 | 2.00 | 2.53 | 1.10 | 10.7 | 1.6 |
| Johan Oviedo | 32 | 32 | 177.2 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 158 | 4.31 | 4.49 | 1.37 | 8.0 | 1.4 |
| Dauri Moreta | 55 | 0 | 58.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 3.72 | 2.93 | 1.09 | 11.8 | 1.2 |
| Colin Holderman | 58 | 0 | 56.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 3.86 | 3.29 | 1.34 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| Ryan Borucki | 38 | 2 | 40.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2.45 | 3.50 | 0.74 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| Angel Perdomo | 30 | 0 | 29.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3.72 | 3.01 | 1.10 | 13.7 | 0.6 |
| Vince Velasquez | 8 | 8 | 37.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 3.86 | 3.87 | 1.31 | 8.9 | 0.6 |
| Osvaldo Bido | 16 | 9 | 50.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 5.86 | 4.10 | 1.50 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| Rich Hill | 32 | 27 | 146.1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 129 | 5.41 | 4.87 | 1.52 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Thomas Hatch | 18 | 2 | 28.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4.08 | 3.71 | 1.57 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 35 | 1 | 36.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 2.25 | 4.03 | 1.28 | 8.5 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| Yohan Ramírez | 31 | 0 | 38.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4.23 | 4.64 | 1.46 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Andre Jackson | 19 | 7 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 4.99 | 4.90 | 1.21 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Colin Selby | 21 | 5 | 24.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9.00 | 4.80 | 1.83 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Kyle Nicolas | 4 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11.81 | 5.88 | 2.06 | 11.8 | -0.1 |
| Duane Underwood Jr. | 20 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5.18 | 5.06 | 1.44 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Bailey Falter | 18 | 14 | 80.2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 60 | 5.36 | 5.25 | 1.41 | 6.7 | -0.1 |
| Roansy Contreras | 19 | 11 | 68.1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 6.59 | 5.19 | 1.57 | 7.2 | -0.1 |
| Wil Crowe | 5 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.66 | 5.84 | 1.86 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Cody Bolton | 16 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6.33 | 5.27 | 2.11 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Luis Ortiz | 18 | 15 | 86.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 4.78 | 5.57 | 1.70 | 6.1 | -0.4 |
| 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 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
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.