The Pittsburgh Pirates went 76-86 in 2024, a .469 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 665 runs and allowed 739, a run differential of -74. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.28 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Oneil Cruz led the position players at 4.2 WAR, and Paul Skenes the rotation at a 1.96 ERA.
The 2024 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 17 games back. They spent 13 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on April 8 and were as far as 17 games back on September 18. Their best month was July at 15-10, their worst August at 8-19. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 11 to July 20 and a 10-game losing streak from August 4 to August 14. They were 39-42 at home and 37-44 on the road, 25-26 in one-run games and 44-61 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 against the Mets on July 5; the heaviest defeat, 16-4 at the Rockies on June 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
17
.452
118
131
-13
May
12
14
.462
109
127
-18
June
14
12
.538
106
109
-3
July
15
10
.600
118
89
+29
August
8
19
.296
120
160
-40
Sept/Oct
13
14
.481
94
123
-29
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
25-26
.490
Extra innings
7-8
.467
Within the division
25-27
.481
Against .500+ clubs
44-61
.419
Decided by 5+ runs
19-27
.413
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2024
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2024. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
21,239
19,952
8,461
39,530
Night
43
20,227
18,937
8,461
39,530
Day
38
22,384
21,259
10,058
38,400
Weekend
42
26,001
24,606
12,369
39,530
Weekday
39
16,111
15,965
8,461
32,422
On the road
80
31,058
33,359
3,528
50,697
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
17,122
May
15
20,503
Jun
12
24,781
Jul
13
27,669
Aug
16
22,321
Sep
13
14,858
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, 2024.
Regulation
2:35
147 games
All games
2:39
Extra innings
3:14
15 of them
Longest
3:56
2024-08-07, 10 inn
Shortest
1:55
2024-05-06
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:39
2:36
1:55
3:56
Regulation
147
2:35
2:34
1:55
3:37
Extra innings
15
3:14
3:19
2:46
3:56
Home
81
2:41
2:39
1:55
3:56
Road
81
2:36
2:34
2:03
3:46
Day
73
2:41
2:39
2:07
3:37
Night
89
2:37
2:36
1:55
3:56
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:37
May
15
2:38
Jun
12
2:32
Jul
13
2:38
Aug
16
2:56
Sep
13
2:40
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 155 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.
Record versus run differential
Pittsburgh Pirates are 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their -74 run differential implies .452. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
