The Pittsburgh Pirates went 82-80 in 2026, a .506 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 767 runs and allowed 739, a run differential of +28. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.20 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Brandon Lowe led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Paul Skenes the rotation at a 3.82 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 21 games back. They spent 8 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 13 and were as far as 21 games back on September 26. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-9, their worst June at 11-15. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from March 31 to April 5 and a 5-game losing streak from April 26 to April 30. They were 44-37 at home and 38-43 on the road, 28-21 in one-run games and 35-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 at the Marlins on August 13; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 against the Cubs on July 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
16
.500
153
141
+12
May
16
12
.571
148
129
+19
June
11
15
.423
139
146
-7
July
12
13
.480
132
121
+11
August
12
15
.444
97
106
-9
Sept/Oct
15
9
.625
98
96
+2
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
28-21
.571
Extra innings
6-10
.375
Within the division
26-26
.500
Against .500+ clubs
35-40
.467
Decided by 5+ runs
27-22
.551
Last 10
7-3
.700
National League Central standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2026. 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
21,040
20,222
8,446
39,105
Night
46
19,886
19,354
8,446
39,105
Day
35
22,556
22,484
10,046
38,986
Weekend
39
26,531
25,541
11,956
39,105
Weekday
42
15,941
13,733
8,446
30,660
On the road
81
30,987
31,973
7,441
53,417
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
17
15,561
May
16
20,903
Jun
12
24,938
Jul
12
25,555
Aug
9
26,975
Sep
15
17,103
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:44
146 games
All games
2:48
Extra innings
3:24
16 of them
Longest
4:12
2026-04-18, 13 inn
Shortest
2:02
2026-08-18
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
2:48
2:45
2:02
4:12
Regulation
146
2:44
2:42
2:02
3:42
Extra innings
16
3:24
3:21
2:39
4:12
Home
81
2:49
2:44
2:02
4:12
Road
81
2:48
2:45
2:15
4:10
Day
70
2:49
2:45
2:06
4:12
Night
92
2:48
2:46
2:02
4:10
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
17
2:53
May
16
2:43
Jun
12
2:54
Jul
12
2:49
Aug
9
2:42
Sep
15
2:48
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 164 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 82-80, a .506 win rate, while their +28 run differential implies .517. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
