2012 Pittsburgh Pirates

79-83 • .488 Win% • 4th in NL C

The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates went 79-83 (.488) finishing 4th in the NL C division. The club scored 651 runs, allowed 674, and played home games at PNC Park. Team leaders included Andrew McCutchen (31 HR, 96 RBI) and A. J. Burnett (16-10, 3.51 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
.488 Win %
4th Rank
651 R 674 RA
Diff -23

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⚡ Quick Stats

651 Runs Scored
674 Runs Allowed
-23 Run Diff
2,091K Attendance

📈 vs. 2012 NL Average

Batting Avg .242 4% below the 2012 league average (.253)
OBP .303 5% below the 2012 league average (.318)
SLG .395 1% below the 2012 league average (.400)
Team ERA 3.86 2% better than the 2012 league average (3.95)
Runs Scored 651 5% below the 2012 league average (683 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPNC Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,091,918
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Avg per Game 25,826

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2012

Batting Avg

1 Andrew McCutchen 0.327 2 Brock Holt 0.292 3 Neil Walker 0.280 4 Garrett Jones 0.274 5 Starling Marte 0.257

Home Runs

1 Andrew McCutchen 31 2 Pedro Alvarez 30 3 Garrett Jones 27 4 Neil Walker 14 5 Michael McKenry 12

RBI

1 Andrew McCutchen 96 2 Garrett Jones 86 3 Pedro Alvarez 85 4 Neil Walker 69 5 Clint Barmes 45
2012 Pittsburgh Pirates — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Andrew McCutchen 157 593 107 194 29 6 31 96 70 132 20 0.327
Pedro Alvarez 149 525 64 128 25 1 30 85 57 180 1 0.244
Garrett Jones 145 475 68 130 28 3 27 86 33 103 2 0.274
Neil Walker 129 472 62 132 27 0 14 69 47 104 7 0.280
Clint Barmes 144 455 34 104 16 1 8 45 20 106 0 0.229
Alex Presley 104 346 46 82 14 7 10 25 18 72 9 0.237
Jose Tabata 103 333 43 81 20 3 3 16 29 58 8 0.243
Rod Barajas 104 321 29 66 11 0 11 31 29 69 0 0.206
Casey McGehee 92 265 27 61 13 1 8 35 24 60 1 0.230
Josh Harrison 104 249 34 58 9 5 3 16 10 37 7 0.233
Michael McKenry 88 240 25 56 14 0 12 39 29 73 0 0.233
Starling Marte 47 167 18 43 3 6 5 17 8 50 12 0.257
Travis Snider 50 128 17 32 5 1 1 9 14 34 2 0.250
Gaby Sanchez 50 116 18 28 6 0 4 13 13 20 0 0.241
Drew Sutton 24 74 10 18 8 1 1 7 4 26 0 0.243
Matt Hague 30 70 5 16 2 0 0 7 3 14 1 0.229
Brock Holt 24 65 6 19 2 1 0 3 4 14 0 0.292
A. J. Burnett 31 63 1 4 0 0 0 2 3 36 0 0.063
Jordy Mercer 42 62 7 13 5 1 1 5 4 14 0 0.210
Nate McLouth 34 57 4 8 2 0 0 2 5 18 0 0.140
Yamaico Navarro 29 50 4 8 0 0 1 4 5 13 0 0.160
James McDonald 33 49 8 7 0 0 0 1 8 23 0 0.143
Kevin Correia 32 47 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.106
Erik Bedard 24 37 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 14 0 0.108
Jeff Karstens 19 28 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 15 0 0.107
Gorkys Hernandez 25 24 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 0.083
Wandy Rodriguez 13 24 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.167
Jeff Clement 23 22 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 7 0 0.136
Charlie Morton 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.000
Jeff Locke 8 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.091
Brad Lincoln 29 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.200
Chase d'Arnaud 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.000
Kyle McPherson 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Eric Fryer 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250
Chris Resop 61 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Jared Hughes 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chris Leroux 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Watson 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Juan Cruz 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Grilli 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joel Hanrahan 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Daniel McCutchen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Evan Meek 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Morris 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Qualls 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Slaten 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hisanori Takahashi 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick van den Hurk 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Wilson 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2012

ERA

1 Joel Hanrahan 2.72 2 Brad Lincoln 2.73 3 Juan Cruz 2.78 4 Jared Hughes 2.85 5 Jason Grilli 2.91

Wins

1 A. J. Burnett 16 2 Kevin Correia 12 3 James McDonald 12 4 Erik Bedard 7 5 Joel Hanrahan 5

Strikeouts

1 A. J. Burnett 180 2 James McDonald 151 3 Erik Bedard 118 4 Jason Grilli 90 5 Kevin Correia 89
2012 Pittsburgh Pirates — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
A. J. Burnett 16 10 3.51 31 31 0 202.1 189 79 62 180
Kevin Correia 12 11 4.21 32 28 0 171.0 176 80 46 89
James McDonald 12 8 4.21 30 29 0 171.0 147 80 69 151
Erik Bedard 7 14 5.01 24 24 0 125.2 129 70 56 118
Jeff Karstens 5 4 3.97 19 15 0 90.2 89 40 15 66
Jared Hughes 2 2 2.85 66 0 2 75.2 65 24 22 50
Wandy Rodriguez 5 4 3.72 13 12 0 75.0 71 31 24 50
Chris Resop 1 4 3.91 61 0 1 73.2 81 32 24 46
Joel Hanrahan 5 2 2.72 63 0 36 59.2 40 18 36 67
Brad Lincoln 4 2 2.73 28 5 1 59.1 51 18 14 60
Jason Grilli 1 6 2.91 64 0 2 58.2 45 19 22 90
Tony Watson 5 2 3.38 68 0 0 53.1 37 20 23 53
Charlie Morton 2 6 4.65 9 9 0 50.1 62 26 11 25
Juan Cruz 1 1 2.78 43 0 3 35.2 39 11 19 33
Jeff Locke 1 3 5.50 8 6 0 34.1 36 21 11 34
Kyle McPherson 0 2 2.73 10 3 0 26.1 24 8 7 21
Chad Qualls 0 0 6.59 17 0 0 13.2 14 10 2 6
Doug Slaten 0 0 2.77 10 0 0 13.0 9 4 8 6
Evan Meek 0 0 6.75 12 0 0 12.0 14 9 6 8
Chris Leroux 0 0 5.56 10 0 0 11.1 11 7 2 12
Hisanori Takahashi 0 0 8.64 9 0 0 8.1 10 8 4 11
Bryan Morris 0 0 1.80 5 0 0 5.0 2 1 2 6
Justin Wilson 0 0 1.93 8 0 0 4.2 10 1 3 7
Rick van den Hurk 0 1 13.50 4 0 0 2.2 5 4 1 3
Daniel McCutchen 0 1 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 2 1 0

👥 Roster (49)

Pedro Alvarez Rod Barajas Clint Barmes Erik Bedard A. J. Burnett Jeff Clement Kevin Correia Juan Cruz Eric Fryer Jason Grilli Matt Hague Joel Hanrahan +37 more

49 players

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The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates in brief

The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 79-83, a .488 winning percentage, placing 4th in the NL Central. The run column shows 651 for and 674 against. The team batting average of .242 was 4% below the 2012 league mark of .253. The Pittsburgh Pirates staff finished with a 3.86 ERA; the league as a whole was at 3.95. League clubs averaged 683 runs that year, so the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 5% fewer.

The home park, PNC Park, recorded 2,091,918 in attendance, about 25,826 a game. For power, Andrew McCutchen led the way with 31 homers. A. J. Burnett was the top winner, with 16 victories. Joel Hanrahan saved 36 games. In all, the roster shows 49 players. For the seasons either side, see the 2011 season and the 2013 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 79-83 (.488 win pct).
Who led the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Andrew McCutchen led the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates with 31 home runs.
What was the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 3.86.
Did the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series?
No. The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates play?
The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates played home games at PNC Park.
Who led the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Andrew McCutchen (31 HR, 96 RBI) and A. J. Burnett (16-10, 3.51 ERA).
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