2016 Pittsburgh Pirates

78-83 • .484 Win% • 3rd in NL C

The 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates went 78-83 (.484) finishing 3rd in the NL C division. The club scored 729 runs, allowed 758, and played home games at PNC Park. Team leaders included Andrew McCutchen (24 HR, 79 RBI) and Juan Nicasio (10-7, 4.50 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

78 Wins
83 Losses
.484 Win %
3rd Rank
729 R 758 RA
Diff -29

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⚡ Quick Stats

729 Runs Scored
758 Runs Allowed
-29 Run Diff
2,249K Attendance

📈 vs. 2016 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 1% above the 2016 league average (.253)
OBP .332 3% above the 2016 league average (.322)
SLG .401 3% below the 2016 league average (.412)
Team ERA 4.21 1% worse than the 2016 league average (4.17)
Runs Scored 729 1% above the 2016 league average (718 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPNC Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,249,201
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Avg per Game 27,767

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2016

Batting Avg

1 Starling Marte 0.311 2 Adam Frazier 0.301 3 Josh Harrison 0.283 4 Josh Bell 0.273 5 David Freese 0.270

Home Runs

1 Andrew McCutchen 24 2 Gregory Polanco 22 3 Jung Ho Kang 21 4 Sean Rodriguez 18 5 David Freese 13

RBI

1 Gregory Polanco 86 2 Andrew McCutchen 79 3 Jung Ho Kang 62 4 Josh Harrison 59 5 Jordy Mercer 59
2016 Pittsburgh Pirates — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Andrew McCutchen 153 598 81 153 26 3 24 79 69 143 6 0.256
Gregory Polanco 144 527 79 136 34 4 22 86 53 119 17 0.258
Jordy Mercer 149 519 66 133 22 3 11 59 51 83 1 0.256
Starling Marte 129 489 71 152 34 5 9 46 23 104 47 0.311
Josh Harrison 131 487 57 138 25 7 4 59 18 76 19 0.283
David Freese 141 437 63 118 23 0 13 55 45 142 0 0.270
John Jaso 132 380 45 102 25 3 8 42 45 74 0 0.268
Francisco Cervelli 101 326 42 86 14 1 1 33 56 72 6 0.264
Jung Ho Kang 103 318 45 81 19 0 21 62 36 79 3 0.255
Sean Rodriguez 140 300 49 81 16 1 18 56 33 102 2 0.270
Matt Joyce 140 231 45 56 10 1 13 42 59 67 1 0.242
Adam Frazier 66 146 21 44 8 1 2 11 12 26 4 0.301
Josh Bell 45 128 18 35 8 0 3 19 21 19 0 0.273
Chris Stewart 34 98 10 21 4 0 1 7 12 15 0 0.214
Eric Fryer 36 78 12 17 2 1 0 8 10 18 0 0.218
Erik Kratz 18 56 3 6 1 0 1 4 0 18 0 0.107
Francisco Liriano 23 42 2 12 1 0 1 5 0 16 0 0.286
Gerrit Cole 21 40 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 19 0 0.200
Jeff Locke 31 32 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0.125
Jameson Taillon 18 32 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 17 0 0.094
Alen Hanson 27 31 5 7 1 0 0 1 2 5 2 0.226
Jonathon Niese 24 30 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 14 0 0.100
Cole Figueroa 23 26 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0.154
Jason Rogers 23 25 2 2 0 1 0 2 7 9 0 0.080
Pedro Florimon 18 24 4 5 1 1 0 4 1 12 0 0.208
Chad Kuhl 15 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.087
Ivan Nova 11 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.136
Juan Nicasio 52 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.158
Ryan Vogelsong 24 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0.053
Jacob Stallings 5 15 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 0.400
Steven Brault 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Mike Morse 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Tyler Glasnow 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
Elias Diaz 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.000
Wilfredo Boscan 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.333
Arquimedes Caminero 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kyle Lobstein 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Max Moroff 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Rob Scahill 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
A. J. Schugel 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jared Hughes 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Drew Hutchison 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Wade LeBlanc 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Trevor Williams 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.000
Antonio Bastardo 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Coke 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Neftali Feliz 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cory Luebke 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kelvin Marte 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Melancon 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Curtis Partch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Zach Phillips 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Felipe Vazquez 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge Rondon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Watson 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2016

ERA

1 Mark Melancon 1.51 2 Jared Hughes 3.03 3 Ivan Nova 3.06 4 Tony Watson 3.06 5 Jameson Taillon 3.38

Wins

1 Juan Nicasio 10 2 Jeff Locke 9 3 Jonathon Niese 8 4 Gerrit Cole 7 5 Francisco Liriano 6

Strikeouts

1 Juan Nicasio 138 2 Francisco Liriano 116 3 Gerrit Cole 98 4 Jameson Taillon 85 5 Jonathon Niese 76
2016 Pittsburgh Pirates — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jeff Locke 9 8 5.44 30 19 0 127.1 151 77 44 73
Juan Nicasio 10 7 4.50 52 12 0 118.0 117 59 45 138
Gerrit Cole 7 10 3.88 21 21 0 116.0 131 50 36 98
Francisco Liriano 6 11 5.46 21 21 0 113.2 115 69 69 116
Jonathon Niese 8 6 4.91 23 18 0 110.0 132 60 38 76
Jameson Taillon 5 4 3.38 18 18 0 104.0 99 39 17 85
Ryan Vogelsong 3 7 4.81 24 14 0 82.1 80 44 40 61
Chad Kuhl 5 4 4.20 14 14 0 70.2 73 33 20 53
Tony Watson 2 5 3.06 70 0 15 67.2 52 23 20 58
Ivan Nova 5 2 3.06 11 11 0 64.2 68 22 3 52
Jared Hughes 1 1 3.03 67 0 1 59.1 62 20 22 34
Neftali Feliz 4 2 3.52 62 0 2 53.2 40 21 21 61
A. J. Schugel 2 2 3.63 36 0 1 52.0 41 21 13 46
Mark Melancon 1 1 1.51 45 0 30 41.2 31 7 9 38
Arquimedes Caminero 1 2 3.51 39 0 1 41.0 46 16 22 32
Steven Brault 0 3 4.86 8 7 0 33.1 45 18 17 29
Felipe Vazquez 1 3 3.29 28 0 0 27.1 23 10 18 39
Kyle Lobstein 2 0 3.96 14 0 0 25.0 25 11 12 15
Antonio Bastardo 3 0 4.13 28 0 0 24.0 19 11 11 28
Tyler Glasnow 0 2 4.24 7 4 0 23.1 22 11 13 24
Rob Scahill 0 0 4.41 15 0 0 16.1 18 8 6 13
Wilfredo Boscan 1 1 6.46 6 1 0 15.1 15 11 7 8
Trevor Williams 1 1 7.82 7 1 0 12.2 19 11 5 11
Wade LeBlanc 1 0 0.75 8 0 1 12.0 7 1 2 10
Drew Hutchison 0 0 5.56 6 1 0 11.1 15 7 3 10
Cory Luebke 0 1 9.35 9 0 0 8.2 15 9 11 9
Zach Phillips 0 0 2.70 8 0 0 6.2 8 2 1 6
Phil Coke 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 4.0 3 0 3 3
Jorge Rondon 0 0 17.18 2 0 0 3.2 9 7 1 4
Kelvin Marte 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.1 5 0 2 1
Erik Kratz 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 1
Curtis Partch 0 0 40.50 2 0 0 0.2 2 3 2 0

👥 Roster (55)

Antonio Bastardo Josh Bell Wilfredo Boscan Steven Brault Arquimedes Caminero Francisco Cervelli Phil Coke Gerrit Cole Elias Diaz Neftali Feliz Cole Figueroa Pedro Florimon +43 more

55 players

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The 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates in brief

The 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates won 78 games and lost 83, ending up 3rd in the NL Central. The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 729 runs and allowed 758, a run differential of -29. Against a league average of .253, the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates batted .257. Pitchers allowed 4.21 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.17. The 729 runs scored compare with a league average of 718 per club, 1% more.

Attendance at PNC Park totaled 2,249,201 for the year. For power, Andrew McCutchen led the way with 24 homers. Gregory Polanco drove in a team-high 86 runs. Juan Nicasio led the pitchers with 10 wins. Mark Melancon closed out 30 saves. The 2016 roster runs to 55 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 78-83 (.484 win pct).
Who led the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Andrew McCutchen led the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates with 24 home runs.
What was the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 4.21.
Did the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series?
No. The 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates play?
The 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates played home games at PNC Park.
Who led the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Andrew McCutchen (24 HR, 79 RBI) and Juan Nicasio (10-7, 4.50 ERA).
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