2018 Pittsburgh Pirates

82-79 • .509 Win% • 4th in NL C

The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates went 82-79 (.509) finishing 4th in the NL C division. The club scored 692 runs, allowed 693, and played home games at PNC Park. Team leaders included Gregory Polanco (23 HR, 81 RBI) and Jameson Taillon (14-10, 3.20 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

82 Wins
79 Losses
.509 Win %
4th Rank
692 R 693 RA
Diff -1

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⚡ Quick Stats

692 Runs Scored
693 Runs Allowed
-1 Run Diff
1,465K Attendance

📈 vs. 2018 NL Average

Batting Avg .253 3% above the 2018 league average (.246)
OBP .317 equal to the 2018 league average (.318)
SLG .407 1% above the 2018 league average (.403)
Team ERA 4.00 1% better than the 2018 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 692 2% below the 2018 league average (709 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPNC Park
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,465,316
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Avg per Game 18,316

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2018

Batting Avg

1 Corey Dickerson 0.300 2 Pablo Reyes 0.293 3 Austin Meadows 0.292 4 Elias Diaz 0.286 5 David Freese 0.282

Home Runs

1 Gregory Polanco 23 2 Starling Marte 20 3 Corey Dickerson 13 4 Josh Bell 12 5 Francisco Cervelli 12

RBI

1 Gregory Polanco 81 2 Starling Marte 72 3 Josh Bell 62 4 Colin Moran 58 5 Francisco Cervelli 57
2018 Pittsburgh Pirates — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Starling Marte 145 559 81 155 32 5 20 72 35 109 33 0.277
Corey Dickerson 135 504 65 151 35 7 13 55 21 80 8 0.300
Josh Bell 148 501 74 131 31 4 12 62 77 104 2 0.261
Gregory Polanco 130 461 75 117 32 6 23 81 61 117 12 0.254
Colin Moran 144 415 49 115 19 1 11 58 39 82 0 0.277
Jordy Mercer 117 394 43 99 29 2 6 39 32 87 2 0.251
Josh Harrison 97 344 41 86 13 1 8 37 18 68 3 0.250
Francisco Cervelli 104 332 39 86 15 3 12 57 51 84 2 0.259
Adam Frazier 113 318 52 88 23 2 10 35 29 53 1 0.277
Elias Diaz 82 252 33 72 12 0 10 34 21 40 0 0.286
David Freese 94 241 29 68 10 1 9 42 18 56 0 0.282
Austin Meadows 49 154 16 45 8 2 5 13 8 35 4 0.292
Sean Rodriguez 66 150 21 25 5 1 5 19 22 60 1 0.167
Jose Osuna 51 106 14 24 9 0 3 11 3 22 0 0.226
Jordan Luplow 37 92 16 17 1 3 3 7 10 18 2 0.185
Kevin Newman 31 91 7 19 2 0 0 6 4 23 0 0.209
Max Moroff 26 59 7 11 1 0 3 9 7 24 0 0.186
Pablo Reyes 18 58 9 17 2 0 3 7 5 11 0 0.293
Jameson Taillon 32 57 0 4 1 0 0 3 1 22 0 0.070
Ivan Nova 29 53 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0.019
Adeiny Hechavarria 15 43 2 10 4 0 1 3 3 11 0 0.233
Trevor Williams 31 43 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0.116
Kevin Kramer 21 37 5 5 0 0 0 4 2 20 0 0.135
Jacob Stallings 14 37 2 8 0 0 0 5 3 9 0 0.216
Joe Musgrove 20 31 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.161
Nick Kingham 18 23 1 2 1 0 0 4 1 10 0 0.087
Chad Kuhl 18 21 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.143
Steven Brault 46 20 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.150
Chris Archer 10 17 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.118
Clay Holmes 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jung Ho Kang 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Ryan Lavarnway 6 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.667
Tyler Glasnow 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Christopher Bostick 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Michael Feliz 47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Alex McRae 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Richard Rodriguez 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Casey Sadler 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tanner Anderson 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Felipe Vazquez 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Enny Romero 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Nick Burdi 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Crick 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Keone Kela 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Kontos 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dovydas Neverauskas 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Edgar Santana 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Josh Smoker 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2018

ERA

1 Kyle Crick 2.39 2 Richard Rodriguez 2.47 3 Felipe Vazquez 2.70 4 Trevor Williams 3.11 5 Jameson Taillon 3.20

Wins

1 Jameson Taillon 14 2 Trevor Williams 14 3 Ivan Nova 9 4 Steven Brault 6 5 Joe Musgrove 6

Strikeouts

1 Jameson Taillon 179 2 Trevor Williams 126 3 Ivan Nova 114 4 Joe Musgrove 100 5 Felipe Vazquez 89
2018 Pittsburgh Pirates — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jameson Taillon 14 10 3.20 32 32 0 191.0 179 68 46 179
Trevor Williams 14 10 3.11 31 31 0 170.2 146 59 55 126
Ivan Nova 9 9 4.19 29 29 0 161.0 171 75 35 114
Joe Musgrove 6 9 4.06 19 19 0 115.1 113 52 23 100
Steven Brault 6 3 4.61 45 5 0 91.2 84 47 57 82
Chad Kuhl 5 5 4.55 16 16 0 85.0 89 43 33 81
Nick Kingham 5 7 5.21 18 15 0 76.0 79 44 26 69
Felipe Vazquez 4 2 2.70 70 0 37 70.0 63 21 24 89
Richard Rodriguez 4 3 2.47 63 0 0 69.1 55 19 19 88
Edgar Santana 3 4 3.26 69 0 0 66.1 61 24 12 54
Kyle Crick 3 2 2.39 64 0 2 60.1 45 16 23 65
Tyler Glasnow 1 2 4.34 34 0 0 56.0 47 27 34 72
Chris Archer 3 3 4.30 10 10 0 52.1 53 25 18 60
Michael Feliz 1 2 5.66 47 0 0 47.2 49 30 23 55
Dovydas Neverauskas 0 0 8.00 25 0 0 27.0 30 24 10 27
Clay Holmes 1 3 6.84 11 4 0 26.1 30 20 23 21
George Kontos 2 3 5.03 21 0 1 19.2 23 11 5 9
Keone Kela 0 1 2.93 16 0 0 15.1 10 5 5 22
Tanner Anderson 1 0 6.35 6 0 0 11.1 15 8 8 6
Alex McRae 0 1 5.68 2 0 0 6.1 8 4 5 5
Josh Smoker 0 0 11.12 7 0 0 5.2 11 7 5 2
Casey Sadler 0 0 8.31 2 0 0 4.1 9 4 3 3
Enny Romero 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 4.0 7 2 3 5
Nick Burdi 0 0 20.25 2 0 0 1.1 3 3 2 2

👥 Roster (48)

Tanner Anderson Chris Archer Josh Bell Christopher Bostick Steven Brault Nick Burdi Francisco Cervelli Kyle Crick Elias Diaz Corey Dickerson Michael Feliz Adam Frazier +36 more

48 players

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The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates in brief

A 82-79 record (.509) put the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates 4th in the NL Central. The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 692 runs and allowed 693, a run differential of -1. At the plate the Pittsburgh Pirates hit .253, 3% better than the league's .246. Pitchers allowed 4.00 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.03. The 692 runs scored compare with a league average of 709 per club, 2% fewer.

PNC Park was home in 2018, drawing a total attendance of 1,465,316. For power, Gregory Polanco led the way with 23 homers. Starling Marte collected the most hits, 155. The pitching staff's wins leader was Jameson Taillon (14). Felipe Vazquez closed out 37 saves. The 2018 roster runs to 48 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 82-79 (.509 win pct).
Who led the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Gregory Polanco led the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates with 23 home runs.
What was the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 4.00.
Did the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series?
No. The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates play?
The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates played home games at PNC Park.
Who led the 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Gregory Polanco (23 HR, 81 RBI) and Jameson Taillon (14-10, 3.20 ERA).
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