Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Pirates Win 81st, End Streak of 20 Straight Losing Seasons

The Pittsburgh Pirates have won again tonight (4-3 at Milwaukee), bringing their record to 81-57 for the season. They cannot end with a losing (sub-.500) record, with 81-81 being the worst record they can possibly end up with. The Pirate franchise's streak of 20 straight losing seasons is now over and it looks like Pittsburgh will finish well above .500, with 24 games left to play. We've been charting the Pirates' wins as they closed in on .500 and here is the latest entry...


1 comment:

Mike said...

Not quite true that 81-81 is the worst possible. They could tie for the final wild card, lose the tie-breaker, and end up with an official regular season record of 81-82. See http://mat.tepper.cmu.edu/blog/?p=1811