The Pirates What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Pirates play future games. These games include either the next game, games of the current series, or all remaining games. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.
| Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Win Next Game | 12 | 19 | <1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 89% |
| Current Standings | 11 | 19 | <1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 89% |
| Lose Next Game | 11 | 20 | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 90% |
| Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Pirates Sweeps | 13 | 19 | <1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 88% |
| Current Standings | 11 | 19 | <1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 89% |
| Cubs Sweeps | 11 | 21 | <1% | <1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 91% |
| Remaining Games Won |
Winning Percentage of Remaining Games |
Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 132 of 132 | 100% | 143 | 19 | >99% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| 130 of 132 | 98% | 141 | 21 | >99% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| 120 of 132 | 91% | 131 | 31 | >99% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| 110 of 132 | 83% | 121 | 41 | 99% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 107 of 132 | 81% | 118 | 44 | 95% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 106 of 132 | 80% | 117 | 45 | 92% | 7% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 105 of 132 | 80% | 116 | 46 | 90% | 9% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 104 of 132 | 79% | 115 | 47 | 86% | 13% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 103 of 132 | 78% | 114 | 48 | 83% | 16% | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 102 of 132 | 77% | 113 | 49 | 79% | 19% | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 101 of 132 | 77% | 112 | 50 | 73% | 23% | 1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 100 of 132 | 76% | 111 | 51 | 67% | 28% | 2% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 99 of 132 | 75% | 110 | 52 | 61% | 32% | 3% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 98 of 132 | 74% | 109 | 53 | 54% | 36% | 4% | 5% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 97 of 132 | 73% | 108 | 54 | 48% | 39% | 6% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 96 of 132 | 73% | 107 | 55 | 41% | 43% | 8% | 8% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 95 of 132 | 72% | 106 | 56 | 35% | 44% | 10% | 10% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| 94 of 132 | 71% | 105 | 57 | 28% | 46% | 12% | 13% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| 93 of 132 | 70% | 104 | 58 | 23% | 45% | 15% | 14% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| 92 of 132 | 70% | 103 | 59 | 18% | 43% | 18% | 18% | 3% | <1% | <1% |
| 91 of 132 | 69% | 102 | 60 | 14% | 42% | 21% | 19% | 5% | <1% | <1% |
| 90 of 132 | 68% | 101 | 61 | 11% | 38% | 23% | 21% | 6% | 1% | <1% |
| 89 of 132 | 67% | 100 | 62 | 7% | 33% | 26% | 24% | 9% | 1% | <1% |
| 88 of 132 | 67% | 99 | 63 | 5% | 29% | 27% | 25% | 12% | 2% | <1% |
| 87 of 132 | 66% | 98 | 64 | 3% | 25% | 29% | 24% | 15% | 3% | <1% |
| 86 of 132 | 65% | 97 | 65 | 2% | 21% | 30% | 23% | 19% | 5% | 1% |
| 85 of 132 | 64% | 96 | 66 | 1% | 16% | 29% | 23% | 22% | 7% | 1% |
| 84 of 132 | 64% | 95 | 67 | 1% | 12% | 28% | 20% | 24% | 12% | 2% |
| 83 of 132 | 63% | 94 | 68 | <1% | 9% | 27% | 17% | 28% | 15% | 4% |
| 82 of 132 | 62% | 93 | 69 | <1% | 6% | 25% | 15% | 28% | 20% | 7% |
| 81 of 132 | 61% | 92 | 70 | <1% | 5% | 23% | 12% | 27% | 22% | 11% |
| 80 of 132 | 61% | 91 | 71 | <1% | 3% | 21% | 8% | 26% | 27% | 16% |
| 79 of 132 | 60% | 90 | 72 | <1% | 2% | 17% | 6% | 23% | 29% | 23% |
| 78 of 132 | 59% | 89 | 73 | <1% | 1% | 15% | 4% | 19% | 30% | 31% |
| 77 of 132 | 58% | 88 | 74 | <1% | 1% | 12% | 3% | 15% | 29% | 41% |
| 76 of 132 | 58% | 87 | 75 | <1% | <1% | 9% | 2% | 11% | 26% | 52% |
| 75 of 132 | 57% | 86 | 76 | <1% | <1% | 8% | 1% | 7% | 22% | 62% |
| 74 of 132 | 56% | 85 | 77 | <1% | <1% | 6% | <1% | 5% | 17% | 71% |
| 73 of 132 | 55% | 84 | 78 | <1% | <1% | 5% | <1% | 3% | 13% | 79% |
| 72 of 132 | 55% | 83 | 79 | <1% | <1% | 3% | <1% | 2% | 9% | 86% |
| 71 of 132 | 54% | 82 | 80 | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 91% |
| 70 of 132 | 53% | 81 | 81 | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 94% |
| 60 of 132 | 45% | 71 | 91 | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 50 of 132 | 38% | 61 | 101 | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 40 of 132 | 30% | 51 | 111 | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 30 of 132 | 23% | 41 | 121 | X | X | <1% | X | X | X | >99% |
| 20 of 132 | 15% | 31 | 131 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| 10 of 132 | 8% | 21 | 141 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| 0 of 132 | 0% | 11 | 151 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |