Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time Record

NL Central rivalry
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates lead Reds1,269to1,253·18 tiessince 1882

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Pirates lead 7-6

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At a glance

All-time since 1882 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates insights

Current-feed record
+7wins for Reds
51% Reds · 49% Pirates

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 23-29 since 2023.

Recent form
9-11last 20

Reds won 10-2 on Aug 2, 2026

Where it matters
1Postseason game

1 postseason game across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Reds built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 189 of 365 decided meetings (52%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 23-29, or 44% to Reds.

Reds vs Pirates postseason head-to-head record

Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates have met 2,540 times since 1882, 21 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Reds 13-8
21 postseason games since 1882
Playoff share
0.8%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,519
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
212W
205W
CIN
PIT
51%49%
Cincinnati RedsPittsburgh Pirates

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Aug 2
CIN 10-2 PIT
CIN
Aug 1
CIN 1-4 PIT
PIT
Jul 31
CIN 8-7 PIT
CIN
Jul 30
CIN 3-2 PIT
CIN
Jun 28
PIT 9-4 CIN
PIT
Jun 27
PIT 7-9 CIN
CIN
Jun 26
PIT 4-6 CIN
CIN
May 3
PIT 1-0 CIN
PIT
May 2
PIT 17-7 CIN
PIT
May 1
PIT 9-1 CIN
PIT
Last Meeting
Aug 2, 2026Final
CIN
10
HOME
PIT
2
AWAY
Redswon by8runs
Snapped Pirates' streak·Game 417 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cincinnati Reds won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.3 runs on average
3.3runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CIN-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200250.8%
PIT-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200249.2%
Last 10 Results
CIN / PIT

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season416 games
212
204
Postseason1 games
0
1
Cincinnati Reds Biggest Win
14–1+13 runs
Apr 6, 2021
Pittsburgh Pirates Biggest Win
14–0+14 runs
Aug 24, 2019
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CIN ↕PIT ↕Games ↕
20266713
20257613
20245813
20235813
202271219
202113619
20207310
201971219
201851419
201713619
201691019
201511819
201412719
201381220
201211718
201151015
201010616
200913518
20086915
20079716
20069716
20059716
200491019
200351116
200211718

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
116-94CIN HOME111-96PIT HOME
AWAY
96-111
CIN
AWAY
94-116
PIT
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates all-time record, 1882 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
2,527
Peak inning
1
Record game
40 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 417 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,527 Retrosheet games from 1882 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
30.5%

Share of the 417 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
69.5%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.3.

Average total
8.7runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
54.4%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5232185
55.6%
8.5Closest to even203214
48.7%
9.5159258
38.1%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Cincinnati Reds
212 W · 50.8%1.97
Pittsburgh Pirates
205 W · 49.2%2.03

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
35%vs 30.5% full archive
+4.5% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
65%vs 69.5% full archive
-4.5% in the last 20
Average total
9.4 runsvs 8.7 runs full archive
+0.7 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Reds and Pirates in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates

How is the Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1882 through 2026 contains 2,540 recorded meetings. 2,522 meetings have a winner; 18 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 21 games: Cincinnati Reds have 13 wins and Pittsburgh Pirates have 8 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1882 through 2026.

How do recent Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Pittsburgh Pirates lead the decided record 1269-1253. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1882 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates have met 417 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.