2011 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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2011  Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates logo 2014.svg
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark PNC Park
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
Owners Robert Nutting
General managers Neal Huntington
Managers Clint Hurdle
Television Root Sports Pittsburgh
Radio WPGB-FM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 125th season as a member of the National League and 130th season overall. This was their 11th season at PNC Park. The season was the first with manager Clint Hurdle, who was hired to replace the fired John Russell. After going a major league worst 57–105, they enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence, winning more than 70 games for the first time since 2004 and being covered significantly in the summer due to being involved in the pennant race, but they still locked up their 19th consecutive losing season.

Contents

Regular season

April

The Pirates won their opening game against the Cubs in Chicago 6–3. [2] Neil Walker led the offense with a grand slam in the fifth inning, becoming the only Pirate other than Roberto Clemente to hit a grand slam on opening day. Pittsburgh blew a lead the following day and lost, but scored two runs in the final inning of the series finale to finish their first series with a 2–1 record. [3] Pittsburgh defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in two of three games during their second series, marking the first time the Pirates had won the majority of games in two consecutive road series since 2007. [4] Pittsburgh came home to face the Colorado Rockies; winning one game out of four. In the second game of the series, the Pirates prevailed in a 5-hour, 10-minute game which lasted 14 innings. After an injury to starting pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, the bullpen combined for 11+1⁄3 scoreless innings—the most for the Pirates since 1900. [5]

Taser incident

During the April 9 game in Pittsburgh, a local man was arrested in the left-field seating section. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review , the man "appeared to be drunk, bothered fans in his section and belligerently refused to cooperate" when he would not leave at the game at the request of PNC Park employees and police. [6] While being escorted from the section the man struck a ballpark employee, which was met with officers putting him under arrest after "Tasering him to little effect before clubbing him in the neck, head, side and legs." [6] The entire incident was captured on video. [7] He was charged with public drunkenness, resisting arrest, and two additional misdemeanors. [6] In a related incident, a woman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and defiant trespassing. After yelling at the officers making the initial arrest, she then "resisted an officer's attempts to remove her from the park" while yelling obscenities. [8]

May

In May, the Pirates compiled a 13–13 (.500) record, and finished the month at 25–28 for the season.

June

On June 24, 2011, the Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox, 3–1, to improve their record to 38–37. This is the latest in the season that the Pirates have been above .500 since 1999.

On June 28, 2011, the Pirates defeated the Blue Jays 7–6 at the Rogers Centre, to mark their first inter-league road victory in two years.

July

On July 8, the Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs to enter the All-Star break above the .500 mark for the first time since 1992. The Pirates also sent three players to the All-Star Game with the selections of Kevin Correia, Joel Hanrahan and Andrew McCutchen. This marked the first time since 1990 that the team had three All-Stars in the National League lineup. [9] While Correia did not enter the game, along with Tim Lincecum, McCutchen entered the game in the seventh inning, batting in the eighth. Hanrahan was called to close in the top of the ninth, striking out the first batter, however an untimely error from Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro and a single led to two men in scoring position. Brian Wilson got the save.

On July 15, and again on July 18, the Pirates moved into first place of the NL Central. This marked the first two times that the Pirates were in first place this late in the season since 1997. [10]

July 25 saw the Pirates return to the national stage with their game at Atlanta being televised on ESPN. This is the first time the Pirates had been on ESPN since September 22, 2004. [11] The Pirates went on to win the game 3 to 1, moving them again into a first place tie in the NL Central.

The next night, the Pirates fell victim to a controversial call in a 4–3 loss to the Braves after 19 innings. Braves infielder Julio Lugo was ruled safe at home plate by home plate umpire Jerry Meals even though replay clearly showed Lugo should have been called out. Meals and the league both admitted the call was incorrect. The team ended up filing a complaint with the commissioner's office. [12]

Game log

2011 Game Log (72–90)
April (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Cubs 6–3Correia (1–0)Dempster (0–1)Hanrahan (1)41,3581–0
2April 2@ Cubs 3–5Marshall (1–0)Meek (0–1)Marmol (1)35,7821–1
3April 3@ Cubs 5–4Karstens (1–0)Marmol (0–1)Hanrahan (2)30,8572–1
4April 4@ Cardinals 4–3Morton (1–0)Lohse (0–1)Hanrahan (3)32,0073–1
5April 5@ Cardinals 2–3Batista (1–0)Olson (0–1)Franklin (1)33,6663–2
6April 6@ Cardinals 3–1Correia (2–0)Carpenter (0–1)Hanrahan (4)34,9654–2
7April 7 Rockies 1–7Rogers (1–0)Maholm (0–1)—39,2194–3
8April 8 Rockies 4–3 (14)Olson (1–1)Morales (0–1)—29,1925–3
9April 9 Rockies 4–6Belisle (1–0)Veras (0–1)Lindstrom (1)25,3985–4
10April 10 Rockies 5–6Chacin (2–0)Crotta (0–1)Street (4)18,0435–5
—April 12 Brewers Postponed
11April 13 Brewers 0–6Marcum (2–1)Correia (2–1)—8,7555–6
12April 14 Brewers 1–4Wolf (1–2)Maholm (0–2)—10,5175–7
13April 15@ Reds 6–1Morton (2–0)Arroyo (2–1)—21,3126–7
14April 16@ Reds 2–11Leake (2–0)McDonald (0–1)—26,4186–8
15April 17@ Reds 7–6Resop (1–0)Ondrusek (2–1)Hanrahan (5)32,1057–8
16April 18@ Reds 9–3Correia (3–1)Wood (1–2)—12,7778–8
17April 19@ Marlins 0–6Johnson (3–0)Maholm (0–3)—11,1188–9
18April 20@ Marlins 0–6Nolasco (2–0)Morton (2–1)—10,1128–10
19April 21@ Marlins 5–9Volstad (1–1)McDonald (0–2)—12,3088–11
—April 22 Nationals Postponed
20April 23 Nationals 7–2Karstens (2–0)Hernandez (2–2)—18,2629–11
21April 24 Nationals 3–6Marquis (2–0)Correia (3–2)Storen (3)9,5209–12
22April 25 Nationals 4–2Maholm (1–3)Lannan (2–2)Hanrahan (6)12,45710–12
23April 26 Giants 2–3 (10)Romo (1–0)Hanrahan (0–1)Wilson (6)9,83210–13
24April 27 Giants 2–0McDonald (1–2)Bumgarner (0–4)Hanrahan (7)9,04811–13
25April 28 Giants 2–5Vogelsong (1–0)Karstens (2–1)Wilson (7)14,74711–14
26April 29@ Rockies 3–0Correia (4–2)Chacin (3–2)Hanrahan (8)34,47712–14
27April 30@ Rockies 1–4Hammel (3–1)Maholm (1–4)Street (10)33,68412–15
May (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Rockies 8–4Morton (3–1)Jimenez (0–2)—35,01213–15
29May 2@ Padres 4–3McDonald (2–2)Harang (4–2)Hanrahan (9)20,54614–15
30May 3@ Padres 5–6Adams (1–0)Beimel (0–1)Bell (7)18,63614–16
31May 4@ Padres 7–4Correia (5–2)Richard (1–3)—16,61315–16
32May 6 Astros 2–3Rodriguez (2–3)Resop (1–1)Melancon (1)12,72815–17
33May 7 Astros 6–1Morton (4–1)Norris (2–2)—32,29916–17
34May 8 Astros 5–4McCutchen (1–0)Abad (1–3)Hanrahan (10)17,94617–17
35May 9 Dodgers 4–1Veras (1–1)Billingsley (2–2)Hanrahan (11)11,37318–17
36May 10 Dodgers 3–10Lilly (3–3)Correia (5–3)—13,49718–18
37May 11 Dodgers 0–2Kuroda (4–3)Maholm (1–5)Padilla (3)12,91018–19
—May 12 Dodgers Postponed
38May 13@ Brewers 2–5Gallardo (4–2)McDonald (2–3)Axford (8)32,83718–20
39May 14@ Brewers 2–8Narveson (2–3)Karstens (2–2)—42,42218–21
40May 15@ Brewers 6–9Greinke (2–1)Correia (5–4)—37,05918–22
41May 16@ Nationals 2–4Kimball (1–0)Maholm (1–6)Storen (9)21,96018–23
—May 17@ Nationals Postponed
42May 18@ Reds 5–0Morton (5–1)Arroyo (3–4)—16,54319–23
43May 19@ Reds 5–3McDonald (3–3)Cueto (2–1)Hanrahan (12)26,01820–23
44May 20 Tigers 10–1Karstens (3–2)Penny (4–4)—24,39621–23
45May 21 Tigers 6–2Correia (6–4)Scherzer (6–1)Hanrahan (13)37,95822–23
46May 22 Tigers 0–2Porcello (4–2)Maholm (1–7)Valverde (11)25,12422–24
47May 24 Braves 0–2Jurrjens (6–1)Morton (5–2)Kimbrel (13)16,87322–25
48May 25 Braves 2–4 (11)Sherrill (1–0)Karstens (3–3)Kimbrel (14)21,49722–26
49May 27@ Cubs 4–2Correia (7–4)Davis (0–3)Hanrahan (14)34,10523–26
50May 28@ Cubs 10–0Maholm (2–7)Wells (1–1)—38,41324–26
51May 29@ Cubs 2–3Dempster (4–4)Karstens (3–4)Marmol (10)37,46424–27
52May 30@ Mets 3–7Gee (5–0)McCutchen (1–1)—24,49024–28
53May 31@ Mets 5–1Meek (1–1)Dickey (2–6)—26,19825–28
June (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Mets 9–3Correia (8–4)Capuano (3–6)—25,23426–28
55June 2@ Mets 8–9Isringhausen (1–0)Veras (1–2)Rodriguez (16)30,07426–29
56June 3 Phillies 2–1 (12)Moskos (1–0)Baez (1–3)—33,86127–29
57June 4 Phillies 6–3Morton (6–2)Kendrick (3–4)—39,44128–29
58June 5 Phillies 3–7Halladay (8–3)McDonald (3–4)—35,50528–30
59June 7 D-backs 8–5Resop (2–1)Hernandez (2–2)Hanrahan (15)12,37829–30
60June 8 D-backs 3–2 (12)McCutchen (2–1)Kroenke (0–1)—14,01530–30
61June 9 D-backs 0–2Owings (2–0)Resop (2–2)Hernandez (2)12,46830–31
62June 10 Mets 1–8Gee (7–0)Morton (6–3)—24,65330–32
63June 11 Mets 3–2McDonald (4–4)Dickey (3–7)Hanrahan (16)39,27331–32
64June 12 Mets 0–7Capuano (5–6)Correia (8–5)—26,45231–33
65June 13 Mets 3–1Maholm (3–7)Pelfrey (3–5)Hanrahan (17)15,55532–33
66June 14@ Astros 1–0Karstens (4–4)Norris (4–5)Hanrahan (18)29,71233–33
67June 15@ Astros 7–3Morton (7–3)Del Rosario (0–1)Hanrahan (19)29,86634–33
68June 16@ Astros 5–4McDonald (5–4)Lyles (0–2)Veras (1)26,41535–33
69June 17@ Indians 1–5Tomlin (8–4)Correia (8–6)—38,54935–34
70June 18@ Indians 1–5Carrasco (7–3)Maholm (3–8)—31,86535–35
71June 19@ Indians 2–5 (11)Sipp (3–0)Wood (0–1)—30,02335–36
72June 20 Orioles 3–8Arrieta (9–4)Morton (7–4)—22,44735–37
73June 21 Orioles 9–3Resop (3–2)Guthrie (2–9)—33,80636–37
74June 22 Orioles 5–4Correia (9–6)Britton (6–5)Hanrahan (20)19,41837–37
75June 24 Red Sox 3–1Maholm (4–8)Lester (9–4)Hanrahan (21)39,33038–37
76June 25 Red Sox 6–4Karstens (5–4)Wakefield (4–3)Hanrahan (22)39,48339–37
77June 26 Red Sox 2–4Miller (1–0)Wood (0–2)Papelbon (14)39,51139–38
78June 28@ Blue Jays 7–6Correia (10–6)Reyes (3–7)Hanrahan (23)17,08540–38
79June 29@ Blue Jays 1–2Morrow (4–4)Maholm (4–9)Francisco (9)15,63240–39
80June 30@ Blue Jays 6–2Karstens (6–4)Cecil (1–3)—14,93941–39
July (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Nationals 1–2Storen (5–2)Wood (0–3)—22,39941–40
82July 2@ Nationals 5–3Veras (2–2)Burnett (3–5)Hanrahan (24)—42–40
83July 2@ Nationals 3–4Mattheus (1–0)Watson (0–1)Storen (20)39,63842–41
84July 3@ Nationals 10–2Correia (11–6)Marquis (7–3)—23,52243–41
85July 4 Astros 5–3Maholm (5–9)Myers (3–8)Hanrahan (25)36,94244–41
86July 5 Astros 5–1Karstens (7–4)Rodriguez (6–5)—18,15145–41
87July 6 Astros 2–8Norris (5–6)Morton (7–5)—18,91045–42
88July 8 Cubs 7–4McCutchen (3–1)Marshall (5–3)Hanrahan (26)37,14046–42
89July 9 Cubs 3–6Dempster (6–6)Correia (11–7)Marmol (19)39,23546–43
90July 10 Cubs 9–1Maholm (6–9)Ortiz (0–2)—31,42847–43
91July 15@ Astros 4–0Karstens (8–4)Myers (3–10)—27,78748–43
92July 16@ Astros 4–6Escalona (2–1)Veras (2–3)Melancon (7)35,08148–44
93July 17@ Astros 7–5 (11)Leroux (1–0)Melancon (5–3)Resop (1)24,58049–44
94July 18 Reds 2–0Morton (8–5)Willis (0–1)Hanrahan (27)22,01650–44
95July 19 Reds 1–0McDonald (6–4)Leake (8–5)Hanrahan (28)26,05851–44
96July 20 Reds 1–3Cueto (6–3)Karstens (8–5)Cordero (19)25,20751–45
97July 22 Cardinals 4–6Carpenter (6–7)Maholm (6–10)Salas (18)38,49051–46
98July 23 Cardinals 1–9Garcia (10–4)Correia (11–8)—39,10251–47
99July 24 Cardinals 4–3 (10)Beimel (1–1)Motte (3–2)—35,40252–47
100July 25@ Braves 3–1McDonald (7–4)Hudson (9–7)Hanrahan (29)30,09853–47
101July 26@ Braves 3–4 (19)Proctor (2–3)McCutchen (3–2)—22,03653–48
102July 27@ Braves 1–2 (10)Linebrink (4–2)Leroux (1–1)—24,18653–49
103July 28@ Braves 5–2Correia (12–8)Lowe (6–9)Hanrahan (30)38,35554–49
104July 29@ Phillies 3–10Halladay (13–4)Morton (8–6)—45,59954–50
105July 30@ Phillies 4–7Lee (10–7)McDonald (7–5)Madson (18)45,73754–51
106July 31@ Phillies 5–6 (10)Bastardo (4–0)Watson (0–2)—45,80954–52
August (8–22)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1 Cubs 3–5Zambrano (8–6)Maholm (6–11)Marmol (21)22,24854–53
108August 2 Cubs 6–11Wells (3–4)Correia (12–9)—26,10954–54
109August 3 Cubs 0–1Garza (5–8)Resop (3–3)Marmol (22)19,10654–55
110August 4 Cubs 6–7Samardzija (6–4)McCutchen (3–3)Marmol (23)29,31754–56
111August 5 Padres 5–15Harang (10–3)Karstens (8–6)—37,76654–57
112August 6 Padres 2–13Luebke (4–6)Maholm (6–12)—39,25154–58
113August 7 Padres 3–7Latos (6–11)Correia (12–10)—35,60154–59
114August 8@ Giants 5–0Morton (9–6)Vogelsong (9–2)—42,40555–59
115August 9@ Giants 0–6Bumgarner (7–11)McDonald (7–6)—42,64855–60
116August 10@ Giants 9–2Karstens (9–6)Sanchez (4–7)—42,60356–60
117August 12@ Brewers 2–7Greinke (11–4)Maholm (6–13)—41,82056–61
118August 13@ Brewers 0–1Estrada (3–7)Correia (12–11)Axford (34)43,21456–62
119August 14@ Brewers 1–2 (10)Saito (3–1)Resop (3–4)—45,10356–63
120August 15 Cardinals 6–2McDonald (8–6)Westbrook (9–7)—19,76657–63
121August 16 Cardinals 5–4 (11)Resop (4–4)Rhodes (0–1)—20,94358–63
122August 17 Cardinals 2–7Lohse (11–7)Maholm (6–14)—22,29658–64
123August 19 Reds 8–11Wood (6–5)Hanrahan (0–2)Cordero (25)36,62058–65
124August 20 Reds 5–3Watson (1–2)Chapman (2–1)Hanrahan (31)37,82659–65
125August 21 Reds 4–5Arredondo (3–3)Hanrahan (0–3)Cordero (26)29,96759–66
126August 22 Brewers 1–8Narveson (9–6)Karstens (9–7)——59–67
127August 22 Brewers 9–2McCutchen (4–3)Greinke (12–5)—19,38060–67
128August 23 Brewers 4–11Estrada (4–8)Ohlendorf (0–1)—21,41160–68
129August 24 Brewers 2–0Grilli (1–0)Marcum (11–4)Hanrahan (32)18,01361–68
130August 25@ Cardinals 4–8Jackson (3–2)Morton (9–7)—36,50361–69
131August 26@ Cardinals 4–5McClellan (10–6)Veras (2–4)—40,48061–70
132August 27@ Cardinals 7–0Lincoln (1–0)Carpenter (8–9)—35,81262–70
133August 28@ Cardinals 4–7Lohse (12–8)Karstens (9–8)Motte (1)38,42962–71
134August 29@ Astros 4–7Rodriguez (10–9)Grilli (1–1)Melancon (15)19,25062–72
135August 30@ Astros 2–8Sosa (2–2)Morton (9–8)—21,75062–73
136August 31@ Astros 0–2Happ (5–15)McDonald (8–7)Melancon (16)22,91862–74
September (10–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1 Dodgers 4–6Eveland (1–0)Lincoln (1–1)Jansen (3)12,22462–75
138September 2@ Cubs 3–1Burres (1–0)Dempster (10–11)Hanrahan (33)35,15363–75
139September 3@ Cubs 7–5Resop (5–4)Marmol (2–5)Hanrahan (34)36,62864–75
140September 4@ Cubs 3–6Wells (7–4)Morton (9–9)Marshall (4)40,46964–76
141September 5 Astros 3–1McDonald (9–7)Sosa (2–3)Hanrahan (35)13,36665–76
142September 6 Astros 1–4Myers (4–13)Lincoln (1–2)Melancon (17)9,84065–77
143September 7 Astros 5–4Watson (2–2)Lopez (2–6)Hanrahan (36)12,33066–77
144September 9 Marlins 4–13Nolasco (10–10)Ohlendorf (0–2)—24,52766–78
145September 10 Marlins 0–3Sanchez (8–7)Locke (0–1)—34,06366–79
146September 11 Marlins 1–4Vazquez (10–11)McDonald (9–8)Oviedo (34)19,07166–80
147September 12 Cardinals 6–5Grilli (2–1)Rzepczynski (0–2)Hanrahan (37)13,27867–80
148September 13 Cardinals 4–6McClellan (11–6)Hanrahan (0–4)Motte (6)16,54467–81
149September 14 Cardinals 2–3Jackson (5–2)Morton (9–10)Motte (7)12,52067–82
150September 15@ Dodgers 6–2Ohlendorf (1–2)Eveland (2–1)Hanrahan (38)25,38168–82
151September 16@ Dodgers 2–7Kuroda (12–16)Locke (0–2)—41,14868–83
152September 17@ Dodgers 1–6Lilly (10–14)McDonald (9–9)—32,51468–84
153September 18@ Dodgers 1–15Billingsley (11–10)Lincoln (1–3)—37,80268–85
154September 19@ D-backs 0–1Kennedy (20–4)Karstens (9–9)Putz (42)24,45868–86
155September 20@ D-backs 5–3Morton (10–10)Hudson (16–11)Hanrahan (39)30,11469–86
156September 21@ D-backs 5–8Miley (4–2)Ohlendorf (1–3)Putz (43)25,29669–87
157September 23 Reds 4–3Hanrahan (1–4)Bray (5–3)—23,63270–87
158September 24 Reds 4–3Lincoln (2–3)Wood (6–6)Grilli (1)37,38871–87
159September 25 Reds 4–5Willis (1–6)Moskos (1–1)Cordero (35)28,75871–88
160September 26@ Brewers 9–8McCutchen (5–3)Saito (4–2)Hanrahan (40)41,22272–88
161September 27@ Brewers 4–6Hawkins (3–1)Hughes (0–1)Axford (46)41,86472–89
162September 28@ Brewers 3–7Greinke (16–6)Locke (0–3)—41,97672–90
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 9666.593—57‍–‍2439‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 9072.556645‍–‍3645‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 7983.4881742‍–‍3937‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7290.4442436‍–‍4536‍–‍45
Chicago Cubs 7191.4382539‍–‍4232‍–‍49
Houston Astros 56106.3464031‍–‍5025‍–‍56

National League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies 10260.630
Milwaukee Brewers 9666.593
Arizona Diamondbacks 9468.580
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 9072.556—
Atlanta Braves 8973.5491
San Francisco Giants 8676.5314
Los Angeles Dodgers 8279.5097½
Washington Nationals 8081.4979½
Cincinnati Reds 7983.48811
New York Mets 7785.47513
Colorado Rockies 7389.45117
Florida Marlins 7290.44418
Pittsburgh Pirates 7290.44418
Chicago Cubs 7191.43819
San Diego Padres 7191.43819
Houston Astros 56106.34634

Record vs. opponents

2011 National League record

Source: [13]
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona –2–33–44–213–55–26–110–84–33–33–33–311–79–93–45–310–8
Atlanta 3–2–4–33–36–212–65–12–55–39–96–124–24–56–11–59–910–5
Chicago 4–33–4–7–112–43–38–73–36–104–22–58–83–35–45–103–45–10
Cincinnati 2–43–311–7–3–43–39–64–28–82–51–75–104–25–29–64–26–12
Colorado 5–132–64–24–3–3–35–29–93–65–21–44–39–95–132–44–38–7
Florida 2–56–123–33–33–3–6–13–30–79–96–126–00–74–22–611–78–10
Houston 1–61–57–86–92–51–6–4–53–123–32–47–113–54–35–103–34–11
Los Angeles 8–105–23–32–49–93–35–4–2–42–51–56–213–59–94–34–26–9
Milwaukee 3–43–510–68–86–37–012–34–2–4–23–412–33–23–39–93–36–9
New York 3–39–92–45–22–59–93–35–22–4–7–114–44–32–43–38–109–9
Philadelphia 3–312–65–27–14–112–64–25–14–311–7–4–27–14–33–68–109–6
Pittsburgh 3–32–48–810–53–40–611–72–63–124–42–4–2–43–37–94–48–7
San Diego 7–115–43–32–49–97–05–35–132–33–41–74–2–6–123–33–46–9
San Francisco 9–91–64–52–513–52–43–49–93–34–23–43–312–6–5–23–410–5
St. Louis 4–35–110–56–94–26–210–53–49–93–36–39–73–32–5–2–48–7
Washington 3–59–94–32–43–47–113–32–43–310–810–84–44–34–34–2–8–7

Detailed records

Roster

2011 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
José Tábata LF
Neil Walker 2B
Andrew McCutchen CF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Pedro Alvarez 3B
Ryan Doumit C
Garrett Jones RF
Ronny Cedeño SS
Kevin Correia SP

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Neil Walker 159596761633641283954.273.408
Andrew McCutchen 1585728714834523892389.259.456
Garrett Jones 148423511033011658648.243.433
Ronny Cedeño 12841343103253232230.249.339
Lyle Overbay 1033524080171837136.227.349
José Tábata 9133453891814211640.266.362
Brandon Wood 99236255290731019.220.347
Pedro Álvarez 74235184591419124.191.289
Xavier Paul 1212323059652201613.254.349
Ryan Doumit 772181766121830016.303.477
Matt Diaz 1002161456121019411.259.324
Alex Presley 522152764126420913.298.465
Josh Harrison 65195215313211643.272.374
Michael McKenry 581801740120211014.222.322
Chase d'Arnaud 4814317316206124.217.287
Ryan Ludwick 38112142650211019.232.330
Derrek Lee 2810116342171808.337.584
Chris Snyder 3496132630317017.271.396
Steve Pearce 50948192011007.202.255
Jason Jaramillo 2343114300612.326.395
Pedro Ciriaco 2333410210621.303.424
Dusty Brown 112823000011.107.107
Eric Fryer 102657000013.269.269
John Bowker 191704100202.235.294
Josh Rodriguez 71211000101.083.083
Matt Pagnozzi 5802000100.250.250
Wyatt Toregas 3400000000.000.000
Pitcher Totals162287102780116014.094.132
Team Totals1625421610132527735107580108489.244.368

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Charlie Morton 10103.8329290171.2186827377110
James McDonald 994.2131310171.0176868078142
Paul Maholm 6143.6626260162.116072665097
Jeff Karstens 993.3830260162.116369613396
Kevin Correia 12114.7927260154.017590823977
Daniel McCutchen 533.72730084.28738353347
José Veras 243.80790171.05432303479
Chris Resop 544.39760169.27334343079
Joel Hanrahan 141.837004068.25617141661
Brad Lincoln 234.72128047.25427251629
Tony Watson 223.95430041.03418182037
Ross Ohlendorf 138.1599038.26038351527
Jason Grilli 212.48280132.2241091537
Joe Beimel 115.33350025.1341715917
Chris Leroux 112.88230025.02698724
Daniel Moskos 112.96310024.129118911
Evan Meek 113.48240020.2271181217
Jeff Locke 036.4844016.2211212105
Brian Burres 103.8652014.01266410
Jared Hughes 014.09120011.0955410
Michael Crotta 019.28150010.220111157
Tim Wood 035.6313008.085582
Aaron Thompson 007.044107.2136661
José Ascanio 007.118006.1105525
Garrett Olson 112.084004.121134
Team Totals72904.04162162431449.115137126505351031

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Notable achievements

Awards

2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

NL Player of the Week

MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award

Milestones

Transactions

Pre-season

In-Season

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Indianapolis Indians International League Dean Treanor
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League P. J. Forbes
A Bradenton Marauders Florida State League Carlos García
A West Virginia Power South Atlantic League Gary Robinson
A-Short Season State College Spikes New York–Penn League Dave Turgeon
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Tom Prince
Rookie DSL Pirates Dominican Summer League Ramon Zapata
Rookie VSL Pirates Venezuelan Summer League Osmin Melendez

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