2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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2020  Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates logo 2014.svg
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark PNC Park
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Record19–41 (.317)
Divisional place5th
Owners Robert Nutting
General managers Ben Cherington
Managers Derek Shelton
Television AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
Radio KDKA-FM
Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network
(Greg Brown, Joe Block, Bob Walk, John Wehner, Michael McKenry)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 139th season overall, 134th season as a member of the National League, and 20th season at PNC Park.

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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. [2] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. [3] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. [4]

The Pirates finished the season with an MLB worst record of 19–41. The team's .317 winning percentage was their worst since 1952. The Pirates technically set an MLB record for the fewest games won in any official season, finishing with one less win than the notorious 1899 Cleveland Spiders, although the 1899 Spiders played 154 games. Because of the shortened season, and a winning percentage of .317 winning percentage being roughly equivalent to a 51–111 record in a 162-game season, the 19 wins is not generally recognized as one of baseball's worst records.

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 3426.56719141512
St. Louis Cardinals 3028.517314131615
Cincinnati Reds 3129.517316131516
Milwaukee Brewers 2931.483515141417
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941.317151319622

National League playoff standings

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4317.717
Atlanta Braves 3525.583
Chicago Cubs 3426.567
Division 2nd place
Team W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 3723.617
St. Louis Cardinals 3028.517
Miami Marlins 3129.517
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 3129.517+2
Milwaukee Brewers 2931.483
San Francisco Giants 2931.483
Philadelphia Phillies 2832.4671
Washington Nationals 2634.4333
New York Mets 2634.4333
Colorado Rockies 2634.4333
Arizona Diamondbacks 2535.4174
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941.31710

Record vs. opponents

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

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Chicago 6–45–56–45–512–8
Cincinnati 4–66–47–34–610–10
Milwaukee 5–54–65–55–510–10
Pittsburgh 4–63–75–54–63–17
St. Louis 5–56–45–56–48–10

Detailed records

Game log

2020 Game Log: 19–41 (Home: 13–19; Away: 6–22)
July: 2–5 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Cardinals 4–5 Flaherty (1–0) Musgrove (0–1) Kim (1)0–1L1
2July 25@ Cardinals 1–9 Wainwright (1–0) Williams (0–1)0–2L2
3July 26@ Cardinals 5–1 Keller (1–0) Hudson (0–1)1–2W1
4July 27 Brewers 5–6 (11) Phelps (1–0) Neverauskas (0–1)1–3L1
5July 28 Brewers 8–6 Hartlieb (1–0) Wahl (0–1) Burdi (1)2–3W1
6July 29 Brewers 0–3 Woodruff (1–1) Musgrove (0–2) Hader (1)2–4L1
7July 31@ Cubs 3–6 Darvish (1–1) Williams (0–2)2–5L2
August: 8–17 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
8August 1@ Cubs 3–4 Chatwood (2–0) Keller (1–1) Wick (1)2–6L3
9August 2@ Cubs 1–2 (11) Jeffress (1–0) Ponce (0–1)2–7L4
10August 3@ Twins 4–5 Rogers (1–0) Burdi (0–1)2–8L5
11August 4@ Twins 3–7 Berríos (1–1) Musgrove (0–3) May (1)2–9L6
12August 5 Twins 2–5 Dobnak (2–1) Williams (0–3)2–10L7
13August 6 Twins 6–5 Howard (1–0) Rogers (1–1)3–10W1
14August 7 Tigers 13–17 (11) Garcia (2–0) Neverauskas (0–2)3–11L1
15August 8 Tigers 5–11 Nova (1–0) Holland (0–1)3–12L2
16August 9 Tigers 1–2 Turnbull (2–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Jiménez (5)3–13L3
August 10@ Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 27)
August 11@ Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: August 27)
August 12@ Cardinals Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 18)
17August 13@ Reds 9–6 Williams (1–3) DeSclafani (1–1)4–13W1
18August 14@ Reds 1–8 Gray (4–1) Kuhl (0–1)4–14L1
August 15@ Reds Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 4)
August 16@ Reds Postponed (COVID-19)(Makeup date: September 14)
19August 18 Indians 3–6 (10) Wittgren (1–0) Howard (1–1) Hand (6)4–15L2
20August 19 Indians 1–6 Civale (3–2) Neverauskas (0–3)4–16L3
21August 20 Indians 0–2 Bieber (5–0) Williams (1–4) Hand (7)4–17L4
22August 21 Brewers 7–2 Kuhl (1–1) Houser (1–2)5–17W1
23August 22 Brewers 12–5 Holland (1–1) Lindblom (1–1)6–17W2
24August 23 Brewers 5–4 Stratton (1–0) Phelps (2–3) Rodríguez (1)7–17W3
25August 25@ White Sox 0–4 Giolito (3–2) Brault (0–1)7–18L1
26August 26@ White Sox 3–10 Keuchel (5–2) Williams (1–5)7–19L2
27August 27 (1)@ Cardinals 4–3 (8) Stratton (2–0) Gant (0–2) Rodríguez (2)8–19W1
28August 27 (2)@ Cardinals 2–0 (7) Ponce (1–1) Oviedo (0–1) Turley (1)9–19W2
29August 28@ Brewers 1–9 Burnes (1–0) Holland (1–2)9–20L1
30August 29@ Brewers 6–7 Williams (2–1) Rodríguez (0–2)9–21L2
31August 30@ Brewers 5–1 Tropeano (1–0) Woodruff (2–3)10–21W1
32August 31@ Brewers 5–6 Williams (3–1) Turley (0–1) Hader (8)10–22L1
September: 9–19 (Home: 8–10; Away: 1–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
33September 1 Cubs 7–8 (11) Jeffress (3–1) Crick (0–1)10–23L2
34September 2 Cubs 2–8 Hendricks (4–4) Musgrove (0–4)10–24L3
35September 3 Cubs 6–2 Brubaker (1–0) Mills (3–3)11–24W1
36September 4 (1) Reds 2–4 (7) Castillo (1–5) Brault (0–2) Iglesias (5)11–25L1
37September 4 (2)@ Reds 4–3 (7) Howard (2–1) Bauer (3–3) Rodríguez (3)12–25W1
38September 5 Reds 2–6 Garrett (1–0) Williams (1–6)12–26L1
39September 6 Reds 3–2 Rodríguez (1–2) Iglesias (2–3)13–26W1
40September 8 White Sox 5–4 Rodríguez (2–2) Detwiler (1–1)14–26W2
41September 9 White Sox 1–8 Dunning (1–0) Brubaker (1–1)14–27L1
42September 11@ Royals 3–4 Bubic (1–5) Brault (0–3) Holland (4)14–28L2
43September 12@ Royals 4–7 Zimmer (1–0) Williams (1–7) Holland (5)14–29L3
44September 13@ Royals 0–11 Keller (4–2) Kuhl (1–2)14–30L4
45September 14 (1)@ Reds 1–3 (7) Iglesias (3–3) Howard (2–2)14–31L5
46September 14 (2)@ Reds 4–9 (7) Romano (1–0) Turley (0–2)14–32L6
47September 15@ Reds 1–4 Lorenzen (2–1) Musgrove (0–5) Garrett (1)14–33L7
48September 16@ Reds 0–1 Castillo (3–5) Brubaker (1–2) Iglesias (8)14–34L8
49September 17 Cardinals 5–1 Brault (1–3) Gomber (0–1)15–34W1
50September 18 (1) Cardinals 5–6 (7) Reyes (2–1) Williams (1–8) Helsley (1)15–35L1
51September 18 (2)@ Cardinals 2–7 (7) Miller (1–1) Kuhl (1–3)15–36L2
52September 19 Cardinals 4–5 Woodford (1–0) Howard (2–3) Cabrera (1)15–37L3
53September 20 Cardinals 1–2 Flaherty (4–2) Holland (1–3) Miller (3)15–38L4
54September 21 Cubs 0–5 Lester (2–1) Brubaker (1–3)15–39L5
55September 22 Cubs 3–2 Rodríguez (3–2) Chafin (1–2)16–39W1
56September 23 Cubs 2–1 Williams (2–8) Hendricks (6–5) Rodríguez (4)17–39W2
57September 24 Cubs 7–0 Kuhl (2–3) Mills (5–5)18–39W3
58September 25@ Indians 3–4 Plutko (2–2) Stratton (2–1)18–40L1
59September 26@ Indians 8–0 Musgrove (1–5) Civale (4–6)19–40W1
60September 27@ Indians 6–8 Karinchak (1–2) Turley (0–3) Hand (16)19–41L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

2020 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
Adam Frazier 58209224870723117.230.364
Josh Bell 57195224430822022.226.364
Bryan Reynolds 55185243562719121.189.357
Erik González 50181144113132028.227.359
Colin Moran 5217828441001023019.247.472
Gregory Polanco 50157122460722313.153.325
Kevin Newman 44156123550110012.224.276
Jacob Stallings 42125133170318015.248.376
Cole Tucker 371091724301815.220.275
Ke'Bryan Hayes 248517327251119.376.682
José Osuna 26786163041104.205.397
J. T. Riddle 2367810201112.149.224
John Ryan Murphy 2558610200204.172.207
Jarrod Dyson 215168000544.157.157
Phillip Evans 1139614201905.359.487
Guillermo Heredia 81623000212.188.188
Jared Oliva 61603000010.188.188
Anthony Alford 51223011401.250.667
Jason Martin 7920000002.000.000
Will Craig 2400000000.000.000
Andrew Susac 1200000002.000.000
Team Totals6019322194257665921016167.220.275

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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
Trevor Williams 286.181111055.16642382149
J. T. Brubaker 134.94119047.14827261748
Chad Kuhl 234.27119046.13526222844
Steven Brault 133.381110042.22917162238
Derek Holland 136.86125040.24233311545
Joe Musgrove 153.8688039.23317171655
Chris Stratton 213.90270030.02619131339
Richard Rodríguez 322.70240423.11587534
Geoff Hartlieb 103.63210022.1161191919
Nik Turley 034.98250121.21313121120
Mitch Keller 112.9155021.29771816
Sam Howard 233.86220021.017109927
Dovydas Neverauskas 037.11170019.02417151023
Cody Ponce 113.1853017.01276612
Nick Tropeano 101.1570015.21422419
Tyler Bashlor 008.648008.198846
Kyle Crick 011.597005.276147
Nick Mears 005.404005.043377
Blake Cederlind 004.505004.032214
Yacksel Ríos 009.003004.034423
Austin Davis 002.455003.211113
Miguel Del Pozo 0017.185003.277782
Robbie Erlin 005.402003.152214
Brandon Waddell 002.702003.121122
Nick Burdi 013.863012.121124
Keone Kela 004.503002.031113
Michael Feliz 0032.403001.246622
Clay Holmes 000.001001.120001
John Ryan Murphy 000.001001.000000
Team Totals19414.6860606513.0451298267249536

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Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Indianapolis Indians International League
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League
A Bradenton Marauders Florida State League
A Greensboro Grasshoppers South Atlantic League
Short-Season A West Virginia Black Bears New York–Penn League
Rookie Bristol Pirates Appalachian League
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Pirates 1 Dominican Summer League
Rookie DSL Pirates 2 Dominican Summer League

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References

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  4. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  5. Adamski, Chris (January 18, 2019). "Pirates announce 2019 minor-league managerial and coaching assignments". TribLIVE.com.