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.
2020 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | PNC Park | |
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] | |
Record | 19–41 (.317) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
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 BB-reference | |
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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 fewer 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
editNational League Central
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 | — | 19–14 | 15–12 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 | 3 | 14–13 | 16–15 |
Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | 3 | 16–13 | 15–16 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | 5 | 15–14 | 14–17 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 15 | 13–19 | 6–22 |
National League playoff standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 43 | 17 | .717 |
Atlanta Braves | 35 | 25 | .583 |
Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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San Diego Padres | 37 | 23 | .617 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 |
Miami Marlins | 31 | 29 | .517 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | +2 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
San Francisco Giants | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 32 | .467 | 1 |
Washington Nationals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
New York Mets | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
Colorado Rockies | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 25 | 35 | .417 | 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 10 |
Record vs. opponents
editSource: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 |
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Team | CHC | CIN | MIL | PIT | STL | AL | ||||||||||
Chicago | — | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 12–8 | ||||||||||
Cincinnati | 4–6 | — | 6–4 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 10–10 | ||||||||||
Milwaukee | 5–5 | 4–6 | — | 5–5 | 5–5 | 10–10 | ||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 4–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | — | 4–6 | 3–17 | ||||||||||
St. Louis | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | — | 8–10 |
Detailed records
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Game log
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July: 2–5 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–3)
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August: 8–17 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–10)
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September: 9–19 (Home: 8–10; Away: 1–9)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member |
Roster
editPlayer stats
editBatting
editNote: 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
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Adam Frazier | 58 | 209 | 22 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 17 | .230 | .364 |
Josh Bell | 57 | 195 | 22 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 22 | .226 | .364 |
Bryan Reynolds | 55 | 185 | 24 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 21 | .189 | .357 |
Erik González | 50 | 181 | 14 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 8 | .227 | .359 |
Colin Moran | 52 | 178 | 28 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 19 | .247 | .472 |
Gregory Polanco | 50 | 157 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 13 | .153 | .325 |
Kevin Newman | 44 | 156 | 12 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | .224 | .276 |
Jacob Stallings | 42 | 125 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 15 | .248 | .376 |
Cole Tucker | 37 | 109 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .220 | .275 |
Ke'Bryan Hayes | 24 | 85 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 9 | .376 | .682 |
José Osuna | 26 | 78 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .205 | .397 |
J. T. Riddle | 23 | 67 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .149 | .224 |
John Ryan Murphy | 25 | 58 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .172 | .207 |
Jarrod Dyson | 21 | 51 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .157 | .157 |
Phillip Evans | 11 | 39 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .359 | .487 |
Guillermo Heredia | 8 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .188 |
Jared Oliva | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 |
Anthony Alford | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .667 |
Jason Martin | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
Will Craig | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Andrew Susac | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
Team Totals | 60 | 1932 | 219 | 425 | 76 | 6 | 59 | 210 | 16 | 167 | .220 | .275 |
Source:[1]
Pitching
editNote: 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
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Trevor Williams | 2 | 8 | 6.18 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 55.1 | 66 | 42 | 38 | 21 | 49 |
J. T. Brubaker | 1 | 3 | 4.94 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 47.1 | 48 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 48 |
Chad Kuhl | 2 | 3 | 4.27 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 46.1 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 44 |
Steven Brault | 1 | 3 | 3.38 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 42.2 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 38 |
Derek Holland | 1 | 3 | 6.86 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 40.2 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 15 | 45 |
Joe Musgrove | 1 | 5 | 3.86 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39.2 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 55 |
Chris Stratton | 2 | 1 | 3.90 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Richard Rodríguez | 3 | 2 | 2.70 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 23.1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 |
Geoff Hartlieb | 1 | 0 | 3.63 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 19 |
Nik Turley | 0 | 3 | 4.98 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 21.2 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 20 |
Mitch Keller | 1 | 1 | 2.91 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 16 |
Sam Howard | 2 | 3 | 3.86 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Dovydas Neverauskas | 0 | 3 | 7.11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 23 |
Cody Ponce | 1 | 1 | 3.18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Nick Tropeano | 1 | 0 | 1.15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
Tyler Bashlor | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
Kyle Crick | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Nick Mears | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Blake Cederlind | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Yacksel Ríos | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Austin Davis | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Miguel Del Pozo | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
Robbie Erlin | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Brandon Waddell | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Nick Burdi | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Keone Kela | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Michael Feliz | 0 | 0 | 32.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Clay Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
John Ryan Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 19 | 41 | 4.68 | 60 | 60 | 6 | 513.0 | 451 | 298 | 267 | 249 | 536 |
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Farm system
editReferences
edit- ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ Adamski, Chris (January 18, 2019). "Pirates announce 2019 minor-league managerial and coaching assignments". TribLIVE.com.