2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record19–41 (.317)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersRobert Nutting
General managersBen Cherington
ManagersDerek Shelton
Local televisionAT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
Local radioKDKA-FM
Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network
(Greg Brown, Joe Block, Bob Walk, John Wehner, Michael McKenry)
StatsESPN.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

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 3426 0.567 — 19–14 15–12
St. Louis Cardinals 3028 0.517 3 14–13 16–15
Cincinnati Reds 3129 0.517 3 16–13 15–16
Milwaukee Brewers 2931 0.483 5 15–14 14–17
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941 0.317 15 13–19 6–22

National League playoff standings
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4317 0.717
Atlanta Braves 3525 0.583
Chicago Cubs 3426 0.567


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 3723 0.617
St. Louis Cardinals 3028 0.517
Miami Marlins 3129 0.517


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 3129 0.517 +2
Milwaukee Brewers 2931 0.483 —
San Francisco Giants 2931 0.483 —
Philadelphia Phillies 2832 0.467 1
Washington Nationals 2634 0.433 3
New York Mets 2634 0.433 3
Colorado Rockies 2634 0.433 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 2535 0.417 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941 0.317 10

Record vs. opponents
2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team CHC CIN MIL PIT STL AL
Chicago —6–45–56–45–512–8
Cincinnati 4–6—6–47–34–610–10
Milwaukee 5–54–6—5–55–510–10
Pittsburgh 4–63–75–5—4–63–17
St. Louis 5–56–45–56–4—8–10

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@ Cardinals4–5Flaherty (1–0)Musgrove (0–1)Kim (1)0–1L1
2July 25@ Cardinals1–9Wainwright (1–0)Williams (0–1)—0–2L2
3July 26@ Cardinals5–1Keller (1–0)Hudson (0–1)—1–2W1
4July 27Brewers5–6 (11)Phelps (1–0)Neverauskas (0–1)—1–3L1
5July 28Brewers8–6Hartlieb (1–0)Wahl (0–1)Burdi (1)2–3W1
6July 29Brewers0–3Woodruff (1–1)Musgrove (0–2)Hader (1)2–4L1
7July 31@ Cubs3–6Darvish (1–1)Williams (0–2)—2–5L2
August: 8–17 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
8August 1@ Cubs3–4Chatwood (2–0)Keller (1–1)Wick (1)2–6L3
9August 2@ Cubs1–2 (11)Jeffress (1–0)Ponce (0–1)—2–7L4
10August 3@ Twins4–5Rogers (1–0)Burdi (0–1)—2–8L5
11August 4@ Twins3–7Berríos (1–1)Musgrove (0–3)May (1)2–9L6
12August 5Twins2–5Dobnak (2–1)Williams (0–3)—2–10L7
13August 6Twins6–5Howard (1–0)Rogers (1–1)—3–10W1
14August 7Tigers13–17 (11)Garcia (2–0)Neverauskas (0–2)—3–11L1
15August 8Tigers5–11Nova (1–0)Holland (0–1)—3–12L2
16August 9Tigers1–2Turnbull (2–0)Rodríguez (0–1)Jiménez (5)3–13L3
—August 10@ CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: August 27)
—August 11@ CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: August 27)
—August 12@ CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 18)
17August 13@ Reds9–6Williams (1–3)DeSclafani (1–1)—4–13W1
18August 14@ Reds1–8Gray (4–1)Kuhl (0–1)—4–14L1
—August 15@ RedsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 4)
—August 16@ RedsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 14)
19August 18Indians3–6 (10)Wittgren (1–0)Howard (1–1)Hand (6)4–15L2
20August 19Indians1–6Civale (3–2)Neverauskas (0–3)—4–16L3
21August 20Indians0–2Bieber (5–0)Williams (1–4)Hand (7)4–17L4
22August 21Brewers7–2Kuhl (1–1)Houser (1–2)—5–17W1
23August 22Brewers12–5Holland (1–1)Lindblom (1–1)—6–17W2
24August 23Brewers5–4Stratton (1–0)Phelps (2–3)Rodríguez (1)7–17W3
25August 25@ White Sox0–4Giolito (3–2)Brault (0–1)—7–18L1
26August 26@ White Sox3–10Keuchel (5–2)Williams (1–5)—7–19L2
27August 27 (1)@ Cardinals4–3 (8)Stratton (2–0)Gant (0–2)Rodríguez (2)8–19W1
28August 27 (2)@ Cardinals2–0 (7)Ponce (1–1)Oviedo (0–1)Turley (1)9–19W2
29August 28@ Brewers1–9Burnes (1–0)Holland (1–2)—9–20L1
30August 29@ Brewers6–7Williams (2–1)Rodríguez (0–2)—9–21L2
31August 30@ Brewers5–1Tropeano (1–0)Woodruff (2–3)—10–21W1
32August 31@ Brewers5–6Williams (3–1)Turley (0–1)Hader (8)10–22L1
September: 9–19 (Home: 8–10; Away: 1–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
33September 1Cubs7–8 (11)Jeffress (3–1)Crick (0–1)—10–23L2
34September 2Cubs2–8Hendricks (4–4)Musgrove (0–4)—10–24L3
35September 3Cubs6–2Brubaker (1–0)Mills (3–3)—11–24W1
36September 4 (1)Reds2–4 (7)Castillo (1–5)Brault (0–2)Iglesias (5)11–25L1
37September 4 (2)@ Reds4–3 (7)Howard (2–1)Bauer (3–3)Rodríguez (3)12–25W1
38September 5Reds2–6Garrett (1–0)Williams (1–6)—12–26L1
39September 6Reds3–2Rodríguez (1–2)Iglesias (2–3)—13–26W1
40September 8White Sox5–4Rodríguez (2–2)Detwiler (1–1)—14–26W2
41September 9White Sox1–8Dunning (1–0)Brubaker (1–1)—14–27L1
42September 11@ Royals3–4Bubic (1–5)Brault (0–3)Holland (4)14–28L2
43September 12@ Royals4–7Zimmer (1–0)Williams (1–7)Holland (5)14–29L3
44September 13@ Royals0–11Keller (4–2)Kuhl (1–2)—14–30L4
45September 14 (1)@ Reds1–3 (7)Iglesias (3–3)Howard (2–2)—14–31L5
46September 14 (2)@ Reds4–9 (7)Romano (1–0)Turley (0–2)—14–32L6
47September 15@ Reds1–4Lorenzen (2–1)Musgrove (0–5)Garrett (1)14–33L7
48September 16@ Reds0–1Castillo (3–5)Brubaker (1–2)Iglesias (8)14–34L8
49September 17Cardinals5–1Brault (1–3)Gomber (0–1)—15–34W1
50September 18 (1)Cardinals5–6 (7)Reyes (2–1)Williams (1–8)Helsley (1)15–35L1
51September 18 (2)@ Cardinals2–7 (7)Miller (1–1)Kuhl (1–3)—15–36L2
52September 19Cardinals4–5Woodford (1–0)Howard (2–3)Cabrera (1)15–37L3
53September 20Cardinals1–2Flaherty (4–2)Holland (1–3)Miller (3)15–38L4
54September 21Cubs0–5Lester (2–1)Brubaker (1–3)—15–39L5
55September 22Cubs3–2Rodríguez (3–2)Chafin (1–2)—16–39W1
56September 23Cubs2–1Williams (2–8)Hendricks (6–5)Rodríguez (4)17–39W2
57September 24Cubs7–0Kuhl (2–3)Mills (5–5)—18–39W3
58September 25@ Indians3–4Plutko (2–2)Stratton (2–1)—18–40L1
59September 26@ Indians8–0Musgrove (1–5)Civale (4–6)—19–40W1
60September 27@ Indians6–8Karinchak (1–2)Turley (0–3)Hand (16)19–41L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster
2020 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Adam Frazier58209224870723117.230.364
Josh Bell57195224430822022.226.364
Bryan Reynolds55185243562719121.189.357
Erik González50181144113132028.227.359
Colin Moran5217828441001023019.247.472
Gregory Polanco50157122460722313.153.325
Kevin Newman44156123550110012.224.276
Jacob Stallings42125133170318015.248.376
Cole Tucker371091724301815.220.275
Ke'Bryan Hayes248517327251119.376.682
José Osuna26786163041104.205.397
J. T. Riddle2367810201112.149.224
John Ryan Murphy2558610200204.172.207
Jarrod Dyson215168000544.157.157
Phillip Evans1139614201905.359.487
Guillermo Heredia81623000212.188.188
Jared Oliva61603000010.188.188
Anthony Alford51223011401.250.667
Jason Martin7920000002.000.000
Will Craig2400000000.000.000
Andrew Susac1200000002.000.000
Team Totals6019322194257665921016167.220.275

Source:

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Trevor Williams286.181111055.16642382149
J. T. Brubaker134.94119047.14827261748
Chad Kuhl234.27119046.13526222844
Steven Brault133.381110042.22917162238
Derek Holland136.86125040.24233311545
Joe Musgrove153.8688039.23317171655
Chris Stratton213.90270030.02619131339
Richard Rodríguez322.70240423.11587534
Geoff Hartlieb103.63210022.1161191919
Nik Turley034.98250121.21313121120
Mitch Keller112.9155021.29771816
Sam Howard233.86220021.017109927
Dovydas Neverauskas037.11170019.02417151023
Cody Ponce113.1853017.01276612
Nick Tropeano101.1570015.21422419
Tyler Bashlor008.648008.198846
Kyle Crick011.597005.276147
Nick Mears005.404005.043377
Blake Cederlind004.505004.032214
Yacksel Ríos009.003004.034423
Austin Davis002.455003.211113
Miguel Del Pozo0017.185003.277782
Robbie Erlin005.402003.152214
Brandon Waddell002.702003.121122
Nick Burdi013.863012.121124
Keone Kela004.503002.031113
Michael Feliz0032.403001.246622
Clay Holmes000.001001.120001
John Ryan Murphy000.001001.000000
Team Totals19414.6860606513.0451298267249536

Source:

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
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.
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