2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2020 Pittsburgh Pirates
2020 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887) Central Division (since 1994); ;
Location
	PNC Park (since 2001); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907);
Results
Record	19–41 (.317)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Nutting
General manager(s)	Ben Cherington
Manager(s)	Derek Shelton
Local television	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
Local 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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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.

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 in order 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. In terms of absolute numbers, the Pirates set a new 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, which was 94 more than the Pirates.

Season standings[]

National League Central[]

v t NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	34	26	0.567	—	19–14	15–12
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	0.517	3	14–13	16–15
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	0.517	3	16–13	15–16
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	0.483	5	15–14	14–17
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	0.317	15	13–19	6–22

National League playoff standings[]

v t Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	0.717
Atlanta Braves	35	25	0.583
Chicago Cubs	34	26	0.567

v t Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
San Diego Padres	37	23	0.617
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	0.517
Miami Marlins	31	29	0.517

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	0.517	+2
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	0.483	—
San Francisco Giants	29	31	0.483	—
Philadelphia Phillies	28	32	0.467	1
Washington Nationals	26	34	0.433	3
New York Mets	26	34	0.433	3
Colorado Rockies	26	34	0.433	3
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	0.417	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	0.317	10

Record vs. opponents[]

2020 National League Records v t Source: NL Standings Head-to-head
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[]

NL Central
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
Chicago Cubs	4	6	0.400	34	38
Cincinnati Reds	3	7	0.300	27	46
Milwaukee Brewers	5	5	0.500	54	49
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	4	6	0.400	33	39
Total	16	24	0.400	148	172
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	1	3	0.250	9	26
Cleveland Indians	1	5	0.167	21	26
Detroit Tigers	0	3	0.000	19	30
Kansas City Royals	0	3	0.000	7	22
Minnesota Twins	1	3	0.250	15	22
Total	3	17	0.150	71	126
Season Total	19	41	0.317	219	298

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
July	7	2	5	0.286	26	36
August	25	8	17	0.320	102	137
September	28	9	19	0.321	91	125
Total	60	19	41	0.317	219	298

Total	60	19	41	0.317	219	298
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	32	13	19	0.406	129	154
Away	28	6	22	0.214	90	144

Game log[]

2020 Game Log: 19–41 (Home: 13–19; Away: 6–22)

July: 2–5 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
1	July 24	@ Cardinals	4–5	Flaherty (1–0)	Musgrove (0–1)	Kim (1)	0–1	L1
2	July 25	@ Cardinals	1–9	Wainwright (1–0)	Williams (0–1)	—	0–2	L2
3	July 26	@ Cardinals	5–1	Keller (1–0)	Hudson (0–1)	—	1–2	W1
4	July 27	Brewers	5–6 (11)	Phelps (1–0)	Neverauskas (0–1)	—	1–3	L1
5	July 28	Brewers	8–6	Hartlieb (1–0)	Wahl (0–1)	Burdi (1)	2–3	W1
6	July 29	Brewers	0–3	Woodruff (1–1)	Musgrove (0–2)	Hader (1)	2–4	L1
7	July 31	@ Cubs	3–6	Darvish (1–1)	Williams (0–2)	—	2–5	L2

August: 8–17 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
8	August 1	@ Cubs	3–4	Chatwood (2–0)	Keller (1–1)	Wick (1)	2–6	L3
9	August 2	@ Cubs	1–2 (11)	Jeffress (1–0)	Ponce (0–1)	—	2–7	L4
10	August 3	@ Twins	4–5	Rogers (1–0)	Burdi (0–1)	—	2–8	L5
11	August 4	@ Twins	3–7	Berríos (1–1)	Musgrove (0–3)	May (1)	2–9	L6
12	August 5	Twins	2–5	Dobnak (2–1)	Williams (0–3)	—	2–10	L7
13	August 6	Twins	6–5	Howard (1–0)	Rogers (1–1)	—	3–10	W1
14	August 7	Tigers	13–17 (11)	Garcia (2–0)	Neverauskas (0–2)	—	3–11	L1
15	August 8	Tigers	5–11	Nova (1–0)	Holland (0–1)	—	3–12	L2
16	August 9	Tigers	1–2	Turnbull (2–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)	Jiménez (5)	3–13	L3
—	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)
17	August 13	@ Reds	9–6	Williams (1–3)	DeSclafani (1–1)	—	4–13	W1
18	August 14	@ Reds	1–8	Gray (4–1)	Kuhl (0–1)	—	4–14	L1
—	August 15	@ Reds	Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 4)
—	August 16	@ Reds	Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 14)
19	August 18	Indians	3–6 (10)	Wittgren (1–0)	Howard (1–1)	Hand (6)	4–15	L2
20	August 19	Indians	1–6	Civale (3��2)	Neverauskas (0–3)	—	4–16	L3
21	August 20	Indians	0–2	Bieber (5–0)	Williams (1–4)	Hand (7)	4–17	L4
22	August 21	Brewers	7–2	Kuhl (1–1)	Houser (1–2)	—	5–17	W1
23	August 22	Brewers	12–5	Holland (1–1)	Lindblom (1–1)	—	6–17	W2
24	August 23	Brewers	5–4	Stratton (1–0)	Phelps (2–3)	Rodríguez (1)	7–17	W3
25	August 25	@ White Sox	0–4	Giolito (3–2)	Brault (0–1)	—	7–18	L1
26	August 26	@ White Sox	3–10	Keuchel (5–2)	Williams (1–5)	—	7–19	L2
27	August 27 (1)	@ Cardinals	4–3 (8)	Stratton (2–0)	Gant (0–2)	Rodríguez (2)	8–19	W1
28	August 27 (2)	@ Cardinals	2–0 (7)	Ponce (1–1)	Oviedo (0–1)	Turley (1)	9–19	W2
29	August 28	@ Brewers	1–9	Burnes (1–0)	Holland (1–2)	—	9–20	L1
30	August 29	@ Brewers	6–7	Williams (2–1)	Rodríguez (0–2)	—	9–21	L2
31	August 30	@ Brewers	5–1	Tropeano (1–0)	Woodruff (2–3)	—	10–21	W1
32	August 31	@ Brewers	5–6	Williams (3–1)	Turley (0–1)	Hader (8)	10–22	L1

September: 9–19 (Home: 8–10; Away: 1–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
33	September 1	Cubs	7–8 (11)	Jeffress (3–1)	Crick (0–1)	—	10–23	L2
34	September 2	Cubs	2–8	Hendricks (4–4)	Musgrove (0–4)	—	10–24	L3
35	September 3	Cubs	6–2	Brubaker (1–0)	Mills (3–3)	—	11–24	W1
36	September 4 (1)	Reds	2–4 (7)	Castillo (1–5)	Brault (0–2)	Iglesias (5)	11–25	L1
37	September 4 (2)	@ Reds	4–3 (7)	Howard (2–1)	Bauer (3–3)	Rodríguez (3)	12–25	W1
38	September 5	Reds	2–6	Garrett (1–0)	Williams (1–6)	—	12–26	L1
39	September 6	Reds	3–2	Rodríguez (1–2)	Iglesias (2–3)	—	13–26	W1
40	September 8	White Sox	5–4	Rodríguez (2–2)	Detwiler (1–1)	—	14–26	W2
41	September 9	White Sox	1–8	Dunning (1–0)	Brubaker (1–1)	—	14–27	L1
42	September 11	@ Royals	3–4	Bubic (1–5)	Brault (0–3)	Holland (4)	14–28	L2
43	September 12	@ Royals	4–7	Zimmer (1–0)	Williams (1–7)	Holland (5)	14–29	L3
44	September 13	@ Royals	0–11	Keller (4–2)	Kuhl (1–2)	—	14–30	L4
45	September 14 (1)	@ Reds	1–3 (7)	Iglesias (3–3)	Howard (2–2)	—	14–31	L5
46	September 14 (2)	@ Reds	4–9 (7)	Romano (1–0)	Turley (0–2)	—	14–32	L6
47	September 15	@ Reds	1–4	Lorenzen (2–1)	Musgrove (0–5)	Garrett (1)	14–33	L7
48	September 16	@ Reds	0–1	Castillo (3–5)	Brubaker (1–2)	Iglesias (8)	14–34	L8
49	September 17	Cardinals	5–1	Brault (1–3)	Gomber (0–1)	—	15–34	W1
50	September 18 (1)	Cardinals	5–6 (7)	Reyes (2–1)	Williams (1–8)	Helsley (1)	15–35	L1
51	September 18 (2)	@ Cardinals	2–7 (7)	Miller (1–1)	Kuhl (1–3)	—	15–36	L2
52	September 19	Cardinals	4–5	Woodford (1–0)	Howard (2–3)	Cabrera (1)	15–37	L3
53	September 20	Cardinals	1–2	Flaherty (4–2)	Holland (1–3)	Miller (3)	15–38	L4
54	September 21	Cubs	0–5	Lester (2–1)	Brubaker (1–3)	—	15–39	L5
55	September 22	Cubs	3–2	Rodríguez (3–2)	Chafin (1–2)	—	16–39	W1
56	September 23	Cubs	2–1	Williams (2–8)	Hendricks (6–5)	Rodríguez (4)	17–39	W2
57	September 24	Cubs	7–0	Kuhl (2–3)	Mills (5–5)	—	18–39	W3
58	September 25	@ Indians	3–4	Plutko (2–2)	Stratton (2–1)	—	18–40	L1
59	September 26	@ Indians	8–0	Musgrove (1–5)	Civale (4–6)	—	19–40	W1
60	September 27	@ Indians	6–8	Karinchak (1–2)	Turley (0–3)	Hand (16)	19–41	L1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster[]

2020 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

67 Tyler Bashlor
43 Steven Brault
65 J. T. Brubaker
57 Nick Burdi
62 Blake Cederlind
30 Kyle Crick
75 Austin Davis
63 Miguel Del Pozo
56 Robbie Erlin
49 Michael Feliz
32 Geoff Hartlieb
45 Derek Holland
52 Clay Holmes
54 Sam Howard
35 Keone Kela
23 Mitch Keller
39 Chad Kuhl
70 Nick Mears
59 Joe Musgrove
66 Dovydas Neverauskas
60 Cody Ponce
38 Yacksel Ríos
48 Richard Rodríguez
46 Chris Stratton
72 Nick Tropeano
71 Nik Turley
68 Brandon Waddell
34 Trevor Williams

Catchers

18 John Ryan Murphy
58 Jacob Stallings
80 Andrew Susac

Infielders

55 Josh Bell
31 Will Craig
64 Phillip Evans
26 Adam Frazier
2 Erik González
13 Ke'Bryan Hayes
19 Colin Moran
27 Kevin Newman
36 José Osuna
15 J. T. Riddle

Outfielders

Manager

17 Derek Shelton

Coaches

86 Heberto Andrade (coaching assistant)
16 Tarrik Brock (first base)
89 Jordan Comadena (bullpen catcher)
28 Joey Cora (third base)
41 Rick Eckstein (hitting)
12 Don Kelly (bench)
47 Oscar Marin (pitching)
87 Justin Meccage (bullpen)
85 Mike Rabelo (assistant hitting)
53 Glenn Sherlock (coach)

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League
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

^[5]

References[]

^ 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.

External links[]

Pittsburgh Pirates 2020 schedule at MLB.com

[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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2020 Pittsburgh Pirates

Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
PNC Park (since 2001) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	19–41 (.317)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Nutting
General manager(s)	Ben Cherington
Manager(s)	Derek Shelton
Local television	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
Local 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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