2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record82–79 (.509)
Divisional place4th
OwnersRobert Nutting
General managersNeal Huntington
ManagersClint Hurdle
TelevisionAT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-FM
Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network
(Steve Blass, Joe Block, Greg Brown, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 137th season overall, 132nd season as a member of the National League, and the 18th season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished the season in fourth place in the National League Central, with a record of 82–79 and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Offseason

January 4 Claimed RHP Shane Carle off waivers from Colorado Rockies and designated RHP Johnny Barbato for assignment.[2]
January 11 Detroit Tigers claimed RHP Johnny Barbato off waivers from the Pirates.[3]
January 13 Traded RHP Gerrit Cole to Houston Astros for 3B Colin Moran, LF Jason Martin, RHP Joe Musgrove and RHP Michael Feliz.[4]
January 14 Designated RHP Shane Carle and SS Engelb Vielma for assignment.[5]
January 16 Traded OF Andrew McCutchen and cash to San Francisco Giants for RHP Kyle Crick, OF Bryan Reynolds, and $500,000 in international signing bonus allocation.[6]
January 17 Traded RHP Shane Carle to Atlanta Braves.[7]
January 31 Traded cash and LHP Daniel Zamora to New York Mets for LHP Josh Smoker.[7]
February 20 Traded cash to Boston Red Sox for OF Bryce Brentz.[8]
February 22 Traded RHP Daniel Hudson, 2B Tristan Gray, and cash to Tampa Bay Rays for OF Corey Dickerson.[8]

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 96 67 .589 — 51‍–‍30 45‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 95 68 .583 1 51‍–‍31 44‍–‍37
St. Louis Cardinals 88 74 .543 7½ 43‍–‍38 45‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates 82 79 .509 13 44‍–‍36 38‍–‍43
Cincinnati Reds 67 95 .414 28½ 37‍–‍44 30‍–‍51


National League playoff standings

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers 96 67 .589
Los Angeles Dodgers 92 71 .564
Atlanta Braves 90 72 .556
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago Cubs 95 68 .583 +4
Colorado Rockies 91 72 .558 —
St. Louis Cardinals 88 74 .543 2½
Pittsburgh Pirates 82 79 .509 8
Arizona Diamondbacks 82 80 .506 8½
Washington Nationals 82 80 .506 8½
Philadelphia Phillies 80 82 .494 10½
New York Mets 77 85 .475 13½
San Francisco Giants 73 89 .451 17½
Cincinnati Reds 67 95 .414 23½
San Diego Padres 66 96 .407 24½
Miami Marlins 63 98 .391 27


Record vs. opponents

2018 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona — 3–4 3–4 3–3 8–11 11–8 6–1 1–5 2–5 4–2 6–1 12–7 8–11 3–3 2–5 10–10
Atlanta 4–3 — 3–3 3–4 2–5 2–5 14–5 3–4 13–6 12–7 5–1 4–3 3–3 4–2 10–9 8–12
Chicago 4–3 3–3 — 11–8 3–3 4–3 5–2 11–9 6–1 4–2 10–9 5–2 3–3 9–10 4–3 13–7
Cincinnati 3–3 4–3 8–11 — 2–4 6–1 2–5 6–13 3–3 3–4 5–14 3–4 4–2 7–12 1–6 10–10
Colorado 11–8 5–2 3–3 4–2 — 7–13 2–4 2–5 6–1 5–2 3–3 11–8 12–7 2–5 5–2 13–7
Los Angeles 8–11 5–2 3–4 1–6 13–7 — 2–4 4–3 4–2 3–4 5–1 14–5 10–9 3–4 5–1 12–8
Miami 1–6 5–14 2–5 5–2 4–2 4–2 — 2–5 7–12 8–11 1–4 2–5 4–3 3–3 6–13 9–11
Milwaukee 5–1 4–3 9–11 13–6 5–2 3–4 5–2 — 4–3 3–3 7–12 4–2 6–1 11–8 4–2 13–7
New York 5–2 6–13 1–6 3–3 1–6 2–4 12–7 3–4 — 11–8 3–4 4–2 4–3 3–3 11–8 8–12
Philadelphia 2–4 7–12 2–4 4–3 2–5 4–3 11–8 3–3 8–11 — 6–1 3–3 4–3 4–3 8–11 12–8
Pittsburgh 1–6 1–5 9–10 14–5 3–3 1–5 4–1 12–7 4–3 1–6 — 3–4 4–3 8–11 2–5 15–5
San Diego 7–12 3–4 2–5 4–3 8–11 5–14 5–2 2–4 2–4 3–3 4–3 — 8–11 4–3 2–4 7–13
San Francisco 11–8 3–3 3–3 2–4 7–12 9–10 3–4 1–6 3–4 3–4 3–4 11–8 — 2–5 4–2 8–12
St. Louis 3–3 2–4 10–9 12–7 5–2 4–3 3–3 8–11 3–3 3–4 11–8 3–4 5–2 — 5–2 11–9
Washington 5–2 9–10 3–4 6–1 2–5 1–5 13–6 2–4 8–11 11–8 5–2 4–2 2–4 2–5 — 9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.


Detailed records

As of October 1, 2018. Season complete.

Game log

2018 Game Log: 82–79 (Home: 44–36; Away: 38–43)
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
— March 29 @ Tigers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Mar. 30
1 March 30 @ Tigers 13–10 (13) Brault (1–0) Wilson (0–1) — 42,516 1–0 W1
— March 31 @ Tigers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Apr. 1
April: 16–12 (Home: 10–5; Away: 6–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
2 April 1 @ Tigers 1–0 Williams (1–0) Fulmer (0–1) Vázquez (1) 14,858 2–0 W2
3 April 1 @ Tigers 8–6 Kuhl (1–0) Farmer (0–1) Vázquez (2) 18,438 3–0 W3
4 April 2 Twins 5–4 Taillon (1–0) Lynn (0–1) Kontos (1) 30,186 4–0 W4
5 April 4 Twins 3–7 Odorizzi (1–0) Nova (0–1) — 20,690 4–1 L1
6 April 5 Reds 5–2 Brault (2–0) Bailey (0–2) Vázquez (3) 9,227 5–1 W1
7 April 6 Reds 14–3 Williams (2–0) Castillo (0–2) — 11,115 6–1 W2
8 April 7 Reds 4–7 Peralta (1–0) Kontos (0–1) Iglesias (2) 14,336 6–2 L1
9 April 8 Reds 5–0 Taillon (2–0) Mahle (1–1) — 11,251 7–2 W1
— April 9 @ Cubs PPD, SNOW; rescheduled for Apr. 10
10 April 10 @ Cubs 8–5 Nova (1–1) Chatwood (0–2) Vázquez (4) 40,144 8–2 W2
11 April 11 @ Cubs 5–13 Duensing (1–0) Glasnow (0–1) — 35,596 8–3 L1
12 April 12 @ Cubs 6–1 Williams (3–0) Hendricks (0–1) — 29,949 9–3 W1
13 April 13 @ Marlins 2–7 Peters (2–1) Kuhl (1–1) — 6,852 9–4 L1
14 April 14 @ Marlins 1–0 Kontos (1–1) Ziegler (0–3) Vázquez (5) 26,816 10–4 W1
15 April 15 @ Marlins 7–3 Nova (1–1) Ureña (0–3) — 10,621 11–4 W2
16 April 16 Rockies 2–6 Márquez (1–1) Brault (2–1) — 8,958 11–5 L1
17 April 17 Rockies 0–2 Bettis (3–0) Williams (3–1) Davis (8) 8,869 11–6 L2
18 April 18 Rockies 10–2 Kuhl (2–1) Freeland (0–3) — 8,970 12–6 W1
19 April 19 @ Phillies 0–7 Arrieta (2–0) Taillon (2–1) — 19,071 12–7 L1
20 April 20 @ Phillies 1–2 García (2–1) Kontos (1–2) Neris (3) 20,183 12–8 L2
21 April 21 @ Phillies 2–6 Nola (2–1) Feliz (0–1) Neris (4) 28,161 12–9 L3
22 April 22 @ Phillies 2–3 (11) Ríos (3–0) Rodríguez (0–1) — 29,199 12–10 L4
— April 24 Tigers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Apr. 25
23 April 25 Tigers 10–13 Stumpf (1–0) Taillon (2–2) Greene (4) N/A 12–11 L5
24 April 25 Tigers 8–3 Kuhl (3–1) Boyd (0–2) — 9,396 13–11 W1
25 April 26 Tigers 1–0 Vázquez (1–0) Wilson (0–3) — 12,049 14–11 W2
26 April 27 Cardinals 6–5 (11) Kontos (2–2) Hicks (1–1) — 15,748 15–11 W3
27 April 28 Cardinals 6–2 Williams (4–1) Flaherty (0–1) — 18,568 16–11 W4
28 April 29 Cardinals 5–0 Kingham (1–0) Weaver (2–2) — 14,378 17–11 W5
29 April 30 @ Nationals 2–3 Roark (2–2) Taillon (2–3) Kintzler (1) 20,879 17–12 L1
May: 12–15 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
30 May 1 @ Nationals 4–12 Scherzer (6–1) Kuhl (3–2) — 23,534 17–13 L2
31 May 2 @ Nationals 3–9 Strasburg (3–3) Nova (2–2) — 27,086 17–14 L3
32 May 3 @ Nationals 1–3 Solis (1–1) Williams (4–2) Doolittle (6) 30,434 17–15 L4
33 May 4 @ Brewers 6–4 Kingham (2–0) Guerra (2–2) Vázquez (6) 32,869 18–15 W1
34 May 5 @ Brewers 3–5 Hader (1–0) Kontos (2–3) — 32,720 18–16 L1
35 May 6 @ Brewers 9–0 Kuhl (4–2) Anderson (3–3) — 38,285 19–16 W1
36 May 8 @ White Sox 10–6 Glasnow (1–1) Volstad (0–2) — 12,871 20–16 W2
37 May 9 @ White Sox 6–5 Rodríguez (1–1) Jones (2–1) Vázquez (7) 12,476 21–16 W3
38 May 11 Giants 11–2 Brault (3–1) Suarez (1–2) — 34,720 22–16 W4
39 May 12 Giants 6–5 Vázquez (2–0) Watson (1–2) — 27,502 23–16 W5
40 May 13 Giants 0–5 Holland (2–4) Nova (2–3) — 22,649 23–17 L1
41 May 15 White Sox 7–0 Williams (5–2) López (0–3) — 11,847 24–17 W1
42 May 16 White Sox 3–2 Santana (1–0) Soria (0–2) Vázquez (8) 20,286 25–17 W2
43 May 17 Padres 5–4 Santana (2–0) Strahm (0–1) Vázquez (9) 11,404 26–17 W3
44 May 18 Padres 2–3 Ross (3–3) Nova (2–4) Hand (13) 18,920 26–18 L1
45 May 19 Padres 2–6 Richard (3–5) Kingham (2–1) — 20,578 26–19 L2
46 May 20 Padres 5–8 Yates (3–0) Vázquez (2–1) Hand (14) 17,783 26–20 L3
47 May 22 @ Reds 2–7 Harvey (1–2) Taillon (2–4) — 16,144 26–21 L4
48 May 23 @ Reds 5–4 (12) Brault (4–1) Floro (1–1) Crick (1) 18,659 27–21 W1
49 May 24 @ Reds 4–5 Castillo (4–4) Nova (2–5) Hughes (2) 14,853 27–22 L1
50 May 25 Cardinals 8–1 Musgrove (1–0) Gant (1–2) — 22,629 28–22 W1
51 May 26 Cardinals 1–4 Flaherty (2–1) Williams (5–3) Norris (10) 22,133 28–23 L1
52 May 27 Cardinals 4–6 Tuivailala (1–0) Feliz (0–2) Norris (11) 19,608 28–24 L2
53 May 28 Cubs 0–7 Montgomery (1–1) Kuhl (4–3) — 19,382 28–25 L3
54 May 29 Cubs 6–8 Lester (5–2) Santana (2–1) Morrow (12) 11,475 28–26 L4
55 May 30 Cubs 2–1 Musgrove (2–0) Hendricks (4–4) Vázquez (10) 14,126 29–26 W1
56 May 31 @ Cardinals 8–10 Mayers (2–0) Vázquez (2–2) — 40,832 29–27 L1
June: 10–16 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
57 June 1 @ Cardinals 4–0 Taillon (3–4) Mikolas (6–1) — 47,135 30–27 W1
58 June 2 @ Cardinals 2–3 Norris (2–1) Rodríguez (1–2) — 44,492 30–28 L1
59 June 3 @ Cardinals 0–5 Wacha (7–1) Kingham (2–2) — 44,432 30–29 L2
60 June 5 Dodgers 0–5 Stripling (4–1) Musgrove (2–1) — 12,879 30–30 L3
61 June 6 Dodgers 11–9 Brault (5–1) Hudson (1–2) Vázquez (11) 14,327 31–30 W1
62 June 7 Dodgers 7–8 Báez (3–3) Taillon (3–5) Jansen (15) 19,713 31–31 L1
63 June 8 @ Cubs 1–3 Montgomery (2–1) Kuhl (4–4) Strop (1) 40,097 31–32 L2
64 June 9 @ Cubs 0–2 Lester (7–2) Kingham (2–3) Cishek (2) 41,045 31–33 L3
65 June 10 @ Cubs 7–1 Nova (3–5) Hendricks (4–6) — 40,735 32–33 W1
66 June 11 @ Diamondbacks 5–9 Bradley (2–1) Crick (0–1) — 20,927 32–34 L1
67 June 12 @ Diamondbacks 8–13 Salas (4–4) Williams (5–4) — 22,488 32–35 L2
68 June 13 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Taillon (4–5) Greinke (5–5) Vázquez (12) 32,803 33–35 W1
69 June 15 Reds 3–2 Kuhl (5–4) Harvey (1–5) Vázquez (13) 23,007 34–35 W2
70 June 16 Reds 6–2 Nova (4–5) Castillo (4–8) — 27,479 35–35 W3
71 June 17 Reds 6–8 DeSclafani (2–1) Musgrove (2–2) Iglesias (10) 23,042 35–36 L1
72 June 18 Brewers 1–0 Williams (6–4) Chacín (6–2) Vázquez (14) 10,672 36–36 W1
73 June 19 Brewers 2–3 Peralta (2–0) Taillon (4–6) Knebel (7) 14,152 36–37 L1
— June 20 Brewers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for July 14
74 June 21 Diamondbacks 3–9 Godley (8–5) Kuhl (5–5) — 20,554 36–38 L2
75 June 22 Diamondbacks 1–2 (13) Chafin (1–2) Glasnow (1–2) McFarland (1) 28,843 36–39 L3
76 June 23 Diamondbacks 2–7 Greinke (7–5) Musgrove (2–3) — 21,121 36–40 L4
77 June 24 Diamondbacks 0–3 Buchholz (2–1) Williams (6–5) Boxberger (17) 19,207 36–41 L5
78 June 25 @ Mets 6–4 Taillon (5–6) Lugo (2–3) Vázquez (15) 22,135 37–41 W1
79 June 26 @ Mets 3–4 (10) Peterson (1–0) Brault (5–2) — 24,501 37–42 L1
80 June 27 @ Mets 5–3 Vázquez (3–2) Familia (3–4) — 24,506 38–42 W1
81 June 29 @ Padres 6–3 Musgrove (3–3) Lauer (3–5) Vázquez (16) 27,083 39–42 W2
82 June 30 @ Padres 3–4 Lucchesi (4–3) Williams (6–6) Hand (23) 32,418 39–43 L1
July: 17–9 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
83 July 1 @ Padres 7–5 Crick (1–1) Ross (5–6) Vázquez (17) 32,099 40–43 W1
84 July 2 @ Dodgers 1–17 Wood (5–5) Kingham (2–4) Ferguson (1) 45,207 40–44 L1
85 July 3 @ Dodgers 3–8 Kershaw (2–4) Nova (4–6) — 48,819 40–45 L2
86 July 4 @ Dodgers 4–6 Hill (2–3) Holmes (0–1) Jansen (23) 53,139 40–46 L3
87 July 6 Phillies 5–17 Ramos (3–0) Williams (6–7) — 24,846 40–47 L4
88 July 7 Phillies 2–3 Arrieta (6–6) Taillon (5–7) Arano (2) 28,150 40–48 L5
89 July 8 Phillies 4–1 Kingham (3–4) Anderson (0–1) Vázquez (18) 19,542 41–48 W1
90 July 9 Nationals 6–3 Nova (5–6) Rodríguez (0–1) Vázquez (19) 14,073 42–48 W2
91 July 10 Nationals 1–5 Hellickson (3–1) Musgrove (3–4) — 17,103 42–49 L1
92 July 11 Nationals 2–0 Williams (7–7) González (6–6) Vázquez (20) 21,083 43–49 W1
93 July 12 Brewers 6–3 Taillon (6–7) Miley (1–1) Vázquez (21) 17,858 44–49 W2
94 July 13 Brewers 7–3 Kingham (4–4) Guerra (6–6) Crick (2) 21,431 45–49 W3
95 July 14 Brewers 2–1 Rodríguez (2–2) Anderson (6–7) Vázquez (22) 24,474 46–49 W4
96 July 14 Brewers 6–2 Holmes (1–1) Suter (8–6) Vázquez (23) 24,474 47–49 W5
97 July 15 Brewers 7–6 (10) Anderson (1–0) Jennings (3–3) — 17,583 48–49 W6
89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.
98 July 20 @ Reds 12–1 Taillon (7–7) Mahle (7–8) — 20,726 49–49 W7
99 July 21 @ Reds 6–2 Kingham (5–4) DeSclafani (4–3) — 23,244 50–49 W8
100 July 22 @ Reds 9–2 Nova (6–6) Harvey (5–6) — 23,615 51–49 W9
101 July 23 @ Indians 7–0 (6) Williams (8–7) Kluber (12–6) — 24,925 52–49 W10
102 July 24 @ Indians 9–4 Musgrove (4–4) Bieber (5–2) — 26,414 53–49 W11
103 July 25 @ Indians 0–4 Bauer (9–6) Taillon (7–8) Hand (25) 31,682 53–50 L1
104 July 26 Mets 6–12 Matz (5–8) Kingham (5–5) — 21,981 53–51 L2
105 July 27 Mets 5–4 Vázquez (4–2) Peterson (2–2) — 26,356 54–51 W1
106 July 28 Mets 5–0 Williams (9–7) deGrom (5–6) — 35,900 55–51 W2
107 July 29 Mets 0–1 Wheeler (5–6) Musgrove (4–5) Swarzak (3) 23,749 55–52 L1
108 July 31 Cubs 5–4 Taillon (8–8) Lester (12–4) Vázquez (24) 18,972 56–52 W1
August: 10–17 (Home: 3–8; Away: 7–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
109 August 1 Cubs 2–9 Hamels (6–9) Kingham (5–6) — 18,600 56–53 L1
110 August 3 Cardinals 7–6 Crick (2–1) Hicks (3–3) Vázquez (25) 26,773 57–53 W1
111 August 4 Cardinals 4–8 Hudson (2–0) McRae (0–1) — 32,473 57–54 L1
112 August 5 Cardinals 1–2 Flaherty (5–6) Williams (9–8) Norris (21) 19,376 57–55 L2
113 August 6 @ Rockies 0–2 Freeland (10–7) Musgrove (4–6) Davis (32) 34,471 57–56 L3
114 August 7 @ Rockies 10–2 Taillon (9–8) Bettis (5–2) — 31,649 58–56 W1
115 August 8 @ Rockies 4–3 Archer (4–5) Márquez (9–9) Vázquez (26) 35,702 59–56 W2
116 August 9 @ Giants 10–5 Nova (7–6) Suárez (4–8) — 40,035 60–56 W3
117 August 10 @ Giants 10–13 Holland (6–8) Holmes (1–2) — 41,762 60–57 L1
118 August 11 @ Giants 4–0 Williams (10–8) Blach (6–7) — 41,209 61–57 W1
119 August 12 @ Giants 3–4 Rodríguez (6–1) Musgrove (4–7) Smith (8) 41,980 61–58 L1
120 August 14 @ Twins 2–5 Odorizzi (5–7) Taillon (9–9) Hildenberger (2) 28,515 61–59 L2
121 August 15 @ Twins 4–6 Moya (3–0) Santana (2–2) Hildenberger (3) 26,191 61–60 L3
122 August 16 Cubs 0–1 Lester (13–5) Nova (7–7) Strop (10) 21,783 61–61 L4
123 August 17 Cubs 0–1 Hamels (8–9) Williams (10–9) Chavez (2) 24,298 61–62 L5
124 August 18 Cubs 3–1 Musgrove (5–7) Chatwood (4–6) Vázquez (27) 35,100 62–62 W1
125 August 19 Cubs 2–1 (11) Rodríguez (3–2) Kintzler (1–3) — 24,283 63–62 W2
126 August 20 Braves 0–1 Wilson (1–0) Archer (4–6) Winkler (2) 16,445 63–63 L1
127 August 21 Braves 1–6 Gausman (8–9) Nova (7–8) — 13,280 63–64 L2
128 August 22 Braves 1–2 Teherán (9–7) Crick (2–2) Venters (2) 14,249 63–65 L3
129 August 24 @ Brewers 6–7 (15) Lyles (3–4) Holmes (1–3) — 32,694 63–66 L4
130 August 25 @ Brewers 9–1 Taillon (10–9) Chacín (13–5) — 40,622 64–66 W1
131 August 26 @ Brewers 4–7 Anderson (9–7) Archer (4–7) Jeffress (7) 39,607 64–67 L1
132 August 28 @ Cardinals 2–5 Flaherty (8–6) Nova (7–9) Norris (28) 35,258 64–68 L2
133 August 29 @ Cardinals 2–0 Williams (11–9) Mikolas (13–4) Vázquez (28) 33,448 65–68 W1
134 August 30 @ Cardinals 0–5 Gant (6–5) Musgrove (5–8) — 38,561 65–69 L1
135 August 31 @ Braves 3–2 Taillon (11–9) Brach (2–4) Vázquez (29) 36,650 66–69 W1
September: 16–10 (Home: 9–2; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
136 September 1 @ Braves 3–5 Venters (3–1) Kela (3–4) Minter (12) 33,705 66–70 L1
137 September 2 @ Braves 1–5 Venters (4–1) Brault (5–3) — 37,475 66–71 L2
138 September 3 Reds 5–1 Williams (12–9) Harvey (6–8) — 13,843 67–71 W1
139 September 4 Reds 7–3 Musgrove (6–8) Reed (0–2) — 8,855 68–71 W2
140 September 5 Reds 3–2 Taillon (12–9) Bailey (1–14) Vázquez (30) 9,560 69–71 W3
141 September 7 Marlins 5–3 Rodríguez (4–2) Guerrero (1–3) Vázquez (31) 19,515 70–71 W4
142 September 8 Marlins 5–1 Nova (8–9) Chen (6–10) — 16,110 71–71 W5
– September 9 Marlins CANCELLED, RAIN; will not be made up
143 September 10 @ Cardinals 7–8 Brebbia (2–3) Santana (2–3) Martínez (3) 33,566 71–72 L1
144 September 11 @ Cardinals 5–11 Mikolas (15–4) Musgrove (6–9) — 37,187 71–73 L2
145 September 12 @ Cardinals 4–3 Taillon (13–9) Poncedeleon (0–2) Vázquez (32) 39,606 72–73 W1
146 September 14 @ Brewers 4–7 Burnes (5–0) Archer (4–8) Jeffress (12) 39,482 72–74 L1
147 September 15 @ Brewers 3–1 Nova (9–9) Davies (2–6) Vázquez (33) 37,358 73–74 W1
148 September 16 @ Brewers 3–2 Williams (13–9) Chacín (14–8) Vázquez (34) 32,180 74–74 W2
149 September 17 Royals 7–6 Santana (3–3) Lively (0–3) — 10,316 75–74 W3
150 September 18 Royals 2–1 (11) Crick (3–2) Smith (1–5) — 11,566 76–74 W4
151 September 19 Royals 2–1 Archer (5–8) Fillmyer (3–2) Vázquez (35) 13,073 77–74 W5
152 September 21 Brewers 3–8 Burnes (6–0) Santana (3–4) — 19,243 77–75 L1
153 September 22 Brewers 3–0 Williams (14–9) Davies (2–7) Vázquez (36) 23,070 78–75 W1
154 September 23 Brewers 6–13 Knebel (3–3) Kingham (5–7) — 20,623 78–76 L1
155 September 24 @ Cubs 5–1 Taillon (14–9) Hamels (9–11) — 34,570 79–76 W1
156 September 25 @ Cubs 6–0 Archer (6–8) Montgomery (5–6) — 33,443 80–76 W2
157 September 26 @ Cubs 6–7 (10) Kintzler (3–3) Rodríguez (4–3) — 32,874 80–77 L1
158 September 27 @ Cubs 0–3 Lester (18–6) Williams (14–10) Chavez (5) 38,415 80–78 L2
159 September 28 @ Reds 8–4 Brault (6–3) DeSclafani (7–8) — 19,689 81–78 W1
160 September 29 @ Reds 0–3 Lorenzen (4–2) Taillon (14–10) Iglesias (30) 42,630 81–79 L1
161 September 30 @ Reds 6–5 (10) Feliz (1–2) Stephens (2–3) Vázquez (37) 25,091 82–79 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Adam Frazier DH
Josh Harrison 2B
Gregory Polanco RF
Josh Bell 1B
Corey Dickerson LF
Starling Marte CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Colin Moran 3B
Jordy Mercer SS
Iván Nova 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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Starling Marte 145 559 81 155 32 5 20 72 33 35 .277 .460
Corey Dickerson 135 504 65 151 35 7 13 55 8 21 .300 .474
Josh Bell 148 501 74 131 31 4 12 62 2 77 .261 .411
Gregory Polanco 130 461 75 117 32 6 23 81 12 61 .254 .499
Colin Moran 144 415 49 115 19 1 11 58 0 39 .277 .407
Jordy Mercer 117 394 43 99 29 2 6 39 2 32 .251 .381
Josh Harrison 97 344 41 86 13 1 8 37 3 18 .250 .363
Francisco Cervelli 104 332 39 86 15 3 12 57 2 51 .259 .431
Adam Frazier 113 318 52 88 23 2 10 35 1 29 .277 .456
Elías Díaz 82 252 33 72 12 0 10 34 0 21 .286 .452
David Freese 94 241 29 68 10 1 9 42 0 18 .282 .444
Austin Meadows 49 154 16 45 8 2 5 13 4 8 .292 .468
Sean Rodriguez 66 150 21 25 5 1 5 19 1 22 .167 .313
José Osuna 51 106 14 24 9 0 3 11 0 3 .226 .396
Jordan Luplow 37 92 16 17 1 3 3 7 2 10 .185 .359
Kevin Newman 31 91 7 19 2 0 0 6 0 4 .209 .231
Max Moroff 26 59 7 11 1 0 3 9 0 7 .186 .356
Pablo Reyes 18 58 9 17 2 0 3 7 0 5 .293 .483
Adeiny Hechavarria 15 43 2 10 4 0 1 3 0 3 .233 .395
Jacob Stallings 14 37 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 3 .216 .216
Kevin Kramer 21 37 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 .135 .135
Ryan Lavarnway 6 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .833
Jung-ho Kang 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333
Christopher Bostick 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Pitcher Totals 161 285 11 26 6 0 0 8 0 5 .091 .112
Team Totals 161 5447 692 1381 290 38 157 665 70 474 .254 .407

Source:[1]

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
Jameson Taillon 14 10 3.20 32 32 0 191.0 179 69 68 46 179
Trevor Williams 14 10 3.11 31 31 0 170.2 146 64 59 55 126
Iván Nova 9 9 4.19 29 29 0 161.0 171 82 75 35 114
Joe Musgrove 6 9 4.06 19 19 0 115.1 113 56 52 23 100
Steven Brault 6 3 4.61 45 5 0 91.2 84 51 47 57 82
Chad Kuhl 5 5 4.55 16 16 0 85.0 89 47 43 33 81
Nick Kingham 5 7 5.21 18 15 0 76.0 79 50 44 26 69
Felipe Vázquez 4 2 2.70 70 0 37 70.0 63 24 21 24 89
Richard Rodríguez 4 3 2.47 63 0 0 69.1 55 19 19 19 88
Edgar Santana 3 4 3.26 69 0 0 66.1 61 25 24 12 54
Kyle Crick 3 2 2.39 64 0 2 60.1 45 18 16 23 65
Tyler Glasnow 1 2 4.34 34 0 0 56.0 47 28 27 34 72
Chris Archer 3 3 4.30 10 10 0 52.1 53 27 25 18 60
Michael Feliz 1 2 5.66 47 0 0 47.2 49 33 30 23 55
Dovydas Neverauskas 0 0 8.00 25 0 0 27.0 30 25 24 10 27
Clay Holmes 1 3 6.84 11 4 0 26.1 30 21 20 23 21
George Kontos 2 3 5.03 21 0 1 19.2 23 12 11 5 9
Keone Kela 0 1 2.93 16 0 0 15.1 10 5 5 5 22
Tanner Anderson 1 0 6.35 6 0 0 11.1 15 10 8 8 6
Alex McRae 0 1 5.68 2 0 0 6.1 8 4 4 5 5
Josh Smoker 0 0 11.12 7 0 0 5.2 11 7 7 5 2
Casey Sadler 0 0 8.31 2 0 0 4.1 9 7 4 3 3
Enny Romero 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 4.0 7 5 2 3 5
Nick Burdi 0 0 20.25 2 0 0 1.1 3 4 3 2 2
Team Totals 82 79 4.00 161 161 40 1434.0 1380 693 637 497 1336

Source:[2]

Disabled lists

7-day disabled list

Player Injury Placed Activated
Francisco Cervelli Concussion June 22, 2018 July 1, 2018
Francisco Cervelli Concussion July 14, 2018 July 26, 2018

10-day disabled list

Player Injury Placed Activated
A. J. Schugel Right Shoulder Injury March 26, 2018 June 27, 2018
Joe Musgrove Right Shoulder Strain April 2, 2018 May 25, 2018
Josh Harrison Fracture of 5th Metacarpal Bone in Left Hand April 16, 2018 May 20, 2018
Enny Romero Left Shoulder Impingement April 26, 2018 July 2, 2018
Starling Marte Right Oblique Strain May 16, 2018 May 26, 2018
Iván Nova Right Ring Finger Sprain May 25, 2018 June 10, 2018
Richard Rodríguez Right Shoulder Inflammation June 8, 2018 June 18, 2018
Michael Feliz Right Shoulder Inflammation June 24, 2018 July 7, 2018
Sean Rodriguez Right Quadriceps Strain June 25, 2018 July 20, 2018
Chad Kuhl Right Forearm Strain June 27, 2018 July 31, 2018
Francisco Cervelli Concussion July 1, 2018 July 8, 2018
Joe Musgrove Right Index Finger Infection July 3, 2018 July 10, 2018
Josh Bell Left Oblique Strain July 28, 2018 August 8, 2018
Corey Dickerson Strained Left Hamstring July 28, 2018 August 4, 2018
Sean Rodriguez Left Abdomen Strain August 6, 2018 August 24, 2018
Jordy Mercer Left Calf Strain August 15, 2018 August 29, 2018
Gregory Polanco Dislocated Left Shoulder and Bone Bruise on Left Knee September 15, 2018 October 2, 2018

60-day disabled list

Player Injury Placed Activated
Nick Burdi Recovery from Tommy John Surgery February 20, 2018 September 1, 2018
A. J. Schugel Right Shoulder Injury June 27, 2018 August 25, 2018
Nik Turley Left Elbow Sprain June 28, 2018 October 4, 2018
Chad Kuhl Right Forearm Strain July 31, 2018 November 2, 2018

Notable achievements

Awards

National League Player of the Week

National League Rookie of the Month

2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Transactions

The Pirates were involved in the following transactions during the 2018 season:

Trades

November 20, 2017[9] To Toronto Blue Jays:

Gift Ngoepe

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Player To Be Named Later or Cash

December 14, 2017[10] To Philadelphia Phillies:

Future Considerations

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Nick Burdi

January 13, 2018[11] To Houston Astros:

Gerrit Cole

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Colin Moran
Jason Martin
Joe Musgrove
Michael Feliz

January 15, 2018[12] To San Francisco Giants:

Andrew McCutchen

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Kyle Crick
Bryan Reynolds
Future Considerations

January 17, 2018[13] To Atlanta Braves:

Shane Carle

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Player To Be Named Later or Cash

January 31, 2018[14] To New York Mets:

Daniel Zamora
Cash Considerations

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Josh Smoker

February 20, 2018[15] To Boston Red Sox:

Cash

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Bryce Brentz

February 22, 2018[16] To Tampa Bay Rays:

Daniel Hudson
Tristan Gray
Cash

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Corey Dickerson

April 27, 2018[17] To Chicago White Sox:

Todd Cunningham

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Player To Be Named Later

July 31, 2018[18] To Texas Rangers:

Taylor Hearn
Sherten Apostel

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Keone Kela

July 31, 2018[19] To Tampa Bay Rays:

Austin Meadows
Tyler Glasnow
Shane Baz

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Chris Archer

August 6, 2018[20] To Tampa Bay Rays:

Matt Seelinger

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Adeiny Hechavarria

August 31, 2018[21] To Los Angeles Dodgers:

David Freese

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Jesus Manuel Valdez

August 31, 2018[22] To New York Yankees:

Adeiny Hechavarria

To Pittsburgh Pirates:

Player To Be Named Later or Cash

Free agents

Player Acquired from Lost to Date Contract terms
Todd Cunningham[23] Los Angeles Dodgers December 7, 2017 Minor league contract
Richard Rodríguez[23] Baltimore Orioles December 7, 2017 Minor league contract
Bo Schultz[24] Toronto Blue Jays January 5, 2018 Minor league contract
Tyler Jones[25] New York Yankees January 5, 2018 Minor league contract
John Stilson[26] Toronto Blue Jays January 10, 2018 Minor league contract
Linse Carvajal[27] None January 20, 2018 Minor league contract
Yeison Ceballo[27] None January 20, 2018 Minor league contract
Miguel Peralta[27] None January 20, 2018 Minor league contract
Oliver Mateo[27] None January 20, 2018 Minor league contract
Ryan Lavarnway[28] Oakland Athletics January 22, 2018 Minor league contract
Edgar Barrios[27] None January 24, 2018 Minor league contract
Valentin Linarez[27] None January 25, 2018 Minor league contract
Joelvis Del Rosario[27] None January 25, 2018 Minor league contract
Mariano Dotel[27] None January 25, 2018 Minor league contract
Estalin Ortiz[29] None February 3, 2018 Minor league contract
Daniel Nava[30] Philadelphia Phillies February 6, 2018 Minor league contract
Chris Stewart[31] Atlanta Braves February 14, 2018 1 year
Michael Saunders[32] Toronto Blue Jays February 21, 2018 Minor league contract
Kevin Siegrist[33] Philadelphia Phillies February 24, 2018 Minor league contract

Waivers

Player Claimed from Lost to Date
Nik Turley[34] Minnesota Twins November 6, 2017
Sam Moll[35] Oakland Athletics November 27, 2017
Sam Moll[36] Seattle Mariners November 30, 2017
Engelb Vielma[37] Philadelphia Phillies December 11, 2017
Jordan Milbrath[38] Cleveland Indians December 14, 2017
Shane Carle[39] Colorado Rockies January 4, 2018
Johnny Barbato[40] Detroit Tigers January 11, 2018
Engelb Vielma[41] San Francisco Giants January 18, 2018
Bryce Brentz[42] New York Mets March 26, 2018
Jack Leathersich[43] Cleveland Indians March 27, 2018
Jordan Milbrath[44] Cleveland Indians March 27, 2018
Jesús Liranzo[45] Los Angeles Dodgers April 5, 2018
Enny Romero[46] Washington Nationals April 14, 2018

Signings

Name Date Details
Felipe Vázquez[47] January 19, 2018 4 years/$22 million

Other

Name Date Details
Justin Meccage[48] December 1, 2017 Named Assistant Pitching Coach

Farm system

List of minor leagues staff:[49]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians International League Brian Esposito
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League Michael Ryan
A Bradenton Marauders Florida State League Gera Alvarez
A West Virginia Power South Atlantic League Wyatt Toregas
Short-Season A West Virginia Black Bears New York–Penn League Kieran Mattison
Rookie Bristol Pirates Appalachian League Miguel Pérez
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Dave Turgeon
Rookie DSL Pirates Dominican Summer League Gavi Nivar

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