2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2020 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record19–41 (.317)
Divisional place5th
OwnersRobert Nutting
General managersBen Cherington
ManagersDerek Shelton
TelevisionAT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-FM
Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network
(Greg Brown, Joe Block, Bob Walk, John Wehner, Michael McKenry)
StatsESPN.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.

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 43 17 .717
Atlanta Braves 35 25 .583
Chicago Cubs 34 26 .567
Division 2nd Place
Team W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 37 23 .617
St. Louis Cardinals 30 28 .517
Miami Marlins 31 29 .517
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
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

2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

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

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 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 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

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 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

Source:[2]

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.