| Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Season: | 2020 |
| 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) |
| Espntn: | pit |
| Brtn: | PIT |
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.
| NL Central | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | W | L | WP | |||
| 4 | 6 | 34 | 38 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 27 | 46 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 54 | 49 | |||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 33 | 39 | |||
| Total | 16 | 24 | 148 | 172 | ||
| AL Central | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 1 | 5 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 0 | 3 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 0 | 3 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 15 | 22 | |||
| Total | 3 | 17 | 71 | 126 | ||
| Season Total | 19 | 41 | 219 | 298 | ||
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 36 | ||
| August | 25 | 8 | 17 | 102 | 137 | ||
| September | 28 | 9 | 19 | 91 | 125 | ||
| Total | 60 | 19 | 41 | 219 | 298 |
| Games | Won | Lost | Win % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 32 | 13 | 19 | 129 | 154 | |
| Away | 28 | 6 | 22 | 90 | 144 | |
| Total | 60 | 19 | 41 | 219 | 298 | |
|-style="background:#fbb;"|1||July 24||@ Cardinals || 4–5 || Flaherty (1–0) || Musgrove (0–1) || Kim (1) || 0–1 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"|2||July 25||@ Cardinals || 1–9 || Wainwright (1–0) || Williams (0–1) || — || 0–2 || L2|-style="background:#cfc;"|3||July 26||@ Cardinals || 5–1 || Keller (1–0) || Hudson (0–1) || — || 1–2 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"|4||July 27||Brewers || 5–6 || Phelps (1–0) || Neverauskas (0–1) || — || 1–3 || L1|-style="background:#cfc;"|5||July 28||Brewers || 8–6 || Hartlieb (1–0) || Wahl (0–1) || Burdi (1) || 2–3 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"|6||July 29||Brewers || 0–3 || Woodruff (1–1) || Musgrove (0–2) || Hader (1) || 2–4 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"|7||July 31||@ Cubs || 3–6 || Darvish (1–1) || Williams (0–2) || — || 2–5 || L2|-|-style="background:#fbb;"|8||August 1||@ Cubs || 3–4 || Chatwood (2–0) || Keller (1–1) || Wick (1) || 2–6 || L3|-style="background:#fbb;"|9||August 2||@ Cubs || 1–2 || Jeffress (1–0) || Ponce (0–1) || — || 2–7 || L4|-style="background:#fbb;"|10||August 3||@ Twins || 4–5 || Rogers (1–0) || Burdi (0–1) || — || 2–8 || L5|-style="background:#fbb;"|11||August 4||@ Twins || 3–7 || Berríos (1–1) || Musgrove (0–3) || May (1) || 2–9 || L6|-style="background:#fbb;"|12||August 5||Twins || 2–5 || Dobnak (2–1) || Williams (0–3) || — || 2–10 || L7|-style="background:#cfc;"|13||August 6||Twins || 6–5 || Howard (1–0) || Rogers (1–1) || — || 3–10 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"|14||August 7||Tigers || 13–17 || Garcia (2–0) || Neverauskas (0–2) || — || 3–11 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"|15||August 8||Tigers || 5–11 || Nova (1–0) || Holland (0–1) || — || 3–12 || L2 |-style="background:#fbb;"|16||August 9||Tigers || 1–2 || Turnbull (2–0) || Rodríguez (0–1) || Jiménez (5) || 3–13 || L3|-style="background:#bbbbbb;"|—||August 10||@ Cardinals || colspan="7" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: August 27) |-style="background:#bbbbbb;"|—||August 11||@ Cardinals || colspan="7" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: August 27) |-style="background:#bbbbbb;"|—||August 12||@ Cardinals || colspan="7" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 18) |-style="background:#cfc;"|17||August 13||@ Reds || 9–6 || Williams (1–3) || DeSclafani (1–1) || — || 4–13 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"|18||August 14||@ Reds || 1–8 || Gray (4–1) || Kuhl (0–1) || — || 4–14 || L1|-style="background:#bbbbbb;"|—||August 15||@ Reds || colspan="7" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 4) |-style="background:#bbbbbb;"|—||August 16||@ Reds || colspan="7" | Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 14) |-style="background:#fbb;"|19||August 18||Indians || 3–6 || Wittgren (1–0) || Howard (1–1) || Hand (6) || 4–15 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"|20||August 19||Indians || 1–6 || Civale (3–2) || Neverauskas (0–3) || — || 4–16 || L3|-style="background:#fbb;"|21||August 20||Indians || 0–2 || Bieber (5–0) || Williams (1–4) || Hand (7) || 4–17 || L4|-style="background:#cfc;"|22||August 21||Brewers || 7–2 || Kuhl (1–1) || Houser (1–2) || — || 5–17 || W1|-style="background:#cfc;"|23||August 22||Brewers || 12–5 || Holland (1–1) || Lindblom (1–1) || — || 6–17 || W2|-style="background:#cfc;"|24||August 23||Brewers || 5–4 || Stratton (1–0) || Phelps (2–3) || Rodríguez (1) || 7–17 || W3|-style="background:#fbb;"|25||August 25||@ White Sox || 0–4 || Giolito (3–2) || Brault (0–1) || — || 7–18 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"|26||August 26||@ White Sox || 3–10 || Keuchel (5–2) || Williams (1–5) || — || 7–19 || L2|-style="background:#cfc;"|27||August 27 ||@ Cardinals || 4–3 || Stratton (2–0) || Gant (0–2) || Rodríguez (2) || 8–19 || W1|-style="background:#cfc;"|28||August 27 ||@ Cardinals || 2–0 || Ponce (1–1) || Oviedo (0–1) || Turley (1) || 9–19 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"|29||August 28||@ Brewers || 1–9 || Burnes (1–0) || Holland (1–2) || — || 9–20 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"|30||August 29||@ Brewers || 6–7 || Williams (2–1) || Rodríguez (0–2) || — || 9–21 || L2|-style="background:#cfc;"|31||August 30||@ Brewers || 5–1 || Tropeano (1–0) || Woodruff (2–3) || — || 10–21 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"|32||August 31||@ Brewers || 5–6 || Williams (3–1) || Turley (0–1) || Hader (8) || 10–22 || L1|-|-style="background:#fbb;"|33||September 1||Cubs || 7–8 || Jeffress (3–1) || Crick (0–1) || — || 10–23 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"|34||September 2||Cubs || 2–8 || Hendricks (4–4) || Musgrove (0–4) || — || 10–24 || L3|-style="background:#cfc;"|35||September 3||Cubs || 6–2 || Brubaker (1–0) || Mills (3–3) || — || 11–24 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"|36||September 4 ||Reds || 2–4 || Castillo (1–5) || Brault (0–2) || Iglesias (5) || 11–25 || L1|-style="background:#cfc;"|37||September 4 ||@ Reds || 4–3 || Howard (2–1) || Bauer (3–3) || Rodríguez (3) || 12–25 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;"|38||September 5||Reds || 2–6 || Garrett (1–0) || Williams (1–6) || — || 12–26 || L1|-style="background:#cfc;"|39||September 6||Reds || 3–2 || Rodríguez (1–2) || Iglesias (2–3) || — || 13–26 || W1|-style="background:#cfc;"|40||September 8||White Sox || 5–4 || Rodríguez (2–2) || Detwiler (1–1) || — || 14–26 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"|41||September 9||White Sox || 1–8 || Dunning (1–0) || Brubaker (1–1) || — || 14–27 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"|42||September 11||@ Royals || 3–4 || Bubic (1–5) || Brault (0–3) || Holland (4) || 14–28 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"|43||September 12||@ Royals || 4–7 || Zimmer (1–0) || Williams (1–7) || Holland (5) || 14–29 || L3|-style="background:#fbb;"|44||September 13||@ Royals || 0–11 || Keller (4–2) || Kuhl (1–2) || — || 14–30 || L4 |-style="background:#fbb;"|45||September 14 ||@ Reds || 1–3 || Iglesias (3–3) || Howard (2–2) || — || 14–31 || L5|-style="background:#fbb;"|46||September 14 ||@ Reds || 4–9 || Romano (1–0) || Turley (0–2) || — || 14–32 || L6|-style="background:#fbb;"|47||September 15||@ Reds || 1–4 || Lorenzen (2–1) || Musgrove (0–5) || Garrett (1) || 14–33 || L7|-style="background:#fbb;"|48||September 16||@ Reds || 0–1 || Castillo (3–5) || Brubaker (1–2) || Iglesias (8) || 14–34 || L8|-style="background:#cfc;"|49||September 17||Cardinals || 5–1 || Brault (1–3) || Gomber (0–1) || — || 15–34 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"|50||September 18 ||Cardinals || 5–6 || Reyes (2–1) || Williams (1–8) || Helsley (1) || 15–35 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"|51||September 18 ||@ Cardinals || 2–7 || Miller (1–1) || Kuhl (1–3) || — || 15–36 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"|52||September 19||Cardinals || 4–5 || Woodford (1–0) || Howard (2–3) || Cabrera (1) || 15–37 || L3|-style="background:#fbb;"|53||September 20||Cardinals || 1–2 || Flaherty (4–2) || Holland (1–3) || Miller (3) || 15–38 || L4|-style="background:#fbb;"|54||September 21||Cubs || 0–5 || Lester (2–1) || Brubaker (1–3) || — || 15–39 || L5|-style="background:#cfc;"|55||September 22||Cubs || 3–2 || Rodríguez (3–2) || Chafin (1–2) || — || 16–39 || W1|-style="background:#cfc;"|56||September 23||Cubs || 2–1 || Williams (2–8) || Hendricks (6–5) || Rodríguez (4) || 17–39 || W2|-style="background:#cfc;"|57||September 24||Cubs || 7–0 || Kuhl (2–3) || Mills (5–5) || — || 18–39 || W3|-style="background:#fbb;"|58||September 25||@ Indians || 3–4 || Plutko (2–2) || Stratton (2–1) || — || 18–40 || L1|-style="background:#cfc;"|59||September 26||@ Indians || 8–0 || Musgrove (1–5) || Civale (4–6) || — || 19–40 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"|60||September 27||@ Indians || 6–8 || Karinchak (1–2) || Turley (0–3) || Hand (16) || 19–41 || L1|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member
| 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | Outfielders | ManagerCoaches | ||||||
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
| bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%" | Player | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | G | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | AB | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | R | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | H | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | 2B | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | 3B | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | HR | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | RBI | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | SB | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | BB | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | AVG | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | 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 |
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
| bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%" | Player | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | W | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | L | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | ERA | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | G | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | GS | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | SV | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | IP | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | H | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | R | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | ER | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | BB | bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%" | 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 |