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2021 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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2021 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[a]
Record61–101 (.377)
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, Matt Capps, Kevin Young, Neil Walker
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2021 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 140th season overall, 135th season as a member of the National League, and 21st season at PNC Park. The Pirates suffered another heavily losing season, finishing last in the National League Central with a 0.377 winning percentage, the second-worst in the National League. They were 34 games behind the division-winning Brewers. One rare highlight from the season was winning a series of games against the playoff-bound Giants, including a 10-2 steamrolling of them at Oracle Park.

The Pirates had the first overall pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft after their weak 2020 season, drafting catcher Henry Davis. Sports journalists suspect that the team was tanking again in the 2021 season for a high draft spot in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League Central

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 95 67 .586 — 45‍–‍36 50‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 .556 5 45‍–‍36 45‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 83 79 .512 12 44‍–‍37 39‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs 71 91 .438 24 39‍–‍42 32‍–‍49
Pittsburgh Pirates 61 101 .377 34 37‍–‍44 24‍–‍57


National League playoff standings

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Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
San Francisco Giants 107 55 .660
Milwaukee Brewers 95 67 .586
Atlanta Braves 88 73 .547
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 106 56 .654 +16
St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 .556 —
Cincinnati Reds 83 79 .512 7
Philadelphia Phillies 82 80 .506 8
San Diego Padres 79 83 .488 11
New York Mets 77 85 .475 13
Colorado Rockies 74 87 .460 15½
Chicago Cubs 71 91 .438 19
Miami Marlins 67 95 .414 23
Washington Nationals 65 97 .401 25
Pittsburgh Pirates 61 101 .377 29
Arizona Diamondbacks 52 110 .321 38


Record vs. opponents

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2021 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona — 3–4 2–4 5–1 9–10 3–16 2–5 1–6 1–5 4–3 4–2 8–11 2–17 1–6 3–4 4–16
Arizona — 3–4 2–4 5–1 9–10 3–16 2–5 1–6 1–5 4–3 4–2 8–11 2–17 1–6 3–4 4–16
Atlanta 4–3 — 5–2 4–3 2–4 2–4 11–8 3–3 10–9 10–9 4–3 4–2 3–3 6–1 14–5 6–14
Chicago 4–2 2–5 — 8–11 3–3 4–3 1–5 4–15 4–3 2–5 14–5 5–1 1–6 9–10 4–3 6–14
Cincinnati 1–5 3–4 11–8 — 5–2 3–3 5–2 9–10 3–3 4–2 13–6 1–6 1–6 10–9 5–2 9–11
Colorado 10–9 4–2 3–3 2–5 — 6–13 4–2 2–5 2–5 5–2 4–2 11–8 4–15 3–4 4–2 10–10
Los Angeles 16–3 4–2 3–4 3–3 13–6 — 3–4 4–3 6–1 4–2 6–0 12–7 9–10 4–3 7–0 12–8
Miami 5–2 8–11 5–1 2–5 2–4 4–3 — 3–3 9–10 10–9 2–5 3–4 3–4 0–6 8–11 3–17
Milwaukee 6–1 3–3 15–4 10–9 5–2 3–4 3–3 — 4–2 2–5 14–5 5–2 4–3 8–11 5–1 8–12
New York 5–1 9–10 3–4 3–3 5–2 1–6 10–9 2–4 — 9–10 3–4 4–3 1–5 2–5 11–8 9–11
Philadelphia 3–4 9–10 5–2 2–4 2–5 2–4 9–10 5–2 10–9 — 4–3 4–2 2–4 4–3 13–6 8–12
Pittsburgh 2–4 3–4 5–14 6–13 2–4 0–6 5–2 5–14 4–3 3–4 — 3–4 4–3 7–12 2–4 10–10
San Diego 11–8 2–4 1–5 6–1 8–11 7–12 4–3 2–5 3–4 2–4 4–3 — 8–11 3–3 4–3 14–6
San Francisco 17–2 3–3 6–1 6–1 15–4 10–9 4–3 3–4 5–1 4–2 3–4 11–8 — 2–4 5–2 13–7
St. Louis 6–1 1–6 10–9 9–10 4–3 3–4 6–0 11–8 5–2 3–4 12–7 3–3 4–2 — 2–4 11–9
Washington 4–3 5–14 3–4 2–5 2–4 0–7 11–8 1–5 8–11 6–13 4–2 3–4 2–5 4–2 — 10–10

Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.

Detailed records

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Game log

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2021 Game Log: 61–101 (Home: 37–44; Away: 24–57)
April: 12–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1 April 1 @ Cubs 5–3 Howard (1–0) Hendricks (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 10,343 1–0 W1
2 April 3 @ Cubs 1–5 Arrieta (1–0) Anderson (0–1) — 10,343 1–1 L1
3 April 4 @ Cubs 3–4 Davies (1–0) Keller (0–1) Kimbrel (1) 10,343 1–2 L2
4 April 5 @ Reds 3–5 Doolittle (1–0) Howard (1–1) Garrett (1) 9,097 1–3 L3
5 April 6 @ Reds 1–14 Miley (1–0) Cahill (0–1) — 11,093 1–4 L4
6 April 7 @ Reds 4–11 Castillo (1–0) Kuhl (0–1) — 11,463 1–5 L5
7 April 8 Cubs 2–4 Arrieta (2–0) Anderson (0–2) Kimbrel (2) 7,749 1–6 L6
8 April 10 Cubs 8–2 Keller (1–1) Davies (1–1) — 7,052 2–6 W1
9 April 11 Cubs 7–1 Brubaker (1–0) Williams (1–1) — 6,851 3–6 W2
10 April 12 Padres 2–6 Darvish (1–0) Oviedo (0–1) — 4,068 3–7 L1
11 April 13 Padres 8–4 Stratton (1–0) Crismatt (0–1) — 4,814 4–7 W1
12 April 14 Padres 5–1 Anderson (1–2) Musgrove (2–1) — 5,228 5–7 W2
13 April 15 Padres 3–8 Paddack (1–1) Keller (1–2) Stammen (1) 4,023 5–8 L1
14 April 16 @ Brewers 6–1 Brubaker (2–0) Houser (1–2) — 11,967 6–8 W1
15 April 17 @ Brewers 1–7 Anderson (2–1) Cahill (0–2) — 12,038 6–9 L1
16 April 18 @ Brewers 6–5 (10) Rodríguez (1–0) Feyereisen (0–1) — 11,772 7–9 W1
— April 20 @ Tigers Postponed (snow; makeup April 21)
17 April 21 (1) @ Tigers 3–2 (7) Anderson (2–2) Fulmer (1–1) Rodríguez (2) 7,356 8–9 W2
18 April 21 (2) @ Tigers 2–5 (7) Turnbull (1–0) Yajure (0–1) Soto (2) 7,461 8–10 L1
19 April 22 @ Tigers 4–2 Howard (2–1) Cisnero (0–1) Rodríguez (3) 7,314 9–10 W1
20 April 23 @ Twins 0–2 Happ (1–0) Brubaker (2–1) Rogers (1) 9,541 9–11 L1
21 April 24 @ Twins 6–2 Cahill (1–2) Pineda (1–1) — 9,718 10–11 W1
22 April 25 @ Twins 6–2 Holmes (1–0) Shoemaker (1–2) — 9,396 11–11 W2
23 April 27 Royals 2–1 Underwood Jr. (1–0) Junis (1–1) Rodríguez (4) 5,510 12–11 W3
24 April 28 Royals 6–9 Zimmer (2–0) Keller (1–3) Staumont (3) 4,226 12–12 L1
25 April 30 Cardinals 3–7 Gant (2–2) Brubaker (2–2) — 5,953 12–13 L2
May: 8–20 (Home: 5–10; Away: 3–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
26 May 1 Cardinals 5–12 Flaherty (5–0) Cahill (1–3) — 7,331 12–14 L3
27 May 2 Cardinals 0–3 Martínez (2–4) Crowe (0–1) Reyes (7) 7,343 12–15 L4
28 May 3 @ Padres 0–2 Hill (2–2) Anderson (2–3) Melancon (10) 15,250 12–16 L5
29 May 4 @ Padres 2–1 Keller (2–3) Weathers (1–1) Rodríguez (5) 15,250 13–16 W1
30 May 5 @ Padres 2–4 Stammen (2–1) Underwood Jr. (1–1) Melancon (11) 15,250 13–17 L1
31 May 7 @ Cubs 2–3 Davies (2–2) Cahill (1–4) Brothers (1) 10,343 13–18 L2
32 May 8 @ Cubs 2–3 Thompson (1–0) Howard (2–2) Kimbrel (6) 10,343 13–19 L3
33 May 9 @ Cubs 6–5 Anderson (3–3) Hendricks (2–4) Rodríguez (6) 10,343 14–19 W1
34 May 10 Reds 1–14 Mahle (2–1) Keller (2–4) — 4,065 14–20 L1
35 May 11 Reds 7–2 Brubaker (3–2) Hoffman (2–3) — 4,049 15–20 W1
36 May 12 Reds 1–5 (10) Sims (2–1) Underwood Jr. (1–2) — 4,515 15–21 L1
37 May 13 Giants 1–3 DeSclafani (3–1) Crowe (0–2) Rogers (3) 4,099 15–22 L2
38 May 14 Giants 3–2 (11) Oviedo (1–1) Baragar (2–1) — 6,743 16–22 W1
39 May 15 Giants 8–6 Rodríguez (2–0) McGee (1–1) — 7,833 17–22 W2
40 May 16 Giants 1–4 Wood (5–0) Keller (2–5) Rogers (4) 7,356 17–23 L1
41 May 18 @ Cardinals 2–5 Gant (3–3) Brubaker (3–3) Reyes (12) 14,005 17–24 L2
42 May 19 @ Cardinals 5–8 Flaherty (8–0) Cahill (1–5) Reyes (13) 14,677 17–25 L3
43 May 20 @ Braves 6–4 (10) Rodríguez (3–0) Webb (1–2) — 21,430 18–25 W1
44 May 21 @ Braves 1–20 Anderson (4–1) Anderson (3–4) — 37,545 18–26 L1
45 May 22 @ Braves 1–6 Wilson (2–2) Keller (2–6) — 40,068 18–27 L2
46 May 23 @ Braves 1–7 Fried (2–2) Brubaker (3–4) — 39,874 18–28 L3
47 May 25 Cubs 3–4 Arrieta (5–4) Ponce (0–1) Kimbrel (10) 6,750 18–29 L4
48 May 26 Cubs 1–4 Williams (3–2) Crowe (0–3) Kimbrel (11) 5,660 18–30 L5
49 May 27 Cubs 3–5 Hendricks (5–4) Anderson (3–5) Tepera (1) 7,202 18–31 L6
— May 28 Rockies Postponed (rain; makeup May 29)
50 May 29 (1) Rockies 7–0 (7) Brubaker (4–4) Gray (4–5) — 5,279 19–31 W1
51 May 29 (2) Rockies 4–0 (7) Keller (3–6) Gomber (3–5) — 7,183 20–31 W2
52 May 30 Rockies 3–4 Bard (3–3) Rodríguez (3–1) — 7,917 20–32 L1
53 May 31 @ Royals 3–7 Minor (4–2) Kuhl (0–2) — 12,604 20–33 L2
June: 9–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 3–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
54 June 1 @ Royals 5–10 Singer (3–4) Crowe (0–4) — 10,333 20–34 L3
55 June 3 Marlins 5–3 Crick (1–0) Floro (2–3) Rodríguez (7) 4,192 21–34 W1
56 June 4 Marlins 9–2 Underwood Jr. (2–2) Poteet (2–2) Stratton (1) 8,044 22–34 W2
57 June 5 Marlins 8–7 (12) Holmes (2–0) Cimber (1–2) — 8,714 23–34 W3
58 June 6 Marlins 1–3 Alcántara (3–5) Kuhl (0–3) García (10) 5,477 23–35 L1
59 June 8 Dodgers 3–5 Buehler (5–0) Brubaker (4–5) Jansen (13) 9,047 23–36 L2
60 June 9 Dodgers 1–2 González (3–0) Anderson (3–6) Jansen (14) 10,957 23–37 L3
61 June 10 Dodgers 3–6 (8) Urías (9–2) Keller (3–7) Bickford (1) 9,396 23–38 L4
62 June 11 @ Brewers 4–7 Woodruff (5–2) Holmes (2–1) Hader (15) 17,678 23–39 L5
63 June 12 @ Brewers 4–7 Richards (1–0) Kuhl (0–4) Hader (16) 20,126 23–40 L6
64 June 13 @ Brewers 2–5 Suter (8–3) Bednar (0–1) Hader (17) 20,545 23–41 L7
65 June 14 @ Nationals 2–3 Finnegan (3–2) Holmes (2–2) Hand (12) 14,859 23–42 L8
66 June 15 @ Nationals 1–8 Corbin (4–5) Anderson (3–7) — 16,886 23–43 L9
67 June 16 @ Nationals 1–3 Espino (1–2) De Jong (0–1) Hand (13) 16,781 23–44 L10
68 June 18 Indians 11–10 Kuhl (1–4) Mejía (1–2) Rodríguez (8) 16,965 24–44 W1
69 June 19 Indians 6–3 Stratton (2–0) Shaw (1–2) — 16,830 25–44 W2
70 June 20 Indians 1–2 Maton (2–0) Brubaker (4–6) Karinchak (8) 16,582 25–45 L1
71 June 22 White Sox 6–3 Bednar (1–1) Crochet (2–4) Rodríguez (9) 9,847 26–45 W1
72 June 23 White Sox 3–4 Cease (6–3) De Jong (0–2) Hendriks (19) 10,406 26–46 L1
73 June 24 @ Cardinals 8–2 Kuhl (2–4) Martínez (3–9) — 33,254 27–46 W1
74 June 25 @ Cardinals 5–4 Crowe (1–4) Woodford (1–1) Rodríguez (10) 34,812 28–46 W2
75 June 26 @ Cardinals 1–3 Wainwright (6–5) Brubaker (4–7) Reyes (18) 33,058 28–47 L1
76 June 27 @ Cardinals 7–2 Kranick (1–0) Oviedo (0–4) — 25,163 29–47 W1
77 June 28 @ Rockies 0–2 Freeland (1–2) Anderson (3–8) Bard (11) 32,092 29–48 L1
78 June 29 @ Rockies 0–8 Márquez (7–6) De Jong (0–3) — 27,915 29–49 L2
79 June 30 @ Rockies 2–6 Gray (5–6) Kuhl (2–5) — 20,270 29–50 L3
July: 11–14 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
80 July 1 Brewers 2–7 Burnes (4–4) Crowe (1–5) — 11,074 29–51 L4
81 July 2 Brewers 2–7 Houser (5–5) Brubaker (4–8) — 15,421 29–52 L5
82 July 3 Brewers 2–11 Lauer (3–3) Ponce (0–2) — 17,451 29–53 L6
83 July 4 Brewers 2–0 Anderson (4–8) Peralta (7–3) Rodríguez (11) 12,527 30–53 W1
84 July 5 Braves 11–1 De Jong (1–3) Fried (5–5) — 11,600 31–53 W2
85 July 6 Braves 2–1 Rodríguez (4–1) Matzek (0–3) — 10,844 32–53 W3
86 July 7 Braves 3–14 Smyly (7–3) Crick (1–1) — 10,094 32–54 L1
— July 8 @ Mets Postponed (rain; makeup July 10)
87 July 9 @ Mets 4–13 Loup (3–0) Brubaker (4–9) — 20,350 32–55 L2
88 July 10 (1) @ Mets 6–2 (7) Anderson (5–8) Stroman (6–7) — N/A 33–55 W1
89 July 10 (2) @ Mets 2–4 (7) Familia (4–1) Kranick (1–1) Díaz (19) 31,924 33–56 L1
90 July 11 @ Mets 6–5 Bednar (2–1) Díaz (3–3) Rodríguez (12) 26,420 34–56 W1
91st All-Star Game in Denver, CO
91 July 16 Mets 4–1 Kuhl (3–5) Stroman (6–8) Rodríguez (13) 18,119 35–56 W2
92 July 17 Mets 9–7 Holmes (3–2) Díaz (3–4) — 27,222 36–56 W3
93 July 18 Mets 6–7 Familia (5–1) Rodríguez (4–2) May (2) 17,837 36–57 L1
94 July 19 @ Diamondbacks 2–4 Smith (3–6) De Jong (1–4) Soria (5) 9,173 36–58 L2
95 July 20 @ Diamondbacks 6–11 Bukauskas (2–2) Davis (0–1) — 7,283 36–59 L3
96 July 21 @ Diamondbacks 4–6 de Geus (2–0) Underwood Jr. (2–3) Soria (6) 7,863 36–60 L4
97 July 23 @ Giants 6–4 Stratton (3–0) Leone (2–1) Rodríguez (14) 26,579 37–60 W1
98 July 24 @ Giants 10–2 Crowe (2–5) Gausman (9–4) — 30,780 38–60 W2
99 July 25 @ Giants 1–6 Wood (9–3) Brubaker (4–10) — 30,303 38–61 L1
100 July 27 Brewers 0–9 Anderson (3–5) Oviedo (1–2) — 10,618 38–62 L2
101 July 28 Brewers 3–7 Houser (7–5) Kranick (1–2) — 10,204 38–63 L3
102 July 29 Brewers 0–12 Peralta (8–3) Kuhl (3–6) — 10,503 38–64 L4
103 July 30 Phillies 7–0 Crowe (3–5) Velasquez (3–6) — 20,591 39–64 W1
104 July 31 Phillies 3–2 Stratton (4–0) Alvarado (6–1) — 32,071 40–64 W2
August: 8–20 (Home: 5–9; Away: 3–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
105 August 1 Phillies 4–15 Gibson (7–3) Keller (3–8) — 17,875 40–65 L1
106 August 2 @ Brewers 2–6 Lauer (4–4) Wilson (2–4) Boxberger (4) 23,563 40–66 L2
107 August 3 @ Brewers 8–5 (10) Bednar (3–1) Hardy (0–1) — 24,902 41–66 W1
108 August 4 @ Brewers 2–4 Suter (10–5) Keller (0–1) Williams (1) 28,003 41–67 L1
109 August 5 @ Reds 4–7 Gray (4–6) Crowe (3–6) Givens (1) 19,393 41–68 L2
110 August 6 @ Reds 0–10 Miley (9–4) Brubaker (4–11) — 27,804 41–69 L3
111 August 7 @ Reds 3–11 Gutiérrez (7–3) Keller (3–9) — 31,297 41–70 L4
112 August 8 @ Reds 2–3 Mahle (9–3) Wilson (2–5) Givens (2) 23,740 41–71 L5
113 August 10 Cardinals 1–4 Happ (6–6) Brault (0–1) Reyes (26) 10,056 41–72 L6
114 August 11 Cardinals 0–4 Wainwright (11–6) Crowe (3–7) — 8,548 41–73 L7
115 August 12 Cardinals 6–7 McFarland (2–0) Brubaker (4–12) Reyes (27) 8,676 41–74 L8
— August 13 Brewers Postponed (rain; makeup August 14)
116 August 14 (1) Brewers 14–4 (7) Shreve (1–0) Anderson (4–6) — 16,991 42–74 W1
117 August 14 (2) Brewers 0–6 (7) Boxberger (5–3) Keller (3–10) — 24,081 42–75 L1
118 August 15 Brewers 1–2 Suter (12–5) Peters (0–1) Hader (23) 12,001 42–76 L2
119 August 16 @ Dodgers 1–2 Treinen (3–5) Shreve (1–1) Jansen (24) 48,005 42–77 L3
120 August 17 @ Dodgers 3–4 Knebel (2–0) Ponce (0–3) Jansen (25) 53,114 42–78 L4
121 August 18 @ Dodgers 0–9 White (1–1) Brubaker (4–13) — 52,140 42–79 L5
122 August 20 @ Cardinals 4–0 Keller (4–10) Mikolas (0–1) — 28,406 43–79 W1
123 August 21 @ Cardinals 5–4 Shreve (2–1) Cabrera (2–4) Bednar (1) 30,205 44–79 W2
124 August 22 @ Cardinals 0–3 Wainwright (12–7) Brault (0–2) Reyes (28) 34,431 44–80 L1
125 August 23 Diamondbacks 6–5 Banda (2–0) Ramirez (0–1) Bednar (2) 8,596 45–80 W1
126 August 24 Diamondbacks 4–2 Brubaker (5–13) Bumgarner (7–8) Stratton (2) 8,478 46–80 W2
127 August 25 Diamondbacks 2–5 de Geus (3–2) Banda (2–1) Clippard (5) 8,357 46–81 L1
128 August 26 Cardinals 11–7 Kuhl (4–6) Cabrera (2–5) — 8,618 47–81 W1
129 August 27 Cardinals 3–4 Happ (8–6) Peters (0–2) Reyes (29) 12,662 47–82 L1
130 August 28 Cardinals 0–13 Wainwright (13–7) Brault (0–3) — 20,043 47–83 L2
131 August 29 Cardinals 4–3 Stratton (5–0) Reyes (5–7) — 10,290 48–83 W1
132 August 31 @ White Sox 2–4 Kopech (4–2) Wilson (2–6) Hendriks (30) 19,221 48–84 L1
September/October: 13–17 (Home: 9–6; Away: 4–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
133 September 1 @ White Sox 3–6 Rodón (11–5) Kranick (1–3) Hendriks (31) 19,231 48–85 L2
134 September 2 @ Cubs 5–6 (11) Heuer (6–2) Howard (2–3) — 26,963 48–86 L3
135 September 3 @ Cubs 5–6 Megill (1–0) Miller (0–1) Wick (2) 24,441 48–87 L4
136 September 4 @ Cubs 6–7 Effross (1–0) Stratton (5–1) — 30,020 48–88 L5
137 September 5 @ Cubs 8–11 Alzolay (5–13) Howard (2–4) Wick (3) 30,155 48–89 L6
138 September 6 Tigers 6–3 Shreve (3–1) Funkhouser (6–3) Bednar (3) 11,141 49–89 W1
139 September 7 Tigers 3–2 Howard (3–4) Lange (0–2) Stratton (3) 8,329 50–89 W2
140 September 8 Tigers 1–5 Hutchison (1–1) Keller (4–11) — 8,382 50–90 L1
141 September 10 Nationals 4–3 Kuhl (5–6) Murphy (0–2) — 11,808 51–90 W1
142 September 11 Nationals 10–7 Keller (1–1) Baldonado (0–1) Stratton (4) 17,993 52–90 W2
143 September 12 Nationals 2–6 Corbin (8–14) Wilson (2–7) Finnegan (9) 9,714 52–91 L1
144 September 14 Reds 6–5 Peters (1–2) Miley (12–6) Stratton (5) 8,896 53–91 W1
145 September 15 Reds 5–4 Stratton (6–1) Givens (3–3) — 9,320 54–91 W2
146 September 16 Reds 0–1 Mahle (12–5) Ponce (0–4) Givens (8) 9,102 54–92 L1
147 September 17 @ Marlins 2–1 Crowe (4–7) Hernández (1–2) Stratton (6) 7,884 55–92 W1
148 September 18 @ Marlins 6–3 Wilson (3–7) Cabrera (0–2) — 12,300 56–92 W2
149 September 19 @ Marlins 5–6 (10) Okert (2–1) Kuhl (5–7) — 9,870 56–93 L1
150 September 20 @ Reds 5–9 Cessa (5–2) Ponce (0–5) — 17,086 56–94 L2
151 September 21 @ Reds 6–2 Keller (5–11) Mahle (12–6) — 9,475 57–94 W1
— September 22 @ Reds Postponed (rain, makeup September 27)
152 September 23 @ Phillies 6–12 Nola (9–8) Banda (2–2) — 16,154 57–95 L1
153 September 24 @ Phillies 6–8 Neris (4–6) Shreve (3–2) Kennedy (26) 20,548 57–96 L2
154 September 25 @ Phillies 0–3 Suárez (7–5) Crowe (4–8) — 28,135 57–97 L3
155 September 26 @ Phillies 6–0 Kranick (2–3) Crouse (0–1) — 29,336 58–97 W1
156 September 27 @ Reds 1–13 Sanmartín (1–0) Overton (0–1) — 11,055 58–98 L1
157 September 28 Cubs 8–6 De Los Santos (2–1) Morgan (1–1) Stratton (7) 9,218 59–98 W1
158 September 29 Cubs 2–3 Morgan (2–1) Shreve (3–3) Heuer (2) 9,236 59–99 L1
159 September 30 Cubs 0–9 Steele (4–4) Yajure (0–2) — 10,152 59–100 L2
160 October 1 Reds 9–2 Stratton (7–1) Garrett (0–4) — 13,582 60–100 W1
161 October 2 Reds 8–6 Mears (1–0) Santillan (1–3) Stratton (8) 22,910 61–100 W2
162 October 3 Reds 3–6 Sanmartin (2–0) Ponce (0–6) — 13,011 61–101 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable games

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On May 27 in a game against the Chicago Cubs with Cubs catcher Willson Contreras on second base and Javier Báez at the plate with 2 outs, Baez hit a ground ball to third basemen Erik González who made a wide throw to first basemen Will Craig. Instead of touching first, Craig decided to chase down Baez back to home plate. With Contreras coming home, Craig tried to toss the ball to the catcher Michael Pérez. Contreras beat the throw and was able to score. With Baez going back to first, Perez tried to throw it to first, but Adam Frazier was late to cover the bag and the ball sailed into right field. Baez decided to head to second in which the Pirates tried to throw him out at second but the throw wasn't in time. The play was ruled as 2 errors: one by Craig and the other by Perez.

Roster

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2021 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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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
Bryan Reynolds 159 559 93 169 35 8 24 90 5 75 .302 .522
Kevin Newman 148 517 50 117 22 3 5 39 6 27 .226 .309
Adam Frazier 98 386 58 125 28 4 4 32 5 35 .324 .448
Jacob Stallings 112 374 38 92 20 1 8 53 0 49 .246 .369
Ke'Bryan Hayes 96 362 49 93 20 2 6 38 9 31 .257 .373
Gregory Polanco 107 336 38 70 12 2 11 36 14 36 .208 .354
Ben Gamel 111 326 42 83 17 3 8 26 3 48 .255 .399
Colin Moran 99 318 29 82 12 0 10 50 1 36 .258 .390
Erik González 71 220 17 51 7 1 2 21 2 8 .232 .300
Wilmer Difo 116 219 25 59 7 3 4 24 1 20 .269 .384
Phillip Evans 76 214 23 44 5 0 5 16 1 28 .206 .299
Michael Pérez 70 210 19 30 8 1 7 21 0 19 .143 .290
Anthony Alford 49 133 14 31 6 1 5 11 5 12 .233 .406
Hoy Park 44 127 16 25 5 2 3 14 1 18 .197 .339
Yoshi Tsutsugo 43 127 20 34 8 1 8 25 0 15 .268 .535
Cole Tucker 43 117 15 26 4 2 2 12 2 13 .222 .342
John Nogowski 33 111 12 29 7 0 1 14 0 11 .261 .351
Ka'ai Tom 39 92 9 14 2 1 2 11 1 17 .152 .261
Rodolfo Castro 31 86 9 17 2 0 5 8 0 6 .198 .395
Will Craig 18 60 5 13 2 0 1 3 0 5 .217 .300
Michael Chavis 12 42 4 15 3 0 1 5 0 0 .357 .500
Dustin Fowler 18 41 3 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 .171 .195
Jared Oliva 20 40 4 7 2 0 0 2 2 3 .175 .225
Todd Frazier 13 35 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 3 .086 .114
Troy Stokes Jr. 8 18 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .111 .167
Ildemaro Vargas 7 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .077 .077
Oneil Cruz 2 9 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 .333 .667
Taylor Davis 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400
Hunter Owen 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Pitcher Totals 162 235 10 17 3 0 1 7 0 9 .072 .098
Team Totals 162 5336 609 1261 240 35 124 570 60 529 .236 .364

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Pitching

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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
JT Brubaker 5 13 5.36 24 24 0 124.1 123 75 74 38 129
Wil Crowe 4 8 5.48 26 25 0 116.2 126 75 71 57 111
Tyler Anderson 5 8 4.35 18 18 0 103.1 99 52 50 25 86
Mitch Keller 5 11 6.17 23 23 0 100.2 131 69 69 49 92
Chad Kuhl 5 7 4.82 28 14 0 80.1 73 50 43 42 75
Chris Stratton 7 1 3.63 68 0 8 79.1 70 34 32 33 86
Duane Underwood Jr. 2 3 4.33 43 0 0 72.2 77 40 35 27 65
David Bednar 3 1 2.23 61 0 3 60.2 40 15 15 19 77
Chasen Shreve 3 3 3.20 57 0 0 56.1 43 20 20 28 45
Sam Howard 3 4 5.60 54 1 0 45.0 34 29 28 32 60
Chase De Jong 1 4 5.77 9 9 0 43.2 49 28 28 19 39
Clay Holmes 3 2 4.93 44 0 0 42.0 35 24 23 25 44
Bryse Wilson 1 4 4.91 8 8 0 40.1 40 22 22 10 23
Max Kranick 2 3 6.28 9 9 0 38.2 47 28 27 19 32
Richard Rodríguez 4 2 2.82 37 0 14 38.1 27 12 12 5 33
Cody Ponce 0 6 7.04 15 2 0 38.1 56 34 30 11 36
Trevor Cahill 1 5 6.57 9 8 0 37.0 42 29 27 14 32
Kyle Keller 1 1 6.48 32 0 0 33.1 30 27 24 22 36
Luis Oviedo 1 2 8.80 22 1 0 29.2 33 32 29 26 31
Steven Brault 0 3 5.86 7 7 0 27.2 33 18 18 12 19
Dillon Peters 1 2 3.71 6 6 0 26.2 26 12 11 10 23
Anthony Banda 1 2 3.42 25 0 0 26.1 25 10 10 12 25
Kyle Crick 1 1 4.44 27 0 0 24.1 14 14 12 19 21
Nick Mears 1 0 5.01 30 0 0 23.1 25 14 13 13 23
Miguel Yajure 0 2 8.40 4 3 0 15.0 17 14 14 7 11
Shelby Miller 0 1 5.06 10 0 0 10.2 9 6 6 6 7
Austin Davis 0 1 5.59 10 0 0 9.2 6 7 6 5 11
Connor Overton 0 1 8.31 5 3 0 8.2 10 8 8 3 11
Michael Feliz 0 0 2.35 7 0 0 7.2 8 3 2 1 8
Enyel De Los Santos 1 0 4.91 7 0 0 7.1 9 4 4 4 6
Shea Spitzbarth 0 0 3.60 5 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 2 1
Tanner Anderson 0 0 3.60 1 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 1
Sean Poppen 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 4.2 11 7 4 2 4
Geoff Hartlieb 0 0 7.71 4 0 0 4.2 3 4 4 5 4
John Nogowski 0 0 15.00 3 0 0 3.0 8 5 5 0 0
Roansy Contreras 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 1 4
Wilmer Difo 0 0 36.00 2 0 0 2.0 9 8 8 3 1
Phillip Evans 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 61 101 5.08 162 162 25 1396.1 1400 833 788 606 1312

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Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians Triple-A East Brian Esposito
Double-A Altoona Curve Double-A Northeast Miguel Perez
High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers High-A East Kieran Mattison
Low-A Bradenton Marauders Low-A Southeast Jonathan Johnston
Rookie FCL Pirates Black Florida Complex League Stephen Morales
Rookie FCL Pirates Gold Florida Complex League Gera Alvarez
Rookie DSL Pirates 1 Dominican Summer League Jose Mendez
Rookie DSL Pirates 2 Dominican Summer League Jose Mosquera

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Notes

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  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

References

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  1. ^ Pittsburgh Pirates 2022 Draft: Tanking For Who, Wait Again?
  2. ^ Adamski, Chris (January 18, 2019). "Pirates announce 2019 minor-league managerial and coaching assignments". TribLIVE.com.
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