2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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.

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 (Joe Block, Greg Brown, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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.

Season standings

National League Central

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

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

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

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 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 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 30 12 18 0.400 123 144 Away 30 7 23 0.233 96 154 Total 60 19 41 0.317 219 298

Game log

2020 Game Log: 19–41 (Home: 12–18; Away: 7–23)
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: 7–9; Away: 2–10) # 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  6 Anthony Alford  6 Jarrod Dyson  5 Guillermo Heredia 51 Jason Martin 76 Jared Oliva 25 Gregory Polanco 10 Bryan Reynolds  3 Cole Tucker		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	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 Shore 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. https://triblive.com/sports/pirates/14518894-74/pirates-announce-2019-minor-league-managerial-and-coaching-assignments

External links

• Pittsburgh Pirates official site