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Major League Baseball team season
2011 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
OwnersRobert Nutting
General managersNeal Huntington
ManagersClint Hurdle
TelevisionRoot Sports Pittsburgh
RadioWPGB-FM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 125th season as a member of the National League and 130th season overall. This was their 11th season at PNC Park. The season was the first with manager Clint Hurdle, who was hired to replace the fired John Russell. After going a major league worst 57–105, they enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence, winning more than 70 games for the first time since 2004 and being covered significantly in the summer due to being involved in the pennant race, but they still locked up their 19th consecutive losing season.

Regular season

April

The Pirates won their opening game against the Cubs in Chicago 6–3. Neil Walker led the offense with a grand slam in the fifth inning, becoming the only Pirate other than Roberto Clemente to hit a grand slam on opening day. Pittsburgh blew a lead the following day and lost, but scored two runs in the final inning of the series finale to finish their first series with a 2–1 record. Pittsburgh defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in two of three games during their second series, marking the first time the Pirates had won the majority of games in two consecutive road series since 2007. Pittsburgh came home to face the Colorado Rockies; winning one game out of four. In the second game of the series, the Pirates prevailed in a 5-hour, 10-minute game which lasted 14 innings. After an injury to starting pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, the bullpen combined for 11+1⁄3 scoreless innings—the most for the Pirates since 1900.

Taser incident

During the April 9 game in Pittsburgh, a local man was arrested in the left-field seating section. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the man "appeared to be drunk, bothered fans in his section and belligerently refused to cooperate" when he would not leave at the game at the request of PNC Park employees and police. While being escorted from the section the man struck a ballpark employee, which was met with officers putting him under arrest after "Tasering him to little effect before clubbing him in the neck, head, side and legs." The entire incident was captured on video. He was charged with public drunkenness, resisting arrest, and two additional misdemeanors. In a related incident, a woman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and defiant trespassing. After yelling at the officers making the initial arrest, she then "resisted an officer's attempts to remove her from the park" while yelling obscenities.

May

In May, the Pirates compiled a 13–13 (.500) record, and finished the month at 25–28 for the season.

June

On June 24, 2011, the Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox, 3–1, to improve their record to 38–37. This is the latest in the season that the Pirates have been above .500 since 1999.

On June 28, 2011, the Pirates defeated the Blue Jays 7–6 at the Rogers Centre, to mark their first inter-league road victory in two years.

July

On July 8, the Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs to enter the All-Star break above the .500 mark for the first time since 1992. The Pirates also sent three players to the All-Star Game with the selections of Kevin Correia, Joel Hanrahan and Andrew McCutchen. This marked the first time since 1990 that the team had three All-Stars in the National League lineup. While Correia did not enter the game, along with Tim Lincecum, McCutchen entered the game in the seventh inning, batting in the eighth. Hanrahan was called to close in the top of the ninth, striking out the first batter, however an untimely error from Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro and a single led to two men in scoring position. Brian Wilson got the save.

On July 15, and again on July 18, the Pirates moved into first place of the NL Central. This marked the first two times that the Pirates were in first place this late in the season since 1997.

July 25 saw the Pirates return to the national stage with their game at Atlanta being televised on ESPN. This is the first time the Pirates had been on ESPN since September 22, 2004. The Pirates went on to win the game 3 to 1, moving them again into a first place tie in the NL Central.

The next night, the Pirates fell victim to a controversial call in a 4–3 loss to the Braves after 19 innings. Braves infielder Julio Lugo was ruled safe at home plate by home plate umpire Jerry Meals even though replay clearly showed Lugo should have been called out. Meals and the league both admitted the call was incorrect. The team ended up filing a complaint with the commissioner's office.

Game log

2011 Game Log (72–90)
April (12–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 1 @ Cubs 6–3 Correia (1–0) Dempster (0–1) Hanrahan (1) 41,358 1–0
2 April 2 @ Cubs 3–5 Marshall (1–0) Meek (0–1) Marmol (1) 35,782 1–1
3 April 3 @ Cubs 5–4 Karstens (1–0) Marmol (0–1) Hanrahan (2) 30,857 2–1
4 April 4 @ Cardinals 4–3 Morton (1–0) Lohse (0–1) Hanrahan (3) 32,007 3–1
5 April 5 @ Cardinals 2–3 Batista (1–0) Olson (0–1) Franklin (1) 33,666 3–2
6 April 6 @ Cardinals 3–1 Correia (2–0) Carpenter (0–1) Hanrahan (4) 34,965 4–2
7 April 7 Rockies 1–7 Rogers (1–0) Maholm (0–1) — 39,219 4–3
8 April 8 Rockies 4–3 (14) Olson (1–1) Morales (0–1) — 29,192 5–3
9 April 9 Rockies 4–6 Belisle (1–0) Veras (0–1) Lindstrom (1) 25,398 5–4
10 April 10 Rockies 5–6 Chacin (2–0) Crotta (0–1) Street (4) 18,043 5–5
— April 12 Brewers Postponed
11 April 13 Brewers 0–6 Marcum (2–1) Correia (2–1) — 8,755 5–6
12 April 14 Brewers 1–4 Wolf (1–2) Maholm (0–2) — 10,517 5–7
13 April 15 @ Reds 6–1 Morton (2–0) Arroyo (2–1) — 21,312 6–7
14 April 16 @ Reds 2–11 Leake (2–0) McDonald (0–1) — 26,418 6–8
15 April 17 @ Reds 7–6 Resop (1–0) Ondrusek (2–1) Hanrahan (5) 32,105 7–8
16 April 18 @ Reds 9–3 Correia (3–1) Wood (1–2) — 12,777 8–8
17 April 19 @ Marlins 0–6 Johnson (3–0) Maholm (0–3) — 11,118 8–9
18 April 20 @ Marlins 0–6 Nolasco (2–0) Morton (2–1) — 10,112 8–10
19 April 21 @ Marlins 5–9 Volstad (1–1) McDonald (0–2) — 12,308 8–11
— April 22 Nationals Postponed
20 April 23 Nationals 7–2 Karstens (2–0) Hernandez (2–2) — 18,262 9–11
21 April 24 Nationals 3–6 Marquis (2–0) Correia (3–2) Storen (3) 9,520 9–12
22 April 25 Nationals 4–2 Maholm (1–3) Lannan (2–2) Hanrahan (6) 12,457 10–12
23 April 26 Giants 2–3 (10) Romo (1–0) Hanrahan (0–1) Wilson (6) 9,832 10–13
24 April 27 Giants 2–0 McDonald (1–2) Bumgarner (0–4) Hanrahan (7) 9,048 11–13
25 April 28 Giants 2–5 Vogelsong (1–0) Karstens (2–1) Wilson (7) 14,747 11–14
26 April 29 @ Rockies 3–0 Correia (4–2) Chacin (3–2) Hanrahan (8) 34,477 12–14
27 April 30 @ Rockies 1–4 Hammel (3–1) Maholm (1–4) Street (10) 33,684 12–15
May (13–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
28 May 1 @ Rockies 8–4 Morton (3–1) Jimenez (0–2) — 35,012 13–15
29 May 2 @ Padres 4–3 McDonald (2–2) Harang (4–2) Hanrahan (9) 20,546 14–15
30 May 3 @ Padres 5–6 Adams (1–0) Beimel (0–1) Bell (7) 18,636 14–16
31 May 4 @ Padres 7–4 Correia (5–2) Richard (1–3) — 16,613 15–16
32 May 6 Astros 2–3 Rodriguez (2–3) Resop (1–1) Melancon (1) 12,728 15–17
33 May 7 Astros 6–1 Morton (4–1) Norris (2–2) — 32,299 16–17
34 May 8 Astros 5–4 McCutchen (1–0) Abad (1–3) Hanrahan (10) 17,946 17–17
35 May 9 Dodgers 4–1 Veras (1–1) Billingsley (2–2) Hanrahan (11) 11,373 18–17
36 May 10 Dodgers 3–10 Lilly (3–3) Correia (5–3) — 13,497 18–18
37 May 11 Dodgers 0–2 Kuroda (4–3) Maholm (1–5) Padilla (3) 12,910 18–19
— May 12 Dodgers Postponed
38 May 13 @ Brewers 2–5 Gallardo (4–2) McDonald (2–3) Axford (8) 32,837 18–20
39 May 14 @ Brewers 2–8 Narveson (2–3) Karstens (2–2) — 42,422 18–21
40 May 15 @ Brewers 6–9 Greinke (2–1) Correia (5–4) — 37,059 18–22
41 May 16 @ Nationals 2–4 Kimball (1–0) Maholm (1–6) Storen (9) 21,960 18–23
— May 17 @ Nationals Postponed
42 May 18 @ Reds 5–0 Morton (5–1) Arroyo (3–4) — 16,543 19–23
43 May 19 @ Reds 5–3 McDonald (3–3) Cueto (2–1) Hanrahan (12) 26,018 20–23
44 May 20 Tigers 10–1 Karstens (3–2) Penny (4–4) — 24,396 21–23
45 May 21 Tigers 6–2 Correia (6–4) Scherzer (6–1) Hanrahan (13) 37,958 22–23
46 May 22 Tigers 0–2 Porcello (4–2) Maholm (1–7) Valverde (11) 25,124 22–24
47 May 24 Braves 0–2 Jurrjens (6–1) Morton (5–2) Kimbrel (13) 16,873 22–25
48 May 25 Braves 2–4 (11) Sherrill (1–0) Karstens (3–3) Kimbrel (14) 21,497 22–26
49 May 27 @ Cubs 4–2 Correia (7–4) Davis (0–3) Hanrahan (14) 34,105 23–26
50 May 28 @ Cubs 10–0 Maholm (2–7) Wells (1–1) — 38,413 24–26
51 May 29 @ Cubs 2–3 Dempster (4–4) Karstens (3–4) Marmol (10) 37,464 24–27
52 May 30 @ Mets 3–7 Gee (5–0) McCutchen (1–1) — 24,490 24–28
53 May 31 @ Mets 5–1 Meek (1–1) Dickey (2–6) — 26,198 25–28
June (16–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
54 June 1 @ Mets 9–3 Correia (8–4) Capuano (3–6) — 25,234 26–28
55 June 2 @ Mets 8–9 Isringhausen (1–0) Veras (1–2) Rodriguez (16) 30,074 26–29
56 June 3 Phillies 2–1 (12) Moskos (1–0) Baez (1–3) — 33,861 27–29
57 June 4 Phillies 6–3 Morton (6–2) Kendrick (3–4) — 39,441 28–29
58 June 5 Phillies 3–7 Halladay (8–3) McDonald (3–4) — 35,505 28–30
59 June 7 D-backs 8–5 Resop (2–1) Hernandez (2–2) Hanrahan (15) 12,378 29–30
60 June 8 D-backs 3–2 (12) McCutchen (2–1) Kroenke (0–1) — 14,015 30–30
61 June 9 D-backs 0–2 Owings (2–0) Resop (2–2) Hernandez (2) 12,468 30–31
62 June 10 Mets 1–8 Gee (7–0) Morton (6–3) — 24,653 30–32
63 June 11 Mets 3–2 McDonald (4–4) Dickey (3–7) Hanrahan (16) 39,273 31–32
64 June 12 Mets 0–7 Capuano (5–6) Correia (8–5) — 26,452 31–33
65 June 13 Mets 3–1 Maholm (3–7) Pelfrey (3–5) Hanrahan (17) 15,555 32–33
66 June 14 @ Astros 1–0 Karstens (4–4) Norris (4–5) Hanrahan (18) 29,712 33–33
67 June 15 @ Astros 7–3 Morton (7–3) Del Rosario (0–1) Hanrahan (19) 29,866 34–33
68 June 16 @ Astros 5–4 McDonald (5–4) Lyles (0–2) Veras (1) 26,415 35–33
69 June 17 @ Indians 1–5 Tomlin (8–4) Correia (8–6) — 38,549 35–34
70 June 18 @ Indians 1–5 Carrasco (7–3) Maholm (3–8) — 31,865 35–35
71 June 19 @ Indians 2–5 (11) Sipp (3–0) Wood (0–1) — 30,023 35–36
72 June 20 Orioles 3–8 Arrieta (9–4) Morton (7–4) — 22,447 35–37
73 June 21 Orioles 9–3 Resop (3–2) Guthrie (2–9) — 33,806 36–37
74 June 22 Orioles 5–4 Correia (9–6) Britton (6–5) Hanrahan (20) 19,418 37–37
75 June 24 Red Sox 3–1 Maholm (4–8) Lester (9–4) Hanrahan (21) 39,330 38–37
76 June 25 Red Sox 6–4 Karstens (5–4) Wakefield (4–3) Hanrahan (22) 39,483 39–37
77 June 26 Red Sox 2–4 Miller (1–0) Wood (0–2) Papelbon (14) 39,511 39–38
78 June 28 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Correia (10–6) Reyes (3–7) Hanrahan (23) 17,085 40–38
79 June 29 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Morrow (4–4) Maholm (4–9) Francisco (9) 15,632 40–39
80 June 30 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Karstens (6–4) Cecil (1–3) — 14,939 41–39
July (13–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81 July 1 @ Nationals 1–2 Storen (5–2) Wood (0–3) — 22,399 41–40
82 July 2 @ Nationals 5–3 Veras (2–2) Burnett (3–5) Hanrahan (24) — 42–40
83 July 2 @ Nationals 3–4 Mattheus (1–0) Watson (0–1) Storen (20) 39,638 42–41
84 July 3 @ Nationals 10–2 Correia (11–6) Marquis (7–3) — 23,522 43–41
85 July 4 Astros 5–3 Maholm (5–9) Myers (3–8) Hanrahan (25) 36,942 44–41
86 July 5 Astros 5–1 Karstens (7–4) Rodriguez (6–5) — 18,151 45–41
87 July 6 Astros 2–8 Norris (5–6) Morton (7–5) — 18,910 45–42
88 July 8 Cubs 7–4 McCutchen (3–1) Marshall (5–3) Hanrahan (26) 37,140 46–42
89 July 9 Cubs 3–6 Dempster (6–6) Correia (11–7) Marmol (19) 39,235 46–43
90 July 10 Cubs 9–1 Maholm (6–9) Ortiz (0–2) — 31,428 47–43
91 July 15 @ Astros 4–0 Karstens (8–4) Myers (3–10) — 27,787 48–43
92 July 16 @ Astros 4–6 Escalona (2–1) Veras (2–3) Melancon (7) 35,081 48–44
93 July 17 @ Astros 7–5 (11) Leroux (1–0) Melancon (5–3) Resop (1) 24,580 49–44
94 July 18 Reds 2–0 Morton (8–5) Willis (0–1) Hanrahan (27) 22,016 50–44
95 July 19 Reds 1–0 McDonald (6–4) Leake (8–5) Hanrahan (28) 26,058 51–44
96 July 20 Reds 1–3 Cueto (6–3) Karstens (8–5) Cordero (19) 25,207 51–45
97 July 22 Cardinals 4–6 Carpenter (6–7) Maholm (6–10) Salas (18) 38,490 51–46
98 July 23 Cardinals 1–9 Garcia (10–4) Correia (11–8) — 39,102 51–47
99 July 24 Cardinals 4–3 (10) Beimel (1–1) Motte (3–2) — 35,402 52–47
100 July 25 @ Braves 3–1 McDonald (7–4) Hudson (9–7) Hanrahan (29) 30,098 53–47
101 July 26 @ Braves 3–4 (19) Proctor (2–3) McCutchen (3–2) — 22,036 53–48
102 July 27 @ Braves 1–2 (10) Linebrink (4–2) Leroux (1–1) — 24,186 53–49
103 July 28 @ Braves 5–2 Correia (12–8) Lowe (6–9) Hanrahan (30) 38,355 54–49
104 July 29 @ Phillies 3–10 Halladay (13–4) Morton (8–6) — 45,599 54–50
105 July 30 @ Phillies 4–7 Lee (10–7) McDonald (7–5) Madson (18) 45,737 54–51
106 July 31 @ Phillies 5–6 (10) Bastardo (4–0) Watson (0–2) — 45,809 54–52
August (8–22)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
107 August 1 Cubs 3–5 Zambrano (8–6) Maholm (6–11) Marmol (21) 22,248 54–53
108 August 2 Cubs 6–11 Wells (3–4) Correia (12–9) — 26,109 54–54
109 August 3 Cubs 0–1 Garza (5–8) Resop (3–3) Marmol (22) 19,106 54–55
110 August 4 Cubs 6–7 Samardzija (6–4) McCutchen (3–3) Marmol (23) 29,317 54–56
111 August 5 Padres 5–15 Harang (10–3) Karstens (8–6) — 37,766 54–57
112 August 6 Padres 2–13 Luebke (4–6) Maholm (6–12) — 39,251 54–58
113 August 7 Padres 3–7 Latos (6–11) Correia (12–10) — 35,601 54–59
114 August 8 @ Giants 5–0 Morton (9–6) Vogelsong (9–2) — 42,405 55–59
115 August 9 @ Giants 0–6 Bumgarner (7–11) McDonald (7–6) — 42,648 55–60
116 August 10 @ Giants 9–2 Karstens (9–6) Sanchez (4–7) — 42,603 56–60
117 August 12 @ Brewers 2–7 Greinke (11–4) Maholm (6–13) — 41,820 56–61
118 August 13 @ Brewers 0–1 Estrada (3–7) Correia (12–11) Axford (34) 43,214 56–62
119 August 14 @ Brewers 1–2 (10) Saito (3–1) Resop (3–4) — 45,103 56–63
120 August 15 Cardinals 6–2 McDonald (8–6) Westbrook (9–7) — 19,766 57–63
121 August 16 Cardinals 5–4 (11) Resop (4–4) Rhodes (0–1) — 20,943 58–63
122 August 17 Cardinals 2–7 Lohse (11–7) Maholm (6–14) — 22,296 58–64
123 August 19 Reds 8–11 Wood (6–5) Hanrahan (0–2) Cordero (25) 36,620 58–65
124 August 20 Reds 5–3 Watson (1–2) Chapman (2–1) Hanrahan (31) 37,826 59–65
125 August 21 Reds 4–5 Arredondo (3–3) Hanrahan (0–3) Cordero (26) 29,967 59–66
126 August 22 Brewers 1–8 Narveson (9–6) Karstens (9–7) — — 59–67
127 August 22 Brewers 9–2 McCutchen (4–3) Greinke (12–5) — 19,380 60–67
128 August 23 Brewers 4–11 Estrada (4–8) Ohlendorf (0–1) — 21,411 60–68
129 August 24 Brewers 2–0 Grilli (1–0) Marcum (11–4) Hanrahan (32) 18,013 61–68
130 August 25 @ Cardinals 4–8 Jackson (3–2) Morton (9–7) — 36,503 61–69
131 August 26 @ Cardinals 4–5 McClellan (10–6) Veras (2–4) — 40,480 61–70
132 August 27 @ Cardinals 7–0 Lincoln (1–0) Carpenter (8–9) — 35,812 62–70
133 August 28 @ Cardinals 4–7 Lohse (12–8) Karstens (9–8) Motte (1) 38,429 62–71
134 August 29 @ Astros 4–7 Rodriguez (10–9) Grilli (1–1) Melancon (15) 19,250 62–72
135 August 30 @ Astros 2–8 Sosa (2–2) Morton (9–8) — 21,750 62–73
136 August 31 @ Astros 0–2 Happ (5–15) McDonald (8–7) Melancon (16) 22,918 62–74
September (10–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 1 Dodgers 4–6 Eveland (1–0) Lincoln (1–1) Jansen (3) 12,224 62–75
138 September 2 @ Cubs 3–1 Burres (1–0) Dempster (10–11) Hanrahan (33) 35,153 63–75
139 September 3 @ Cubs 7–5 Resop (5–4) Marmol (2–5) Hanrahan (34) 36,628 64–75
140 September 4 @ Cubs 3–6 Wells (7–4) Morton (9–9) Marshall (4) 40,469 64–76
141 September 5 Astros 3–1 McDonald (9–7) Sosa (2–3) Hanrahan (35) 13,366 65–76
142 September 6 Astros 1–4 Myers (4–13) Lincoln (1–2) Melancon (17) 9,840 65–77
143 September 7 Astros 5–4 Watson (2–2) Lopez (2–6) Hanrahan (36) 12,330 66–77
144 September 9 Marlins 4–13 Nolasco (10–10) Ohlendorf (0–2) — 24,527 66–78
145 September 10 Marlins 0–3 Sanchez (8–7) Locke (0–1) — 34,063 66–79
146 September 11 Marlins 1–4 Vazquez (10–11) McDonald (9–8) Oviedo (34) 19,071 66–80
147 September 12 Cardinals 6–5 Grilli (2–1) Rzepczynski (0–2) Hanrahan (37) 13,278 67–80
148 September 13 Cardinals 4–6 McClellan (11–6) Hanrahan (0–4) Motte (6) 16,544 67–81
149 September 14 Cardinals 2–3 Jackson (5–2) Morton (9–10) Motte (7) 12,520 67–82
150 September 15 @ Dodgers 6–2 Ohlendorf (1–2) Eveland (2–1) Hanrahan (38) 25,381 68–82
151 September 16 @ Dodgers 2–7 Kuroda (12–16) Locke (0–2) — 41,148 68–83
152 September 17 @ Dodgers 1–6 Lilly (10–14) McDonald (9–9) — 32,514 68–84
153 September 18 @ Dodgers 1–15 Billingsley (11–10) Lincoln (1–3) — 37,802 68–85
154 September 19 @ D-backs 0–1 Kennedy (20–4) Karstens (9–9) Putz (42) 24,458 68–86
155 September 20 @ D-backs 5–3 Morton (10–10) Hudson (16–11) Hanrahan (39) 30,114 69–86
156 September 21 @ D-backs 5–8 Miley (4–2) Ohlendorf (1–3) Putz (43) 25,296 69–87
157 September 23 Reds 4–3 Hanrahan (1–4) Bray (5–3) — 23,632 70–87
158 September 24 Reds 4–3 Lincoln (2–3) Wood (6–6) Grilli (1) 37,388 71–87
159 September 25 Reds 4–5 Willis (1–6) Moskos (1–1) Cordero (35) 28,758 71–88
160 September 26 @ Brewers 9–8 McCutchen (5–3) Saito (4–2) Hanrahan (40) 41,222 72–88
161 September 27 @ Brewers 4–6 Hawkins (3–1) Hughes (0–1) Axford (46) 41,864 72–89
162 September 28 @ Brewers 3–7 Greinke (16–6) Locke (0–3) — 41,976 72–90
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 96 66 .593 — 57‍–‍24 39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 .556 6 45‍–‍36 45‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 79 83 .488 17 42‍–‍39 37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 90 .444 24 36‍–‍45 36‍–‍45
Chicago Cubs 71 91 .438 25 39‍–‍42 32‍–‍49
Houston Astros 56 106 .346 40 31‍–‍50 25‍–‍56

National League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies 102 60 .630
Milwaukee Brewers 96 66 .593
Arizona Diamondbacks 94 68 .580
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 .556 —
Atlanta Braves 89 73 .549 1
San Francisco Giants 86 76 .531 4
Los Angeles Dodgers 82 79 .509 7½
Washington Nationals 80 81 .497 9½
Cincinnati Reds 79 83 .488 11
New York Mets 77 85 .475 13
Colorado Rockies 73 89 .451 17
Florida Marlins 72 90 .444 18
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 90 .444 18
Chicago Cubs 71 91 .438 19
San Diego Padres 71 91 .438 19
Houston Astros 56 106 .346 34

Record vs. opponents

2011 National League record
Source:
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona – 2–3 3–4 4–2 13–5 5–2 6–1 10–8 4–3 3–3 3–3 3–3 11–7 9–9 3–4 5–3 10–8
Atlanta 3–2 – 4–3 3–3 6–2 12–6 5–1 2–5 5–3 9–9 6–12 4–2 4–5 6–1 1–5 9–9 10–5
Chicago 4–3 3–4 – 7–11 2–4 3–3 8–7 3–3 6–10 4–2 2–5 8–8 3–3 5–4 5–10 3–4 5–10
Cincinnati 2–4 3–3 11–7 – 3–4 3–3 9–6 4–2 8–8 2–5 1–7 5–10 4–2 5–2 9–6 4–2 6–12
Colorado 5–13 2–6 4–2 4–3 – 3–3 5–2 9–9 3–6 5–2 1–4 4–3 9–9 5–13 2–4 4–3 8–7
Florida 2–5 6–12 3–3 3–3 3–3 – 6–1 3–3 0–7 9–9 6–12 6–0 0–7 4–2 2–6 11–7 8–10
Houston 1–6 1–5 7–8 6–9 2–5 1–6 – 4–5 3–12 3–3 2–4 7–11 3–5 4–3 5–10 3–3 4–11
Los Angeles 8–10 5–2 3–3 2–4 9–9 3–3 5–4 – 2–4 2–5 1–5 6–2 13–5 9–9 4–3 4–2 6–9
Milwaukee 3–4 3–5 10–6 8–8 6–3 7–0 12–3 4–2 – 4–2 3–4 12–3 3–2 3–3 9–9 3–3 6–9
New York 3–3 9–9 2–4 5–2 2–5 9–9 3–3 5–2 2–4 – 7–11 4–4 4–3 2–4 3–3 8–10 9–9
Philadelphia 3–3 12–6 5–2 7–1 4–1 12–6 4–2 5–1 4–3 11–7 – 4–2 7–1 4–3 3–6 8–10 9–6
Pittsburgh 3–3 2–4 8–8 10–5 3–4 0–6 11–7 2–6 3–12 4–4 2–4 – 2–4 3–3 7–9 4–4 8–7
San Diego 7–11 5–4 3–3 2–4 9–9 7–0 5–3 5–13 2–3 3–4 1–7 4–2 – 6–12 3–3 3–4 6–9
San Francisco 9–9 1–6 4–5 2–5 13–5 2–4 3–4 9–9 3–3 4–2 3–4 3–3 12–6 – 5–2 3–4 10–5
St. Louis 4–3 5–1 10–5 6–9 4–2 6–2 10–5 3–4 9–9 3–3 6–3 9–7 3–3 2–5 – 2–4 8–7
Washington 3–5 9–9 4–3 2–4 3–4 7–11 3–3 2–4 3–3 10–8 10–8 4–4 4–3 4–3 4–2 – 8–7

Detailed records

National League
Opponent W L WP RS RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves 2 4 0.333 14 15
Florida Marlins 0 6 0.000 10 41
New York Mets 4 4 0.500 32 38
Philadelphia Phillies 2 4 0.333 23 34
Washington Nationals 4 4 0.500 35 25
Total 12 22 0.353 114 153
NL Central
Chicago Cubs 8 8 0.500 77 64
Cincinnati Reds 10 5 0.667 67 57
Houston Astros 11 7 0.611 68 64
Milwaukee Brewers 3 12 0.200 46 84
St. Louis Cardinals 7 9 0.438 62 72
Total 39 41 0.488 320 341
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks 3 3 0.500 21 21
Colorado Rockies 3 4 0.429 26 30
Los Angeles Dodgers 2 6 0.250 21 49
San Diego Padres 2 4 0.333 26 48
San Francisco Giants 3 3 0.500 20 16
Total 13 20 0.394 114 164
American League
Baltimore Orioles 2 1 0.667 17 15
Boston Red Sox 2 1 0.667 11 9
Cleveland Indians 0 3 0.000 4 15
Detroit Tigers 2 1 0.667 16 5
Toronto Blue Jays 2 1 0.667 14 10
Total 8 7 0.533 62 54
Season Total 72 90 0.444 610 712
Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
April 27 12 15 0.444 91 115
May 26 13 13 0.500 108 91
June 27 16 11 0.593 105 106
July 26 13 13 0.500 102 98
August 30 8 22 0.267 113 167
September 26 10 16 0.385 91 135
Total 162 72 90 0.444 610 712
Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
Home 81 36 45 0.444 287 360
Away 81 36 45 0.444 323 352
Total 162 72 90 0.444 610 712

Roster

2011 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
José Tábata LF
Neil Walker 2B
Andrew McCutchen CF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Pedro Alvarez 3B
Ryan Doumit C
Garrett Jones RF
Ronny Cedeño SS
Kevin Correia 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
Neil Walker 159 596 76 163 36 4 12 83 9 54 .273 .408
Andrew McCutchen 158 572 87 148 34 5 23 89 23 89 .259 .456
Garrett Jones 148 423 51 103 30 1 16 58 6 48 .243 .433
Ronny Cedeño 128 413 43 103 25 3 2 32 2 30 .249 .339
Lyle Overbay 103 352 40 80 17 1 8 37 1 36 .227 .349
José Tábata 91 334 53 89 18 1 4 21 16 40 .266 .362
Brandon Wood 99 236 25 52 9 0 7 31 0 19 .220 .347
Pedro Álvarez 74 235 18 45 9 1 4 19 1 24 .191 .289
Xavier Paul 121 232 30 59 6 5 2 20 16 13 .254 .349
Ryan Doumit 77 218 17 66 12 1 8 30 0 16 .303 .477
Matt Diaz 100 216 14 56 12 1 0 19 4 11 .259 .324
Alex Presley 52 215 27 64 12 6 4 20 9 13 .298 .465
Josh Harrison 65 195 21 53 13 2 1 16 4 3 .272 .374
Michael McKenry 58 180 17 40 12 0 2 11 0 14 .222 .322
Chase d'Arnaud 48 143 17 31 6 2 0 6 12 4 .217 .287
Ryan Ludwick 38 112 14 26 5 0 2 11 0 19 .232 .330
Derrek Lee 28 101 16 34 2 1 7 18 0 8 .337 .584
Chris Snyder 34 96 13 26 3 0 3 17 0 17 .271 .396
Steve Pearce 50 94 8 19 2 0 1 10 0 7 .202 .255
Jason Jaramillo 23 43 1 14 3 0 0 6 1 2 .326 .395
Pedro Ciriaco 23 33 4 10 2 1 0 6 2 1 .303 .424
Dusty Brown 11 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .107 .107
Eric Fryer 10 26 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 .269 .269
John Bowker 19 17 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 .235 .294
Josh Rodriguez 7 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .083 .083
Matt Pagnozzi 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250
Wyatt Toregas 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Pitcher Totals 162 287 10 27 8 0 1 16 0 14 .094 .132
Team Totals 162 5421 610 1325 277 35 107 580 108 489 .244 .368

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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
Charlie Morton 10 10 3.83 29 29 0 171.2 186 82 73 77 110
James McDonald 9 9 4.21 31 31 0 171.0 176 86 80 78 142
Paul Maholm 6 14 3.66 26 26 0 162.1 160 72 66 50 97
Jeff Karstens 9 9 3.38 30 26 0 162.1 163 69 61 33 96
Kevin Correia 12 11 4.79 27 26 0 154.0 175 90 82 39 77
Daniel McCutchen 5 3 3.72 73 0 0 84.2 87 38 35 33 47
José Veras 2 4 3.80 79 0 1 71.0 54 32 30 34 79
Chris Resop 5 4 4.39 76 0 1 69.2 73 34 34 30 79
Joel Hanrahan 1 4 1.83 70 0 40 68.2 56 17 14 16 61
Brad Lincoln 2 3 4.72 12 8 0 47.2 54 27 25 16 29
Tony Watson 2 2 3.95 43 0 0 41.0 34 18 18 20 37
Ross Ohlendorf 1 3 8.15 9 9 0 38.2 60 38 35 15 27
Jason Grilli 2 1 2.48 28 0 1 32.2 24 10 9 15 37
Joe Beimel 1 1 5.33 35 0 0 25.1 34 17 15 9 17
Chris Leroux 1 1 2.88 23 0 0 25.0 26 9 8 7 24
Daniel Moskos 1 1 2.96 31 0 0 24.1 29 11 8 9 11
Evan Meek 1 1 3.48 24 0 0 20.2 27 11 8 12 17
Jeff Locke 0 3 6.48 4 4 0 16.2 21 12 12 10 5
Brian Burres 1 0 3.86 5 2 0 14.0 12 6 6 4 10
Jared Hughes 0 1 4.09 12 0 0 11.0 9 5 5 4 10
Michael Crotta 0 1 9.28 15 0 0 10.2 20 11 11 5 7
Tim Wood 0 3 5.63 13 0 0 8.0 8 5 5 8 2
Aaron Thompson 0 0 7.04 4 1 0 7.2 13 6 6 6 1
José Ascanio 0 0 7.11 8 0 0 6.1 10 5 5 2 5
Garrett Olson 1 1 2.08 4 0 0 4.1 2 1 1 3 4
Team Totals 72 90 4.04 162 162 43 1449.1 1513 712 650 535 1031

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Notable achievements

Awards

2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

NL Player of the Week

MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
G. Olson 100th Career Game April 1, 2011
P. Maholm 100th Career Inning Pitched April 14, 2011
C. Resop 100th Career Game May 20, 2011
J. Karstens 100th Career Game May 25, 2011
J. Veras 200th Career Game May 21, 2011
L. Overbay 300th Career Double June 8, 2011
L. Overbay 1200th Career Game June 12, 2011
M. Diaz 500th Career Hit July 23, 2011
R. Doumit 500th Career Hit August 15, 2011
R. Cedeño 500th Career Hit August 17, 2011
D. McCutchen 100th Career Game Sep 7, 2011
J. Karstens 500th Career Inning Pitched Sep 19, 2011

Transactions

Pre-season

In-Season

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians International League Dean Treanor
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League P. J. Forbes
A Bradenton Marauders Florida State League Carlos García
A West Virginia Power South Atlantic League Gary Robinson
A-Short Season State College Spikes New York–Penn League Dave Turgeon
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Tom Prince
Rookie DSL Pirates Dominican Summer League Ramon Zapata
Rookie VSL Pirates Venezuelan Summer League Osmin Melendez

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