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Rk Year Tm Lg G W L Ties W-L% Finish Playoffs R RA BatAge PitchAge #Bat #Pitch Managers
1 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 161 62 99 0 .385 6th of 6 636 768 27.0 26.3 49 26 John Russell (62-99)
2 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 67 95 0 .414 6th of 6 735 884 28.4 26.5 47 26 John Russell (67-95)
3 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 68 94 0 .420 6th of 6 724 846 27.2 27.1 46 25 Jim Tracy (68-94)
4 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 67 95 0 .414 5th of 6 691 797 27.8 27.0 42 22 Jim Tracy (67-95)
5 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 67 95 0 .414 6th of 6 680 769 27.4 28.7 44 19 Lloyd McClendon (55-81) and Pete Mackanin (12-14)
6 2004 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 161 72 89 0 .447 5th of 6 680 744 27.2 27.7 43 22 Lloyd McClendon (72-89)
7 2003 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 75 87 0 .463 4th of 6 753 801 29.7 28.2 46 23 Lloyd McClendon (75-87)
8 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 161 72 89 0 .447 4th of 6 641 730 27.9 28.0 38 19 Lloyd McClendon (72-89)
9 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 62 100 0 .383 6th of 6 657 858 27.7 28.0 49 22 Lloyd McClendon (62-100)
10 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 69 93 0 .426 5th of 6 793 888 28.3 27.0 46 24 Gene Lamont (69-93)
11 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 161 78 83 0 .484 3rd of 6 775 782 28.3 26.8 45 21 Gene Lamont (78-83)
12 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 163 69 93 1 .426 6th of 6 650 718 26.7 26.5 38 17 Gene Lamont (69-93)
13 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 79 83 0 .488 2nd of 5 725 760 26.6 25.7 43 21 Gene Lamont (79-83)
14 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 162 73 89 0 .451 5th of 5 776 833 28.8 27.9 46 25 Jim Leyland (73-89)
15 1995 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 144 58 86 0 .403 5th of 5 629 736 28.3 26.5 40 21 Jim Leyland (58-86)
16 1994 Pittsburgh Pirates NL Central 114 53 61 0 .465 3rd of 5 466 580 29.1 27.2 39 18 Jim Leyland (53-61)
17 1993 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 75 87 0 .463 5th of 7 707 806 28.1 27.6 47 23 Jim Leyland (75-87)
18 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 96 66 0 .593 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (4-3) 693 595 28.7 29.1 43 21 Jim Leyland (96-66)
19 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 98 64 0 .605 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (4-3) 768 632 28.1 28.3 43 17 Jim Leyland (98-64)
20 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 95 67 0 .586 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (4-2) 733 619 27.7 28.9 46 23 Jim Leyland (95-67)
21 1989 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 164 74 88 2 .457 5th of 6 637 680 27.0 28.1 45 22 Jim Leyland (74-88)
22 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 160 85 75 0 .531 2nd of 6 651 616 26.1 26.2 42 18 Jim Leyland (85-75)
23 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 80 82 0 .494 4th of 6 723 744 26.4 26.5 49 22 Jim Leyland (80-82)
24 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 64 98 0 .395 6th of 6 663 700 27.2 28.5 39 18 Jim Leyland (64-98)
25 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 161 57 104 0 .354 6th of 6 568 708 28.2 28.5 43 18 Chuck Tanner (57-104)
26 1984 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 75 87 0 .463 6th of 6 615 567 28.3 28.9 37 17 Chuck Tanner (75-87)
27 1983 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 84 78 0 .519 2nd of 6 659 648 28.7 28.5 38 16 Chuck Tanner (84-78)
28 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 84 78 0 .519 4th of 6 724 696 28.7 28.4 43 16 Chuck Tanner (84-78)
29 1981 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 103 46 56 1 .451 4th of 6 407 425 29.1 29.9 37 16 Chuck Tanner (46-56)
30 1980 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 83 79 0 .512 3rd of 6 666 646 29.6 29.9 37 17 Chuck Tanner (83-79)
31 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 163 98 64 1 .605 1st of 6 Won WS (4-3) 775 643 29.5 29.7 34 14 Chuck Tanner (98-64)
32 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 161 88 73 0 .547 2nd of 6 684 637 29.1 28.3 37 14 Chuck Tanner (88-73)
33 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 96 66 0 .593 2nd of 6 734 665 28.0 27.3 36 15 Chuck Tanner (96-66)
34 1976 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 92 70 0 .568 2nd of 6 708 630 28.4 27.6 31 12 Danny Murtaugh (92-70)
35 1975 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 161 92 69 0 .571 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (3-0) 712 565 27.5 27.8 34 14 Danny Murtaugh (92-69)
36 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 88 74 0 .543 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (3-1) 751 657 27.0 27.7 39 17 Danny Murtaugh (88-74)
37 1973 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 80 82 0 .494 3rd of 6 704 693 27.1 28.8 36 16 Bill Virdon (67-69) and Danny Murtaugh (13-13)
38 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 155 96 59 0 .619 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (3-2) 691 512 28.1 27.9 33 13 Bill Virdon (96-59)
39 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 97 65 0 .599 1st of 6 Won WS (4-3) 788 599 27.7 27.7 35 15 Danny Murtaugh (97-65)
40 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 89 73 0 .549 1st of 6 Lost NLCS (3-0) 729 664 27.7 27.8 39 20 Danny Murtaugh (89-73)
41 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates NL East 162 88 74 0 .543 3rd of 6 725 652 27.2 28.2 35 16 Larry Shepard (84-73) and Alex Grammas (4-1)
42 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 80 82 1 .494 6th of 10 583 532 29.7 29.4 33 14 Larry Shepard (80-82)
43 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 81 81 1 .500 6th of 10 679 693 29.2 29.2 34 16 Harry Walker (42-42) and Danny Murtaugh (39-39)
44 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 92 70 0 .568 3rd of 10 759 641 28.2 29.2 32 14 Harry Walker (92-70)
45 1965 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 163 90 72 1 .556 3rd of 10 675 580 28.2 29.6 33 13 Harry Walker (90-72)
46 1964 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 80 82 0 .494 6th of 10 663 636 27.8 28.8 35 17 Danny Murtaugh (80-82)
47 1963 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 162 74 88 0 .457 8th of 10 567 595 27.6 28.7 33 14 Danny Murtaugh (74-88)
48 1962 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 161 93 68 0 .578 4th of 10 706 626 29.7 30.5 36 15 Danny Murtaugh (93-68)
49 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 75 79 0 .487 6th of 8 694 675 29.3 30.2 37 17 Danny Murtaugh (75-79)
50 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 95 59 1 .617 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 734 593 28.6 29.5 37 16 Danny Murtaugh (95-59)
51 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 78 76 1 .506 4th of 8 651 680 27.9 28.7 37 17 Danny Murtaugh (78-76)
52 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 84 70 0 .545 2nd of 8 662 607 26.5 26.9 36 14 Danny Murtaugh (84-70)
53 1957 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 62 92 1 .403 7th of 8 586 696 26.1 26.3 40 19 Bobby Bragan (36-67) and Danny Murtaugh (26-25)
54 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 66 88 3 .429 7th of 8 588 653 25.1 26.8 42 21 Bobby Bragan (66-88)
55 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 60 94 0 .390 8th of 8 560 767 25.4 26.8 42 19 Fred Haney (60-94)
56 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 53 101 0 .344 8th of 8 557 845 26.1 27.3 37 14 Fred Haney (53-101)
57 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 50 104 0 .325 8th of 8 622 887 27.0 28.6 44 15 Fred Haney (50-104)
58 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 42 112 1 .273 8th of 8 515 793 26.1 27.8 45 20 Billy Meyer (42-112)
59 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 64 90 1 .416 7th of 8 689 845 28.0 28.9 45 17 Billy Meyer (64-90)
60 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 57 96 1 .373 8th of 8 681 857 28.7 28.1 40 18 Billy Meyer (57-96)
61 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 71 83 0 .461 6th of 8 681 760 28.9 30.9 37 15 Billy Meyer (71-83)
62 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 83 71 2 .539 4th of 8 706 699 28.8 31.9 33 14 Billy Meyer (83-71)
63 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 62 92 2 .403 7th of 8 744 817 28.7 32.7 42 21 Billy Herman (61-92) and Bill Burwell (1-0)
64 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 63 91 1 .409 7th of 8 552 668 29.2 31.7 43 18 Frankie Frisch (62-89) and Spud Davis (1-2)
65 1945 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 82 72 1 .532 4th of 8 753 686 29.1 31.8 32 12 Frankie Frisch (82-72)
66 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 158 90 63 5 .588 2nd of 8 744 662 29.1 32.6 32 12 Frankie Frisch (90-63)
67 1943 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 80 74 3 .519 4th of 8 669 605 28.0 32.2 32 14 Frankie Frisch (80-74)
68 1942 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 151 66 81 4 .449 5th of 8 585 631 27.9 31.4 35 15 Frankie Frisch (66-81)
69 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 81 73 2 .526 4th of 8 690 643 27.4 29.6 38 17 Frankie Frisch (81-73)
70 1940 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 78 76 2 .506 4th of 8 809 783 27.6 29.9 36 14 Frankie Frisch (78-76)
71 1939 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 153 68 85 0 .444 6th of 8 666 721 28.7 28.9 36 14 Pie Traynor (68-85)
72 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 86 64 2 .573 2nd of 8 707 630 29.8 28.4 25 11 Pie Traynor (86-64)
73 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 86 68 0 .558 3rd of 8 704 646 29.4 29.0 26 11 Pie Traynor (86-68)
74 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 84 70 2 .545 4th of 8 804 718 28.7 29.8 26 11 Pie Traynor (84-70)
75 1935 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 153 86 67 0 .562 4th of 8 743 647 28.1 29.6 29 12 Pie Traynor (86-67)
76 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 151 74 76 1 .493 5th of 8 735 713 28.0 29.9 30 14 George Gibson (27-24) and Pie Traynor (47-52)
77 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 87 67 0 .565 2nd of 8 667 619 27.7 29.5 28 11 George Gibson (87-67)
78 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 86 68 0 .558 2nd of 8 701 711 26.5 28.8 27 10 George Gibson (86-68)
79 1931 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 75 79 1 .487 5th of 8 636 691 27.5 29.5 32 12 Jewel Ens (75-79)
80 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 80 74 0 .519 5th of 8 891 928 26.6 28.7 34 16 Jewel Ens (80-74)
81 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 88 65 1 .575 2nd of 8 904 780 27.2 31.0 35 13 Donie Bush (67-51) and Jewel Ens (21-14)
82 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 85 67 0 .559 4th of 8 837 704 27.4 32.1 35 14 Donie Bush (85-67)
83 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 94 60 2 .610 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-0) 817 659 27.7 31.7 33 14 Donie Bush (94-60)
84 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 84 69 4 .549 3rd of 8 769 689 27.9 30.7 35 15 Bill McKechnie (84-69)
85 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 153 95 58 0 .621 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 912 715 28.0 30.6 28 11 Bill McKechnie (95-58)
86 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 153 90 63 0 .588 3rd of 8 724 588 28.0 29.7 30 13 Bill McKechnie (90-63)
87 1923 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 87 67 0 .565 3rd of 8 786 696 29.0 30.7 31 12 Bill McKechnie (87-67)
88 1922 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 85 69 1 .552 3rd of 8 865 736 27.7 29.5 34 11 George Gibson (32-33) and Bill McKechnie (53-36)
89 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 90 63 1 .588 2nd of 8 692 595 28.3 29.0 33 14 George Gibson (90-63)
90 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 79 75 1 .513 4th of 8 530 552 27.4 29.3 32 12 George Gibson (79-75)
91 1919 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 139 71 68 0 .511 4th of 8 472 466 27.7 30.0 30 10 Hugo Bezdek (71-68)
92 1918 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 126 65 60 1 .520 4th of 8 466 412 28.1 27.7 33 13 Hugo Bezdek (65-60)
93 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 51 103 3 .331 8th of 8 464 595 26.0 25.2 41 9 Nixey Callahan (20-40), Honus Wagner (1-4) and Hugo Bezdek (30-59)
94 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 65 89 3 .422 6th of 8 484 586 27.8 25.0 45 12 Nixey Callahan (65-89)
95 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 73 81 2 .474 5th of 8 557 520 28.0 26.0 34 11 Fred Clarke (73-81)
96 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 158 69 85 4 .448 7th of 8 503 540 27.8 26.5 41 11 Fred Clarke (69-85)
97 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 78 71 6 .523 4th of 8 673 585 27.3 26.8 37 14 Fred Clarke (78-71)
98 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 93 58 1 .616 2nd of 8 751 565 27.5 25.6 38 12 Fred Clarke (93-58)
99 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 85 69 1 .552 3rd of 8 744 557 28.2 26.8 33 14 Fred Clarke (85-69)
100 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 86 67 1 .562 3rd of 8 655 576 28.3 28.2 33 15 Fred Clarke (86-67)
101 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 110 42 2 .724 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 699 447 28.4 28.2 29 13 Fred Clarke (110-42)
102 1908 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 98 56 1 .636 2nd of 8 585 469 29.4 27.7 32 12 Fred Clarke (98-56)
103 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 91 63 3 .591 2nd of 8 634 510 28.6 29.1 32 13 Fred Clarke (91-63)
104 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 93 60 1 .608 3rd of 8 623 470 28.8 28.9 32 14 Fred Clarke (93-60)
105 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 96 57 2 .627 2nd of 8 692 570 28.7 28.5 28 11 Fred Clarke (96-57)
106 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 156 87 66 3 .569 4th of 8 675 592 27.2 27.6 33 13 Fred Clarke (87-66)
107 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 141 91 49 1 .650 1st of 8 Lost WS (5-3) 793 613 26.8 29.3 32 13 Fred Clarke (91-49)
108 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 142 103 36 3 .741 1st of 8 775 440 27.3 28.5 27 9 Fred Clarke (103-36)
109 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 140 90 49 1 .647 1st of 8 776 534 27.7 27.4 27 9 Fred Clarke (90-49)
110 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 140 79 60 1 .568 2nd of 8 733 612 27.6 26.2 26 12 Fred Clarke (79-60)
111 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 76 73 5 .510 7th of 12 834 765 28.4 25.9 26 11 Bill Watkins (7-15) and Patsy Donovan (69-58)
112 1898 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 152 72 76 4 .486 8th of 12 634 694 28.6 26.1 28 10 Bill Watkins (72-76)
113 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 135 60 71 4 .458 8th of 12 676 835 27.7 24.9 20 6 Patsy Donovan (60-71)
114 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 131 66 63 2 .512 6th of 12 787 741 28.3 24.3 25 7 Connie Mack (66-63)
115 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 134 71 61 2 .538 7th of 12 811 787 26.7 23.5 28 13 Connie Mack (71-61)
116 1894 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 132 65 65 2 .500 7th of 12 955 972 27.5 24.4 27 11 Al Buckenberger (53-55) and Connie Mack (12-10)
117 1893 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 131 81 48 2 .628 2nd of 12 970 766 26.7 24.0 22 7 Al Buckenberger (81-48)
118 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 80 73 2 .523 6th of 12 802 796 26.1 26.5 27 11 Al Buckenberger (53-41) and Tom Burns (27-32)
119 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 137 55 80 2 .407 8th of 8 679 744 26.3 27.0 23 6 Ned Hanlon (31-47) and Bill McGunnigle (24-33)
120 1890 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 138 23 113 2 .169 8th of 8 597 1235 25.6 23.6 46 22 Guy Hecker (23-113)
121 1889 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 134 61 71 2 .462 5th of 8 726 801 27.4 25.6 23 11 Horace Phillips (28-43), Fred Dunlap (7-10) and Ned Hanlon (26-18)
122 1888 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 139 66 68 5 .493 6th of 8 534 580 25.8 26.4 22 6 Horace Phillips (66-68)
123 1887 Pittsburg Alleghenys NL 125 55 69 1 .444 6th of 8 621 750 26.7 27.9 16 5 Horace Phillips (55-69)
124 1886 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 140 80 57 3 .584 2nd of 8 810 647 25.6 24.7 20 8 Horace Phillips (80-57)
125 1885 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 111 56 55 0 .505 3rd of 8 547 539 25.4 22.9 20 8 Horace Phillips (56-55)
126 1884 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 110 30 78 2 .278 11th of 13 406 725 25.5 23.6 34 10 Denny McKnight (4-8), Bob Ferguson (11-31), Joe Battin (6-7), George Creamer (0-8) and Horace Phillips (9-24)
127 1883 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 98 31 67 0 .316 7th of 8 525 728 26.5 26.2 18 8 Al Pratt (12-20), Ormond Butler (17-36) and Joe Battin (2-11)
128 1882 Pittsburg Alleghenys AA 79 39 39 1 .500 4th of 6 428 418 26.1 26.7 20 7 Al Pratt (39-39)
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High OPS requires 3.1 PAs per team game and Low ERA requires 1 IP per team game.