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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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