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1981 Pittsburgh Pirates

Lineups and Defense

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 25-23, Finished 4th
Second Half: 21-33, Finished 6th
Overall: 46-56, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Tanner (46-56)
Scored 407 runs, Allowed 425 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 49-53

Ballparks: Three Rivers Stadium · Attendance: 541,789 (10th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

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1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

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Shading is not used to differentiate the players' performances. It is merely used to quickly illustrate long strings of games/years played by a single player. When a player in the column changes, so does the color of the shading.

Game (# = Opp. LHS)	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P
1. Thu,4/9 vs MON L (5-6)	Nicosia	Thompson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
2. Sun,4/12 vs MON W (3-2)	Nicosia	Thompson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
3. Mon,4/13 at PHI L (1-5)#	Nicosia	Robinson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Candelaria
4. Wed,4/15 at PHI L (3-4)	Nicosia	Thompson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
5. Thu,4/16 at PHI L (3-5)	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Robinson
6. Fri,4/17 at HOU W (4-3)	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
7. Sat,4/18 at HOU W (6-3)	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Candelaria
8. Sun,4/19 at HOU W (2-0)	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Scurry
9. Wed,4/22 vs NYM T (2-2)	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
10. Sat,4/25 vs STL L (1-5)#	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Berra	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Candelaria
11. Sun,4/26 vs STL L (2-3)	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Scurry
12. Tue,4/28 at NYM W (8-0)	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
13. Wed,4/29 at NYM W (10-0)#	Pena	Alexander	Law	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
14. Thu,4/30 at NYM W (7-4)#	Nicosia	Alexander	Law	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Candelaria
15. Fri,5/1 vs HOU L (3-5)	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Madlock	Foli	Milner	Moreno	Easler	Scurry
16. Sat,5/2 vs HOU W (5-4)#	Nicosia	Thompson	Law	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Rhoden
17. Sun,5/3 vs HOU L (1-3)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Milner	Moreno	Easler	Bibby
18. Wed,5/6 at CIN L (8-9)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Candelaria
19. Thu,5/7 at CIN W (3-1)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
20. Thu,5/7 at CIN W (7-1)	Nicosia	Stargell	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
21. Fri,5/8 at STL L (4-5)#	Pena	Alexander	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
22. Sat,5/9 at STL L (0-13)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Scurry
23. Sun,5/10 at STL W (8-2)	Pena	Milner	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Candelaria
24. Mon,5/11 at ATL L (2-3)	Pena	Stargell	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Camacho
25. Tue,5/12 at ATL L (0-2)	Pena	Milner	Garner	Berra	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
26. Wed,5/13 at ATL W (7-5)	Pena	Stargell	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
27. Fri,5/15 vs CIN L (1-4)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Berra	Foli	Milner	Moreno	Easler	Perez
28. Sat,5/16 vs CIN L (0-4)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Milner	Moreno	Easler	Scurry
29. Sun,5/17 vs CIN L (3-4)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Milner	Moreno	Easler	Solomon
30. Tue,5/19 vs ATL W (5-0)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Bibby
31. Wed,5/20 vs ATL W (6-1)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Rhoden
32. Fri,5/22 vs PHI W (3-1)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Perez
33. Sat,5/23 vs PHI L (4-6)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Solomon
34. Sun,5/24 vs PHI W (7-1)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Bibby
35. Mon,5/25 at CHC L (9-10)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Rhoden
36. Tue,5/26 at CHC W (6-4)	Nicosia	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Camacho
37. Wed,5/27 at CHC W (3-2)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Lacy	Moreno	Easler	Perez
38. Thu,5/28 at CHC W (9-4)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Milner	Moreno	Lacy	Solomon
39. Fri,5/29 at MON L (2-3)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
40. Sat,5/30 at MON W (3-2)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
41. Sun,5/31 at MON L (1-5)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Perez
42. Tue,6/2 vs CHC W (16-3)	Nicosia	Stargell	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
43. Wed,6/3 vs CHC W (3-2)	Nicosia	Stargell	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
44. Thu,6/4 vs CHC W (5-4)	Nicosia	Stargell	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
45. Fri,6/5 vs SFG L (3-5)	Nicosia	Stargell	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Perez
46. Sat,6/6 vs SFG W (7-6)	Nicosia	Thompson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Robinson
47. Sun,6/7 vs SFG W (3-2)#	Pena	Alexander	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Solomon
48. Tue,6/9 vs SDP L (4-7)	Pena	Stargell	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
49. Wed,6/10 vs SDP L (2-3)	Nicosia	Thompson	Bevacqua	Madlock	Berra	Milner	Moreno	Easler	Perez
50. Mon,8/10 at MON L (1-3)	Pena	Stargell	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
51. Tue,8/11 at MON W (6-3)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
52. Wed,8/12 vs MON L (2-3)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
53. Thu,8/13 vs MON L (2-7)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Tiant
54. Sat,8/15 at CHC L (3-4)	Pena	Milner	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
55. Sun,8/16 at CHC W (4-3)#	Pena	Robinson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Alexander	Moreno	Lacy	Rhoden
56. Sun,8/16 at CHC L (4-6)	Nicosia	Milner	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Perez
57. Mon,8/17 vs SFG L (1-5)#	Pena	Robinson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
58. Tue,8/18 vs SFG L (2-4)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Tiant
59. Wed,8/19 vs SFG W (7-3)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Jones
60. Fri,8/21 vs SDP W (4-2)	Pena	Montanez	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
61. Fri,8/21 vs SDP W (3-2)#	Pena	Robinson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Bibby
62. Sat,8/22 vs SDP L (6-7)	Pena	Montanez	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
63. Sun,8/23 vs SDP W (5-2)#	Pena	Robinson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Alexander	Moreno	Lacy	Scurry
64. Mon,8/24 vs LAD L (0-3)	Pena	Montanez	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Jones
65. Tue,8/25 vs LAD L (7-9)	Pena	Montanez	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Perez
66. Wed,8/26 vs LAD L (6-16)#	Nicosia	Robinson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Alexander	Moreno	Lacy	Rhoden
67. Thu,8/27 at SFG L (4-5)#	Pena	Robinson	Garner	Madlock	Foli	Alexander	Moreno	Lacy	Solomon
68. Fri,8/28 at SFG L (1-5)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Scurry
69. Sat,8/29 at SFG L (3-8)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Tiant
70. Sun,8/30 at SFG L (0-5)	Pena	Thompson	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Perez
71. Mon,8/31 at LAD W (5-4)#	Pena	Alexander	Garner	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Rhoden
72. Tue,9/1 at LAD L (2-3)#	Pena	Alexander	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Solomon
73. Wed,9/2 at LAD L (2-6)	Pena	Thompson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Long
74. Thu,9/3 at SDP W (7-3)	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Tiant
75. Fri,9/4 at SDP L (4-5)#	Nicosia	Robinson	Ray	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Perez
76. Sat,9/5 at SDP W (2-1)	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Rhoden
77. Sun,9/6 at SDP W (9-5)	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Solomon
78. Mon,9/7 vs NYM W (2-1)	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Jones
79. Mon,9/7 vs NYM W (5-4)#	Pena	Robinson	Law	Berra	Foli	Alexander	Moreno	Lacy	Long
80. Tue,9/8 vs NYM L (1-3)	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Berra	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Tiant
81. Wed,9/9 vs NYM L (3-5)	Nicosia	Thompson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Perez
82. Fri,9/11 vs PHI L (0-8)#	Nicosia	Robinson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Alexander	Moreno	Lacy	Rhoden
83. Sat,9/12 vs PHI W (6-2)	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Solomon
84. Sun,9/13 vs PHI W (3-2)#	Pena	Robinson	Ray	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Jones
85. Tue,9/15 at CHC W (8-2)	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Tiant
86. Fri,9/18 at PHI W (7-6)#	Pena	Robinson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
87. Sat,9/19 at PHI L (2-8)	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Jones
88. Sun,9/20 at PHI L (4-5)	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
89. Mon,9/21 at NYM L (3-4)	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Tiant
90. Tue,9/22 at NYM W (5-3)	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Law	Easler	Moreno	Lacy	Bibby
91. Wed,9/23 at MON L (2-3)	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
92. Thu,9/24 at MON L (1-7)#	Nicosia	Robinson	Ray	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Jones
93. Fri,9/25 at STL W (5-4)#	Nicosia	Robinson	Ray	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
94. Sat,9/26 at STL L (3-5)	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Tiant
95. Sun,9/27 at STL L (5-7)#	Nicosia	Robinson	Ray	Madlock	Foli	Lacy	Moreno	Parker	Perez
96. Mon,9/28 vs CHC W (4-0)	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Rhoden
97. Mon,9/28 vs CHC L (1-3)#	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Law	Alexander	Moreno	Robinson	Long
98. Tue,9/29 vs CHC W (10-6)#	Nicosia	Thompson	Berra	Madlock	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Robinson	Jones
99. Wed,9/30 vs MON L (2-3)	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Solomon
100. Thu,10/1 vs MON L (2-5)	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Law	Easler	Moreno	Parker	Tiant
101. Fri,10/2 vs STL W (8-7)#	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Foli	Robinson	Moreno	Parker	Perez
102. Sat,10/3 vs STL L (3-8)#	Nicosia	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Foli	Easler	Moreno	Robinson	Camacho
103. Sun,10/4 vs STL L (0-4)#	Pena	Thompson	Ray	Berra	Law	Easler	Moreno	Robinson	Jones
103 Games	2 Players	6 Players	5 Players	2 Players	3 Players	5 Players	1 Player	4 Players	11 Players
Most-Games	Pena-54 Nicosia-49	Thompson-65 Robinson-15 Stargell-9 Alexander-6 Montanez-4 Milner-4	Garner-50 Ray-25 Berra-14 Law-13 Bevacqua-1	Madlock-77 Berra-26	Foli-78 Berra-21 Law-4	Easler-67 Lacy-21 Alexander-7 Milner-7 Robinson-1	Moreno-103	Parker-59 Lacy-25 Easler-15 Robinson-4	Rhoden-21 Solomon-17 Bibby-14 Perez-13 Tiant-9 Jones-8 Scurry-7 Candelaria-6 Long-3 Camacho-3

Most Common Lineups

6 Games C. Nicosia 1B. Thompson 2B. Garner 3B. Madlock SS. Foli LF. Lacy CF. Moreno RF. Easler P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Pena 1B. Montanez 2B. Garner 3B. Madlock SS. Foli LF. Easler CF. Moreno RF. Parker P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Pena 1B. Thompson 2B. Ray 3B. Berra SS. Foli LF. Easler CF. Moreno RF. Parker P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Pena 1B. Thompson 2B. Garner 3B. Madlock SS. Foli LF. Easler CF. Moreno RF. Parker P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Nicosia 1B. Thompson 2B. Berra 3B. Madlock SS. Foli LF. Easler CF. Moreno RF. Parker P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Pena 1B. Thompson 2B. Garner 3B. Madlock SS. Berra LF. Easler CF. Moreno RF. Parker P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Nicosia
1B. Thompson
2B. Garner
3B. Madlock
SS. Foli
LF. Lacy
CF. Moreno
RF. Easler
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Pena
1B. Montanez
2B. Garner
3B. Madlock
SS. Foli
LF. Easler
CF. Moreno
RF. Parker
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Pena
1B. Thompson
2B. Ray
3B. Berra
SS. Foli
LF. Easler
CF. Moreno
RF. Parker
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Pena
1B. Thompson
2B. Garner
3B. Madlock
SS. Foli
LF. Easler
CF. Moreno
RF. Parker
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Nicosia
1B. Thompson
2B. Berra
3B. Madlock
SS. Foli
LF. Easler
CF. Moreno
RF. Parker
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Pena
1B. Thompson
2B. Garner
3B. Madlock
SS. Berra
LF. Easler
CF. Moreno
RF. Parker
P. Pitcher

66 total lineups (98 when including pitchers)

1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

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