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1981 Pittsburgh Pirates

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs  · Mouseover bar for details  · Click for box score  · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary 46-56, Final Rank:4, GB: 13.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind13last on Sunday, Oct 4, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5004last on Sunday, Jun 7
Most Games under .50010last on Sunday, Oct 4
Longest Winning Streak4Saturday, Sep 5 to Monday, Sep 7 and Saturday, Sep 12 to Friday, Sep 18
Longest Losing Streak7Monday, Aug 24 to Sunday, Aug 30
Most Runs Allowed16Wednesday, Aug 26
Most Runs Scored16Tuesday, Jun 2
Longest Game (innings)15Saturday, Aug 15
Times Shutout by Opponent7 
Times Opponent Shutout5 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 46 56 407 425 .451
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 22 28 189 207 .440
Road 24 28 218 218 .462
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 6 57 42 .538
May 13 14 110 104 .481
June 5 3 43 32 .625
August 7 15 76 109 .318
September 13 15 108 114 .464
October 1 3 13 24 .250
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 25 23 210 178 .521
Second Half 21 33 197 247 .389
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 40 47 341 355 .460
ExtraInning 6 9 66 70 .400
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 19 20 152 153 .487
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 10 9 101 94 .526
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
ATL 3 2 20 11 .600
CHC 10 4 85 53 .714
CIN 2 4 22 23 .333
HOU 4 2 21 18 .667
LAD 1 5 22 41 .167
MON 3 10 32 52 .231
NYM 6 3 46 26 .667
PHI 5 7 43 53 .417
SDP 6 4 46 37 .600
SFG 3 7 31 48 .300
STL 3 8 39 63 .273

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
1 1 Thursday, Apr 9 boxscore PIT MON L 5 6 0-1 4 1.0 Fryman Tekulve 2:06 D 40,332 -
2 2 Sunday, Apr 12 boxscore PIT MON W 3 2 1-1 2 0.5 Rhoden Burris Romo 2:23 D 8,430 +
3 3 Monday, Apr 13 boxscore PIT @ PHI L 1 5 1-2 5 1.0 Carlton Candelaria 2:04 N 60,404 -
4 4 Wednesday, Apr 15 boxscore PIT @ PHI L 3 4 11 1-3 5 2.0 McGraw Romo 3:26 N 27,450 --
5 5 Thursday, Apr 16 boxscore PIT @ PHI L 3 5 1-4 5 2.5 Ruthven Robinson McGraw 2:22 N 26,780 ---
6 6 Friday, Apr 17 boxscore PIT @ HOU W 4 3 2-4 5 2.5 Rhoden Sutton Romo 2:28 N 39,119 +
7 7 Saturday, Apr 18 boxscore PIT @ HOU W 6 3 11 3-4 5 2.5 Jackson Smith 3:06 D 29,790 ++
8 8 Sunday, Apr 19 boxscore PIT @ HOU W 2 0 4-4 4 2.5 Scurry Niekro Solomon 2:21 D 30,394 +++
9 9 Wednesday, Apr 22 boxscore PIT NYM T 2 2 4-4 4 3.0 2:39 N 7,530 +++
10 10 Saturday, Apr 25 boxscore PIT STL L 1 5 4-5 4 4.0 Shirley Candelaria 2:20 D 7,334 -
11 11 Sunday, Apr 26 boxscore PIT STL L 2 3 4-6 4 5.5 Kaat Jackson Sutter 2:17 D 8,139 --
12 12 Tuesday, Apr 28 boxscore PIT @ NYM W 8 0 5-6 4 5.0 Rhoden Scott 2:28 N 6,973 +
13 13 Wednesday, Apr 29 boxscore PIT @ NYM W 10 0 6-6 4 4.0 Bibby Roberts 2:34 N 7,175 ++
14 14 Thursday, Apr 30 boxscore PIT @ NYM W 7 4 7-6 4 3.5 Candelaria Jones Jackson 2:25 N 5,553 +++
15 15 Friday, May 1 boxscore PIT HOU L 3 5 7-7 4 4.5 Sambito Solomon 3:01 N 7,012 -
16 16 Saturday, May 2 boxscore PIT HOU W 5 4 12 8-7 4 3.5 Solomon Smith 3:56 N 21,993 +
17 17 Sunday, May 3 boxscore PIT HOU L 1 3 8-8 4 4.5 Sutton Bibby Smith 3:15 D 10,438 -
18 18 Wednesday, May 6 boxscore PIT @ CIN L 8 9 8-9 4 4.5 Hume Jackson 2:48 N 14,551 --
19 19 Thursday, May 7 boxscore PIT @ CIN W 3 1 9-9 4 4.0 Rhoden Soto Romo 2:48 N 0 +
20 20 Thursday, May 7 boxscore PIT @ CIN W 7 1 10-9 4 4.0 Solomon LaCoss 2:42 D 20,301 ++
21 21 Friday, May 8 boxscore PIT @ STL L 4 5 10-10 4 4.0 Shirley Bibby Kaat 2:31 N 20,108 -
22 22 Saturday, May 9 boxscore PIT @ STL L 0 13 10-11 4 5.0 Rincon Scurry 2:29 N 21,361 --
23 23 Sunday, May 10 boxscore PIT @ STL W 8 2 11-11 4 4.0 Candelaria Sorensen Romo 2:29 D 11,112 +
24 24 Monday, May 11 boxscore PIT @ ATL L 2 3 10 11-12 4 4.5 Mahler Tekulve 3:09 N 4,260 -
25 25 Tuesday, May 12 boxscore PIT @ ATL L 0 2 11-13 4 5.5 Niekro Solomon 2:04 N 9,711 --
26 26 Wednesday, May 13 boxscore PIT @ ATL W 7 5 13 12-13 4 4.5 Cruz Boggs Scurry 4:08 N 10,638 +
27 27 Friday, May 15 boxscore PIT CIN L 1 4 12-14 4 5.0 Price Romo Hume 2:46 N 10,592 -
28 28 Saturday, May 16 boxscore PIT CIN L 0 4 12-15 4 6.0 LaCoss Scurry 2:29 D 11,890 --
29 29 Sunday, May 17 boxscore PIT CIN L 3 4 12-16 4 7.0 Soto Solomon 2:20 D 11,775 ---
30 30 Tuesday, May 19 boxscore PIT ATL W 5 0 13-16 4 7.0 Bibby Niekro 1:57 N 5,514 +
31 31 Wednesday, May 20 boxscore PIT ATL W 6 1 14-16 4 6.0 Rhoden Walk Romo 2:29 N 8,351 ++
32 32 Friday, May 22 boxscore PIT PHI W 3 1 15-16 4 5.5 Perez Christenson 2:01 N 20,695 +++
33 33 Saturday, May 23 boxscore PIT PHI L 4 6 15-17 4 6.5 Proly Tekulve Reed 2:49 N 20,340 -
34 34 Sunday, May 24 boxscore PIT PHI W 7 1 16-17 4 5.5 Bibby Bystrom Cruz 2:25 D 21,771 +
35 35 Monday, May 25 boxscore PIT @ CHC L 9 10 11 16-18 4 5.5 Tidrow Cruz 4:06 D 18,506 -
36 36 Tuesday, May 26 boxscore PIT @ CHC W 6 4 17-18 4 4.5 Tekulve Krukow Romo 2:41 D 6,988 +
37 37 Wednesday, May 27 boxscore PIT @ CHC W 3 2 18-18 4 3.5 Perez Reuschel 2:41 D 6,970 ++
38 38 Thursday, May 28 boxscore PIT @ CHC W 9 4 19-18 4 3.0 Solomon Caudill 3:06 D 7,886 +++
39 39 Friday, May 29 boxscore PIT @ MON L 2 3 19-19 4 4.0 Sanderson Bibby Lee 2:31 N 36,662 -
40 40 Saturday, May 30 boxscore PIT @ MON W 3 2 20-19 4 3.0 Rhoden Gullickson 2:59 D 31,649 +
41 41 Sunday, May 31 boxscore PIT @ MON L 1 5 20-20 4 4.0 Rogers Perez 1:56 D 45,784 -
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 2 boxscore PIT CHC W 16 3 21-20 4 4.5 Solomon Caudill 2:53 N 6,437 +
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 3 boxscore PIT CHC W 3 2 22-20 4 3.5 Bibby Martz Romo 2:24 N 5,003 ++
44 44 Thursday, Jun 4 boxscore PIT CHC W 5 4 10 23-20 4 3.0 Tekulve McGlothen 2:46 N 6,740 +++
45 45 Friday, Jun 5 boxscore PIT SFG L 3 5 23-21 4 3.5 Breining Romo Lavelle 3:14 N 8,361 -
46 46 Saturday, Jun 6 boxscore PIT SFG W 7 6 24-21 3 3.5 Scurry Griffin Tekulve 2:58 N 11,362 +
47 47 Sunday, Jun 7 boxscore PIT SFG W 3 2 25-21 3 3.0 Solomon Blue Romo 2:24 D 32,244 ++
48 48 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore PIT SDP L 4 7 25-22 3 4.5 Mura Rhoden Lucas 2:39 N 9,145 -
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 10 boxscore PIT SDP L 2 3 25-23 4 5.5 Eichelberger Perez Lucas 2:39 N 9,450 --
50 50 Monday, Aug 10 boxscore PIT @ MON L 1 3 25-24 4 5.5 Lee Perez 2:15 N 37,275 ---
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Aug 11 boxscore PIT @ MON W 6 3 26-24 4 5.5 Tekulve Fryman 2:45 N 33,045 +
52 52 Wednesday, Aug 12 boxscore PIT MON L 2 3 26-25 4 5.5 Burris Solomon Lee 2:45 N 12,069 -
53 53 Thursday, Aug 13 boxscore PIT MON L 2 7 26-26 4 6.0 Rogers Tiant 2:15 N 11,735 --
54 54 Saturday, Aug 15 boxscore PIT @ CHC L 3 4 15 26-27 4 7.0 Martz Scurry 4:57 D 15,388 ---
55 55 Sunday, Aug 16 boxscore PIT @ CHC W 4 3 11 27-27 4 7.0 Tekulve Smith Jackson 3:19 D 0 +
56 56 Sunday, Aug 16 boxscore PIT @ CHC L 4 6 27-28 4 7.0 Howell Perez Martz 2:29 D 18,991 -
57 57 Monday, Aug 17 boxscore PIT SFG L 1 5 11 27-29 4 8.0 Minton Scurry 3:09 N 7,117 --
58 58 Tuesday, Aug 18 boxscore PIT SFG L 2 4 27-30 4 8.0 Whitson Tiant Minton 2:32 N 9,362 ---
59 59 Wednesday, Aug 19 boxscore PIT SFG W 7 3 28-30 4 8.0 Jones Alexander Jackson 2:22 N 8,414 +
60 60 Friday, Aug 21 boxscore PIT SDP W 4 2 29-30 4 6.5 Rhoden Mura Jackson 2:29 D 0 ++
61 61 Friday, Aug 21 boxscore PIT SDP W 3 2 30-30 4 6.5 Bibby Lollar Tekulve 2:29 N 19,049 +++
62 62 Saturday, Aug 22 boxscore PIT SDP L 6 7 30-31 4 6.5 Curtis Tekulve Lucas 2:46 N 11,865 -
63 63 Sunday, Aug 23 boxscore PIT SDP W 5 2 31-31 4 6.5 Scurry Welsh Romo 2:17 D 23,736 +
64 64 Monday, Aug 24 boxscore PIT LAD L 0 3 31-32 4 7.5 Hooton Jones 2:14 N 12,308 -
65 65 Tuesday, Aug 25 boxscore PIT LAD L 7 9 11 31-33 4 7.5 Pena Tekulve Niedenfuer 3:32 N 16,770 --
66 66 Wednesday, Aug 26 boxscore PIT LAD L 6 16 31-34 4 8.5 Reuss Rhoden 3:07 D 11,144 ---
67 67 Thursday, Aug 27 boxscore PIT @ SFG L 4 5 13 31-35 4 9.5 Holland Robinson 3:56 N 10,807 ----
68 68 Friday, Aug 28 boxscore PIT @ SFG L 1 5 31-36 4 10.0 Whitson Scurry 2:33 N 8,418 -----
69 69 Saturday, Aug 29 boxscore PIT @ SFG L 3 8 31-37 4 11.5 Alexander Tiant 3:05 D 10,738 ------
70 70 Sunday, Aug 30 boxscore PIT @ SFG L 0 5 31-38 4 11.5 Griffin Perez 2:43 D 18,117 -------
71 71 Monday, Aug 31 boxscore PIT @ LAD W 5 4 10 32-38 4 11.0 Jones Stewart Robinson 2:58 N 35,862 +
72 72 Tuesday, Sep 1 boxscore PIT @ LAD L 2 3 14 32-39 4 11.0 Niedenfuer Jones 4:01 N 50,134 -
73 73 Wednesday, Sep 2 boxscore PIT @ LAD L 2 6 32-40 4 12.0 Welch Long Pena 2:47 N 32,027 --
74 74 Thursday, Sep 3 boxscore PIT @ SDP W 7 3 33-40 4 12.0 Tiant Eichelberger Scurry 2:33 D 6,153 +
75 75 Friday, Sep 4 boxscore PIT @ SDP L 4 5 33-41 4 13.0 Littlefield Robinson Show 2:37 N 8,128 -
76 76 Saturday, Sep 5 boxscore PIT @ SDP W 2 1 34-41 4 12.0 Rhoden Mura Scurry 2:31 N 7,297 +
77 77 Sunday, Sep 6 boxscore PIT @ SDP W 9 5 35-41 4 11.0 Solomon Wise Robinson 2:40 D 4,177 ++
78 78 Monday, Sep 7 boxscore PIT NYM W 2 1 36-41 4 9.5 Jones Allen Scurry 2:12 N 0 +++
79 79 Monday, Sep 7 boxscore PIT NYM W 5 4 37-41 4 9.5 Long Boitano Lee 2:49 N 9,935 ++++
80 80 Tuesday, Sep 8 boxscore PIT NYM L 1 3 37-42 4 9.5 Lynch Tiant Allen 2:20 N 5,383 -
81 81 Wednesday, Sep 9 boxscore PIT NYM L 3 5 37-43 4 9.5 Leach Perez Searage 2:36 N 7,089 --
82 82 Friday, Sep 11 boxscore PIT PHI L 0 8 37-44 4 10.5 Carlton Rhoden 2:16 N 12,799 ---
83 83 Saturday, Sep 12 boxscore PIT PHI W 6 2 38-44 4 10.5 Solomon Noles Scurry 2:45 N 11,370 +
84 84 Sunday, Sep 13 boxscore PIT PHI W 3 2 39-44 4 10.5 Jones Reed Tekulve 2:20 D 16,493 ++
85 85 Tuesday, Sep 15 boxscore PIT @ CHC W 8 2 40-44 4 10.0 Tiant Griffin 2:48 D 5,254 +++
86 86 Friday, Sep 18 boxscore PIT @ PHI W 7 6 41-44 4 9.5 Scurry Reed Lee 2:57 N 24,537 ++++
87 87 Saturday, Sep 19 boxscore PIT @ PHI L 2 8 41-45 4 9.5 Larson Jones Christenson 2:44 D 30,446 -
88 88 Sunday, Sep 20 boxscore PIT @ PHI L 4 5 41-46 4 9.5 Lyle Solomon 2:38 D 31,489 --
89 89 Monday, Sep 21 boxscore PIT @ NYM L 3 4 13 41-47 4 10.5 Boitano Lee 3:51 N 7,429 ---
90 90 Tuesday, Sep 22 boxscore PIT @ NYM W 5 3 42-47 4 9.5 Bibby Scott Scurry 2:47 N 6,855 +
91 91 Wednesday, Sep 23 boxscore PIT @ MON L 2 3 42-48 4 9.5 Jackson Rhoden 2:41 N 10,081 -
92 92 Thursday, Sep 24 boxscore PIT @ MON L 1 7 42-49 4 9.5 Lee Jones 2:36 N 23,459 --
93 93 Friday, Sep 25 boxscore PIT @ STL W 5 4 43-49 4 8.5 Solomon Kaat Scurry 2:13 N 15,377 +
94 94 Saturday, Sep 26 boxscore PIT @ STL L 3 5 43-50 4 9.5 Forsch Lee Sutter 2:26 D 19,761 -
95 95 Sunday, Sep 27 boxscore PIT @ STL L 5 7 43-51 4 10.5 LaPoint Perez Sutter 2:29 D 17,703 --
96 96 Monday, Sep 28 boxscore PIT CHC W 4 0 44-51 4 11.0 Rhoden Griffin 2:34 N 0 +
97 97 Monday, Sep 28 boxscore PIT CHC L 1 3 44-52 4 11.0 Geisel Long Martz 2:49 N 3,698 -
98 98 Tuesday, Sep 29 boxscore PIT CHC W 10 6 45-52 4 11.0 Romo Tidrow 3:15 N 3,439 +
99 99 Wednesday, Sep 30 boxscore PIT MON L 2 3 45-53 4 11.0 Gullickson Solomon Fryman 2:42 N 5,826 -
100 100 Thursday, Oct 1 boxscore PIT MON L 2 5 45-54 4 12.0 Burris Tiant Reardon 2:26 N 2,931 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
101 101 Friday, Oct 2 boxscore PIT STL W 8 7 46-54 4 11.0 Tekulve Sutter 3:02 N 2,348 +
102 102 Saturday, Oct 3 boxscore PIT STL L 3 8 46-55 4 12.0 Martin Camacho 2:30 D 3,589 -
103 103 Sunday, Oct 4 boxscore PIT STL L 0 4 46-56 4 13.0 Shirley Jones 1:55 D 10,022 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1980 / 1982 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits