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1981 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 25-23, Finished 4th
Second Half: 21-33, Finished 6th
Overall: 46-56, Finished 4th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 407 runs, Allowed 425 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 49-53
Managed by Chuck Tanner

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   46-56 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   13.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           4 (last on June 7)
Most Games under .500:          10 (last on October 4)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       13.0 (last on October 4)

Longest Winning Streak:          4 (September 5 to September 7 and September 12 to September 18)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (August 24 to August 30)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (August 26)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (June 2)

Longest Game:                   15 innings (August 15)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:          5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        46  56     407     425    .451

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           22  28     189     207    .440
Road           24  28     218     218    .462

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     25  23     210     178    .521
Second Half    21  33     197     247    .389

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     6   9      66      70    .400
Full Games     40  47     341     355    .460

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        19  20     152     153    .487

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        10   9     101      94    .526

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr  9 box PIT  MON  L   5-6        0-1     3     1.0  2:06 W Fryman     K Tekulve     40,332 -
  2 Sun, Apr 12 box PIT  MON  W   3-2        1-1     2     0.5  2:23 R Rhoden     R Burris       8,430 +
  3 Mon, Apr 13 box PIT @PHI  L   1-5        1-2     5     1.0  2:04 S Carlton    J Candelaria  60,404 -
  4 Wed, Apr 15 box PIT @PHI  L   3-4 (11)   1-3     5     2.0  3:26 T McGraw     E Romo        27,450 --
  5 Thu, Apr 16 box PIT @PHI  L   3-5        1-4     5     2.5  2:22 D Ruthven    D Robinson    26,780 ---
  6 Fri, Apr 17 box PIT @HOU  W   4-3        2-4     5     2.5  2:28 R Rhoden     D Sutton      39,119 +
  7 Sat, Apr 18 box PIT @HOU  W   6-3 (11)   3-4     5     2.5  3:06 G Jackson    D Smith       29,790 ++
  8 Sun, Apr 19 box PIT @HOU  W   2-0        4-4     4     2.5  2:21 R Scurry     J Niekro      30,394 +++
  9 Wed, Apr 22 box PIT  NYM  -   2-2        4-4     4     3.0  2:39                             7,530 +++
 10 Sat, Apr 25 box PIT  STL  L   1-5        4-5     4     4.0  2:20 B Shirley    J Candelaria   7,334 -
 11 Sun, Apr 26 box PIT  STL  L   2-3        4-6     4     5.5  2:17 J Kaat       G Jackson      8,139 --
 12 Tue, Apr 28 box PIT @NYM  W   8-0        5-6     4     5.0  2:28 R Rhoden     M Scott        6,973 +
 13 Wed, Apr 29 box PIT @NYM  W  10-0        6-6     4     4.0  2:34 J Bibby      D Roberts      7,175 ++
 14 Thu, Apr 30 box PIT @NYM  W   7-4        7-6     4     3.5  2:25 J Candelaria R Jones        5,553 +++
 15 Fri, May  1 box PIT  HOU  L   3-5        7-7     4     4.5  3:01 J Sambito    E Solomon      7,012 -
 16 Sat, May  2 box PIT  HOU  W   5-4 (12)   8-7     4     3.5  3:56 E Solomon    D Smith       21,993 +
 17 Sun, May  3 box PIT  HOU  L   1-3        8-8     4     4.5  3:15 D Sutton     J Bibby       10,438 -
 18 Wed, May  6 box PIT @CIN  L   8-9        8-9     4     4.5  2:48 T Hume       G Jackson     14,551 --
 19 Thu, May  7 box PIT @CIN  W   3-1        9-9     4     4.0  2:48 R Rhoden     M Soto             0 +
 20             box PIT @CIN  W   7-1       10-9     4     4.0  2:42 E Solomon    M LaCoss      20,301 ++
 21 Fri, May  8 box PIT @STL  L   4-5       10-10    4     4.0  2:31 B Shirley    J Bibby       20,108 -
 22 Sat, May  9 box PIT @STL  L   0-13      10-11    4     5.0  2:29 A Rincon     R Scurry      21,361 --
 23 Sun, May 10 box PIT @STL  W   8-2       11-11    4     4.0  2:29 J Candelaria L Sorensen    11,112 +
 24 Mon, May 11 box PIT @ATL  L   2-3 (10)  11-12    4     4.5  3:09 R Mahler     K Tekulve      4,260 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 12 box PIT @ATL  L   0-2       11-13    4     5.5  2:04 P Niekro     E Solomon      9,711 --
 26 Wed, May 13 box PIT @ATL  W   7-5 (13)  12-13    4     4.5  4:08 V Cruz       T Boggs       10,638 +
 27 Fri, May 15 box PIT  CIN  L   1-4       12-14    4     5.0  2:46 J Price      E Romo        10,592 -
 28 Sat, May 16 box PIT  CIN  L   0-4       12-15    4     6.0  2:29 M LaCoss     R Scurry      11,890 --
 29 Sun, May 17 box PIT  CIN  L   3-4       12-16    4     7.0  2:20 M Soto       E Solomon     11,775 ---
 30 Tue, May 19 box PIT  ATL  W   5-0       13-16    4     7.0  1:57 J Bibby      P Niekro       5,514 +
 31 Wed, May 20 box PIT  ATL  W   6-1       14-16    4     6.0  2:29 R Rhoden     B Walk         8,351 ++
 32 Fri, May 22 box PIT  PHI  W   3-1       15-16    4     5.5  2:01 P Perez      L Christenso  20,695 +++
 33 Sat, May 23 box PIT  PHI  L   4-6       15-17    4     6.5  2:49 M Proly      K Tekulve     20,340 -
 34 Sun, May 24 box PIT  PHI  W   7-1       16-17    4     5.5  2:25 J Bibby      M Bystrom     21,771 +
 35 Mon, May 25 box PIT @CHC  L   9-10(11)  16-18    4     5.5  4:06 D Tidrow     V Cruz        18,506 -
 36 Tue, May 26 box PIT @CHC  W   6-4       17-18    4     4.5  2:41 K Tekulve    M Krukow       6,988 +
 37 Wed, May 27 box PIT @CHC  W   3-2       18-18    4     3.5  2:41 P Perez      R Reuschel     6,970 ++
 38 Thu, May 28 box PIT @CHC  W   9-4       19-18    4     3.0  3:06 E Solomon    B Caudill      7,886 +++
 39 Fri, May 29 box PIT @MON  L   2-3       19-19    4     4.0  2:31 S Sanderson  J Bibby       36,662 -
 40 Sat, May 30 box PIT @MON  W   3-2       20-19    4     3.0  2:59 R Rhoden     B Gullickson  31,649 +
 41 Sun, May 31 box PIT @MON  L   1-5       20-20    4     4.0  1:56 S Rogers     P Perez       45,784 -
 42 Tue, Jun  2 box PIT  CHC  W  16-3       21-20    4     4.5  2:53 E Solomon    B Caudill      6,437 +
 43 Wed, Jun  3 box PIT  CHC  W   3-2       22-20    4     3.5  2:24 J Bibby      R Martz        5,003 ++
 44 Thu, Jun  4 box PIT  CHC  W   5-4 (10)  23-20    4     3.0  2:46 K Tekulve    L McGlothen    6,740 +++
 45 Fri, Jun  5 box PIT  SFG  L   3-5       23-21    4     3.5  3:14 F Breining   E Romo         8,361 -
 46 Sat, Jun  6 box PIT  SFG  W   7-6       24-21    3     3.5  2:58 R Scurry     T Griffin     11,362 +
 47 Sun, Jun  7 box PIT  SFG  W   3-2       25-21    3     3.0  2:24 E Solomon    V Blue        32,244 ++
 48 Tue, Jun  9 box PIT  SDP  L   4-7       25-22    3     4.5  2:39 S Mura       R Rhoden       9,145 -
 49 Wed, Jun 10 box PIT  SDP  L   2-3       25-23    4     5.5  2:39 J Eichelberg P Perez        9,450 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Aug 10 box PIT @MON  L   1-3       25-24    4     5.5  2:15 B Lee        P Perez       37,275 ---
 51 Tue, Aug 11 box PIT @MON  W   6-3       26-24    4     5.5  2:45 K Tekulve    W Fryman      33,045 +
 52 Wed, Aug 12 box PIT  MON  L   2-3       26-25    4     5.5  2:45 R Burris     E Solomon     12,069 -
 53 Thu, Aug 13 box PIT  MON  L   2-7       26-26    4     6.0  2:15 S Rogers     L Tiant       11,735 --
 54 Sat, Aug 15 box PIT @CHC  L   3-4 (15)  26-27    4     7.0  4:57 R Martz      R Scurry      15,388 ---
 55 Sun, Aug 16 box PIT @CHC  W   4-3 (11)  27-27    4     7.0  3:19 K Tekulve    L Smith            0 +
 56             box PIT @CHC  L   4-6       27-28    4     7.0  2:29 J Howell     P Perez       18,991 -
 57 Mon, Aug 17 box PIT  SFG  L   1-5 (11)  27-29    4     8.0  3:09 G Minton     R Scurry       7,117 --
 58 Tue, Aug 18 box PIT  SFG  L   2-4       27-30    4     8.0  2:32 E Whitson    L Tiant        9,362 ---
 59 Wed, Aug 19 box PIT  SFG  W   7-3       28-30    4     8.0  2:22 O Jones      D Alexander    8,414 +
 60 Fri, Aug 21 box PIT  SDP  W   4-2       29-30    4     6.5  2:29 R Rhoden     S Mura             0 ++
 61             box PIT  SDP  W   3-2       30-30    4     6.5  2:29 J Bibby      T Lollar      19,049 +++
 62 Sat, Aug 22 box PIT  SDP  L   6-7       30-31    4     6.5  2:46 J Curtis     K Tekulve     11,865 -
 63 Sun, Aug 23 box PIT  SDP  W   5-2       31-31    4     6.5  2:17 R Scurry     C Welsh       23,736 +
 64 Mon, Aug 24 box PIT  LAD  L   0-3       31-32    4     7.5  2:14 B Hooton     O Jones       12,308 -
 65 Tue, Aug 25 box PIT  LAD  L   7-9 (11)  31-33    4     7.5  3:32 A Pena       K Tekulve     16,770 --
 66 Wed, Aug 26 box PIT  LAD  L   6-16      31-34    4     8.5  3:07 J Reuss      R Rhoden      11,144 ---
 67 Thu, Aug 27 box PIT @SFG  L   4-5 (13)  31-35    4     9.5  3:56 A Holland    D Robinson    10,807 ----
 68 Fri, Aug 28 box PIT @SFG  L   1-5       31-36    4    10.0  2:33 E Whitson    R Scurry       8,418 -----
 69 Sat, Aug 29 box PIT @SFG  L   3-8       31-37    4    11.5  3:05 D Alexander  L Tiant       10,738 ------
 70 Sun, Aug 30 box PIT @SFG  L   0-5       31-38    4    11.5  2:43 T Griffin    P Perez       18,117 -------
 71 Mon, Aug 31 box PIT @LAD  W   5-4 (10)  32-38    4    11.0  2:58 O Jones      D Stewart     35,862 +
 72 Tue, Sep  1 box PIT @LAD  L   2-3 (14)  32-39    4    11.0  4:01 T Niedenfuer O Jones       50,134 -
 73 Wed, Sep  2 box PIT @LAD  L   2-6       32-40    4    12.0  2:47 B Welch      B Long        32,027 --
 74 Thu, Sep  3 box PIT @SDP  W   7-3       33-40    4    12.0  2:33 L Tiant      J Eichelberg   6,153 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Sep  4 box PIT @SDP  L   4-5       33-41    4    13.0  2:37 J Littlefiel D Robinson     8,128 -
 76 Sat, Sep  5 box PIT @SDP  W   2-1       34-41    4    12.0  2:31 R Rhoden     S Mura         7,297 +
 77 Sun, Sep  6 box PIT @SDP  W   9-5       35-41    4    11.0  2:40 E Solomon    R Wise         4,177 ++
 78 Mon, Sep  7 box PIT  NYM  W   2-1       36-41    4     9.5  2:12 O Jones      N Allen            0 +++
 79             box PIT  NYM  W   5-4       37-41    4     9.5  2:49 B Long       D Boitano      9,935 ++++
 80 Tue, Sep  8 box PIT  NYM  L   1-3       37-42    4     9.5  2:20 E Lynch      L Tiant        5,383 -
 81 Wed, Sep  9 box PIT  NYM  L   3-5       37-43    4     9.5  2:36 T Leach      P Perez        7,089 --
 82 Fri, Sep 11 box PIT  PHI  L   0-8       37-44    4    10.5  2:16 S Carlton    R Rhoden      12,799 ---
 83 Sat, Sep 12 box PIT  PHI  W   6-2       38-44    4    10.5  2:45 E Solomon    D Noles       11,370 +
 84 Sun, Sep 13 box PIT  PHI  W   3-2       39-44    4    10.5  2:20 O Jones      R Reed        16,493 ++
 85 Tue, Sep 15 box PIT @CHC  W   8-2       40-44    4    10.0  2:48 L Tiant      M Griffin      5,254 +++
 86 Fri, Sep 18 box PIT @PHI  W   7-6       41-44    4     9.5  2:57 R Scurry     R Reed        24,537 ++++
 87 Sat, Sep 19 box PIT @PHI  L   2-8       41-45    4     9.5  2:44 D Larson     O Jones       30,446 -
 88 Sun, Sep 20 box PIT @PHI  L   4-5       41-46    4     9.5  2:38 S Lyle       E Solomon     31,489 --
 89 Mon, Sep 21 box PIT @NYM  L   3-4 (13)  41-47    4    10.5  3:51 D Boitano    M Lee          7,429 ---
 90 Tue, Sep 22 box PIT @NYM  W   5-3       42-47    4     9.5  2:47 J Bibby      M Scott        6,855 +
 91 Wed, Sep 23 box PIT @MON  L   2-3       42-48    4     9.5  2:41 G Jackson    R Rhoden      10,081 -
 92 Thu, Sep 24 box PIT @MON  L   1-7       42-49    4     9.5  2:36 B Lee        O Jones       23,459 --
 93 Fri, Sep 25 box PIT @STL  W   5-4       43-49    4     8.5  2:13 E Solomon    J Kaat        15,377 +
 94 Sat, Sep 26 box PIT @STL  L   3-5       43-50    4     9.5  2:26 B Forsch     M Lee         19,761 -
 95 Sun, Sep 27 box PIT @STL  L   5-7       43-51    4    10.5  2:29 D LaPoint    P Perez       17,703 --
 96 Mon, Sep 28 box PIT  CHC  W   4-0       44-51    4    11.0  2:34 R Rhoden     M Griffin          0 +
 97             box PIT  CHC  L   1-3       44-52    4    11.0  2:49 D Geisel     B Long         3,698 -
 98 Tue, Sep 29 box PIT  CHC  W  10-6       45-52    4    11.0  3:15 E Romo       D Tidrow       3,439 +
 99 Wed, Sep 30 box PIT  MON  L   2-3       45-53    4    11.0  2:42 B Gullickson E Solomon      5,826 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Oct  1 box PIT  MON  L   2-5       45-54    4    12.0  2:26 R Burris     L Tiant        2,931 --
101 Fri, Oct  2 box PIT  STL  W   8-7       46-54    4    11.0  3:02 K Tekulve    B Sutter       2,348 +
102 Sat, Oct  3 box PIT  STL  L   3-8       46-55    4    12.0  2:30 J Martin     E Camacho      3,589 -
103 Sun, Oct  4 box PIT  STL  L   0-4       46-56    4    13.0  1:55 B Shirley    O Jones       10,022 --

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

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