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| Season Summary | 80-82, Final Rank:4, GB: 15.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 20.5 | last on Sunday, Aug 23, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 2 | last on Sunday, May 24 |
| Most Games under .500 | 18 | last on Sunday, Aug 23 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Monday, Aug 24 to Monday, Aug 31 and Sunday, Sep 6 to Sunday, Sep 13 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 7 | Sunday, Jul 26 to Sunday, Aug 2 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 13 | Friday, May 29 |
| Most Runs Scored | 12 | Tuesday, May 12, Saturday, Sep 12 and Thursday, Oct 1 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Wednesday, Jul 8, Monday, Sep 14 and Sunday, Sep 20 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 6 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 13 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 3 | 0-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Ojeda | Patterson | Orosco | 2:30 | 46,102 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 4 | 0-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Walter | Easley | Orosco | 2:34 | 20,598 | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 10 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 4 | 3 | 1-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Robinson | LaPoint | 2:56 | 52,119 | + | |||
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 3 | 6 | 1-3 | 4 | 2.0 | Forsch | Kipper | Worrell | 2:37 | 6,720 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | 3 | 1.0 | Patterson | Tudor | Robinson | 3:07 | 6,749 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 13 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 4 | 8 | 2-4 | 4 | 2.0 | Cox | Drabek | Horton | 2:32 | 5,182 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3-4 | 3 | 2.0 | Robinson | Noles | 3:02 | 5,369 | + | |
| 8 | 8 | Thursday, Apr 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 6 | 0 | 4-4 | 2 | 2.0 | Kipper | Lynch | 2:31 | 6,956 | ++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4-5 | 3 | 2.0 | Bedrosian | Jones | 3:14 | 10,105 | - | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 6 | 8 | 4-6 | 3 | 2.0 | Tekulve | Robinson | 2:47 | 19,361 | -- | |||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 5 | 2 | 5-6 | 3 | 2.0 | Drabek | Ruffin | Robinson | 2:31 | 7,962 | + | ||
| 12 | 12 | Monday, Apr 20 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 9 | 6 | 6-6 | 2 | 1.5 | Easley | Myers | 3:06 | 8,267 | ++ | |||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 6 | 9 | 6-7 | 3 | 1.5 | Ojeda | Kipper | Orosco | 2:48 | 13,368 | - | ||
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 7 | 8 | 6-8 | 4 | 2.0 | Darling | Patterson | Orosco | 3:15 | 13,911 | -- | ||
| 15 | 15 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 2 | 3 | 6-9 | 4 | 2.5 | Carman | Drabek | Tekulve | 2:46 | 18,553 | --- | |
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 4 | 6 | 6-10 | 4 | 3.5 | Ruffin | Reuschel | Bedrosian | 2:55 | 30,234 | ---- | |
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 6 | 1 | 7-10 | 5 | 2.5 | Kipper | Valenzuela | Easley | 2:36 | 3,420 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 2 | 10 | 7-11 | 5 | 3.5 | Welch | Patterson | 2:44 | 4,668 | - | |||
| 19 | 19 | Thursday, Apr 30 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 5 | 4 | 8-11 | 4 | 3.5 | Smiley | Hershiser | Robinson | 3:11 | 7,114 | + | ||
| 20 | 20 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 4 | 2 | 9-11 | 4 | 3.5 | Reuschel | Davis | 2:05 | 10,651 | ++ | |||
| 21 | 21 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 1 | 0 | 10-11 | 4 | 2.5 | Smiley | Downs | Robinson | 2:51 | 14,736 | +++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Monday, May 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 5 | 9 | 10-12 | 4 | 3.0 | Davis | Patterson | McCullers | 3:28 | 22,306 | - | |
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 10 | 8 | 11-12 | 4 | 2.0 | Walk | Show | Robinson | 3:16 | 12,642 | + | |
| 24 | 24 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 1 | 2 | 11-13 | 4 | 3.0 | Hershiser | Reuschel | 2:07 | 32,789 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Thursday, May 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 3 | 6 | 11-14 | 5 | 3.5 | Honeycutt | Kipper | Young | 2:44 | 27,621 | -- | |
| 26 | 26 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 2 | 4 | 11-15 | 5 | 4.5 | Downs | Fisher | Garrelts | 2:35 | 17,985 | --- | |
| 27 | 27 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 4 | 9 | 11-16 | 5 | 5.0 | Hammaker | Walk | 2:58 | 17,609 | ---- | ||
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12-16 | 5 | 4.0 | Robinson | Garrelts | 3:36 | 29,652 | + | |
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 12 | 5 | 13-16 | 5 | 3.5 | Reuschel | Hawkins | 2:47 | 5,744 | ++ | |||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 9 | 5 | 14-16 | 3 | 3.5 | Walk | Lefferts | Robinson | 3:21 | 7,916 | +++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Thursday, May 14 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 10 | 3 | 15-16 | 3 | 3.0 | Fisher | Show | Smiley | 2:57 | 5,592 | ++++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 3 | 9 | 15-17 | 3 | 4.0 | Assenmacher | Pena | 2:39 | 18,137 | - | |||
| 33 | 33 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 8 | 10 | 15-18 | 4 | 5.0 | Dedmon | Smiley | Garber | 3:35 | 16,939 | -- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 6 | 5 | 16-18 | 4 | 5.0 | Robinson | Olwine | 2:55 | 26,469 | + | |||
| 35 | 35 | Monday, May 18 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 1 | 4 | 16-19 | 4 | 5.5 | Scott | Kipper | 2:15 | 4,213 | - | |||
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 5 | 2 | 17-19 | 4 | 5.5 | Smiley | Meads | Robinson | 2:49 | 6,238 | + | ||
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 5 | 3 | 18-19 | 3 | 4.5 | Taylor | Darwin | Pena | 2:36 | 14,096 | ++ | ||
| 38 | 38 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 4 | 1 | 19-19 | 3 | 5.0 | Reuschel | Robinson | Smiley | 2:11 | 25,678 | +++ | |
| 39 | 39 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 3 | 2 | 20-19 | 3 | 5.0 | Kipper | Pacillo | Robinson | 2:39 | 33,887 | ++++ | |
| 40 | 40 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 7 | 2 | 21-19 | 3 | 5.0 | Fisher | Browning | 2:15 | 30,082 | +++++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Monday, May 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 2 | 7 | 21-20 | 3 | 5.0 | Deshaies | Taylor | 2:33 | 9,618 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 3 | 10 | 21-21 | 4 | 5.0 | Meads | Pena | 3:03 | 9,632 | -- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 2 | 7 | 21-22 | 5 | 5.5 | Lopez | Robinson | Smith | 2:42 | 14,863 | --- | |
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 6 | 13 | 21-23 | 5 | 7.0 | Hoffman | Kipper | 3:22 | 26,835 | ---- | |||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 2 | 6 | 21-24 | 5 | 8.0 | Gullickson | Taylor | 2:37 | 28,853 | ----- | |||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 2 | 5 | 21-25 | 6 | 8.0 | Power | Drabek | Franco | 2:56 | 24,786 | ------ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 4 | 1 | 22-25 | 6 | 7.5 | Reuschel | Mahler | 2:24 | 8,890 | + | ||
| 48 | 48 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 4 | 1 | 23-25 | 5 | 6.5 | Kipper | Palmer | 2:56 | 5,368 | ++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Thursday, Jun 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 3 | 8 | 23-26 | 5 | 7.5 | Smith | Fisher | Dedmon | 2:35 | 6,460 | - | |
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 1 | 5 | 23-27 | 6 | 8.5 | Gooden | Dunne | Orosco | 3:10 | 51,402 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 4 | 23-28 | 6 | 8.5 | Fernandez | Drabek | McDowell | 2:47 | 47,603 | --- | |
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23-29 | 6 | 9.0 | McDowell | Robinson | 3:10 | 0 | ---- | |
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 10 | 9 | 24-29 | 6 | 9.0 | Taylor | McDowell | Robinson | 3:17 | 42,516 | + | |
| 54 | 54 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 1 | 7 | 24-30 | 6 | 10.0 | Heaton | Fisher | 2:27 | 11,973 | - | ||
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 8 | 1 | 25-30 | 6 | 9.0 | Dunne | Sorensen | 2:47 | 13,132 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25-31 | 6 | 10.0 | McClure | Robinson | 2:55 | 10,134 | - | |
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 2 | 10 | 25-32 | 6 | 11.0 | Fernandez | Reuschel | 2:33 | 27,465 | -- | |||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 13 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 4 | 3 | 26-32 | 6 | 11.0 | Robinson | Myers | 3:05 | 26,894 | + | |||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 3 | 7 | 26-33 | 6 | 12.0 | Sisk | Fisher | 2:52 | 30,477 | - | |||
| 60 | 60 | Monday, Jun 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 3 | 1 | 27-33 | 6 | 11.0 | Dunne | Mathews | 2:47 | 30,887 | + | ||
| 61 | 61 | Tuesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 1 | 11 | 27-34 | 6 | 12.0 | Dawley | Drabek | Horton | 2:50 | 27,048 | - | |
| 62 | 62 | Wednesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 4 | 1 | 28-34 | 6 | 11.0 | Reuschel | Forsch | 2:23 | 30,891 | + | ||
| 63 | 63 | Thursday, Jun 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 6 | 8 | 10 | 28-35 | 6 | 12.0 | Dawley | Robinson | 3:13 | 35,264 | - | |
| 64 | 64 | Friday, Jun 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 4 | 0 | 29-35 | 6 | 11.0 | Fisher | Noles | 2:37 | 33,529 | + | ||
| 65 | 65 | Saturday, Jun 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 8 | 2 | 30-35 | 5 | 10.0 | Dunne | Maddux | 2:58 | 34,384 | ++ | ||
| 66 | 66 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 3 | 6 | 30-36 | 5 | 11.0 | Trout | Drabek | Smith | 3:34 | 33,418 | - | |
| 67 | 67 | Monday, Jun 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 30-37 | 5 | 11.5 | Moyer | Reuschel | 2:27 | 27,064 | -- | ||
| 68 | 68 | Tuesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 8 | 30-38 | 6 | 11.5 | Heaton | Kipper | Parrett | 3:02 | 9,276 | --- | ||
| 69 | 69 | Wednesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 9 | 6 | 31-38 | 5 | 11.5 | Fisher | Fischer | 2:52 | 21,564 | + | |||
| 70 | 70 | Thursday, Jun 25 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 7 | 31-39 | 5 | 12.5 | Martinez | Dunne | McGaffigan | 2:37 | 10,836 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 5 | 2 | 32-39 | 5 | 11.5 | Jones | Maddux | Robinson | 2:49 | 20,408 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 7 | 0 | 33-39 | 5 | 11.5 | Reuschel | Moyer | 2:20 | 31,595 | ++ | |||
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jun 28 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 6 | 2 | 34-39 | 5 | 11.5 | Jones | Sutcliffe | 2:52 | 25,304 | +++ | |||
| 74 | 74 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 5 | 6 | 34-40 | 6 | 13.0 | Jackson | Jones | Bedrosian | 2:52 | 0 | - | |
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 3 | 11 | 34-41 | 6 | 13.0 | Bair | Dunne | Ritchie | 2:35 | 30,046 | -- | |
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 4 | 6 | 34-42 | 6 | 13.0 | Gross | Drabek | Bedrosian | 2:48 | 20,598 | --- | |
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 4 | 11 | 34-43 | 6 | 13.0 | Rawley | Taylor | 2:48 | 19,977 | ---- | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 6 | 0 | 35-43 | 6 | 13.0 | Reuschel | Valenzuela | 2:04 | 22,454 | + | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 4 | 2 | 36-43 | 6 | 13.0 | Kipper | Welch | Robinson | 2:37 | 12,935 | ++ | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 5 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 1 | 6 | 36-44 | 6 | 14.0 | Hershiser | Fisher | Young | 2:26 | 13,438 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 6 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 5 | 7 | 36-45 | 6 | 15.0 | Dravecky | Dunne | Garrelts | 2:54 | 0 | -- | ||
| 82 | 82 | Monday, Jul 6 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 4 | 7 | 36-46 | 6 | 15.0 | LaCoss | Drabek | Lefferts | 2:50 | 11,204 | --- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Tuesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 6 | 4 | 12 | 37-46 | 6 | 15.5 | Gideon | Price | 3:52 | 7,027 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Wednesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 4 | 8 | 14 | 37-47 | 6 | 17.0 | Robinson | Gideon | 3:49 | 10,868 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 10 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 6 | 5 | 11 | 38-47 | 6 | 17.5 | Robinson | Gossage | 3:39 | 13,109 | + | ||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 11 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 1 | 3 | 38-48 | 6 | 17.5 | Grant | Fisher | Davis | 2:45 | 27,476 | - | ||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 4 | 2 | 39-48 | 6 | 17.5 | Dunne | Show | Gideon | 2:48 | 13,276 | + | ||
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 0 | 7 | 39-49 | 6 | 17.5 | Valenzuela | Kipper | 2:38 | 32,845 | - | ||
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 39-50 | 6 | 18.5 | Young | Robinson | 2:34 | 28,466 | -- | |
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 4 | 2 | 40-50 | 6 | 17.5 | Drabek | Hershiser | Jones | 2:52 | 34,864 | + | |
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 7 | 2 | 41-50 | 6 | 17.5 | Dunne | Honeycutt | Smiley | 3:08 | 37,548 | ++ | |
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 7 | 6 | 42-50 | 6 | 17.0 | Fisher | LaCoss | Robinson | 2:39 | 6,919 | +++ | |
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 0 | 7 | 42-51 | 6 | 18.0 | Dravecky | Kipper | 2:23 | 8,382 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 4 | 0 | 43-51 | 6 | 18.0 | Reuschel | Downs | 2:15 | 14,472 | + | ||
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Jul 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 1 | 2 | 43-52 | 6 | 19.0 | Show | Drabek | Gossage | 2:35 | 14,911 | - | |
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 3 | 2 | 44-52 | 6 | 18.0 | Dunne | Jones | Gideon | 2:36 | 17,136 | + | |
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 9 | 3 | 45-52 | 6 | 17.0 | Fisher | Hawkins | 2:45 | 19,764 | ++ | ||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 4 | 7 | 45-53 | 6 | 16.5 | Whitson | Kipper | 2:24 | 13,219 | - | ||
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 2 | 5 | 45-54 | 6 | 16.5 | Rawley | Reuschel | 2:10 | 16,270 | -- | |||
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 3 | 4 | 45-55 | 6 | 16.5 | Carman | Drabek | Bedrosian | 3:09 | 28,392 | --- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Jul 30 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 0 | 1 | 45-56 | 6 | 16.5 | Ruffin | Smiley | Bedrosian | 2:23 | 11,769 | ---- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 31 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 3 | 4 | 45-57 | 6 | 17.5 | Dayley | Jones | 2:49 | 38,757 | ----- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Aug 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 6 | 7 | 10 | 45-58 | 6 | 18.5 | Worrell | Jones | 3:05 | 47,106 | ------ | |
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 1 | 9 | 45-59 | 6 | 19.5 | Magrane | Pena | 2:52 | 44,695 | ------- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 3 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 6 | 4 | 46-59 | 6 | 19.5 | Drabek | Maddux | Gott | 3:10 | 7,281 | + | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 46-60 | 6 | 19.5 | Mason | Gideon | 3:40 | 8,744 | - | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 10 | 0 | 47-60 | 6 | 18.5 | Fisher | Moyer | 2:41 | 7,726 | + | |||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 6 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 3 | 6 | 47-61 | 6 | 19.5 | Parrett | Gott | Burke | 2:40 | 7,755 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 7 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 9 | 3 | 48-61 | 6 | 18.5 | Walk | Sebra | Gideon | 2:58 | 22,075 | + | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 5 | 2 | 49-61 | 6 | 18.5 | Drabek | Smith | Smiley | 2:35 | 18,285 | ++ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 9 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 4 | 3 | 50-61 | 6 | 17.5 | Dunne | Parrett | Gott | 2:30 | 18,829 | +++ | ||
| 112 | 112 | Monday, Aug 10 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 0 | 6 | 50-62 | 6 | 18.5 | Forsch | Fisher | 2:43 | 11,445 | - | |||
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 5 | 6 | 50-63 | 6 | 19.5 | Dayley | Reuschel | Worrell | 2:50 | 14,637 | -- | ||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 11 | 0 | 51-63 | 6 | 18.5 | Walk | Magrane | 2:21 | 15,186 | + | |||
| 115 | 115 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 7 | 9 | 51-64 | 6 | 18.5 | McGaffigan | Gideon | McClure | 3:04 | 23,609 | - | |
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 3 | 4 | 51-65 | 6 | 19.5 | McClure | Smiley | 3:03 | 20,501 | -- | ||
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 3 | 6 | 51-66 | 6 | 19.5 | Burke | Fisher | 2:41 | 23,894 | --- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Aug 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 7 | 10 | 51-67 | 6 | 19.5 | Parrett | Gideon | 2:59 | 26,134 | ---- | ||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 7 | 4 | 52-67 | 6 | 18.5 | Walk | Murphy | Gott | 2:49 | 29,385 | + | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 10 | 9 | 53-67 | 6 | 17.5 | Drabek | Browning | 2:55 | 24,179 | ++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 3 | 5 | 53-68 | 6 | 17.5 | Power | Dunne | Franco | 2:45 | 22,542 | - | |
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 4 | 5 | 53-69 | 6 | 18.5 | Smith | Smiley | Olwine | 2:39 | 15,783 | -- | |
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 3 | 10 | 53-70 | 6 | 19.5 | Glavine | Walk | 2:40 | 22,173 | --- | ||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 2 | 6 | 53-71 | 6 | 20.5 | Palmer | Bielecki | 2:41 | 10,699 | ---- | ||
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 5 | 4 | 54-71 | 6 | 19.5 | Drabek | Browning | Gott | 2:19 | 11,020 | + | ||
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 1 | 0 | 55-71 | 6 | 19.5 | Dunne | Power | 2:03 | 10,149 | ++ | |||
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 6 | 5 | 56-71 | 6 | 19.5 | Robinson | Franco | 2:32 | 13,722 | +++ | |||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 4 | 2 | 57-71 | 6 | 19.5 | Walk | Scott | Gott | 2:27 | 11,917 | ++++ | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 8 | 2 | 58-71 | 6 | 19.5 | Bielecki | Ryan | 2:33 | 26,585 | +++++ | |||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 7 | 0 | 59-71 | 6 | 19.5 | Drabek | Knepper | 2:17 | 26,867 | ++++++ | |||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 31 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 7 | 3 | 60-71 | 6 | 19.5 | Dunne | Dedmon | 2:23 | 4,930 | +++++++ | |||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 0 | 4 | 60-72 | 6 | 19.5 | Smith | Fisher | 1:57 | 7,498 | - | |||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 2 | 0 | 61-72 | 6 | 18.5 | Walk | Glavine | Gott | 2:09 | 6,259 | + | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 0 | 2 | 61-73 | 6 | 19.5 | Ryan | Bielecki | Agosto | 2:23 | 16,367 | - | |
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 1 | 5 | 61-74 | 6 | 19.5 | Knepper | Drabek | 2:20 | 27,887 | -- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 4 | 3 | 62-74 | 6 | 19.5 | Dunne | Hernandez | Gott | 2:50 | 25,374 | + | |
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 3 | 2 | 63-74 | 6 | 18.5 | Fisher | Moyer | Robinson | 2:33 | 21,745 | ++ | |
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 4 | 1 | 64-74 | 6 | 17.5 | Palacios | Sutcliffe | Gott | 2:59 | 8,331 | +++ | |
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 4 | 3 | 65-74 | 6 | 16.5 | Robinson | Smith | Gott | 2:31 | 8,054 | ++++ | |
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 4 | 2 | 66-74 | 6 | 16.5 | Drabek | Gross | Gott | 2:25 | 20,085 | +++++ | |
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 12 | 4 | 67-74 | 6 | 16.5 | Dunne | Carman | 2:51 | 15,440 | ++++++ | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 6 | 1 | 68-74 | 6 | 15.5 | Fisher | Ruffin | 2:31 | 12,610 | +++++++ | ||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 14 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 4 | 6 | 14 | 68-75 | 6 | 15.5 | McGaffigan | Gideon | Parrett | 4:53 | 5,869 | - | |
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 5 | 1 | 69-75 | 6 | 15.5 | Bielecki | Heaton | 2:20 | 5,852 | + | |||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 5 | 8 | 69-76 | 6 | 16.5 | Tudor | Drabek | 2:55 | 15,323 | - | |||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 17 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 1 | 0 | 70-76 | 6 | 15.5 | Dunne | Mathews | Gott | 2:56 | 5,640 | + | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 10 | 9 | 71-76 | 6 | 14.5 | Smiley | Myers | Gott | 3:36 | 15,308 | ++ | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 4 | 5 | 71-77 | 6 | 15.5 | Aguilera | Palacios | McDowell | 3:32 | 20,933 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 9 | 8 | 14 | 72-77 | 5 | 15.5 | Smiley | Ojeda | 4:59 | 19,122 | + | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 5 | 2 | 73-77 | 5 | 15.5 | Drabek | Sebra | Robinson | 2:54 | 13,206 | ++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 3 | 4 | 73-78 | 5 | 16.5 | Perez | Gott | Burke | 2:23 | 16,407 | - | |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 2 | 0 | 74-78 | 5 | 15.5 | Fisher | Mathews | 2:28 | 30,235 | + | ||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 2 | 3 | 74-79 | 5 | 16.5 | Horton | Robinson | 2:57 | 35,921 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 10 | 74-80 | 5 | 16.5 | Fernandez | Bielecki | 2:56 | 41,987 | -- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 8 | 2 | 75-80 | 5 | 16.5 | Drabek | Gooden | 2:50 | 48,695 | + | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 3 | 12 | 75-81 | 5 | 16.5 | Ojeda | Dunne | Orosco | 2:53 | 48,588 | - | |
| 157 | 157 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 5 | 3 | 76-81 | 5 | 17.0 | Fisher | Sutcliffe | Robinson | 2:19 | 0 | + | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 8 | 10 | 76-82 | 5 | 17.0 | Hall | Smiley | 3:32 | 6,985 | - | |||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Oct 1 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 12 | 3 | 77-82 | 5 | 17.0 | Drabek | Sanderson | 3:16 | 5,294 | + | |||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 6 | 4 | 78-82 | 5 | 17.0 | Walk | Jackson | Gott | 2:42 | 8,245 | ++ | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 10 | 5 | 79-82 | 5 | 16.0 | Palacios | Gross | 2:52 | 12,790 | +++ | |||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 4 | 2 | 80-82 | 4 | 15.0 | Dunne | Bedrosian | Robinson | 2:19 | 26,734 | ++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.