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1988 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

85-75, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (85-75)
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 616 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-76

Ballparks: Three Rivers Stadium · Attendance: 1,866,713 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Rafael Belliard 26 R R 5' 6" 160 Oct 24, 1961 7 122 93 122 118 0 0 0 3 0 117 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.2 $130,000
Barry Bonds 23 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 24, 1964 3 144 129 144 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 3 0 138 12 0 6.2 $220,000
Bobby Bonilla 25 B R 6' 3" 210 Feb 23, 1963 3 159 157 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $230,000 All-Star
Sid Bream 27 L L 6' 4" 215 Aug 3, 1960 6 148 119 148 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 2.1 $360,000
John Cangelosi 25 B L 5' 8" 150 Mar 10, 1963 4 75 18 75 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 12 3 26 50 2 0.7 $125,000
Darnell Coles 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 2, 1962 6 68 55 68 56 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 55 55 13 0 0.3 $375,000
Orestes Destrade 26 B R 6' 4" 210 May 8, 1962 2 36 6 36 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 -0.2 $
Mike Diaz 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 15, 1960 4 47 16 47 26 0 1 7 0 0 0 9 0 9 18 24 0 -0.1 $172,500
Benny Distefano 26 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 23, 1962 3 16 6 16 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 0.3 $62,500
Doug Drabek 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 25, 1962 3 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $160,000
Mike Dunne 25 R R 6' 4" 190 Oct 27, 1962 2 34 28 34 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.9 $142,500
Felix Fermin 24 R R 5' 11" 160 Oct 9, 1963 2 43 32 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.3 $67,500
Brian Fisher 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 18, 1962 4 33 22 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $255,000
Miguel Garcia 21 L L 5' 11" 173 Apr 3, 1967 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Denny Gonzalez 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 22, 1963 4 24 5 24 20 0 0 0 4 2 14 0 0 0 0 12 1 -0.2 $
Jim Gott 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 3, 1959 7 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $500,000
Tommy Gregg 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 29, 1963 2 14 2 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 8 1 -0.1 $
Dave Hostetler 32 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 27, 1956 5 6 1 6 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
Barry Jones 25 R R 6' 4" 225 Feb 15, 1963 3 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $90,000
Bob Kipper 23 R L 6' 2" 200 Jul 8, 1964 4 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $125,000
Randy Kramer 27 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 20, 1960 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Dave LaPoint 28 L L 6' 3" 205 Jul 29, 1959 9 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Mike LaValliere 27 L R 5' 10" 180 Aug 18, 1960 5 120 105 120 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2.0 $215,000
Jose Lind 24 R R 5' 11" 155 May 1, 1964 2 154 145 154 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2.8 $75,000
Morris Madden 27 L L 6' 0" 155 Aug 31, 1960 2 6 0 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Scott Medvin 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 16, 1961 1st 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Randy Milligan 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 27, 1961 2 40 23 40 26 0 0 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 0 0.4 $62,500
Ken Oberkfell 32 L R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1956 12 20 13 20 17 0 0 1 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.3 $
Junior Ortiz 28 R R 5' 11" 174 Oct 24, 1959 7 49 33 49 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.3 $250,000
Vicente Palacios 24 R R 6' 3" 165 Jul 19, 1963 2 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $62,500
Al Pedrique 27 R R 6' 0" 155 Aug 11, 1960 2 50 35 50 49 0 0 0 0 5 46 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.8 $91,000
Tom Prince 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 13, 1964 2 29 21 29 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.7 $62,500
Gary Redus 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 1, 1956 7 30 17 30 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 7 19 13 0 0.5 $
Rick Reed 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1964 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
R.J. Reynolds 29 B R 6' 0" 190 Apr 19, 1959 6 130 68 130 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 80 100 45 0 0.4 $290,000
Jeff Robinson 27 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 13, 1960 5 75 0 75 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $475,000
Ruben Rodriguez 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 4, 1964 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $62,500
Dave Rucker 30 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 1, 1957 7 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
John Smiley 23 L L 6' 4" 180 Mar 17, 1965 3 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $107,500
Andy Van Slyke 27 L R 6' 1" 190 Dec 21, 1960 6 154 148 154 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 5 0 6.4 $825,000 All-Star
Bob Walk 31 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 26, 1956 9 34 32 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.0 $450,000 All-Star
Glenn Wilson 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 22, 1958 7 37 32 37 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 32 36 2 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Orestes Destrade

Denny Gonzalez
Ruben Rodriguez

Sid Bream

Rafael Belliard

Darnell Coles
Ruben Rodriguez

Glenn Wilson

Mike LaValliere

Jose Lind

Mike Diaz
Ken Oberkfell

Doug Drabek

Bob Kipper

Bob Walk

Andy Van Slyke

Gary Redus

Al Pedrique

R.J. Reynolds

Barry Bonds

Bobby Bonilla

Junior Ortiz

Miguel Garcia

Felix Fermin

Benny Distefano

Rick Reed

Jim Gott

Dave Rucker

Vicente Palacios

Mike Dunne

Jeff Robinson

John Cangelosi

Tom Prince

Tommy Gregg
Randy Milligan

Jeff Robinson

Barry Jones
Dave LaPoint

Dave Rucker

Brian Fisher

Dave Hostetler
Scott Medvin

John Smiley

Morris Madden

Randy Kramer

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers