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| Season Summary | 74-88, Final Rank:5, GB: 19.0 | |
| Days in First | 1 | last on Wednesday, Apr 5, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 1 | last on Apr 5, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 19.5 | last on Saturday, Aug 19, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | never | |
| Most Games under .500 | 20 | last on Saturday, Aug 19 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Saturday, Jun 24 to Friday, Jun 30 and Sunday, Jul 23 to Friday, Jul 28 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 7 | Wednesday, May 31 to Thursday, Jun 8 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 17 | Tuesday, Jul 18 |
| Most Runs Scored | 17 | Sunday, May 21 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 18 | Sunday, Aug 6 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 12 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 9 | |
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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 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 5 | 6 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | McGaffigan | Robinson | 2:45 | 35,154 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 3 | 0 | 1-1 | 1 | Tied | Drabek | Johnson | 2:21 | 9,137 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 2 | 3 | 1-2 | 5 | 1.0 | Burke | Smiley | Hesketh | 2:32 | 8,722 | - | |
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 5 | 6 | 1-3 | 6 | 2.0 | Wilson | Taylor | Williams | 3:15 | 6,195 | -- | |
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 3 | 5 | 1-4 | 6 | 3.0 | Bielecki | Heaton | Schiraldi | 2:23 | 19,374 | --- | |
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 3 | 8 | 1-5 | 6 | 3.0 | Sutcliffe | Walk | 2:51 | 11,387 | ---- | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2-5 | 6 | 3.0 | Robinson | Myers | 3:23 | 42,910 | + | ||
| 8 | 8 | Thursday, Apr 13 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 4 | 2 | 3-5 | 4 | 3.0 | Smiley | Darling | Robinson | 2:24 | 19,105 | ++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 14 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 6 | 7 | 3-6 | 5 | 4.0 | Hesketh | Medvin | McGaffigan | 3:02 | 15,052 | - | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 6 | 4 | 4-6 | 4 | 3.5 | Dunne | Johnson | Robinson | 2:51 | 9,658 | + | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4-7 | 5 | 4.5 | Hesketh | Robinson | Burke | 3:40 | 18,107 | - | |
| 12 | 12 | Monday, Apr 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 2 | 4 | 4-8 | 6 | 4.5 | Terry | Fisher | Worrell | 2:20 | 25,277 | -- | |
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 4 | 3 | 5-8 | 5 | 3.5 | Madden | Worrell | Robinson | 2:56 | 22,198 | + | |
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 7 | 5 | 6-8 | 4 | 2.5 | Walk | Heinkel | Robinson | 2:57 | 29,132 | ++ | |
| 15 | 15 | Thursday, Apr 20 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 4 | 9 | 6-9 | 6 | 2.5 | Howell | Dunne | 2:55 | 6,977 | - | |||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 21 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 2 | 3 | 6-10 | 6 | 3.5 | Youmans | Drabek | Bedrosian | 2:29 | 15,221 | -- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 22 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 4 | 3 | 7-10 | 6 | 2.5 | Robinson | Carman | 2:38 | 14,669 | + | |||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 6 | 4 | 8-10 | 6 | 1.5 | Easley | Bedrosian | 2:23 | 16,816 | ++ | |||
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 0 | 1 | 8-11 | 6 | 2.0 | Show | Walk | Davis | 2:24 | 5,296 | - | ||
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 1 | 3 | 8-12 | 6 | 2.5 | Hurst | Drabek | 2:14 | 14,126 | -- | |||
| 21 | 21 | Thursday, Apr 27 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 1 | 8 | 8-13 | 6 | 3.0 | Whitson | Heaton | 2:34 | 6,473 | --- | |||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 1 | 0 | 9-13 | 6 | 3.0 | Smiley | Reuschel | 2:06 | 12,913 | + | |||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 3 | 4 | 9-14 | 6 | 4.0 | LaCoss | Robinson | 2:35 | 11,509 | - | |||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 11 | 1 | 10-14 | 6 | 4.0 | Walk | Robinson | 2:34 | 20,940 | + | |||
| 25 | 25 | Monday, May 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 0 | 1 | 10-15 | 6 | 5.0 | Howell | Drabek | 2:37 | 27,630 | - | ||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 0 | 7 | 10-16 | 6 | 5.0 | Hershiser | Heaton | 2:16 | 29,310 | -- | ||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 5 | 3 | 11-16 | 6 | 4.0 | Smiley | Robinson | Easley | 2:36 | 8,536 | + | |
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 3 | 6 | 11-17 | 6 | 5.0 | Krukow | Kramer | Lefferts | 2:58 | 11,820 | - | |
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 4 | 2 | 12-17 | 6 | 5.0 | Walk | Show | 2:31 | 53,970 | + | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 2 | 4 | 12-18 | 6 | 5.5 | Hurst | Drabek | Davis | 2:36 | 33,582 | - | |
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 1 | 3 | 12-19 | 6 | 5.5 | Whitson | Heaton | Davis | 2:08 | 33,144 | -- | |
| 32 | 32 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 10 | 2 | 13-19 | 6 | 5.5 | Smiley | Smith | 2:14 | 13,378 | + | |||
| 33 | 33 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 8 | 3 | 14-19 | 6 | 5.0 | Walk | Smith | 2:48 | 15,828 | ++ | |||
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 2 | 5 | 14-20 | 6 | 6.0 | Smoltz | Drabek | Boever | 3:00 | 11,403 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Monday, May 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 5 | 6 | 14-21 | 6 | 6.0 | Charlton | Robinson | 2:14 | 16,030 | -- | ||
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 5 | 0 | 15-21 | 6 | 5.5 | Kramer | Mahler | 2:09 | 22,595 | + | ||
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15-22 | 6 | 5.5 | Franco | Landrum | 3:00 | 23,553 | - | |
| 38 | 38 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 0 | 3 | 15-23 | 6 | 7.0 | Scott | Walk | 2:21 | 21,413 | -- | ||
| 39 | 39 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15-24 | 6 | 7.0 | Agosto | Kipper | 4:05 | 20,595 | --- | |
| 40 | 40 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 17 | 5 | 16-24 | 6 | 6.0 | Heaton | Clancy | Fisher | 3:20 | 18,942 | + | |
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 5 | 2 | 17-24 | 6 | 6.0 | Smiley | Smith | 2:16 | 6,137 | ++ | ||
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 4 | 1 | 14 | 18-24 | 5 | 6.0 | Landrum | Acker | 4:03 | 5,896 | +++ | |
| 43 | 43 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 7 | 3 | 19-24 | 5 | 5.5 | Drabek | Smith | Landrum | 2:50 | 5,517 | ++++ | |
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 2 | 4 | 19-25 | 5 | 5.5 | Clancy | Heaton | Smith | 3:08 | 26,637 | - | ||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19-26 | 5 | 6.5 | Schatzeder | Robinson | Smith | 3:48 | 22,359 | -- | |
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 2 | 9 | 19-27 | 5 | 7.5 | Scott | Smiley | Agosto | 2:46 | 25,776 | --- | ||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, May 29 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 12 | 3 | 20-27 | 5 | 6.5 | Walk | Browning | Kipper | 2:41 | 18,602 | + | ||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 2 | 0 | 21-27 | 5 | 6.5 | Drabek | Mahler | Kramer | 2:32 | 14,952 | ++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 3 | 4 | 21-28 | 5 | 6.5 | Rijo | Heaton | Franco | 2:34 | 22,932 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 21-29 | 5 | 7.5 | Aguilera | Kramer | 3:33 | 42,578 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 3 | 9 | 21-30 | 5 | 7.5 | Darling | Walk | 2:19 | 47,835 | --- | ||
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 3 | 4 | 21-31 | 5 | 8.5 | Aase | Kipper | Myers | 2:48 | 47,478 | ---- | |
| 53 | 53 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | T | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21-31 | 5 | 9.0 | 2:40 | 17,696 | ---- | |||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 4 | 9 | 21-32 | 5 | 10.0 | Sebra | Fisher | Parrett | 3:02 | 16,783 | ----- | |
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 5 | 7 | 21-33 | 5 | 10.0 | Parrett | Kipper | Bedrosian | 2:35 | 15,480 | ------ | |
| 56 | 56 | Thursday, Jun 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 11 | 15 | 21-34 | 5 | 11.0 | Carman | Robinson | 3:20 | 18,511 | ------- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22-34 | 5 | 10.0 | Landrum | McDowell | 3:08 | 20,819 | + | ||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 6 | 5 | 23-34 | 5 | 9.0 | Kipper | Myers | 3:22 | 27,463 | ++ | |||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 1 | 6 | 23-35 | 5 | 9.0 | Ojeda | Fisher | 2:37 | 37,716 | - | |||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 2 | 10 | 23-36 | 5 | 10.5 | Howell | Madden | 2:56 | 11,570 | -- | |||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 6 | 4 | 24-36 | 5 | 9.5 | Smiley | Carman | Landrum | 3:08 | 7,407 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 15 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 5 | 3 | 25-36 | 5 | 8.5 | Drabek | Sebra | Landrum | 3:02 | 15,428 | ++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 2 | 6 | 25-37 | 5 | 9.0 | Terry | Kramer | Dayley | 2:50 | 47,186 | - | |
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 7 | 2 | 26-37 | 5 | 8.5 | Robinson | DeLeon | Kipper | 2:40 | 43,924 | + | |
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 12 | 4 | 27-37 | 5 | 8.5 | Madden | Magrane | Landrum | 2:40 | 40,198 | ++ | |
| 66 | 66 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 27-38 | 5 | 9.5 | Schiraldi | Garcia | Kilgus | 3:31 | 11,713 | - | |
| 67 | 67 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 0 | 1 | 11 | 27-39 | 5 | 10.5 | Maddux | Bair | Williams | 3:04 | 23,970 | -- | |
| 68 | 68 | Thursday, Jun 22 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 0 | 8 | 27-40 | 5 | 11.5 | Sutcliffe | Kramer | 2:54 | 16,430 | --- | |||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 2 | 3 | 27-41 | 5 | 11.5 | Magrane | Madden | Worrell | 2:43 | 22,904 | ---- | ||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 5 | 2 | 28-41 | 5 | 10.5 | Walk | Terry | Landrum | 2:58 | 36,064 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 5 | 3 | 29-41 | 5 | 9.5 | Smiley | Power | Landrum | 2:31 | 22,514 | ++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 2 | 1 | 30-41 | 5 | 9.0 | Drabek | Maddux | 2:15 | 35,407 | +++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 5 | 4 | 31-41 | 5 | 9.0 | Kramer | Sutcliffe | Landrum | 2:55 | 35,646 | ++++ | |
| 74 | 74 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 3 | 1 | 32-41 | 5 | 9.0 | Robinson | Bielecki | Landrum | 2:23 | 34,114 | +++++ | |
| 75 | 75 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 4 | 3 | 33-41 | 5 | 8.5 | Walk | Hershiser | Landrum | 3:17 | 46,411 | ++++++ | |
| 76 | 76 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 0 | 1 | 33-42 | 5 | 8.5 | Belcher | Smiley | 2:31 | 33,692 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 2 | 3 | 33-43 | 5 | 9.5 | Wetteland | Drabek | Howell | 3:11 | 40,789 | -- | |
| 78 | 78 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 4 | 2 | 34-43 | 5 | 9.5 | Robinson | Morgan | Landrum | 2:25 | 29,673 | + | |
| 79 | 79 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 5 | 3 | 35-43 | 5 | 8.5 | Kramer | Robinson | Landrum | 2:46 | 14,186 | ++ | ||
| 80 | 80 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 4 | 6 | 35-44 | 5 | 9.5 | Wilson | Walk | 3:00 | 22,242 | - | |||
| 81 | 81 | Thursday, Jul 6 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 35-45 | 5 | 10.0 | Brantley | Smiley | Lefferts | 2:32 | 18,165 | -- | |
| 82 | 82 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 3 | 0 | 36-45 | 5 | 10.0 | Drabek | Hurst | 2:14 | 18,907 | + | |||
| 83 | 83 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 0 | 2 | 36-46 | 5 | 10.0 | Whitson | Robinson | 2:13 | 25,852 | - | |||
| 84 | 84 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 3 | 5 | 36-47 | 5 | 11.0 | Grant | Kramer | Davis | 2:35 | 23,584 | -- | ||
| 85 | 85 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 2 | 3 | 13 | 36-48 | 5 | 12.0 | Brantley | Garcia | 4:11 | 17,178 | --- | |
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | W | 7 | 4 | 37-48 | 5 | 12.0 | Drabek | Reuschel | Landrum | 3:01 | 18,238 | + | |
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 3 | 8 | 37-49 | 5 | 12.0 | LaCoss | Smiley | 2:58 | 27,881 | - | ||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 1 | 3 | 37-50 | 5 | 13.0 | Garrelts | Robinson | Bedrosian | 2:39 | 44,781 | -- | |
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 4 | 1 | 38-50 | 5 | 13.0 | Kramer | Harris | Landrum | 2:16 | 13,667 | + | |
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 4 | 17 | 38-51 | 5 | 13.0 | Hurst | Walk | 2:46 | 18,777 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 1 | 9 | 38-52 | 5 | 13.0 | Whitson | Drabek | 2:13 | 16,412 | -- | ||
| 92 | 92 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 4 | 1 | 39-52 | 5 | 14.0 | Smiley | Belcher | 2:06 | 0 | + | |||
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 3 | 7 | 39-53 | 5 | 14.0 | Valenzuela | Heaton | Howell | 2:56 | 27,996 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 4 | 8 | 39-54 | 5 | 15.0 | Martinez | Robinson | 2:56 | 31,108 | -- | |||
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 3 | 4 | 39-55 | 5 | 15.5 | Hershiser | Kramer | Howell | 2:38 | 0 | --- | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 40-55 | 5 | 15.5 | Kipper | Crews | 2:52 | 34,373 | + | ||
| 97 | 97 | Monday, Jul 24 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | W | 7 | 4 | 41-55 | 5 | 15.5 | Walk | Morgan | 2:58 | 19,957 | ++ | |||
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 4 | 2 | 42-55 | 5 | 15.5 | Drabek | Aguilera | Landrum | 3:00 | 38,249 | +++ | |
| 99 | 99 | Wednesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 3 | 2 | 43-55 | 5 | 14.5 | Smiley | Darling | 2:20 | 38,134 | ++++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 10 | 8 | 44-55 | 5 | 14.0 | Kipper | Aase | Landrum | 3:10 | 39,447 | +++++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 10 | 5 | 45-55 | 5 | 13.5 | Heaton | Howell | 3:17 | 0 | ++++++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 1 | 6 | 45-56 | 5 | 13.5 | Harris | Reed | 2:46 | 35,569 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 2 | 6 | 45-57 | 5 | 14.5 | Parrett | Walk | McDowell | 2:45 | 47,277 | -- | |
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 6 | 8 | 45-58 | 5 | 14.5 | Cook | Kipper | McDowell | 3:03 | 31,341 | --- | |
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Jul 31 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 4 | 45-59 | 5 | 15.5 | Langston | Smiley | Burke | 2:47 | 13,150 | ---- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 45-60 | 5 | 16.5 | Burke | Bair | 3:28 | 14,912 | ----- | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 1 | 3 | 45-61 | 5 | 17.5 | Perez | Reed | Burke | 2:26 | 27,645 | ------ | ||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 1 | 0 | 12 | 46-61 | 5 | 16.5 | Bair | McGaffigan | 3:42 | 12,292 | + | ||
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 46-62 | 5 | 16.5 | Bielecki | Drabek | Williams | 2:46 | 29,169 | - | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 2 | 4 | 46-63 | 5 | 16.5 | Wilson | Landrum | Lancaster | 3:06 | 23,262 | -- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 5 | 4 | 18 | 47-63 | 5 | 15.5 | Drabek | Sanderson | 5:42 | 24,716 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Monday, Aug 7 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 0 | 4 | 47-64 | 5 | 16.5 | Power | Reed | 2:33 | 11,772 | - | |||
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 7 | 3 | 48-64 | 5 | 16.5 | Walk | Hill | 2:37 | 13,884 | + | |||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 2 | 5 | 48-65 | 5 | 17.5 | Magrane | Drabek | 2:45 | 15,046 | - | |||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 1 | 4 | 48-66 | 5 | 18.0 | Langston | Smiley | 2:16 | 30,123 | -- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 2 | 5 | 48-67 | 5 | 19.0 | Gross | Robinson | Smith | 2:30 | 27,697 | --- | |
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 6 | 4 | 49-67 | 5 | 18.0 | Walk | Perez | Landrum | 2:59 | 38,576 | + | |
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 14 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 6 | 1 | 50-67 | 5 | 17.5 | Drabek | Martinez | 3:02 | 18,838 | ++ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 50-68 | 5 | 18.5 | Andersen | Smith | 3:39 | 23,574 | - | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 5 | 4 | 12 | 51-68 | 5 | 18.5 | Heaton | Andersen | Landrum | 4:01 | 17,317 | + |
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | L | 3 | 5 | 51-69 | 5 | 19.5 | Deshaies | Robinson | 2:44 | 25,325 | - | ||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 6 | 13 | 51-70 | 5 | 19.5 | Glavine | Walk | 3:03 | 17,154 | -- | ||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 3 | 4 | 51-71 | 5 | 19.5 | Smoltz | Drabek | Boever | 2:44 | 27,034 | --- | |
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 7 | 6 | 52-71 | 5 | 18.5 | Reed | Smith | Landrum | 2:52 | 9,222 | + | |
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 4 | 1 | 53-71 | 5 | 17.0 | Smiley | Deshaies | 2:25 | 14,638 | ++ | |||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 6 | 1 | 54-71 | 5 | 16.0 | Walk | Clancy | 2:43 | 12,564 | +++ | |||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 24 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W | 3 | 2 | 14 | 55-71 | 5 | 15.5 | Bair | Agosto | 3:47 | 13,884 | ++++ | ||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 12 | 3 | 56-71 | 5 | 15.5 | Robinson | Mahler | 2:44 | 25,722 | +++++ | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 4 | 6 | 56-72 | 5 | 15.5 | Robinson | Reed | Franco | 2:54 | 26,159 | - | |
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L | 0 | 1 | 56-73 | 5 | 16.5 | Browning | Kramer | Franco | 2:11 | 22,413 | -- | |
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 28 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | L | 2 | 5 | 56-74 | 5 | 17.5 | Smith | Walk | Stanton | 2:29 | 9,854 | --- | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 5 | 4 | 57-74 | 5 | 17.5 | Drabek | Glavine | Landrum | 2:24 | 9,686 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 7 | 5 | 58-74 | 5 | 16.5 | Kramer | Boever | Landrum | 3:01 | 8,314 | ++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 5 | 11 | 58-75 | 5 | 16.5 | Robinson | Patterson | 2:40 | 15,623 | - | |||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 2 | 6 | 58-76 | 5 | 17.5 | Browning | Walk | 2:30 | 25,682 | -- | |||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | W | 3 | 1 | 59-76 | 5 | 16.5 | Drabek | Scudder | Landrum | 2:39 | 24,175 | + | ||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 7 | 5 | 60-76 | 5 | 16.5 | Patterson | Maddux | Landrum | 2:47 | 13,317 | ++ | |
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 2 | 3 | 60-77 | 5 | 16.5 | Parrett | Patterson | 2:51 | 12,484 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 6 | 11 | 60-78 | 5 | 16.5 | Langston | Kramer | 2:51 | 17,330 | -- | ||
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 7 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 7 | 4 | 61-78 | 5 | 16.5 | Walk | Candelaria | Landrum | 3:11 | 16,390 | + | |
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L | 2 | 7 | 61-79 | 5 | 16.5 | Ojeda | Drabek | 2:27 | 36,902 | - | ||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 8 | 5 | 12 | 62-79 | 5 | 16.5 | Taylor | Innis | Patterson | 4:07 | 41,722 | + |
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 4 | 1 | 63-79 | 5 | 16.5 | Smiley | Fernandez | Kipper | 2:54 | 45,024 | ++ | |
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 11 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 3 | 1 | 64-79 | 5 | 16.5 | Heaton | Horton | Bair | 2:32 | 25,642 | +++ | |
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 5 | 2 | 65-79 | 5 | 16.5 | Walk | Magrane | 2:34 | 25,370 | ++++ | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | T | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65-79 | 5 | 17.0 | 1:18 | 28,561 | ++++ | |||
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 14 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 4 | 3 | 66-79 | 5 | 16.5 | Patterson | Dayley | Kipper | 2:58 | 1,519 | +++++ | |
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 2 | 7 | 66-80 | 5 | 17.5 | Sutcliffe | Belinda | 3:00 | 12,607 | - | |||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 8 | 6 | 67-80 | 5 | 16.5 | Smiley | Maddux | 3:08 | 15,668 | + | |||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 2 | 0 | 68-80 | 5 | 15.5 | Drabek | Bielecki | 2:22 | 21,081 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Monday, Sep 18 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 6 | 2 | 69-80 | 5 | 15.5 | Patterson | Grimsley | Kramer | 2:52 | 7,665 | +++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 4 | 2 | 70-80 | 5 | 14.5 | Robinson | Ruffin | Landrum | 2:36 | 8,156 | ++++ | ||
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 9 | 1 | 71-80 | 5 | 13.5 | Heaton | Gross | 2:30 | 11,926 | +++++ | |||
| 154 | 154 | Thursday, Sep 21 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 5 | 6 | 71-81 | 5 | 14.5 | Martinez | Smiley | Burke | 2:53 | 6,753 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 2 | 4 | 71-82 | 5 | 15.5 | Bielecki | Drabek | Williams | 3:04 | 34,040 | -- | |
| 156 | 156 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 71-83 | 5 | 16.5 | Lancaster | Bair | 3:01 | 36,849 | --- | ||
| 157 | 157 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 2 | 4 | 71-84 | 5 | 17.5 | Wilson | Robinson | Pico | 2:43 | 37,904 | ---- | |
| 158 | 158 | Monday, Sep 25 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 4 | 2 | 72-84 | 5 | 16.5 | Heaton | DeLeon | Landrum | 2:56 | 4,278 | + | ||
| 159 | 159 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 4 | 1 | 73-84 | 5 | 16.5 | Patterson | Hill | Landrum | 2:22 | 8,101 | ++ | ||
| 160 | 160 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W | 1 | 0 | 74-84 | 5 | 16.5 | Drabek | Magrane | 2:22 | 5,051 | +++ | |||
| 161 | 161 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 2 | 6 | 74-85 | 5 | 17.0 | Viola | Kramer | 2:31 | 0 | - | |||
| 162 | 162 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 0 | 7 | 74-86 | 5 | 17.0 | Cone | Robinson | 2:45 | 16,734 | -- | |||
| 163 | 163 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 2 | 7 | 11 | 74-87 | 5 | 18.0 | Myers | Landrum | 2:59 | 20,624 | --- | ||
| 164 | 164 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 3 | 7 | 74-88 | 5 | 19.0 | Fernandez | Patterson | 3:08 | 23,502 | ---- | |||
| 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.