1996 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	WPXI Prime Sports KBL
Local radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 115th season of the franchise; the 110th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth and last in the National League Central with a record of 73–89.

Offseason

December 28, 1995: Charlie Hayes was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[2]
February 2, 1996: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
February 4, 1996: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[4]
February 17, 1996: Zane Smith was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—	48–33	40–41
Houston Astros	82	80	0.506	6	48–33	34–47
Cincinnati Reds	81	81	0.500	7	46–35	35–46
Chicago Cubs	76	86	0.469	12	43–38	33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	89	0.451	15	36–44	37–45

Game log

1996 Game Log: 73–89 (Home: 36–44; Away: 37–45)

April: 12–14 (Home: 4–7; Away: 8–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	@ Marlins	4–0	Wagner (1–0)	Brown	—	41,815	1–0
2	April 2	@ Marlins	4–1	Christiansen (1–0)	Pena	Miceli (1)	20,243	2–0
3	April 4	@ Marlins	2–6	Leiter	Ericks (0–1)	—	19,008	2–1
4	April 5	@ Mets	7–5	Smith (1–0)	Mlicki	—	16,088	3–1
5	April 6	@ Mets	5–0	Darwin (1–0)	Clark	—	20,756	4–1
6	April 8	Phillies	3–6	Fernandez	Neagle (0–1)	—	41,416	4–2
7	April 10	Phillies	6–7	Grace	Christiansen (1–1)	Bottalico	7,075	4–3
8	April 11	Expos	5–6 (11)	Rojas	Cordova (0–1)	Veres	8,084	4–4
9	April 12	Expos	3–13	Rueter	Darwin (1–1)	—	13,087	4–5
10	April 13	Expos	9–3	Wagner (2–0)	Fassero	—	13,834	5–5
11	April 14	Expos	5–2	Neagle (1–1)	Martinez	—	12,797	6–5
12	April 15	@ Cardinals	4–6	Benes	Ericks (0–2)	Honeycutt	18,731	6–6
13	April 16	@ Cardinals	13–3	Smith (2–0)	Benes	Lieber (1)	21,349	7–6
14	April 17	@ Cardinals	1–6	Osborne	Darwin (1–2)	—	23,074	7–7
15	April 18	@ Cardinals	6–2	Wagner (3–0)	Stottlemyre	—	25,700	8–7
16	April 19	@ Expos	1–2	Manuel	Plesac (0–1)	—	13,256	8–8
17	April 20	@ Expos	2–11	Martinez	Ericks (0–3)	—	14,022	8–9
18	April 21	@ Expos	4–9	Veres	Christiansen (1–2)	—	11,361	8–10
19	April 22	@ Phillies	9–3	Darwin (2–2)	Mulholland	—	17,604	9–10
20	April 23	@ Phillies	2–6	Springer	Wagner (3–1)	Ryan	19,254	9–11
21	April 24	Marlins	6–3	Neagle (2–1)	Rapp	—	9,812	10–11
22	April 25	Marlins	1–4	Leiter	Hope (0–1)	Nen	8,315	10–12
23	April 26	Mets	10–6	Christiansen (2–2)	Isringhausen	—	13,185	11–12
24	April 27	Mets	4–7	Mlicki	Miceli (0–1)	Franco	16,698	11–13
25	April 28	Mets	5–7	Jones	Wagner (3–2)	Franco	27,706	11–14
26	April 30	@ Reds	10–7	Neagle (3–1)	Smiley	Cordova (1)	16,243	12–14

May: 9–18 (Home: 6–11; Away: 3–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 1	@ Reds	4–3	Hope (1–1)	Burba	Plesac (1)	18,197	13–14
28	May 3	Dodgers	1–10	Park	Darwin (2–3)	—	18,268	13–15
29	May 4	Dodgers	7–2	Wagner (4–2)	Candiotti	—	20,321	14–15
30	May 5	Dodgers	4–2	Neagle (4–1)	Valdez	Plesac (2)	19,206	15–15
31	May 6	Dodgers	4–8	Nomo	Hope (1–2)	Radinsky	9,415	15–16
32	May 8	Padres	4–5	Tewksbury	May (0–1)	Hoffman	—	15–17
33	May 8	Padres	4–3	Christiansen (3–2)	Sanders	Cordova (2)	8,508	16–17
34	May 9	Padres	1–7	Ashby	Wagner (4–3)	—	10,863	16–18
35	May 10	Giants	4–5 (10)	DeLucia	Cordova (0–2)	Beck	17,611	16–19
36	May 11	Giants	7–12	VanLandingham	Hope (1–3)	—	16,591	16–20
37	May 12	Giants	2–7	Watson	Smith (2–1)	—	17,132	16–21
38	May 13	@ Braves	3–9	Glavine	Darwin (2–4)	—	28,583	16–22
39	May 14	@ Braves	3–7	Smoltz	Wagner (4–4)	—	28,175	16–23
40	May 15	@ Braves	3–0	Neagle (5–1)	Avery	—	30,917	17–23
41	May 17	@ Astros	2–4	Reynolds	Lieber (0–1)	Jones	22,882	17–24
42	May 18	@ Astros	2–1 (11)	Cordova (1–2)	Young	Plesac (3)	21,010	18–24
43	May 19	@ Astros	3–4	Jones	Lieber (0–2)	—	18,815	18–25
44	May 20	@ Rockies	7–10	Reynoso	Neagle (5–2)	—	48,042	18–26
45	May 21	@ Rockies	10–12	Holmes	Christiansen (3–3)	Ruffin	48,037	18–27
46	May 22	@ Rockies	3–6	Ritz	Smith (2–2)	Ruffin	48,044	18–28
47	May 24	Braves	3–5	Smoltz	Darwin (2–5)	Wohlers	20,238	18–29
48	May 25	Braves	6–2	Neagle (6–2)	Avery	—	29,273	19–29
49	May 26	Braves	3–6 (13)	Wade	Miceli (0–2)	Bielecki	33,085	19–30
50	May 27	Astros	3–5	Kile	Smith (2–3)	—	8,906	19–31
51	May 28	Astros	6–5	Miceli (1–2)	Swindell	Cordova (3)	7,182	20–31
52	May 29	Astros	4–7	Morman	Darwin (2–6)	Jones	11,679	20–32
53	May 31	Rockies	8–4	Neagle (7–2)	Reynoso	Cordova (4)	26,640	21–32

June: 15–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 10–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54	June 1	Rockies	0–2	Ritz	Wagner (4–5)	Ruffin	15,633	21–33
55	June 2	Rockies	5–2	Smith (3–3)	Holmes	Cordova (5)	26,745	22–33
56	June 3	Rockies	7–2	Ruebel (1–0)	Farmer	—	8,120	23–33
57	June 4	@ Dodgers	3–0	Darwin (3–6)	Nomo	Cordova (6)	29,576	24–33
58	June 5	@ Dodgers	7–3	Wilkins (1–0)	Astacio	Cordova (7)	32,161	25–33
59	June 6	@ Dodgers	3–8	Candiotti	Miceli (1–3)	—	26,664	25–34
60	June 7	@ Padres	10–0	Smith (4–3)	Bergman	—	20,312	26–34
61	June 8	@ Padres	9–8 (14)	Cordova (2–2)	Blair	—	41,378	27–34
62	June 9	@ Padres	6–0	Darwin (4–6)	Tewksbury	—	30,932	28–34
63	June 10	@ Giants	5–4	Morel (1–0)	DeLucia	Cordova (8)	10,026	29–34
64	June 11	@ Giants	7–2	Neagle (8–2)	Fernandez	—	11,530	30–34
65	June 13	Marlins	3–4	Perez	Cordova (2–3)	Nen	15,083	30–35
66	June 14	Marlins	5–4	Plesac (1–1)	Nen	—	26,494	31–35
67	June 15	Marlins	12–8	Darwin (5–6)	Rapp	—	15,596	32–35
68	June 16	Marlins	2–4	Brown	Neagle (8–3)	Nen	28,120	32–36
69	June 17	Mets	6–7 (10)	Mlicki	Cordova (2–4)	Franco	11,002	32–37
70	June 19	Mets	6–5	Plesac (2–1)	Isringhausen	—	—	33–37
71	June 19	Mets	3–5	Mlicki	Cordova (2–5)	Franco	20,108	33–38
72	June 21	@ Marlins	0–4	Brown	Darwin (5–7)	—	20,442	33–39
73	June 22	@ Marlins	4–1 (10)	Plesac (3–1)	Perez	—	26,666	34–39
74	June 23	@ Marlins	5–3	Lieber (1–2)	Rapp	Cordova (9)	20,769	35–39
75	June 24	@ Expos	3–11	Martinez	Dessens (0–1)	—	23,736	35–40
76	June 25	@ Expos	2–8	Rueter	Smith (4–4)	Scott	12,776	35–41
77	June 26	@ Expos	3–1	Darwin (6–7)	Cormier	Cordova (10)	12,846	36–41
78	June 28	@ Cardinals	1–6	Osborne	Neagle (8–4)	—	34,490	36–42
79	June 29	@ Cardinals	5–6	Honeycutt	Miceli (1–4)	—	34,426	36–43
80	June 30	@ Cardinals	3–10	Stottlemyre	Smith (4–5)	—	38,901	36–44

July: 12–15 (Home: 10–7; Away: 2–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	Cubs	4–1	Darwin (7–7)	Navarro	Plesac (4)	15,910	37–44
82	July 2	Cubs	7–15	Telemaco	Wagner (4–6)	—	13,241	37–45
83	July 3	Cubs	3–2	Neagle (9–4)	Castillo	Plesac (5)	22,157	38–45
84	July 4	Cardinals	1–7	Benes	Dessens (0–2)	—	23,321	38–46
85	July 5	Cardinals	4–7	Stottlemyre	Smith (4–6)	Fossas	18,759	38–47
86	July 6	Cardinals	5–9	Benes	Darwin (7–8)	—	19,144	38–48
87	July 7	Cardinals	8–2	Lieber (2–2)	Morgan	—	16,255	39–48
88	July 11	@ Reds	5–3	Neagle (10–4)	Smiley	Plesac (6)	24,670	40–48
89	July 12	@ Reds	2–5	Portugal	Darwin (7–9)	Brantley	27,708	40–49
90	July 13	@ Reds	0–3	Jarvis	Lieber (2–3)	—	32,119	40–50
91	July 14	@ Reds	6–7	Burba	Wagner (4–7)	Brantley	26,619	40–51
92	July 15	@ Cubs	2–12	Castillo	Miceli (1–5)	—	32,119	40–52
93	July 16	@ Cubs	10–5	Neagle (11–4)	Navarro	—	26,502	41–52
94	July 18	Reds	8–3	Lieber (3–3)	Jarvis	—	12,669	42–52
95	July 19	Reds	3–11	Burba	Wagner (4–8)	—	17,153	42–53
96	July 20	Reds	3–9	Salkeld	Miceli (1–6)	—	26,378	42–54
97	July 21	Reds	6–4	Neagle (12–4)	Smiley	Plesac (7)	23,117	43–54
98	July 23	Expos	5–1	Lieber (4–3)	Martinez	—	10,292	44–54
99	July 24	Expos	5–4	Ericks (1–3)	Rojas	—	19,219	45–54
100	July 25	Phillies	6–4	Miceli (2–6)	Springer	Cordova (11)	12,163	46–54
101	July 26	Phillies	7–4	Ericks (2–3)	Bottalico	Plesac (8)	17,239	47–54
102	July 27	Phillies	1–2	Mulholland	Parris (0–1)	—	23,121	47–55
103	July 28	Phillies	12–8	Ericks (3–3)	Borland	—	15,189	48–55
104	July 29	@ Mets	0–5	Harnisch	Peters (0–1)	—	15,680	48–56
105	July 30	@ Mets	4–5	Isringhausen	Cordova (2–6)	Franco	—	48–57
106	July 30	@ Mets	3–4 (12)	Franco	Lieber (4–4)	—	18,378	48–58
107	July 31	@ Mets	2–3 (10)	Dipoto	Plesac (3–2)	—	15,787	48–59

August: 8–20 (Home: 3–10; Away: 5–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	@ Mets	13–9	Morel (2–0)	Mlicki	Ericks (1)	20,327	49–59
109	August 2	@ Phillies	8–3	Wilkins (2–0)	Blazier	—	24,505	50–59
110	August 3	@ Phillies	6–7	Bottalico	Plesac (3–3)	—	22,690	50–60
111	August 4	@ Phillies	2–4	Williams	Miceli (2–7)	Ryan	25,498	50–61
112	August 5	@ Phillies	0–3	Schilling	Neagle (12–5)	—	20,337	50–62
113	August 6	Dodgers	1–3	Astacio	Parris (0–2)	Worrell	11,824	50–63
114	August 7	Dodgers	12–2	Lieber (5–4)	Martinez	Wilkins (1)	12,232	51–63
115	August 8	Padres	3–12	Sanders	Peters (0–2)	—	8,388	51–64
116	August 9	Padres	1–4	Valenzuela	Miceli (2–8)	Hoffman	30,066	51–65
117	August 10	Padres	2–6	Veras	Plesac (3–4)	—	21,902	51–66
118	August 11	Padres	5–7	Bergman	Parris (0–3)	Hoffman	27,227	51–67
119	August 13	Giants	10–12	Dewey	Plesac (3–5)	Beck	11,378	51–68
120	August 14	Giants	4–3	Peters (1–2)	Estes	Ericks (2)	20,340	52–68
121	August 16	@ Braves	4–5	Smoltz	Neagle (12–6)	Wohlers	39,210	52–69
122	August 17	@ Braves	1–7	Bielecki	Ruebel (1–1)	—	49,024	52–70
123	August 18	@ Braves	1–2 (14)	Borowski	Cordova (2–7)	—	31,587	52–71
124	August 19	@ Astros	1–2 (13)	Morman	Morel (2–1)	—	15,067	52–72
125	August 20	@ Astros	4–9	Wall	Miceli (2–9)	Hernandez	19,866	52–73
126	August 21	@ Astros	5–2	Neagle (13–6)	Hampton	Ericks (3)	13,357	53–73
127	August 22	@ Astros	8–6	Wilkins (3–0)	Wagner	Ericks (4)	14,899	54–73
128	August 23	@ Rockies	5–3	Lieber (6–4)	Ritz	Cordova (12)	48,038	55–73
129	August 24	@ Rockies	3–9	Thompson	Peters (1–3)	—	48,014	55–74
130	August 25	@ Rockies	9–13	Munoz	Wilkins (3–1)	—	48,139	55–75
131	August 27	Braves	3–2	Neagle (14–6)	Smoltz	Plesac (9)	14,603	56–75
132	August 28	Braves	4–9	Wade	Loaiza (0–1)	—	14,591	56–76
133	August 29	Braves	1–5	Maddux	Lieber (6–5)	Wohlers	12,101	56–77
134	August 30	Astros	0–10	Wall	Peters (1–4)	—	24,619	56–78
135	August 31	Astros	4–5	Hernandez	Ericks (3–4)	Hudek	27,559	56–79

September: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
136	September 1	Astros	9–5	Wainhouse (1–0)	Darwin	—	14,144	57–79
137	September 2	Rockies	3–8	Ritz	Loaiza (0–2)	—	9,513	57–80
138	September 4	Rockies	5–2	Lieber (7–5)	Thompson	Plesac (10)	10,081	58–80
139	September 6	@ Dodgers	1–2	Osuna	Wilkins (3–2)	Worrell	41,509	58–81
140	September 7	@ Dodgers	3–4	Nomo	Schmidt (0–1)	Worrell	50,862	58–82
141	September 8	@ Dodgers	4–1	Plesac (4–5)	Dreifort	Ericks (5)	33,922	59–82
142	September 9	@ Padres	5–6	Hermanson	Wilkins (3–3)	Hoffman	15,727	59–83
143	September 10	@ Padres	5–6	Hoffman	Boever (0–1)	—	15,694	59–84
144	September 11	@ Padres	7–8	Bochtler	Ericks (3–5)	—	33,771	59–85
145	September 12	@ Giants	10–4	Schmidt (1–1)	Dewey	Boever (1)	8,214	60–85
146	September 13	@ Giants	9–0	Loaiza (1–2)	VanLandingham	—	9,888	61–85
147	September 14	@ Giants	7–5 (12)	Ericks (4–5)	Hook	Boever (2)	15,685	62–85
148	September 15	@ Giants	4–1	Lieber (8–5)	Rueter	Ruebel (1)	—	63–85
149	September 15	@ Giants	11–9 (10)	Wilkins (4–3)	Poole	—	21,998	64–85
150	September 17	Reds	5–3	Cordova (3–7)	Smiley	Ericks (6)	7,551	65–85
151	September 18	Reds	5–3	Schmidt (2–1)	Morgan	Plesac (11)	7,924	66–85
152	September 19	Reds	6–4	Peters (2–4)	Pugh	Ericks (7)	10,188	67–85
153	September 20	Cubs	6–4	Lieber (9–5)	Foster	Ericks (8)	19,285	68–85
154	September 21	Cubs	8–3	Loiselle (1–0)	Swartzbaugh	—	23,619	69–85
155	September 22	Cubs	11–3 (8)	Cordova (4–7)	Castillo	—	27,472	70–85
156	September 23	Cubs	3–4	Trachsel	Schmidt (2–2)	Patterson	7,684	70–86
157	September 24	Cardinals	1–7	Benes	Loaiza (1–3)	—	8,611	70–87
158	September 25	Cardinals	7–8 (11)	Bailey	Miceli (2–10)	Mathews	20,022	70–88
159	September 27	@ Cubs	7–4 (10)	Plesac (5–5)	Wendell	—	—	71–88
160	September 27	@ Cubs	9–10	Adams	Boever (0–2)	—	18,757	71–89
161	September 28	@ Cubs	8–7 (10)	Plesac (6–5)	Wendell	—	29,729	72–89
162	September 29	@ Cubs	8–3	Loaiza (2–3)	Navarro	—	26,873	73–89

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	7–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	5–7	10–3	7–6	9–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	9–4
Chicago	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–5	6–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	6–6	7–5	5–8
Cincinnati	5–7	8–5	—	7–6	3–9	7–6	4–8	3–9	6–6	10–2	5–8	9–3	9–4	5–8
Colorado	7–5	7–5	6–7	—	5–8	8–5	6–7	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4
Florida	7–6	6–6	9–3	8–5	—	7–5	6–7	5–8	7–6	6–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	6–6
Houston	6–6	8–5	6–7	5–8	5–7	—	6–6	4–9	8–4	10–2	8–5	6–6	8–4	2–11
Los Angeles	7–5	5–8	8–4	7–6	7–6	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	7–6	6–6	5–8	7–6	8–4
Montreal	3–10	6–6	9–3	9–3	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	7–6	6–7	7–5	4–8	9–4	8–4
New York	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	—	7–6	8–5	3–10	6–6	5–7
Philadelphia	4-9	6–7	2–10	6–6	7–6	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–7	—	7–5	4–8	6–6	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	9–4	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–8	6–6	5–7	5–8	5–7	—	4–9	8–4	3–10
San Diego	4–9	6–6	3–9	5–8	9–3	6–6	8–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	9–4	—	11–2	4–8
San Francisco	5–7	5–7	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–7	4–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	2–11	—	7–6
St. Louis	4–9	8–5	8–5	4–8	6–6	11-2	4–8	4–8	7–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	6–7	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	3	9	0.250	35	59
Florida Marlins	7	5	0.583	48	42
Montreal Expos	5	7	0.417	47	71
New York Mets	5	8	0.385	68	68
Philadelphia Phillies	5	7	0.417	62	57
Total	25	36	0.410	260	297
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	9	4	0.692	86	73
Cincinnati Reds	8	5	0.615	63	65
Houston Astros	5	8	0.385	51	65
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	3	10	0.231	59	79
Total	25	27	0.481	259	282
NL West
Colorado Rockies	5	7	0.417	65	73
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	6	0.500	50	45
San Diego Padres	4	9	0.308	62	72
San Francisco Giants	8	4	0.667	80	64
Total	23	26	0.469	257	254
Season Total	73	89	0.451	776	833

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	26	12	14	0.462	131	131
May	27	9	18	0.333	111	151
June	27	15	12	0.556	125	118
July	27	12	15	0.444	122	145
August	28	8	20	0.286	120	164
September	27	17	10	0.630	167	124
Total	162	73	89	0.451	776	833

Total	162	73	89	0.451	776	833
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	80	36	44	0.450	384	429
Away	82	37	45	0.451	392	404

Roster

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

44 Joe Boever

41 Jason Christiansen

26 Steve Cooke

67 Francisco Córdova

44 Danny Darwin

71 Elmer Dessens

57 John Ericks

42 Lee Hancock

29 John Hope

47 Jon Lieber

34 Esteban Loaiza

75 Rich Loiselle

61 Darrell May

32 Dan Miceli

55 Ramón Morel

15 Denny Neagle

27 Steve Parris

38 Chris Peters

19 Dan Plesac

49 Matt Ruebel

42 Jason Schmidt

24 Zane Smith

43 Paul Wagner

53 Dave Wainhouse

62 Marc Wilkins

Catchers

2 Angelo Encarnación

18 Jason Kendall

63 Keith Osik

Infielders

48 Rich Aude

3 Jay Bell

13 Carlos García

17 Charlie Hayes

36 Mark Johnson

7 Jeff King

16 Nelson Liriano

17 Dale Sveum

Outfielders

46 Jermaine Allensworth

25 Trey Beamon

5 Jacob Brumfield

35 Dave Clark

30 Midre Cummings

11 Mike Kingery

28 Al Martin

6 Orlando Merced

12 John Wehner

51 Tony Womack

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (bench)

23 Gene Lamont (third base)

39 Milt May (hitting)

31 Ray Miller (pitching)

37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Mike Kingery	CF
Al Martin	LF
Orlando Merced	RF
Jeff King	1B
Charlie Hayes	3B
Jay Bell	SS
Carlos García	2B
Jason Kendall	C
Paul Wagner	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[6]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dessens, E.E. Dessens	15	5	2	0.400	0	2
Sveum, D.D. Sveum	12	34	12	0.353	1	5
May, D.D. May	5	3	1	0.333	0	0
Womack, T.T. Womack	17	30	10	0.333	0	7
Encarnación, A.A. Encarnación	7	22	7	0.318	0	1
Martin, A.A. Martin	155	630	189	0.300	18	72
Kendall, J.J. Kendall	130	414	124	0.300	3	42
Osik, K.K. Osik	48	140	41	0.293	1	14
Merced, O.O. Merced	120	453	130	0.287	17	80
García, C.C. García	101	390	111	0.285	6	44
Clark, D.D. Clark	92	211	58	0.275	8	35
Johnson, M.M. Johnson	127	343	94	0.274	13	47
King, J.J. King	155	591	160	0.271	30	111
Liriano, N.N. Liriano	112	217	58	0.267	3	30
Allensworth, J.J. Allensworth	61	229	60	0.262	4	31
Wehner, J.J. Wehner	86	139	36	0.259	2	13
Bell, J.J. Bell	151	527	132	0.250	13	71
Aude, R.R. Aude	7	16	4	0.250	0	1
Brumfield, J.J. Brumfield	29	80	20	0.250	2	8
Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle	5	8	2	0.250	0	2
Hayes, C.C. Hayes	128	459	114	0.248	10	62
Kingery, M.M. Kingery	117	276	68	0.246	3	27
Ruebel, M.M. Ruebel	26	13	3	0.231	0	0
Cummings, M.M. Cummings	24	85	19	0.224	3	7
Wilkins, M.M. Wilkins	47	9	2	0.222	0	1
Beamon, T.T. Beamon	24	51	11	0.216	0	6
Peters, C.C. Peters	16	19	4	0.211	0	1
Darwin, D.D. Darwin	19	39	8	0.205	1	3
Hope, J.J. Hope	5	5	1	0.200	0	0
Lieber, J.J. Lieber	51	36	7	0.194	0	3
Neagle, D.D. Neagle	30	55	10	0.182	0	2
Parris, S.S. Parris	8	6	1	0.167	0	0
Smith, Z.Z. Smith	16	26	4	0.154	0	3
Córdova, F.F. Córdova	59	16	2	0.125	0	2
Loaiza, E.E. Loaiza	11	17	2	0.118	0	1
Schmidt, J.J. Schmidt	6	12	1	0.083	0	2
Wagner, P.P. Wagner	17	25	1	0.040	0	2
Boever, J.J. Boever	13	1	0	0.000	0	0
Christiansen, J.J. Christiansen	33	4	0	0.000	0	0
Cooke, S.S. Cooke	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
Ericks, J.J. Ericks	28	5	0	0.000	0	0
Miceli, D.D. Miceli	44	13	0	0.000	0	0
Morel, R.R. Morel	29	4	0	0.000	0	0
Plesac, D.D. Plesac	73	5	0	0.000	0	0
Wainhouse, D.D. Wainhouse	17	1	0	0.000	0	0
Hancock, L.L. Hancock	13	0	0	-1 !—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[7]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Darwin, D.D. Darwin	19	122.33333333333 !122¹⁄₃	7	9	3.02	69
Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle	5	20.666666666667 !20²⁄₃	1	0	3.05	9
Neagle, D.D. Neagle	27	182.66666666667 !182²⁄₃	14	6	3.05	131
Wilkins, M.M. Wilkins	47	75	4	3	3.84	62
Lieber, J.J. Lieber	51	142	9	5	3.99	94
Schmidt, J.J. Schmidt	6	37.666666666667 !37²⁄₃	2	2	4.06	26
Córdova, F.F. Córdova	59	99	4	7	4.09	95
Plesac, D.D. Plesac	73	70.333333333333 !70¹⁄₃	6	5	4.09	76
Ruebel, M.M. Ruebel	26	58.666666666667 !58²⁄₃	1	1	4.60	22
Loaiza, E.E. Loaiza	10	52.666666666667 !52²⁄₃	2	3	4.96	32
Smith, Z.Z. Smith	16	83.333333333333 !83¹⁄₃	4	6	5.08	47
Morel, R.R. Morel	29	42	2	1	5.36	22
Boever, J.J. Boever	13	15	0	2	5.40	6
Wagner, P.P. Wagner	16	81.666666666667 !81²⁄₃	4	8	5.40	81
Peters, C.C. Peters	16	64	2	4	5.63	28
Wainhouse, D.D. Wainhouse	17	23.666666666667 !23²⁄₃	1	0	5.70	16
Miceli, D.D. Miceli	44	85.666666666667 !85²⁄₃	2	10	5.78	66
Ericks, J.J. Ericks	28	46.666666666667 !46²⁄₃	4	5	5.79	46
Hancock, L.L. Hancock	13	18.333333333333 !18¹⁄₃	0	0	6.38	13
Christiansen, J.J. Christiansen	33	44.333333333333 !44¹⁄₃	3	3	6.70	38
Hope, J.J. Hope	5	19.333333333333 !19¹⁄₃	1	3	6.98	13
Parris, S.S. Parris	8	26.333333333333 !26¹⁄₃	0	3	7.18	27
Cooke, S.S. Cooke	3	8.3333333333333 !8¹⁄₃	0	0	7.56	7
Dessens, E.E. Dessens	15	25	0	2	8.28	13
May, D.D. May	5	8.6666666666667 !8²⁄₃	0	1	9.35	5

Awards and honors

1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Jason Kendall, C, Reserve

Transactions

April 27, 1996: Joe Boever was selected off waivers by the Pirates from the Detroit Tigers.^[8]
May 15, 1996: Jacob Brumfield was traded by the Pirates to the Toronto Blue Jays for D. J. Boston (minors).^[9]
June 4, 1996: Kris Benson was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round (1st pick). Player signed August 11, 1996.^[10]
July 6, 1996: Zane Smith was released by the Pirates.^[5]
July 23, 1996: Danny Darwin was traded by the Pirates to the Houston Astros for Rich Loiselle.^[4]
August 28, 1996: Denny Neagle was traded by the Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for Ron Wright, Corey Pointer (minors) and a player to be named later. The Braves completed the deal by sending Jason Schmidt to the Pirates on August 30.^[11]
August 30, 1996: Charlie Hayes was traded by the Pirates to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Chris Corn (minors) to the Pirates on August 31.^[2]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Trent Jewett
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Marc Hill
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Jeff Banister
A	Augusta Greenjackets	South Atlantic League	Jay Loviglio
A-Short Season	Erie Seawolves	New York–Penn League	Jeff Richardson
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
1 2 Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference
↑ Dale Sveum at Baseball Reference
1 2 Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
1 2 Zane Smith at Baseball Reference
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
↑ Jacob Brumfield at Baseball Reference
↑ Kris Benson at Baseball Reference
↑ Jason Schmidt at Baseball Reference

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1996 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

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1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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