2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2012 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
PNC Park (since 2001)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Nutting
General manager(s)	Neal Huntington
Manager(s)	Clint Hurdle
Local television	Root Sports Pittsburgh
Local radio	KDKA-FM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 126th season as a member of the National League and 131st season overall. The Pirates were playing their 12th season at PNC Park. Despite being 67–54 on August 19, the Pirates finished the season 79–83, a Major League Baseball record twentieth consecutive losing season.

Game log

2012 Game Log (79–83)

April: 10–12 (Home: 5–4, Away: 5–8)

May: 15–13 (Home: 11–7, Away: 4–6)

June: 17–10 (Home: 7–2, Away: 10–8)

July: 17–9 (Home: 10–3, Away: 7–6)

August: 11–17 (Home: 7–10, Away: 4–7)

September: 7–21 (Home: 3–9, Away: 4–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	Sep 1	@ Brewers	2–3	Axford (5–7)	Hanrahan (4–1)	—	32,060	70–62
133	Sep 2	@ Brewers	8–12	Loe (5–4)	McDonald (12–7)	Axford (23)	32,728	70–63
134	Sep 3	Astros	1–5	González (1–0)	Locke (0–1)	—	20,055	70–64
135	Sep 4	Astros	6–2	Rodríguez (10–13)	Lyles (3–11)	—	12,785	71–64
136	Sep 5	Astros	6–3	Correia (10–8)	Abad (0–3)	—	14,159	72–64
137	Sep 7	Cubs	2–12	Wood (5–11)	Burnett (15–6)	—	32,699	72–65
138	Sep 8	Cubs	3–4	Samardzija (9–13)	Grilli (1–5)	—	35,661	72–66
139	Sep 9	Cubs	2–4	Russell (7–1)	Grilli (1–6)	Mármol (18)	28,671	72–67
140	Sep 10	@ Reds	3–4 (14)	Simón (3–2)	van den Hurk (0–1)	—	16,577	72–68
141	Sep 11	@ Reds	3–5	Leake (8–9)	Correia (10–9)	Broxton (24)	19,620	72–69
142	Sep 12	@ Reds	1–2	Bailey (11–9)	Burnett (15–7)	Hoover (1)	21,203	72–70
143	Sep 14	@ Cubs	4–7	Rusin (1–2)	McDonald (12–8)	Mármol (20)	26,946	72–71
144	Sep 15	@ Cubs	7–6	Rodríguez (11–13)	Berken (0–1)	Hanrahan (35)	32,774	73–71
145	Sep 16	@ Cubs	9–13	Beliveau (1–0)	Hughes (2–2)	—	33,559	73–72
146	Sep 17	@ Cubs	3–0	Correia (11–9)	Wood (6–12)	Hanrahan (36)	33,017	74–72
147	Sep 18	Brewers	0–6	Gallardo (16–8)	Burnett (15–8)	—	15,492	74–73
148	Sep 19	Brewers	1–3	Estrada (4–6)	McPherson (0–1)	Axford (30)	15,337	74–74
149	Sep 20	Brewers	7–9	Parra (2–3)	Resop (1–4)	Axford (31)	14,697	74–75
150	Sep 21	@ Astros	1–7	Rodriguez (2–10)	Locke (0–2)	—	17,093	74–76
151	Sep 22	@ Astros	1–4	Keuchel (3–7)	Correia (11–10)	López (7)	17,185	74–77
152	Sep 23	@ Astros	8–1	Burnett (16–8)	Lyles (4–12)	—	15,207	75–77
153	Sep 24	@ Mets	2–6	Mejía (1–1)	McPherson (0–2)	—	22,072	75–78
154	Sep 25	@ Mets	10–6	Rodríguez (12–13)	McHugh (0–3)	—	25,286	76–78
155	Sep 26	@ Mets	0–6	Hefner (3–7)	Locke (0–3)	—	22,890	76–79
156	Sep 27	@ Mets	5–6	Dickey (20–6)	Correia (11–11)	Parnell (5)	31,506	76–80
157	Sep 28	Reds	0–1	Bailey (13–10)	Burnett (16–9)	—	34,796	76–81
158	Sep 29	Reds	2–1	Hanrahan (5–1)	Broxton (4–4)	—	38,623	77–81
159	Sep 30	Reds	3–4	Marshall (5–5)	Hanrahan (5–2)	Chapman (37)	32,814	77–82

October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1, Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Season standings

NL Central standings

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	9	50–31	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	14	49–32	34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	18	45–36	34–47
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	36	38–43	23–58
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	42	35–46	20–61

NL Wild Card

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	0.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	0.580

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	5
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	0.500	7
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	0.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	0.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	0.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	33

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League Records Source: MLB Standings Grid
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	HOU	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	4	3	0.571	24	21
Miami Marlins	4	1	0.800	17	12
New York Mets	2	5	0.286	25	34
Philadelphia Phillies	4	3	0.571	30	30
Washington Nationals	3	2	0.600	20	20
Total	17	14	0.548	116	117
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	8	8	0.500	65	79
Cincinnati Reds	7	11	0.389	50	63
Houston Astros	12	5	0.706	78	60
Milwaukee Brewers	4	11	0.267	59	85
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	8	7	0.533	74	60
Total	39	42	0.481	326	347
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	4	3	0.571	26	32
Colorado Rockies	4	2	0.667	30	20
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	6	0.143	21	40
San Diego Padres	1	5	0.167	27	33
San Francisco Giants	3	3	0.500	28	19
Total	13	19	0.406	132	144
American League
Baltimore Orioles	0	3	0.000	13	27
Cleveland Indians	2	1	0.667	18	9
Detroit Tigers	3	3	0.500	17	18
Kansas City Royals	3	0	1.000	12	7
Minnesota Twins	2	1	0.667	17	5
Total	10	8	0.556	77	66
Season Total	79	83	0.488	651	674

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	22	10	12	0.455	58	66
May	28	15	13	0.536	89	110
June	27	17	10	0.630	146	110
July	26	17	9	0.654	130	105
August	28	11	17	0.393	121	135
September	28	7	21	0.250	100	142
October	3	2	1	0.667	7	6
Total	162	79	83	0.488	651	674

Total	162	79	83	0.488	651	674
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	45	36	0.556	297	277
Away	81	34	47	0.420	354	397

Roster

2012 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

45 Érik Bédard

34 A. J. Burnett

29 Kevin Correia

37 Juan Cruz

39 Jason Grilli

52 Joel Hanrahan

48 Jared Hughes

27 Jeff Karstens

63 Chris Leroux

32 Brad Lincoln

49 Jeff Locke

25 Daniel McCutchen

53 James McDonald

60 Kyle McPherson

47 Evan Meek

57 Bryan Morris

50 Charlie Morton

32 Chad Qualls

30 Chris Resop

51 Wandy Rodríguez

43 Doug Slaten

41 Hisanori Takahashi

44 Tony Watson

61 Justin Wilson

35 Rick VandenHurk

Catchers

26 Rod Barajas

55 Michael McKenry

Infielders

24 Pedro Alvarez

12 Clint Barmes

19 Jeff Clement

3 Chase d'Arnaud

65 Matt Hague

5 Josh Harrison

2 Brock Holt

14 Casey McGehee

69 Jordy Mercer

14 Gaby Sánchez

18 Neil Walker

Outfielders

10 Eric Fryer

62 Gorkys Hernández

46 Garrett Jones

6 Starling Marté

2 Nate McLouth

22 Andrew McCutchen

36 Yamaico Navarro

7 Alex Presley

23 Travis Snider

17 Drew Sutton

31 José Tábata

Manager

13 Clint Hurdle

Coaches

86 Heberto Andrade (bullpen catcher)

28 Jeff Banister (bench)

16 Nick Leyva (third base)

58 Gregg Ritchie (hitting)

56 Euclides Rojas (bullpen)

54 Ray Searage (pitching)

15 Luis Silverio (first base)

59 Mark Strittmatter (coach)

Opening day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Alex Presley	LF
José Tábata	RF
Andrew McCutchen	CF
Neil Walker	2B
Garrett Jones	1B
Rod Barajas	C
Pedro Álvarez	3B
Clint Barmes	SS
Érik Bédard	SP

Notable achievements

Awards

2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Joel Hanrahan, P, Reserve^[2]
Andrew McCutchen, OF, Reserve^[2]

Golden Glove Awards

Andrew McCutchen, OF ^[3]

Silver Slugger Award

Andrew McCutchen, OF

NL Player of the Month

Andrew McCutchen (June 2012)^[4] and (July 2012)^[5]

NL Player of the Week

Andrew McCutchen (July 2 – 8, 2012)^[6] and (July 9 – 15)^[7]
A. J. Burnett (July 30 – August 5, 2012)^[8]
Pedro Alvarez (August 27 – September 2, 2012)^[9]

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
McCutchen, A.A. McCutchen	100th Career Double	April 25, 2012
McDonald, J.J. McDonald	100th Career Game	April 30, 2012
Hanrahan, J.J. Hanrahan	300th Career Game	May 8, 2012
Burnett, A.A. Burnett	2000th Career Inning Pitched	May 25, 2012
Bédard, E.E. Bédard	1000th Career Inning Pitched	May 27, 2012
McCutchen, A.A. McCutchen	500th Career Hit	June 7, 2012
MCGehee, C.C. MCGehee	500th Career Game	June 26, 2012
Bédard, E.E. Bédard	1000th Career Strikeout	July 1, 2012
Grilli, J.J. Grilli	300th Career Game	July 4, 2012
Jones, G.G. Jones	100th Career Double	July 5, 2012
McCutchen, A.A. McCutchen	500th Career Game	July 7, 2012
Jones, G.G. Jones	500th Career Game	July 24, 2012
Correia, K.K. Correia	1000th Career Inning Pitched	July 25, 2012
Burnett, A.A. Burnett	10th Career Shutout	July 31, 2012
Resop, C.C. Resop	200th Career Game	August 12, 2012
Watson, T.T. Watson	100th Career Game	September 8, 2012

Statistics

Batters^[10]

Regular Season
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
McCutchen, A	157	593	194	0.327	31	96
Holt, B	24	65	19	0.292	0	3
Walker, N	129	472	132	0.280	14	69
Jones, G	145	475	130	0.274	27	86
Marte, S	47	167	43	0.257	5	17
Fryer, E	6	4	1	0.250	0	0
Snider, T	50	128	32	0.250	1	9
Alvarez, P	149	525	128	0.244	30	85
Sutton, D	24	74	18	0.243	1	7
Tabata, J	103	333	81	0.243	3	16
Sanchez, G	50	116	28	0.241	4	13
Presley, A	104	346	82	0.237	10	25
McKenry, M	88	240	56	0.233	12	39
Harrison, J	104	249	58	0.233	3	16
McGehee, C	92	265	61	0.230	8	35
Barmes, C	144	455	104	0.229	8	45
Hague, M	30	70	16	0.229	0	7
Mercer, J	42	62	13	0.210	1	5
Barajas, R	104	321	66	0.206	11	31
Lincoln, B	25	10	2	0.200	0	0
Rodriguez, W	13	24	4	0.167	0	1
Navarro, Y	29	50	8	0.160	1	4
McDonald, J	32	49	7	0.143	0	1
McLouth, N	34	57	8	0.140	0	2
Clement, J	23	22	3	0.136	0	1
Bedard, E	23	37	4	0.108	0	0
Karstens, J	19	28	3	0.107	0	2
Correia, K	30	47	5	0.106	0	0
Locke, J	8	11	1	0.091	0	0
Hernandez, G	25	24	2	0.083	0	2
Burnett, A	29	63	4	0.063	0	2
D'Arnaud, C	8	6	0	0.000	0	1
Hughes, J	62	1	0	0.000	0	0
Leroux, C	10	1	0	0.000	0	0
McPherson, K	10	5	0	0.000	0	0
Morton, C	8	13	0	0.000	0	0
Resop, C	58	3	0	0.000	0	0
Watson, T	64	1	0	0.000	0	0
Cruz, J	40	0	0	—	0	0
Grilli, J	61	0	0	—	0	0
Hanrahan, J	60	0	0	—	0	0
McCutchen, D	1	0	0	—	0	0
Meek, E	12	0	0	—	0	0
Morris, B	5	0	0	—	0	0
Qualls, C	17	0	0	—	0	0
Slaten, D	7	0	0	—	0	0
Takahashi, H	9	0	0	—	0	0
VandenHurk, R	4	0	0	—	0	0
Wilson, J	8	0	0	—	0	0
Totals		5412	1312	0.243	170	620
Rank		27	26	25	12	24

Pitchers^[11]

Regular Season
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Morris, B	5	5	0	0	1.80	6
Wilson, J	8	4.6666666666667 !4²⁄₃	0	0	1.93	7
Hanrahan, J	63	59.666666666667 !59²⁄₃	5	2	2.72	67
Lincoln, B	28	59.333333333333 !59¹⁄₃	4	2	2.73	60
McPherson, K	10	26.333333333333 !26¹⁄₃	0	2	2.73	21
Slaten, D	10	13	0	0	2.77	6
Cruz, J	43	35.666666666667 !35²⁄₃	1	1	2.78	33
Hughes, J	66	75.666666666667 !75²⁄₃	2	2	2.85	50
Grilli, J	64	58.666666666667 !58²⁄₃	1	6	2.91	90
Watson, T	68	53.333333333333 !53¹⁄₃	5	2	3.38	53
Burnett, A	31	202.33333333333 !202¹⁄₃	16	10	3.51	180
Rodriguez, W	13	75	5	4	3.72	50
Resop, C	61	73.666666666667 !73²⁄₃	1	4	3.91	46
Karstens, J	19	90.666666666667 !90²⁄₃	5	4	3.97	66
Correia, K	32	171	12	11	4.21	89
McDonald, J	30	171	12	8	4.21	151
Morton, C	9	50.333333333333 !50¹⁄₃	2	6	4.65	25
Bedard, E	24	125.66666666667 !125²⁄₃	7	14	5.01	118
Locke, J	8	34.333333333333 !34¹⁄₃	1	3	5.50	34
Leroux, C	10	11.333333333333 !11¹⁄₃	0	0	5.56	12
Qualls, C	17	13.666666666667 !13²⁄₃	0	0	6.59	6
Meek, E	12	12	0	0	6.75	8
Takahashi, H	9	8.3333333333333 !8¹⁄₃	0	0	8.64	11
VandenHurk, R	4	2.6666666666667 !2²⁄₃	0	1	13.50	3
McCutchen, D	1	0	0	1	.*	0
Totals		1433.3333333333 !1433¹⁄₃	79	83	3.86	1192
Rank		T–25	8	13	13	17

Transactions

Off-season

On November 10, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (C) Rod Barajas to a 1 year/$4 million contract with club option for 2013 ($3.5 million with no buyout).^[12]
On November 21, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (SS) Clint Barmes to a 2 year/$10.5 million contract.^[13]
On December 7, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (LHP) Érik Bédard to a 1 year/$4.5 million contract.^[14]
On December 7, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (LF) Nate McLouth to a 1 year/$1.75 million contract.^[15]
On December 7, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Brooks Pounders and Diego Goris to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Yamaico Navarro.^[16]
On December 12, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Jason Grilli to a 1 year/$1.1 million contract.^[17]
On January 13, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Chris Resop to a 1 year/$850,000 contract.^[18]
On January 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Charlie Morton to a 1 year/$2.445 million contract.^[19]
On January 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Joel Hanrahan to a 1 year/$4.1 million contract.^[19]
On January 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Evan Meek to a 1 year/$875,000 contract with $25,000 in performance bonuses.^[20]
On January 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Jeff Karstens to a 1 year/$3.1 million contract.^[20]
On February 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (1B) Casey McGehee to a 1 year/$2.35 million contract.^[21]
On February 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RF) Garrett Jones to a 1 year/$2.25 million contract.^[21]
On February 19, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired A. J. Burnett and $20 million from the New York Yankees in exchange for Diego Moreno and Exicardo Coyones.^[22]
On March 3, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (LF) Alex Presley, (CF) Andrew McCutchen, (RHP) Bryan Morris, (RHP) Brad Lincoln, (2B-SS) Chase d'Arnaud, (RHP) Chris Leroux, (RHP) Daniel McCutchen, (LHP) Daniel Moskos, (OF) Gorkys Hernández, (SS) Gustavo Nunez, (RHP) James McDonald, (LHP) Jeff Locke, (SS) Jordy Mercer, (3B) Josh Harrison, (LHP) Justin Wilson, (RHP) Kyle McPherson, (1B) Matt Hague, (RHP) Duke Welker, (C) Michael McKenry, (2B) Neil Walker, (LHP) Rudy Owens, (LF) Starling Marte, (LHP) Tony Watson, (RHP) Jared Hughes and (3B) Yamaico Navarro to 1 year contracts.^[23]
On March 4, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (CF) Andrew McCuchen to a 6 year/$51.5 million contract extension.^[24]
On March 30, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (RHP) Ryota Igarashi to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for a player to be named or cash considerations.^[25]

In-season

On May 20, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired (2B) Drew Sutton from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations.^[26]
On May 21, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (2B) Drew Sutton to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.^[27]
On May 31, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates released (LF) Nate McLouth.^[28]
On June 24, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed (2B) Drew Sutton off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.^[29]
On July 24, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (LHP) Rudy Owens, Colton Cain and (LHP) Robbie Grossman to the Houston Astros in exchange for (LHP) Wandy Rodríguez.^[30]
On July 30, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (RHP) Brad Lincoln to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for (RF) Travis Snider.^[31]
On July 31, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (1B) Casey McGehee to the New York Yankees in exchange for (RHP) Chad Qualls.^[32]
On July 31, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (OF) Gorkys Hernández and a 2013 compensation round A draft pick to the Miami Marlins in exchange for (RHP) Gaby Sánchez and Kyle Kaminska.^[33]
On August 24, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed (RHP) Hisanori Takahashi off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.^[34]
On August 27, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates released (LHP) Érik Bédard.^[35]
On October 25, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed (RHP) Chad Beck from the Toronto Blue Jays and (C) Alí Solís from the San Diego Padres off waivers.^[36]
On October 31, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates named Jay Bell as hitting coach, Rick Sofield as first base coach and Dave Jauss as major league coach. The Pirates also reassigned Luis Silverio as Senior Advisor, Latin America Operations.^[37]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Dean Treanor
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	P. J. Forbes
A	Bradenton Marauders	Florida State League	Carlos García
A	West Virginia Power	South Atlantic League	Rick Sofield
A-Short Season	State College Spikes	New York–Penn League	Dave Turgeon
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Tom Prince
Rookie	DSL Pirates 1	Dominican Summer League	Gerardo Alvarez
Rookie	DSL Pirates 2	Dominican Summer League	Larry Sutton

References

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
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↑ "A. J. Burnett of the Pittsburgh Pirates named National League Player of the Week". Major League Baseball. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
↑ "Pedro Alvarez of the Pittsburgh Pirates named National League Player of the Week". Major League Baseball. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
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Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Ballparks

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Minors

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All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
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League pennants (9)

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