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2026 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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The 2026 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 145th season overall, as well their 140th season as a member of the National League, and the 26th season at PNC Park. This was top prospect Konnor Griffin's first season in the majors after being called up on April 2.

LeagueNational League
BallparkPNC Park
Record82–80 (.506)
OwnerBob Nutting
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2026 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkPNC Park
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[a]
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place3rd
OwnerBob Nutting
General managerBen Cherington
ManagerDon Kelly
TelevisionSportsNet Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-FM
Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The Pirates were able to secure their best record since the 2018 season with a win on September 18th. However, they were subsequently eliminated from postseason contention for the eleventh consecutive year the same day. With a win against the Detroit Tigers on September 27th—the final game of the season, the Pirates ended an eight year long streak of losing seasons.

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 10359 .636 — 55‍–‍26 48‍–‍33
Chicago Cubs 8973 .549 14 46‍–‍35 43‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 8280 .506 21 44‍–‍37 38‍–‍43
St. Louis Cardinals 7785 .475 26 38‍–‍43 39‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 7587 .463 28 38‍–‍43 37‍–‍44
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National League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers 10359 .636
Los Angeles Dodgers 10062 .617
Atlanta Braves 9468 .580
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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
San Diego Padres 9171 .562 +3
Chicago Cubs 8973 .549 +1
Philadelphia Phillies 8874 .543 —
Arizona Diamondbacks 8676 .531 2
Pittsburgh Pirates 8280 .506 6
Miami Marlins 8082 .494 8
St. Louis Cardinals 7785 .475 11
Washington Nationals 7785 .475 11
Cincinnati Reds 7587 .463 13
New York Mets 7488 .457 14
San Francisco Giants 6597 .401 23
Colorado Rockies 58104 .358 30
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Record vs. opponents

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2026 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2026

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —4–32–44–29–47–61–52–44–23–33–36–710–35–22–424–24
Atlanta 3–4—3–33–36–05–19–43–36–79–45–13–41–52–49–427–21
Chicago 4–23–3—9–43–34–23–34–97–06–17–65–13–36–73–322–26
Cincinnati 2–43–34–9—4–21–63–44–94–23–36–73–33–35–81–529–19
Colorado 4–90–63–32–4—3–102–51–54–22–43–32–117–62–43–420–28
Los Angeles 6–71–52–46–110–3—2–43–45–14–25–18–59–42–46–031–17
Miami 5–14–93–34–35–24–2—1–56–75–84–20–64–24–29–422–26
Milwaukee 4–23–39–49–45–14–35–1—4–24–26–72–43–411–22–432–16
New York 2–47–60–72–42–41–57–62–4—6–74–24–25–22–47–623–25
Philadelphia 3–34–91–63–34–22–48–52–47–6—5–26–04–24–29–426–22
Pittsburgh 3–31–56–77–63–31–52–47–62–42–5—3–33–36–74–332–16
San Diego 7–64–31–53–311–25–86–04–22–40–63–3—9–43–44–229–19
San Francisco 3–105–13–33–36–74–92–44–32–52–43–34–9—5–13–316–32
St. Louis 2–54–27–68–54–24–22–42–114–22–47–64–31–5—3–323–25
Washington 4–24–93–35–14–30–64–94–26–74–93–42–43–33–3—28–20
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Updated with the results of all games through September 27, 2026.

Regular season

Opening day lineup

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Order No. Player Pos.
Batters
115Oneil CruzCF
25Brandon Lowe2B
310Bryan ReynoldsLF
424Marcell OzunaDH
529Ryan O'HearnRF
619Jared TrioloSS
72Spencer Horwitz1B
83Nick Gonzales3B
932Henry DavisC
Starting pitcher
—30Paul Skenes
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Game log

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 Pirates win
 Pirates loss
 Postponement
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2026 Game Log: 82–80 (Home: 44–37; Away: 38–43)[1]
March/April: 16–16 (Home: 8–9; Road: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 26@ Mets7–11Peralta (1–0)Skenes (0–1)—41,4490–1L1
2March 28@ Mets2–4 (11)Lovelady (1–0)Barco (0–1)—37,1830–2L2
3March 29@ Mets4–3 (10)Santana (1–0)Lovelady (1–1)—36,9401–2W1
4March 30@ Reds0–2Burns (1–0)Ashcraft (0–1)Phillips (1)13,6261–3L1
5March 31@ Reds8–3Ramírez (1–0)Williamson (0–1)—22,3902–3W1
6April 1@ Reds8–3Skenes (1–1)Abbott (0–1)—15,0073–3W2
7April 3Orioles5–4Keller (1–0)Bradish (0–2)Soto (1)38,9864–3W3
8April 4Orioles3–2Santana (2–0)Helsley (0–1)—27,9495–3W4
9April 5Orioles8–2Ashcraft (1–1)Bassitt (0–2)—11,9566–3W5
10April 6Padres0–5Márquez (1–1)Chandler (0–1)—8,4466–4L1
11April 7Padres7–1Skenes (2–1)Pivetta (1–2)—9,0617–4W1
12April 8Padres2–8King (1–1)Lawrence (0–1)—10,0467–5L1
13April 10@ Cubs2–0Montgomery (1–0)Thielbar (1–1)Santana (1)28,8118–5W1
14April 11@ Cubs4–3 (11)Ramírez (2–0)Thielbar (1–2)—34,0499–5W2
15April 12@ Cubs6–7Palencia (1–0)Urquidy (0–1)—35,7119–6L1
16April 13Nationals16–5Skenes (3–1)Cavalli (0–1)—11,53210–6W1
17April 14Nationals4–5Parker (1–0)Keller (1–1)Varland (2)9,42310–7L1
18April 15Nationals2–0Mlodzinski (1–0)Irvin (1–2)Santana (2)11,24411–7W1
19April 16Nationals7–8Beeter (1–0)Santana (2–1)Ribalta (1)10,50411–8L1
20April 17Rays5–1Chandler (1–1)Martinez (0–1)—24,19812–8W1
21April 18Rays7–8 (13)Jax (1–2)Ramírez (2–1)Gómez (1)37,77312–9L1
22April 19Rays6–3Keller (2–1)McClanahan (1–2)—13,43913–9W1
23April 21@ Rangers1–5Rocker (1–1)Mlodzinski (1–1)—23,91013–10L1
24April 22@ Rangers8–4Soto (1–0)Winn (1–1)—24,28914–10W1
25April 23@ Rangers1–6deGrom (2–0)Chandler (1–2)—24,43014–11L1
26April 24@ Brewers6–0Skenes (4–1)Woodruff (2–1)—33,33915–11W1
27April 25@ Brewers6–3 (10)Soto (2–0)Zerpa (0–2)Ramírez (1)40,40816–11W2
28April 26@ Brewers0–5Harrison (2–1)Mlodzinski (1–2)—31,50016–12L1
29April 27Cardinals2–4Fernandez (1–0)Santana (2–2)Soriano (1)9,78716–13L2
30April 28Cardinals7–11Leahy (3–3)Ashcraft (1–2)—8,75816–14L3
31April 29Cardinals4–5Pallante (3–2)Chandler (1–3)O'Brien (8)9,29716–15L4
32April 30Cardinals5–10Graceffo (2–0)Skenes (4–2)—12,14316–16L5
May: 16–12 (Home: 10–6; Road: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
33May 1Reds9–1Keller (3–1)Singer (2–2)—13,44217–16W1
34May 2Reds17–7Mlodzinski (2–2)Lowder (3–2)—23,76318–16W2
35May 3Reds1–0Soto (3–0)Santillan (1–1)—16,64219–16W3
36May 5@ Diamondbacks0–9Rodríguez (3–0)Chandler (1–4)—22,41019–17L1
37May 6@ Diamondbacks1–0Skenes (5–2)Soroka (4–2)Soto (2)21,71920–17W1
38May 7@ Diamondbacks4–2Keller (4–1)Gallen (1–3)Soto (3)21,82721–17W2
39May 8@ Giants2–5Ray (3–4)Mlodzinski (2–3)—41,02421–18L1
40May 9@ Giants13–3Ashcraft (2–2)Roupp (5–3)—40,41722–18W1
41May 10@ Giants6–7 (10)Borucki (1–1)Lawrence (0–2)—41,08522–19L1
42May 12Rockies3–1Skenes (6–2)Lorenzen (2–5)Soto (4)13,51623–19W1
43May 13Rockies4–10Senzatela (3–0)Keller (4–2)—10,55423–20L1
44May 14Rockies7–2Mlodzinski (3–3)Dollander (3–3)—19,10124–20W1
45May 15Phillies9–11 (10)Alvarado (1–1)Santana (2–3)Kerkering (1)29,99824–21L1
46May 16Phillies0–6Sánchez (5–2)Chandler (1–5)—31,29624–22L2
47May 17Phillies0–6Wheeler (3–0)Skenes (6–3)—37,82024–23L3
48May 19@ Cardinals6–9 (10)Soriano (2–0)Montgomery (1–1)—22,95824–24L4
49May 20@ Cardinals7–0Mlodzinski (4–3)McGreevy (3–3)—27,18525–24W1
50May 21@ Cardinals6–2Ashcraft (3–2)May (3–5)—27,70526–24W2
51May 22@ Blue Jays2–6Gausman (4–3)Chandler (1–6)Varland (7)39,83926–25L1
52May 23@ Blue Jays2–5Corbin (2–1)Skenes (6–4)Hoffman (5)41,81326–26L2
53May 24@ Blue Jays4–1Keller (5–2)Cease (3–3)Soto (5)41,35427–26W1
54May 25Cubs2–1Dotel (1–0)Thornton (2–1)Soto (6)22,17428–26W2
55May 26Cubs12–1Ashcraft (4–2)Wicks (0–1)—13,95029–26W3
56May 27Cubs4–10Webb (1–1)Ramírez (2–2)—12,34029–27L1
57May 28Cubs2–7Rea (5–3)Skenes (6–5)—19,12129–28L2
58May 29Twins6–5Soto (4–0)Rogers (1–2)—27,10730–28W1
59May 30Twins10–9Ramírez (3–2)Ober (6–3)Soto (7)24,27231–28W2
60May 31Twins9–3Ashcraft (5–2)Matthews (1–3)—19,35832–28W3
June: 11–15 (Home: 5–7; Road: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
61June 2@ Astros10–6Chandler (2–6)Burrows (3–7)Soto (8)25,51333–28W4
62June 3@ Astros9–11Blubaugh (3–2)Soto (4–1)Hader (1)26,95633–29L1
63June 4@ Astros5–1Jones (1–0)Teng (3–4)Mlodzinski (1)23,13634–29W1
64June 5@ Braves3–6Pérez (4–3)Keller (5–3)Iglesias (12)39,41834–30L1
65June 6@ Braves3–6Strider (4–1)Ashcraft (5–3)Iglesias (13)40,27634–31L2
66June 7@ Braves2–3López (3–1)Chandler (2–7)Fuentes (1)37,69734–32L3
67June 9Dodgers3–12Klein (2–2)Dotel (1–1)—30,64634–33L4
68June 10Dodgers9–8Sisk (1–0)Hurt (1–1)Soto (9)30,62635–33W1
69June 11Dodgers6–8Dreyer (3–1)Keller (5–4)Scott (7)30,66035–34L1
70June 12Marlins3–8Alcántara (6–4)Dotel (1–2)—19,58735–35L2
71June 13Marlins3–2Ramírez (4–2)Bender (1–1)Soto (10)31,19236–35W1
72June 14Marlins2–4Meyer (7–0)Skenes (6–6)Fairbanks (9)18,12736–36L1
73June 15@ Athletics2–11Ginn (5–3)Jones (1–1)—10,03336–37L2
74June 16@ Athletics6–5Montgomery (2–1)Alvarado (2–1)Soto (11)8,61537–37W1
75June 17@ Athletics12–4Ashcraft (6–3)Civale (5–3)—9,02438–37W2
76June 19@ Rockies3–4Senzatela (7–0)Montgomery (2–2)—33,59638–38L1
77June 20@ Rockies1–2Sugano (8–4)Skenes (6–7)Hill (2)40,38038–39L2
78June 21@ Rockies8–6Ramírez (5–2)Lorenzen (2–9)—38,91239–39W1
79June 23Mariners2–3Kirby (6–7)Keller (5–5)Muñoz (14)16,01539–40L1
80June 24Mariners11–1Ashcraft (7–3)Woo (6–6)Mlodzinski (2)18,75040–40W1
81June 25Mariners5–1Chandler (3–7)Miller (3–2)—24,36741–40W2
82June 26Reds4–6Burke (3–3)Montgomery (2–3)Ferguson (1)25,18641–41L1
83June 27Reds7–9Ferguson (1–0)Soto (4–2)Petty (1)30,07741–42L2
84June 28Reds9–4Keller (6–5)Singer (3–7)—24,02342–42W1
85June 29@ Phillies11–7Ashcraft (8–3)Nola (3–5)—39,79143–42W2
86June 30@ Phillies0–8Sánchez (10–3)Chandler (3–8)—41,71043–43L1
July: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Road: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
87July 1@ Phillies6–10Kerkering (6–0)Skenes (6–8)—41,76643–44L2
88July 2@ Phillies6–1Mlodzinski (5–3)Alvarado (3–3)—37,85144–44W1
89July 3@ Nationals5–9Griffin (9–2)Keller (6–6)—30,33144–45L1
90July 4@ Nationals7–1Ashcraft (9–3)Palmquist (0–1)—28,12545–45W1
91July 5@ Nationals11–5Soto (5–2)Lord (5–2)—19,58746–45W2
92July 7Braves12–4Skenes (7–8)Waldrep (0–1)—20,28147–45W3
93July 8Braves0–3Dodd (1–0)Santana (2–4)Iglesias (18)20,06247–46L1
94July 9Braves5–10Dodd (2–0)Keller (6–7)—20,89547–47L2
―July 10BrewersPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: July 11)
95July 11 (1)Brewers7–6Mlodzinski (6–3)Ashby (12–2)Soto (12)22,48448–47W1
96July 11 (2)Brewers3–2Ramírez (6–2)Drohan (4–3)Montgomery (1)29,08049–47W2
97July 12Brewers14–5Skenes (8–8)Gasser (2–4)—34,08750–47W3
96th All-Star Game in Philadelphia, PA
―July 17@ GuardiansPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: July 18)
98July 18 (1)@ Guardians7–1Jones (2–1)Williams (10–5)—27,98951–47W4
99July 18 (2)@ Guardians3–5Smith (3–1)Santana (2–5)—32,99751–48L1
100July 19@ Guardians7–1Skenes (9–8)Cantillo (8–5)—31,97352–48W1
101July 20@ Yankees5–8Chivilli (1–0)Ashcraft (9–4)Cruz (2)42,34852–49L1
―July 21@ YankeesPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: July 22)
102July 22 (1)@ Yankees5–3 (10)Montgomery (3–3)Cruz (4–4)Soto (13)43,29053–49W1
103July 22 (2)@ Yankees0–2Blackburn (3–1)Eisert (2–2)Hill (1)41,06453–50L1
104July 24Cubs2–3 (10)Thielbar (3–2)Ramírez (6–3)Hollowell (1)33,59353–51L2
105July 25Cubs0–11Imanaga (7–8)Skenes (9–9)Assad (1)39,10553–52L3
106July 26Cubs8–7Ashcraft (10–4)Taillon (2–6)Montgomery (2)32,92154–52W1
107July 27Diamondbacks3–2 (10)Montgomery (4–3)Clarke (2–2)—15,41255–52W2
108July 28Diamondbacks7–8 (12)Carrillo (1–0)Dotel (1–3)—19,02455–53L1
109July 29Diamondbacks0–3Rodríguez (10–3)Jones (2–2)Garcia (1)19,71655–54L2
110July 30@ Reds2–3Pagán (3–1)Soto (5–3)—25,53255–55L3
111July 31@ Reds7–8Pagán (4–1)Dotel (1–4)—30,61855–56L4
August: 12–15 (Home: 5–4; Road: 7–11)
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112August 1@ Reds4–1Ashcraft (11–4)Abbott (5–7)Soto (14)27,61656–56W1
113August 2@ Reds2–10Burns (13–1)Keller (6–8)—23,87856–57L1
114August 3@ Brewers4–3Chandler (4–8)Sproat (3–7)Montgomery (3)30,68457–57W1
115August 4@ Brewers2–4Henderson (6–1)Jones (2–3)Megill (19)30,01457–58L1
116August 5@ Brewers2–4Harrison (9–2)Skenes (9–10)Megill (20)33,52857–59L2
117August 6@ Brewers2–5May (6–7)Ashcraft (11–5)Patrick (5)38,14557–60L3
118August 7Mets4–6Thornton (3–2)Mlodzinski (6–4)—33,49757–61L4
119August 8Mets9–0Chandler (5–8)Stock (0–2)—30,12158–61W1
120August 9Mets1–11Manaea (4–5)Jones (2–4)—22,75358–62L1
121August 11@ Marlins0–2Pérez (6–9)Skenes (9–11)Fairbanks (18)9,36658–63L2
122August 12@ Marlins2–8Junk (6–7)Mlodzinski (6–5)—7,44158–64L3
123August 13@ Marlins13–1Ashcraft (12–5)Phillips (3–6)—8,22359–64W1
124August 14Red Sox8–4Chandler (6–8)Bennett (7–6)Montgomery (4)32,03660–64W2
125August 15Red Sox0–4Gray (15–3)Jones (2–5)—38,40860–65L1
126August 16Red Sox8–3Yates (1–5)Sandoval (1–2)—25,57561–65W1
127August 17Tigers5–8Valdez (8–8)Mlodzinski (6–6)Jansen (16)21,95661–66L1
128August 18Tigers4–1Ashcraft (13–5)Montero (9–8)Montgomery (5)20,22262–66W1
129August 19Tigers4–3Montgomery (5–3)Jansen (3–5)—18,20863–66W2
130August 21@ Dodgers4–5 (10)Phillips (1–2)Soto (5–4)—51,87263–67L1
131August 22@ Dodgers3–4Skubal (8–7)Ramírez (6–4)Scott (19)53,41763–68L2
132August 23@ Dodgers0–4Snell (2–1)Bachar (1–3)—44,09263–69L3
133August 24@ Padres3–2 (12)Yates (2–5)Estrada (2–3)Ramírez (2)40,44764–69W1
134August 25@ Padres1–0Soto (6–4)Miller (4–2)Montgomery (6)40,70965–69W2
135August 26@ Padres0–3Vásquez (10–6)Chandler (6–9)Rodríguez (2)40,41365–70L1
136August 28@ Cardinals1–4Mathews (1–2)Jones (2–6)Stanek (2)22,96465–71L2
137August 29@ Cardinals6–2Mlodzinski (7–6)Mautz (0–1)—26,26566–71W1
138August 30@ Cardinals5–4Ashcraft (14–5)Liberatore (5–13)Montgomery (7)23,45967–71W2
September: 15–9 (Home: 10–5; Road: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
139September 1Giants13–12Montgomery (6–3)Seymour (0–1)—11,81468–71W3
140September 2Giants4–5 (10)Foley (2–1)Doval (3–2)Smith (4)11,76368–72L1
141September 3Giants5–2Curtis (1–0)Tidwell (0–2)Montgomery (8)11,57869–72W1
142September 4Angels1–0Jones (3–6)Johnson (3–8)Montgomery (9)22,36370–72W2
143September 5Angels1–6Kikuchi (1–5)Ashcraft (14–6)—25,54170–73L1
144September 6Angels1–0Skenes (10–11)Ureña (9–10)Montgomery (10)25,53071–73W1
145September 8@ White Sox9–3Chandler (7–9)Burke (8–7)—18,37572–73W2
146September 9@ White Sox4–2Eisert (3–2)Martin (9–7)Montgomery (11)14,80373–73W3
147September 10@ White Sox2–0Jones (4–6)Fedde (8–9)Montgomery (12)17,74174–73W4
148September 11@ Cubs2–12Imanaga (10–10)Dotel (1–5)—39,19074–74L1
149September 12@ Cubs3–4Rolison (9–1)Soto (6–5)Zeferjahn (6)39,42274–75L2
150September 13@ Cubs4–3Chandler (8–9)Boyd (8–5)Montgomery (13)39,10375–75W1
151September 15Brewers1–5Misiorowski (15–5)Bachar (1–4)—23,96175–76L1
152September 16Brewers4–5Senzatela (11–5)Mlodzinski (7–7)Megill (28)11,39375–77L2
153September 17Brewers7–4Curtis (2–0)Harrison (10–5)Montgomery (14)10,81876–77W1
154September 18Royals8–5Ramírez (7–4)Pearson (2–2)Soto (15)25,42477–77W2
155September 19Royals6–5Weaver (3–1)Cruz (2–4)Montgomery (15)21,00478–77W3
156September 20Royals4–3Mlodzinski (8–7)Pearson (2–3)Montgomery (16)14,97979–77W4
157September 22Cardinals2–0Jones (5–6)Pallante (12–8)Soto (16)11,37580–77W5
158September 23Cardinals1–5Liberatore (6–14)Eisert (3–3)—13,17680–78L1
159September 24Cardinals2–1Weaver (4–1)Stanek (2–3)Montgomery (17)15,82281–78W1
160September 25@ Tigers7–8Jobe (3–3)Chandler (8–10)Jansen (22)36,31581–79L1
161September 26@ Tigers3–4Waguespack (2–2)Montgomery (6–4)—41,37781–80L2
162September 27@ Tigers4–2Bachar (2–4)Ryan (0–1)Montgomery (18)30,16582–80W1
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See also: Minor League Baseball
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LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-AIndianapolis IndiansInternational LeagueEric Patterson
Double-AAltoona CurveEastern LeagueAndy Fox
High-AGreensboro GrasshoppersSouth Atlantic LeagueJosé Mosquera
Low-ABradenton MaraudersFlorida State LeagueGera Alvarez
RookieFCL PiratesFlorida Complex LeagueJim Horner
DSL Pirates BlackDominican Summer LeagueKen Matsuzaka
DSL Pirates GoldJoel Fuentes
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Notes

  1. [a]
    From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

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