27 August 2010, 8:15 am
Soon the Pirates will probably be the second team in baseball to be officially taken out of 2010 playoff contention (their "elimination number" is 8). They currently have the worst record in baseball with 43-84 (.339). It seems as though they will lose over 100 games for the season. The Pittsburgh Pirates are historically a great team. Since starting in 1882, they have kept a franchise winning record with 9,796 wins and 9,663 losses. The Pirates have been in the playoffs 14 times, have won 9 National League pennants, and even won the World Series 5 times (defeated the Tigers in 1909, the Senators in 1925, the Yankees in 1960, and the Orioles in both 1971 and 1979). But they haven't been in the playoffs nor even had a winning season since 1992. That's the longest losing-season streak for any team in all of sports history! Let's look at the facts about this season: First game of season: Defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-5 in Pittsburgh (April 5) Won 7 of first 12 games, then went on a 7-games losing streak against the Brewers and Astros Worst defeat of season: Lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 0-20 in Pittsburgh (April 22) Longest losing streak of season: Lost 12 in a row against Giants, Cubs, Nationals, Tigers, White Sox, and Indians (June 6-18) Best victory of season: Defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 15-3 in Pittsburgh (July 21) TRADES ON JULY 31: - Pirates trade IF Bobby Crosby (.236), RF Ryan Church (.263) & P DJ Carrasco (4.39 ERA) to Arizona Diamondbacks for C Chris Snyder (.232) & minor leaguer Pedro Ciriaco - Pirates trade RP Octavio Dotel (3.76 ERA) to Los Angeles Dodgers for SP James McDonald (3.82 ERA) & minor leaguer Andrew Lambo. - Pirates trade RP Javier Lopez (4.29 ERA) to San Francisco Giants for SP Joe Martinez (7.18 ERA) & OF John Bowker (.238) So far the Pirates have lost 10 of 15 games against the Milwaukee Brewers The Pirates have lost 10 of 12 games against the Houston Astros The Pirates have lost 8 of 13 games against the Cincinnati Reds The Pirates have lost 5 of 6 games against the St. Louis Cardinals The Pirates have won 9 of 12 games against the Chicago Cubs Best Pirate batting average: CF Andrew McCutchen (.278 average) Most Pirate home runs: 1B Garrett Jones (19 home runs) Most Pirate RBI: 1B Garrett Jones (71 RBI) Most Pirate wins: SP Paul Maholm (7 wins, 12 losses) Best Pirate ERA: SP Paul Maholm (4.82 ERA) Most Pirate saves: RP Joel Hanrahan (2 saves) * * [ Not counting RP Octavio Dotel (22 saves)] Pittsburgh Pirates team batting average = .239 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA: 5.04 Pittsburgh Pirates team fielding percentage = .981 What are your thoughts on the Pittsburgh Pirates? What do you have to say about the trades, about the season, the players, the management, next year, etc? http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/ http://espn.go.com/mlb/statistics http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit CORRECTION: The Pirates have now lost 6 of the 9 games they played against the St. Louis Cardinals. *... Read More »
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