2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 137th season overall, 132nd season as a member of the National League, and the 18th season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished the season in fourth place in the National League Central, with a record of 82–79 and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record	82–79 (.509)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Robert Nutting
General managers	Neal Huntington
Managers	Clint Hurdle
Television	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-FM Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network (Steve Blass, Joe Block, Greg Brown, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Offseason

January 4	Claimed RHP Shane Carle off waivers from Colorado Rockies and designated RHP Johnny Barbato for assignment.[2]
January 11	Detroit Tigers claimed RHP Johnny Barbato off waivers from the Pirates.[3]
January 13	Traded RHP Gerrit Cole to Houston Astros for 3B Colin Moran, LF Jason Martin, RHP Joe Musgrove and RHP Michael Feliz.[4]
January 14	Designated RHP Shane Carle and SS Engelb Vielma for assignment.[5]
January 16	Traded OF Andrew McCutchen and cash to San Francisco Giants for RHP Kyle Crick, OF Bryan Reynolds, and $500,000 in international signing bonus allocation.[6]
January 17	Traded RHP Shane Carle to Atlanta Braves.[7]
January 31	Traded cash and LHP Daniel Zamora to New York Mets for LHP Josh Smoker.[7]
February 20	Traded cash to Boston Red Sox for OF Bryce Brentz.[8]
February 22	Traded RHP Daniel Hudson, 2B Tristan Gray, and cash to Tampa Bay Rays for OF Corey Dickerson.[8]

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	96	67	.589	—	51‍–‍30	45‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs	95	68	.583	1	51‍–‍31	44‍–‍37
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	7½	43‍–‍38	45‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	79	.509	13	44‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Cincinnati Reds	67	95	.414	28½	37‍–‍44	30‍–‍51

National League playoff standings

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers	96	67	.589
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	71	.564
Atlanta Braves	90	72	.556

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago Cubs	95	68	.583	+4
Colorado Rockies	91	72	.558	—
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	2½
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	79	.509	8
Arizona Diamondbacks	82	80	.506	8½
Washington Nationals	82	80	.506	8½
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	10½
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13½
San Francisco Giants	73	89	.451	17½
Cincinnati Reds	67	95	.414	23½
San Diego Padres	66	96	.407	24½
Miami Marlins	63	98	.391	27

Record vs. opponents

2018 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	3–4	3–3	8–11	11–8	6–1	1–5	2–5	4–2	6–1	12–7	8–11	3–3	2–5	10–10
Atlanta	4–3	—	3–3	3–4	2–5	2–5	14–5	3–4	13–6	12–7	5–1	4–3	3–3	4–2	10–9	8–12
Chicago	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	11–9	6–1	4–2	10–9	5–2	3–3	9–10	4–3	13–7
Cincinnati	3–3	4–3	8–11	—	2–4	6–1	2–5	6–13	3–3	3–4	5–14	3–4	4–2	7–12	1–6	10–10
Colorado	11–8	5–2	3–3	4–2	—	7–13	2–4	2–5	6–1	5–2	3–3	11–8	12–7	2–5	5–2	13–7
Los Angeles	8–11	5–2	3–4	1–6	13–7	—	2–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	14–5	10–9	3–4	5–1	12–8
Miami	1–6	5–14	2–5	5–2	4–2	4–2	—	2–5	7–12	8–11	1–4	2–5	4–3	3–3	6–13	9–11
Milwaukee	5–1	4–3	9–11	13–6	5–2	3–4	5–2	—	4–3	3–3	7–12	4–2	6–1	11–8	4–2	13–7
New York	5–2	6–13	1–6	3–3	1–6	2–4	12–7	3–4	—	11–8	3–4	4–2	4–3	3–3	11–8	8–12
Philadelphia	2–4	7–12	2–4	4–3	2–5	4–3	11–8	3–3	8–11	—	6–1	3–3	4–3	4–3	8–11	12–8
Pittsburgh	1–6	1–5	9–10	14–5	3–3	1–5	4–1	12–7	4–3	1–6	—	3–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	15–5
San Diego	7–12	3–4	2–5	4–3	8–11	5–14	5–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	4–3	—	8–11	4–3	2–4	7–13
San Francisco	11–8	3–3	3–3	2–4	7–12	9–10	3–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	3–4	11–8	—	2–5	4–2	8–12
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	10–9	12–7	5–2	4–3	3–3	8–11	3–3	3–4	11–8	3–4	5–2	—	5–2	11–9
Washington	5–2	9–10	3–4	6–1	2–5	1–5	13–6	2–4	8–11	11–8	5–2	4–2	2–4	2–5	—	9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Detailed records

As of October 1, 2018. Season complete.

National League Opponent W L WP RS RA NL East Atlanta Braves 1 5 0.167 9 21 Miami Marlins 4 1 0.800 20 14 New York Mets 4 3 0.571 30 28 Philadelphia Phillies 1 6 0.143 16 39 Washington Nationals 2 5 0.286 19 35 Total 12 20 0.375 94 137 NL Central Chicago Cubs 9 10 0.474 64 69 Cincinnati Reds 14 5 0.737 110 63 Milwaukee Brewers 12 7 0.632 90 73 Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals 8 11 0.421 76 84 Total 43 33 0.566 340 289 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 1 6 0.143 24 47 Colorado Rockies 3 3 0.500 26 17 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 5 0.167 26 53 San Diego Padres 3 4 0.429 30 33 San Francisco Giants 4 3 0.571 44 34 Total 12 21 0.364 150 184 American League Chicago White Sox 4 0 1.000 26 13 Cleveland Indians 2 1 0.667 16 8 Detroit Tigers 5 1 0.833 41 32 Kansas City Royals 3 0 1.000 11 8 Minnesota Twins 1 3 0.250 14 22 Total 15 5 0.750 108 83 Season Total 82 79 0.509 692 693

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA March 1 1 0 1.000 13 10 April 28 16 12 0.571 129 112 May 27 12 15 0.444 123 132 June 26 10 16 0.385 97 116 July 26 17 9 0.654 127 114 August 27 10 17 0.370 94 105 September 26 16 10 0.615 109 104 Total 161 82 79 0.509 692 693 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 80 44 36 0.550 326 318 Away 81 38 43 0.469 366 375 Total 161 82 79 0.509 692 693

Game log

2018 Game Log: 82–79 (Home: 44–36; Away: 38–43)
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak — March 29 @ Tigers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Mar. 30 1 March 30 @ Tigers 13–10 (13) Brault (1–0) Wilson (0–1) — 42,516 1–0 W1 — March 31 @ Tigers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Apr. 1
April: 16–12 (Home: 10–5; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 2 April 1 @ Tigers 1–0 Williams (1–0) Fulmer (0–1) Vázquez (1) 14,858 2–0 W2 3 April 1 @ Tigers 8–6 Kuhl (1–0) Farmer (0–1) Vázquez (2) 18,438 3–0 W3 4 April 2 Twins 5–4 Taillon (1–0) Lynn (0–1) Kontos (1) 30,186 4–0 W4 5 April 4 Twins 3–7 Odorizzi (1–0) Nova (0–1) — 20,690 4–1 L1 6 April 5 Reds 5–2 Brault (2–0) Bailey (0–2) Vázquez (3) 9,227 5–1 W1 7 April 6 Reds 14–3 Williams (2–0) Castillo (0–2) — 11,115 6–1 W2 8 April 7 Reds 4–7 Peralta (1–0) Kontos (0–1) Iglesias (2) 14,336 6–2 L1 9 April 8 Reds 5–0 Taillon (2–0) Mahle (1–1) — 11,251 7–2 W1 — April 9 @ Cubs PPD, SNOW; rescheduled for Apr. 10 10 April 10 @ Cubs 8–5 Nova (1–1) Chatwood (0–2) Vázquez (4) 40,144 8–2 W2 11 April 11 @ Cubs 5–13 Duensing (1–0) Glasnow (0–1) — 35,596 8–3 L1 12 April 12 @ Cubs 6–1 Williams (3–0) Hendricks (0–1) — 29,949 9–3 W1 13 April 13 @ Marlins 2–7 Peters (2–1) Kuhl (1–1) — 6,852 9–4 L1 14 April 14 @ Marlins 1–0 Kontos (1–1) Ziegler (0–3) Vázquez (5) 26,816 10–4 W1 15 April 15 @ Marlins 7–3 Nova (1–1) Ureña (0–3) — 10,621 11–4 W2 16 April 16 Rockies 2–6 Márquez (1–1) Brault (2–1) — 8,958 11–5 L1 17 April 17 Rockies 0–2 Bettis (3–0) Williams (3–1) Davis (8) 8,869 11–6 L2 18 April 18 Rockies 10–2 Kuhl (2–1) Freeland (0–3) — 8,970 12–6 W1 19 April 19 @ Phillies 0–7 Arrieta (2–0) Taillon (2–1) — 19,071 12–7 L1 20 April 20 @ Phillies 1–2 García (2–1) Kontos (1–2) Neris (3) 20,183 12–8 L2 21 April 21 @ Phillies 2–6 Nola (2–1) Feliz (0–1) Neris (4) 28,161 12–9 L3 22 April 22 @ Phillies 2–3 (11) Ríos (3–0) Rodríguez (0–1) — 29,199 12–10 L4 — April 24 Tigers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Apr. 25 23 April 25 Tigers 10–13 Stumpf (1–0) Taillon (2–2) Greene (4) N/A 12–11 L5 24 April 25 Tigers 8–3 Kuhl (3–1) Boyd (0–2) — 9,396 13–11 W1 25 April 26 Tigers 1–0 Vázquez (1–0) Wilson (0–3) — 12,049 14–11 W2 26 April 27 Cardinals 6–5 (11) Kontos (2–2) Hicks (1–1) — 15,748 15–11 W3 27 April 28 Cardinals 6–2 Williams (4–1) Flaherty (0–1) — 18,568 16–11 W4 28 April 29 Cardinals 5–0 Kingham (1–0) Weaver (2–2) — 14,378 17–11 W5 29 April 30 @ Nationals 2–3 Roark (2–2) Taillon (2–3) Kintzler (1) 20,879 17–12 L1
May: 12–15 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 30 May 1 @ Nationals 4–12 Scherzer (6–1) Kuhl (3–2) — 23,534 17–13 L2 31 May 2 @ Nationals 3–9 Strasburg (3–3) Nova (2–2) — 27,086 17–14 L3 32 May 3 @ Nationals 1–3 Solis (1–1) Williams (4–2) Doolittle (6) 30,434 17–15 L4 33 May 4 @ Brewers 6–4 Kingham (2–0) Guerra (2–2) Vázquez (6) 32,869 18–15 W1 34 May 5 @ Brewers 3–5 Hader (1–0) Kontos (2–3) — 32,720 18–16 L1 35 May 6 @ Brewers 9–0 Kuhl (4–2) Anderson (3–3) — 38,285 19–16 W1 36 May 8 @ White Sox 10–6 Glasnow (1–1) Volstad (0–2) — 12,871 20–16 W2 37 May 9 @ White Sox 6–5 Rodríguez (1–1) Jones (2–1) Vázquez (7) 12,476 21–16 W3 38 May 11 Giants 11–2 Brault (3–1) Suarez (1–2) — 34,720 22–16 W4 39 May 12 Giants 6–5 Vázquez (2–0) Watson (1–2) — 27,502 23–16 W5 40 May 13 Giants 0–5 Holland (2–4) Nova (2–3) — 22,649 23–17 L1 41 May 15 White Sox 7–0 Williams (5–2) López (0–3) — 11,847 24–17 W1 42 May 16 White Sox 3–2 Santana (1–0) Soria (0–2) Vázquez (8) 20,286 25–17 W2 43 May 17 Padres 5–4 Santana (2–0) Strahm (0–1) Vázquez (9) 11,404 26–17 W3 44 May 18 Padres 2–3 Ross (3–3) Nova (2–4) Hand (13) 18,920 26–18 L1 45 May 19 Padres 2–6 Richard (3–5) Kingham (2–1) — 20,578 26–19 L2 46 May 20 Padres 5–8 Yates (3–0) Vázquez (2–1) Hand (14) 17,783 26–20 L3 47 May 22 @ Reds 2–7 Harvey (1–2) Taillon (2–4) — 16,144 26–21 L4 48 May 23 @ Reds 5–4 (12) Brault (4–1) Floro (1–1) Crick (1) 18,659 27–21 W1 49 May 24 @ Reds 4–5 Castillo (4–4) Nova (2–5) Hughes (2) 14,853 27–22 L1 50 May 25 Cardinals 8–1 Musgrove (1–0) Gant (1–2) — 22,629 28–22 W1 51 May 26 Cardinals 1–4 Flaherty (2–1) Williams (5–3) Norris (10) 22,133 28–23 L1 52 May 27 Cardinals 4–6 Tuivailala (1–0) Feliz (0–2) Norris (11) 19,608 28–24 L2 53 May 28 Cubs 0–7 Montgomery (1–1) Kuhl (4–3) — 19,382 28–25 L3 54 May 29 Cubs 6–8 Lester (5–2) Santana (2–1) Morrow (12) 11,475 28–26 L4 55 May 30 Cubs 2–1 Musgrove (2–0) Hendricks (4–4) Vázquez (10) 14,126 29–26 W1 56 May 31 @ Cardinals 8–10 Mayers (2–0) Vázquez (2–2) — 40,832 29–27 L1
June: 10–16 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 57 June 1 @ Cardinals 4–0 Taillon (3–4) Mikolas (6–1) — 47,135 30–27 W1 58 June 2 @ Cardinals 2–3 Norris (2–1) Rodríguez (1–2) — 44,492 30–28 L1 59 June 3 @ Cardinals 0–5 Wacha (7–1) Kingham (2–2) — 44,432 30–29 L2 60 June 5 Dodgers 0–5 Stripling (4–1) Musgrove (2–1) — 12,879 30–30 L3 61 June 6 Dodgers 11–9 Brault (5–1) Hudson (1–2) Vázquez (11) 14,327 31–30 W1 62 June 7 Dodgers 7–8 Báez (3–3) Taillon (3–5) Jansen (15) 19,713 31–31 L1 63 June 8 @ Cubs 1–3 Montgomery (2–1) Kuhl (4–4) Strop (1) 40,097 31–32 L2 64 June 9 @ Cubs 0–2 Lester (7–2) Kingham (2–3) Cishek (2) 41,045 31–33 L3 65 June 10 @ Cubs 7–1 Nova (3–5) Hendricks (4–6) — 40,735 32–33 W1 66 June 11 @ Diamondbacks 5–9 Bradley (2–1) Crick (0–1) — 20,927 32–34 L1 67 June 12 @ Diamondbacks 8–13 Salas (4–4) Williams (5–4) — 22,488 32–35 L2 68 June 13 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Taillon (4–5) Greinke (5–5) Vázquez (12) 32,803 33–35 W1 69 June 15 Reds 3–2 Kuhl (5–4) Harvey (1–5) Vázquez (13) 23,007 34–35 W2 70 June 16 Reds 6–2 Nova (4–5) Castillo (4–8) — 27,479 35–35 W3 71 June 17 Reds 6–8 DeSclafani (2–1) Musgrove (2–2) Iglesias (10) 23,042 35–36 L1 72 June 18 Brewers 1–0 Williams (6–4) Chacín (6–2) Vázquez (14) 10,672 36–36 W1 73 June 19 Brewers 2–3 Peralta (2–0) Taillon (4–6) Knebel (7) 14,152 36–37 L1 — June 20 Brewers PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for July 14 74 June 21 Diamondbacks 3–9 Godley (8–5) Kuhl (5–5) — 20,554 36–38 L2 75 June 22 Diamondbacks 1–2 (13) Chafin (1–2) Glasnow (1–2) McFarland (1) 28,843 36–39 L3 76 June 23 Diamondbacks 2–7 Greinke (7–5) Musgrove (2–3) — 21,121 36–40 L4 77 June 24 Diamondbacks 0–3 Buchholz (2–1) Williams (6–5) Boxberger (17) 19,207 36–41 L5 78 June 25 @ Mets 6–4 Taillon (5–6) Lugo (2–3) Vázquez (15) 22,135 37–41 W1 79 June 26 @ Mets 3–4 (10) Peterson (1–0) Brault (5–2) — 24,501 37–42 L1 80 June 27 @ Mets 5–3 Vázquez (3–2) Familia (3–4) — 24,506 38–42 W1 81 June 29 @ Padres 6–3 Musgrove (3–3) Lauer (3–5) Vázquez (16) 27,083 39–42 W2 82 June 30 @ Padres 3–4 Lucchesi (4–3) Williams (6–6) Hand (23) 32,418 39–43 L1
July: 17–9 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 83 July 1 @ Padres 7–5 Crick (1–1) Ross (5–6) Vázquez (17) 32,099 40–43 W1 84 July 2 @ Dodgers 1–17 Wood (5–5) Kingham (2–4) Ferguson (1) 45,207 40–44 L1 85 July 3 @ Dodgers 3–8 Kershaw (2–4) Nova (4–6) — 48,819 40–45 L2 86 July 4 @ Dodgers 4–6 Hill (2–3) Holmes (0–1) Jansen (23) 53,139 40–46 L3 87 July 6 Phillies 5–17 Ramos (3–0) Williams (6–7) — 24,846 40–47 L4 88 July 7 Phillies 2–3 Arrieta (6–6) Taillon (5–7) Arano (2) 28,150 40–48 L5 89 July 8 Phillies 4–1 Kingham (3–4) Anderson (0–1) Vázquez (18) 19,542 41–48 W1 90 July 9 Nationals 6–3 Nova (5–6) Rodríguez (0–1) Vázquez (19) 14,073 42–48 W2 91 July 10 Nationals 1–5 Hellickson (3–1) Musgrove (3–4) — 17,103 42–49 L1 92 July 11 Nationals 2–0 Williams (7–7) González (6–6) Vázquez (20) 21,083 43–49 W1 93 July 12 Brewers 6–3 Taillon (6–7) Miley (1–1) Vázquez (21) 17,858 44–49 W2 94 July 13 Brewers 7–3 Kingham (4–4) Guerra (6–6) Crick (2) 21,431 45–49 W3 95 July 14 Brewers 2–1 Rodríguez (2–2) Anderson (6–7) Vázquez (22) 24,474 46–49 W4 96 July 14 Brewers 6–2 Holmes (1–1) Suter (8–6) Vázquez (23) 24,474 47–49 W5 97 July 15 Brewers 7–6 (10) Anderson (1–0) Jennings (3–3) — 17,583 48–49 W6 89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. 98 July 20 @ Reds 12–1 Taillon (7–7) Mahle (7–8) — 20,726 49–49 W7 99 July 21 @ Reds 6–2 Kingham (5–4) DeSclafani (4–3) — 23,244 50–49 W8 100 July 22 @ Reds 9–2 Nova (6–6) Harvey (5–6) — 23,615 51–49 W9 101 July 23 @ Indians 7–0 (6) Williams (8–7) Kluber (12–6) — 24,925 52–49 W10 102 July 24 @ Indians 9–4 Musgrove (4–4) Bieber (5–2) — 26,414 53–49 W11 103 July 25 @ Indians 0–4 Bauer (9–6) Taillon (7–8) Hand (25) 31,682 53–50 L1 104 July 26 Mets 6–12 Matz (5–8) Kingham (5–5) — 21,981 53–51 L2 105 July 27 Mets 5–4 Vázquez (4–2) Peterson (2–2) — 26,356 54–51 W1 106 July 28 Mets 5–0 Williams (9–7) deGrom (5–6) — 35,900 55–51 W2 107 July 29 Mets 0–1 Wheeler (5–6) Musgrove (4–5) Swarzak (3) 23,749 55–52 L1 108 July 31 Cubs 5–4 Taillon (8–8) Lester (12–4) Vázquez (24) 18,972 56–52 W1
August: 10–17 (Home: 3–8; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 109 August 1 Cubs 2–9 Hamels (6–9) Kingham (5–6) — 18,600 56–53 L1 110 August 3 Cardinals 7–6 Crick (2–1) Hicks (3–3) Vázquez (25) 26,773 57–53 W1 111 August 4 Cardinals 4–8 Hudson (2–0) McRae (0–1) — 32,473 57–54 L1 112 August 5 Cardinals 1–2 Flaherty (5–6) Williams (9–8) Norris (21) 19,376 57–55 L2 113 August 6 @ Rockies 0–2 Freeland (10–7) Musgrove (4–6) Davis (32) 34,471 57–56 L3 114 August 7 @ Rockies 10–2 Taillon (9–8) Bettis (5–2) — 31,649 58–56 W1 115 August 8 @ Rockies 4–3 Archer (4–5) Márquez (9–9) Vázquez (26) 35,702 59–56 W2 116 August 9 @ Giants 10–5 Nova (7–6) Suárez (4–8) — 40,035 60–56 W3 117 August 10 @ Giants 10–13 Holland (6–8) Holmes (1–2) — 41,762 60–57 L1 118 August 11 @ Giants 4–0 Williams (10–8) Blach (6–7) — 41,209 61–57 W1 119 August 12 @ Giants 3–4 Rodríguez (6–1) Musgrove (4–7) Smith (8) 41,980 61–58 L1 120 August 14 @ Twins 2–5 Odorizzi (5–7) Taillon (9–9) Hildenberger (2) 28,515 61–59 L2 121 August 15 @ Twins 4–6 Moya (3–0) Santana (2–2) Hildenberger (3) 26,191 61–60 L3 122 August 16 Cubs 0–1 Lester (13–5) Nova (7–7) Strop (10) 21,783 61–61 L4 123 August 17 Cubs 0–1 Hamels (8–9) Williams (10–9) Chavez (2) 24,298 61–62 L5 124 August 18 Cubs 3–1 Musgrove (5–7) Chatwood (4–6) Vázquez (27) 35,100 62–62 W1 125 August 19 Cubs 2–1 (11) Rodríguez (3–2) Kintzler (1–3) — 24,283 63–62 W2 126 August 20 Braves 0–1 Wilson (1–0) Archer (4–6) Winkler (2) 16,445 63–63 L1 127 August 21 Braves 1–6 Gausman (8–9) Nova (7–8) — 13,280 63–64 L2 128 August 22 Braves 1–2 Teherán (9–7) Crick (2–2) Venters (2) 14,249 63–65 L3 129 August 24 @ Brewers 6–7 (15) Lyles (3–4) Holmes (1–3) — 32,694 63–66 L4 130 August 25 @ Brewers 9–1 Taillon (10–9) Chacín (13–5) — 40,622 64–66 W1 131 August 26 @ Brewers 4–7 Anderson (9–7) Archer (4–7) Jeffress (7) 39,607 64–67 L1 132 August 28 @ Cardinals 2–5 Flaherty (8–6) Nova (7–9) Norris (28) 35,258 64–68 L2 133 August 29 @ Cardinals 2–0 Williams (11–9) Mikolas (13–4) Vázquez (28) 33,448 65–68 W1 134 August 30 @ Cardinals 0–5 Gant (6–5) Musgrove (5–8) — 38,561 65–69 L1 135 August 31 @ Braves 3–2 Taillon (11–9) Brach (2–4) Vázquez (29) 36,650 66–69 W1
September: 16–10 (Home: 9–2; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 136 September 1 @ Braves 3–5 Venters (3–1) Kela (3–4) Minter (12) 33,705 66–70 L1 137 September 2 @ Braves 1–5 Venters (4–1) Brault (5–3) — 37,475 66–71 L2 138 September 3 Reds 5–1 Williams (12–9) Harvey (6–8) — 13,843 67–71 W1 139 September 4 Reds 7–3 Musgrove (6–8) Reed (0–2) — 8,855 68–71 W2 140 September 5 Reds 3–2 Taillon (12–9) Bailey (1–14) Vázquez (30) 9,560 69–71 W3 141 September 7 Marlins 5–3 Rodríguez (4–2) Guerrero (1–3) Vázquez (31) 19,515 70–71 W4 142 September 8 Marlins 5–1 Nova (8–9) Chen (6–10) — 16,110 71–71 W5 – September 9 Marlins CANCELLED, RAIN; will not be made up 143 September 10 @ Cardinals 7–8 Brebbia (2–3) Santana (2–3) Martínez (3) 33,566 71–72 L1 144 September 11 @ Cardinals 5–11 Mikolas (15–4) Musgrove (6–9) — 37,187 71–73 L2 145 September 12 @ Cardinals 4–3 Taillon (13–9) Poncedeleon (0–2) Vázquez (32) 39,606 72–73 W1 146 September 14 @ Brewers 4–7 Burnes (5–0) Archer (4–8) Jeffress (12) 39,482 72–74 L1 147 September 15 @ Brewers 3–1 Nova (9–9) Davies (2–6) Vázquez (33) 37,358 73–74 W1 148 September 16 @ Brewers 3–2 Williams (13–9) Chacín (14–8) Vázquez (34) 32,180 74–74 W2 149 September 17 Royals 7–6 Santana (3–3) Lively (0–3) — 10,316 75–74 W3 150 September 18 Royals 2–1 (11) Crick (3–2) Smith (1–5) — 11,566 76–74 W4 151 September 19 Royals 2–1 Archer (5–8) Fillmyer (3–2) Vázquez (35) 13,073 77–74 W5 152 September 21 Brewers 3–8 Burnes (6–0) Santana (3–4) — 19,243 77–75 L1 153 September 22 Brewers 3–0 Williams (14–9) Davies (2–7) Vázquez (36) 23,070 78–75 W1 154 September 23 Brewers 6–13 Knebel (3–3) Kingham (5–7) — 20,623 78–76 L1 155 September 24 @ Cubs 5–1 Taillon (14–9) Hamels (9–11) — 34,570 79–76 W1 156 September 25 @ Cubs 6–0 Archer (6–8) Montgomery (5–6) — 33,443 80–76 W2 157 September 26 @ Cubs 6–7 (10) Kintzler (3–3) Rodríguez (4–3) — 32,874 80–77 L1 158 September 27 @ Cubs 0–3 Lester (18–6) Williams (14–10) Chavez (5) 38,415 80–78 L2 159 September 28 @ Reds 8–4 Brault (6–3) DeSclafani (7–8) — 19,689 81–78 W1 160 September 29 @ Reds 0–3 Lorenzen (4–2) Taillon (14–10) Iglesias (30) 42,630 81–79 L1 161 September 30 @ Reds 6–5 (10) Feliz (1–2) Stephens (2–3) Vázquez (37) 25,091 82–79 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

2018 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 52 Tanner Anderson 24 Chris Archer 43 Steven Brault 57 Nick Burdi 30 Kyle Crick 45 Michael Feliz 24 Tyler Glasnow 68 Clay Holmes 35 Keone Kela 49 Nick Kingham 70 George Kontos 39 Chad Kuhl 51 Alex McRae 59 Joe Musgrove 66 Dovydas Neverauskas 46 Iván Nova 48 Richard Rodríguez 72 Enny Romero 65 Casey Sadler 37 Edgar Santana 53 Josh Smoker 50 Jameson Taillon 73 Felipe Vázquez 34 Trevor Williams		Catchers 29 Francisco Cervelli 32 Elías Díaz 58 Jacob Stallings Infielders 55 Josh Bell 26 Adam Frazier 23 David Freese  5 Josh Harrison 15 Adeiny Hechavarria 16 Jung-ho Kang 44 Kevin Kramer 10 Jordy Mercer 19 Colin Moran 38 Max Moroff 27 Kevin Newman 36 José Osuna  3 Sean Rodriguez		Outfielders 44 Chris Bostick 12 Corey Dickerson 47 Jordan Luplow  6 Starling Marté 17 Austin Meadows 25 Gregory Polanco 15 Pablo Reyes Other batters 63 Ryan Lavarnway		Manager 13 Clint Hurdle Coaches 86 Heberto Andrade (bullpen catcher) 18 Kimera Bartee (first base)  2 Jeff Branson (hitting) 89 Jordan Comadena (bullpen catcher) 28 Joey Cora (third base) 85 Dave Jauss (coach) 75 Jeff Livesey (assistant hitting) 87 Justin Meccage (assistant pitching) 14 Tom Prince (bench) 56 Euclides Rojas (bullpen) 54 Ray Searage (pitching)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Adam Frazier	DH
Josh Harrison	2B
Gregory Polanco	RF
Josh Bell	1B
Corey Dickerson	LF
Starling Marte	CF
Francisco Cervelli	C
Colin Moran	3B
Jordy Mercer	SS
Iván Nova	SP

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Starling Marte	145	559	81	155	32	5	20	72	33	35	.277	.460
Corey Dickerson	135	504	65	151	35	7	13	55	8	21	.300	.474
Josh Bell	148	501	74	131	31	4	12	62	2	77	.261	.411
Gregory Polanco	130	461	75	117	32	6	23	81	12	61	.254	.499
Colin Moran	144	415	49	115	19	1	11	58	0	39	.277	.407
Jordy Mercer	117	394	43	99	29	2	6	39	2	32	.251	.381
Josh Harrison	97	344	41	86	13	1	8	37	3	18	.250	.363
Francisco Cervelli	104	332	39	86	15	3	12	57	2	51	.259	.431
Adam Frazier	113	318	52	88	23	2	10	35	1	29	.277	.456
Elías Díaz	82	252	33	72	12	0	10	34	0	21	.286	.452
David Freese	94	241	29	68	10	1	9	42	0	18	.282	.444
Austin Meadows	49	154	16	45	8	2	5	13	4	8	.292	.468
Sean Rodriguez	66	150	21	25	5	1	5	19	1	22	.167	.313
José Osuna	51	106	14	24	9	0	3	11	0	3	.226	.396
Jordan Luplow	37	92	16	17	1	3	3	7	2	10	.185	.359
Kevin Newman	31	91	7	19	2	0	0	6	0	4	.209	.231
Max Moroff	26	59	7	11	1	0	3	9	0	7	.186	.356
Pablo Reyes	18	58	9	17	2	0	3	7	0	5	.293	.483
Adeiny Hechavarria	15	43	2	10	4	0	1	3	0	3	.233	.395
Jacob Stallings	14	37	2	8	0	0	0	5	0	3	.216	.216
Kevin Kramer	21	37	5	5	0	0	0	4	0	2	.135	.135
Ryan Lavarnway	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.833
Jung-ho Kang	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333
Christopher Bostick	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	161	285	11	26	6	0	0	8	0	5	.091	.112
Team Totals	161	5447	692	1381	290	38	157	665	70	474	.254	.407

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jameson Taillon	14	10	3.20	32	32	0	191.0	179	69	68	46	179
Trevor Williams	14	10	3.11	31	31	0	170.2	146	64	59	55	126
Iván Nova	9	9	4.19	29	29	0	161.0	171	82	75	35	114
Joe Musgrove	6	9	4.06	19	19	0	115.1	113	56	52	23	100
Steven Brault	6	3	4.61	45	5	0	91.2	84	51	47	57	82
Chad Kuhl	5	5	4.55	16	16	0	85.0	89	47	43	33	81
Nick Kingham	5	7	5.21	18	15	0	76.0	79	50	44	26	69
Felipe Vázquez	4	2	2.70	70	0	37	70.0	63	24	21	24	89
Richard Rodríguez	4	3	2.47	63	0	0	69.1	55	19	19	19	88
Edgar Santana	3	4	3.26	69	0	0	66.1	61	25	24	12	54
Kyle Crick	3	2	2.39	64	0	2	60.1	45	18	16	23	65
Tyler Glasnow	1	2	4.34	34	0	0	56.0	47	28	27	34	72
Chris Archer	3	3	4.30	10	10	0	52.1	53	27	25	18	60
Michael Feliz	1	2	5.66	47	0	0	47.2	49	33	30	23	55
Dovydas Neverauskas	0	0	8.00	25	0	0	27.0	30	25	24	10	27
Clay Holmes	1	3	6.84	11	4	0	26.1	30	21	20	23	21
George Kontos	2	3	5.03	21	0	1	19.2	23	12	11	5	9
Keone Kela	0	1	2.93	16	0	0	15.1	10	5	5	5	22
Tanner Anderson	1	0	6.35	6	0	0	11.1	15	10	8	8	6
Alex McRae	0	1	5.68	2	0	0	6.1	8	4	4	5	5
Josh Smoker	0	0	11.12	7	0	0	5.2	11	7	7	5	2
Casey Sadler	0	0	8.31	2	0	0	4.1	9	7	4	3	3
Enny Romero	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	4.0	7	5	2	3	5
Nick Burdi	0	0	20.25	2	0	0	1.1	3	4	3	2	2
Team Totals	82	79	4.00	161	161	40	1434.0	1380	693	637	497	1336

Source:

Disabled lists

7-day disabled list

Player	Injury	Placed	Activated
Francisco Cervelli	Concussion	June 22, 2018	July 1, 2018
Francisco Cervelli	Concussion	July 14, 2018	July 26, 2018

10-day disabled list

Player	Injury	Placed	Activated
A. J. Schugel	Right Shoulder Injury	March 26, 2018	June 27, 2018
Joe Musgrove	Right Shoulder Strain	April 2, 2018	May 25, 2018
Josh Harrison	Fracture of 5th Metacarpal Bone in Left Hand	April 16, 2018	May 20, 2018
Enny Romero	Left Shoulder Impingement	April 26, 2018	July 2, 2018
Starling Marte	Right Oblique Strain	May 16, 2018	May 26, 2018
Iván Nova	Right Ring Finger Sprain	May 25, 2018	June 10, 2018
Richard Rodríguez	Right Shoulder Inflammation	June 8, 2018	June 18, 2018
Michael Feliz	Right Shoulder Inflammation	June 24, 2018	July 7, 2018
Sean Rodriguez	Right Quadriceps Strain	June 25, 2018	July 20, 2018
Chad Kuhl	Right Forearm Strain	June 27, 2018	July 31, 2018
Francisco Cervelli	Concussion	July 1, 2018	July 8, 2018
Joe Musgrove	Right Index Finger Infection	July 3, 2018	July 10, 2018
Josh Bell	Left Oblique Strain	July 28, 2018	August 8, 2018
Corey Dickerson	Strained Left Hamstring	July 28, 2018	August 4, 2018
Sean Rodriguez	Left Abdomen Strain	August 6, 2018	August 24, 2018
Jordy Mercer	Left Calf Strain	August 15, 2018	August 29, 2018
Gregory Polanco	Dislocated Left Shoulder and Bone Bruise on Left Knee	September 15, 2018	October 2, 2018

60-day disabled list

Player	Injury	Placed	Activated
Nick Burdi	Recovery from Tommy John Surgery	February 20, 2018	September 1, 2018
A. J. Schugel	Right Shoulder Injury	June 27, 2018	August 25, 2018
Nik Turley	Left Elbow Sprain	June 28, 2018	October 4, 2018
Chad Kuhl	Right Forearm Strain	July 31, 2018	November 2, 2018

Notable achievements

Awards

National League Player of the Week

• Jameson Taillon (April 2-April 8)

National League Rookie of the Month

• Austin Meadows (May)

2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Felipe Vázquez, P

Transactions

The Pirates were involved in the following transactions during the 2018 season:

Trades

November 20, 2017[9]	To Toronto Blue Jays: Gift Ngoepe	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Player To Be Named Later or Cash
December 14, 2017[10]	To Philadelphia Phillies: Future Considerations	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Nick Burdi
January 13, 2018[11]	To Houston Astros: Gerrit Cole	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Colin Moran Jason Martin Joe Musgrove Michael Feliz
January 15, 2018[12]	To San Francisco Giants: Andrew McCutchen	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Kyle Crick Bryan Reynolds Future Considerations
January 17, 2018[13]	To Atlanta Braves: Shane Carle	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Player To Be Named Later or Cash
January 31, 2018[14]	To New York Mets: Daniel Zamora Cash Considerations	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Josh Smoker
February 20, 2018[15]	To Boston Red Sox: Cash	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Bryce Brentz
February 22, 2018[16]	To Tampa Bay Rays: Daniel Hudson Tristan Gray Cash	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Corey Dickerson
April 27, 2018[17]	To Chicago White Sox: Todd Cunningham	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Player To Be Named Later
July 31, 2018[18]	To Texas Rangers: Taylor Hearn Sherten Apostel	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Keone Kela
July 31, 2018[19]	To Tampa Bay Rays: Austin Meadows Tyler Glasnow Shane Baz	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Chris Archer
August 6, 2018[20]	To Tampa Bay Rays: Matt Seelinger	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Adeiny Hechavarria
August 31, 2018[21]	To Los Angeles Dodgers: David Freese	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Jesus Manuel Valdez
August 31, 2018[22]	To New York Yankees: Adeiny Hechavarria	To Pittsburgh Pirates: Player To Be Named Later or Cash

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Lost to	Date	Contract terms
Todd Cunningham[23]	Los Angeles Dodgers		December 7, 2017	Minor league contract
Richard Rodríguez[23]	Baltimore Orioles		December 7, 2017	Minor league contract
Bo Schultz[24]	Toronto Blue Jays		January 5, 2018	Minor league contract
Tyler Jones[25]	New York Yankees		January 5, 2018	Minor league contract
John Stilson[26]	Toronto Blue Jays		January 10, 2018	Minor league contract
Linse Carvajal[27]	None		January 20, 2018	Minor league contract
Yeison Ceballo[27]	None		January 20, 2018	Minor league contract
Miguel Peralta[27]	None		January 20, 2018	Minor league contract
Oliver Mateo[27]	None		January 20, 2018	Minor league contract
Ryan Lavarnway[28]	Oakland Athletics		January 22, 2018	Minor league contract
Edgar Barrios[27]	None		January 24, 2018	Minor league contract
Valentin Linarez[27]	None		January 25, 2018	Minor league contract
Joelvis Del Rosario[27]	None		January 25, 2018	Minor league contract
Mariano Dotel[27]	None		January 25, 2018	Minor league contract
Estalin Ortiz[29]	None		February 3, 2018	Minor league contract
Daniel Nava[30]	Philadelphia Phillies		February 6, 2018	Minor league contract
Chris Stewart[31]		Atlanta Braves	February 14, 2018	1 year
Michael Saunders[32]	Toronto Blue Jays		February 21, 2018	Minor league contract
Kevin Siegrist[33]	Philadelphia Phillies		February 24, 2018	Minor league contract

Waivers

Player	Claimed from	Lost to	Date
Nik Turley[34]	Minnesota Twins		November 6, 2017
Sam Moll[35]	Oakland Athletics		November 27, 2017
Sam Moll[36]		Seattle Mariners	November 30, 2017
Engelb Vielma[37]	Philadelphia Phillies		December 11, 2017
Jordan Milbrath[38]	Cleveland Indians		December 14, 2017
Shane Carle[39]	Colorado Rockies		January 4, 2018
Johnny Barbato[40]		Detroit Tigers	January 11, 2018
Engelb Vielma[41]		San Francisco Giants	January 18, 2018
Bryce Brentz[42]		New York Mets	March 26, 2018
Jack Leathersich[43]		Cleveland Indians	March 27, 2018
Jordan Milbrath[44]		Cleveland Indians	March 27, 2018
Jesús Liranzo[45]	Los Angeles Dodgers		April 5, 2018
Enny Romero[46]	Washington Nationals		April 14, 2018

Signings

Name	Date	Details
Felipe Vázquez[47]	January 19, 2018	4 years/$22 million

Other

Name	Date	Details
Justin Meccage[48]	December 1, 2017	Named Assistant Pitching Coach

Farm system

List of minor leagues staff:^[49]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Brian Esposito
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Michael Ryan
A	Bradenton Marauders	Florida State League	Gera Alvarez
A	West Virginia Power	South Atlantic League	Wyatt Toregas
Short-Season A	West Virginia Black Bears	New York–Penn League	Kieran Mattison
Rookie	Bristol Pirates	Appalachian League	Miguel Pérez
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Dave Turgeon
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	Gavi Nivar