2021 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2021 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 140th season overall, 135th season as a member of the National League, and 21st season at PNC Park. The Pirates suffered another heavily losing season, finishing last in the National League Central with a 0.377 winning percentage, the second-worst in the National League. They were 34 games behind the division-winning Brewers. One rare highlight from the season was winning a series of games against the playoff-bound Giants, including a 10-2 steamrolling of them at Oracle Park.

2021 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[a]
Record	61–101 (.377)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Robert Nutting
General managers	Ben Cherington
Managers	Derek Shelton
Television	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-FM Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network Greg Brown, Joe Block, Bob Walk, John Wehner, Michael McKenry, Matt Capps, Kevin Young, Neil Walker
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The Pirates had the first overall pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft after their weak 2020 season, drafting catcher Henry Davis. Sports journalists suspect that the team was tanking again in the 2021 season for a high draft spot in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586	—	45‍–‍36	50‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	5	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	12	44‍–‍37	39‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	24	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	101	.377	34	37‍–‍44	24‍–‍57

National League playoff standings

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	107	55	.660
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586
Atlanta Braves	88	73	.547

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	.654	+16
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	—
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	7
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	8
San Diego Padres	79	83	.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13
Colorado Rockies	74	87	.460	15½
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19
Miami Marlins	67	95	.414	23
Washington Nationals	65	97	.401	25
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	101	.377	29
Arizona Diamondbacks	52	110	.321	38

Record vs. opponents

2021 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	2–4	5–1	9–10	3–16	2–5	1–6	1–5	4–3	4–2	8–11	2–17	1–6	3–4	4–16
Atlanta	4–3	—	5–2	4–3	2–4	2–4	11–8	3–3	10–9	10–9	4–3	4–2	3–3	6–1	14–5	6–14
Chicago	4–2	2–5	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	1–5	4–15	4–3	2–5	14–5	5–1	1–6	9–10	4–3	6–14
Cincinnati	1–5	3–4	11–8	—	5–2	3–3	5–2	9–10	3–3	4–2	13–6	1–6	1–6	10–9	5–2	9–11
Colorado	10–9	4–2	3–3	2–5	—	6–13	4–2	2–5	2–5	5–2	4–2	11–8	4–15	3–4	4–2	10–10
Los Angeles	16–3	4–2	3–4	3–3	13–6	—	3–4	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–0	12–7	9–10	4–3	7–0	12–8
Miami	5–2	8–11	5–1	2–5	2–4	4–3	—	3–3	9–10	10–9	2–5	3–4	3–4	0–6	8–11	3–17
Milwaukee	6–1	3–3	15–4	10–9	5–2	3–4	3–3	—	4–2	2–5	14–5	5–2	4–3	8–11	5–1	8–12
New York	5–1	9–10	3–4	3–3	5–2	1–6	10–9	2–4	—	9–10	3–4	4–3	1–5	2–5	11–8	9–11
Philadelphia	3–4	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–5	2–4	9–10	5–2	10–9	—	4–3	4–2	2–4	4–3	13–6	8–12
Pittsburgh	2–4	3–4	5–14	6–13	2–4	0–6	5–2	5–14	4–3	3–4	—	3–4	4–3	7–12	2–4	10–10
San Diego	11–8	2–4	1–5	6–1	8–11	7–12	4–3	2–5	3–4	2–4	4–3	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	14–6
San Francisco	17–2	3–3	6–1	6–1	15–4	10–9	4–3	3–4	5–1	4–2	3–4	11–8	—	2–4	5–2	13–7
St. Louis	6–1	1–6	10–9	9–10	4–3	3–4	6–0	11–8	5–2	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	—	2–4	11–9
Washington	4–3	5–14	3–4	2–5	2–4	0–7	11–8	1–5	8–11	6–13	4–2	3–4	2–5	4–2	—	10–10

Detailed records

National League Opponent W L WP RS RA NL East Atlanta Braves 3 4 0.429 25 53 Miami Marlins 5 2 0.714 36 25 New York Mets 4 3 0.571 37 39 Philadelphia Phillies 3 4 0.429 32 40 Washington Nationals 2 4 0.333 20 30 Total 17 17 0.500 150 187 NL Central Chicago Cubs 5 14 0.263 77 91 Cincinnati Reds 6 13 0.316 69 130 Milwaukee Brewers 5 14 0.263 61 112 Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals 7 12 0.368 70 95 Total 23 53 0.303 277 428 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 2 4 0.333 24 33 Colorado Rockies 2 4 0.333 16 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 0 6 0.000 11 28 San Diego Padres 3 4 0.429 22 26 San Francisco Giants 4 3 0.571 30 27 Total 11 21 0.344 103 134 American League Chicago White Sox 1 3 0.250 14 17 Cleveland Indians 2 1 0.667 18 15 Detroit Tigers 4 2 0.667 19 19 Kansas City Royals 1 3 0.250 16 27 Minnesota Twins 2 1 0.667 12 6 Total 10 10 0.500 79 84 Season Total 61 101 0.377 609 833

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 25 12 13 0.480 97 113 May 28 8 20 0.286 81 143 June 26 9 17 0.346 99 120 July 25 11 14 0.440 103 143 August 28 8 20 0.286 92 153 September 27 11 16 0.407 117 147 October 3 2 1 0.667 20 14 Total 162 61 101 0.377 609 833 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 37 44 0.457 330 396 Away 81 24 57 0.296 279 437 Total 162 61 101 0.377 609 833

Game log

2021 Game Log: 61–101 (Home: 37–44; Away: 24–57)
April: 12–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 1 @ Cubs 5–3 Howard (1–0) Hendricks (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 10,343 1–0 W1 2 April 3 @ Cubs 1–5 Arrieta (1–0) Anderson (0–1) — 10,343 1–1 L1 3 April 4 @ Cubs 3–4 Davies (1–0) Keller (0–1) Kimbrel (1) 10,343 1–2 L2 4 April 5 @ Reds 3–5 Doolittle (1–0) Howard (1–1) Garrett (1) 9,097 1–3 L3 5 April 6 @ Reds 1–14 Miley (1–0) Cahill (0–1) — 11,093 1–4 L4 6 April 7 @ Reds 4–11 Castillo (1–0) Kuhl (0–1) — 11,463 1–5 L5 7 April 8 Cubs 2–4 Arrieta (2–0) Anderson (0–2) Kimbrel (2) 7,749 1–6 L6 8 April 10 Cubs 8–2 Keller (1–1) Davies (1–1) — 7,052 2–6 W1 9 April 11 Cubs 7–1 Brubaker (1–0) Williams (1–1) — 6,851 3–6 W2 10 April 12 Padres 2–6 Darvish (1–0) Oviedo (0–1) — 4,068 3–7 L1 11 April 13 Padres 8–4 Stratton (1–0) Crismatt (0–1) — 4,814 4–7 W1 12 April 14 Padres 5–1 Anderson (1–2) Musgrove (2–1) — 5,228 5–7 W2 13 April 15 Padres 3–8 Paddack (1–1) Keller (1–2) Stammen (1) 4,023 5–8 L1 14 April 16 @ Brewers 6–1 Brubaker (2–0) Houser (1–2) — 11,967 6–8 W1 15 April 17 @ Brewers 1–7 Anderson (2–1) Cahill (0–2) — 12,038 6–9 L1 16 April 18 @ Brewers 6–5 (10) Rodríguez (1–0) Feyereisen (0–1) — 11,772 7–9 W1 — April 20 @ Tigers Postponed (snow; makeup April 21) 17 April 21 (1) @ Tigers 3–2 (7) Anderson (2–2) Fulmer (1–1) Rodríguez (2) 7,356 8–9 W2 18 April 21 (2) @ Tigers 2–5 (7) Turnbull (1–0) Yajure (0–1) Soto (2) 7,461 8–10 L1 19 April 22 @ Tigers 4–2 Howard (2–1) Cisnero (0–1) Rodríguez (3) 7,314 9–10 W1 20 April 23 @ Twins 0–2 Happ (1–0) Brubaker (2–1) Rogers (1) 9,541 9–11 L1 21 April 24 @ Twins 6–2 Cahill (1–2) Pineda (1–1) — 9,718 10–11 W1 22 April 25 @ Twins 6–2 Holmes (1–0) Shoemaker (1–2) — 9,396 11–11 W2 23 April 27 Royals 2–1 Underwood Jr. (1–0) Junis (1–1) Rodríguez (4) 5,510 12–11 W3 24 April 28 Royals 6–9 Zimmer (2–0) Keller (1–3) Staumont (3) 4,226 12–12 L1 25 April 30 Cardinals 3–7 Gant (2–2) Brubaker (2–2) — 5,953 12–13 L2
May: 8–20 (Home: 5–10; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 26 May 1 Cardinals 5–12 Flaherty (5–0) Cahill (1–3) — 7,331 12–14 L3 27 May 2 Cardinals 0–3 Martínez (2–4) Crowe (0–1) Reyes (7) 7,343 12–15 L4 28 May 3 @ Padres 0–2 Hill (2–2) Anderson (2–3) Melancon (10) 15,250 12–16 L5 29 May 4 @ Padres 2–1 Keller (2–3) Weathers (1–1) Rodríguez (5) 15,250 13–16 W1 30 May 5 @ Padres 2–4 Stammen (2–1) Underwood Jr. (1–1) Melancon (11) 15,250 13–17 L1 31 May 7 @ Cubs 2–3 Davies (2–2) Cahill (1–4) Brothers (1) 10,343 13–18 L2 32 May 8 @ Cubs 2–3 Thompson (1–0) Howard (2–2) Kimbrel (6) 10,343 13–19 L3 33 May 9 @ Cubs 6–5 Anderson (3–3) Hendricks (2–4) Rodríguez (6) 10,343 14–19 W1 34 May 10 Reds 1–14 Mahle (2–1) Keller (2–4) — 4,065 14–20 L1 35 May 11 Reds 7–2 Brubaker (3–2) Hoffman (2–3) — 4,049 15–20 W1 36 May 12 Reds 1–5 (10) Sims (2–1) Underwood Jr. (1–2) — 4,515 15–21 L1 37 May 13 Giants 1–3 DeSclafani (3–1) Crowe (0–2) Rogers (3) 4,099 15–22 L2 38 May 14 Giants 3–2 (11) Oviedo (1–1) Baragar (2–1) — 6,743 16–22 W1 39 May 15 Giants 8–6 Rodríguez (2–0) McGee (1–1) — 7,833 17–22 W2 40 May 16 Giants 1–4 Wood (5–0) Keller (2–5) Rogers (4) 7,356 17–23 L1 41 May 18 @ Cardinals 2–5 Gant (3–3) Brubaker (3–3) Reyes (12) 14,005 17–24 L2 42 May 19 @ Cardinals 5–8 Flaherty (8–0) Cahill (1–5) Reyes (13) 14,677 17–25 L3 43 May 20 @ Braves 6–4 (10) Rodríguez (3–0) Webb (1–2) — 21,430 18–25 W1 44 May 21 @ Braves 1–20 Anderson (4–1) Anderson (3–4) — 37,545 18–26 L1 45 May 22 @ Braves 1–6 Wilson (2–2) Keller (2–6) — 40,068 18–27 L2 46 May 23 @ Braves 1–7 Fried (2–2) Brubaker (3–4) — 39,874 18–28 L3 47 May 25 Cubs 3–4 Arrieta (5–4) Ponce (0–1) Kimbrel (10) 6,750 18–29 L4 48 May 26 Cubs 1–4 Williams (3–2) Crowe (0–3) Kimbrel (11) 5,660 18–30 L5 49 May 27 Cubs 3–5 Hendricks (5–4) Anderson (3–5) Tepera (1) 7,202 18–31 L6 — May 28 Rockies Postponed (rain; makeup May 29) 50 May 29 (1) Rockies 7–0 (7) Brubaker (4–4) Gray (4–5) — 5,279 19–31 W1 51 May 29 (2) Rockies 4–0 (7) Keller (3–6) Gomber (3–5) — 7,183 20–31 W2 52 May 30 Rockies 3–4 Bard (3–3) Rodríguez (3–1) — 7,917 20–32 L1 53 May 31 @ Royals 3–7 Minor (4–2) Kuhl (0–2) — 12,604 20–33 L2
June: 9–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 3–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 54 June 1 @ Royals 5–10 Singer (3–4) Crowe (0–4) — 10,333 20–34 L3 55 June 3 Marlins 5–3 Crick (1–0) Floro (2–3) Rodríguez (7) 4,192 21–34 W1 56 June 4 Marlins 9–2 Underwood Jr. (2–2) Poteet (2–2) Stratton (1) 8,044 22–34 W2 57 June 5 Marlins 8–7 (12) Holmes (2–0) Cimber (1–2) — 8,714 23–34 W3 58 June 6 Marlins 1–3 Alcántara (3–5) Kuhl (0–3) García (10) 5,477 23–35 L1 59 June 8 Dodgers 3–5 Buehler (5–0) Brubaker (4–5) Jansen (13) 9,047 23–36 L2 60 June 9 Dodgers 1–2 González (3–0) Anderson (3–6) Jansen (14) 10,957 23–37 L3 61 June 10 Dodgers 3–6 (8) Urías (9–2) Keller (3–7) Bickford (1) 9,396 23–38 L4 62 June 11 @ Brewers 4–7 Woodruff (5–2) Holmes (2–1) Hader (15) 17,678 23–39 L5 63 June 12 @ Brewers 4–7 Richards (1–0) Kuhl (0–4) Hader (16) 20,126 23–40 L6 64 June 13 @ Brewers 2–5 Suter (8–3) Bednar (0–1) Hader (17) 20,545 23–41 L7 65 June 14 @ Nationals 2–3 Finnegan (3–2) Holmes (2–2) Hand (12) 14,859 23–42 L8 66 June 15 @ Nationals 1–8 Corbin (4–5) Anderson (3–7) — 16,886 23–43 L9 67 June 16 @ Nationals 1–3 Espino (1–2) De Jong (0–1) Hand (13) 16,781 23–44 L10 68 June 18 Indians 11–10 Kuhl (1–4) Mejía (1–2) Rodríguez (8) 16,965 24–44 W1 69 June 19 Indians 6–3 Stratton (2–0) Shaw (1–2) — 16,830 25–44 W2 70 June 20 Indians 1–2 Maton (2–0) Brubaker (4–6) Karinchak (8) 16,582 25–45 L1 71 June 22 White Sox 6–3 Bednar (1–1) Crochet (2–4) Rodríguez (9) 9,847 26–45 W1 72 June 23 White Sox 3–4 Cease (6–3) De Jong (0–2) Hendriks (19) 10,406 26–46 L1 73 June 24 @ Cardinals 8–2 Kuhl (2–4) Martínez (3–9) — 33,254 27–46 W1 74 June 25 @ Cardinals 5–4 Crowe (1–4) Woodford (1–1) Rodríguez (10) 34,812 28–46 W2 75 June 26 @ Cardinals 1–3 Wainwright (6–5) Brubaker (4–7) Reyes (18) 33,058 28–47 L1 76 June 27 @ Cardinals 7–2 Kranick (1–0) Oviedo (0–4) — 25,163 29–47 W1 77 June 28 @ Rockies 0–2 Freeland (1–2) Anderson (3–8) Bard (11) 32,092 29–48 L1 78 June 29 @ Rockies 0–8 Márquez (7–6) De Jong (0–3) — 27,915 29–49 L2 79 June 30 @ Rockies 2–6 Gray (5–6) Kuhl (2–5) — 20,270 29–50 L3
July: 11–14 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 80 July 1 Brewers 2–7 Burnes (4–4) Crowe (1–5) — 11,074 29–51 L4 81 July 2 Brewers 2–7 Houser (5–5) Brubaker (4–8) — 15,421 29–52 L5 82 July 3 Brewers 2–11 Lauer (3–3) Ponce (0–2) — 17,451 29–53 L6 83 July 4 Brewers 2–0 Anderson (4–8) Peralta (7–3) Rodríguez (11) 12,527 30–53 W1 84 July 5 Braves 11–1 De Jong (1–3) Fried (5–5) — 11,600 31–53 W2 85 July 6 Braves 2–1 Rodríguez (4–1) Matzek (0–3) — 10,844 32–53 W3 86 July 7 Braves 3–14 Smyly (7–3) Crick (1–1) — 10,094 32–54 L1 — July 8 @ Mets Postponed (rain; makeup July 10) 87 July 9 @ Mets 4–13 Loup (3–0) Brubaker (4–9) — 20,350 32–55 L2 88 July 10 (1) @ Mets 6–2 (7) Anderson (5–8) Stroman (6–7) — N/A 33–55 W1 89 July 10 (2) @ Mets 2–4 (7) Familia (4–1) Kranick (1–1) Díaz (19) 31,924 33–56 L1 90 July 11 @ Mets 6–5 Bednar (2–1) Díaz (3–3) Rodríguez (12) 26,420 34–56 W1 91st All-Star Game in Denver, CO 91 July 16 Mets 4–1 Kuhl (3–5) Stroman (6–8) Rodríguez (13) 18,119 35–56 W2 92 July 17 Mets 9–7 Holmes (3–2) Díaz (3–4) — 27,222 36–56 W3 93 July 18 Mets 6–7 Familia (5–1) Rodríguez (4–2) May (2) 17,837 36–57 L1 94 July 19 @ Diamondbacks 2–4 Smith (3–6) De Jong (1–4) Soria (5) 9,173 36–58 L2 95 July 20 @ Diamondbacks 6–11 Bukauskas (2–2) Davis (0–1) — 7,283 36–59 L3 96 July 21 @ Diamondbacks 4–6 de Geus (2–0) Underwood Jr. (2–3) Soria (6) 7,863 36–60 L4 97 July 23 @ Giants 6–4 Stratton (3–0) Leone (2–1) Rodríguez (14) 26,579 37–60 W1 98 July 24 @ Giants 10–2 Crowe (2–5) Gausman (9–4) — 30,780 38–60 W2 99 July 25 @ Giants 1–6 Wood (9–3) Brubaker (4–10) — 30,303 38–61 L1 100 July 27 Brewers 0–9 Anderson (3–5) Oviedo (1–2) — 10,618 38–62 L2 101 July 28 Brewers 3–7 Houser (7–5) Kranick (1–2) — 10,204 38–63 L3 102 July 29 Brewers 0–12 Peralta (8–3) Kuhl (3–6) — 10,503 38–64 L4 103 July 30 Phillies 7–0 Crowe (3–5) Velasquez (3–6) — 20,591 39–64 W1 104 July 31 Phillies 3–2 Stratton (4–0) Alvarado (6–1) — 32,071 40–64 W2
August: 8–20 (Home: 5–9; Away: 3–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 105 August 1 Phillies 4–15 Gibson (7–3) Keller (3–8) — 17,875 40–65 L1 106 August 2 @ Brewers 2–6 Lauer (4–4) Wilson (2–4) Boxberger (4) 23,563 40–66 L2 107 August 3 @ Brewers 8–5 (10) Bednar (3–1) Hardy (0–1) — 24,902 41–66 W1 108 August 4 @ Brewers 2–4 Suter (10–5) Keller (0–1) Williams (1) 28,003 41–67 L1 109 August 5 @ Reds 4–7 Gray (4–6) Crowe (3–6) Givens (1) 19,393 41–68 L2 110 August 6 @ Reds 0–10 Miley (9–4) Brubaker (4–11) — 27,804 41–69 L3 111 August 7 @ Reds 3–11 Gutiérrez (7–3) Keller (3–9) — 31,297 41–70 L4 112 August 8 @ Reds 2–3 Mahle (9–3) Wilson (2–5) Givens (2) 23,740 41–71 L5 113 August 10 Cardinals 1–4 Happ (6–6) Brault (0–1) Reyes (26) 10,056 41–72 L6 114 August 11 Cardinals 0–4 Wainwright (11–6) Crowe (3–7) — 8,548 41–73 L7 115 August 12 Cardinals 6–7 McFarland (2–0) Brubaker (4–12) Reyes (27) 8,676 41–74 L8 — August 13 Brewers Postponed (rain; makeup August 14) 116 August 14 (1) Brewers 14–4 (7) Shreve (1–0) Anderson (4–6) — 16,991 42–74 W1 117 August 14 (2) Brewers 0–6 (7) Boxberger (5–3) Keller (3–10) — 24,081 42–75 L1 118 August 15 Brewers 1–2 Suter (12–5) Peters (0–1) Hader (23) 12,001 42–76 L2 119 August 16 @ Dodgers 1–2 Treinen (3–5) Shreve (1–1) Jansen (24) 48,005 42–77 L3 120 August 17 @ Dodgers 3–4 Knebel (2–0) Ponce (0–3) Jansen (25) 53,114 42–78 L4 121 August 18 @ Dodgers 0–9 White (1–1) Brubaker (4–13) — 52,140 42–79 L5 122 August 20 @ Cardinals 4–0 Keller (4–10) Mikolas (0–1) — 28,406 43–79 W1 123 August 21 @ Cardinals 5–4 Shreve (2–1) Cabrera (2–4) Bednar (1) 30,205 44–79 W2 124 August 22 @ Cardinals 0–3 Wainwright (12–7) Brault (0–2) Reyes (28) 34,431 44–80 L1 125 August 23 Diamondbacks 6–5 Banda (2–0) Ramirez (0–1) Bednar (2) 8,596 45–80 W1 126 August 24 Diamondbacks 4–2 Brubaker (5–13) Bumgarner (7–8) Stratton (2) 8,478 46–80 W2 127 August 25 Diamondbacks 2–5 de Geus (3–2) Banda (2–1) Clippard (5) 8,357 46–81 L1 128 August 26 Cardinals 11–7 Kuhl (4–6) Cabrera (2–5) — 8,618 47–81 W1 129 August 27 Cardinals 3–4 Happ (8–6) Peters (0–2) Reyes (29) 12,662 47–82 L1 130 August 28 Cardinals 0–13 Wainwright (13–7) Brault (0–3) — 20,043 47–83 L2 131 August 29 Cardinals 4–3 Stratton (5–0) Reyes (5–7) — 10,290 48–83 W1 132 August 31 @ White Sox 2–4 Kopech (4–2) Wilson (2–6) Hendriks (30) 19,221 48–84 L1
September/October: 13–17 (Home: 9–6; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 133 September 1 @ White Sox 3–6 Rodón (11–5) Kranick (1–3) Hendriks (31) 19,231 48–85 L2 134 September 2 @ Cubs 5–6 (11) Heuer (6–2) Howard (2–3) — 26,963 48–86 L3 135 September 3 @ Cubs 5–6 Megill (1–0) Miller (0–1) Wick (2) 24,441 48–87 L4 136 September 4 @ Cubs 6–7 Effross (1–0) Stratton (5–1) — 30,020 48–88 L5 137 September 5 @ Cubs 8–11 Alzolay (5–13) Howard (2–4) Wick (3) 30,155 48–89 L6 138 September 6 Tigers 6–3 Shreve (3–1) Funkhouser (6–3) Bednar (3) 11,141 49–89 W1 139 September 7 Tigers 3–2 Howard (3–4) Lange (0–2) Stratton (3) 8,329 50–89 W2 140 September 8 Tigers 1–5 Hutchison (1–1) Keller (4–11) — 8,382 50–90 L1 141 September 10 Nationals 4–3 Kuhl (5–6) Murphy (0–2) — 11,808 51–90 W1 142 September 11 Nationals 10–7 Keller (1–1) Baldonado (0–1) Stratton (4) 17,993 52–90 W2 143 September 12 Nationals 2–6 Corbin (8–14) Wilson (2–7) Finnegan (9) 9,714 52–91 L1 144 September 14 Reds 6–5 Peters (1–2) Miley (12–6) Stratton (5) 8,896 53–91 W1 145 September 15 Reds 5–4 Stratton (6–1) Givens (3–3) — 9,320 54–91 W2 146 September 16 Reds 0–1 Mahle (12–5) Ponce (0–4) Givens (8) 9,102 54–92 L1 147 September 17 @ Marlins 2–1 Crowe (4–7) Hernández (1–2) Stratton (6) 7,884 55–92 W1 148 September 18 @ Marlins 6–3 Wilson (3–7) Cabrera (0–2) — 12,300 56–92 W2 149 September 19 @ Marlins 5–6 (10) Okert (2–1) Kuhl (5–7) — 9,870 56–93 L1 150 September 20 @ Reds 5–9 Cessa (5–2) Ponce (0–5) — 17,086 56–94 L2 151 September 21 @ Reds 6–2 Keller (5–11) Mahle (12–6) — 9,475 57–94 W1 — September 22 @ Reds Postponed (rain, makeup September 27) 152 September 23 @ Phillies 6–12 Nola (9–8) Banda (2–2) — 16,154 57–95 L1 153 September 24 @ Phillies 6–8 Neris (4–6) Shreve (3–2) Kennedy (26) 20,548 57–96 L2 154 September 25 @ Phillies 0–3 Suárez (7–5) Crowe (4–8) — 28,135 57–97 L3 155 September 26 @ Phillies 6–0 Kranick (2–3) Crouse (0–1) — 29,336 58–97 W1 156 September 27 @ Reds 1–13 Sanmartín (1–0) Overton (0–1) — 11,055 58–98 L1 157 September 28 Cubs 8–6 De Los Santos (2–1) Morgan (1–1) Stratton (7) 9,218 59–98 W1 158 September 29 Cubs 2–3 Morgan (2–1) Shreve (3–3) Heuer (2) 9,236 59–99 L1 159 September 30 Cubs 0–9 Steele (4–4) Yajure (0–2) — 10,152 59–100 L2 160 October 1 Reds 9–2 Stratton (7–1) Garrett (0–4) — 13,582 60–100 W1 161 October 2 Reds 8–6 Mears (1–0) Santillan (1–3) Stratton (8) 22,910 61–100 W2 162 October 3 Reds 3–6 Sanmartin (2–0) Ponce (0–6) — 13,011 61–101 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member

Notable games

On May 27 in a game against the Chicago Cubs with Cubs catcher Willson Contreras on second base and Javier Báez at the plate with 2 outs, Baez hit a ground ball to third basemen Erik González who made a wide throw to first basemen Will Craig. Instead of touching first, Craig decided to chase down Baez back to home plate. With Contreras coming home, Craig tried to toss the ball to the catcher Michael Pérez. Contreras beat the throw and was able to score. With Baez going back to first, Perez tried to throw it to first, but Adam Frazier was late to cover the bag and the ball sailed into right field. Baez decided to head to second in which the Pirates tried to throw him out at second but the throw wasn't in time. The play was ruled as 2 errors: one by Craig and the other by Perez.

Roster

2021 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 63 Tanner Anderson 31 Tyler Anderson 52 Anthony Banda 51 David Bednar 43 Steven Brault 34 J. T. Brubaker 35 Trevor Cahill 59 Roansy Contreras 30 Kyle Crick 29 Wil Crowe 62 Austin Davis 37 Chase De Jong 62 Enyel De Los Santos 45 Michael Feliz 32 Geoff Hartlieb 52 Clay Holmes 54 Sam Howard 67 Kyle Keller 23 Mitch Keller 45 Max Kranick 39 Chad Kuhl 36 Nick Mears 50 Shelby Miller 41 Connor Overton 57 Luis Oviedo 38 Dillon Peters 44 Cody Ponce 62 Sean Poppen 48 Richard Rodríguez 55 Chasen Shreve 66 Shea Spitzbarth 46 Chris Stratton 56 Duane Underwood Jr. 48 Bryse Wilson 89 Miguel Yajure		Catchers  2 Taylor Davis  5 Michael Pérez 58 Jacob Stallings Infielders 64 Rodolfo Castro 31 Michael Chavis 38 Will Craig 61 Oneil Cruz 15 Wilmer Difo 24 Phillip Evans 26 Adam Frazier 99 Todd Frazier  2 Erik González 13 Ke'Bryan Hayes 19 Colin Moran 27 Kevin Newman 69 John Nogowski 68 Hoy Park  3 Cole Tucker 45 Ildemaro Vargas		Outfielders  6 Anthony Alford 49 Dustin Fowler 18 Ben Gamel 14 Jared Oliva 70 Hunter Owen 25 Gregory Polanco 10 Bryan Reynolds 69 Troy Stokes Jr. 60 Ka'ai Tom 32 Yoshi Tsutsugo		Manager 17 Derek Shelton Coaches 86 Heberto Andrade (coaching assistant) 16 Tarrik Brock (first base) 82 Jordan Comadena (bullpen catcher) 28 Joey Cora (third base) 41 Rick Eckstein (hitting) 12 Don Kelly (bench) 47 Oscar Marin (pitching) 88 Christian Marrero (assistant hitting) 87 Justin Meccage (bullpen) 85 Mike Rabelo (major league field coordinator) 53 Glenn Sherlock (coach)

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
Bryan Reynolds	159	559	93	169	35	8	24	90	5	75	.302	.522
Kevin Newman	148	517	50	117	22	3	5	39	6	27	.226	.309
Adam Frazier	98	386	58	125	28	4	4	32	5	35	.324	.448
Jacob Stallings	112	374	38	92	20	1	8	53	0	49	.246	.369
Ke'Bryan Hayes	96	362	49	93	20	2	6	38	9	31	.257	.373
Gregory Polanco	107	336	38	70	12	2	11	36	14	36	.208	.354
Ben Gamel	111	326	42	83	17	3	8	26	3	48	.255	.399
Colin Moran	99	318	29	82	12	0	10	50	1	36	.258	.390
Erik González	71	220	17	51	7	1	2	21	2	8	.232	.300
Wilmer Difo	116	219	25	59	7	3	4	24	1	20	.269	.384
Phillip Evans	76	214	23	44	5	0	5	16	1	28	.206	.299
Michael Pérez	70	210	19	30	8	1	7	21	0	19	.143	.290
Anthony Alford	49	133	14	31	6	1	5	11	5	12	.233	.406
Hoy Park	44	127	16	25	5	2	3	14	1	18	.197	.339
Yoshi Tsutsugo	43	127	20	34	8	1	8	25	0	15	.268	.535
Cole Tucker	43	117	15	26	4	2	2	12	2	13	.222	.342
John Nogowski	33	111	12	29	7	0	1	14	0	11	.261	.351
Ka'ai Tom	39	92	9	14	2	1	2	11	1	17	.152	.261
Rodolfo Castro	31	86	9	17	2	0	5	8	0	6	.198	.395
Will Craig	18	60	5	13	2	0	1	3	0	5	.217	.300
Michael Chavis	12	42	4	15	3	0	1	5	0	0	.357	.500
Dustin Fowler	18	41	3	7	1	0	0	2	1	3	.171	.195
Jared Oliva	20	40	4	7	2	0	0	2	2	3	.175	.225
Todd Frazier	13	35	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	3	.086	.114
Troy Stokes Jr.	8	18	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	.111	.167
Ildemaro Vargas	7	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.077
Oneil Cruz	2	9	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	.333	.667
Taylor Davis	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400
Hunter Owen	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	235	10	17	3	0	1	7	0	9	.072	.098
Team Totals	162	5336	609	1261	240	35	124	570	60	529	.236	.364

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
JT Brubaker	5	13	5.36	24	24	0	124.1	123	75	74	38	129
Wil Crowe	4	8	5.48	26	25	0	116.2	126	75	71	57	111
Tyler Anderson	5	8	4.35	18	18	0	103.1	99	52	50	25	86
Mitch Keller	5	11	6.17	23	23	0	100.2	131	69	69	49	92
Chad Kuhl	5	7	4.82	28	14	0	80.1	73	50	43	42	75
Chris Stratton	7	1	3.63	68	0	8	79.1	70	34	32	33	86
Duane Underwood Jr.	2	3	4.33	43	0	0	72.2	77	40	35	27	65
David Bednar	3	1	2.23	61	0	3	60.2	40	15	15	19	77
Chasen Shreve	3	3	3.20	57	0	0	56.1	43	20	20	28	45
Sam Howard	3	4	5.60	54	1	0	45.0	34	29	28	32	60
Chase De Jong	1	4	5.77	9	9	0	43.2	49	28	28	19	39
Clay Holmes	3	2	4.93	44	0	0	42.0	35	24	23	25	44
Bryse Wilson	1	4	4.91	8	8	0	40.1	40	22	22	10	23
Max Kranick	2	3	6.28	9	9	0	38.2	47	28	27	19	32
Richard Rodríguez	4	2	2.82	37	0	14	38.1	27	12	12	5	33
Cody Ponce	0	6	7.04	15	2	0	38.1	56	34	30	11	36
Trevor Cahill	1	5	6.57	9	8	0	37.0	42	29	27	14	32
Kyle Keller	1	1	6.48	32	0	0	33.1	30	27	24	22	36
Luis Oviedo	1	2	8.80	22	1	0	29.2	33	32	29	26	31
Steven Brault	0	3	5.86	7	7	0	27.2	33	18	18	12	19
Dillon Peters	1	2	3.71	6	6	0	26.2	26	12	11	10	23
Anthony Banda	1	2	3.42	25	0	0	26.1	25	10	10	12	25
Kyle Crick	1	1	4.44	27	0	0	24.1	14	14	12	19	21
Nick Mears	1	0	5.01	30	0	0	23.1	25	14	13	13	23
Miguel Yajure	0	2	8.40	4	3	0	15.0	17	14	14	7	11
Shelby Miller	0	1	5.06	10	0	0	10.2	9	6	6	6	7
Austin Davis	0	1	5.59	10	0	0	9.2	6	7	6	5	11
Connor Overton	0	1	8.31	5	3	0	8.2	10	8	8	3	11
Michael Feliz	0	0	2.35	7	0	0	7.2	8	3	2	1	8
Enyel De Los Santos	1	0	4.91	7	0	0	7.1	9	4	4	4	6
Shea Spitzbarth	0	0	3.60	5	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	2	1
Tanner Anderson	0	0	3.60	1	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	1
Sean Poppen	0	0	7.71	3	0	0	4.2	11	7	4	2	4
Geoff Hartlieb	0	0	7.71	4	0	0	4.2	3	4	4	5	4
John Nogowski	0	0	15.00	3	0	0	3.0	8	5	5	0	0
Roansy Contreras	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	3.0	3	0	0	1	4
Wilmer Difo	0	0	36.00	2	0	0	2.0	9	8	8	3	1
Phillip Evans	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	61	101	5.08	162	162	25	1396.1	1400	833	788	606	1312

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Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Indianapolis Indians	Triple-A East	Brian Esposito
Double-A	Altoona Curve	Double-A Northeast	Miguel Perez
High-A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	High-A East	Kieran Mattison
Low-A	Bradenton Marauders	Low-A Southeast	Jonathan Johnston
Rookie	FCL Pirates Black	Florida Complex League	Stephen Morales
Rookie	FCL Pirates Gold	Florida Complex League	Gera Alvarez
Rookie	DSL Pirates 1	Dominican Summer League	Jose Mendez
Rookie	DSL Pirates 2	Dominican Summer League	Jose Mosquera

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Notes

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