# 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 139th season overall, 134th season as a member of the National League, and 20th season at PNC Park.
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.
The Pirates finished the season with an MLB worst record of 19–41. The team's .317 winning percentage was their worst since 1952. The Pirates technically set an MLB record for the fewest games won in any official season, finishing with one fewer win than the notorious 1899 Cleveland Spiders, although the 1899 Spiders played 154 games. Because of the shortened season, and a winning percentage of .317 winning percentage being roughly equivalent to a 51-111 record in a 162-game season, the 19 wins is not generally recognized as one of baseball's worst records.

## Season standings
### National League Central

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 | — | 19‍–‍14 | 15‍–‍12 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 | 3 | 14‍–‍13 | 16‍–‍15 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | 3 | 16‍–‍13 | 15‍–‍16 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | 5 | 15‍–‍14 | 14‍–‍17 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 15 | 13‍–‍19 | 6‍–‍22 |

### National League playoff standings

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 43 | 17 | .717 |
| Atlanta Braves | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 |
vteDivision 2nd Place :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| San Diego Padres | 37 | 23 | .617 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 |
| Miami Marlins | 31 | 29 | .517 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | +2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| San Francisco Giants | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 32 | .467 | 1 |
| Washington Nationals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| New York Mets | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Colorado Rockies | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 25 | 35 | .417 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 10 |

### Record vs. opponents

2020 National League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 :
| Team | CHC | CIN | MIL | PIT | STL | AL |
| Chicago | — | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 12–8 |
| Cincinnati | 4–6 | — | 6–4 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 10–10 |
| Milwaukee | 5–5 | 4–6 | — | 5–5 | 5–5 | 10–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | — | 4–6 | 3–17 |
| St. Louis | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | — | 8–10 |

### Detailed records

NL Central :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| Chicago Cubs | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 34 | 38 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 7 | 0.300 | 27 | 46 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 5 | 5 | 0.500 | 54 | 49 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | | | | | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 33 | 39 |
| Total | 16 | 24 | 0.400 | 148 | 172 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 9 | 26 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1 | 5 | 0.167 | 21 | 26 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 19 | 30 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 7 | 22 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1 | 3 | 0.250 | 15 | 22 |
| Total | 3 | 17 | 0.150 | 71 | 126 |
| Season Total | 19 | 41 | 0.317 | 219 | 298 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| July | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0.286 | 26 | 36 |
| August | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0.320 | 102 | 137 |
| September | 28 | 9 | 19 | 0.321 | 91 | 125 |
| Total | 60 | 19 | 41 | 0.317 | 219 | 298 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0.406 | 129 | 154 |
| Away | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0.214 | 90 | 144 |
| Total | 60 | 19 | 41 | 0.317 | 219 | 298 |

## Game log

2020 Game Log: 19–41 (Home: 13–19; Away: 6–22) :
July: 2–5 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Cardinals4–5Flaherty (1–0)Musgrove (0–1)Kim (1)0–1L1
2July 25@ Cardinals1–9Wainwright (1–0)Williams (0–1)—0–2L2
3July 26@ Cardinals5–1Keller (1–0)Hudson (0–1)—1–2W1
4July 27Brewers5–6 (11)Phelps (1–0)Neverauskas (0–1)—1–3L1
5July 28Brewers8–6Hartlieb (1–0)Wahl (0–1)Burdi (1)2–3W1
6July 29Brewers0–3Woodruff (1–1)Musgrove (0–2)Hader (1)2–4L1
7July 31@ Cubs3–6Darvish (1–1)Williams (0–2)—2–5L2 :
August: 8–17 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
8August 1@ Cubs3–4Chatwood (2–0)Keller (1–1)Wick (1)2–6L3
9August 2@ Cubs1–2 (11)Jeffress (1–0)Ponce (0–1)—2–7L4
10August 3@ Twins4–5Rogers (1–0)Burdi (0–1)—2–8L5
11August 4@ Twins3–7Berríos (1–1)Musgrove (0–3)May (1)2–9L6
12August 5Twins2–5Dobnak (2–1)Williams (0–3)—2–10L7
13August 6Twins6–5Howard (1–0)Rogers (1–1)—3–10W1
14August 7Tigers13–17 (11)Garcia (2–0)Neverauskas (0–2)—3–11L1
15August 8Tigers5–11Nova (1–0)Holland (0–1)—3–12L2
16August 9Tigers1–2Turnbull (2–0)Rodríguez (0–1)Jiménez (5)3–13L3
—August 10@ CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: August 27)
—August 11@ CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: August 27)
—August 12@ CardinalsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 18)
17August 13@ Reds9–6Williams (1–3)DeSclafani (1–1)—4–13W1
18August 14@ Reds1–8Gray (4–1)Kuhl (0–1)—4–14L1
—August 15@ RedsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 4)
—August 16@ RedsPostponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: September 14)
19August 18Indians3–6 (10)Wittgren (1–0)Howard (1–1)Hand (6)4–15L2
20August 19Indians1–6Civale (3–2)Neverauskas (0–3)—4–16L3
21August 20Indians0–2Bieber (5–0)Williams (1–4)Hand (7)4–17L4
22August 21Brewers7–2Kuhl (1–1)Houser (1–2)—5–17W1
23August 22Brewers12–5Holland (1–1)Lindblom (1–1)—6–17W2
24August 23Brewers5–4Stratton (1–0)Phelps (2–3)Rodríguez (1)7–17W3
25August 25@ White Sox0–4Giolito (3–2)Brault (0–1)—7–18L1
26August 26@ White Sox3–10Keuchel (5–2)Williams (1–5)—7–19L2
27August 27 (1)@ Cardinals4–3 (8)Stratton (2–0)Gant (0–2)Rodríguez (2)8–19W1
28August 27 (2)@ Cardinals2–0 (7)Ponce (1–1)Oviedo (0–1)Turley (1)9–19W2
29August 28@ Brewers1–9Burnes (1–0)Holland (1–2)—9–20L1
30August 29@ Brewers6–7Williams (2–1)Rodríguez (0–2)—9–21L2
31August 30@ Brewers5–1Tropeano (1–0)Woodruff (2–3)—10–21W1
32August 31@ Brewers5–6Williams (3–1)Turley (0–1)Hader (8)10–22L1 :
September: 9–19 (Home: 8–10; Away: 1–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
33September 1Cubs7–8 (11)Jeffress (3–1)Crick (0–1)—10–23L2
34September 2Cubs2–8Hendricks (4–4)Musgrove (0–4)—10–24L3
35September 3Cubs6–2Brubaker (1–0)Mills (3–3)—11–24W1
36September 4 (1)Reds2–4 (7)Castillo (1–5)Brault (0–2)Iglesias (5)11–25L1
37September 4 (2)@ Reds4–3 (7)Howard (2–1)Bauer (3–3)Rodríguez (3)12–25W1
38September 5Reds2–6Garrett (1–0)Williams (1–6)—12–26L1
39September 6Reds3–2Rodríguez (1–2)Iglesias (2–3)—13–26W1
40September 8White Sox5–4Rodríguez (2–2)Detwiler (1–1)—14–26W2
41September 9White Sox1–8Dunning (1–0)Brubaker (1–1)—14–27L1
42September 11@ Royals3–4Bubic (1–5)Brault (0–3)Holland (4)14–28L2
43September 12@ Royals4–7Zimmer (1–0)Williams (1–7)Holland (5)14–29L3
44September 13@ Royals0–11Keller (4–2)Kuhl (1–2)—14–30L4
45September 14 (1)@ Reds1–3 (7)Iglesias (3–3)Howard (2–2)—14–31L5
46September 14 (2)@ Reds4–9 (7)Romano (1–0)Turley (0–2)—14–32L6
47September 15@ Reds1–4Lorenzen (2–1)Musgrove (0–5)Garrett (1)14–33L7
48September 16@ Reds0–1Castillo (3–5)Brubaker (1–2)Iglesias (8)14–34L8
49September 17Cardinals5–1Brault (1–3)Gomber (0–1)—15–34W1
50September 18 (1)Cardinals5–6 (7)Reyes (2–1)Williams (1–8)Helsley (1)15–35L1
51September 18 (2)@ Cardinals2–7 (7)Miller (1–1)Kuhl (1–3)—15–36L2
52September 19Cardinals4–5Woodford (1–0)Howard (2–3)Cabrera (1)15–37L3
53September 20Cardinals1–2Flaherty (4–2)Holland (1–3)Miller (3)15–38L4
54September 21Cubs0–5Lester (2–1)Brubaker (1–3)—15–39L5
55September 22Cubs3–2Rodríguez (3–2)Chafin (1–2)—16–39W1
56September 23Cubs2–1Williams (2–8)Hendricks (6–5)Rodríguez (4)17–39W2
57September 24Cubs7–0Kuhl (2–3)Mills (5–5)—18–39W3
58September 25@ Indians3–4Plutko (2–2)Stratton (2–1)—18–40L1
59September 26@ Indians8–0Musgrove (1–5)Civale (4–6)—19–40W1
60September 27@ Indians6–8Karinchak (1–2)Turley (0–3)Hand (16)19–41L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member :

## 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 |
| Adam Frazier | 58 | 209 | 22 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 17 | .230 | .364 |
| Josh Bell | 57 | 195 | 22 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 22 | .226 | .364 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 55 | 185 | 24 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 21 | .189 | .357 |
| Erik González | 50 | 181 | 14 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 8 | .227 | .359 |
| Colin Moran | 52 | 178 | 28 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 19 | .247 | .472 |
| Gregory Polanco | 50 | 157 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 13 | .153 | .325 |
| Kevin Newman | 44 | 156 | 12 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | .224 | .276 |
| Jacob Stallings | 42 | 125 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 15 | .248 | .376 |
| Cole Tucker | 37 | 109 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .220 | .275 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 24 | 85 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 9 | .376 | .682 |
| José Osuna | 26 | 78 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .205 | .397 |
| J. T. Riddle | 23 | 67 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .149 | .224 |
| John Ryan Murphy | 25 | 58 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .172 | .207 |
| Jarrod Dyson | 21 | 51 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .157 | .157 |
| Phillip Evans | 11 | 39 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .359 | .487 |
| Guillermo Heredia | 8 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .188 |
| Jared Oliva | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 |
| Anthony Alford | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .667 |
| Jason Martin | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
| Will Craig | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Andrew Susac | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1932 | 219 | 425 | 76 | 6 | 59 | 210 | 16 | 167 | .220 | .275 |
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 |
| Trevor Williams | 2 | 8 | 6.18 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 55.1 | 66 | 42 | 38 | 21 | 49 |
| J. T. Brubaker | 1 | 3 | 4.94 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 47.1 | 48 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 48 |
| Chad Kuhl | 2 | 3 | 4.27 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 46.1 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 44 |
| Steven Brault | 1 | 3 | 3.38 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 42.2 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 38 |
| Derek Holland | 1 | 3 | 6.86 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 40.2 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 15 | 45 |
| Joe Musgrove | 1 | 5 | 3.86 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39.2 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 55 |
| Chris Stratton | 2 | 1 | 3.90 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| Richard Rodríguez | 3 | 2 | 2.70 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 23.1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 |
| Geoff Hartlieb | 1 | 0 | 3.63 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 19 |
| Nik Turley | 0 | 3 | 4.98 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 21.2 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 20 |
| Mitch Keller | 1 | 1 | 2.91 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 16 |
| Sam Howard | 2 | 3 | 3.86 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| Dovydas Neverauskas | 0 | 3 | 7.11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 23 |
| Cody Ponce | 1 | 1 | 3.18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Nick Tropeano | 1 | 0 | 1.15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| Tyler Bashlor | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Kyle Crick | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Nick Mears | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Blake Cederlind | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Yacksel Ríos | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Austin Davis | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Miguel Del Pozo | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Robbie Erlin | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Brandon Waddell | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Nick Burdi | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Keone Kela | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Feliz | 0 | 0 | 32.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Clay Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Ryan Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 41 | 4.68 | 60 | 60 | 6 | 513.0 | 451 | 298 | 267 | 249 | 536 |
Source:

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | International League |
| AA | Altoona Curve | Eastern League |
| A | Bradenton Marauders | Florida State League |
| A | Greensboro Grasshoppers | South Atlantic League |
| Short-Season A | West Virginia Black Bears | New York–Penn League |
| Rookie | Bristol Pirates | Appalachian League |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League |
| Rookie | DSL Pirates 1 | Dominican Summer League |
| Rookie | DSL Pirates 2 | Dominican Summer League |