# 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 129th season of the franchise; the 124th in the National League. This was their tenth season at PNC Park. The 2010 season was the Pirates' MLB-record 18th consecutive losing season. (This is also the longest for any major professional North American sport). The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 57–105, their worst record since 1952.

## Off-season

The Pirates used the off-season to pick up bullpen help, signing relievers Javier López, Brendan Donnelly and former closer Octavio Dotel to one-year contracts. They also added a shortstop, Bobby Crosby and re-signed shortstop Ronny Cedeño. The Pirates were intent on not having a losing season for the 18th straight year, though it happened.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### National League Central

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 | 52‍–‍29 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 14 | 40‍–‍41 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | .469 | 15 | 42‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | .463 | 16 | 35‍–‍46 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 105 | .352 | 34 | 40‍–‍41 | 17‍–‍64 |

#### National League Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70 | .568 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 71 | .562 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Atlanta Braves | 91 | 71 | .562 | — |
| San Diego Padres | 90 | 72 | .556 | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 |
| Colorado Rockies | 83 | 79 | .512 | 8 |
| Florida Marlins | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
| New York Mets | 79 | 83 | .488 | 12 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 14 |
| Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | .469 | 15 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | .463 | 16 |
| Washington Nationals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 22 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 65 | 97 | .401 | 26 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 105 | .352 | 34 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2010 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–13 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 6–9 |
| Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 8–10 | 9–6 |
| Chicago | 6–1 | 2–4 | – | 4–12 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 9–6 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–10 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Cincinnati | 5–2 | 2–3 | 12–4 | – | 2–5 | 5–2 | 10–5 | 5–4 | 11–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 8–7 |
| Colorado | 9–9 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | – | 3–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 9–6 |
| Florida | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 6–2 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 13–5 | 7–8 |
| Houston | 3–4 | 1–5 | 11–7 | 5–10 | 4–2 | 3–3 | – | 2–4 | 8–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–4 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 10–5 | 4–4 | 3–12 |
| Los Angeles | 13–5 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 4–2 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–11 |
| Milwaukee | 4–3 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 3–11 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 7–8 | 2–4 | – | 5–2 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 8–7 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| New York | 1–5 | 7–11 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | – | 9–9 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–9 | 13–5 |
| Philadelphia | 4–2 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–9 | – | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–2 | 3–6 | 10–5 | 6–10 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 4–11 | 3–4 | 5–13 | 1–6 | 4–2 | – | 0–6 | 2–4 | 6–9 | 1–5 | 2–13 |
| San Diego | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 6–0 | – | 12–6 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| San Francisco | 13–5 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 7–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–4 | 6–2 | 6–9 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 7–8 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | – | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 4–3 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 5–13 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | – | 5–13 |

### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| Name | Position |
| Akinori Iwamura | 2B |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF |
| Garrett Jones | RF |
| Ryan Doumit | C |
| Lastings Milledge | LF |
| Jeff Clement | 1B |
| Andy LaRoche | 3B |
| Zach Duke | SP |
| Ronny Cedeño | SS |

### 2010 Results
#### Game log

2010 Game Log (57–105) :
April (10–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5Dodgers11–5Duke (1–0)Padilla (0–1)—39,0241–0
2April 7Dodgers4–3 (10)Donnelly (1–0)Ortiz (0–1)—31,0612–0
3April 8Dodgers2–10Billingsley (1–0)Maholm (0–1)—9,3522–1
4April 9@ Diamondbacks1–9Lopez (1–0)Morton (0–1)—21,3162–2
5April 10@ Diamondbacks6–3Duke (2–0)Haren (1–1)Dotel (1)22,4073–2
6April 11@ Diamondbacks6–15Jackson (1–1)McCutchen (0–1)—21,0613–3
7April 12@ Giants3–9Zito (2–0)Burres (0–1)—26,0113–4
8April 13@ Giants6–5Meek (1–0)Affeldt (2–1)Dotel (2)28,0304–4
9April 14@ Giants0–6Sanchez (1–0)Morton (0–2)—29,0284–5
10April 16Reds4–3Dotel (1–0)Masset (2–1)—14,7585–5
11April 17Reds5–4Taschner (1–0)Cordero (1–1)—25,1966–5
12April 18Reds5–3Maholm (1–1)Arroyo (0–1)Dotel (3)13,8607–5
13April 20Brewers1–8Bush (1–0)Morton (0–3)—9,3867–6
14April 21Brewers0–8Gallardo (1–2)Duke (2–1)—12,1927–7
15April 22Brewers0–20Wolf (2–1)McCutchen (0–2)—13,6347–8
16April 23@ Astros3–4Oswalt (2–2)Maholm (1–2)Lindstrom (5)30,0187–9
17April 24@ Astros2–5Rodriguez (1–2)Jakubauskas (0–1)Lindstrom (6)30,5627–10
18April 25@ Astros3–10Myers (1–1)Morton (0–4)—27,2107–11
19April 26@ Brewers3–17Gallardo (2–2)Duke (2–2)—25,8927–12
20April 27@ Brewers7–3Donnelly (2–0)Hoffman (1–2)—28,9918–12
21April 28@ Brewers6–5 (14)Carrasco (1–0)Parra (0–1)—28,4019–12
22April 29@ Dodgers2–0Burres (1–1)Kershaw (1–1)Meek (1)40,18510–12
23April 30@ Dodgers2–6Billingsley (2–1)Morton (0–5)—46,77510–13 :
May (11–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Dodgers1–5Ortiz (1–1)Duke (2–3)—40,48310–14
25May 2@ Dodgers3–9Kuroda (3–1)Karstens (0–1)—39,33910–15
26May 4Cubs3–2Maholm (2–2)Dempster (2–2)Dotel (4)10,97211–15
27May 5Cubs4–2Morton (1–5)Lilly (1–2)Dotel (5)11,05312–15
28May 6Cubs11–1Burres (2–1)Wells (3–1)—11,08513–15
29May 7Cardinals3–4Franklin (2–0)Meek (1–1)—16,47313–16
30May 8Cardinals2–0Karstens (1–1)Garcia (3–2)Dotel (6)25,04714–16
31May 9Cardinals4–11Wainwright (5–1)Maholm (2–3)—17,34214–17
32May 10Reds1–2Arroyo (2–2)Ohlendorf (0–1)Cordero (11)9,04514–18
33May 11Reds0–9Cueto (2–1)Morton (1–6)—9,02714–19
34May 12Reds0–5Bailey (1–2)Duke (2–4)—20,06414–20
35May 14@ Cubs10–6Meek (2–1)Zambrano (1–3)—39,08215–20
36May 15@ Cubs4–3Maholm (3–3)Dempster (2–4)Dotel (7)41,33616–20
37May 16@ Cubs3–4Marshall (2–1)Carrasco (1–1)Marmol (6)40,63616–21
38May 17@ Phillies2–12Kendrick (2–1)Morton (1–7)—45,37116–22
39May 18@ Phillies2–1Duke (3–4)Halladay (6–2)Dotel (8)45,00717–22
40May 19Brewers6–4Lopez (1–0)Wolf (3–4)Dotel (9)9,52618–22
41May 20Brewers3–4Narveson (4–1)Maholm (3–4)Villanueva (1)13,97518–23
42May 21Braves0–7Hudson (5–1)Ohlendorf (0–2)—22,47018–24
43May 22Braves2–4Lowe (6–4)Morton (1–8)Wagner (5)26,51918–25
44May 23Braves3–2 (10)Dotel (2–0)Saito (0–2)—23,04519–25
45May 24@ Reds5–7Harang (3–5)Burres (2–2)Cordero (15)13,38519–26
46May 25@ Reds2–1Hanrahan (1–0)Masset (3–3)Dotel (10)14,47120–26
47May 26@ Reds0–4Arroyo (5–2)Ohlendorf (0–3)—18,13720–27
48May 27@ Reds2–8Cueto (5–1)Morton (1–9)—16,83420–28
49May 28@ Braves3–7Lowe (7–4)Duke (3–5)—23,44220–29
50May 29@ Braves3–6Medlen (2–1)Burres (2–3)Wagner (6)29,13220–30
51May 30@ Braves2–5Saito (1–2)Hanrahan (1–1)Wagner (7)31,07820–31
52May 31Cubs2–1Meek (3–1)Marshall (5–2)Dotel (11)20,23521–31 :
June (6–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Cubs3–2Hanrahan (2–1)Lilly (1–5)Dotel (12)11,33422–31
54June 4Giants4–6Sanchez (4–4)Duke (3–6)Wilson (14)17,81722–32
55June 5Giants6–3Maholm (4–4)Wellemeyer (3–5)—36,68723–32
56June 6Giants5–6 (10)Wilson (2–0)Dotel (2–1)Casilla (1)24,06823–33
57June 7Cubs1–6Silva (8–0)Eveland (0–1)Marshall (1)12,76823–34
58June 8@ Nationals2–5Strasburg (1–0)Karstens (1–2)Capps (19)40,31523–35
59June 9@ Nationals5–7Storen (2–0)Carrasco (1–2)Capps (20)18,87623–36
60June 10@ Nationals2–4Hernandez (5–3)Duke (3–7)Clippard (1)21,76723–37
61June 11@ Tigers2–6Verlander (7–4)Ohlendorf (0–4)—33,23623–38
62June 12@ Tigers3–4 (10)Coke (4–0)Donnelly (2–1)—34,50123–39
63June 13@ Tigers3–4Thomas (4–0)Lopez (1–1)Valverde (13)31,24323–40
64June 15White Sox4–6Garcia (7–3)Lincoln (0–1)Jenks (12)12,69323–41
65June 16White Sox2–7Danks (6–5)Duke (3–8)—15,21823–42
66June 17White Sox4–5Buehrle (5–6)Ohlendorf (0–5)Jenks (13)23,17023–43
67June 18Indians3–4Hernandez (6–5)Maholm (4–5)Wood (5)28,47823–44
68June 19Indians6–4Karstens (2–2)Huff (2–9)Dotel (13)38,00824–44
69June 20Indians5–3Donnelly (3–1)Lewis (2–2)Dotel (14)29,84525–44
70June 22@ Rangers3–6Hunter (3–0)Ohlendorf (0–6)Feliz (20)23,08325–45
71June 23@ Rangers3–13Ogando (3–0)Maholm (4–6)Harrison (1)33,64625–46
72June 24@ Rangers5–6Francisco (6–3)Jackson (0–1)—19,56725–47
73June 25@ Athletics4–14Sheets (3–7)Lincoln (0–2)—11,15425–48
74June 26@ Athletics0–5Cahill (7–2)McCutchen (0–3)—25,06825–49
75June 27@ Athletics2–3Breslow (3–1)Meek (3–2)Bailey (14)15,23825–50
76June 28@ Cubs2–1Maholm (5–6)Cashner (0–2)Dotel (15)38,51226–50
77June 29@ Cubs1–3Lilly (3–6)Karstens (2–3)Marmol (14)36,91426–51
78June 30@ Cubs2–0Lincoln (1–2)Cashner (0–3)Dotel (16)37,39127–51 :
July (9–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Phillies3–2McCutchen (1–3)Hamels (6–7)Dotel (17)25,32328–51
80July 2Phillies2–0Ohlendorf (1–6)Moyer (9–7)Dotel (18)30,33929–51
81July 3Phillies4–12Kendrick (5–3)Maholm (5–7)—38,05229–52
82July 4Phillies8–5Meek (4–2)Contreras (3–3)Dotel (19)28,69830–52
83July 6@ Astros2–6Rodriguez (6–10)Lincoln (1–3)—23,21030–53
84July 7@ Astros3–6Daigle (1–1)McCutchen (1–4)Lindstrom (20)23,12330–54
85July 8@ Astros0–2Oswalt (6–10)Ohlendorf (1–7)—24,41630–55
86July 9@ Brewers4–5 (10)Axford (4–1)Meek (4–3)—27,76730–56
87July 10@ Brewers3–4Bush (4–6)Karstens (2–4)Axford (10)38,58830–57
88July 11@ Brewers5–6Axford (5–1)Dotel (2–2)—34,59830–58
89July 16Astros2–5Myers (7–6)Duke (3–9)Lindstrom (22)23,27330–59
90July 17Astros12–6Lopez (2–1)Norris (2–7)—36,66531–59
91July 18Astros9–0Maholm (6–7)Oswalt (6–11)—16,63832–59
92July 19Brewers1–3Capuano (1–1)Karstens (2–5)Axford (12)12,37532–60
93July 20Brewers11–9Carrasco (2–2)Bush (4–8)Dotel (20)13,20233–60
94July 21Brewers15–3Duke (4–9)Wolf (7–9)—13,53234–60
95July 22Brewers2–3Gallardo (9–4)Ohlendorf (1–8)Axford (13)18,71534–61
96July 23Padres3–5Correia (7–6)Maholm (6–8)Bell (28)18,61134–62
97July 24Padres2–9Latos (11–4)Karstens (2–6)—36,96734–63
98July 25Padres3–6LeBlanc (5–8)Lincoln (1–4)Bell (29)18,80034–64
99July 27@ Rockies4–2Duke (5–9)De LaDotel (21)46,60835–64
100July 28@ Rockies6–2Gallagher (1–0)Cook (4–7)—35,12836–64
101July 29@ Rockies3–9Jimenez (16–2)Maholm (6–9)—34,15836–65
102July 30@ Cardinals0–1 (10)Franklin (6–1)Lopez (2–2)—44,53436–66
103July 31@ Cardinals1–11Suppan (1–6)McCutchen (1–5)—45,78336–67 :
August (8–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Cardinals1–9Wainwright (15–6)Duke (5–10)—43,33836–68
105August 2Reds0–4Wood (2–1)Ohlendorf (1–9)—15,17236–69
106August 3Reds7–6Maholm (7–9)Leake (7–3)Hanrahan (1)13,62337–69
107August 4Reds4–9Cueto (11–2)Karstens (2–7)—20,42037–70
108August 5Rockies5–1McDonald (1–1)Francis (4–4)—17,13138–70
109August 6Rockies3–6Hammel (8–6)Park (0–1)Street (7)30,71138–71
110August 7Rockies8–7 (10)Gallagher (2–0)Street (2–3)—38,14739–71
111August 8Rockies4–8Rogers (2–2)Maholm (7–10)—22,71639–72
112August 10@ Padres1–4LeBlanc (6–10)Karstens (2–8)Bell (32)23,24939–73
113August 11@ Padres5–8Correia (9–7)McDonald (1–2)Bell (33)28,33539–74
114August 12@ Padres0–3Garland (11–8)Duke (5–11)Bell (34)25,89739–75
115August 13@ Astros1–4Lopez (4–0)Meek (4–4)Lyon (3)36,12439–76
116August 14@ Astros2–3Norris (5–7)Maholm (7–11)Lyon (4)31,60839–77
117August 15@ Astros2–8Happ (3–1)Karstens (2–9)—34,37239–78
118August 16Marlins7–1McDonald (2–2)Volstad (6–9)—13,39640–78
119August 17Marlins0–6Nolasco (14–8)Duke (5–12)—14,15640–79
120August 18Marlins2–3Johnson (11–5)Ohlendorf (1–10)Oviedo (27)12,24240–80
121August 19Marlins2–4Sanabia (2–1)Maholm (7–12)Oviedo (28)15,78340–81
122August 20Mets2–7Pelfrey (12–7)Karstens (2–10)—23,69540–82
123August 21Mets1–5 (5)Niese (8–5)McDonald (2–3)—28,75940–83
124August 22Mets2–1Duke (6–12)Santana (10–8)Hanrahan (2)24,73041–83
125August 23Cardinals2–10Lohse (2–5)Ohlendorf (1–11)—12,39341–84
126August 24Cardinals4–3Hanrahan (3–1)Wainwright (17–8)Meek (2)13,30242–84
127August 25Cardinals5–2McCutchen (2–5)Westbrook (1–2)—12,68643–84
128August 27@ Brewers2–7Narveson (10–7)McDonald (2–4)—32,13043–85
129August 28@ Brewers7–8 (11)Loe (3–3)Ledezma (0–1)—37,78243–86
130August 29@ Brewers4–8Bush (7–11)Morton (1–10)Hoffman (8)35,73343–87
131August 30@ Cubs2–14Zambrano (6–6)Maholm (7–13)—29,53843–88
132August 31@ Cubs14–7Karstens (3–10)Dempster (12–9)—31,36944–88 :
September (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Cubs3–5Diamond (1–3)McDonald (2–5)Marmol (25)33,55544–89
134September 3Nationals8–5Duke (7–12)Hernandez (9–10)Hanrahan (3)19,73445–89
135September 4Nationals2–9Lannan (7–6)Maholm (7–14)—30,26345–90
136September 5Nationals1–8Marquis (2–7)Morton (1–11)—18,05745–91
137September 6Braves3–1Burres (3–3)Hanson (9–11)Hanrahan (4)15,33046–91
138September 7Braves5–0McDonald (3–5)Hudson (15–7)—11,07047–91
139September 8Braves3–9Lowe (12–12)Duke (7–13)—13,11347–92
140September 10@ Reds3–4 (12)Smith (3–2)Ledezma (0–2)—24,90847–93
141September 11@ Reds4–5 (10)Cordero (6–4)Thomas (0–1)—36,10147–94
142September 12@ Reds3–1Park (1–1)Cordero (6–5)Hanrahan (5)26,61748–94
143September 13@ Mets0–1 (10)Takahashi (9–6)Park (1–2)—24,38448–95
144September 14@ Mets1–9Dickey (11–6)Duke (7–14)—27,43848–96
145September 15@ Mets7–8Valdes (3–3)Maholm (7–15)Takahashi (7)29,00048–97
146September 16@ Mets2–6Pelfrey (15–9)Ledezma (0–3)—28,79048–98
147September 17Diamondbacks4–3Meek (5–4)Vasquez (1–6)—22,93949–98
148September 18Diamondbacks9–6McDonald (4–5)Enright (6–5)—25,98150–98
149September 19Diamondbacks4–3Hanrahan (4–1)Heilman (5–8)Meek (3)18,33151–98
150September 21Cardinals5–2Maholm (8–15)Westbrook (2–4)Meek (4)15,47852–98
151September 22Cardinals11–6Morton (2–11)Lohse (4–8)—11,78553–98
152September 23Cardinals2–9Suppan (2–7)Burres (3–4)—15,80253–99
153September 24Astros7–10Myers (14–7)Leroux (0–1)Lyon (19)22,27953–100
154September 25Astros6–4Duke (8–14)Norris (9–9)Hanrahan (6)25,35054–100
155September 26Astros9–3Maholm (9–15)Happ (6–3)—23,20855–100
156September 27@ Cardinals4–6Reyes (3–1)Gallagher (2–1)McClellan (2)38,59255–101
157September 28@ Cardinals7–2Burres (4–4)Suppan (2–8)—38,31556–101
158September 29@ Cardinals1–4Walters (2–0)McDonald (4–6)—38,11256–102
159September 30@ Marlins9–11Volstad (12–9)Duke (8–15)Oviedo (30)21,02156–103 :
October (1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Marlins5–1Park (2–2)Mendez (1–3)—23,12457–103
161October 2@ Marlins0–2Sanches (2–2)Morton (2–12)Hensley (6)25,33257–104
162October 3@ Marlins2–5Sanchez (13–12)Burres (4–5)Hensley (7)31,80357–105 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member :

#### Record vs. opponents

2010 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–13 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 6–9 |
| Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 8–10 | 9–6 |
| Chicago | 6–1 | 2–4 | – | 4–12 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 9–6 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–10 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Cincinnati | 5–2 | 2–3 | 12–4 | – | 2–5 | 5–2 | 10–5 | 5–4 | 11–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 8–7 |
| Colorado | 9–9 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | – | 3–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 9–6 |
| Florida | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 6–2 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 13–5 | 7–8 |
| Houston | 3–4 | 1–5 | 11–7 | 5–10 | 4–2 | 3–3 | – | 2–4 | 8–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–4 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 10–5 | 4–4 | 3–12 |
| Los Angeles | 13–5 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 4–2 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–11 |
| Milwaukee | 4–3 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 3–11 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 7–8 | 2–4 | – | 5–2 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 8–7 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| New York | 1–5 | 7–11 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | – | 9–9 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–9 | 13–5 |
| Philadelphia | 4–2 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–9 | – | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–2 | 3–6 | 10–5 | 6–10 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 4–11 | 3–4 | 5–13 | 1–6 | 4–2 | – | 0–6 | 2–4 | 6–9 | 1–5 | 2–13 |
| San Diego | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 6–0 | – | 12–6 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| San Francisco | 13–5 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 7–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–4 | 6–2 | 6–9 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 7–8 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | – | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 4–3 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 5–13 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | – | 5–13 |

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| NL East |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 3 | 6 | 0.333 | 24 | 41 |
| Florida Marlins | 2 | 6 | 0.250 | 27 | 33 |
| New York Mets | 1 | 6 | 0.143 | 15 | 37 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 2 | 0.667 | 21 | 32 |
| Washington Nationals | 1 | 5 | 0.167 | 20 | 38 |
| Total | 11 | 25 | 0.306 | 107 | 181 |
| NL Central |||||||
| Chicago Cubs | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 65 | 57 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 10 | 0.375 | 45 | 75 |
| Houston Astros | 4 | 11 | 0.267 | 63 | 76 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 5 | 13 | 0.278 | 80 | 125 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 9 | 0.400 | 52 | 80 |
| Total | 31 | 48 | 0.392 | 305 | 413 |
| NL West |||||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 4 | 2 | 0.667 | 30 | 39 |
| Colorado Rockies | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 33 | 35 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | 4 | 0.429 | 25 | 38 |
| San Diego Padres | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 14 | 35 |
| San Francisco Giants | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 24 | 35 |
| Total | 13 | 19 | 0.406 | 126 | 182 |
| American League |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 10 | 18 |
| Cleveland Indians | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 14 | 11 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 8 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 6 | 22 |
| Texas Rangers | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 11 | 25 |
| Total | 2 | 13 | 0.133 | 49 | 90 |
| Season Total | 57 | 105 | 0.352 | 587 | 866 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0.435 | 82 | 161 |
| May | 29 | 11 | 18 | 0.379 | 86 | 136 |
| June | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0.231 | 82 | 133 |
| July | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0.360 | 108 | 122 |
| August | 29 | 8 | 21 | 0.276 | 99 | 166 |
| September | 27 | 12 | 15 | 0.444 | 123 | 140 |
| October | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 7 | 8 |
| Total | 162 | 57 | 105 | 0.352 | 587 | 866 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 40 | 41 | 0.494 | 333 | 403 |
| Away | 81 | 17 | 64 | 0.210 | 254 | 463 |
| Total | 162 | 57 | 105 | 0.352 | 587 | 866 |

## Awards and honors

2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Evan Meek, P, reserve
NL Player of the Week Award
* Pedro Alvarez (September 20–26, 2010)

## Statistics
### Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| E. Meek | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Ciriaco | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Lincoln | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0.400 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Tábata | 102 | 405 | 121 | 0.299 | 4 | 35 |
| N. Walker | 110 | 426 | 126 | 0.296 | 12 | 66 |
| A. McCutchen | 154 | 570 | 163 | 0.286 | 16 | 56 |
| L. Milledge | 113 | 379 | 105 | 0.277 | 4 | 34 |
| S. Pearce | 15 | 29 | 8 | 0.276 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Presley | 19 | 23 | 6 | 0.261 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Álvarez | 95 | 347 | 89 | 0.256 | 16 | 64 |
| R. Cedeño | 139 | 468 | 120 | 0.256 | 8 | 38 |
| R. Doumit | 124 | 406 | 102 | 0.251 | 13 | 45 |
| G. Jones | 158 | 592 | 146 | 0.247 | 21 | 86 |
| A. Díaz | 22 | 33 | 8 | 0.242 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Young | 110 | 191 | 45 | 0.236 | 7 | 28 |
| J. Bowker | 26 | 69 | 16 | 0.232 | 2 | 13 |
| B. Crosby | 61 | 156 | 35 | 0.224 | 1 | 11 |
| A. LaRoche | 102 | 247 | 51 | 0.206 | 4 | 16 |
| J. Clement | 54 | 144 | 29 | 0.201 | 7 | 12 |
| J. Raynor | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Church | 69 | 170 | 31 | 0.182 | 3 | 18 |
| A. Iwamura | 54 | 165 | 30 | 0.182 | 2 | 9 |
| C. Snyder | 40 | 124 | 21 | 0.169 | 5 | 16 |
| B. Moss | 17 | 26 | 4 | 0.154 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Jaramillo | 33 | 87 | 13 | 0.149 | 1 | 6 |
| B. Burres | 20 | 25 | 3 | 0.120 | 0 | 3 |
| E. Kratz | 9 | 34 | 4 | 0.118 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Maholm | 30 | 56 | 5 | 0.089 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ohlendorf | 18 | 26 | 2 | 0.077 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McCutchen | 27 | 14 | 1 | 0.071 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Duke | 32 | 48 | 3 | 0.063 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Karstens | 24 | 33 | 2 | 0.061 | 0 | 0 |
| J. McDonald | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0.050 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Morton | 17 | 26 | 1 | 0.038 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Bass | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Carrasco | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Eveland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gallagher | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. López | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Park | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Thomas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Donnelly | 34 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| O. Dotel | 39 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hanrahan | 69 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| S. Jackson | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| C. Jakubauskas | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| W. Ledezma | 27 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| C. Leroux | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Martínez | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| H. Penn | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5,386 | 1,303 | 0.242 | 126 | 570 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| C. Resop | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.89 | 24 |
| E. Meek | 70 | 80 | 5 | 4 | 2.14 | 70 |
| J. López | 50 | 382⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 2.79 | 22 |
| J. Martínez | 5 | 82⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 6 |
| C. Park | 26 | 281⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 3.49 | 23 |
| J. McDonald | 11 | 64 | 4 | 5 | 3.52 | 61 |
| J. Hanrahan | 72 | 692⁄3 | 4 | 1 | 3.62 | 100 |
| D. Carrasco | 45 | 552⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 3.88 | 45 |
| R. Ohlendorf | 21 | 1081⁄3 | 1 | 11 | 4.07 | 79 |
| O. Dotel | 41 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 4.28 | 48 |
| J. Karstens | 26 | 1222⁄3 | 3 | 10 | 4.92 | 72 |
| B. Burres | 20 | 791⁄3 | 4 | 5 | 4.99 | 45 |
| P. Maholm | 32 | 1851⁄3 | 9 | 15 | 5.10 | 102 |
| B. Donnelly | 38 | 302⁄3 | 3 | 1 | 5.58 | 26 |
| Z. Duke | 29 | 159 | 8 | 15 | 5.72 | 96 |
| C. Leroux | 6 | 42⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 4 |
| S. Gallagher | 31 | 341⁄3 | 2 | 1 | 6.03 | 22 |
| J. Taschner | 17 | 191⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 6.05 | 17 |
| D. McCutchen | 28 | 672⁄3 | 2 | 5 | 6.12 | 38 |
| J. Thomas | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 5 |
| B. Lincoln | 11 | 522⁄3 | 1 | 4 | 6.66 | 25 |
| W. Ledezma | 27 | 192⁄3 | 0 | 3 | 6.86 | 22 |
| C. Morton | 17 | 792⁄3 | 2 | 12 | 7.57 | 59 |
| D. Eveland | 3 | 92⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 8.38 | 3 |
| S. Jackson | 11 | 111⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 8.74 | 7 |
| B. Bass | 4 | 71⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 5 |
| C. Jakubauskas | 1 | 2⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 0 |
| H. Penn | 3 | 21⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 30.86 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 1,4112⁄3 | 57 | 105 | 5.00 | 1,026 |

## Transactions
### Pre-season

(November 4, 2009 – April 4, 2010)
* On November 20, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed Chris Jakubauskas off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
* On November 30, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost free agent Rubén Gotay to the St. Louis Cardinals.
* On November 30, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Toronto Blue Jays free agent Wil Ledezma to a minor league contract.
* On December 3, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted Kevan Graves to assistant director of baseball operations and hired Mike Basso as a major league scout, Toshi Nagahara as assistant trainer and Tyrone Brooks as director of baseball operations.
* On December 7, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Cleveland Indians free agent Vinnie Chulk to a minor league contract.
* On December 10, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Bobby Crosby to a 1-year/$1 million contract, claimed John Raynor in Rule 5 major league draft (#2 overall from Florida Marlins) and claimed Rodolfo Cardona in Rule 5 AAA draft (#2 overall from Baltimore Orioles).
* On December 13, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Ronny Cedeño to a 1-year/$1.125 million contract.
* On December 18, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Boston Red Sox free agent Javier López to a 1-year contract.
* On December 23, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Philadelphia Phillies free agent Jack Taschner to a minor league contract.
* On January 12, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Ryan Church to a 1-year contract and signed Brian Bass, Luke Carlin and Brian Myrow to minor league contracts.
* On January 14, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent D. J. Carrasco to a minor league contract.
* On January 16, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Brendan Donnelly to a 1-year/$1.5 million contract.
* On January 18, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Brian Bixler to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jesus Brito.
* On January 19, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Zach Duke to a 1-year contract and claimed Brandon Jones off of waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
* On January 21, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Octavio Dotel to a 1-year contract.
* On March 2, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Ramon Aguero, José Ascanio, Jeff Clement, Argenis Diaz, Joel Hanrahan, Kevin Hart, Gorkys Hernández, Chris Jakubauskas, Jason Jaramillo, Brandon Jones, Garrett Jones, Andy LaRoche, Brad Lincoln, Andrew McCutchen, Daniel McCutchen, Evan Meek, Lastings Milledge, Bryan Morris, Charlie Morton, Brandon Moss, Ross Ohlendorf, Steve Pearce, John Raynor, José Tábata, Ronald Uviedo, Donnie Veal, Neil Walker and Delwyn Young to 1-year contracts.
* On March 29, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed Hayden Penn off of waivers from the Florida Marlins.

### In-Season

(April 5, 2010 – November 1, 2010)
* On April 8, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates released Ramon Vazquez.
* On April 24, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Jonathan Van Every to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for a player to be named later.
* On May 18, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Latin American prospects Angel Sanchez, Brayan Almonte, Jose Acosta, Jose Roman, Oderman Rocha and Willy Garcia.
* On June 1, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Ronald Uviedo to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Dana Eveland.
* On June 15, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed draft picks Chase Lyles, Justin Bencsko, Justin Ennis, Kelson Brown, Kevin Decker and Matt Skirving and signed non-drafted free agent Kevin Mort.
* On June 18, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed draft picks Tyler Waldron and Vince Payne.
* On June 25, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed draft pick Justin Howard.
* On June 28, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed draft picks Casey Sadler, James Archibald and Jason Townsend.
* On July 2, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed draft pick Matt Curry.
* On July 7, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Sean Gallagher from the San Diego Padres in exchange for cash considerations.
* On July 15, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed draft pick Mel Rojas Jr.
* On July 20, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed non-drafted free agents Yunior Aquiles, Cristian Henriquez, Yunior Montero, Melvin Rosario, Miguel De Aza, Rodney Polonia, Isaac Sanchez and Heriberto Figueroa.
* On July 31, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Octavio Dotel to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for James McDonald and Andrew Lambo.
* On July 31, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Javier López to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Joe Martinez and John Bowker.
* On July 31, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Bobby Crosby, D. J. Carrasco and Ryan Church to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Chris Snyder, Pedro Ciriaco and cash considerations.
* On August 4, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed Chan Ho Park off of waivers from the New York Yankees and Chris Resop off of waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
* On August 9, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed draft picks Nick Kingham, Brandon Cumpton and Ryan Hafner.
* On August 16, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed draft picks Drew Maggi, Jared Lakind, Jameson Taillon and Stetson Allie.
* On August 24, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Luis Heredia.
* On August 25, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Dilson Herrera.
* On September 13, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed Chris Leroux off of waivers from the Florida Marlins.
* On October 4, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that John Russell has been relieved of his duties as the club's manager.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | International League | Frank Kremblas |
| AA | Altoona Curve | Eastern League | Matt Walbeck |
| A | Bradenton Marauders | Florida State League | P. J. Forbes |
| A | West Virginia Power | South Atlantic League | Gary Green |
| A-Short Season | State College Spikes | New York–Penn League | Gary Robinson |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League | Tom Prince |
| Rookie | DSL Pirates | Dominican Summer League | Ramon Zapata |
| Rookie | VSL Pirates | Venezuelan Summer League | Osmin Melendez |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Altoona, VSL Pirates