2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 127th season of the franchise; the 122nd in the National League. This was their eighth season at PNC Park. It was the first under new president Frank Coonelly, general manager Neal Huntington, and manager John Russell. Unable to improve on their 68–94, last place finish during the 2007 season, the Pirates had not had a winning record or made it to the playoffs since 1992, and finished 67–95 for their 16th straight losing season. The season was the final of play-by-play announcer Lanny Frattare, whose 33-year tenure as Pirates' broadcaster was the longest in franchise history.[2][3]

2008 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
PNC Park (since 2001) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	67–95 (.414)
Divisional place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Nutting
General manager(s)	Neal Huntington
Manager(s)	John Russell
Local television	FSN Pittsburgh
Local radio	WPGB-FM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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Regular season

The Pirates play the Tampa Bay Rays at PNC Park

Pirates play the Cincinnati Reds at an evening game in August 2008

On November 5, 2007, John Russell was introduced as the Pirates manager, replacing Jim Tracy.[4] Team management cited three areas that the franchise hoped to improve: "refocused emphasis on fundamentals", holding players to a higher standard, and signing younger players.[5] The Pirates won their season opener against the Atlanta Braves, by the score of 12–11, in 12 innings.[6] The Pirates played their home opener against the division-rival Chicago Cubs on April 7, losing 10–8, also in 12 innings.[7] The Pirates started out the season with a 7–7 record after the first half-month; however, after a five-game losing streak they began to struggle, finishing out April with an 11–16 record. The Pirates losing continued as they dropped three of four to the Washington Nationals to begin May. The team fought back, winning six straight games—the most consecutive since 2004,[8] to bring their record within one victory of a .500 record. Throughout the remainder of May the team struggled, but never fell more than four games under .500. Throughout the early months of the season closer Matt Capps was perfect, getting saves in 15 consecutive opportunities. However, on June 10, Capps gave up a two-run home run to the Nationals, losing his first decision of the season.[9] In addition, Capps would blow saves in two of his next three appearances; however, he achieved his first win of the season after an extra-inning victory over the Baltimore Orioles.[10]

Pittsburgh went 6–9 in interleague play,[11] including two wins against the New York Yankees who returned to Pittsburgh for the first time since the 1960 World Series.[12] On July 12, in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pirates came back to win a game that they trailed by six runs in the seventh inning. It was only the second time in the past 25 years that the Pirates won at home after scoring runs in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and extra innings.[13] The Pirates finished out the remainder of July with a 6–9 record—50–58 overall. On the final day of July, the Pirates made a deal with the Yankees to send outfielder Xavier Nady and pitcher Dámaso Marte in return for Jeff Karstens, Daniel McCutchen, Ross Ohlendorf and José Tábata.[14] Later in the day the team became involved in a three-team deal in which the Pirates sent Jason Bay to the Boston Red Sox in return for four players from the Los Angeles Dodgers.[15] The Pirates won seven of the first 18 games in August before dropping ten consecutive games to close out the month. Pittsburgh entered the final month of the season 21 games below the .500 mark. On September 7, the Pirates lost their 82nd game of the season, tying them with the Philadelphia Phillies as the only two franchises in professional sports history to have losing records in 16 consecutive seasons.[16][17] The Pirates concluded their season on September 28 with a victory against the San Diego Padres.[18] The team became the second in the Pirates' 122-year history to have no pitchers to win 10 games.[19] The performance of the pitchers lead the team to fire pitching coach Jeff Andrews after the season.[20]

Standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	97	64	0.602	—	55–26	42–38
Milwaukee Brewers	90	72	0.556	7½	49–32	41–40
Houston Astros	86	75	0.534	11	47–33	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	0.531	11½	46–35	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	0.457	23½	43–38	31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	30½	39–42	28–53

Game log

2008 Game Log (67–95)[21]
March (1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 @ Braves 12–11 (12) Osoria (1–0) Boyer (0–1) — 45,269 1–0
April (10–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 2 @ Braves 2–10 Jurrjens (1–0) Gorzelanny (0–1) — 17,893 1–1 3 April 3 @ Braves 4–3 (10) Yates (1–0) Resop (0–1) Capps (1) 19,240 2–1 4 April 4 @ Marlins 4–5 Gregg (1–0) Osoria (1–1) — 10,089 2–2 5 April 5 @ Marlins 3–7 Hendrickson (1–1) Maholm (0–1) — 15,752 2–3 6 April 6 @ Marlins 9–2 Snell (1–0) VandenHurk (0–1) — 10,431 3–3 7 April 7 Cubs 8–10 (12) Lieber (1–1) Meek (0–1) Mármol (1) 37,491 3–4 8 April 9 Cubs 4–6 (15) Hart (2–0) Dumatrait (0–1) Marshall (1) 9,735 3–5 9 April 10 Cubs 3–7 Lieber (2–1) Morris (0–1) — 9,798 3–6 10 April 11 Reds 1–0 Grabow (1–0) Burton (0–1) Capps (2) 13,603 4–6 11 April 12 Reds 4–3 Snell (2–0) Lincoln (0–1) Capps (3) 18,096 5–6 12 April 13 Reds 9–1 Gorzelanny (1–1) Cueto (1–1) — 11,201 6–6 13 April 14 @ Dodgers 6–4 Yates (2–0) Saito (1–1) Capps (4) 37,334 7–6 14 April 15 @ Dodgers 2–11 Loaiza (1–2) Morris (0–2) — 37,896 7–7 15 April 16 @ Dodgers 1–8 Penny (2–2) Maholm (0–2) — 53,629 7–8 16 April 18 @ Cubs 2–3 Hill (1–0) Snell (2–1) Wood (4) 39,118 7–9 17 April 19 @ Cubs 1–13 Marquis (1–0) Gorzelanny (1–2) — 40,298 7–10 18 April 20 @ Cubs 6–13 Dempster (3–0) Duke (0–1) — 41,405 7–11 19 April 21 Marlins 4–10 Hendrickson (4–1) Morris (0–3) — 8,444 7–12 20 April 22 Marlins 3–2 Maholm (1–2) Nolasco (1–2) Capps (5) 10,185 8–12 21 April 23 Cardinals 7–4 Marte (1–0) Reyes (1–1) Capps (6) 10,487 9–12 22 April 24 Cardinals 2–6 Piñeiro (1–2) Gorzelanny (1–3) Isringhausen (7) 9,544 9–13 23 April 25 Phillies 5–6 Gordon (2–2) Duke (0–2) Lidge (6) 23,930 9–14 24 April 26 Phillies 4–8 Kendrick (2–2) Morris (0–4) — 24,791 9–15 25 April 27 Phillies 5–1 Maholm (2–2) Myers (2–2) — 17,588 10–15 — April 28 @ Mets Postponed rain (Rescheduled for August 11) 26 April 29 @ Mets 4–5 (11) Sosa (3–1) Van Benschoten (0–1) — 46,982 10–16 27 April 30 @ Mets 13–1 Gorzelanny (2–3) Pérez (2–2) — 46,788 11–16
May (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 @ Nationals 2–3 Ayala (1–1) Grabow (1–1) Rauch (6) 24,723 11–17 29 May 2 @ Nationals 11–4 Marte (2–0) Lannan (2–3) — 26,001 12–17 30 May 3 @ Nationals 8–9 Colomé (1–1) Maholm (2–3) Rauch (7) 34,128 12–18 31 May 4 @ Nationals 2–5 Redding (4–2) Snell (2–2) — 30,564 12–19 32 May 6 Giants 12–6 Duke (1–2) Sánchez (2–2) — 12,030 13–19 33 May 7 Giants 3–1 Dumatrait (1–1) Zito (0–7) Capps (7) 9,788 14–19 34 May 8 Giants 5–4 Osoria (2–1) Cain (1–3) Capps (8) 16,816 15–19 35 May 9 Braves 3–2 Grabow (2–1) Bennett (0–2) — 21,050 16–19 36 May 10 Braves 5–2 Gorzelanny (3–3) James (2–2) Capps (9) 28,141 17–19 — May 11 Braves Postponed rain (Rescheduled for May 12) 37 May 12 Braves 5–0 Duke (2–2) Jurrjens (4–3) — 18–19 38 May 12 Braves 1–8 Hudson (6–2) Van Benschoten (0–1) — 16,669 18–20 39 May 13 @ Cardinals 8–4 (10) Salas (1–0) Villone (1–1) — 38,800 19–20 40 May 14 @ Cardinals 1–5 Wellemeyer (4–1) Maholm (2–4) — 38,720 19–21 41 May 15 @ Cardinals 11–5 Grabow (3–1) Isringhausen (1–5) — 41,244 20–21 42 May 16 @ Cubs 4–7 Gallagher (1–0) Gorzelanny (3–4) Wood (9) 40,537 20–22 43 May 17 @ Cubs 7–6 Marte (3–0) Mármol (1–1) Capps (10) 41,686 21–22 44 May 18 @ Cubs 3–4 Marquis (2–3) Dumatrait (1–2) Wood (10) 41,321 21–23 45 May 20 Brewers 2–7 Parra (2–2) Maholm (2–5) — 11,761 21–24 46 May 21 Brewers 4 Sheets (5–1) Snell (2–3) — 8,805 21–25 47 May 22 Brewers 8–4 Gorzelanny (4–4) Bush (1–5) — 12,887 22–25 48 May 23 Cubs 3–12 Zambrano (7–1) Duke (2–3) — 32,656 22–26 49 May 24 Cubs 5–4 (14) Grabow (4–1) Wuertz (0–1) — 29,929 23–26 50 May 25 Cubs 6–5 (11) Marte (4–0) Lieber (2–3) — 29,415 24–26 51 May 27 @ Reds 6–9 Cueto (3–5) Snell (2–4) Cordero (11) 17,964 24–27 52 May 28 @ Reds 1–9 Arroyo (4–4) Gorzelanny (4–5) — 15,797 24–28 53 May 29 @ Reds 7–2 Dumatrait (2–2) Harang (2–7) — 18,142 25–28 54 May 30 @ Cardinals 4–5 Wellemeyer (6–1) Duke (2–4) Franklin (5) 42,791 25–29 55 May 31 @ Cardinals 14–4 Maholm (3–5) Parisi (0–2) — 44,302 26–29
June (12–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 June 1 @ Cardinals 4–7 Looper (7–4) Snell (2–5) Franklin (6) 43,462 26–30 57 June 2 @ Cardinals 5–4 Osoria (3–1) Osoria (5–3) Capps (11) 42,129 27–30 58 June 3 Astros 0–2 Rodríguez (2–1) Dumatrait (2–3) Valverde (16) 13,183 27–31 59 June 4 Astros 5–2 Duke (3–4) Oswalt (4–6) Capps (12) 9,392 28–31 60 June 5 Astros 4–3 Maholm (4–5) Backe (4–7) Capps (13) 10,728 29–31 61 June 6 D-backs 1–3 Webb (11–2) Snell (2–6) Lyon (13) 19,437 29–32 62 June 7 D-backs 3–4 Cruz (2–0) Grabow (4–2) Lyon (14) 20,967 29–33 63 June 8 D-backs 6–4 Dumatrait (3–3) Davis (2–3) Capps (14) 22,222 30–33 64 June 9 D-backs 5–3 Duke (4–4) Johnson (4–3) Capps (15) 10,717 31–33 65 June 10 Nationals 6–7 Hanrahan (2–2) Capps (0–1) Rauch (13) 12,957 31–34 66 June 11 Nationals 3–1 Snell (3–6) Lannan (4–7) Capps (16) 15,439 32–34 67 June 12 Nationals 7–5 Gorzelanny (5–5) Bergmann (1–4) Marte (1) 16,306 33–34 68 June 13 @ Orioles 6–9 Burres (5–5) Osoria (3–2) Sherrill (22) 47,305 33–35 69 June 14 @ Orioles 7–8 Sherrill (2–1) Capps (0–2) — 32,432 33–36 70 June 15 @ Orioles 5–4 Capps (1–2) Sherrill (2–2) — 31,107 34–36 71 June 17 @ White Sox 5–16 Vázquez (7–5) Snell (3–7) — 28,012 34–37 72 June 18 @ White Sox 2–8 Buehrle (4–6) Gorzelanny (5–6) — 28,570 34–38 73 June 19 @ White Sox 8–13 Floyd (8–3) Dumatrait (3–4) — 26,685 34–39 74 June 20 Blue Jays 1–0 (12) Yates (3–0) Carlson (1–1) — 28,962 35–39 75 June 21 Blue Jays 6–3 Maholm (5–5) Litsch (7–4) Capps (17) 27,014 36–39 76 June 22 Blue Jays 5–8 McGowan (6–5) Beam (0–1) Ryan (15) 22,983 36–40 77 June 24 Yankees 12–5 Gorzelanny (6–6) Rasner (4–5) 38,867 37–40 78 June 25 Yankees 0–10 Chamberlain (2–2) Duke (4–5) — 38,954 37–41 – June 26 Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 10 79 June 27 Rays 5–10 Kazmir (7–3) Barthmaier (0–1) — 19,970 37–42 80 June 28 Rays 4–3 (13) Van Benschoten (1–2) Hammel (3–3) — 17,970 38–42 81 June 29 Rays 3–4 Sonnanstine (9–3) Yates (3–1) Percival (19) 15,828 38–43 82 June 30 @ Reds 3–4 Cordero (3–1) Capps (1–3) — 20,745 38–44
July (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 83 July 1 @ Reds 6–5 (11) Capps (2–3) Weathers (2–4) Sánchez (1) 19,345 39–44 84 July 2 @ Reds 9–5 Bautista (1–1) Thompson (0–2) — 16,890 40–44 85 July 4 @ Brewers 1–9 Sheets (10–2) Gorzelanny (6–7) Villanueva (1) 41,463 40–45 86 July 5 @ Brewers 1–2 Gagné (2–2) Yates (3–2) — 39,176 40–46 87 July 6 @ Brewers 6–11 Stetter (2–1) Bautista (1–2) — 42,163 40–47 88 July 7 Astros 10–7 Bautista (2–2) Hernández (0–3) Marte (2) 13,323 41–47 89 July 8 Astros 4–3 Grabow (5–2) Brocail (4–4) Marte (3) 17,867 42–47 90 July 9 Astros 4–6 Moehler (5–4) Burnett (0–1) Valverde (23) 13,884 42–48 91 July 10 Yankees 4–2 Maholm (6–1) Veras (2–1) Marte (4) 39,081 43–48 92 July 11 Cardinals 0–6 Lohse (11–2) Duke (4–6) — 37,113 43–49 93 July 12 Cardinals 12–11 (10) Bautista (3–2) Perez (2–1) — 29,387 44–49 94 July 13 Cardinals 6–11 Springer (2–0) Osoria (3–3) — 21,052 44–50 95 July 17 @ Rockies 3–5 Jiménez (5–9) Maholm (6–6) Fuentes (15) 30,584 44–51 96 July 18 @ Rockies 2–5 Rusch (3–3) Snell (3–8) Fuentes (16) 37,114 44–52 97 July 19 @ Rockies 1–7 de la Rosa (4–5) Herrera (0–1) — 44,565 44–53 98 July 20 @ Rockies 3–11 Cook (12–6) Duke (4–7) — 30,488 44–54 99 July 21 @ Astros 9–3 Yates (4–2) Valverde (4–3) — 34,624 45–54 100 July 22 @ Astros 8–2 Maholm (7–6) Cassel (1–1) — 33,996 46–54 101 July 23 @ Astros 8–7 Osoria (4–3) Geary (2–2) Marte (5) 36,091 47–54 102 July 24 Padres 9–1 Herrera (1–1) Hensley (1–1) — 17,916 48–54 103 July 25 Padres 5–6 Baek (3–5) Duke (4–8) Hoffman (19) 25,727 48–55 104 July 26 Padres 6–9 Banks (3–4) Van Benschoten (1–3) Hoffman (20) 27,794 48–56 105 July 27 Padres 1–3 Peavy (8–6) Grabow (5–3) Hoffman (21) 21,721 48–57 106 July 28 Rockies 8–4 Snell (4–8) Grilli (2–2) — 15,303 49–57 107 July 29 Rockies 6–4 Davis (1–0) Herges (3–4) Yates (1) 17,507 50–57 108 July 30 Rockies 4–7 Cook (14–6) Duke (4–9) Fuentes (18) 16,587 50–58
August (7–21) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 @ Cubs 3–0 Karstens (1–0) Marquis (6–7) Grabow (1) 41,340 51–58 110 August 2 @ Cubs 1–5 Lilly (11–6) Maholm (7–7) 41,426 51–59 111 August 3 @ Cubs 5–8 Gaudin (8–4) Hansen (1–4) Mármol (6) 41,200 51–60 112 August 4 @ D-backs 7–13 Haren (12–5) Davis (1–1) — 21,826 51–61 113 August 5 @ D-backs 1–3 Webb (16–4) Duke (4–10) — 25,109 51–62 114 August 6 @ D-backs 2–0 Karstens (2–0) Johnson (9–8) — 28,556 52–62 115 August 8 @ Phillies 2–0 (12) Beam (1–1) Walrond (0–1) Hansen (3) 43,891 53–62 116 August 9 @ Phillies 2–4 Myers (5–9) Snell (4–9) Durbin (1) 45,060 53–63 117 August 10 @ Phillies 3–6 Eyre (3–0) Yates (4–3) Madson (1) 45,262 53–64 118 August 11 @ Mets 7–5 Bautista (4–2) Heilman (2–7) Grabow (2) 53,534 54–64 119 August 12 Reds 1–5 Vólquez (14–5) Karstens (2–1) — 23,686 54–65 120 August 13 Reds 5–2 Maholm (8–7) Fogg (2–5) Grabow (3) 15,787 55–65 121 August 14 Reds 1–3 Cueto (8–11) Snell (4–10) Cordero (23) 35,439 55–66 122 August 15 Mets 1–2 Pelfrey (11–8) Davis (1–2) Heilman (3) 36,418 55–67 123 August 16 Mets 4–7 Martínez (4–3) Duke (4–11) Feliciano (2) 37,506 55–68 124 August 17 Mets 0–4 Santana (11–7) Karstens (2–2) — 36,483 55–69 125 August 18 Mets 5–2 Burnett (1–1) Feliciano (2–3) Grabow (4) 19,066 56–69 126 August 19 @ Cardinals 4–1 Snell (5–10) Looper (11–10) Beam (1) 39,502 57–69 127 August 20 @ Cardinals 2–11 Wellemeyer (11–4) Davis (1–3) — 37,269 57–70 128 August 22 @ Brewers 4–10 Bush (8–9) Duke (4–12) — 41,637 57–71 129 August 23 @ Brewers 3–6 Suppan (9–7) Gorzelanny (6–8) Torres (25) 43,293 57–72 130 August 24 @ Brewers 3–4 (12) Mota (4–5) Davis (1–4) — 45,163 57–73 131 August 25 Cubs 3–12 Lilly (13–7) Karstens (2–3) — 14,454 57–74 132 August 26 Cubs 9–14 Marshall (3–3) Hansen (1–5) — 17,929 57–75 133 August 27 Cubs 0–2 Marquis (9–7) Duke (4–13) Wood (27) 15,260 57–76 134 August 29 Brewers 1–3 Bush (9–9) Gorzelanny (6–9) Torres (26) 18,086 57–77 135 August 30 Brewers 3–11 Suppan (9–7) Maholm (8–8) — 21,931 57–78 136 August 31 Brewers 0–7 Sabathia (15–8) Karstens (2–4) — 21,293 57–79
September (10–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 2 @ Reds 3–2 Snell (6–10) Harang (4–15) Capps (18) 18,024 58–79 138 September 3 @ Reds 6–5 Yates (5–3) Affeldt (1–1) Capps (19) 18,561 59–79 139 September 4 @ Reds 6–8 Masset (1–0) Hansen (0–3) Cordero (27) 20,626 59–80 140 September 5 @ Giants 7–0 Duke (5–13) Correia (3–8) — 31,133 60–80 141 September 6 @ Giants 6–7 Espineli (2–0) Bautista (4–2) Wilson (37) 38,094 60–81 142 September 7 @ Giants 6–11 Matos (1–2) Karstens (2–5) — 34,122 60–82 143 September 8 @ Astros 2–3 Arias (1–0) Snell (6–11) Valverde (41) 26,526 60–83 144 September 9 @ Astros 3–9 Wolf (10–11) Ohlendorf (1–2) 30,034 60–84 145 September 10 @ Astros 4–7 Moehler (11–6) Bautista (4–4) Valverde (42) 26,859 60–85 146 September 11 @ Astros 0–6 Oswalt (15–9) Zach Duke (5–14) 31,101 60–86 147 September 12 Cardinals 10–2 Maholm (9–8) Piñeiro (6–6) 14,903 61–86 148 September 13 Cardinals 7–6 (12) Hansen (2–6) Perez (3–3) 17,132 62–86 149 September 14 Cardinals 7–2 Beam (2–1) Thompson (5–3) 18,994 63–86 150 September 15 Dodgers 2–8 Kuroda (9–10) Ohlendorf (1–3) 13,147 63–87 151 September 16 Dodgers 2–6 Lowe (14–11) Karstens (2–6) 12,741 63–88 152 September 17 Dodgers 15–8 Grabow (6–3) Elbert (0–1) 11,883 64–88 153 September 18 Dodgers 3–4 (12) Proctor (2–0) Hansen (2–7) Broxton (14) 12,709 64–89 154 September 19 Astros 1–5 Wolf (11–12) Snell (6–12) 26,301 64–90 155 September 20 Astros 6–4 Davis (2–4) Moehler (11–8) Capps (20) 36,621 65–90 156 September 21 Astros 2–6 Oswalt (16–10) Ohlendorf (1–4) 20,311 65–91 157 September 23 @ Brewers 5–7 Torres (7–5) Beam (2–2) 36,612 65–92 158 September 24 @ Brewers 2–4 Sabathia (16–10) Maholm (9–9) Torres (28) 31,164 65–93 159 September 25 @ Brewers 1–5 (10) Stetter (3–1) Chavez (0–1) 40,102 65–94 160 September 26 @ Padres 6–3 Snell (7–12) Ekstrom (0–2) Capps (21) 27,227 66–94 161 September 27 @ Padres 2–3 Young (7–6) Barthmaier (0–2) Hoffman (30) 29,825 66–95 162 September 28 @ Padres 6–1 Yates (6–3) LeBlanc (1–3) 29,191 67–95
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–5	2–4	2–4	15–3	2–7	4–2	8–10	2–5	3–3	3–4	4–3	10–8	11–7	3–4	4–2	6–9
Atlanta	5–3	–	0–6	3–3	4–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–6	11–7	4–14	2–5	5–1	2–5	2–5	6–12	8–7
Chicago	4–2	6–0	–	8–7	5–1	4–3	8–9	5–2	9–7	4–2	3–4	14–4	5–2	4–3	9–6	3–3	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–3	7–8	–	1–5	6–2	3–12	1–7	10–8	3–4	3–5	6–9	4–3	5–1	5–10	4–3	9–6
Colorado	3–15	3–4	1–5	5–1	–	5–3	3–3	8–10	4–3	3–6	0–5	5–2	9–9	11–7	3–4	4–3	7–8
Florida	7–2	8–10	3–4	2–6	3–5	–	4–2	3–4	5–1	8–10	10–8	3–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	14–3	5–10
Houston	2–4	3–3	9–8	12–3	3–3	2–4	–	4–3	7–8	5–2	3–4	8–8	3–3	7–1	7–8	4–2	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	2–4	2–5	7–1	10–8	4–3	3–4	–	4–2	3–4	4–4	5–2	11–7	9–9	2–4	3–3	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	6–3	7–9	8–10	3–4	1–5	8–7	2–4	–	2–4	1–5	14–1	4–3	6–0	10–5	6–2	7–8
New York	3–3	7–11	2–4	4–3	6–3	10–8	2–5	4–3	4–2	–	11–7	4–3	2–5	5–1	4–3	12–6	9–6
Philadelphia	4–3	14–4	4–3	5–3	5–0	8–10	4–3	4–4	5–1	7–11	–	4–2	4–2	3–3	5–4	12–6	4–11
Pittsburgh	3–4	5–2	4–14	9–6	2–5	2–3	8–8	2–5	1–14	3–4	2–4	–	3–4	4–2	10–7	3–4	6–9
San Diego	8–10	1–5	2–5	3–4	9–9	2–4	3–3	7–11	3–4	5–2	2–4	4–3	–	5–13	1–6	5–1	3–15
San Francisco	7–11	5–2	3–4	1–5	7–11	3–3	1–7	9–9	0–6	1–5	3–3	2–4	13–5	–	4–3	7–0	6–12
St. Louis	4–3	5–2	6–9	10–5	4–3	5–2	8–7	4–2	5–10	3–4	4–5	7–10	6–1	3–4	–	5–1	7–8
Washington	2–4	12–6	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–14	2–4	3–3	2–6	6–12	6–12	4–3	1–5	0–7	1–5	–	8–10

Detailed records

National League Opponent W L WP RS RA NL East Atlanta Braves 5 2 0.714 32 36 Florida Marlins 2 3 0.400 23 26 New York Mets 3 4 0.429 34 26 Philadelphia Phillies 2 4 0.333 21 25 Washington Nationals 3 4 0.429 39 34 Total 15 17 0.469 149 147 NL Central Chicago Cubs 4 14 0.222 73 131 Cincinnati Reds 9 6 0.600 68 63 Houston Astros 8 8 0.500 70 75 Milwaukee Brewers 1 14 0.067 41 90 St. Louis Cardinals 10 7 0.588 104 94 Total 32 49 0.395 356 453 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 3 4 0.429 25 30 Colorado Rockies 2 5 0.286 27 43 Los Angeles Dodgers 2 5 0.286 31 49 San Diego Padres 3 4 0.429 35 26 San Francisco Giants 4 2 0.667 39 29 Total 14 20 0.412 157 177 American League Baltimore Orioles 1 2 0.333 18 21 Chicago White Sox 0 3 0.000 15 37 New York Yankees 2 1 0.667 16 17 Tampa Bay Rays 1 2 0.333 12 17 Toronto Blue Jays 2 1 0.667 12 11 Total 6 9 0.400 73 103 Season Total 67 95 0.414 735 880

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA March 1 1 0 1.000 12 11 April 26 10 16 0.385 116 149 May 28 15 13 0.536 148 136 June 27 12 15 0.444 121 150 July 26 12 14 0.462 136 152 August 28 7 21 0.250 82 150 September 26 10 16 0.385 120 132 Total 162 67 95 0.414 735 880 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 39 42 0.481 361 401 Away 81 28 53 0.346 374 479 Total 162 67 95 0.414 735 880

Roster

2008 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 46 Jimmy Barthmaier 54 Denny Bautista 48 T. J. Beam 61 Sean Burnett 55 Matt Capps 43 Jesse Chavez 35 Jason Davis 57 Zach Duke 32 Phil Dumatrait 24 Tom Gorzelanny 34 John Grabow 38 Craig Hansen 64 Yoslan Herrera 36 Jeff Karstens 28 Paul Maholm 43 Dámaso Marte 44 Evan Meek 35 Matt Morris 49 Ross Ohlendorf 52 Franquelis Osoria 56 Marino Salas 58 Rómulo Sánchez 45 Ian Snell 27 Ty Taubenheim 47 John Van Benschoten 30 Tyler Yates		Catchers 37 Raúl Chávez  6 Robinzon Díaz 41 Ryan Doumit 26 Ronny Paulino Infielders 19 José Bautista 10 Brian Bixler 63 Luis Cruz  5 Chris Gomez 25 Adam LaRoche 15 Andy LaRoche 16 Doug Mientkiewicz 31 Luis Rivas 12 Freddy Sanchez  2 Jack Wilson		Outfielders 38 Jason Bay 13 Nate McLouth 18 Jason Michaels  3 Nyjer Morgan 39 Brandon Moss 22 Xavier Nady 51 Steve Pearce		Manager  7 John Russell Coaches 86 Heberto Andrade (bullpen catcher) 23 Jeff Andrews (pitching) 29 Tony Beasley (third base) 60 Luis Dorante (bullpen) 17 Lou Frazier (first base) 59 Don Long (hitting) 14 Gary Varsho (bench)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Nate McLouth	CF
Freddy Sanchez	2B
Jason Bay	LF
Adam LaRoche	1B
Xavier Nady	RF
Ryan Doumit	C
José Bautista	3B
Jack Wilson	SS
Ian Snell	SP

Statistics

Hitting

Regular Season[22] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI R. Díaz 2 6 3 0.500 0 1 T. Taubenheim 1 2 1 0.500 0 1 S. Burnett 55 3 1 0.333 0 0 F. Osoria 41 6 2 0.333 0 1 X. Nady 89 327 108 0.330 13 57 R. Doumit 116 431 137 0.318 15 69 N. Morgan 58 160 47 0.294 0 7 M. Morris 5 7 2 0.286 0 1 J. Bay 106 393 111 0.282 22 64 D. Mientkiewicz 125 285 79 0.277 2 30 N. McLouth 152 597 165 0.276 26 94 C. Gomez 90 183 50 0.273 1 20 J. Wilson 87 305 83 0.272 1 22 F. Sanchez 145 569 154 0.271 9 52 A. LaRoche 136 492 133 0.270 25 85 R. Chávez 42 116 30 0.259 1 10 S. Pearce 37 109 27 0.248 4 15 J. Bautista 107 314 76 0.242 12 44 J. Michaels 102 228 52 0.228 8 44 L. Cruz 22 67 15 0.224 0 3 B. Moss 45 158 35 0.222 6 23 L. Rivas 79 206 45 0.218 3 20 R. Paulino 40 118 25 0.212 2 18 D. Bautista 35 5 1 0.200 0 1 Z. Duke 31 57 9 0.158 0 1 B. Bixler 50 108 17 0.157 0 2 A. LaRoche 49 164 25 0.152 3 12 Y. Herrera 5 7 1 0.143 0 0 J. Karstens 9 14 2 0.143 0 0 I. Snell 31 48 6 0.125 0 1 P. Maholm 30 65 8 0.123 0 3 T. Gorzelanny 20 28 3 0.107 0 3 P. Dumatrait 19 21 1 0.048 0 1 J. Barthmaier 3 3 0 0.000 0 0 T. Beam 32 4 0 0.000 0 0 M. Capps 48 1 0 0.000 0 0 J. Davis 14 8 0 0.000 0 0 J. Grabow 71 1 0 0.000 0 0 R. Ohlendorf 5 6 0 0.000 0 0 J. Van Benschoten 9 6 0 0.000 0 0 J. Chavez 15 0 0 — 0 0 C. Hansen 16 0 0 — 0 0 D. Marte 44 0 0 — 0 0 E. Meek 9 0 0 — 0 0 M. Salas 11 0 0 — 0 0 R. Sánchez 10 0 0 — 0 0 T. Yates 70 0 0 — 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[23] Player G IP W L ERA SO Y. Herrera 5 18​^1⁄3 1 1 9.82 10 M. Morris 5 22​^1⁄3 0 4 9.67 9 J. Van Benschoten 9 22​^1⁄3 1 3 10.48 21 J. Barthmaier 3 10​^1⁄3 0 2 10.45 6 R. Ohlendorf 5 22​^2⁄3 0 3 6.35 13 M. Salas 13 17 1 0 8.47 9 F. Osoria 43 60​^2⁄3 4 3 6.08 31 J. Chavez 15 15 0 1 6.60 16 T. Taubenheim 1 6 0 0 3.00 4 Z. Duke 31 185 5 14 4.82 87 I. Snell 31 164​^1⁄3 7 12 5.42 135 J. Davis 14 34 2 4 5.29 13 D. Bautista 35 41​^1⁄3 4 3 6.10 34 T. Gorzelanny 21 105​^1⁄3 6 9 6.66 67 R. Sánchez 10 13​^1⁄3 0 0 4.05 3 J. Karstens 9 51​^1⁄3 2 6 4.03 23 S. Burnett 58 56​^2⁄3 1 1 4.76 42 P. Dumatrait 21 78​^2⁄3 3 4 5.26 52 P. Maholm 31 206​^1⁄3 9 9 3.71 139 T. Yates 72 73​^1⁄3 6 3 4.66 63 T. Beam 32 45​^2⁄3 2 2 4.14 24 E. Meek 9 13 0 1 6.92 7 M. Capps 49 53​^2⁄3 2 3 3.02 39 D. Marte 47 46​^2⁄3 4 0 3.47 47 J. Grabow 74 76 6 3 2.84 62 C. Hansen 16 15​^2⁄3 1 4 7.47 7

Awards and honors

• Xavier Nady named National League Player of the Week for the opening week of the 2008 regular season.[24]
• Ryan Doumit was named the co-National League Player of the Week, along with Ricky Nolasco, for the week of June 9.[25]
• Nate McLouth was elected to the 2008 National League all-star team.[26] He batted 1–4, and threw a runner out at home plate from center field in the 11th inning, stopping the game-winning run.[27]
• Jason Bay was selected as the winner of the Chuck Tanner Award for "professionalism, cooperation and availability to and with Major League writers best assists them in carrying out daily responsibilities."[28]
• Nate McLouth received the Roberto Clemente as "the Pirates player who best exemplifies the standard of excellence achieved by Clemente."[28]

Transactions

Pre-season

(October 29, 2007 – March 24, 2008)

• On November 5, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates hired John Russell as manager.[29]
• On November 7, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted Bryan Minniti to director of baseball operations, hired Greg Smith as director of scouting and hired Kyle Stark as director of player development.[30]
• On November 9, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates named Chuck Tanner as a senior advisor to the baseball operations department.[31]
• On November 16, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates declined contract option for César Izturis.[32]
• On November 20, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Tony Beasley as third-base coach, Gary Varsho as bench coach and Luis Dorante as bullpen coach.[33]
• On November 21, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Jeff Andrews as pitching coach.[34]
• On November 27, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Don Long as hitting coach.[35]
• On November 28, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates lost Shane Youman off of waivers to the Philadelphia Phillies.[36]
• On December 3, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed Josh Wilson from the Tampa Bay Rays and Ty Taubenheim from the Toronto Blue Jays off of waivers.[37]
• On December 6, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Evan Meek from the Texas Rangers due to the Rule 5 draft.[38]
• On December 7, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Salomón Torres to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Marino Salas and Kevin Roberts.[39]
• On December 12, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Chris Gomez to a 1-year contract.[40]
• On December 21, 2007 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jorge Velandia, Michel Hernandez, Miguel Perez and Mike Thompson to Minor League contracts.[41]
• On January 7, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Adam Bernero and Elmer Dessens to Minor League contracts.[42]
• On January 11, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed T. J. Beam, Raul Chavez and José Macías to Minor League contracts.[43]
• On January 14, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Adam LaRoche to a 1-year/$5 million contract.[44]
• On January 17, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed José Bautista to a 1-year/$1.8 million contract.[45]
• On January 18, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Xavier Nady to a 1-year/$3.35 million contract and John Grabow to a 1-year/$1.135 million contract.[46]
• On January 23, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jaret Wright to a Minor League contract.[47]
• On January 24, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Hector Carrasco and Casey Fossum to Minor League contracts.[48]
• On February 1, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed Ray Olmedo off of waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.[49]
• On February 5, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Freddy Sanchez to a 2-year/$11 million contract.[50]
• On February 11, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed New York Yankees free agent Doug Mientkiewicz to a Minor League contract.[51]
• On February 24, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Byung-hyun Kim to a 1-year/$850K contract.[52]
• On February 26, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates lost Ray Olmedo to the Philadelphia Phillies off of waivers.[53]
• On March 16, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates resigned Ian Snell to a 3-year contract.[54]

In-season

(March 25, 2008 – October 29, 2008)

• On March 26, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates announced the retirement of Masumi Kuwata,[55] released Byung-hyun Kim, Hector Carrasco and Juan Perez[56] and acquired Tyler Yates from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Todd Redmond.[57]
• On March 31, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Jason Davis and Matt Kata to Minor League contracts and released Josh Sharpless.[58]
• On April 4, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Matt Capps to a 2-year/$3.05 million contract.[59]
• On May 1, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates released Olivo Astacio.[60]
• On May 8, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Jason Michaels from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for a player to be named.[61]
• On June 4, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Franklyn Germán to a Minor League contract.[62]
• On June 25, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Denny Bautista from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Kyle Pearson and released Kevin Thompson.[63]
• On July 10, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Craig Wilson to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for a player to be named, acquired Dan Reichert and Ryan Mulhern from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for cash considerations[64] and lost Bryan Bullington to the Cleveland Indians off of waivers.[65]
• On July 26, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired José Tábata, Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karstens and Daniel McCutchen from the New York Yankees in exchange for Xavier Nady and Dámaso Marte.[66]
• On July 31, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Jason Bay to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen from the Boston Red Sox as well as Andy LaRoche and Bryan Morris from the Los Angeles Dodgers.[67]
• On August 21, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded José Bautista to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for a player to be named.[68] (Robinzon Diaz converted on August 25, 2008)[69]
• On August 27, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates lost free agent Elmer Dessens to the Atlanta Braves.[70]
• On September 2, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates released Ty Taubenheim.[71]
• On September 24, 2008 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Pedro Alvarez to a Major League contract.[72]

Draft picks

2008 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks[73]

Rd	#	Player	Pos	DOB and Age	School
1	2	Pedro Álvarez	3B	February 6, 1987 (aged 21)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
2	48	Tanner Scheppers	RHP	January 17, 1987 (aged 21)	California State University, Fresno (Fresno, California)
3	79	Jordy Mercer	SS	August 27, 1986 (aged 21)	Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
4	114	Chase d'Arnaud	SS	January 21, 1987 (aged 21)	Pepperdine University (Malibu, California)
5	144	Justin Wilson	LHP	August 18, 1987 (aged 20)	California State University, Fresno (Fresno, California)
6	174	Robbie Grossman	OF	September 16, 1989 (aged 18)	Cy-Fair High School (Cypress, Texas)
7	204	Benji Gonzalez	SS	January 16, 1990 (aged 18)	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School (Gurabo, PR)
8	234	Jeremy Farrell	3B	November 11, 1986 (aged 21)	University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)
9	264	Matt Hague	3B	August 20, 1985 (aged 22)	Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
10	294	Drew Gagnon	RHP	June 26, 1990 (aged 17)	Liberty High School (Brentwood, California)

Note

• Age at time of draft.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Trent Jewett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Tim Leiper
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Jeff Branson
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Gary Green
A-Short Season	State College Spikes	New York–Penn League	Brad Fischer
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Tom Prince
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	N/A
Rookie	VSL Pirates	Venezuelan Summer League	N/A

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: VSL Pirates

See also

• 2008 Major League Baseball season

References

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Pittsburgh Pirates Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Pittsburgh Pirates Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
• 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season at Baseball Reference
• 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season at MLB.com

Notes

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