2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 126th season as a member of the National League, their 131st season overall, and their 12th season at PNC Park. Despite being 67–54 on August 19, the Pirates finished the season 79–83. This set a record for the longest losing season streak in all of North American professional sports history at 20.

2012 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1]
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Robert Nutting
General managers	Neal Huntington
Managers	Clint Hurdle
Television	Root Sports Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-FM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The Pirates played just six extra inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2012.^[2]

Game log

2012 Game Log: 79–83 (Home: 45–36; Away: 34–47)
April: 10–12 (Home: 5–4; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 Phillies 0–1 Halladay (1–0) Bédard (0–1) Papelbon (1) 39,585 0–1 2 April 7 Phillies 2–1 (10) Cruz (1–0) Blanton (0–1) — 38,885 1–1 3 April 8 Phillies 5–4 Hanrahan (1–0) Herndon (0–1) — 19,856 2–1 4 April 10 @ Dodgers 1–2 Jansen (1–0) Grilli (0–1) Guerra (3) 56,000 2–2 5 April 11 @ Dodgers 1–4 Billingsley (2–0) Bédard (0–2) Guerra (4) 29,729 2–3 6 April 12 @ Dodgers 2–3 Capuano (1–0) Karstens (0–1) Guerra (5) 28,328 2–4 7 April 13 @ Giants 0–5 Cain (1–0) McDonald (0–1) — 41,138 2–5 8 April 14 @ Giants 3–4 López (1–0) Resop (0–1) — 41,657 2–6 9 April 15 @ Giants 4–1 Correia (1–0) Vogelsong (0–1) Hanrahan (1) 41,766 3–6 10 April 16 @ Diamondbacks 1–5 Saunders (1–0) Bédard (0–3) — 17,366 3–7 11 April 17 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Grilli (1–1) Shaw (0–2) Cruz (1) 19,198 4–7 12 April 18 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Lincoln (1–0) Hudson (1–1) Cruz (2) 18,369 5–7 13 April 20 Cardinals 1–4 Lynn (3–0) Morton (0–1) Motte (3) 23,509 5–8 14 April 21 Cardinals 2–0 Burnett (1–0) Westbrook (2–1) Hanrahan (2) 25,218 6–8 15 April 22 Cardinals 1–5 Lohse (3–0) Bédard (0–4) — 30,437 6–9 — April 23 Rockies Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 25 16 April 24 Rockies 5–4 Watson (1–0) Belisle (1–1) Hanrahan (3) 10,484 7–9 17 April 25 Rockies 1–2 Reynolds (2–0) Resop (0–2) Betancourt (6) N/A 7–10 18 April 25 Rockies 5–1 Morton (1–1) Chacín (0–2) — 15,218 8–10 19 April 27 @ Braves 1–6 Hanson (3–2) Burnett (1–1) Medlen (1) 36,215 8–11 20 April 28 @ Braves 4–2 Bédard (1–4) Delgado (2–2) Hanrahan (4) 34,086 9–11 21 April 29 @ Braves 3–4 Hudson (1–0) Correia (1–1) Kimbrel (8) 30,419 9–12 22 April 30 @ Braves 9–3 McDonald (1–1) Minor (2–2) — 17,181 10–12
May: 15–13 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Cardinals 7–10 Wainwright (1–3) Morton (1–2) Motte (4) 36,345 10–13 24 May 2 @ Cardinals 3–12 Lynn (5–0) Burnett (1–2) — 35,987 10–14 25 May 3 @ Cardinals 6–3 Bédard (2–4) Westbrook (3–2) — 40,601 11–14 26 May 4 Reds 1–6 Cueto (4–0) Correia (1–2) — 20,445 11–15 27 May 5 Reds 3–2 McDonald (2–1) Leake (0–4) Hanrahan (5) 33,019 12–15 28 May 6 Reds 0–5 Latos (2–2) Morton (1–3) — 20,042 12–16 29 May 8 Nationals 5–4 Watson (2–0) Rodríguez (1–2) — 10,323 13–16 30 May 9 Nationals 4–2 Lincoln (2–0) Detwiler (3–2) Hanrahan (6) 11,478 14–16 31 May 10 Nationals 2–4 Strasburg (3–0) Correia (1–3) Rodríguez (7) 15,381 14–17 32 May 11 Astros 0–1 Norris (3–1) McDonald (2–2) Myers (9) 19,878 14–18 33 May 12 Astros 5–2 Morton (2–3) Happ (2–3) Cruz (3) 34,187 15–18 34 May 13 Astros 3–2 (12) Watson (3–0) Rodriguez (1–4) — 27,517 16–18 35 May 14 @ Marlins 3–2 Lincoln (3–0) Sánchez (2–1) Hanrahan (7) 25,666 17–18 36 May 15 @ Marlins 2–6 Johnson (1–3) Correia (1–4) — 24,242 17–19 37 May 16 @ Nationals 4–7 Gonzalez (5–1) Bédard (2–5) Rodríguez (9) 25,942 17–20 38 May 17 @ Nationals 5–3 McDonald (3–2) Zimmermann (2–4) Hanrahan (8) 25,757 18–20 39 May 18 @ Tigers 0–6 Verlander (5–1) Morton (2–4) — 41,661 18–21 40 May 19 @ Tigers 4–3 Burnett (2–2) Smyly (1–1) Hanrahan (9) 42,953 19–21 41 May 20 @ Tigers 3–4 Scherzer (3–3) Correia (1–5) Benoit (1) 39,971 19–22 42 May 21 Mets 5–4 Hughes (1–0) Rauch (3–3) Hanrahan (10) 14,556 20–22 43 May 22 Mets 2–3 Dickey (6–1) Cruz (1–1) Francisco (11) 15,794 20–23 44 May 23 Mets 1–3 Niese (3–2) Morton (2–5) Francisco (12) 25,731 20–24 45 May 25 Cubs 1–0 Burnett (3–2) Dempster (0–3) Hanrahan (11) 29,914 21–24 46 May 26 Cubs 3–2 Hanrahan (2–0) Dolis (2–4) — 38,132 22–24 47 May 27 Cubs 10–4 Bédard (3–5) Garza (2–3) — 27,486 23–24 48 May 28 Reds 4–1 McDonald (4–2) Arroyo (2–3) Hanrahan (12) 14,792 24–24 49 May 29 Reds 1–8 Bailey (4–3) Morton (2–6) — 12,077 24–25 50 May 30 Reds 2–1 Burnett (4–2) Cueto (5–3) Hanrahan (13) 16,782 25–25
June: 17–10 (Home: 7–2; Away: 10–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 @ Brewers 8–2 Correia (2–5) Wolf (2–5) — 33,055 26–25 52 June 2 @ Brewers 1–5 Marcum (4–3) Bédard (3–6) — 39,603 26–26 53 June 3 @ Brewers 6–5 McDonald (5–2) Fiers (1–1) Hanrahan (14) 34,334 27–26 54 June 5 @ Reds 8–4 Burnett (5–2) Bailey (4–4) Hanrahan (15) 19,906 28–26 55 June 6 @ Reds 4–5 Cueto (6–3) Lincoln (3–1) Chapman (6) 16,859 28–27 56 June 7 @ Reds 5–4 (10) Hanrahan (3–0) Chapman (4–1) Resop (1) 23,106 29–27 57 June 8 Royals 4–2 Bédard (4–6) Hochevar (3–7) Hanrahan (16) 36,069 30–27 58 June 9 Royals 5–3 Hughes (2–0) Mazzaro (2–1) Hanrahan (17) 39,312 31–27 59 June 10 Royals 3–2 Burnett (6–2) Chen (5–6) Grilli (1) 25,752 32–27 60 June 12 @ Orioles 6–8 Chen (6–2) Lincoln (3–2) Johnson (19) 15,618 32–28 61 June 13 @ Orioles 1–7 Arrieta (3–8) Correia (2–6) — 23,238 32–29 62 June 14 @ Orioles 6–12 Hunter (3–3) Bédard (4–7) — 29,995 32–30 63 June 15 @ Indians 0–2 Masterson (3–6) McDonald (5–3) Perez (21) 31,920 32–31 64 June 16 @ Indians 9–2 Burnett (7–2) Jiménez (6–5) — 30,408 33–31 65 June 17 @ Indians 9–5 Watson (4–0) Gómez (4–6) — 27,388 34–31 66 June 19 Twins 7–2 Correia (3–6) Diamond (5–3) — 19,936 35–31 67 June 20 Twins 1–2 Burton (1–0) Grilli (1–2) Perkins (1) 19,878 35–32 68 June 21 Twins 9–1 McDonald (6–3) Hendriks (0–4) — 21,563 36–32 69 June 22 Tigers 4–1 Burnett (8–2) Fister (1–4) Hanrahan (18) 37,965 37–32 70 June 23 Tigers 4–1 Lincoln (4–2) Scherzer (6–5) Hanrahan (19) 38,734 38–32 71 June 24 Tigers 2–3 Verlander (8–4) Resop (0–3) — 35,179 38–33 72 June 25 @ Phillies 3–8 Blanton (7–6) Karstens (0–2) — 44,721 38–34 73 June 26 @ Phillies 4–5 Worley (4–4) Bédard (4–8) Papelbon (18) 45,096 38–35 74 June 27 @ Phillies 11–7 McDonald (7–3) Valdés (2–1) — 44,057 39–35 75 June 28 @ Phillies 5–4 Burnett (9–2) Kendrick (2–8) Hanrahan (20) 44,521 40–35 76 June 29 @ Cardinals 14–5 Correia (4–6) Wainwright (6–8) — 45,382 41–35 77 June 30 @ Cardinals 7–3 Karstens (1–2) Lynn (10–4) Hughes (1) 37,162 42–35
July: 17–9 (Home: 10–3; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Cardinals 4–5 Westbrook (7–6) Bédard (4–9) Motte (17) 37,821 42–36 79 July 2 Astros 11–2 McDonald (8–3) Lyles (2–5) — 21,041 43–36 80 July 3 Astros 8–7 Hanrahan (4–0) Wright (0–2) — 21,516 44–36 81 July 4 Astros 6–4 Correia (5–6) Keuchel (1–1) Hanrahan (21) 36,827 45–36 82 July 5 Astros 2–0 Karstens (2–2) Norris (5–6) Hanrahan (22) 21,386 46–36 83 July 6 Giants 5–6 Zito (7–6) Bédard (4–10) Romo (5) 37,565 46–37 84 July 7 Giants 3–1 McDonald (9–3) Vogelsong (7–4) Hanrahan (23) 37,543 47–37 85 July 8 Giants 13–2 Burnett (10–2) Lincecum (3–10) — 28,954 48–37 86 July 13 @ Brewers 7–10 Rodríguez (2–4) Watson (4–1) — 35,025 48–38 87 July 14 @ Brewers 6–4 Correia (6–6) Loe (4–3) Hanrahan (24) 42,029 49–38 88 July 15 @ Brewers 1–4 Gallardo (8–6) Burnett (10–3) Axford (16) 35,430 49–39 89 July 16 @ Rockies 4–5 Brothers (5–2) Grilli (1–3) — 36,907 49–40 90 July 17 @ Rockies 6–2 Bédard (5–10) Friedrich (5–7) Hanrahan (25) 42,574 50–40 91 July 18 @ Rockies 9–6 McDonald (10–3) Reynolds (3–1) Hanrahan (26) 30,842 51–40 92 July 20 Marlins 4–3 Correia (7–6) Nolasco (8–8) Hanrahan (27) 37,193 52–40 93 July 21 Marlins 5–1 Burnett (11–3) Zambrano (5–8) Lincoln (1) 39,411 53–40 94 July 22 Marlins 3–0 Karstens (3–2) Sánchez (5–7) Hanrahan (28) 34,203 54–40 95 July 23 Cubs 0–2 Samardzija (7–8) Bédard (5–11) Mármol (12) 27,586 54–41 96 July 24 Cubs 1–5 Maholm (9–6) McDonald (10–4) — 32,497 54–42 97 July 25 Cubs 3–2 Correia (8–6) Dempster (5–5) Hanrahan (29) 33,935 55–42 98 July 26 @ Astros 5–3 Burnett (12–3) Keuchel (1–3) Hanrahan (30) 19,926 56–42 99 July 27 @ Astros 6–5 Watson (5–1) Cruz (1–1) Hanrahan (31) 24,685 57–42 100 July 28 @ Astros 4–3 Resop (1–3) Fick (0–1) Grilli (2) 34,146 58–42 101 July 29 @ Astros 5–9 Harrell (8–7) McDonald (10–5) — 20,453 58–43 102 July 30 @ Cubs 4–14 Germano (1–1) Bédard (5–12) — 33,337 58–44 103 July 31 @ Cubs 5–0 Burnett (13–3) Coleman (0–2) — 33,158 59–44
August: 11–17 (Home: 7–10; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 Aug 1 @ Cubs 8–4 Karstens (4–2) Wood (4–7) — 33,014 60–44 105 Aug 3 @ Reds 0–3 Latos (10–3) Rodríguez (7–10) Chapman (24) 40,829 60–45 106 Aug 4 @ Reds 4–5 Broxton (2–2) Hughes (2–1) Chapman (25) 41,577 60–46 107 Aug 5 @ Reds 6–2 Burnett (14–3) Bailey (9–7) Hanrahan (32) 38,624 61–46 108 Aug 6 Diamondbacks 4–0 Bédard (6–12) Miley (12–7) — 24,213 62–46 109 Aug 7 Diamondbacks 4–10 Ziegler (5–1) Grilli (1–4) — 22,655 62–47 110 Aug 8 Diamondbacks 7–6 Correia (9–6) Kennedy (10–9) Hanrahan (33) 25,175 63–47 111 Aug 9 Diamondbacks 3–6 Saunders (6–8) Rodríguez (7–11) Putz (21) 20,558 63–48 112 Aug 10 Padres 8–9 Brach (1–2) Watson (5–2) Street (21) 38,702 63–49 113 Aug 11 Padres 0–5 Marquis (8–10) Burnett (14–4) — 39,485 63–50 114 Aug 12 Padres 11–5 Bédard (7–12) Ohlendorf (4–3) — 35,352 64–50 115 Aug 13 Dodgers 4–5 Harang (8–7) Karstens (4–3) Jansen (24) 24,670 64–51 116 Aug 14 Dodgers 0–11 Billingsley (9–9) Correia (9–7) — 22,729 64–52 117 Aug 15 Dodgers 3–9 Kershaw (11–6) Rodríguez (7–12) — 26,522 64–53 118 Aug 16 Dodgers 10–6 Burnett (15–4) Blanton (8–11) — 25,073 65–53 119 Aug 17 @ Cardinals 2–1 McDonald (11–5) Westbrook (12–9) Hanrahan (34) 38,689 66–53 120 Aug 18 @ Cardinals 4–5 Browning (1–2) Bédard (7–13) Motte (28) 40,313 66–54 121 Aug 19 @ Cardinals 6–3 (19) Rodríguez (8–12) Browning (1–3) — 43,412 67–54 122 Aug 20 @ Padres 1–3 Vólquez (8–9) Correia (9–8) Thayer (7) 20,401 67–55 123 Aug 21 @ Padres 5–7 (10) Mikolas (2–1) McCutchen (0–1) — 21,882 67–56 124 Aug 22 @ Padres 2–4 Werner (1–0) McDonald (11–6) Layne (1) 20,311 67–57 125 Aug 24 Brewers 5–6 Fiers (7–6) Rodríguez (8–13) Loe (2) 37,197 67–58 126 Aug 25 Brewers 4–0 Karstens (5–3) Marcum (5–4) — 37,460 68–58 127 Aug 26 Brewers 0–7 Rogers (2–1) Bédard (7–14) — 36,626 68–59 128 Aug 27 Cardinals 3–4 Lohse (14–2) Burnett (15–5) Motte (31) 16,700 68–60 129 Aug 28 Cardinals 9–0 McDonald (12–6) Westbrook (13–10) — 17,492 69–60 130 Aug 29 Cardinals 5–0 Rodríguez (9–13) Kelly (4–6) — 19,398 70–60 131 Aug 31 @ Brewers 3–9 Rogers (3–1) Karstens (5–4) — 33,877 70–61
September: 7–21 (Home: 3–9; Away: 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 Sep 1 @ Brewers 2–3 Axford (5–7) Hanrahan (4–1) — 32,060 70–62 133 Sep 2 @ Brewers 8–12 Loe (5–4) McDonald (12–7) Axford (23) 32,728 70–63 134 Sep 3 Astros 1–5 González (1–0) Locke (0–1) — 20,055 70–64 135 Sep 4 Astros 6–2 Rodríguez (10–13) Lyles (3–11) — 12,785 71–64 136 Sep 5 Astros 6–3 Correia (10–8) Abad (0–3) — 14,159 72–64 137 Sep 7 Cubs 2–12 Wood (5–11) Burnett (15–6) — 32,699 72–65 138 Sep 8 Cubs 3–4 Samardzija (9–13) Grilli (1–5) — 35,661 72–66 139 Sep 9 Cubs 2–4 Russell (7–1) Grilli (1–6) Mármol (18) 28,671 72–67 140 Sep 10 @ Reds 3–4 (14) Simón (3–2) van den Hurk (0–1) — 16,577 72–68 141 Sep 11 @ Reds 3–5 Leake (8–9) Correia (10–9) Broxton (24) 19,620 72–69 142 Sep 12 @ Reds 1–2 Bailey (11–9) Burnett (15–7) Hoover (1) 21,203 72–70 143 Sep 14 @ Cubs 4–7 Rusin (1–2) McDonald (12–8) Mármol (20) 26,946 72–71 144 Sep 15 @ Cubs 7–6 Rodríguez (11–13) Berken (0–1) Hanrahan (35) 32,774 73–71 145 Sep 16 @ Cubs 9–13 Beliveau (1–0) Hughes (2–2) — 33,559 73–72 146 Sep 17 @ Cubs 3–0 Correia (11–9) Wood (6–12) Hanrahan (36) 33,017 74–72 147 Sep 18 Brewers 0–6 Gallardo (16–8) Burnett (15–8) — 15,492 74–73 148 Sep 19 Brewers 1–3 Estrada (4–6) McPherson (0–1) Axford (30) 15,337 74–74 149 Sep 20 Brewers 7–9 Parra (2–3) Resop (1–4) Axford (31) 14,697 74–75 150 Sep 21 @ Astros 1–7 Rodriguez (2–10) Locke (0–2) — 17,093 74–76 151 Sep 22 @ Astros 1–4 Keuchel (3–7) Correia (11–10) López (7) 17,185 74–77 152 Sep 23 @ Astros 8–1 Burnett (16–8) Lyles (4–12) — 15,207 75–77 153 Sep 24 @ Mets 2–6 Mejía (1–1) McPherson (0–2) — 22,072 75–78 154 Sep 25 @ Mets 10–6 Rodríguez (12–13) McHugh (0–3) — 25,286 76–78 155 Sep 26 @ Mets 0–6 Hefner (3–7) Locke (0–3) — 22,890 76–79 156 Sep 27 @ Mets 5–6 Dickey (20–6) Correia (11–11) Parnell (5) 31,506 76–80 157 Sep 28 Reds 0–1 Bailey (13–10) Burnett (16–9) — 34,796 76–81 158 Sep 29 Reds 2–1 Hanrahan (5–1) Broxton (4–4) — 38,623 77–81 159 Sep 30 Reds 3–4 Marshall (5–5) Hanrahan (5–2) Chapman (37) 32,814 77–82
October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 Oct 1 Braves 2–1 Locke (1–3) Maholm (13–11) Hughes (2) 15,009 78–82 161 Oct 2 Braves 5–1 Correia (12–11) Hanson (13–10) — 15,727 79–82 162 Oct 3 Braves 0–4 Avilán (1–0) Burnett (16–10) — 20,615 79–83
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member

Season standings

NL Central standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	9	50–31	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	14	49–32	34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	18	45–36	34–47
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	36	38–43	23–58
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	42	35–46	20–61

NL Wild Card

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	0.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	0.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	0.580

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	0.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	0.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	7
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	0.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	0.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	0.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	0.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	0.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	0.340	33

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	HOU	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

Detailed records

National League Opponent W L WP RS RA NL East Atlanta Braves 4 3 0.571 24 21 Miami Marlins 4 1 0.800 17 12 New York Mets 2 5 0.286 25 34 Philadelphia Phillies 4 3 0.571 30 30 Washington Nationals 3 2 0.600 20 20 Total 17 14 0.548 116 117 NL Central Chicago Cubs 8 8 0.500 65 79 Cincinnati Reds 7 11 0.389 50 63 Houston Astros 12 5 0.706 78 60 Milwaukee Brewers 4 11 0.267 59 85 Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals 8 7 0.533 74 60 Total 39 42 0.481 326 347 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 4 3 0.571 26 32 Colorado Rockies 4 2 0.667 30 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 6 0.143 21 40 San Diego Padres 1 5 0.167 27 33 San Francisco Giants 3 3 0.500 28 19 Total 13 19 0.406 132 144 American League Baltimore Orioles 0 3 0.000 13 27 Cleveland Indians 2 1 0.667 18 9 Detroit Tigers 3 3 0.500 17 18 Kansas City Royals 3 0 1.000 12 7 Minnesota Twins 2 1 0.667 17 5 Total 10 8 0.556 77 66 Season Total 79 83 0.488 651 674

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 22 10 12 0.455 58 66 May 28 15 13 0.536 89 110 June 27 17 10 0.630 146 110 July 26 17 9 0.654 130 105 August 28 11 17 0.393 121 135 September 28 7 21 0.250 100 142 October 3 2 1 0.667 7 6 Total 162 79 83 0.488 651 674 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 45 36 0.556 297 277 Away 81 34 47 0.420 354 397 Total 162 79 83 0.488 651 674

Roster

2012 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 45 Érik Bédard 34 A. J. Burnett 29 Kevin Correia 37 Juan Cruz 39 Jason Grilli 52 Joel Hanrahan 48 Jared Hughes 27 Jeff Karstens 63 Chris Leroux 32 Brad Lincoln 49 Jeff Locke 25 Daniel McCutchen 53 James McDonald 60 Kyle McPherson 47 Evan Meek 57 Bryan Morris 50 Charlie Morton 32 Chad Qualls 30 Chris Resop 51 Wandy Rodríguez 43 Doug Slaten 41 Hisanori Takahashi 35 Rick van den Hurk 44 Tony Watson 61 Justin Wilson		Catchers 26 Rod Barajas 10 Eric Fryer 55 Michael McKenry Infielders 24 Pedro Alvarez 12 Clint Barmes 19 Jeff Clement  3 Chase d'Arnaud 65 Matt Hague  5 Josh Harrison  2 Brock Holt 14 Casey McGehee 69 Jordy Mercer 14 Gaby Sánchez 18 Neil Walker		Outfielders 62 Gorkys Hernández 46 Garrett Jones  6 Starling Marté  2 Nate McLouth 22 Andrew McCutchen 36 Yamaico Navarro  7 Alex Presley 23 Travis Snider 17 Drew Sutton 31 José Tábata		Manager 13 Clint Hurdle Coaches 86 Heberto Andrade (bullpen catcher) 28 Jeff Banister (bench) 16 Nick Leyva (third base) 58 Gregg Ritchie (hitting) 56 Euclides Rojas (bullpen) 54 Ray Searage (pitching) 15 Luis Silverio (first base) 59 Mark Strittmatter (coach)

Opening day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Alex Presley	LF
José Tábata	RF
Andrew McCutchen	CF
Neil Walker	2B
Garrett Jones	1B
Rod Barajas	C
Pedro Álvarez	3B
Clint Barmes	SS
Érik Bédard	SP

Notable achievements

Awards

2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Joel Hanrahan, P, reserve^[3]
• Andrew McCutchen, OF, reserve^[3]

Golden Glove Awards

• Andrew McCutchen, OF ^[4]

Silver Slugger Award

• Andrew McCutchen, OF

NL Player of the Month

• Andrew McCutchen (June)^[5] and (July)^[6]

NL Player of the Week

• Andrew McCutchen (July 2–8)^[7] and (July 9–15)^[8]
• A. J. Burnett (July 30–August 5)^[9]
• Pedro Alvarez (August 27–September 2)^[10]

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached A. McCutchen 100th Career Double April 25, 2012 J. McDonald 100th Career Game April 30, 2012 J. Hanrahan 300th Career Game May 8, 2012 A. Burnett 2000th Career Inning Pitched May 25, 2012 E. Bédard 1000th Career Inning Pitched May 27, 2012 A. McCutchen 500th Career Hit June 7, 2012 C. MCGehee 500th Career Game June 26, 2012 E. Bédard 1000th Career Strikeout July 1, 2012 J. Grilli 300th Career Game July 4, 2012 G. Jones 100th Career Double July 5, 2012 A. McCutchen 500th Career Game July 7, 2012 G. Jones 500th Career Game July 24, 2012 K. Correia 1000th Career Inning Pitched July 25, 2012 A. Burnett 10th Career Shutout July 31, 2012 C. Resop 200th Career Game August 12, 2012 T. Watson 100th Career Game September 8, 2012

Statistics

Batters^[11]

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 Andrew McCutchen 157 593 194 0.327 31 96 Brock Holt 24 65 19 0.292 0 3 Neil Walker 129 472 132 0.280 14 69 Garrett Jones 145 475 130 0.274 27 86 Starling Marte 47 167 43 0.257 5 17 Eric Fryer 6 4 1 0.250 0 0 Travis Snider 50 128 32 0.250 1 9 Pedro Álvarez 149 525 128 0.244 30 85 Drew Sutton 24 74 18 0.243 1 7 José Tábata 103 333 81 0.243 3 16 Gaby Sánchez 50 116 28 0.241 4 13 Alex Presley 104 346 82 0.237 10 25 Michael McKenry 88 240 56 0.233 12 39 Josh Harrison 104 249 58 0.233 3 16 Casey McGehee 92 265 61 0.230 8 35 Clint Barmes 144 455 104 0.229 8 45 Matt Hague 30 70 16 0.229 0 7 Jordy Mercer 42 62 13 0.210 1 5 Rod Barajas 104 321 66 0.206 11 31 Brad Lincoln 25 10 2 0.200 0 0 Wandy Rodríguez 13 24 4 0.167 0 1 Yamaico Navarro 29 50 8 0.160 1 4 James McDonald 32 49 7 0.143 0 1 Nate McLouth 34 57 8 0.140 0 2 Jeff Clement 23 22 3 0.136 0 1 Érik Bédard 23 37 4 0.108 0 0 Jeff Karstens 19 28 3 0.107 0 2 Kevin Correia 30 47 5 0.106 0 0 Jeff Locke 8 11 1 0.091 0 0 Gorkys Hernández 25 24 2 0.083 0 2 A. J. Burnett 29 63 4 0.063 0 2 Chase d'Arnaud 8 6 0 0.000 0 1 Jared Hughes 62 1 0 0.000 0 0 Chris Leroux 10 1 0 0.000 0 0 Kyle McPherson 10 5 0 0.000 0 0 Charlie Morton 8 13 0 0.000 0 0 Chris Resop 58 3 0 0.000 0 0 Tony Watson 64 1 0 0.000 0 0 Juan Cruz 40 0 0 — 0 0 Jason Grilli 61 0 0 — 0 0 Joel Hanrahan 60 0 0 — 0 0 Daniel McCutchen 1 0 0 — 0 0 Evan Meek 12 0 0 — 0 0 Bryan Morris 5 0 0 — 0 0 Chad Qualls 17 0 0 — 0 0 Doug Slaten 7 0 0 — 0 0 Hisanori Takahashi 9 0 0 — 0 0 Rick van den Hurk 4 0 0 — 0 0 Justin Wilson 8 0 0 — 0 0 Team Totals 5,412 1,312 0.243 170 620 Rank 27 26 25 12 24

Pitchers^[12]

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 Bryan Morris 5 5 0 0 1.80 6 Justin Wilson 8 42⁄3 0 0 1.93 7 Joel Hanrahan 63 592⁄3 5 2 2.72 67 Brad Lincoln 28 591⁄3 4 2 2.73 60 Kyle McPherson 10 261⁄3 0 2 2.73 21 Doug Slaten 10 13 0 0 2.77 6 Juan Cruz 43 352⁄3 1 1 2.78 33 Jared Hughes 66 752⁄3 2 2 2.85 50 Jason Grilli 64 582⁄3 1 6 2.91 90 Tony Watson 68 531⁄3 5 2 3.38 53 A. J. Burnett 31 2021⁄3 16 10 3.51 180 Wandy Rodríguez 13 75 5 4 3.72 50 Chris Resop 61 732⁄3 1 4 3.91 46 Jeff Karstens 19 902⁄3 5 4 3.97 66 Kevin Correia 32 171 12 11 4.21 89 James McDonald 30 171 12 8 4.21 151 Charlie Morton 9 501⁄3 2 6 4.65 25 Érik Bédard 24 1252⁄3 7 14 5.01 118 Jeff Locke 8 341⁄3 1 3 5.50 34 Chris Leroux 10 111⁄3 0 0 5.56 12 Chad Qualls 17 132⁄3 0 0 6.59 6 Evan Meek 12 12 0 0 6.75 8 Hisanori Takahashi 9 81⁄3 0 0 8.64 11 Rick van den Hurk 4 22+2⁄3 0 1 13.50 3 Daniel McCutchen 1 0 0 1 — 0 Team Totals 1,4331⁄3 79 83 3.86 1,192 Rank T–25 8 13 13 17

Transactions

Off-season

• On November 10, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (C) Rod Barajas to a 1 year/$4 million contract with club option for 2013 ($3.5 million with no buyout).^[13]
• On November 21, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (SS) Clint Barmes to a 2 year/$10.5 million contract.^[14]
• On December 7, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (LHP) Érik Bédard to a 1 year/$4.5 million contract.^[15]
• On December 7, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (LF) Nate McLouth to a 1 year/$1.75 million contract.^[16]
• On December 7, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Brooks Pounders and Diego Goris to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Yamaico Navarro.^[17]
• On December 12, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Jason Grilli to a 1 year/$1.1 million contract.^[18]
• On January 13, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Chris Resop to a 1 year/$850,000 contract.^[19]
• On January 16, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Charlie Morton to a 1 year/$2.445 million contract.^[20]
• On January 16, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Joel Hanrahan to a 1 year/$4.1 million contract.^[20]
• On January 16, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Evan Meek to a 1 year/$875,000 contract with $25,000 in performance bonuses.^[21]
• On January 16, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Jeff Karstens to a 1 year/$3.1 million contract.^[21]
• On February 16, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (1B) Casey McGehee to a 1 year/$2.35 million contract.^[22]
• On February 16, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RF) Garrett Jones to a 1 year/$2.25 million contract.^[22]
• On February 19, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired A. J. Burnett and $20 million from the New York Yankees in exchange for Diego Moreno and Exicardo Coyones.^[23]
• On March 3, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (LF) Alex Presley, (CF) Andrew McCutchen, (RHP) Bryan Morris, (RHP) Brad Lincoln, (2B-SS) Chase d'Arnaud, (RHP) Chris Leroux, (RHP) Daniel McCutchen, (LHP) Daniel Moskos, (OF) Gorkys Hernández, (SS) Gustavo Nunez, (RHP) James McDonald, (LHP) Jeff Locke, (SS) Jordy Mercer, (3B) Josh Harrison, (LHP) Justin Wilson, (RHP) Kyle McPherson, (1B) Matt Hague, (RHP) Duke Welker, (C) Michael McKenry, (2B) Neil Walker, (LHP) Rudy Owens, (LF) Starling Marte, (LHP) Tony Watson, (RHP) Jared Hughes and (3B) Yamaico Navarro to 1 year contracts.^[24]
• On March 4, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (CF) Andrew McCuchen to a 6 year/$51.5 million contract extension.^[25]
• On March 30, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (RHP) Ryota Igarashi to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for a player to be named or cash considerations.^[26]

In-season

• On May 20, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired (2B) Drew Sutton from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations.^[27]
• On May 21, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (2B) Drew Sutton to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.^[28]
• On May 31, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates released (LF) Nate McLouth.^[29]
• On June 24, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed (2B) Drew Sutton off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.^[30]
• On July 24, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (LHP) Rudy Owens, Colton Cain and (LHP) Robbie Grossman to the Houston Astros in exchange for (LHP) Wandy Rodríguez.^[31]
• On July 30, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (RHP) Brad Lincoln to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for (RF) Travis Snider.^[32]
• On July 31, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (1B) Casey McGehee to the New York Yankees in exchange for (RHP) Chad Qualls.^[33]
• On July 31, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (OF) Gorkys Hernández and a 2013 compensation round A draft pick to the Miami Marlins in exchange for (RHP) Gaby Sánchez and Kyle Kaminska.^[34]
• On August 24, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed (RHP) Hisanori Takahashi off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.^[35]
• On August 27, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates released (LHP) Érik Bédard.^[36]
• On October 25, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed (RHP) Chad Beck from the Toronto Blue Jays and (C) Alí Solís from the San Diego Padres off waivers.^[37]
• On October 31, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates named Jay Bell as hitting coach, Rick Sofield as first base coach and Dave Jauss as major league coach. The Pirates also reassigned Luis Silverio as Senior Advisor, Latin America Operations.^[38]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Dean Treanor
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	P. J. Forbes
A	Bradenton Marauders	Florida State League	Carlos García
A	West Virginia Power	South Atlantic League	Rick Sofield
A-Short Season	State College Spikes	New York–Penn League	Dave Turgeon
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Tom Prince
Rookie	DSL Pirates 1	Dominican Summer League	Gerardo Alvarez
Rookie	DSL Pirates 2	Dominican Summer League	Larry Sutton

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DSL Pirates 1, GCL Pirates

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External links

• 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season Official Site July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season at Baseball Reference
• 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season ESPN