2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2012 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
PNC Park (since 2001)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907)
Results
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Nutting
General manager(s)	Neal Huntington
Manager(s)	Clint Hurdle
Local television	Root Sports Pittsburgh
Local radio	KDKA-FM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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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.

The Pirates played just six extra inning games during the season, the fewest of any MLB team in 2012.

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

National League 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

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

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	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
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	0.500	7
Philadelphia Phillies	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 Records Source: MLB Standings Grid
Team	ARI	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
• Andrew McCutchen, OF, Reserve

Golden Glove Awards

• Andrew McCutchen, OF

Silver Slugger Award

• Andrew McCutchen, OF

NL Player of the Month

• Andrew McCutchen (June) and (July)

NL Player of the Week

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

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

Regular Season

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
McCutchen, A	157	593	194	0.327	31	96
Holt, B	24	65	19	0.292	0	3
Walker, N	129	472	132	0.280	14	69
Jones, G	145	475	130	0.274	27	86
Marte, S	47	167	43	0.257	5	17
Fryer, E	6	4	1	0.250	0	0
Snider, T	50	128	32	0.250	1	9
Alvarez, P	149	525	128	0.244	30	85
Sutton, D	24	74	18	0.243	1	7
Tabata, J	103	333	81	0.243	3	16
Sanchez, G	50	116	28	0.241	4	13
Presley, A	104	346	82	0.237	10	25
McKenry, M	88	240	56	0.233	12	39
Harrison, J	104	249	58	0.233	3	16
McGehee, C	92	265	61	0.230	8	35
Barmes, C	144	455	104	0.229	8	45
Hague, M	30	70	16	0.229	0	7
Mercer, J	42	62	13	0.210	1	5
Barajas, R	104	321	66	0.206	11	31
Lincoln, B	25	10	2	0.200	0	0
Rodriguez, W	13	24	4	0.167	0	1
Navarro, Y	29	50	8	0.160	1	4
McDonald, J	32	49	7	0.143	0	1
McLouth, N	34	57	8	0.140	0	2
Clement, J	23	22	3	0.136	0	1
Bedard, E	23	37	4	0.108	0	0
Karstens, J	19	28	3	0.107	0	2
Correia, K	30	47	5	0.106	0	0
Locke, J	8	11	1	0.091	0	0
Hernandez, G	25	24	2	0.083	0	2
Burnett, A	29	63	4	0.063	0	2
D'Arnaud, C	8	6	0	0.000	0	1
Hughes, J	62	1	0	0.000	0	0
Leroux, C	10	1	0	0.000	0	0
McPherson, K	10	5	0	0.000	0	0
Morton, C	8	13	0	0.000	0	0
Resop, C	58	3	0	0.000	0	0
Watson, T	64	1	0	0.000	0	0
Cruz, J	40	0	0	—	0	0
Grilli, J	61	0	0	—	0	0
Hanrahan, J	60	0	0	—	0	0
McCutchen, D	1	0	0	—	0	0
Meek, E	12	0	0	—	0	0
Morris, B	5	0	0	—	0	0
Qualls, C	17	0	0	—	0	0
Slaten, D	7	0	0	—	0	0
Takahashi, H	9	0	0	—	0	0
VandenHurk, R	4	0	0	—	0	0
Wilson, J	8	0	0	—	0	0
Totals		5412	1312	0.243	170	620
Rank		27	26	25	12	24

Pitchers

Regular Season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Morris, B	5	5	0	0	1.80	6
Wilson, J	8	42⁄3	0	0	1.93	7
Hanrahan, J	63	592⁄3	5	2	2.72	67
Lincoln, B	28	591⁄3	4	2	2.73	60
McPherson, K	10	261⁄3	0	2	2.73	21
Slaten, D	10	13	0	0	2.77	6
Cruz, J	43	352⁄3	1	1	2.78	33
Hughes, J	66	752⁄3	2	2	2.85	50
Grilli, J	64	582⁄3	1	6	2.91	90
Watson, T	68	531⁄3	5	2	3.38	53
Burnett, A	31	2021⁄3	16	10	3.51	180
Rodriguez, W	13	75	5	4	3.72	50
Resop, C	61	732⁄3	1	4	3.91	46
Karstens, J	19	902⁄3	5	4	3.97	66
Correia, K	32	171	12	11	4.21	89
McDonald, J	30	171	12	8	4.21	151
Morton, C	9	501⁄3	2	6	4.65	25
Bedard, E	24	1252⁄3	7	14	5.01	118
Locke, J	8	341⁄3	1	3	5.50	34
Leroux, C	10	111⁄3	0	0	5.56	12
Qualls, C	17	132⁄3	0	0	6.59	6
Meek, E	12	12	0	0	6.75	8
Takahashi, H	9	81⁄3	0	0	8.64	11
VandenHurk, R	4	22⁄3	0	1	13.50	3
McCutchen, D	1	0	0	1	*.**	0
Totals		14331⁄3	79	83	3.86	1192
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).
• On November 21, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (SS) Clint Barmes to a 2 year/$10.5 million contract.
• On December 7, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (LHP) Érik Bédard to a 1 year/$4.5 million contract.
• On December 7, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent (LF) Nate McLouth to a 1 year/$1.75 million contract.
• On December 7, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Brooks Pounders and Diego Goris to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Yamaico Navarro.
• On December 12, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Jason Grilli to a 1 year/$1.1 million contract.
• On January 13, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Chris Resop to a 1 year/$850,000 contract.
• On January 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Charlie Morton to a 1 year/$2.445 million contract.
• On January 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Joel Hanrahan to a 1 year/$4.1 million contract.
• 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.
• On January 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RHP) Jeff Karstens to a 1 year/$3.1 million contract.
• On February 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (1B) Casey McGehee to a 1 year/$2.35 million contract.
• On February 16, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (RF) Garrett Jones to a 1 year/$2.25 million contract.
• 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.
• 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.
• On March 4, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed (CF) Andrew McCuchen to a 6 year/$51.5 million contract extension.
• 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.

In-season

• On May 20, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired (2B) Drew Sutton from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations.
• 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.
• On May 31, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates released (LF) Nate McLouth.
• On June 24, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed (2B) Drew Sutton off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.
• 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.
• On July 30, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (RHP) Brad Lincoln to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for (RF) Travis Snider.
• On July 31, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded (1B) Casey McGehee to the New York Yankees in exchange for (RHP) Chad Qualls.
• 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.
• On August 24, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed (RHP) Hisanori Takahashi off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
• On August 27, 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates released (LHP) Érik Bédard.
• 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.
• 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.

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

External links

• 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season Official Site
• 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season at Baseball Reference
• 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season ESPN