2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2012 Pittsburgh Pirates
2012 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Division	Central Division
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Robert Nutting
Managers	Clint Hurdle
Television	Root Sports Pittsburgh
Radio	KDKA-FM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, John Wehner)

The 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates season is the Pirates' 126th season as a member of Major League Baseball and 131st season overall. The Pirates will be playing their 12th season at PNC Park.

Game log

Legend
	Pirates win
	Pirates loss
	Postponement
Bold	Pirates team member

2012 Game log (35–32)

April: 10–12 (Home: 5–4, Road: 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, Road: 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: 11–7 (Home: 5–1, Road: 6–6)
#	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)			36-32
69	June 22	Tigers
70	June 23	Tigers
71	June 24	Tigers
72	June 25	@ Phillies
73	June 26	@ Phillies
74	June 27	@ Phillies
75	June 28	@ Phillies
76	June 29	@ Cardinals
77	June 30	@ Cardinals

July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0, Road: 0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	@ Cardinals
79	July 2	Astros
80	July 3	Astros
81	July 4	Astros
82	July 5	Astros
83	July 6	Giants
84	July 7	Giants
85	July 8	Giants
86	July 13	@ Brewers
87	July 14	@ Brewers
88	July 15	@ Brewers
89	July 16	@ Rockies
90	July 17	@ Rockies
91	July 18	@ Rockies
92	July 20	Marlins
93	July 21	Marlins
94	July 22	Marlins
95	July 23	Cubs
96	July 24	Cubs
97	July 25	Cubs
98	July 26	@ Astros
99	July 27	@ Astros
100	July 28	@ Astros
101	July 29	@ Astros
102	July 30	@ Cubs
103	July 31	@ Cubs

August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0, Road: 0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	@ Cubs
105	August 3	@ Reds
106	August 4	@ Reds
107	August 5	@ Reds
108	August 6	Diamondbacks
109	August 7	Diamondbacks
110	August 8	Diamondbacks
111	August 9	Diamondbacks
112	August 10	Padres
113	August 11	Padres
114	August 12	Padres
115	August 13	Dodgers
116	August 14	Dodgers
117	August 15	Dodgers
118	August 16	Dodgers
119	August 17	@ Cardinals
120	August 18	@ Cardinals
121	August 19	@ Cardinals
122	August 20	@ Padres
123	August 21	@ Padres
124	August 22	@ Padres
125	August 24	Brewers
126	August 25	Brewers
127	August 26	Brewers
128	August 28	Cardinals
129	August 29	Cardinals
130	August 30	Cardinals
131	August 31	@ Brewers

September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0, Road: 0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	@ Brewers
133	September 2	@ Brewers
134	September 3	Astros
135	September 4	Astros
136	September 5	Astros
137	September 7	Cubs
138	September 8	Cubs
139	September 9	Cubs
140	September 10	@ Reds
141	September 11	@ Reds
142	September 12	@ Reds
143	September 14	@ Cubs
144	September 15	@ Cubs
145	September 16	@ Cubs
146	September 17	@ Cubs
147	September 18	Brewers
148	September 19	Brewers
149	September 20	Brewers
150	September 21	@ Astros
151	September 22	@ Astros
152	September 23	@ Astros
153	September 24	@ Mets
154	September 25	@ Mets
155	September 26	@ Mets
156	September 27	@ Mets
157	September 28	Reds
158	September 29	Reds
159	September 30	Reds

October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0, Road: 0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Braves
161	October 2	Braves
162	October 3	Braves

Season standings

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NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	.599	—	50‍–‍31	47‍–‍34
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	9	50‍–‍31	38‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	14	49‍–‍32	34‍–‍47
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	.488	18	45‍–‍36	34‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	61	101	.377	36	38‍–‍43	23‍–‍58
Houston Astros	55	107	.340	42	35‍–‍46	20‍–‍61

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Division leaders
Team	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	.580

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	7
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	.340	33

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

Note that the teams not included in the Wild Card standings are currently leading their divisions and that the top two teams earn Wild Card berths.

Roster

40-man roster

Non-roster invitees

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

17 Derek Shelton

Coaches

16 Tarrik Brock (first base)
82 Jordan Comadena (bullpen catcher)
86 Radley Haddad (game planning/strategy)
12 Don Kelly (bench)
90 Raul Hernandez (bullpen catcher)
96 Mendy López (infield)
47 Oscar Marin (pitching)
88 Christian Marrero (assistant hitting)
95 Stephen Morales (coach / translator)
-- Miguel Pérez (bullpen)
58 Mike Rabelo (third base)
-- Brent Strom (assistant pitching)
98 Jonny Tucker (coach)

37 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees

7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
* Not on active roster
^† Suspended list
Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated December 23, 2024
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Farm system

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 Garcia
A	West Virginia Power	South Atlantic League	Rick Sofield
Short-Season A	State College Spikes	New York-Penn League	Dave Turgeon
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Tom Prince
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	Gerardo Alvarez
Rookie	DSL Pirates 2	Dominican Summer League	Larry Sutton

References

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