2011 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	PNC Park
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Record	72–90 (.444)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Robert Nutting
General managers	Neal Huntington
Managers	Clint Hurdle
Television	Root Sports Pittsburgh
Radio	WPGB-FM ( Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 125th season as a member of the National League and 130th season overall. This was their 11th season at PNC Park. The season was the first with manager Clint Hurdle, who was hired to replace the fired John Russell. After going a major league worst 57–105, they enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence, winning more than 70 games for the first time since 2004 and being covered significantly in the summer due to being involved in the pennant race, but they still locked up their 19th consecutive losing season.

Regular season

April

The Pirates won their opening game against the Cubs in Chicago 6–3. ^[2] Neil Walker led the offense with a grand slam in the fifth inning, becoming the only Pirate other than Roberto Clemente to hit a grand slam on opening day. Pittsburgh blew a lead the following day and lost, but scored two runs in the final inning of the series finale to finish their first series with a 2–1 record. ^[3] Pittsburgh defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in two of three games during their second series, marking the first time the Pirates had won the majority of games in two consecutive road series since 2007. ^[4] Pittsburgh came home to face the Colorado Rockies; winning one game out of four. In the second game of the series, the Pirates prevailed in a 5-hour, 10-minute game which lasted 14 innings. After an injury to starting pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, the bullpen combined for 11+1⁄3 scoreless innings—the most for the Pirates since 1900. ^[5]

Taser incident

During the April 9 game in Pittsburgh, a local man was arrested in the left-field seating section. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the man "appeared to be drunk, bothered fans in his section and belligerently refused to cooperate" when he would not leave at the game at the request of PNC Park employees and police. ^[6] While being escorted from the section the man struck a ballpark employee, which was met with officers putting him under arrest after " Tasering him to little effect before clubbing him in the neck, head, side and legs." ^[6] The entire incident was captured on video. ^[7] He was charged with public drunkenness, resisting arrest, and two additional misdemeanors. ^[6] In a related incident, a woman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and defiant trespassing. After yelling at the officers making the initial arrest, she then "resisted an officer's attempts to remove her from the park" while yelling obscenities. ^[8]

May

In May, the Pirates compiled a 13–13 (.500) record, and finished the month at 25–28 for the season.

June

On June 24, 2011, the Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox, 3–1, to improve their record to 38–37. This is the latest in the season that the Pirates have been above .500 since 1999.

On June 28, 2011, the Pirates defeated the Blue Jays 7–6 at the Rogers Centre, to mark their first inter-league road victory in two years.

July

On July 8, the Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs to enter the All-Star break above the .500 mark for the first time since 1992. The Pirates also sent three players to the All-Star Game with the selections of Kevin Correia, Joel Hanrahan and Andrew McCutchen. This marked the first time since 1990 that the team had three All-Stars in the National League lineup. ^[9] While Correia did not enter the game, along with Tim Lincecum, McCutchen entered the game in the seventh inning, batting in the eighth. Hanrahan was called to close in the top of the ninth, striking out the first batter, however an untimely error from Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro and a single led to two men in scoring position. Brian Wilson got the save.

On July 15, and again on July 18, the Pirates moved into first place of the NL Central. This marked the first two times that the Pirates were in first place this late in the season since 1997. ^[10]

July 25 saw the Pirates return to the national stage with their game at Atlanta being televised on ESPN. This is the first time the Pirates had been on ESPN since September 22, 2004. ^[11] The Pirates went on to win the game 3 to 1, moving them again into a first place tie in the NL Central.

The next night, the Pirates fell victim to a controversial call in a 4–3 loss to the Braves after 19 innings. Braves infielder Julio Lugo was ruled safe at home plate by home plate umpire Jerry Meals even though replay clearly showed Lugo should have been called out. Meals and the league both admitted the call was incorrect. The team ended up filing a complaint with the commissioner's office. ^[12]

Game log

2011 Game Log (72–90)
April (12–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Cubs 6–3 Correia (1–0) Dempster (0–1) Hanrahan (1) 41,358 1–0 2 April 2 @ Cubs 3–5 Marshall (1–0) Meek (0–1) Marmol (1) 35,782 1–1 3 April 3 @ Cubs 5–4 Karstens (1–0) Marmol (0–1) Hanrahan (2) 30,857 2–1 4 April 4 @ Cardinals 4–3 Morton (1–0) Lohse (0–1) Hanrahan (3) 32,007 3–1 5 April 5 @ Cardinals 2–3 Batista (1–0) Olson (0–1) Franklin (1) 33,666 3–2 6 April 6 @ Cardinals 3–1 Correia (2–0) Carpenter (0–1) Hanrahan (4) 34,965 4–2 7 April 7 Rockies 1–7 Rogers (1–0) Maholm (0–1) — 39,219 4–3 8 April 8 Rockies 4–3 (14) Olson (1–1) Morales (0–1) — 29,192 5–3 9 April 9 Rockies 4–6 Belisle (1–0) Veras (0–1) Lindstrom (1) 25,398 5–4 10 April 10 Rockies 5–6 Chacin (2–0) Crotta (0–1) Street (4) 18,043 5–5 — April 12 Brewers Postponed 11 April 13 Brewers 0–6 Marcum (2–1) Correia (2–1) — 8,755 5–6 12 April 14 Brewers 1–4 Wolf (1–2) Maholm (0–2) — 10,517 5–7 13 April 15 @ Reds 6–1 Morton (2–0) Arroyo (2–1) — 21,312 6–7 14 April 16 @ Reds 2–11 Leake (2–0) McDonald (0–1) — 26,418 6–8 15 April 17 @ Reds 7–6 Resop (1–0) Ondrusek (2–1) Hanrahan (5) 32,105 7–8 16 April 18 @ Reds 9–3 Correia (3–1) Wood (1–2) — 12,777 8–8 17 April 19 @ Marlins 0–6 Johnson (3–0) Maholm (0–3) — 11,118 8–9 18 April 20 @ Marlins 0–6 Nolasco (2–0) Morton (2–1) — 10,112 8–10 19 April 21 @ Marlins 5–9 Volstad (1–1) McDonald (0–2) — 12,308 8–11 — April 22 Nationals Postponed 20 April 23 Nationals 7–2 Karstens (2–0) Hernandez (2–2) — 18,262 9–11 21 April 24 Nationals 3–6 Marquis (2–0) Correia (3–2) Storen (3) 9,520 9–12 22 April 25 Nationals 4–2 Maholm (1–3) Lannan (2–2) Hanrahan (6) 12,457 10–12 23 April 26 Giants 2–3 (10) Romo (1–0) Hanrahan (0–1) Wilson (6) 9,832 10–13 24 April 27 Giants 2–0 McDonald (1–2) Bumgarner (0–4) Hanrahan (7) 9,048 11–13 25 April 28 Giants 2–5 Vogelsong (1–0) Karstens (2–1) Wilson (7) 14,747 11–14 26 April 29 @ Rockies 3–0 Correia (4–2) Chacin (3–2) Hanrahan (8) 34,477 12–14 27 April 30 @ Rockies 1–4 Hammel (3–1) Maholm (1–4) Street (10) 33,684 12–15
May (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 @ Rockies 8–4 Morton (3–1) Jimenez (0–2) — 35,012 13–15 29 May 2 @ Padres 4–3 McDonald (2–2) Harang (4–2) Hanrahan (9) 20,546 14–15 30 May 3 @ Padres 5–6 Adams (1–0) Beimel (0–1) Bell (7) 18,636 14–16 31 May 4 @ Padres 7–4 Correia (5–2) Richard (1–3) — 16,613 15–16 32 May 6 Astros 2–3 Rodriguez (2–3) Resop (1–1) Melancon (1) 12,728 15–17 33 May 7 Astros 6–1 Morton (4–1) Norris (2–2) — 32,299 16–17 34 May 8 Astros 5–4 McCutchen (1–0) Abad (1–3) Hanrahan (10) 17,946 17–17 35 May 9 Dodgers 4–1 Veras (1–1) Billingsley (2–2) Hanrahan (11) 11,373 18–17 36 May 10 Dodgers 3–10 Lilly (3–3) Correia (5–3) — 13,497 18–18 37 May 11 Dodgers 0–2 Kuroda (4–3) Maholm (1–5) Padilla (3) 12,910 18–19 — May 12 Dodgers Postponed 38 May 13 @ Brewers 2–5 Gallardo (4–2) McDonald (2–3) Axford (8) 32,837 18–20 39 May 14 @ Brewers 2–8 Narveson (2–3) Karstens (2–2) — 42,422 18–21 40 May 15 @ Brewers 6–9 Greinke (2–1) Correia (5–4) — 37,059 18–22 41 May 16 @ Nationals 2–4 Kimball (1–0) Maholm (1–6) Storen (9) 21,960 18–23 — May 17 @ Nationals Postponed 42 May 18 @ Reds 5–0 Morton (5–1) Arroyo (3–4) — 16,543 19–23 43 May 19 @ Reds 5–3 McDonald (3–3) Cueto (2–1) Hanrahan (12) 26,018 20–23 44 May 20 Tigers 10–1 Karstens (3–2) Penny (4–4) — 24,396 21–23 45 May 21 Tigers 6–2 Correia (6–4) Scherzer (6–1) Hanrahan (13) 37,958 22–23 46 May 22 Tigers 0–2 Porcello (4–2) Maholm (1–7) Valverde (11) 25,124 22–24 47 May 24 Braves 0–2 Jurrjens (6–1) Morton (5–2) Kimbrel (13) 16,873 22–25 48 May 25 Braves 2–4 (11) Sherrill (1–0) Karstens (3–3) Kimbrel (14) 21,497 22–26 49 May 27 @ Cubs 4–2 Correia (7–4) Davis (0–3) Hanrahan (14) 34,105 23–26 50 May 28 @ Cubs 10–0 Maholm (2–7) Wells (1–1) — 38,413 24–26 51 May 29 @ Cubs 2–3 Dempster (4–4) Karstens (3–4) Marmol (10) 37,464 24–27 52 May 30 @ Mets 3–7 Gee (5–0) McCutchen (1–1) — 24,490 24–28 53 May 31 @ Mets 5–1 Meek (1–1) Dickey (2–6) — 26,198 25–28
June (16–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 @ Mets 9–3 Correia (8–4) Capuano (3–6) — 25,234 26–28 55 June 2 @ Mets 8–9 Isringhausen (1–0) Veras (1–2) Rodriguez (16) 30,074 26–29 56 June 3 Phillies 2–1 (12) Moskos (1–0) Baez (1–3) — 33,861 27–29 57 June 4 Phillies 6–3 Morton (6–2) Kendrick (3–4) — 39,441 28–29 58 June 5 Phillies 3–7 Halladay (8–3) McDonald (3–4) — 35,505 28–30 59 June 7 D-backs 8–5 Resop (2–1) Hernandez (2–2) Hanrahan (15) 12,378 29–30 60 June 8 D-backs 3–2 (12) McCutchen (2–1) Kroenke (0–1) — 14,015 30–30 61 June 9 D-backs 0–2 Owings (2–0) Resop (2–2) Hernandez (2) 12,468 30–31 62 June 10 Mets 1–8 Gee (7–0) Morton (6–3) — 24,653 30–32 63 June 11 Mets 3–2 McDonald (4–4) Dickey (3–7) Hanrahan (16) 39,273 31–32 64 June 12 Mets 0–7 Capuano (5–6) Correia (8–5) — 26,452 31–33 65 June 13 Mets 3–1 Maholm (3–7) Pelfrey (3–5) Hanrahan (17) 15,555 32–33 66 June 14 @ Astros 1–0 Karstens (4–4) Norris (4–5) Hanrahan (18) 29,712 33–33 67 June 15 @ Astros 7–3 Morton (7–3) Del Rosario (0–1) Hanrahan (19) 29,866 34–33 68 June 16 @ Astros 5–4 McDonald (5–4) Lyles (0–2) Veras (1) 26,415 35–33 69 June 17 @ Indians 1–5 Tomlin (8–4) Correia (8–6) — 38,549 35–34 70 June 18 @ Indians 1–5 Carrasco (7–3) Maholm (3–8) — 31,865 35–35 71 June 19 @ Indians 2–5 (11) Sipp (3–0) Wood (0–1) — 30,023 35–36 72 June 20 Orioles 3–8 Arrieta (9–4) Morton (7–4) — 22,447 35–37 73 June 21 Orioles 9–3 Resop (3–2) Guthrie (2–9) — 33,806 36–37 74 June 22 Orioles 5–4 Correia (9–6) Britton (6–5) Hanrahan (20) 19,418 37–37 75 June 24 Red Sox 3–1 Maholm (4–8) Lester (9–4) Hanrahan (21) 39,330 38–37 76 June 25 Red Sox 6–4 Karstens (5–4) Wakefield (4–3) Hanrahan (22) 39,483 39–37 77 June 26 Red Sox 2–4 Miller (1–0) Wood (0–2) Papelbon (14) 39,511 39–38 78 June 28 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Correia (10–6) Reyes (3–7) Hanrahan (23) 17,085 40–38 79 June 29 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Morrow (4–4) Maholm (4–9) Francisco (9) 15,632 40–39 80 June 30 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Karstens (6–4) Cecil (1–3) — 14,939 41–39
July (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Nationals 1–2 Storen (5–2) Wood (0–3) — 22,399 41–40 82 July 2 @ Nationals 5–3 Veras (2–2) Burnett (3–5) Hanrahan (24) — 42–40 83 July 2 @ Nationals 3–4 Mattheus (1–0) Watson (0–1) Storen (20) 39,638 42–41 84 July 3 @ Nationals 10–2 Correia (11–6) Marquis (7–3) — 23,522 43–41 85 July 4 Astros 5–3 Maholm (5–9) Myers (3–8) Hanrahan (25) 36,942 44–41 86 July 5 Astros 5–1 Karstens (7–4) Rodriguez (6–5) — 18,151 45–41 87 July 6 Astros 2–8 Norris (5–6) Morton (7–5) — 18,910 45–42 88 July 8 Cubs 7–4 McCutchen (3–1) Marshall (5–3) Hanrahan (26) 37,140 46–42 89 July 9 Cubs 3–6 Dempster (6–6) Correia (11–7) Marmol (19) 39,235 46–43 90 July 10 Cubs 9–1 Maholm (6–9) Ortiz (0–2) — 31,428 47–43 91 July 15 @ Astros 4–0 Karstens (8–4) Myers (3–10) — 27,787 48–43 92 July 16 @ Astros 4–6 Escalona (2–1) Veras (2–3) Melancon (7) 35,081 48–44 93 July 17 @ Astros 7–5 (11) Leroux (1–0) Melancon (5–3) Resop (1) 24,580 49–44 94 July 18 Reds 2–0 Morton (8–5) Willis (0–1) Hanrahan (27) 22,016 50–44 95 July 19 Reds 1–0 McDonald (6–4) Leake (8–5) Hanrahan (28) 26,058 51–44 96 July 20 Reds 1–3 Cueto (6–3) Karstens (8–5) Cordero (19) 25,207 51–45 97 July 22 Cardinals 4–6 Carpenter (6–7) Maholm (6–10) Salas (18) 38,490 51–46 98 July 23 Cardinals 1–9 Garcia (10–4) Correia (11–8) — 39,102 51–47 99 July 24 Cardinals 4–3 (10) Beimel (1–1) Motte (3–2) — 35,402 52–47 100 July 25 @ Braves 3–1 McDonald (7–4) Hudson (9–7) Hanrahan (29) 30,098 53–47 101 July 26 @ Braves 3–4 (19) Proctor (2–3) McCutchen (3–2) — 22,036 53–48 102 July 27 @ Braves 1–2 (10) Linebrink (4–2) Leroux (1–1) — 24,186 53–49 103 July 28 @ Braves 5–2 Correia (12–8) Lowe (6–9) Hanrahan (30) 38,355 54–49 104 July 29 @ Phillies 3–10 Halladay (13–4) Morton (8–6) — 45,599 54–50 105 July 30 @ Phillies 4–7 Lee (10–7) McDonald (7–5) Madson (18) 45,737 54–51 106 July 31 @ Phillies 5–6 (10) Bastardo (4–0) Watson (0–2) — 45,809 54–52
August (8–22) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 1 Cubs 3–5 Zambrano (8–6) Maholm (6–11) Marmol (21) 22,248 54–53 108 August 2 Cubs 6–11 Wells (3–4) Correia (12–9) — 26,109 54–54 109 August 3 Cubs 0–1 Garza (5–8) Resop (3–3) Marmol (22) 19,106 54–55 110 August 4 Cubs 6–7 Samardzija (6–4) McCutchen (3–3) Marmol (23) 29,317 54–56 111 August 5 Padres 5–15 Harang (10–3) Karstens (8–6) — 37,766 54–57 112 August 6 Padres 2–13 Luebke (4–6) Maholm (6–12) — 39,251 54–58 113 August 7 Padres 3–7 Latos (6–11) Correia (12–10) — 35,601 54–59 114 August 8 @ Giants 5–0 Morton (9–6) Vogelsong (9–2) — 42,405 55–59 115 August 9 @ Giants 0–6 Bumgarner (7–11) McDonald (7–6) — 42,648 55–60 116 August 10 @ Giants 9–2 Karstens (9–6) Sanchez (4–7) — 42,603 56–60 117 August 12 @ Brewers 2–7 Greinke (11–4) Maholm (6–13) — 41,820 56–61 118 August 13 @ Brewers 0–1 Estrada (3–7) Correia (12–11) Axford (34) 43,214 56–62 119 August 14 @ Brewers 1–2 (10) Saito (3–1) Resop (3–4) — 45,103 56–63 120 August 15 Cardinals 6–2 McDonald (8–6) Westbrook (9–7) — 19,766 57–63 121 August 16 Cardinals 5–4 (11) Resop (4–4) Rhodes (0–1) — 20,943 58–63 122 August 17 Cardinals 2–7 Lohse (11–7) Maholm (6–14) — 22,296 58–64 123 August 19 Reds 8–11 Wood (6–5) Hanrahan (0–2) Cordero (25) 36,620 58–65 124 August 20 Reds 5–3 Watson (1–2) Chapman (2–1) Hanrahan (31) 37,826 59–65 125 August 21 Reds 4–5 Arredondo (3–3) Hanrahan (0–3) Cordero (26) 29,967 59–66 126 August 22 Brewers 1–8 Narveson (9–6) Karstens (9–7) — — 59–67 127 August 22 Brewers 9–2 McCutchen (4–3) Greinke (12–5) — 19,380 60–67 128 August 23 Brewers 4–11 Estrada (4–8) Ohlendorf (0–1) — 21,411 60–68 129 August 24 Brewers 2–0 Grilli (1–0) Marcum (11–4) Hanrahan (32) 18,013 61–68 130 August 25 @ Cardinals 4–8 Jackson (3–2) Morton (9–7) — 36,503 61–69 131 August 26 @ Cardinals 4–5 McClellan (10–6) Veras (2–4) — 40,480 61–70 132 August 27 @ Cardinals 7–0 Lincoln (1–0) Carpenter (8–9) — 35,812 62–70 133 August 28 @ Cardinals 4–7 Lohse (12–8) Karstens (9–8) Motte (1) 38,429 62–71 134 August 29 @ Astros 4–7 Rodriguez (10–9) Grilli (1–1) Melancon (15) 19,250 62–72 135 August 30 @ Astros 2–8 Sosa (2–2) Morton (9–8) — 21,750 62–73 136 August 31 @ Astros 0–2 Happ (5–15) McDonald (8–7) Melancon (16) 22,918 62–74
September (10–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 Dodgers 4–6 Eveland (1–0) Lincoln (1–1) Jansen (3) 12,224 62–75 138 September 2 @ Cubs 3–1 Burres (1–0) Dempster (10–11) Hanrahan (33) 35,153 63–75 139 September 3 @ Cubs 7–5 Resop (5–4) Marmol (2–5) Hanrahan (34) 36,628 64–75 140 September 4 @ Cubs 3–6 Wells (7–4) Morton (9–9) Marshall (4) 40,469 64–76 141 September 5 Astros 3–1 McDonald (9–7) Sosa (2–3) Hanrahan (35) 13,366 65–76 142 September 6 Astros 1–4 Myers (4–13) Lincoln (1–2) Melancon (17) 9,840 65–77 143 September 7 Astros 5–4 Watson (2–2) Lopez (2–6) Hanrahan (36) 12,330 66–77 144 September 9 Marlins 4–13 Nolasco (10–10) Ohlendorf (0–2) — 24,527 66–78 145 September 10 Marlins 0–3 Sanchez (8–7) Locke (0–1) — 34,063 66–79 146 September 11 Marlins 1–4 Vazquez (10–11) McDonald (9–8) Oviedo (34) 19,071 66–80 147 September 12 Cardinals 6–5 Grilli (2–1) Rzepczynski (0–2) Hanrahan (37) 13,278 67–80 148 September 13 Cardinals 4–6 McClellan (11–6) Hanrahan (0–4) Motte (6) 16,544 67–81 149 September 14 Cardinals 2–3 Jackson (5–2) Morton (9–10) Motte (7) 12,520 67–82 150 September 15 @ Dodgers 6–2 Ohlendorf (1–2) Eveland (2–1) Hanrahan (38) 25,381 68–82 151 September 16 @ Dodgers 2–7 Kuroda (12–16) Locke (0–2) — 41,148 68–83 152 September 17 @ Dodgers 1–6 Lilly (10–14) McDonald (9–9) — 32,514 68–84 153 September 18 @ Dodgers 1–15 Billingsley (11–10) Lincoln (1–3) — 37,802 68–85 154 September 19 @ D-backs 0–1 Kennedy (20–4) Karstens (9–9) Putz (42) 24,458 68–86 155 September 20 @ D-backs 5–3 Morton (10–10) Hudson (16–11) Hanrahan (39) 30,114 69–86 156 September 21 @ D-backs 5–8 Miley (4–2) Ohlendorf (1–3) Putz (43) 25,296 69–87 157 September 23 Reds 4–3 Hanrahan (1–4) Bray (5–3) — 23,632 70–87 158 September 24 Reds 4–3 Lincoln (2–3) Wood (6–6) Grilli (1) 37,388 71–87 159 September 25 Reds 4–5 Willis (1–6) Moskos (1–1) Cordero (35) 28,758 71–88 160 September 26 @ Brewers 9–8 McCutchen (5–3) Saito (4–2) Hanrahan (40) 41,222 72–88 161 September 27 @ Brewers 4–6 Hawkins (3–1) Hughes (0–1) Axford (46) 41,864 72–89 162 September 28 @ Brewers 3–7 Greinke (16–6) Locke (0–3) — 41,976 72–90
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member

Season standings

National League Central

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	0.593	—	57–24	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	6	45–36	45–36
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	0.488	17	42–39	37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	90	0.444	24	36–45	36–45
Chicago Cubs	71	91	0.438	25	39–42	32–49
Houston Astros	56	106	0.346	40	31–50	25–56

National League Wild Card

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	102	60	0.630
Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	0.593
Arizona Diamondbacks	94	68	0.580

v t e Wild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	—
Atlanta Braves	89	73	0.549	1
San Francisco Giants	86	76	0.531	4
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	79	0.509	7½
Washington Nationals	80	81	0.497	9½
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	0.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	0.475	13
Colorado Rockies	73	89	0.451	17
Florida Marlins	72	90	0.444	18
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	90	0.444	18
Chicago Cubs	71	91	0.438	19
San Diego Padres	71	91	0.438	19
Houston Astros	56	106	0.346	34

Record vs. opponents

2011 National League record v t e Source: [13]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–3	3–4	4–2	13–5	5–2	6–1	10–8	4–3	3–3	3–3	3–3	11–7	9–9	3–4	5–3	10–8
Atlanta	3–2	–	4–3	3–3	6–2	12–6	5–1	2–5	5–3	9–9	6–12	4–2	4–5	6–1	1–5	9–9	10–5
Chicago	4–3	3–4	–	7–11	2–4	3–3	8–7	3–3	6–10	4–2	2–5	8–8	3–3	5–4	5–10	3–4	5–10
Cincinnati	2–4	3–3	11–7	–	3–4	3–3	9–6	4–2	8–8	2–5	1–7	5–10	4–2	5–2	9–6	4–2	6–12
Colorado	5–13	2–6	4–2	4–3	–	3–3	5–2	9–9	3–6	5–2	1–4	4–3	9–9	5–13	2–4	4–3	8–7
Florida	2–5	6–12	3–3	3–3	3–3	–	6–1	3–3	0–7	9–9	6–12	6–0	0–7	4–2	2–6	11–7	8–10
Houston	1–6	1–5	7–8	6–9	2–5	1–6	–	4–5	3–12	3–3	2–4	7–11	3–5	4–3	5–10	3–3	4–11
Los Angeles	8–10	5–2	3–3	2–4	9–9	3–3	5–4	–	2–4	2–5	1–5	6–2	13–5	9–9	4–3	4–2	6–9
Milwaukee	3–4	3–5	10–6	8–8	6–3	7–0	12–3	4–2	–	4–2	3–4	12–3	3–2	3–3	9–9	3–3	6–9
New York	3–3	9–9	2–4	5–2	2–5	9–9	3–3	5–2	2–4	–	7–11	4–4	4–3	2–4	3–3	8–10	9–9
Philadelphia	3–3	12–6	5–2	7–1	4–1	12–6	4–2	5–1	4–3	11–7	–	4–2	7–1	4–3	3–6	8–10	9–6
Pittsburgh	3–3	2–4	8–8	10–5	3–4	0–6	11–7	2–6	3–12	4–4	2–4	–	2–4	3–3	7–9	4–4	8–7
San Diego	7–11	5–4	3–3	2–4	9–9	7–0	5–3	5–13	2–3	3–4	1–7	4–2	–	6–12	3–3	3–4	6–9
San Francisco	9–9	1–6	4–5	2–5	13–5	2–4	3–4	9–9	3–3	4–2	3–4	3–3	12–6	–	5–2	3–4	10–5
St. Louis	4–3	5–1	10–5	6–9	4–2	6–2	10–5	3–4	9–9	3–3	6–3	9–7	3–3	2–5	–	2–4	8–7
Washington	3–5	9–9	4–3	2–4	3–4	7–11	3–3	2–4	3–3	10–8	10–8	4–4	4–3	4–3	4–2	–	8–7

Detailed records

Roster

2011 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 45 José Ascanio 97 Joe Beimel 71 Brian Burres 29 Kevin Correia 60 Michael Crotta 39 Jason Grilli 52 Joel Hanrahan 70 Jared Hughes 27 Jeff Karstens 63 Chris Leroux 32 Brad Lincoln 61 Jeff Locke 28 Paul Maholm 34 Daniel McCutchen 53 James McDonald 47 Evan Meek 50 Charlie Morton 57 Daniel Moskos 49 Ross Ohlendorf 36 Garrett Olson 30 Chris Resop 60 Aaron Thompson 48,43 José Veras 65 Tony Watson 48 Tim Wood		Catchers 26 Dusty Brown 41 Ryan Doumit 69 Eric Fryer 35 Jason Jaramillo 55 Michael McKenry 48 Matt Pagnozzi 19 Chris Snyder 68 Wyatt Toregas Infielders 24 Pedro Alvarez  5 Ronny Cedeño  3 Pedro Ciriaco 12 Chase d'Arnaud 62 Josh Harrison 25 Derrek Lee 37 Lyle Overbay 51 Steven Pearce 10 Josh Rodriguez 18 Neil Walker  2 Brandon Wood		Outfielders 14 John Bowker 23 Matt Diaz 46 Garrett Jones 36 Ryan Ludwick 22 Andrew McCutchen 38 Xavier Paul 44 Alex Presley 31 José Tábata		Manager 13 Clint Hurdle Coaches 86 Heberto Andrade (bullpen catcher) 55,17 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
José Tábata	LF
Neil Walker	2B
Andrew McCutchen	CF
Lyle Overbay	1B
Pedro Alvarez	3B
Ryan Doumit	C
Garrett Jones	RF
Ronny Cedeño	SS
Kevin Correia	SP

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Neil Walker	159	596	76	163	36	4	12	83	9	54	.273	.408
Andrew McCutchen	158	572	87	148	34	5	23	89	23	89	.259	.456
Garrett Jones	148	423	51	103	30	1	16	58	6	48	.243	.433
Ronny Cedeño	128	413	43	103	25	3	2	32	2	30	.249	.339
Lyle Overbay	103	352	40	80	17	1	8	37	1	36	.227	.349
José Tábata	91	334	53	89	18	1	4	21	16	40	.266	.362
Brandon Wood	99	236	25	52	9	0	7	31	0	19	.220	.347
Pedro Álvarez	74	235	18	45	9	1	4	19	1	24	.191	.289
Xavier Paul	121	232	30	59	6	5	2	20	16	13	.254	.349
Ryan Doumit	77	218	17	66	12	1	8	30	0	16	.303	.477
Matt Diaz	100	216	14	56	12	1	0	19	4	11	.259	.324
Alex Presley	52	215	27	64	12	6	4	20	9	13	.298	.465
Josh Harrison	65	195	21	53	13	2	1	16	4	3	.272	.374
Michael McKenry	58	180	17	40	12	0	2	11	0	14	.222	.322
Chase d'Arnaud	48	143	17	31	6	2	0	6	12	4	.217	.287
Ryan Ludwick	38	112	14	26	5	0	2	11	0	19	.232	.330
Derrek Lee	28	101	16	34	2	1	7	18	0	8	.337	.584
Chris Snyder	34	96	13	26	3	0	3	17	0	17	.271	.396
Steve Pearce	50	94	8	19	2	0	1	10	0	7	.202	.255
Jason Jaramillo	23	43	1	14	3	0	0	6	1	2	.326	.395
Pedro Ciriaco	23	33	4	10	2	1	0	6	2	1	.303	.424
Dusty Brown	11	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.107	.107
Eric Fryer	10	26	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	.269	.269
John Bowker	19	17	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	.235	.294
Josh Rodriguez	7	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.083	.083
Matt Pagnozzi	5	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250
Wyatt Toregas	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	287	10	27	8	0	1	16	0	14	.094	.132
Team Totals	162	5421	610	1325	277	35	107	580	108	489	.244	.368

Source: [1]

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Charlie Morton	10	10	3.83	29	29	0	171.2	186	82	73	77	110
James McDonald	9	9	4.21	31	31	0	171.0	176	86	80	78	142
Paul Maholm	6	14	3.66	26	26	0	162.1	160	72	66	50	97
Jeff Karstens	9	9	3.38	30	26	0	162.1	163	69	61	33	96
Kevin Correia	12	11	4.79	27	26	0	154.0	175	90	82	39	77
Daniel McCutchen	5	3	3.72	73	0	0	84.2	87	38	35	33	47
José Veras	2	4	3.80	79	0	1	71.0	54	32	30	34	79
Chris Resop	5	4	4.39	76	0	1	69.2	73	34	34	30	79
Joel Hanrahan	1	4	1.83	70	0	40	68.2	56	17	14	16	61
Brad Lincoln	2	3	4.72	12	8	0	47.2	54	27	25	16	29
Tony Watson	2	2	3.95	43	0	0	41.0	34	18	18	20	37
Ross Ohlendorf	1	3	8.15	9	9	0	38.2	60	38	35	15	27
Jason Grilli	2	1	2.48	28	0	1	32.2	24	10	9	15	37
Joe Beimel	1	1	5.33	35	0	0	25.1	34	17	15	9	17
Chris Leroux	1	1	2.88	23	0	0	25.0	26	9	8	7	24
Daniel Moskos	1	1	2.96	31	0	0	24.1	29	11	8	9	11
Evan Meek	1	1	3.48	24	0	0	20.2	27	11	8	12	17
Jeff Locke	0	3	6.48	4	4	0	16.2	21	12	12	10	5
Brian Burres	1	0	3.86	5	2	0	14.0	12	6	6	4	10
Jared Hughes	0	1	4.09	12	0	0	11.0	9	5	5	4	10
Michael Crotta	0	1	9.28	15	0	0	10.2	20	11	11	5	7
Tim Wood	0	3	5.63	13	0	0	8.0	8	5	5	8	2
Aaron Thompson	0	0	7.04	4	1	0	7.2	13	6	6	6	1
José Ascanio	0	0	7.11	8	0	0	6.1	10	5	5	2	5
Garrett Olson	1	1	2.08	4	0	0	4.1	2	1	1	3	4
Team Totals	72	90	4.04	162	162	43	1449.1	1513	712	650	535	1031

Source: [2]

Notable achievements

Awards

2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Joel Hanrahan, P, reserve
• Andrew McCutchen, OF, reserve
• Kevin Correia, P, reserve

NL Player of the Week

• Jeff Karstens (July 11–17, 2011)

MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award

• Joel Hanrahan (June 2011)

Milestones

Transactions

Pre-season

• On November 3, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Wil Ledezma to a 1-year contract. ^[14]
• On November 12, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost free agent Erik Kratz to the Philadelphia Phillies. ^[15]
• On November 15, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Clint Hurdle as manager. ^[16]
• On November 19, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost free agent Hector Gimenez to the Los Angeles Dodgers. ^[17]
• On November 22, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost free agent Dana Eveland to the Los Angeles Dodgers. ^[18]
• On November 24, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Euclides Rojas as bullpen coach, Gregg Ritchie as hitting coach, Luis Silverio as first-base coach, Nick Leyva as third-base coach and Mark Strittmatter. ^[19]
• On November 24, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Zach Duke to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a player to be named later ( Cesar Valdez). ^[20]
• On December 3, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Jeff Karstens to a 1-year contract and Ronny Cedeño to a 1-year contract with an option for 2012. ^[21]
• On December 7, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agents Kevin Correia to a 2-year contract ^[22] and Scott Olsen to a 1-year contract with an option for 2012. ^[23]
• On December 8, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Matt Diaz to a 2-year contract. ^[24]
• On December 14, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Lyle Overbay to a 1-year contract. ^[25]
• On December 23, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Ryan Kelly to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Corey Wimberly. ^[26]
• On December 23, 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed free agent Aaron Thompson off waivers from the Washington Nationals. ^[27]
• On January 4, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Joe Martinez to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. ^[28]
• On January 5, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost free agent Wil Ledezma to the Toronto Blue Jays. ^[29]
• On January 18, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Joel Hanrahan to a 1-year contract. ^[30]
• On February 9, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Ross Ohlendorf to a 1-year/$2.025 million contract. ^[31]

In-Season

• On March 3, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Alex Presley, Andrew McCutchen, Bryan Morris, Brad Lincoln, Charlie Morton, Chris Leroux, Chris Resop, Daniel McCutchen, Daniel Moskos, Evan Meek, Garrett Jones, Gorkys Hernández, James McDonald, Jason Jaramillo, Jeff Locke, John Bowker, José Ascanio, José Tábata, Josh Rodriguez, Kevin Hart, Kyle McPherson, Mike Crotta, Neil Walker, Pedro Ciriaco, Ramon Aguero, Steve Pearce and Tony Watson to 1-year contracts. ^[32]
• On March 21, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates released Garrett Atkins. ^[33]
• On March 22, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates released Fernando Nieve. ^[34]
• On April 6, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates released Craig Hansen. ^[35]
• On April 8, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost free agent Ramon Aguero to the Texas Rangers. ^[36]
• On April 22, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed free agent Brandon Wood from the Los Angeles Angels. ^[37]
• On April 26, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed free agent Xavier Paul from the Los Angeles Dodgers. ^[38]
• On May 14, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates released Scott Olsen. ^[39]
• On June 13, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded a player to be named later or cash considerations to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Michael McKenry. ^[40]
• On June 21, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded cash considerations to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Josh Rodriguez. ^[41]
• On July 21, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent Jason Grilli to a 1-year contract. ^[42]
• On July 31, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Aaron Baker to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Derrek Lee. ^[43]
• On July 31, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded a player to be named later or cash considerations to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Ryan Ludwick. ^[44]
• On August 18, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded a player to be named later or cash considerations to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Tim Wood. ^[45]
• On August 21, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed José Tábata to a 6-year contract extension through 2016 with options for 2017–19. ^[46]
• On August 31, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Matt Diaz and cash considerations to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for a player to be named later (Eliecer Cardenas; converted on September 20, 2011). ^[47]
• On August 31, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded John Bowker to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for future considerations. ^[47]
• On September 11, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed Neal Huntington as senior VP and GM to a 3-year contract extension through 2014. ^[48]
• On September 14, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed Matt Pagnozzi off waivers from the Colorado Rockies. ^[49]
• On September 16, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted Greg Smith to assistant GM, Joe Dellicarri to director of amateur scouting, Kevan Graves to director of baseball operations, Kyle Stark to assistant GM, Larry Broadway to director of minor league operations and Tyrone Brooks to director of player personnel. ^[50]
• On October 24, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Ben Potenziano as assistant trainer and Brendon Huttman as strength and conditioning coach. ^[51]

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 García
A	West Virginia Power	South Atlantic League	Gary Robinson
A-Short Season	State College Spikes	New York–Penn League	Dave Turgeon
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Tom Prince
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	Ramon Zapata
Rookie	VSL Pirates	Venezuelan Summer League	Osmin Melendez

References

External links

• 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates season Official Site Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates season at Baseball Reference