1993 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place5th
OwnersPittsburgh Associates
General managersTed Simmons
Cam Bonifay
ManagersJim Leyland
TelevisionKDKA-TV
KBL
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
Seasons

The 1993 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 112th in franchise history; the 107th in the National League. This was their 24th season at Three Rivers Stadium. This season saw the three-time defending National League East champions fall to fifth place in the division with a 75–87 record. In the offseason, the National League expanded to 14 teams and Barry Bonds left the Pirates and signed with the San Francisco Giants. This season was the first of the Pirates record setting twenty straight losing seasons.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Montreal Expos 9468 0.580 3 55–26 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8775 0.537 10 49–32 38–43
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 13 43–38 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 22 40–41 35–46
Florida Marlins 6498 0.395 33 35–46 29–52
New York Mets 59103 0.364 38 28–53 31–50

Game log

1993 Game Log: 75–87 (Home: 40–41; Away: 35–46)
April: 11–11 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6Padres9–4Wakefield (1–0)BenesCandelaria (1)44,1031–0
2April 8Padres5–4Walk (1–0)HarrisBelinda (1)15,8282–0
3April 9Giants6–5Minor (1–0)BeckBelinda (2)22,7183–0
4April 10Giants5–12BurbaCooke (0–1)—18,2643–1
5April 11Giants3–4BurkettWakefield (1–1)Beck12,8443–2
6April 12@ Padres4–2Otto (1–0)HarrisBelinda (3)46,1924–2
7April 13@ Padres6–4Walk (2–0)GomezWagner (1)11,4935–2
8April 14@ Padres11–7Minor (2–0)Seminara—13,0536–2
9April 15@ Padres5–4 (13)Moeller (1–0)HernandezBelinda (4)15,8217–2
10April 16@ Dodgers4–7HershiserWakefield (1–2)Gott39,6527–3
11April 17@ Dodgers3–6MartinezOtto (1–1)—46,0347–4
12April 18@ Dodgers4–6GrossWalk (2–1)Wilson37,9497–5
13April 20Reds0–5BelcherTomlin (0–1)—9,0747–6
14April 21Reds7–8 (12)FosterCandelaria (0–1)—16,7967–7
15April 22Reds5–4Wakefield (2–2)Smiley—10,5008–7
16April 23Astros2–4SwindellNeagle (0–1)Jones13,4878–8
17April 24Astros4–8HernandezCandelaria (0–2)—19,4988–9
18April 25Astros7–2Tomlin (1–1)Portugal—15,1029–9
19April 26@ Braves4–3 (11)Minor (3–0)McMichaelBelinda (5)47,32410–9
20April 27@ Braves6–2 (11)Wakefield (3–2)StantonWagner (2)42,52711–9
21April 28@ Reds2–4PughOtto (1–2)Reardon23,60311–10
22April 30@ Astros2–11PortugalWalk (2–2)Hernandez31,86711–11
May: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1@ Astros3–7DrabekTomlin (1–2)—39,24211–12
24May 2@ Astros6–2Cooke (1–1)Swindell—24,48512–12
25May 4Braves2–3GlavineWakefield (3–3)Stanton11,51612–13
26May 5Braves4–1Walk (3–2)MadduxBelinda (6)16,03413–13
27May 7Expos0–1NabholzTomlin (1–3)Wetteland30,98413–14
28May 8Expos10–9 (10)Belinda (1–0)Bottenfield—33,73914–14
29May 9Expos6–5 (11)Minor (4–0)Barnes—17,71415–14
30May 10@ Phillies1–5JacksonWalk (3–3)—29,71215–15
31May 11@ Phillies8–4Wagner (1–0)Davis—32,87116–15
32May 12@ Phillies1–4GreeneTomlin (1–4)—24,90616–16
33May 14@ Cubs2–3HarkeyCooke (1–2)Myers27,63716–17
34May 15@ Cubs5–14GuzmanWakefield (3–4)—39,70616–18
35May 16@ Cubs5–3Walk (4–3)HibbardBelinda (7)38,62317–18
36May 17@ Mets9–4Tomlin (2–4)Gooden—18,72418–18
37May 18@ Mets10–8Otto (2–2)SchourekBelinda (8)18,97319–18
38May 19@ Mets4–6 (10)FrancoMinor (4–1)—19,11219–19
39May 21Cardinals8–10 (11)LancasterWagner (1–1)Perez22,80019–20
40May 22Cardinals4–2Walk (5–3)OsborneBelinda (9)26,01220–20
41May 23Cardinals3–4 (10)SmithMinor (4–2)Perez35,24920–21
42May 25Marlins2–0Cooke (2–2)Hough—14,59521–21
43May 26Marlins4–5HammondWagner (1–2)Harvey23,26721–22
44May 27Marlins13–8Walk (6–3)Bowen—17,24522–22
45May 28Dodgers2–7AstacioTomlin (2–5)—18,53222–23
46May 29Dodgers1–6MartinezOtto (2–3)—27,66422–24
47May 30Dodgers5–3Cooke (3–2)GrossBelinda (10)28,56923–24
48May 31@ Rockies2–6ReynosoWakefield (3–5)—47,66523–25
June: 14–14 (Home: 9–3; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1@ Rockies8–6Walk (7–3)Smith—45,75224–25
50June 2@ Rockies5–3Petkovsek (1–0)ParrettBelinda (11)50,12225–25
51June 3@ Giants2–1Neagle (1–1)BrummettMinor (1)15,80426–25
52June 4@ Giants3–2Cooke (4–2)BrantleyBelinda (12)15,72527–25
53June 5@ Giants2–3WilsonWakefield (3–6)Beck23,99027–26
54June 6@ Giants1–7SwiftWalk (7–4)—40,59427–27
55June 8Rockies1–4RuffinWagner (1–3)Shepherd16,72227–28
56June 9Rockies4–1Neagle (2–1)BlairBelinda (13)30,62528–28
57June 10@ Marlins3–4TurnerOtto (2–4)Harvey34,09128–29
58June 11@ Marlins3–11AquinoWakefield (3–7)—42,83528–30
59June 12@ Marlins2–5HammondWalk (7–5)Harvey43,29428–31
60June 13@ Marlins2–5BowenMinor (4–3)Harvey42,94528–32
61June 14@ Cardinals3–8OsborneNeagle (2–2)Perez26,68328–33
62June 15@ Cardinals3–6TewksburyCooke (4–3)Smith36,08428–34
63June 16@ Cardinals2–3MagraneSmith (0–1)Smith36,74628–35
64June 17Mets6–2Walk (8–5)Gooden—20,32429–35
65June 18Mets5–2Wagner (2–3)Young—21,52130–35
66June 19Mets8–3Toliver (1–0)TananaMinor (2)24,19931–35
67June 20Mets3–2Belinda (2–0)Saberhagen—14,18032–35
68June 21Cubs1–5BautistaSmith (0–2)—18,47632–36
69June 22Cubs7–2Walk (9–5)Wendell—22,77333–36
70June 23Cubs9–4Wagner (3–3)BoskieBelinda (14)16,42334–36
71June 25Phillies6–8DeLeonCandelaria (0–3)Williams21,17334–37
72June 26Phillies4–2Cooke (5–3)Schilling—39,43935–37
73June 27Phillies4–3 (10)Belinda (3–0)Williams—27,82436–37
74June 28@ Expos9–5 (10)Wakefield (4–7)Scott—17,18537–37
75June 29@ Expos2–9NabholzWagner (3–4)—14,02337–38
76June 30@ Expos1–9GardinerNeagle (2–3)Fassero15,73437–39
July: 10–18 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Expos5–7RojasCooke (5–4)Wetteland13,17437–40
78July 2@ Reds10–9Otto (3–4)AyalaBelinda (15)—38–40
79July 2@ Reds1–9PughWakefield (4–8)—32,68138–41
80July 3@ Reds3–5LuebbersWalk (9–6)Dibble34,77138–42
81July 4@ Reds2–7BrowningWagner (3–5)Spradlin28,04638–43
82July 5@ Reds4–6BelcherNeagle (2–4)Dibble27,85138–44
83July 6@ Astros10–3Ballard (1–0)Harnisch—17,58239–44
84July 7@ Astros5–2Wagner (4–5)PortugalBelinda (16)24,68240–44
85July 8@ Astros4–10KileSmith (0–3)—19,99940–45
86July 9Reds4–1Walk (10–6)BrowningBelinda (17)21,01641–45
87July 10Reds7–10ServiceWagner (4–6)Dibble30,80541–46
88July 11Reds3–2Minor (5–3)Reardon—22,77242–46
89July 15@ Braves0–4GlavineTomlin (2–6)—49,04642–47
90July 16@ Braves2–3MadduxCooke (5–5)Stanton48,53942–48
91July 17@ Braves4–3Wagner (5–6)SmoltzBelinda (18)48,66543–48
92July 18@ Braves0–2AverySmith (0–4)Stanton49,00343–49
93July 19Astros2–4HarnischWalk (10–7)Jones14,06843–50
94July 20Astros2–1Tomlin (3–6)Drabek—18,00844–50
95July 21Astros3–5KileCooke (5–6)Jones28,22744–51
96July 22Braves8–7Minor (6–3)Howell—19,10845–51
97July 23Braves2–6AveryBelinda (3–1)—37,50645–52
98July 24Braves6–11BedrosianWalk (10–8)—33,34745–53
99July 25Braves1–13GlavineTomlin (3–7)—29,38645–54
100July 27Expos6–8ScottJohnston (0–1)Wetteland14,12845–55
101July 28Expos3–2Petkovsek (2–0)Shaw—13,47046–55
102July 29Expos2–3 (11)WettelandMinor (6–4)Heredia18,82346–56
103July 30@ Phillies4–2Walk (11–8)RiveraBelinda (19)47,40647–56
104July 31@ Phillies2–10JacksonTomlin (3–8)—48,17147–57
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1@ Phillies4–5MasonCooke (5–7)Williams46,69347–58
106August 2@ Cubs10–12ScanlanMinor (6–5)Myers31,40247–59
107August 3@ Cubs7–3Smith (1–4)Hibbard—25,69848–59
108August 4@ Cubs6–5Ballard (2–0)BoskieNeagle (1)33,77549–59
109August 5@ Cubs5–2Tomlin (4–8)MorganDewey (1)31,63950–59
110August 7@ Mets2–1Cooke (6–7)GoodenDewey (2)—51–59
111August 7@ Mets8–10MadduxNeagle (2–5)Young27,90451–60
112August 8@ Mets3–2Smith (2–4)Tanana—27,23152–60
113August 9Cardinals3–7WatsonWalk (11–9)—16,46552–61
114August 10Cardinals2–4ArochaJohnston (0–2)Smith12,53152–62
115August 11Cardinals8–6Dewey (1–0)Burns—35,28853–62
116August 12Cardinals5–4 (11)Johnston (1–2)Burns—12,73054–62
117August 13Marlins8–3Smith (3–4)Hough—27,76755–62
118August 14Marlins3–8BowenWalk (11–10)Harvey29,00355–63
119August 15Marlins4–3 (11)Minor (7–5)Aquino—22,66556–63
120August 17Giants10–3Cooke (7–7)Burkett—29,22257–63
121August 18Giants6–9WilsonSmith (3–5)—23,31457–64
122August 19Giants3–6HickersonWalk (11–11)Beck20,15157–65
123August 20@ Padres7–6Petkovsek (3–0)DavisDewey (3)17,88858–65
124August 22@ Padres10–5Cooke (8–7)Benes—10,49259–65
125August 23@ Dodgers1–6HershiserSmith (3–6)—38,73959–66
126August 24@ Dodgers4–13GrossWalk (11–12)—36,13359–67
127August 25@ Dodgers2–1 (12)Neagle (3–5)Gott—33,91460–67
128August 27Padres6–10BenesCooke (8–8)Hoffman21,04860–68
129August 28Padres3–5SandersSmith (3–7)Harris28,97260–69
130August 29Padres7–4Walk (12–12)AshbyDewey (4)—61–69
131August 29Padres0–11BrocailHope (0–1)—21,63661–70
132August 31Dodgers6–2Johnston (2–2)Gross—16,29162–70
September: 12–15 (Home: 7–9; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Dodgers5–1Cooke (9–8)Candiotti—20,77863–70
134September 2Dodgers0–4AstacioBallard (2–1)—14,16563–71
135September 3@ Rockies6–7HolmesDewey (1–1)—51,51263–72
136September 4@ Rockies4–10PainterWakefield (4–9)—56,11363–73
137September 5@ Rockies1–4RuffinWalk (12–13)Holmes54,03463–74
138September 6@ Giants1–4SandersonWagner (5–7)Beck25,27663–75
139September 7@ Giants4–3Menendez (1–0)JacksonDewey (5)17,31464–75
140September 9Rockies7–10 (12)WayneJohnston (2–3)—10,01664–76
141September 10Rockies8–9 (11)MooreMinor (7–6)Holmes15,33564–77
142September 11Rockies2–3BottenfieldWakefield (4–10)Ruffin21,64964–78
143September 12Rockies4–3Menendez (2–0)Munoz—21,03265–78
144September 14@ Marlins1–0 (6)Wagner (6–7)Hammond—28,49766–78
145September 15@ Marlins8–1Cooke (10–8)Hough—28,78867–78
146September 16@ Marlins10–0Ballard (3–1)Weathers—26,73068–78
147September 17@ Cardinals2–1Minor (8–6)UrbaniDewey (6)28,62569–78
148September 18@ Cardinals1–8CormierWakefield (4–11)—32,26869–79
149September 19@ Cardinals6–7PerezDewey (1–2)—31,63169–80
150September 20Mets6–2Wagner (7–7)HillmanJohnston (1)9,06970–80
151September 21Mets3–4TelghederCooke (10–9)Maddux9,26370–81
152September 22Mets5–6 (10)FrancoJohnston (2–4)—10,03170–82
153September 24Cubs3–8HibbardWalk (12–14)Bullinger16,31270–83
154September 26Cubs5–1Wagner (8–7)Trachsel——71–83
155September 26Cubs1–0Wakefield (5–11)Morgan—26,87272–83
156September 27Phillies4–6RiveraCooke (10–10)Williams15,84772–84
157September 28Phillies7–10ThigpenRobertson (0–1)—17,38672–85
158September 29Phillies9–1Walk (13–14)FosterJohnston (2)21,15973–85
159September 30Phillies5–0Wakefield (6–11)Greene—10,44874–85
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Expos3–6HerediaWagner (8–8)Wetteland14,14874–86
161October 2@ Expos4–2Ballard (4–1)HenryDewey (7)16,12675–86
162October 3@ Expos1–3BoucherHope (0–2)Wetteland26,27775–87
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1993 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–510–313–07–58–58–57–59–36–67–59–47–66–6
Chicago 5–7—7–58–46–74–87–55–8–18–57–65–88–46–68–5
Cincinnati 3–105–7—9–47–56–75–84–86–64–88–49–42–115–7
Colorado 0–134–84–9—7–511–27–63–96–63–98–46–73–105–7
Florida 5–77–65–75–7—3–95–75–84–94–96–77–54–84–9
Houston 5–88–47–62–119–3—9–45–711–15–77–58–53–106–6
Los Angeles 5–85–78–56–77–54–9—6–68–42–108–49–47–66–6
Montreal 5–78–5–18–49–38–57–56–6—9–46–78–510–23–97–6
New York 3–95–86–66–69–41–114–84–9—3–104–95–74–85–8
Philadelphia 6-66–78–49–39–47–510–27–610–3—7–66–64–88–5
Pittsburgh 5–78–54–84–87–65–74–85–89–46–7—9–35–74–9
San Diego 4–94–84–97–65–75–84–92–107–56–63–9—3–107–5
San Francisco 6–76–611–210–38–410–36–79–38–48–47–510–3—4–8
St. Louis 6–65–87–57–59–46–66–66–78–55–89–45–78–4—

Detailed records

Roster

1993 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
28Al MartinLF
3Jay BellSS
18Andy Van SlykeCF
7Jeff King3B
6Orlando MercedRF
36Kevin Young1B
12Mike LaValliereC
13Carlos García2B
49Tim WakefieldSP

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Notable transactions

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons American Association Doc Edwards
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Spin Williams and John Wockenfuss
A Salem Buccaneers Carolina League Scott Little
A Augusta Pirates South Atlantic League Trent Jewett
A-Short Season Welland Pirates New York–Penn League Larry Smith
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

References

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Alex Cole at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Roger Mason Stats".
  4. ↑ Gary Varsho at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 Dave Otto at Baseball Reference
  6. 1 2 John Candelaria at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Elmer Dessens at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  9. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  10. ↑ Mike LaValliere at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Stan Belinda at Baseball Reference
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