2021 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2021 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 140th season overall, 135th season as a member of the National League, and 21st season at PNC Park. The Pirates suffered another heavily losing season, finishing last in their division with a 0.377 winning percentage, the second-worst in the National League. One rare highlight from the season was winning a series of games against the playoff-bound Giants, including a 10-2 steamrolling of them at Oracle Park.

2021 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record61–101 (.377)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Robert Nutting
General manager(s)Ben Cherington
Manager(s)Derek Shelton
Local televisionAT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
Local radioKDKA-FM
Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network
Greg Brown, Joe Block, Bob Walk, John Wehner, Michael McKenry, Matt Capps, Kevin Young, Neil Walker
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The Pirates had the first overall pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft after their weak 2020 season, drafting catcher Henry Davis. Sports journalists suspect that the team was tanking again in the 2021 season for a high draft spot in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[1]

Regular season

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 9567 0.586 — 45–36 50–31
St. Louis Cardinals 9072 0.556 5 45–36 45–36
Cincinnati Reds 8379 0.512 12 44–37 39–42
Chicago Cubs 7191 0.438 24 39–42 32–49
Pittsburgh Pirates 61101 0.377 34 37–44 24–57

National League playoff standings
Division Leaders W L Pct.
San Francisco Giants 10755 0.660
Milwaukee Brewers 9567 0.586
Atlanta Braves 8873 0.547


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 10656 0.654 +16
St. Louis Cardinals 9072 0.556 —
Cincinnati Reds 8379 0.512 7
Philadelphia Phillies 8280 0.506 8
San Diego Padres 7983 0.488 11
New York Mets 7785 0.475 13
Colorado Rockies 7487 0.460 15½
Chicago Cubs 7191 0.438 19
Miami Marlins 6795 0.414 23
Washington Nationals 6597 0.401 25
Pittsburgh Pirates 61101 0.377 29
Arizona Diamondbacks 52110 0.321 38

Record vs. opponents
2021 National League Records

Source: NL Standings Head-to-head

Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona —3–42–45–19–103–162–51–61–54–34–28–112–171–63–44–16
Atlanta 4–3—5–24–32–42–411–83–310–910–94–34–23–36–114–56–14
Chicago 4–22–5—8–113–34–31–54–154–32–514–55–11–69–104–36–14
Cincinnati 1–53–411–8—5–23–35–29–103–34–213–61–61–610–95–29–11
Colorado 10–94–23–32–5—6–134–22–52–55–24–211–84–153–44–210–10
Los Angeles 16–34–23–43–313–6—3–44–36–14–26–012–79–104–37–012–8
Miami 5–28–115–12–52–44–3—3–39–1010–92–53–43–40–68–113–17
Milwaukee 6–13–315–410–95–23–43–3—4–22–514–55–24–38–115–18–12
New York 5–19–103–43–35–21–610–92–4—9–103–44–31–52–511–89–11
Philadelphia 3–49–105–22–42–52–49–105–210–9—4–34–22–44–313–68–12
Pittsburgh 2–43–45–146–132–40–65–25–144–33–4—3–44–37–122–410–10
San Diego 11–82–41–56–18–117–124–32–53–42–44–3—8–113–34–314–6
San Francisco 17–23–36–16–115–410–94–33–45–14–23–411–8—2–45–213–7
St. Louis 6–11–610–99–104–33–46–011–85–23–412–73–34–2—2–411–9
Washington 4–35–143–42–52–40–711–81–58–116–134–23–42–54–2—10–10

Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.

Detailed records

Game log
2021 Game Log: 61–101 (Home: 37–44; Away: 24–57)
April: 12–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 1@ Cubs5–3Howard (1–0)Hendricks (0–1)Rodríguez (1)10,3431–0W1
2April 3@ Cubs1–5Arrieta (1–0)Anderson (0–1)—10,3431–1L1
3April 4@ Cubs3–4Davies (1–0)Keller (0–1)Kimbrel (1)10,3431–2L2
4April 5@ Reds3–5Doolittle (1–0)Howard (1–1)Garrett (1)9,0971–3L3
5April 6@ Reds1–14Miley (1–0)Cahill (0–1)—11,0931–4L4
6April 7@ Reds4–11Castillo (1–0)Kuhl (0–1)—11,4631–5L5
7April 8Cubs2–4Arrieta (2–0)Anderson (0–2)Kimbrel (2)7,7491–6L6
8April 10Cubs8–2Keller (1–1)Davies (1–1)—7,0522–6W1
9April 11Cubs7–1Brubaker (1–0)Williams (1–1)—6,8513–6W2
10April 12Padres2–6Darvish (1–0)Oviedo (0–1)—4,0683–7L1
11April 13Padres8–4Stratton (1–0)Crismatt (0–1)—4,8144–7W1
12April 14Padres5–1Anderson (1–2)Musgrove (2–1)—5,2285–7W2
13April 15Padres3–8Paddack (1–1)Keller (1–2)Stammen (1)4,0235–8L1
14April 16@ Brewers6–1Brubaker (2–0)Houser (1–2)—11,9676–8W1
15April 17@ Brewers1–7Anderson (2–1)Cahill (0–2)—12,0386–9L1
16April 18@ Brewers6–5 (10)Rodríguez (1–0)Feyereisen (0–1)—11,7727–9W1
—April 20@ TigersPostponed (snow; makeup April 21)
17April 21 (1)@ Tigers3–2 (7)Anderson (2–2)Fulmer (1–1)Rodríguez (2)7,3568–9W2
18April 21 (2)@ Tigers2–5 (7)Turnbull (1–0)Yajure (0–1)Soto (2)7,4618–10L1
19April 22@ Tigers4–2Howard (2–1)Cisnero (0–1)Rodríguez (3)7,3149–10W1
20April 23@ Twins0–2Happ (1–0)Brubaker (2–1)Rogers (1)9,5419–11L1
21April 24@ Twins6–2Cahill (1–2)Pineda (1–1)—9,71810–11W1
22April 25@ Twins6–2Holmes (1–0)Shoemaker (1–2)—9,39611–11W2
23April 27Royals2–1Underwood Jr. (1–0)Junis (1–1)Rodríguez (4)5,51012–11W3
24April 28Royals6–9Zimmer (2–0)Keller (1–3)Staumont (3)4,22612–12L1
25April 30Cardinals3–7Gant (2–2)Brubaker (2–2)—5,95312–13L2
May: 8–20 (Home: 5–10; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
26May 1Cardinals5–12Flaherty (5–0)Cahill (1–3)—7,33112–14L3
27May 2Cardinals0–3Martínez (2–4)Crowe (0–1)Reyes (7)7,34312–15L4
28May 3@ Padres0–2Hill (2–2)Anderson (2–3)Melancon (10)15,25012–16L5
29May 4@ Padres2–1Keller (2–3)Weathers (1–1)Rodríguez (5)15,25013–16W1
30May 5@ Padres2–4Stammen (2–1)Underwood Jr. (1–1)Melancon (11)15,25013–17L1
31May 7@ Cubs2–3Davies (2–2)Cahill (1–4)Brothers (1)10,34313–18L2
32May 8@ Cubs2–3Thompson (1–0)Howard (2–2)Kimbrel (6)10,34313–19L3
33May 9@ Cubs6–5Anderson (3–3)Hendricks (2–4)Rodríguez (6)10,34314–19W1
34May 10Reds1–14Mahle (2–1)Keller (2–4)—4,06514–20L1
35May 11Reds7–2Brubaker (3–2)Hoffman (2–3)—4,04915–20W1
36May 12Reds1–5 (10)Sims (2–1)Underwood Jr. (1–2)—4,51515–21L1
37May 13Giants1–3DeSclafani (3–1)Crowe (0–2)Rogers (3)4,09915–22L2
38May 14Giants3–2 (11)Oviedo (1–1)Baragar (2–1)—6,74316–22W1
39May 15Giants8–6Rodríguez (2–0)McGee (1–1)—7,83317–22W2
40May 16Giants1–4Wood (5–0)Keller (2–5)Rogers (4)7,35617–23L1
41May 18@ Cardinals2–5Gant (3–3)Brubaker (3–3)Reyes (12)14,00517–24L2
42May 19@ Cardinals5–8Flaherty (8–0)Cahill (1–5)Reyes (13)14,67717–25L3
43May 20@ Braves6–4 (10)Rodríguez (3–0)Webb (1–2)—21,43018–25W1
44May 21@ Braves1–20Anderson (4–1)Anderson (3–4)—37,54518–26L1
45May 22@ Braves1–6Wilson (2–2)Keller (2–6)—40,06818–27L2
46May 23@ Braves1–7Fried (2–2)Brubaker (3–4)—39,87418–28L3
47May 25Cubs3–4Arrieta (5–4)Ponce (0–1)Kimbrel (10)6,75018–29L4
48May 26Cubs1–4Williams (3–2)Crowe (0–3)Kimbrel (11)5,66018–30L5
49May 27Cubs3–5Hendricks (5–4)Anderson (3–5)Tepera (1)7,20218–31L6
—May 28RockiesPostponed (rain; makeup May 29)
50May 29 (1)Rockies7–0 (7)Brubaker (4–4)Gray (4–5)—5,27919–31W1
51May 29 (2)Rockies4–0 (7)Keller (3–6)Gomber (3–5)—7,18320–31W2
52May 30Rockies3–4Bard (3–3)Rodríguez (3–1)—7,91720–32L1
53May 31@ Royals3–7Minor (4–2)Kuhl (0–2)—12,60420–33L2
June: 9–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
54June 1@ Royals5–10Singer (3–4)Crowe (0–4)—10,33320–34L3
55June 3Marlins5–3Crick (1–0)Floro (2–3)Rodríguez (7)4,19221–34W1
56June 4Marlins9–2Underwood Jr. (2–2)Poteet (2–2)Stratton (1)8,04422–34W2
57June 5Marlins8–7 (12)Holmes (2–0)Cimber (1–2)—8,71423–34W3
58June 6Marlins1–3Alcántara (3–5)Kuhl (0–3)García (10)5,47723–35L1
59June 8Dodgers3–5Buehler (5–0)Brubaker (4–5)Jansen (13)9,04723–36L2
60June 9Dodgers1–2González (3–0)Anderson (3–6)Jansen (14)10,95723–37L3
61June 10Dodgers3–6 (8)Urías (9–2)Keller (3–7)Bickford (1)9,39623–38L4
62June 11@ Brewers4–7Woodruff (5–2)Holmes (2–1)Hader (15)17,67823–39L5
63June 12@ Brewers4–7Richards (1–0)Kuhl (0–4)Hader (16)20,12623–40L6
64June 13@ Brewers2–5Suter (8–3)Bednar (0–1)Hader (17)20,54523–41L7
65June 14@ Nationals2–3Finnegan (3–2)Holmes (2–2)Hand (12)14,85923–42L8
66June 15@ Nationals1–8Corbin (4–5)Anderson (3–7)—16,88623–43L9
67June 16@ Nationals1–3Espino (1–2)De Jong (0–1)Hand (13)16,78123–44L10
68June 18Indians11–10Kuhl (1–4)Mejía (1–2)Rodríguez (8)16,96524–44W1
69June 19Indians6–3Stratton (2–0)Shaw (1–2)—16,83025–44W2
70June 20Indians1–2Maton (2–0)Brubaker (4–6)Karinchak (8)16,58225–45L1
71June 22White Sox6–3Bednar (1–1)Crochet (2–4)Rodríguez (9)9,84726–45W1
72June 23White Sox3–4Cease (6–3)De Jong (0–2)Hendriks (19)10,40626–46L1
73June 24@ Cardinals8–2Kuhl (2–4)Martínez (3–9)—33,25427–46W1
74June 25@ Cardinals5–4Crowe (1–4)Woodford (1–1)Rodríguez (10)34,81228–46W2
75June 26@ Cardinals1–3Wainwright (6–5)Brubaker (4–7)Reyes (18)33,05828–47L1
76June 27@ Cardinals7–2Kranick (1–0)Oviedo (0–4)—25,16329–47W1
77June 28@ Rockies0–2Freeland (1–2)Anderson (3–8)Bard (11)32,09229–48L1
78June 29@ Rockies0–8Márquez (7–6)De Jong (0–3)—27,91529–49L2
79June 30@ Rockies2–6Gray (5–6)Kuhl (2–5)—20,27029–50L3
July: 11–14 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1Brewers2–7Burnes (4–4)Crowe (1–5)—11,07429–51L4
81July 2Brewers2–7Houser (5–5)Brubaker (4–8)—15,42129–52L5
82July 3Brewers2–11Lauer (3–3)Ponce (0–2)—17,45129–53L6
83July 4Brewers2–0Anderson (4–8)Peralta (7–3)Rodríguez (11)12,52730–53W1
84July 5Braves11–1De Jong (1–3)Fried (5–5)—11,60031–53W2
85July 6Braves2–1Rodríguez (4–1)Matzek (0–3)—10,84432–53W3
86July 7Braves3–14Smyly (7–3)Crick (1–1)—10,09432–54L1
—July 8@ MetsPostponed (rain; makeup July 10)
87July 9@ Mets4–13Loup (3–0)Brubaker (4–9)—20,35032–55L2
88July 10 (1)@ Mets6–2 (7)Anderson (5–8)Stroman (6–7)—N/A33–55W1
89July 10 (2)@ Mets2–4 (7)Familia (4–1)Kranick (1–1)Díaz (19)31,92433–56L1
90July 11@ Mets6–5Bednar (2–1)Díaz (3–3)Rodríguez (12)26,42034–56W1
91st All-Star Game in Denver, CO
91July 16Mets4–1Kuhl (3–5)Stroman (6–8)Rodríguez (13)18,11935–56W2
92July 17Mets9–7Holmes (3–2)Díaz (3–4)—27,22236–56W3
93July 18Mets6–7Familia (5–1)Rodríguez (4–2)May (2)17,83736–57L1
94July 19@ Diamondbacks2–4Smith (3–6)De Jong (1–4)Soria (5)9,17336–58L2
95July 20@ Diamondbacks6–11Bukauskas (2–2)Davis (0–1)—7,28336–59L3
96July 21@ Diamondbacks4–6de Geus (2–0)Underwood Jr. (2–3)Soria (6)7,86336–60L4
97July 23@ Giants6–4Stratton (3–0)Leone (2–1)Rodríguez (14)26,57937–60W1
98July 24@ Giants10–2Crowe (2–5)Gausman (9–4)—30,78038–60W2
99July 25@ Giants1–6Wood (9–3)Brubaker (4–10)—30,30338–61L1
100July 27Brewers0–9Anderson (3–5)Oviedo (1–2)—10,61838–62L2
101July 28Brewers3–7Houser (7–5)Kranick (1–2)—10,20438–63L3
102July 29Brewers0–12Peralta (8–3)Kuhl (3–6)—10,50338–64L4
103July 30Phillies7–0Crowe (3–5)Velasquez (3–6)—20,59139–64W1
104July 31Phillies3–2Stratton (4–0)Alvarado (6–1)—32,07140–64W2
August: 8–20 (Home: 5–9; Away: 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 1Phillies4–15Gibson (7–3)Keller (3–8)—17,87540–65L1
106August 2@ Brewers2–6Lauer (4–4)Wilson (2–4)Boxberger (4)23,56340–66L2
107August 3@ Brewers8–5 (10)Bednar (3–1)Hardy (0–1)—24,90241–66W1
108August 4@ Brewers2–4Suter (10–5)Keller (0–1)Williams (1)28,00341–67L1
109August 5@ Reds4–7Gray (4–6)Crowe (3–6)Givens (1)19,39341–68L2
110August 6@ Reds0–10Miley (9–4)Brubaker (4–11)—27,80441–69L3
111August 7@ Reds3–11Gutiérrez (7–3)Keller (3–9)—31,29741–70L4
112August 8@ Reds2–3Mahle (9–3)Wilson (2–5)Givens (2)23,74041–71L5
113August 10Cardinals1–4Happ (6–6)Brault (0–1)Reyes (26)10,05641–72L6
114August 11Cardinals0–4Wainwright (11–6)Crowe (3–7)—8,54841–73L7
115August 12Cardinals6–7McFarland (2–0)Brubaker (4–12)Reyes (27)8,67641–74L8
—August 13BrewersPostponed (rain; makeup August 14)
116August 14 (1)Brewers14–4 (7)Shreve (1–0)Anderson (4–6)—16,99142–74W1
117August 14 (2)Brewers0–6 (7)Boxberger (5–3)Keller (3–10)—24,08142–75L1
118August 15Brewers1–2Suter (12–5)Peters (0–1)Hader (23)12,00142–76L2
119August 16@ Dodgers1–2Treinen (3–5)Shreve (1–1)Jansen (24)48,00542–77L3
120August 17@ Dodgers3–4Knebel (2–0)Ponce (0–3)Jansen (25)53,11442–78L4
121August 18@ Dodgers0–9White (1–1)Brubaker (4–13)—52,14042–79L5
122August 20@ Cardinals4–0Keller (4–10)Mikolas (0–1)—28,40643–79W1
123August 21@ Cardinals5–4Shreve (2–1)Cabrera (2–4)Bednar (1)30,20544–79W2
124August 22@ Cardinals0–3Wainwright (12–7)Brault (0–2)Reyes (28)34,43144–80L1
125August 23Diamondbacks6–5Banda (2–0)Ramirez (0–1)Bednar (2)8,59645–80W1
126August 24Diamondbacks4–2Brubaker (5–13)Bumgarner (7–8)Stratton (2)8,47846–80W2
127August 25Diamondbacks2–5de Geus (3–2)Banda (2–1)Clippard (5)8,35746–81L1
128August 26Cardinals11–7Kuhl (4–6)Cabrera (2–5)—8,61847–81W1
129August 27Cardinals3–4Happ (8–6)Peters (0–2)Reyes (29)12,66247–82L1
130August 28Cardinals0–13Wainwright (13–7)Brault (0–3)—20,04347–83L2
131August 29Cardinals4–3Stratton (5–0)Reyes (5–7)—10,29048–83W1
132August 31@ White Sox2–4Kopech (4–2)Wilson (2–6)Hendriks (30)19,22148–84L1
September/October: 13–17 (Home: 9–6; Away: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
133September 1@ White Sox3–6Rodón (11–5)Kranick (1–3)Hendriks (31)19,23148–85L2
134September 2@ Cubs5–6 (11)Heuer (6–2)Howard (2–3)—26,96348–86L3
135September 3@ Cubs5–6Megill (1–0)Miller (0–1)Wick (2)24,44148–87L4
136September 4@ Cubs6–7Effross (1–0)Stratton (5–1)—30,02048–88L5
137September 5@ Cubs8–11Alzolay (5–13)Howard (2–4)Wick (3)30,15548–89L6
138September 6Tigers6–3Shreve (3–1)Funkhouser (6–3)Bednar (3)11,14149–89W1
139September 7Tigers3–2Howard (3–4)Lange (0–2)Stratton (3)8,32950–89W2
140September 8Tigers1–5Hutchison (1–1)Keller (4–11)—8,38250–90L1
141September 10Nationals4–3Kuhl (5–6)Murphy (0–2)—11,80851–90W1
142September 11Nationals10–7Keller (1–1)Baldonado (0–1)Stratton (4)17,99352–90W2
143September 12Nationals2–6Corbin (8–14)Wilson (2–7)Finnegan (9)9,71452–91L1
144September 14Reds6–5Peters (1–2)Miley (12–6)Stratton (5)8,89653–91W1
145September 15Reds5–4Stratton (6–1)Givens (3–3)—9,32054–91W2
146September 16Reds0–1Mahle (12–5)Ponce (0–4)Givens (8)9,10254–92L1
147September 17@ Marlins2–1Crowe (4–7)Hernández (1–2)Stratton (6)7,88455–92W1
148September 18@ Marlins6–3Wilson (3–7)Cabrera (0–2)—12,30056–92W2
149September 19@ Marlins5–6 (10)Okert (2–1)Kuhl (5–7)—9,87056–93L1
150September 20@ Reds5–9Cessa (5–2)Ponce (0–5)—17,08656–94L2
151September 21@ Reds6–2Keller (5–11)Mahle (12–6)—9,47557–94W1
—September 22@ RedsPostponed (rain, makeup September 27)
152September 23@ Phillies6–12Nola (9–8)Banda (2–2)—16,15457–95L1
153September 24@ Phillies6–8Neris (4–6)Shreve (3–2)Kennedy (26)20,54857–96L2
154September 25@ Phillies0–3Suárez (7–5)Crowe (4–8)—28,13557–97L3
155September 26@ Phillies6–0Kranick (2–3)Crouse (0–1)—29,33658–97W1
156September 27@ Reds1–13Sanmartín (1–0)Overton (0–1)—11,05558–98L1
157September 28Cubs8–6De Los Santos (2–1)Morgan (1–1)Stratton (7)9,21859–98W1
158September 29Cubs2–3Morgan (2–1)Shreve (3–3)Heuer (2)9,23659–99L1
159September 30Cubs0–9Steele (4–4)Yajure (0–2)—10,15259–100L2
160October 1Reds9–2Stratton (7–1)Garrett (0–4)—13,58260–100W1
161October 2Reds8–6Mears (1–0)Santillan (1–3)Stratton (8)22,91061–100W2
162October 3Reds3–6Sanmartin (2–0)Ponce (0–6)—13,01161–101L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable games

On May 27 in a game against the Chicago Cubs with Cubs catcher Willson Contreras on second base and Javier Báez at the plate with 2 outs, Baez hit a ground ball to third basemen Erik González who made a wide throw to first basemen Will Craig. Instead of touching first, Craig decided to chase down Baez back to home plate. With Contreras coming home, Craig tried to toss the ball to the catcher Michael Pérez. Contreras beat the throw and was able to score. With Baez going back to first, Perez tried to throw it to first, but Adam Frazier was late to cover the bag and the ball sailed into right field. Baez decided to head to second in which the Pirates tried to throw him out at second but the throw wasn't in time. The play was ruled as 2 errors: one by Craig and the other by Perez.

Roster
2021 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

  • 86 Heberto Andrade (coaching assistant)
  • 82 Jordan Comadena (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians Triple-A East Brian Esposito
Double-A Altoona Curve Double-A Northeast Miguel Perez
High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers High-A East Kieran Mattison
Low-A Bradenton Marauders Low-A Southeast Jonathan Johnston
Rookie FCL Pirates Black Florida Complex League Stephen Morales
Rookie FCL Pirates Gold Florida Complex League Gera Alvarez
Rookie DSL Pirates 1 Dominican Summer League Jose Mendez
Rookie DSL Pirates 2 Dominican Summer League Jose Mosquera

[2]

Notes
  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

References
  1. Pittsburgh Pirates 2022 Draft: Tanking For Who, Wait Again?
  2. Adamski, Chris (January 18, 2019). "Pirates announce 2019 minor-league managerial and coaching assignments". TribLIVE.com.
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