1989 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1989 Pittsburgh Pirates
1989 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	74–88 (.457)
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV; (Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders); KBL; (Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)

The 1989 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 108th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 103rd in the National League. This was their 20th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 74–88.

Offseason

November 9, 1988: Randy Milligan was traded by the Pirates to the Baltimore Orioles for Pete Blohm (minors).^[2]
November 28, 1988: Denny González and a player to be named later were traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The deal was completed on March 25, 1989, with the Pirates sending Félix Fermín to the Indians, and the Indians sending Jay Bell to the Pirates.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	93	69	.574	—	48‍–‍33	45‍–‍36
New York Mets	87	75	.537	6	51‍–‍30	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	7	46‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
Montreal Expos	81	81	.500	12	44‍–‍37	37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	.457	19	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	.414	26	38‍–‍42	29‍–‍53

Game log

1989 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)

April: 10–14 (Home: 7–8; Away: 3–6)

May: 11–14 (Home: 4–5; Away: 7–9)

June: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7)

July: 12–18 (Home: 5–8; Away: 7–10)

August: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8)

September: 16–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	Reds	5–11	Robinson	Patterson	—	15,623	58–75
135	September 2	Reds	2–6	Browning	Walk	—	25,682	58–76
136	September 3	Reds	3–1	Drabek	Scudder	Landrum	24,175	59–76
137	September 4	@ Phillies	7–5	Patterson	Maddux	Landrum	13,317	60–76
138	September 5	@ Phillies	2–3	Parrett	Patterson	—	12,484	60–77
139	September 6	@ Expos	6–11	Langston	Kramer	—	17,330	60–78
140	September 7	@ Expos	7–4	Walk	Candelaria	Landrum	16,390	61–78
141	September 8	@ Mets	2–7	Ojeda	Drabek	—	36,902	61–79
142	September 9	@ Mets	8–5 (12)	Taylor	Innis	Patterson	41,722	62–79
143	September 10	@ Mets	4–1	Smiley	Fernandez	Kipper	45,024	63–79
144	September 11	@ Cardinals	3–1	Heaton	Horton	Bair	25,642	64–79
145	September 12	@ Cardinals	5–2	Walk	Magrane	—	25,370	65–79
146	September 13	@ Cardinals	0–0 (6)			—	28,561	65–79
147	September 14	@ Cardinals	4–3	Patterson	Dayley	Kipper	1,519	66–79
148	September 15	Cubs	2–7	Sutcliffe	Belinda	—	12,607	66–80
149	September 16	Cubs	8–6	Smiley	Maddux	—	15,668	67–80
150	September 17	Cubs	2–0	Drabek	Bielecki	—	21,081	68–80
151	September 18	Phillies	6–2	Patterson	Grimsley	Kramer	7,665	69–80
152	September 19	Phillies	4–2	Robinson	Ruffin	Landrum	8,156	70–80
153	September 20	Expos	9–1	Heaton	Gross	—	11,926	71–80
154	September 21	Expos	5–6	Martinez	Smiley	Burke	6,753	71–81
155	September 22	@ Cubs	2–4	Bielecki	Drabek	Williams	34,040	71–82
156	September 23	@ Cubs	2–3	Lancaster	Bair	—	36,849	71–83
157	September 24	@ Cubs	2–4	Wilson	Robinson	Pico	37,904	71–84
158	September 25	Cardinals	4–2	Heaton	DeLeon	Landrum	4,278	72–84
159	September 26	Cardinals	4–1	Patterson	Hill	Landrum	8,101	73–84
160	September 27	Cardinals	1–0	Drabek	Magrane	—	5,051	74–84
161	September 29	Mets	2–6	Viola	Kramer	—		74–85
162	September 29	Mets	0–7	Cone	Robinson	—	16,734	74–86
163	September 30	Mets	2–7 (11)	Myers	Landrum	—	20,624	74–87

October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	8–10	8–10	6–10	6–6	2–10	8–4	4–8	7–11	6–12	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	5–7	7–5	10–8	10–8	10–8	12–6	8–4	6–6	11–7
Cincinnati	10–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10	4–8	4–8	4–8	7–5	9–9	8–10	8–4
Houston	10–8	7–5	10–8	—	10–8	4–8	6–6	9–3	7–5	8–10	8–10	7–5
Los Angeles	10–6	5–7	10–8	8–10	—	7–5	5–7	6–6	7–5	6–12	10–8	3–9
Montreal	6–6	8–10	8–4	8–4	5–7	—	9–9	9–9	11–7	5–7	7–5	5–13
New York	10–2	8–10	8–4	6–6	7–5	9–9	—	12–6	9–9	5–7	3–9	10–8
Philadelphia	4–8	8–10	8–4	3–9	6–6	9–9	6–12	—	10–8	2–10	4–8	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	6–12	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–11	9–9	8–10	—	3–9	5–7	13–5
San Diego	11–7	4–8	9–9	10–8	12–6	7–5	7–5	10–2	9–3	—	8–10	2–10
San Francisco	12–6	6–6	10–8	10–8	8–10	5–7	9–3	8–4	7–5	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	9–3	7–11	4–8	5–7	9–3	13–5	8–10	11–7	5–13	10–2	5–7	—

Detailed records

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Chicago Cubs	6	12	0.333	52	74
Montreal Expos	7	11	0.389	76	73
New York Mets	9	9	0.500	65	87
Philadelphia Phillies	8	10	0.444	90	107
St. Louis Cardinals	13	5	0.722	76	53
Total	43	47	0.478	359	394
NL West
Atlanta Braves	8	4	0.667	66	53
Cincinnati Reds	5	7	0.417	57	46
Houston Astros	5	7	0.417	52	47
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	7	0.417	33	42
San Diego Padres	3	9	0.250	24	55
San Francisco Giants	5	7	0.417	46	43
Total	31	41	0.431	278	286
Season Total	74	88	0.457	637	680

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	10	14	0.417	91	97
May	25	11	14	0.440	111	91
June	25	12	13	0.480	106	124
July	30	12	18	0.400	105	135
August	28	13	15	0.464	108	108
September	29	16	13	0.552	113	118
October	1	0	1	0.000	3	7
Total	162	74	88	0.457	637	680

Total	162	74	88	0.457	637	680
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	39	42	0.481	296	313
Away	81	35	46	0.432	341	367

Roster

1989 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen)
36 Bruce Kimm (bench)
32 Gene Lamont (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Barry Bonds	LF
José Lind	2B
Andy Van Slyke	CF
Bobby Bonilla	3B
Sid Bream	1B
Glenn Wilson	RF
Mike LaValliere	C
Jay Bell	SS
Bob Walk	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[4]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
M. García	11	1	1	1.000	0	0
M. LaValliere	68	190	60	0.316	2	23
G. Redus	98	279	79	0.283	6	33
G. Wilson	100	330	93	0.282	9	49
B. Bonilla	163	616	173	0.281	24	86
R. Reynolds	125	363	98	0.270	6	48
J. Bell	78	271	70	0.258	2	27
M. Dunne	3	4	1	0.250	0	0
S. Little	3	4	1	0.250	0	0
B. Bonds	159	580	144	0.248	19	58
B. Distefano	96	154	38	0.247	2	15
B. Hatcher	27	86	21	0.244	1	7
A. Van Slyke	130	476	113	0.237	9	53
J. Lind	153	578	134	0.232	2	48
J. Robinson	50	35	8	0.229	1	3
D. Bilardello	33	80	18	0.225	2	8
S. Bream	19	36	8	0.222	0	4
J. Cangelosi	112	160	35	0.219	0	9
J. Ortiz	91	230	50	0.217	1	22
R. Belliard	67	154	33	0.214	0	8
N. Heaton	44	42	9	0.214	0	2
R. Quiñones	71	225	47	0.209	3	29
D. Bair	44	5	1	0.200	0	0
J. King	75	215	42	0.195	5	19
B. Walk	33	70	13	0.186	0	9
A. Hall	20	33	6	0.182	0	1
R. Kramer	37	33	5	0.152	0	2
J. Smiley	28	65	9	0.138	0	7
T. Prince	21	52	7	0.135	0	5
S. Carter	9	16	2	0.125	1	3
K. Oberkfell	14	40	5	0.125	0	2
B. Kipper	52	9	1	0.111	0	1
D. Drabek	40	77	8	0.104	0	3
R. Reed	15	13	1	0.077	0	0
L. Easley	10	1	0	0.000	0	0
B. Fisher	9	5	0	0.000	0	0
B. Landrum	56	3	0	0.000	0	0
M. Madden	10	1	0	0.000	0	0
B. Patterson	12	3	0	0.000	0	0
M. Smith	16	3	0	0.000	0	0
D. Taylor	10	1	0	0.000	0	0
S. Belinda	8	0	0	—	0	0
J. Gott	1	0	0	—	0	0
S. Medvin	6	0	0	—	0	0
R. Samuels	5	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[5]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
J. Gott	1	Template:Sortfrac	0	0	0.00	1
B. Landrum	56	81	2	3	1.67	51
D. Bair	44	Template:Sortfrac	2	3	2.27	56
D. Drabek	35	Template:Sortfrac	14	12	2.80	123
J. Smiley	28	Template:Sortfrac	12	8	2.81	123
B. Kipper	52	83	3	4	2.93	58
N. Heaton	42	Template:Sortfrac	6	7	3.05	67
M. Smith	16	24	0	1	3.75	12
R. Kramer	35	Template:Sortfrac	5	9	3.96	52
B. Patterson	12	Template:Sortfrac	4	3	4.05	20
L. Easley	10	Template:Sortfrac	1	0	4.38	6
B. Walk	33	196	13	10	4.41	83
J. Robinson	50	Template:Sortfrac	7	13	4.58	95
D. Taylor	9	Template:Sortfrac	1	1	5.06	3
R. Reed	15	Template:Sortfrac	1	4	5.60	34
S. Medvin	6	Template:Sortfrac	0	1	5.68	4
S. Belinda	8	Template:Sortfrac	0	1	6.10	10
M. Madden	9	14	2	2	7.07	6
M. Dunne	3	Template:Sortfrac	1	1	7.53	4
B. Fisher	9	17	0	3	7.94	8
M. García	11	16	0	2	8.44	9
R. Samuels	5	Template:Sortfrac	0	0	9.82	2

Awards and honors

1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Bobby Bonilla, 3B, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Terry Collins
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Dave Trembley
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Rocky Bridges
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Stan Cliburn
A-Short Season	Welland Pirates	New York–Penn League	U. L. Washington
Rookie	Princeton Pirates	Appalachian League	Julio Garcia
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ Randy Milligan at Baseball Reference
^ Félix Fermín at Baseball Reference
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

1989 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1989 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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

[2] Randy Milligan at Baseball Reference

[3] Félix Fermín at Baseball Reference

[4] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[5] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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