1989 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place5th
OwnersPittsburgh Associates
General managersLarry Doughty
ManagersJim Leyland
TelevisionKDKA-TV
(Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)
KBL
(Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)
Seasons

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

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9369 0.574 — 48–33 45–36
New York Mets 8775 0.537 6 51–30 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 8676 0.531 7 46–35 40–41
Montreal Expos 8181 0.500 12 44–37 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7488 0.457 19 39–42 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6795 0.414 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4@ Expos5–6McGaffiganRobinson—35,1540–1
2April 5@ Expos3–0DrabekJohnson—9,1371–1
3April 6@ Expos2–3BurkeSmileyHesketh8,7221–2
4April 7@ Cubs5–6WilsonTaylorWilliams6,1951–3
5April 8@ Cubs3–5BieleckiHeatonSchiraldi19,3741–4
6April 9@ Cubs3–8SutcliffeWalk—11,3871–5
7April 11Mets4–3 (11)RobinsonMyers—42,9102–5
8April 13Mets4–2SmileyDarlingRobinson19,1053–5
9April 14Expos6–7HeskethMedvinMcGaffigan15,0523–6
10April 15Expos6–4DunneJohnsonRobinson9,6584–6
11April 16Expos4–5 (11)HeskethRobinsonBurke18,1074–7
12April 17@ Cardinals2–4TerryFisherWorrell25,2774–8
13April 18@ Cardinals4–3MaddenWorrellRobinson22,1985–8
14April 19@ Cardinals7–5WalkHeinkelRobinson29,1326–8
15April 20Phillies4–9HowellDunne—6,9776–9
16April 21Phillies2–3YoumansDrabekBedrosian15,2216–10
17April 22Phillies4–3RobinsonCarman—14,6697–10
18April 23Phillies6–4EasleyBedrosian—16,8168–10
19April 25Padres0–1ShowWalkDavis5,2968–11
20April 26Padres1–3HurstDrabek—14,1268–12
21April 27Padres1–8WhitsonHeaton—6,4738–13
22April 28Giants1–0SmileyReuschel—12,9139–13
23April 29Giants3–4LaCossRobinson—11,5099–14
24April 30Giants11–1WalkRobinson—20,94010–14
May: 11–14 (Home: 4–5; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Dodgers0–1HowellDrabek—27,63010–15
26May 2@ Dodgers0–7HershiserHeaton—29,31010–16
27May 3@ Giants5–3SmileyRobinsonEasley8,53611–16
28May 4@ Giants3–6KrukowKramerLefferts11,82011–17
29May 5@ Padres4–2WalkShow—53,97012–17
30May 6@ Padres2–4HurstDrabekDavis33,58212–18
31May 7@ Padres1–3WhitsonHeatonDavis33,14412–19
32May 12Braves10–2SmileySmith—13,37813–19
33May 13Braves8–3WalkSmith—15,82814–19
34May 14Braves2–5SmoltzDrabekBoever11,40314–20
35May 15@ Reds5–6CharltonRobinson—16,03014–21
36May 16@ Reds5–0KramerMahler—22,59515–21
37May 17@ Reds4–5 (10)FrancoLandrum—23,55315–22
38May 19@ Astros0–3ScottWalk—21,41315–23
39May 20@ Astros4–5 (12)AgostoKipper—20,59515–24
40May 21@ Astros17–5HeatonClancyFisher18,94216–24
41May 23@ Braves5–2SmileySmith—6,13717–24
42May 24@ Braves4–1 (14)LandrumAcker—5,89618–24
43May 25@ Braves7–3DrabekSmithLandrum5,51719–24
44May 26Astros2–4ClancyHeatonSmith26,63719–25
45May 27Astros4–5 (12)SchatzederRobinsonSmith22,35919–26
46May 28Astros2–9ScottSmileyAgosto25,77619–27
47May 29Reds12–3WalkBrowningKipper18,60220–27
48May 30Reds2–0DrabekMahlerKramer14,95221–27
49May 31Reds3–4RijoHeatonFranco22,93221–28
June: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 2@ Mets2–3 (11)AguileraKramer—42,57821–29
51June 3@ Mets3–9DarlingWalk—47,83521–30
52June 4@ Mets3–4AaseKipperMyers47,47821–31
53June 5@ Phillies3–3 (8)—17,69621–31
54June 6@ Phillies4–9SebraFisherParrett16,78321–32
55June 7@ Phillies5–7ParrettKipperBedrosian15,48021–33
56June 8@ Phillies11–15CarmanRobinson—18,51121–34
57June 9Mets4–3 (10)LandrumMcDowell—20,81922–34
58June 10Mets6–5KipperMyers—27,46323–34
59June 11Mets1–6OjedaFisher—37,71623–35
60June 13Phillies2–10HowellMadden—11,57023–36
61June 14Phillies6–4SmileyCarmanLandrum7,40724–36
62June 15Phillies5–3DrabekSebraLandrum15,42825–36
63June 16@ Cardinals2–6TerryKramerDayley47,18625–37
64June 17@ Cardinals7–2RobinsonDeLeonKipper43,92426–37
65June 18@ Cardinals12–4MaddenMagraneLandrum40,19827–37
66June 20Cubs4–5 (11)SchiraldiGarciaKilgus11,71327–38
67June 21Cubs0–1 (11)MadduxBairWilliams23,97027–39
68June 22Cubs0–8SutcliffeKramer—16,43027–40
69June 23Cardinals2–3MagraneMaddenWorrell22,90427–41
70June 24Cardinals5–2WalkTerryLandrum36,06428–41
71June 25Cardinals5–3SmileyPowerLandrum22,51429–41
72June 26@ Cubs2–1DrabekMaddux—35,40730–41
73June 27@ Cubs5–4KramerSutcliffeLandrum35,64631–41
74June 28@ Cubs3–1RobinsonBieleckiLandrum34,11432–41
75June 30@ Dodgers4–3WalkHershiserLandrum46,41133–41
July: 12–18 (Home: 5–8; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
76July 1@ Dodgers0–1BelcherSmiley—33,69233–42
77July 2@ Dodgers2–3WettelandDrabekHowell40,78933–43
78July 3@ Dodgers4–2RobinsonMorganLandrum29,67334–43
79July 4Giants5–3KramerRobinsonLandrum14,18635–43
80July 5Giants4–6WilsonWalk—22,24235–44
81July 6Giants1–2 (10)BrantleySmileyLefferts18,16535–45
82July 7Padres3–0DrabekHurst—18,90736–45
83July 8Padres0–2WhitsonRobinson—25,85236–46
84July 9Padres3–5GrantKramerDavis23,58436–47
85July 13@ Giants2–3 (13)BrantleyGarcia—17,17836–48
86July 14@ Giants7–4DrabekReuschelLandrum18,23837–48
87July 15@ Giants3–8LaCossSmiley—27,88137–49
88July 16@ Giants1–3GarreltsRobinsonBedrosian44,78137–50
89July 17@ Padres4–1KramerHarrisLandrum13,66738–50
90July 18@ Padres4–17HurstWalk—18,77738–51
91July 19@ Padres1–9WhitsonDrabek—16,41238–52
92July 21Dodgers4–1SmileyBelcher—39–52
93July 21Dodgers3–7ValenzuelaHeatonHowell27,99639–53
94July 22Dodgers4–8MartinezRobinson—31,10839–54
95July 23Dodgers3–4HershiserKramerHowell39–55
96July 23Dodgers2–1 (10)KipperCrews—34,37340–55
97July 24Dodgers7–4WalkMorgan—19,95741–55
98July 25@ Mets4–2DrabekAguileraLandrum38,24942–55
99July 26@ Mets3–2SmileyDarling—38,13443–55
100July 27@ Mets10–8KipperAaseLandrum39,44744–55
101July 28@ Phillies10–5HeatonHowell—45–55
102July 28@ Phillies1–6HarrisReed—35,56945–56
103July 29@ Phillies2–6ParrettWalkMcDowell47,27745–57
104July 30@ Phillies6–8CookKipperMcDowell31,34145–58
105July 31Expos2–4LangstonSmileyBurke13,15045–59
August: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Expos4–5 (11)BurkeBair—14,91245–60
107August 2Expos1–3PerezReedBurke27,64545–61
108August 3Expos1–0 (12)BairMcGaffigan—12,29246–61
109August 4Cubs2–3BieleckiDrabekWilliams29,16946–62
110August 5Cubs2–4WilsonLandrumLancaster23,26246–63
111August 6Cubs5–4 (18)DrabekSanderson—24,71647–63
112August 7Cardinals0–4PowerReed—11,77247–64
113August 8Cardinals7–3WalkHill—13,88448–64
114August 9Cardinals2–5MagraneDrabek—15,04648–65
115August 11@ Expos1–4LangstonSmiley—30,12348–66
116August 12@ Expos2–5GrossRobinsonSmith27,69748–67
117August 13@ Expos6–4WalkPerezLandrum38,57649–67
118August 14@ Expos6–1DrabekMartinez—18,83850–67
119August 15@ Astros2–3 (11)AndersenSmith—23,57450–68
120August 16@ Astros5–4 (12)HeatonAndersenLandrum17,31751–68
121August 17@ Astros3–5DeshaiesRobinson—25,32551–69
122August 18@ Braves6–13GlavineWalk—17,15451–70
123August 19@ Braves3–4SmoltzDrabekBoever27,03451–71
124August 20@ Braves7–6ReedSmithLandrum9,22252–71
125August 22Astros4–1SmileyDeshaies—14,63853–71
126August 23Astros6–1WalkClancy—12,56454–71
127August 24Astros3–2 (14)BairAgosto—13,88455–71
128August 25@ Reds12–3RobinsonMahler—25,72256–71
129August 26@ Reds4–6RobinsonReedFranco26,15956–72
130August 27@ Reds0–1BrowningKramerFranco22,41356–73
131August 28Braves2–5SmithWalkStanton9,85456–74
132August 29Braves5–4DrabekGlavineLandrum9,68657–74
133August 30Braves7–5KramerBoeverLandrum8,31458–74
September: 16–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Reds5–11RobinsonPatterson—15,62358–75
135September 2Reds2–6BrowningWalk—25,68258–76
136September 3Reds3–1DrabekScudderLandrum24,17559–76
137September 4@ Phillies7–5PattersonMadduxLandrum13,31760–76
138September 5@ Phillies2–3ParrettPatterson—12,48460–77
139September 6@ Expos6–11LangstonKramer—17,33060–78
140September 7@ Expos7–4WalkCandelariaLandrum16,39061–78
141September 8@ Mets2–7OjedaDrabek—36,90261–79
142September 9@ Mets8–5 (12)TaylorInnisPatterson41,72262–79
143September 10@ Mets4–1SmileyFernandezKipper45,02463–79
144September 11@ Cardinals3–1HeatonHortonBair25,64264–79
145September 12@ Cardinals5–2WalkMagrane—25,37065–79
146September 13@ Cardinals0–0 (6)—28,56165–79
147September 14@ Cardinals4–3PattersonDayleyKipper1,51966–79
148September 15Cubs2–7SutcliffeBelinda—12,60766–80
149September 16Cubs8–6SmileyMaddux—15,66867–80
150September 17Cubs2–0DrabekBielecki—21,08168–80
151September 18Phillies6–2PattersonGrimsleyKramer7,66569–80
152September 19Phillies4–2RobinsonRuffinLandrum8,15670–80
153September 20Expos9–1HeatonGross—11,92671–80
154September 21Expos5–6MartinezSmileyBurke6,75371–81
155September 22@ Cubs2–4BieleckiDrabekWilliams34,04071–82
156September 23@ Cubs2–3LancasterBair—36,84971–83
157September 24@ Cubs2–4WilsonRobinsonPico37,90471–84
158September 25Cardinals4–2HeatonDeLeonLandrum4,27872–84
159September 26Cardinals4–1PattersonHillLandrum8,10173–84
160September 27Cardinals1–0DrabekMagrane—5,05174–84
161September 29Mets2–6ViolaKramer—74–85
162September 29Mets0–7ConeRobinson—16,73474–86
163September 30Mets2–7 (11)MyersLandrum—20,62474–87
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
164October 1Mets3–7FernandezPatterson—23,50274–88
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9
Chicago 7–5—7–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–7—8–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–8—10–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–10—7–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–7—9–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–9—12–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4–88–108–43–96–69–96–12—10–82–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–10—3–95–713–5
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–3—8–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–37–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–1310–25–7—

Detailed records

Roster

1989 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
24Barry BondsLF
13José Lind2B
18Andy Van SlykeCF
25Bobby Bonilla3B
5Sid Bream1B
11Glenn WilsonRF
12Mike LaValliereC
3Jay BellSS
17Bob WalkSP

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

1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Randy Milligan at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Félix Fermín at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  5. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • 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.
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