1989 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1989 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907);
Results
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Larry Doughty
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV; Jim Rooker; John Sanders; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass; KBL; Jim Rooker; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass
Local radio	KDKA; Jim Rooker; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass
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The 1989 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 108th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 103rd in the National League. 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

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	93	69	0.574	—	48–33	45–36
New York Mets	87	75	0.537	6	51–30	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	0.531	7	46–35	40–41
Montreal Expos	81	81	0.500	12	44–37	37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	0.457	19	39–42	35–46
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	0.414	26	38–42	29–53

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League Records 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	3–9–1
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	—	10–8–1	2–10	4–8	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	6–12	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–11	9–9	8–10–1	—	3–9	5–7	13–5–1
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	9–3–1	7–11	4–8	5–7	9–3	13–5	8–10	11–7	5–13–1	10–2	5–7	—

Game Log

1989 Game Log (74–88)

April (10–14)

May (11–14)

June (12–13)

July (12–18)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
76	July 1	@ Dodgers	0–1	Belcher	Smiley (7–3)	—	33,692	33–42
77	July 2	@ Dodgers	2–3	Wetteland	Drabek (5–6)	Howell	40,789	33–43
78	July 3	@ Dodgers	4–2	Robinson (5–6)	Morgan	Landrum (10)	29,673	34–43
79	July 4	Giants	5–3	Kramer (3–4)	Robinson	Landrum (11)	14,186	35–43
80	July 5	Giants	4–6	Wilson	Walk (7–5)	—	22,242	35–44
81	July 6	Giants	1–2 (10)	Brantley	Smiley (7–4)	Lefferts	18,165	35–45
82	July 7	Padres	3–0	Drabek (6–6)	Hurst	—	18,907	36–45
83	July 8	Padres	0–2	Whitson	Robinson (5–7)	—	25,852	36–46
84	July 9	Padres	3–5	Grant	Kramer (3–5)	Davis	23,584	36–47
85	July 13	@ Giants	2–3 (13)	Brantley	Garcia (0–2)	—	17,178	36–48
86	July 14	@ Giants	7–4	Drabek (7–6)	Reuschel	Landrum (12)	18,238	37–48
87	July 15	@ Giants	3–8	LaCoss	Smiley (7–5)	—	27,881	37–49
88	July 16	@ Giants	1–3	Garrelts	Robinson (5–8)	Bedrosian	44,781	37–50
89	July 17	@ Padres	4–1	Kramer (4–5)	Harris	Landrum (13)	13,667	38–50
90	July 18	@ Padres	4–17	Hurst	Walk (7–6)	—	18,777	38–51
91	July 19	@ Padres	1–9	Whitson	Drabek (7–7)	—	16,412	38–52
92	July 21	Dodgers	4–1	Smiley (8–5)	Belcher	—	—	39–52
93	July 21	Dodgers	3–7	Valenzuela	Heaton (1–7)	Howell	27,996	39–53
94	July 22	Dodgers	4–8	Martinez	Robinson (5–9)	—	31,108	39–54
95	July 23	Dodgers	3–4	Hershiser	Kramer (4–6)	Howell	—	39–55
96	July 23	Dodgers	2–1 (10)	Kipper (2–3)	Crews	—	34,373	40–55
97	July 24	Dodgers	7–4	Walk (8–6)	Morgan	—	19,957	41–55
98	July 25	@ Mets	4–2	Drabek (8–7)	Aguilera	Landrum (14)	38,249	42–55
99	July 26	@ Mets	3–2	Smiley (9–5)	Darling	—	38,134	43–55
100	July 27	@ Mets	10–8	Kipper (3–3)	Aase	Landrum (15)	39,447	44–55
101	July 28	@ Phillies	10–5	Heaton (2–7)	Howell	—	—	45–55
102	July 28	@ Phillies	1–6	Harris	Reed (0–1)	—	35,569	45–56
103	July 29	@ Phillies	2–6	Parrett	Walk (8–7)	McDowell	47,277	45–57
104	July 30	@ Phillies	6–8	Cook	Kipper (3–4)	McDowell	31,341	45–58
105	July 31	Expos	2–4	Langston	Smiley (9–6)	Burke	13,150	45–59

August (13–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106	August 1	Expos	4–5 (11)	Burke	Bair (0–2)	—	14,912	45–60
107	August 2	Expos	1–3	Perez	Reed (0–2)	Burke	27,645	45–61
108	August 3	Expos	1–0 (12)	Bair (1–2)	McGaffigan	—	12,292	46–61
109	August 4	Cubs	2–3	Bielecki	Drabek (8–8)	Williams	29,169	46–62
110	August 5	Cubs	2–4	Wilson	Landrum (2–2)	Lancaster	23,262	46–63
111	August 6	Cubs	5–4 (18)	Drabek (9–8)	Sanderson	—	24,716	47–63
112	August 7	Cardinals	0–4	Power	Reed (0–3)	—	11,772	47–64
113	August 8	Cardinals	7–3	Walk (9–7)	Hill	—	13,884	48–64
114	August 9	Cardinals	2–5	Magrane	Drabek (9–9)	—	15,046	48–65
115	August 11	@ Expos	1–4	Langston	Smiley (9–7)	—	30,123	48–66
116	August 12	@ Expos	2–5	Gross	Robinson (5–10)	Smith	27,697	48–67
117	August 13	@ Expos	6–4	Walk (10–7)	Perez	Landrum (16)	38,576	49–67
118	August 14	@ Expos	6–1	Drabek (10–9)	Martinez	—	18,838	50–67
119	August 15	@ Astros	2–3 (11)	Andersen	Smith (0–1)	—	23,574	50–68
120	August 16	@ Astros	5–4 (12)	Heaton (3–7)	Andersen	Landrum (17)	17,317	51–68
121	August 17	@ Astros	3–5	Deshaies	Robinson (5–11)	—	25,325	51–69
122	August 18	@ Braves	6–13	Glavine	Walk (10–8)	—	17,154	51–70
123	August 19	@ Braves	3–4	Smoltz	Drabek (10–10)	Boever	27,034	51–71
124	August 20	@ Braves	7–6	Reed (1–3)	Smith	Landrum (18)	9,222	52–71
125	August 22	Astros	4–1	Smiley (10–7)	Deshaies	—	14,638	53–71
126	August 23	Astros	6–1	Walk (11–8)	Clancy	—	12,564	54–71
127	August 24	Astros	3–2 (14)	Bair (2–2)	Agosto	—	13,884	55–71
128	August 25	@ Reds	12–3	Robinson (6–11)	Mahler	—	25,722	56–71
129	August 26	@ Reds	4–6	Robinson	Reed (1–4)	Franco	26,159	56–72
130	August 27	@ Reds	0–1	Browning	Kramer (4–7)	Franco	22,413	56–73
131	August 28	Braves	2–5	Smith	Walk (11–9)	Stanton	9,854	56–74
132	August 29	Braves	5–4	Drabek (11–10)	Glavine	Landrum (19)	9,686	57–74
133	August 30	Braves	7–5	Kramer (5–7)	Boever	Landrum (20)	8,314	58–74

September (16–13)

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

October (0–1)

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

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 starters

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	²⁄₃	0	0	0.00	1
B. Landrum	56	81	2	3	1.67	51
D. Bair	44	67¹⁄₃	2	3	2.27	56
D. Drabek	35	244¹⁄₃	14	12	2.80	123
J. Smiley	28	205¹⁄₃	12	8	2.81	123
B. Kipper	52	83	3	4	2.93	58
N. Heaton	42	147¹⁄₃	6	7	3.05	67
M. Smith	16	24	0	1	3.75	12
R. Kramer	35	111¹⁄₃	5	9	3.96	52
B. Patterson	12	26²⁄₃	4	3	4.05	20
L. Easley	10	12¹⁄₃	1	0	4.38	6
B. Walk	33	196	13	10	4.41	83
J. Robinson	50	141¹⁄₃	7	13	4.58	95
D. Taylor	9	10²⁄₃	1	1	5.06	3
R. Reed	15	54²⁄₃	1	4	5.60	34
S. Medvin	6	6¹⁄₃	0	1	5.68	4
S. Belinda	8	10¹⁄₃	0	1	6.10	10
M. Madden	9	14	2	2	7.07	6
M. Dunne	3	14¹⁄₃	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	3²⁄₃	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
Short-Season A	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 page at Baseball Reference
↑ Félix Fermín page at Baseball Reference
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1989 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1989 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Randy Milligan page at Baseball Reference

[3] Félix Fermín page at Baseball Reference

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v t e 1989 MLB season by team
AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas
NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco
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Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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1989 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Larry Doughty
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV Jim Rooker John Sanders Lanny Frattare Steve Blass KBL Jim Rooker Lanny Frattare Steve Blass
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