2009 Pittsburgh Pirates season
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| Owner(s) | Robert Nutting |
| General manager(s) | Neal Huntington |
| Manager(s) | John Russell |
| Local television | FSN Pittsburgh |
| Local radio | WPGB Steve Blass Greg Brown Tim Neverett Bob Walk John Wehner |
The 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates season will be the 128th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 123rd in Major League Baseball (MLB).[1] The season is the franchise's second season under the management of John Russell.[2] The Pirates will attempt to avoid becoming the first franchise in professional sports to have a losing record in 17 consecutive seasons.[3][4]
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[edit] Off-season
The organization fired pitching coach Jeff Andrews and first-base coach Lou Frazier the day after the 2008 season concluded,[5][6] but are expected to retain the rest of the staff through 2009.[7] In October 2008, Joe Kerrigan—previously of the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies—was hired as the new pitching coach,[8][9] while Perry Hill became the first base coach.[10] On November 24, the Pirates signed Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh of India.[11] The pair participated in the Million Dollar Arm, a contest held in their home country to discover who out of the 30,000 contestants had the strongest, most accurate arm.[12] Having never heard of baseball prior to 2007, both Patel and Singh can throw over 90mph. The pair will participate at spring training.[13] Management plans to keep closer observations of players' off-season workouts.[14]
Pirates' radio announcer of 33 years, Lanny Frattare, retired prior to the season.[15][16] Tim Neverett, formerly of Fox Sports Rocky Mountain, was selected to replace him after a search of approximately 200 candidates.[17][18] In January 2009, the team held its sixth PirateFest at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The three day event was attended by 15,127 people, and increased the number of season ticket packages purchased from the 2008 season.[19] President Frank Coonelly stated that the team had fallen behind the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins from a "marketing and business perspective," but are "...working hard to get ourselves back up to where we belong both in Major League Baseball and Pittsburgh."[20] The Pirates added sleeves to their uniform, and added an alternate uniform with a gold-colored P on the chest which will be worn during select games.[21]
[edit] Spring training
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"It's time for us as an organization and our players to realize that losing is not acceptable. It's not an acceptable way of life for a Pirate."
—John Russell[22]
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The Pirates pre-season schedule consisted of 35 games in Bradenton, Florida, including two evening games and a game against the Netherlands national baseball team.[23] When pitchers and catchers reported on February 13, three of twelve pitching positions were set: starter Paul Maholm, set-up man John Grabow, and closer Matt Capps.[24] The Pirates entered spring training with 21 of 40 different players from 2008 spring training;[25] among those were Eric Hinske, Ramon Vasquez, and Jason Jaramillo who were acquired during the off-season.[22] Beginning March 5, Ian Snell, Ramon Vazquez, and John Grabow represented their countries in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.[26] The Pirates finished spring training with a 17–15 record. "It gives us some confidence," said John Russell, "We worked hard all spring."[27] The Pirates opening day salary was US$50,984,000.[28] The Pirates finalized their opening day roster two days prior to the season opener (asterik noting new players for the 2009 season):[29]
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[edit] Regular season
[edit] April
The Pirates opened the season with a 6–4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, scoring four runs in the final inning to win their third consecutive come-from-behind opening day game.[30] The Pirates had 17 hits two games later to beat the Cardinals 7–4,[31] but were held to one hit the next day and split their opening series two games to two.[32] Rain shortened the Pirates' series in Cincinnati to two games; Pittsburgh won the first game 10–2 after Ryan Doumit hit his first career grand slam in the final inning.[33] On April 13, the Pirates completed the league's first triple play of the season and the Pirates' first in 16 years; however, they lost the game 2–0.[34] In the team's home opener on April 13, Zach Duke pitched a complete game shutout, as the Pirates defeated the Houston Astros, 7–0.[35] In the game, both the Pirates and the Astros wore Pittsburgh Police hats in honor of three officers who were shot and killed on April 4.[36] The pre-game ceremonies honored the officers, as well as former Pirates pitcher and current broadcaster Steve Blass for this 50th season with the team, and included a flyover by four Apache helicopters from the 114th Attack Battalion of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.[37] In the first Saturday afternoon game in Pittsburgh since 2005, Craig Monroe hit two three-run home runs in consecutive innings to give the Pirates their first back-to-back victories of the season.[38] On April 21, catcher Ryan Doumit announced that surgery was needed to fix a broken bone in his wrist; he will miss eight to ten weeks.[39] Later in the day, the Pirates beat the Florida Marlins 3–2, taking them two games above .500 since the first series of the 2007 season.[40] The following day the Pirates swept the Marlins for the first time since 2005, giving Pittsburgh their best start through 15 games since 2002.[41] The Pirates took two games out of three against the San Diego Padres,[42] before closing April by getting swept by the Milwaukee Brewers.[43] Andy LaRoche hit safely in a career high 11 games during the later part of the month.[44]
Pittsburgh finished the month with an 11–10 record—the first time since 2002 that the team was over .500 at April's end.[44] The team was tied for third place in the NL Central division, four games behind the St. Louis Cardinals who finished the month with the league's best record.[45] The pitching staff posted a league-low 3.41 earned run average (ERA), due in part to first-year pitching coach Joe Kerrigan teaching pitchers to base pitches on hitters tendencies.[46]
[edit] May
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pirates in two games out of three at PNC Park to open May.[47] The concluding two games of the homestand saw the Pirates lose their 16 and 17th consecutive games to the Milwaukee Brewers—the second longest streak of any team over another in MLB history.[48] The Pirates were swept during a two game series in St. Louis—the losses extended Pittsburgh's losing streak to five consecutive road games and nine out of their past ten overall.[49] The Pirates were swept by the New York Mets in their first series at New York's Citi Field, extending their losing streak to eight consecutive games.[50] The Pirates returned home to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in two out of three games.[51] On May 13, Adam LaRoche became the first player in MLB history to have a home run taken away due to instant replay, during a procedure put into effect in August 2008.[52] The Pirates concluded their homestand by taking two games out of three against the Colorado Rockies—finishing their homestand with a 4–2 record. In the final game of the Rockies's series Pittsburgh scored ten runs in one inning for the first time since August 2003.[53] The Pirates won three out of four games against the Washington Nationals, extending their winning streak to five games.[54] The Pirates continued their road trip with six games in Chicago—becoming the first team in MLB history to play the Cubs and White Sox in back-to-back series.[55] After losing their first two games of the first interleague series of the season against the White Sox, Jack Wilson hit his first home run of the year to tie the final game of the series with two outs in the final inning; Nyjer Morgan scored the winning run later in the inning.[56] On May 25, Freddy Sanchez became the first Pirate to acquire six hits in one game since Wally Backman in 1990, as the Pirates defeated the Cubs.[57] The Pirates lost two out of three games against the Cubs, scoring a total of three runs in their losses.[58] The Pirates concluded the month by losing two games out of three to the Houston Astros. Nate McLouth hit a home run to lead off the final game of the month, but the Pirates score any other runs, losing 2–1.[59] Throughout May the Pirates accumulated a 11–17 record, finishing 20–28 overall for the season. The team was in fifth place in the National League Central division.[60]
[edit] June
The Pirates will begin June with four games against the New York Mets before going on the road to face the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves. On June 4, the Pirates traded All Star Nate McLouth to the Atlanta Braves for three minor league players. Later in the day, the team promoted outfielder Andrew McCutchen from AAA Indianapolis.[61]
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[edit] Divisional standings
| NL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Strk. | Home | Road |
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| St. Louis Cardinals | 47 | 40 | .540 | — | W1 | 24–20 | 23–20 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 44 | 41 | .518 | 2 | L1 | 23–20 | 21–21 |
| Chicago Cubs | 41 | 41 | .500 | 3½ | L2 | 25–16 | 16–25 |
| Houston Astros | 42 | 43 | .494 | 4 | W2 | 22–22 | 20–21 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 41 | 43 | .488 | 4½ | L2 | 20–20 | 21–23 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 47 | .447 | 8 | L1 | 22–17 | 16–30 |
[edit] Record vs. opponents
| Team | ARI | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WAS | AL |
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| Arizona | – | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1-5 | 5-4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–5 | 3–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–10 |
| Atlanta | 3–3 | – | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1-2 | 2–3 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5-4 | 7–8 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1–2 | 2–2 | – | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–4 | 2–2 | 6-4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4-2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 0–0 | 6–8 |
| Cincinnati | 5-1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | – | 0–0 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 5-5 | 2–1 | 6–9 |
| Colorado | 4-5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | – | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2-10 | 3-0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 11–4 |
| Florida | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | – | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 2-4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 9–0 | 10–8 |
| Houston | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 5–2 | 0–0 | – | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–3 | 6-1 | 1-2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 6–9 |
| LA Dodgers | 6–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 10-2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | – | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 9-4 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 9–9 |
| Milwaukee | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4-6 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | – | 3-3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 5–10 |
| NY Mets | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3-3 | – | 4–6 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 7–2 | 5–10 |
| Philadelphia | 0–0 | 2–7 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 6–4 | – | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 10–2 | 6–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2-4 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 4-2 | 3–7 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 3–4 | 0–0 | – | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 3–1 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 5–5 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1-6 | 4-9 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | – | 6–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–10 |
| San Francisco | 6–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2-1 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–6 | – | 4-3 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| St. Louis | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 5-5 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 3-4 | – | 2–1 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 2–1 | 4-5 | 0–0 | 1-2 | 0–1 | 0–9 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–7 | 2–10 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | – | 7–11 |
As of July 6, 2009.
[edit] Roster
[edit] Transactions
| April 15, 2009[62] | To Los Angeles Dodgers
Two players TBA or cash considerations |
To Pittsburgh Pirates
Delwyn Young |
| June 3, 2009[63] | To Atlanta Braves
Nate McLouth |
To Pittsburgh Pirates
Gorkys Hernandez, Jeff Locke, Charlie Morton |
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