2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2018 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 137th season overall, 132nd season as a member of the National League, and the 18th season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished the season in fourth place in the National League Central, with a record of 82–79 and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Season standings

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
March	1	1	0		13	10
April	28	16	12		129	112
May	27	12	15		123	132
June	26	10	16		97	116
July	26	17	9		127	114
August	27	10	17		94	105
September	26	16	10		109	104
Total	161	82	79		692	693

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
Home	80	44	36		326	318
Away	81	38	43		366	375
Total	161	82	79		692	693

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Starling Marte	145	559	81	155	32	5	20	72	33	35	.277	.460
Corey Dickerson	135	504	65	151	35	7	13	55	8	21	.300	.474
Josh Bell	148	501	74	131	31	4	12	62	2	77	.261	.411
Gregory Polanco	130	461	75	117	32	6	23	81	12	61	.254	.499
Colin Moran	144	415	49	115	19	1	11	58	0	39	.277	.407
Jordy Mercer	117	394	43	99	29	2	6	39	2	32	.251	.381
Josh Harrison	97	344	41	86	13	1	8	37	3	18	.250	.363
Francisco Cervelli	104	332	39	86	15	3	12	57	2	51	.259	.431
Adam Frazier	113	318	52	88	23	2	10	35	1	29	.277	.456
Elías Díaz	82	252	33	72	12	0	10	34	0	21	.286	.452
David Freese	94	241	29	68	10	1	9	42	0	18	.282	.444
Austin Meadows	49	154	16	45	8	2	5	13	4	8	.292	.468
Sean Rodriguez	66	150	21	25	5	1	5	19	1	22	.167	.313
José Osuna	51	106	14	24	9	0	3	11	0	3	.226	.396
Jordan Luplow	37	92	16	17	1	3	3	7	2	10	.185	.359
Kevin Newman	31	91	7	19	2	0	0	6	0	4	.209	.231
Max Moroff	26	59	7	11	1	0	3	9	0	7	.186	.356
Pablo Reyes	18	58	9	17	2	0	3	7	0	5	.293	.483
Adeiny Hechavarria	15	43	2	10	4	0	1	3	0	3	.233	.395
Jacob Stallings	14	37	2	8	0	0	0	5	0	3	.216	.216
Kevin Kramer	21	37	5	5	0	0	0	4	0	2	.135	.135
Ryan Lavarnway	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.833
Jung-ho Kang	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333
Christopher Bostick	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher totals	161	285	11	26	6	0	0	8	0	5	.091	.112
Team totals	161	5447	692	1381	290	38	157	665	70	474	.254	.407

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jameson Taillon	14	10	3.20	32	32	0	191.0	179	69	68	46	179
Trevor Williams	14	10	3.11	31	31	0	170.2	146	64	59	55	126
Iván Nova	9	9	4.19	29	29	0	161.0	171	82	75	35	114
Joe Musgrove	6	9	4.06	19	19	0	115.1	113	56	52	23	100
Steven Brault	6	3	4.61	45	5	0	91.2	84	51	47	57	82
Chad Kuhl	5	5	4.55	16	16	0	85.0	89	47	43	33	81
Nick Kingham	5	7	5.21	18	15	0	76.0	79	50	44	26	69
Felipe Vázquez	4	2	2.70	70	0	37	70.0	63	24	21	24	89
Richard Rodríguez	4	3	2.47	63	0	0	69.1	55	19	19	19	88
Edgar Santana	3	4	3.26	69	0	0	66.1	61	25	24	12	54
Kyle Crick	3	2	2.39	64	0	2	60.1	45	18	16	23	65
Tyler Glasnow	1	2	4.34	34	0	0	56.0	47	28	27	34	72
Chris Archer	3	3	4.30	10	10	0	52.1	53	27	25	18	60
Michael Feliz	1	2	5.66	47	0	0	47.2	49	33	30	23	55
Dovydas Neverauskas	0	0	8.00	25	0	0	27.0	30	25	24	10	27
Clay Holmes	1	3	6.84	11	4	0	26.1	30	21	20	23	21
George Kontos	2	3	5.03	21	0	1	19.2	23	12	11	5	9
Keone Kela	0	1	2.93	16	0	0	15.1	10	5	5	5	22
Tanner Anderson	1	0	6.35	6	0	0	11.1	15	10	8	8	6
Alex McRae	0	1	5.68	2	0	0	6.1	8	4	4	5	5
Josh Smoker	0	0	11.12	7	0	0	5.2	11	7	7	5	2
Casey Sadler	0	0	8.31	2	0	0	4.1	9	7	4	3	3
Enny Romero	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	4.0	7	5	2	3	5
Nick Burdi	0	0	20.25	2	0	0	1.1	3	4	3	2	2
Team totals	82	79	4.00	161	161	40	1434.0	1380	693	637	497	1336

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Notable achievements

Awards

National League Player of the Week

Jameson Taillon

National League Rookie of the Month

Austin Meadows

2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Felipe Vázquez, P

Transactions

The Pirates were involved in the following transactions during the 2018 season:

Trades

November 20, 2017	To Toronto Blue Jays: ---- Gift Ngoepe	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Player To Be Named Later or Cash
December 14, 2017	To Philadelphia Phillies: ---- Future Considerations	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Nick Burdi
January 13, 2018	To Houston Astros: ---- Gerrit Cole	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Colin Moran Jason Martin Joe Musgrove Michael Feliz
January 15, 2018	To San Francisco Giants: ---- Andrew McCutchen	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Kyle Crick Bryan Reynolds Future Considerations
January 17, 2018	To Atlanta Braves: ---- Shane Carle	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Player To Be Named Later or Cash
January 31, 2018	To New York Mets: ---- Daniel Zamora Cash Considerations	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Josh Smoker
February 20, 2018	To Boston Red Sox: ---- Cash	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Bryce Brentz
February 22, 2018	To Tampa Bay Rays: ---- Daniel Hudson Tristan Gray Cash	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Corey Dickerson
April 27, 2018	To Chicago White Sox: ---- Todd Cunningham	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Player To Be Named Later
July 31, 2018	To Texas Rangers: ---- Taylor Hearn Sherten Apostel	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Keone Kela
July 31, 2018	To Tampa Bay Rays: ---- Austin Meadows Tyler Glasnow Shane Baz	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Chris Archer
August 6, 2018	To Tampa Bay Rays: ---- Matt Seelinger	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Adeiny Hechavarria
August 31, 2018	To Los Angeles Dodgers: ---- David Freese	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Jesus Manuel Valdez
August 31, 2018	To New York Yankees: ---- Adeiny Hechavarria	To Pittsburgh Pirates: ---- Player To Be Named Later or Cash

Farm system

List of minor leagues staff: