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[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
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

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

Game log

1989 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 39–42; Away: 35–46)
April: 10–14 (Home: 7–8; Away: 3–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 @ Expos 5–6 McGaffigan Robinson — 35,154 0–1 2 April 5 @ Expos 3–0 Drabek Johnson — 9,137 1–1 3 April 6 @ Expos 2–3 Burke Smiley Hesketh 8,722 1–2 4 April 7 @ Cubs 5–6 Wilson Taylor Williams 6,195 1–3 5 April 8 @ Cubs 3–5 Bielecki Heaton Schiraldi 19,374 1–4 6 April 9 @ Cubs 3–8 Sutcliffe Walk — 11,387 1–5 7 April 11 Mets 4–3 (11) Robinson Myers — 42,910 2–5 8 April 13 Mets 4–2 Smiley Darling Robinson 19,105 3–5 9 April 14 Expos 6–7 Hesketh Medvin McGaffigan 15,052 3–6 10 April 15 Expos 6–4 Dunne Johnson Robinson 9,658 4–6 11 April 16 Expos 4–5 (11) Hesketh Robinson Burke 18,107 4–7 12 April 17 @ Cardinals 2–4 Terry Fisher Worrell 25,277 4–8 13 April 18 @ Cardinals 4–3 Madden Worrell Robinson 22,198 5–8 14 April 19 @ Cardinals 7–5 Walk Heinkel Robinson 29,132 6–8 15 April 20 Phillies 4–9 Howell Dunne — 6,977 6–9 16 April 21 Phillies 2–3 Youmans Drabek Bedrosian 15,221 6–10 17 April 22 Phillies 4–3 Robinson Carman — 14,669 7–10 18 April 23 Phillies 6–4 Easley Bedrosian — 16,816 8–10 19 April 25 Padres 0–1 Show Walk Davis 5,296 8–11 20 April 26 Padres 1–3 Hurst Drabek — 14,126 8–12 21 April 27 Padres 1–8 Whitson Heaton — 6,473 8–13 22 April 28 Giants 1–0 Smiley Reuschel — 12,913 9–13 23 April 29 Giants 3–4 LaCoss Robinson — 11,509 9–14 24 April 30 Giants 11–1 Walk Robinson — 20,940 10–14
May: 11–14 (Home: 4–5; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 @ Dodgers 0–1 Howell Drabek — 27,630 10–15 26 May 2 @ Dodgers 0–7 Hershiser Heaton — 29,310 10–16 27 May 3 @ Giants 5–3 Smiley Robinson Easley 8,536 11–16 28 May 4 @ Giants 3–6 Krukow Kramer Lefferts 11,820 11–17 29 May 5 @ Padres 4–2 Walk Show — 53,970 12–17 30 May 6 @ Padres 2–4 Hurst Drabek Davis 33,582 12–18 31 May 7 @ Padres 1–3 Whitson Heaton Davis 33,144 12–19 32 May 12 Braves 10–2 Smiley Smith — 13,378 13–19 33 May 13 Braves 8–3 Walk Smith — 15,828 14–19 34 May 14 Braves 2–5 Smoltz Drabek Boever 11,403 14–20 35 May 15 @ Reds 5–6 Charlton Robinson — 16,030 14–21 36 May 16 @ Reds 5–0 Kramer Mahler — 22,595 15–21 37 May 17 @ Reds 4–5 (10) Franco Landrum — 23,553 15–22 38 May 19 @ Astros 0–3 Scott Walk — 21,413 15–23 39 May 20 @ Astros 4–5 (12) Agosto Kipper — 20,595 15–24 40 May 21 @ Astros 17–5 Heaton Clancy Fisher 18,942 16–24 41 May 23 @ Braves 5–2 Smiley Smith — 6,137 17–24 42 May 24 @ Braves 4–1 (14) Landrum Acker — 5,896 18–24 43 May 25 @ Braves 7–3 Drabek Smith Landrum 5,517 19–24 44 May 26 Astros 2–4 Clancy Heaton Smith 26,637 19–25 45 May 27 Astros 4–5 (12) Schatzeder Robinson Smith 22,359 19–26 46 May 28 Astros 2–9 Scott Smiley Agosto 25,776 19–27 47 May 29 Reds 12–3 Walk Browning Kipper 18,602 20–27 48 May 30 Reds 2–0 Drabek Mahler Kramer 14,952 21–27 49 May 31 Reds 3–4 Rijo Heaton Franco 22,932 21–28
June: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 2 @ Mets 2–3 (11) Aguilera Kramer — 42,578 21–29 51 June 3 @ Mets 3–9 Darling Walk — 47,835 21–30 52 June 4 @ Mets 3–4 Aase Kipper Myers 47,478 21–31 53 June 5 @ Phillies 3–3 (8) — 17,696 21–31 54 June 6 @ Phillies 4–9 Sebra Fisher Parrett 16,783 21–32 55 June 7 @ Phillies 5–7 Parrett Kipper Bedrosian 15,480 21–33 56 June 8 @ Phillies 11–15 Carman Robinson — 18,511 21–34 57 June 9 Mets 4–3 (10) Landrum McDowell — 20,819 22–34 58 June 10 Mets 6–5 Kipper Myers — 27,463 23–34 59 June 11 Mets 1–6 Ojeda Fisher — 37,716 23–35 60 June 13 Phillies 2–10 Howell Madden — 11,570 23–36 61 June 14 Phillies 6–4 Smiley Carman Landrum 7,407 24–36 62 June 15 Phillies 5–3 Drabek Sebra Landrum 15,428 25–36 63 June 16 @ Cardinals 2–6 Terry Kramer Dayley 47,186 25–37 64 June 17 @ Cardinals 7–2 Robinson DeLeon Kipper 43,924 26–37 65 June 18 @ Cardinals 12–4 Madden Magrane Landrum 40,198 27–37 66 June 20 Cubs 4–5 (11) Schiraldi Garcia Kilgus 11,713 27–38 67 June 21 Cubs 0–1 (11) Maddux Bair Williams 23,970 27–39 68 June 22 Cubs 0–8 Sutcliffe Kramer — 16,430 27–40 69 June 23 Cardinals 2–3 Magrane Madden Worrell 22,904 27–41 70 June 24 Cardinals 5–2 Walk Terry Landrum 36,064 28–41 71 June 25 Cardinals 5–3 Smiley Power Landrum 22,514 29–41 72 June 26 @ Cubs 2–1 Drabek Maddux — 35,407 30–41 73 June 27 @ Cubs 5–4 Kramer Sutcliffe Landrum 35,646 31–41 74 June 28 @ Cubs 3–1 Robinson Bielecki Landrum 34,114 32–41 75 June 30 @ Dodgers 4–3 Walk Hershiser Landrum 46,411 33–41
July: 12–18 (Home: 5–8; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 76 July 1 @ Dodgers 0–1 Belcher Smiley — 33,692 33–42 77 July 2 @ Dodgers 2–3 Wetteland Drabek Howell 40,789 33–43 78 July 3 @ Dodgers 4–2 Robinson Morgan Landrum 29,673 34–43 79 July 4 Giants 5–3 Kramer Robinson Landrum 14,186 35–43 80 July 5 Giants 4–6 Wilson Walk — 22,242 35–44 81 July 6 Giants 1–2 (10) Brantley Smiley Lefferts 18,165 35–45 82 July 7 Padres 3–0 Drabek Hurst — 18,907 36–45 83 July 8 Padres 0–2 Whitson Robinson — 25,852 36–46 84 July 9 Padres 3–5 Grant Kramer Davis 23,584 36–47 85 July 13 @ Giants 2–3 (13) Brantley Garcia — 17,178 36–48 86 July 14 @ Giants 7–4 Drabek Reuschel Landrum 18,238 37–48 87 July 15 @ Giants 3–8 LaCoss Smiley — 27,881 37–49 88 July 16 @ Giants 1–3 Garrelts Robinson Bedrosian 44,781 37–50 89 July 17 @ Padres 4–1 Kramer Harris Landrum 13,667 38–50 90 July 18 @ Padres 4–17 Hurst Walk — 18,777 38–51 91 July 19 @ Padres 1–9 Whitson Drabek — 16,412 38–52 92 July 21 Dodgers 4–1 Smiley Belcher — 39–52 93 July 21 Dodgers 3–7 Valenzuela Heaton Howell 27,996 39–53 94 July 22 Dodgers 4–8 Martinez Robinson — 31,108 39–54 95 July 23 Dodgers 3–4 Hershiser Kramer Howell 39–55 96 July 23 Dodgers 2–1 (10) Kipper Crews — 34,373 40–55 97 July 24 Dodgers 7–4 Walk Morgan — 19,957 41–55 98 July 25 @ Mets 4–2 Drabek Aguilera Landrum 38,249 42–55 99 July 26 @ Mets 3–2 Smiley Darling — 38,134 43–55 100 July 27 @ Mets 10–8 Kipper Aase Landrum 39,447 44–55 101 July 28 @ Phillies 10–5 Heaton Howell — 45–55 102 July 28 @ Phillies 1–6 Harris Reed — 35,569 45–56 103 July 29 @ Phillies 2–6 Parrett Walk McDowell 47,277 45–57 104 July 30 @ Phillies 6–8 Cook Kipper McDowell 31,341 45–58 105 July 31 Expos 2–4 Langston Smiley Burke 13,150 45–59
August: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 Expos 4–5 (11) Burke Bair — 14,912 45–60 107 August 2 Expos 1–3 Perez Reed Burke 27,645 45–61 108 August 3 Expos 1–0 (12) Bair McGaffigan — 12,292 46–61 109 August 4 Cubs 2–3 Bielecki Drabek Williams 29,169 46–62 110 August 5 Cubs 2–4 Wilson Landrum Lancaster 23,262 46–63 111 August 6 Cubs 5–4 (18) Drabek Sanderson — 24,716 47–63 112 August 7 Cardinals 0–4 Power Reed — 11,772 47–64 113 August 8 Cardinals 7–3 Walk Hill — 13,884 48–64 114 August 9 Cardinals 2–5 Magrane Drabek — 15,046 48–65 115 August 11 @ Expos 1–4 Langston Smiley — 30,123 48–66 116 August 12 @ Expos 2–5 Gross Robinson Smith 27,697 48–67 117 August 13 @ Expos 6–4 Walk Perez Landrum 38,576 49–67 118 August 14 @ Expos 6–1 Drabek Martinez — 18,838 50–67 119 August 15 @ Astros 2–3 (11) Andersen Smith — 23,574 50–68 120 August 16 @ Astros 5–4 (12) Heaton Andersen Landrum 17,317 51–68 121 August 17 @ Astros 3–5 Deshaies Robinson — 25,325 51–69 122 August 18 @ Braves 6–13 Glavine Walk — 17,154 51–70 123 August 19 @ Braves 3–4 Smoltz Drabek Boever 27,034 51–71 124 August 20 @ Braves 7–6 Reed Smith Landrum 9,222 52–71 125 August 22 Astros 4–1 Smiley Deshaies — 14,638 53–71 126 August 23 Astros 6–1 Walk Clancy — 12,564 54–71 127 August 24 Astros 3–2 (14) Bair Agosto — 13,884 55–71 128 August 25 @ Reds 12–3 Robinson Mahler — 25,722 56–71 129 August 26 @ Reds 4–6 Robinson Reed Franco 26,159 56–72 130 August 27 @ Reds 0–1 Browning Kramer Franco 22,413 56–73 131 August 28 Braves 2–5 Smith Walk Stanton 9,854 56–74 132 August 29 Braves 5–4 Drabek Glavine Landrum 9,686 57–74 133 August 30 Braves 7–5 Kramer Boever Landrum 8,314 58–74
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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 164 October 1 Mets 3–7 Fernandez Patterson — 23,502 74–88
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Tie Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Detailed records

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

Roster

1989 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 46 Doug Bair 60 Stan Belinda 15 Doug Drabek 41 Mike Dunne 22 Logan Easley 54 Brian Fisher 27 Miguel García 35 Jim Gott 26 Neal Heaton 16 Bob Kipper 28 Randy Kramer 43 Bill Landrum 59 Morris Madden 55 Scott Medvin 38 Bob Patterson 34 Rick Reed 49 Jeff Robinson 58 Roger Samuels 57 John Smiley 41 Mike Smith 52 Dorn Taylor 17 Bob Walk	Catchers 22 Dann Bilardello 12 Mike LaValliere  0 Junior Ortiz 14 Tom Prince Infielders  3 Jay Bell  6 Rafael Belliard 25 Bobby Bonilla  5 Sid Bream 30 Benny Distefano  7 Jeff King 13 José Lind 14 Ken Oberkfell 51 Rey Quiñones  2 Gary Redus	Outfielders 24 Barry Bonds 44 John Cangelosi 42 Steve Carter 19 Albert Hall 29 Billy Hatcher 38 Scott Little 23 R. J. Reynolds 18 Andy Van Slyke 11 Glenn Wilson	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)

Player stats

Batting

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

Pitching

Regular Season[5] Player G IP W L ERA SO Gott, J.J. Gott 1 ^2⁄3 0 0 0.00 1 Landrum, B.B. Landrum 56 81 2 3 1.67 51 Bair, D.D. Bair 44 67^1⁄3 2 3 2.27 56 Drabek, D.D. Drabek 35 244^1⁄3 14 12 2.80 123 Smiley, J.J. Smiley 28 205^1⁄3 12 8 2.81 123 Kipper, B.B. Kipper 52 83 3 4 2.93 58 Heaton, N.N. Heaton 42 147^1⁄3 6 7 3.05 67 Smith, M.M. Smith 16 24 0 1 3.75 12 Kramer, R.R. Kramer 35 111^1⁄3 5 9 3.96 52 Patterson, B.B. Patterson 12 26^2⁄3 4 3 4.05 20 Easley, L.L. Easley 10 12^1⁄3 1 0 4.38 6 Walk, B.B. Walk 33 196 13 10 4.41 83 Robinson, J.J. Robinson 50 141^1⁄3 7 13 4.58 95 Taylor, D.D. Taylor 9 10^2⁄3 1 1 5.06 3 Reed, R.R. Reed 15 54^2⁄3 1 4 5.60 34 Medvin, S.S. Medvin 6 6^1⁄3 0 1 5.68 4 Belinda, S.S. Belinda 8 10^1⁄3 0 1 6.10 10 Madden, M.M. Madden 9 14 2 2 7.07 6 Dunne, M.M. Dunne 3 14^1⁄3 1 1 7.53 4 Fisher, B.B. Fisher 9 17 0 3 7.94 8 García, M.M. García 11 16 0 2 8.44 9 Samuels, R.R. Samuels 5 3^2⁄3 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
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 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.
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.