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Record: 73-89   .451.... 5th in National League Central
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,332,150
Payroll: $21,253,500
Top Draft Pick: Kris Benson (#1)   MLB
Manager - Jim Leyland

Affiliates - AAA Calgary Cannons AA Carolina Mudcats A+ Lynchburg Hillcats A Augusta GreenJackets A- Erie Sea Wolves Rk Gulf Coast Pirates

Team Leaders

HR: King [30]
RBI: King [111]
2B: Martin [40]
SB: Martin [38]
W: Neagle [14]
SV: Cordova [12]
SO: Neagle [131]

Oldest Player: Danny Darwin [40]
Youngest Player: Ramon Morel [21]
Longest Tenure: Jay Bell, Jeff King [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jermaine Allensworth (Jul 23) Trey Beamon (Aug 4) Jason Kendall (Apr 1) Keith Osik (Apr 5)
Pitchers: Francisco Cordova (Apr 2) Elmer Dessens (Jun 24) Rich Loiselle (Sep 7) Chris Peters (Jul 19) Matt Ruebel (May 21) Marc Wilkins (May 11)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jermaine Allensworth	CF	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	CF		Calgary	AAA
Jimmy Anderson	P	20	Carolina	AA
Nilson Antigua	C	20	Erie	A-
Mike Asche	SS	24	Lynchburg	A+
Rich Aude	1B	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	1B		Calgary	AAA
Brett Backlund	P	28	Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Trey Beamon	LF-RF	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	LF-RF		Calgary	AAA
Tony Beasley	SS-2B	29	Carolina	AA
Blaine Beatty	P	32	Carolina	AA
Jay Bell	SS-2B	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Butch Bellenger	IF	22	Augusta	A
	IF		Erie	A-
Al Benjamin	OF	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jeff Bigler			Augusta	A
Joe Boever	P	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Tom Bolton	P	34	Calgary	AAA
Ken Bonifay	1B-OF	26	Carolina	AA
D.J. Boston	IF	25	Carolina	AA
Ali Brooks	SS-OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Eddie Brooks	3B-2B	23	Lynchburg	A+
Adrian Brown	CF-RF	22	Carolina	AA
	CF-RF		Lynchburg	A+
Jacob Brumfield	CF-LF	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Stoney Burke	C		Lynchburg	A+
Xavier Burns	3B	21	Erie	A-
	3B		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Greg Cadaret	P	34	Calgary	AAA
John Canetto	3B		Augusta	A
Rafael Chaves	P	27	Carolina	AA
Jason Christiansen	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Dave Clark	RF-LF	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jerald Clark	LF-1B	33	Calgary	AAA
Lou Collier	SS-LF	23	Carolina	AA
Jeff Conger	P-OF		Carolina	AA
Steve Cooke	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
Francisco Cordova	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
John Cranford	3B-2B	25	Carolina	AA
Midre Cummings	RF-CF	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	RF-CF		Calgary	AAA
Danny Darwin	P	40	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Mariano De Los Santos	P	26	Carolina	AA
Daniel Delgado	P	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Elmer Dessens	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Diogenes Diaz	C	17	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tim Edge	C	27	Calgary	AAA
	C		Carolina	AA
Aaron Edwards	OF		Augusta	A
	OF		Erie	A-
Dawan Elliott	OF	20	Erie	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Angelo Encarnacion	C	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	C		Calgary	AAA
John Ericks	P	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Ramon Espinosa	OF	24	Calgary	AAA
Lee Evans	C	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jon Farrell	C-OF		Carolina	AA
	C-OF		Lynchburg	A+
Mark Farris	SS	21	Augusta	A
Mike Felder	LF-CF	34	Calgary	AAA
Edgar Feliz	SS	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
John Finn	3B-OF	28	Calgary	AAA
Steven Flanigan	C		Augusta	A
Ovidio Frias	2B	19	Augusta	A
	2B		Erie	A-
Carlos Garcia	2B	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	2B		Calgary	AAA
Freddy Garcia	3B-LF	24	Lynchburg	A+
Julio Germosen			Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Wiki Gonzalez	C	22	Augusta	A
Kenny Greer	P	29	Calgary	AAA
Jose Guillen	RF-LF	20	Lynchburg	A+
Lee Hancock	P	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Marcus Hanet	C		Carolina	AA
Kenny Harrison	C		Lynchburg	A+
Charlie Hayes	3B	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Chad Hermansen	CF-RF	19	Lynchburg	A+
	CF-RF		Augusta	A
Alex Hernandez	1B-RF	19	Erie	A-
John Hope	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Bo Hundt	3B	21	Erie	A-
	3B		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jacob Jensen	SS		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Mark Johnson	1B	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Yustin Jordan	1B	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Erskine Kelley	SS	25	Lynchburg	A+
Jason Kendall	C	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jeff King	3B-1B	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Mike Kingery	CF-RF	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Dennis Konuszewski	P	25	Carolina	AA
Garrett Larkin	SS	21	Erie	A-
	SS		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Sean Lawrence	P	26	Carolina	AA
Robert Leary	1B		Carolina	AA
Jon Lieber	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Nelson Liriano	2B	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Esteban Loaiza	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Rich Loiselle	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Garrett Long	OF	19	Erie	A-
Luis Lorenzana	SS	17	Erie	A-
	SS		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Rob Mackowiak	RF-3B	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Al Martin	LF	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Ramon Martinez			Lynchburg	A+
Tim Marx	C	27	Calgary	AAA
Darrell May	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Fred May	OF	20	Augusta	A
Scott May	C		Erie	A-
Carlton McKenzie	OF-3B		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Paul McSparin	C	22	Augusta	A
Sergio Mendez	C	22	Lynchburg	A+
	C		Augusta	A
Orlando Merced	RF-1B	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Dan Miceli	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
Joe Millette	SS	30	Calgary	AAA
Chris Miyake	SS	22	Augusta	A
Ramon Morel	P	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
Omer Munoz	SS	30	Carolina	AA
	SS		Lynchburg	A+
Denny Neagle	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Keith Osik	C	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	C		Erie	A-
Steve Parris	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
Edison Pascual	1B	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Adelis Pena	3B	19	Erie	A-
Alex Pena	P	19	Augusta	A
	P		Erie	A-
Chris Peters	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Charles Peterson	OF	22	Carolina	AA
Steve Phoenix	P	28	Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Marc Pisciotta	P	26	Calgary	AAA
Dan Plesac	P	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Corey Pointer	OF	21	Erie	A-
Kevin Polcovich	SS	26	Calgary	AAA
Elton Pollock	OF		Augusta	A
Matthew Pontbriant	P	24	Carolina	AA
Aramis Ramirez	3B	18	Augusta	A
	3B		Erie	A-
Darryl Ratliff	OF	26	Calgary	AAA
	OF		Carolina	AA
Tike Redman	CF	19	Erie	A-
	CF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Chance Reynolds			Carolina	AA
Charles Rice			Augusta	A
			Erie	A-
Carlos Rivera	1B	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Anthony Robinson	SS	20	Lynchburg	A+
Jeremy Rockow	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Raul Rodarte	SS	26	Carolina	AA
Matt Ruebel	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Matt Ryan	P	24	Calgary	AAA
Kevin Rychel	P	25	Carolina	AA
Chance Sanford	3B-2B	24	Carolina	AA
Jason Schmidt	P	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Stan Schreiber	2B	21	Augusta	A
Reed Secrist	C	26	Calgary	AAA
Kemuel Shipp	C	20	Erie	A-
Brian Shouse	P	28	Calgary	AAA
Zane Smith	P	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Bo Springfield	OF	20	Augusta	A
T.J. Staton	1B-P	21	Carolina	AA
Dale Sveum	SS-3B	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS-3B		Calgary	AAA
Derek Swafford	OF-2B	21	Lynchburg	A+
Jonathan Sweet	C	24	Carolina	AA
	C		Lynchburg	A+
Scott Taylor	P	29	Carolina	AA
Steve Thobe	1B-C	24	Lynchburg	A+
Rob Viera	C	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Paul Wagner	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Dave Wainhouse	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Morgan Walker	1B	22	Augusta	A
Shon Walker	OF	22	Lynchburg	A+
John Wehner	3B-LF	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Boomer Whipple			Augusta	A
Marc Wilkins	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
Gary Wilson	P	26	Calgary	AAA
Tony Womack	SS-2B	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS-2B		Calgary	AAA
Ron Wright	1B	20	Carolina	AA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Juan Agosto	38	Calgary	AAA
Paul Ah Yat	21	Erie	A-
Carlo Alvarado	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
David Alvarado	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jimmy Anderson	20	Carolina	AA
	20	Lynchburg	A+
Bronson Arroyo	19	Augusta	A
Jose Avila	21	Erie	A-
Mike Ayers	22	Augusta	A
Brett Backlund	28	Calgary	AAA
	28	Carolina	AA
Scott Beach	22	Erie	A-
	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tony Beasley	29	Carolina	AA
Blaine Beatty	32	Carolina	AA
Todd Blyleven	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Augusta	A
Joe Boever	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	35	Calgary	AAA
	35	Carolina	AA
Tom Bolton	34	Calgary	AAA
Miguel Bonilla	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Franklin Bravo	17	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Wyatt Brooks	22	Erie	A-
Michael Brown	24	Lynchburg	A+
Derek Bullock	23	Augusta	A
Stoney Burke		Lynchburg	A+
Greg Cadaret	34	Calgary	AAA
Tedde Campbell	24	Erie	A-
John Canetto		Augusta	A
Michael Chaney	21	Erie	A-
Rafael Chaves	27	Carolina	AA
	27	Lynchburg	A+
Jason Christiansen	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	27	Calgary	AAA
Ender Classen	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tim Collie	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Augusta	A
O.J. Cook	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Steve Cooke	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	26	Carolina	AA
Francisco Cordova	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Dave Daniels	23	Augusta	A
	23	Erie	A-
Danny Darwin	40	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Kane Davis	21	Lynchburg	A+
Mariano De Los Santos	26	Carolina	AA
Daniel Delgado	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Elmer Dessens	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Calgary	AAA
	24	Carolina	AA
John Dillinger	23	Lynchburg	A+
Cordell Dunn	20	Augusta	A
	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jason Elmore	22	Erie	A-
John Ericks	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	29	Calgary	AAA
Jason Farrow	23	Augusta	A
Bryan Farson	24	Carolina	AA
Ricardo Finol	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ryan Fisher	22	Augusta	A
Aaron France	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Augusta	A
Travis Gaerte	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ryan Gillispie	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Roger Goedde	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Luis Gonzalez	22	Erie	A-
Kenny Greer	29	Calgary	AAA
Michael Gresko	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Lee Hancock	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	29	Calgary	AAA
Gene Harris	31	Carolina	AA
	31	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kenny Harrison		Lynchburg	A+
Jeff Havens	23	Augusta	A
Jason Haynie	22	Erie	A-
Keith Heberling	24	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Elvin Hernandez	19	Augusta	A
George Hlodan	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Andrew Hohenstein	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Shawn Holman	31	Carolina	AA
John Hope	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Calgary	AAA
Jason Johnson	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Augusta	A
Jeff Kelly	21	Lynchburg	A+
	21	Augusta	A
John Kelly	23	Lynchburg	A+
Dennis Konuszewski	25	Calgary	AAA
	25	Carolina	AA
Sean Lawrence	26	Carolina	AA
Jon Lieber	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Esteban Loaiza	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Calgary	AAA
Rich Loiselle	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Calgary	AAA
Joe Maskivish	25	Lynchburg	A+
	25	Augusta	A
Craig Mattson	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Augusta	A
	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Darrell May	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Calgary	AAA
Neal McDade	20	Lynchburg	A+
	20	Erie	A-
Dan Miceli	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	26	Carolina	AA
Ramon Morel	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	22	Carolina	AA
Denny Neagle	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Brian O'Connor	19	Augusta	A
	19	Erie	A-
Steve Parris	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Carolina	AA
	28	Augusta	A
Rick Paugh	24	Lynchburg	A+
Jesus Pena	21	Erie	A-
Chris Peters	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Calgary	AAA
	24	Carolina	AA
Jason Phillips	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Augusta	A
Steve Phoenix	28	Calgary	AAA
	28	Carolina	AA
Kevin Pickford	21	Lynchburg	A+
Marc Pisciotta	26	Calgary	AAA
Dan Plesac	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Matthew Pontbriant	24	Carolina	AA
Andy Prater		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Rayon Reid	23	Augusta	A
Jose Reyes	23	Augusta	A
Matt Ruebel	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	26	Calgary	AAA
Matt Ryan	24	Calgary	AAA
Kevin Rychel	25	Calgary	AAA
	25	Carolina	AA
Rafael Santos	20	Erie	A-
Jason Schmidt	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Brian Settle	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brian Shouse	28	Calgary	AAA
Jess Sicilano	20	Erie	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Zane Smith	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Carl South	21	Augusta	A
Matt Spade	23	Lynchburg	A+
Scott Taylor	29	Carolina	AA
Jason Temple	21	Lynchburg	A+
Daniel Tobias	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Randy Viegas	21	Augusta	A
	21	Erie	A-
Maximo Villar	19	Erie	A-
Bobby Vogt	17	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Paul Wagner	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Dave Wainhouse	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Carolina	AA
Rick White	27	Carolina	AA
	27	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Marc Wilkins	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Carolina	AA
Matt Williams	25	Lynchburg	A+
Gary Wilson	26	Calgary	AAA
Jason Wright	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Danny Young	24	Augusta	A
	24	Augusta	A