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Record: 79-83   .488.... 2nd in National League Central
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,657,022
Payroll: $9,071,666
Top Draft Pick: J.J. Davis (#8)   MLB
Manager - Gene Lamont

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

Team Leaders

HR: Young [18]
RBI: Young [74]
2B: Kendall [36]
SB: Womack [60]
W: Cordova, Lieber, Loaiza [11]
SV: Loiselle [29]
SO: Lieber [160]

Oldest Player: Shawon Dunston [34]
Youngest Player: Jose Guillen [21]
Longest Tenure: Al Martin, Paul Wagner [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Adrian Brown (May 16) Emil Brown (Apr 3) Lou Collier (Jun 28) Jose Guillen (Apr 1) Abraham Nunez (Aug 27) Kevin Polcovich (May 17)
Pitchers: Jason Johnson (Aug 27) Ricardo Rincon (Apr 3) Jeff Wallace (Aug 21)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Wilson Adorno	C	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jermaine Allensworth	CF	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	CF		Calgary	AAA
Jimmy Anderson	P	21	Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Nilson Antigua	C	21	Lynchburg	A+
Mike Asche	SS	25	Carolina	AA
	SS		Lynchburg	A+
Peter Austin	OF	22	Erie	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tony Beasley	SS-2B	30	Calgary	AAA
	SS-2B		Carolina	AA
Blaine Beatty	P	33	Carolina	AA
Butch Bellenger	IF	23	Augusta	A
Al Benjamin	OF	20	Augusta	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kris Benson	P	22	Carolina	AA
Joe Boever	P	36	Calgary	AAA
Tom Bolton	P	35	Calgary	AAA
Ken Bonifay	1B-OF	27	Carolina	AA
Kary Bridges	IF	24	Calgary	AAA
	IF		Carolina	AA
Ali Brooks	SS-OF		Erie	A-
Adrian Brown	CF-RF	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	CF-RF		Calgary	AAA
	CF-RF		Carolina	AA
Emil Brown	CF-LF	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Xavier Burns	3B	22	Erie	A-
John Carter	P	25	Calgary	AAA
Wes Chamberlain	RF-LF	31	Calgary	AAA
Jason Christiansen	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
Chris Clark	OF		Erie	A-
Ambioris Cleto	SS	17	Erie	A-
	SS		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Lou Collier	SS-LF	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS-LF		Calgary	AAA
Jeff Conger	P-OF		Carolina	AA
	P-OF		Lynchburg	A+
Steve Cooke	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Francisco Cordova	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Carlos Crawford	P	25	Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Brandon Cromer	2B	23	Calgary	AAA
	2B		Carolina	AA
Midre Cummings	RF-CF	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Albert Davis	OF	20	Lynchburg	A+
	OF		Augusta	A
J.J. Davis	RF	18	Erie	A-
	RF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kane Davis	P	22	Carolina	AA
Raul De la cruz			Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kory DeHaan	RF-LF	21	Erie	A-
Elmer Dessens	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Diogenes Diaz	C	18	Erie	A-
	C		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
John Dillinger	P	24	Carolina	AA
Shawon Dunston	SS	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Tim Edge	C	28	Calgary	AAA
Randy Edwards	OF	24	Augusta	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Dawan Elliott	OF	21	Erie	A-
Kevin Elster	SS	33	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
John Ericks	P	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Ramon Espinosa	OF	25	Carolina	AA
Lee Evans	C	20	Augusta	A
	C		Erie	A-
Mark Farris	SS	22	Lynchburg	A+
Luis Figueroa	2B	23	Lynchburg	A+
	2B		Augusta	A
Terrence Freeman	2B	22	Erie	A-
	2B		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Freddy Garcia	3B-LF	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	3B-LF		Calgary	AAA
	3B-LF		Carolina	AA
Julio Germosen			Lynchburg	A+
			Erie	A-
Frank Gonzales	P	29	Calgary	AAA
Jeff Granger	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Jose Guillen	RF-LF	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Vic Gutierrez	SS	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Yamid Haad	C	20	Erie	A-
Mike Halperin	P	24	Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Marcus Hanel	C	25	Carolina	AA
Kevin Haverbusch	IF	21	Erie	A-
Steve Hazlett	OF	27	Calgary	AAA
	OF		Carolina	AA
Chad Hermansen	CF-RF	20	Carolina	AA
Alex Hernandez	1B-RF	20	Lynchburg	A+
Elvin Hernandez	P	20	Carolina	AA
Rick Holifield	OF	27	Carolina	AA
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Bo Hundt	3B	22	Augusta	A
Barry Johnson	P	28	Calgary	AAA
J.J. Johnson	OF	21	Erie	A-
Jason Johnson	P	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
	P		Augusta	A
Mark Johnson	1B	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	1B		Calgary	AAA
Andrew Jones	OF	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ricky Jordan	1B	32	Carolina	AA
Yustin Jordan	1B	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brett Kaplan	OF	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Erskine Kelley	SS	26	Lynchburg	A+
Jeff Kelly	P	22	Carolina	AA
Jason Kendall	C	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Derrick Lankford	3B	23	Erie	A-
Felix Lara	OF	19	Erie	A-
Sean Lawrence	P	27	Calgary	AAA
Jon Lieber	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Esteban Loaiza	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Rich Loiselle	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Garrett Long	OF	20	Lynchburg	A+
	OF		Augusta	A
Luis Lorenzana	SS	18	Augusta	A
Bill Lott	OF	27	Calgary	AAA
Rob Mackowiak	RF-3B	21	Erie	A-
Al Martin	LF	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	LF		Carolina	AA
Manny Martinez	CF	26	Calgary	AAA
Tim Marx	C	28	Calgary	AAA
Del Mathews	P	22	Carolina	AA
Keith Maxwell	OF	22	Erie	A-
Fred May	OF	21	Augusta	A
Scott May	C		Augusta	A
Oliver Mejias	IF	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Sergio Mendez	C	23	Carolina	AA
	C		Lynchburg	A+
Tony Mitchell	OF	26	Carolina	AA
Chris Miyake	SS	23	Carolina	AA
	SS		Lynchburg	A+
Ramon Morel	P	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Jose Nicolas	OF	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Abraham Nunez	SS-2B	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS-2B		Carolina	AA
	SS-2B		Lynchburg	A+
Keith Osik	C	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Edison Pascual	1B	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Alex Pena	P	20	Augusta	A
Chris Peters	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Charles Peterson	OF	23	Carolina	AA
Jose Pett	P	21	Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Jason Phillips	P	23	Carolina	AA
Kevin Pickford	P	22	Carolina	AA
Corey Pointer	OF	22	Augusta	A
	OF		Erie	A-
Kevin Polcovich	SS	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS		Calgary	AAA
	SS		Carolina	AA
Aramis Ramirez	3B	19	Lynchburg	A+
Joe Randa	3B	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	3B		Calgary	AAA
Tike Redman	CF	20	Lynchburg	A+
Jose Reyes	C	24	Lynchburg	A+
	C		Erie	A-
	C		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Charles Rice			Lynchburg	A+
			Augusta	A
Ricardo Rincon	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Carlos Rivera	1B	19	Augusta	A
Anthony Robinson	SS	21	Lynchburg	A+
	SS		Augusta	A
Jeremy Rockow	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Matt Ruebel	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Matt Ryan	P	25	Carolina	AA
Tracy Sanders	1B	28	Carolina	AA
Chance Sanford	3B-2B	25	Calgary	AAA
	3B-2B		Carolina	AA
Curt Schmidt	P	27	Calgary	AAA
Jason Schmidt	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Stan Schreiber	2B	22	Augusta	A
Reed Secrist	C	27	Calgary	AAA
Jose Sevillano	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Curtis Shaw	P	28	Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Keith Shepherd	P	29	Calgary	AAA
Kemuel Shipp	C	21	Augusta	A
Jose Silva	P	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Mark Smith	LF-RF	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	LF-RF		Calgary	AAA
	LF-RF		Carolina	AA
Clint Sodowsky	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Bo Springfield	OF	21	Augusta	A
T.J. Staton	1B-P	22	Calgary	AAA
	1B-P		Carolina	AA
Dale Sveum	SS-3B	33	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Derek Swafford	OF-2B	22	Lynchburg	A+
	OF-2B		Augusta	A
	OF-2B		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jonathan Sweet	C	25	Carolina	AA
Scott Taylor	P	30	Calgary	AAA
Steve Thobe	1B-C	25	Calgary	AAA
	1B-C		Carolina	AA
	1B-C		Lynchburg	A+
Alex Tolbert	1B	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jose Tolentino	1B	36	Calgary	AAA
John Turlais	C	23	Lynchburg	A+
	C		Augusta	A
Rob Viera	C	24	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Paul Wagner	P	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
Dave Wainhouse	P	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Calgary	AAA
Morgan Walker	1B	23	Lynchburg	A+
	1B		Augusta	A
Shon Walker	OF	23	Lynchburg	A+
Jeff Wallace	P	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Carolina	AA
Turner Ward	RF-CF	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	RF-CF		Calgary	AAA
Maurice Washington	OF	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Rico Washington	3B	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Boomer Whipple			Augusta	A
Darrell Whitmore	OF-RF	28	Carolina	AA
Marc Wilkins	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Eddie Williams	1B-3B	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Craig Wilson	RF-1B	20	Lynchburg	A+
Gary Wilson	P	27	Calgary	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Tony Womack	SS-2B	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Ron Wright	1B	21	Calgary	AAA
Kevin Young	1B	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Paul Ah Yat	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Augusta	A
Carlo Alvarado	19	Augusta	A
David Alvarado	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jimmy Anderson	21	Calgary	AAA
	21	Carolina	AA
Bronson Arroyo	20	Lynchburg	A+
Mike Ayers	23	Lynchburg	A+
Tony Bacci	22	Augusta	A
	22	Erie	A-
Andy Bausher	21	Erie	A-
Blaine Beatty	33	Calgary	AAA
	33	Carolina	AA
	33	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kris Benson	22	Carolina	AA
	22	Lynchburg	A+
Joe Boever	36	Calgary	AAA
Tom Bolton	35	Calgary	AAA
Franklin Bravo	18	Augusta	A
	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
John Briscoe	30	Calgary	AAA
Wyatt Brooks	23	Augusta	A
Michael Brown	25	Carolina	AA
	25	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Derek Bullock	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Augusta	A
Tedde Campbell	25	Augusta	A
John Carter	25	Calgary	AAA
	25	Carolina	AA
Michael Chaney	22	Augusta	A
Rafael Chaves	28	Carolina	AA
Jason Christiansen	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Carolina	AA
Chris Combs	22	Erie	A-
O.J. Cook	20	Carolina	AA
	20	Erie	A-
Steve Cooke	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Francisco Cordova	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Chris Corn	25	Lynchburg	A+
Carlos Crawford	25	Calgary	AAA
	25	Carolina	AA
Dave Daniels	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Augusta	A
Kane Davis	22	Carolina	AA
Elmer Dessens	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
John Dillinger	24	Carolina	AA
Matt Duff	22	Augusta	A
Jason Elmore	23	Augusta	A
John Ericks	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	30	Calgary	AAA
	30	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Bryan Farson	25	Augusta	A
	25	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ricardo Finol	23	Augusta	A
	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ryan Fisher	23	Augusta	A
	23	Erie	A-
Aaron France	23	Augusta	A
Scott Fredrickson	30	Carolina	AA
Michael Freitas	28	Carolina	AA
Travis Gaerte	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Hal Garrett	22	Carolina	AA
	22	Lynchburg	A+
Ricardo Gomez	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Frank Gonzales	29	Calgary	AAA
Mike Gonzalez	19	Augusta	A
	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
John Grabow	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jeff Granger	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Calgary	AAA
Kenny Greer	30	Calgary	AAA
Michael Gresko	20	Augusta	A
	20	Erie	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brad Guy	21	Erie	A-
Wilson Guzman	20	Erie	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ryan Halla	23	Augusta	A
Mike Halperin	24	Calgary	AAA
	24	Carolina	AA
Jason Haynie	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Augusta	A
Steve Hazlett	27	Carolina	AA
Elvin Hernandez	20	Carolina	AA
	20	Lynchburg	A+
George Hlodan	21	Augusta	A
	21	Erie	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Andrew Hohenstein	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Barry Johnson	28	Calgary	AAA
Jason Johnson	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	23	Carolina	AA
	23	Lynchburg	A+
Jeff Kelly	22	Carolina	AA
John Kelly	24	Augusta	A
Dennis Konuszewski	26	Carolina	AA
Kris Lambert	21	Erie	A-
Sean Lawrence	27	Calgary	AAA
Jon Lieber	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Esteban Loaiza	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Rich Loiselle	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Bill Lott	27	Calgary	AAA
Chris Luttig	21	Erie	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Rob Mackowiak	21	Erie	A-
Jeff Martin	23	Lynchburg	A+
Joe Maskivish	26	Carolina	AA
	26	Lynchburg	A+
Del Mathews	22	Carolina	AA
	22	Lynchburg	A+
Craig Mattson	23	Lynchburg	A+
John McConnell		Erie	A-
Neal McDade	21	Lynchburg	A+
	21	Augusta	A
Oliver Mejias	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jose Morel	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ramon Morel	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	23	Calgary	AAA
Juan Morrobel	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brian O'Connor	20	Lynchburg	A+
	20	Augusta	A
Erick Ojeda	21	Augusta	A
Michael Parkerson	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Rick Paugh	25	Carolina	AA
	25	Lynchburg	A+
	25	Augusta	A
Chris Peters	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Calgary	AAA
Jose Pett	21	Calgary	AAA
	21	Carolina	AA
Jason Phillips	23	Carolina	AA
	23	Lynchburg	A+
Kevin Pickford	22	Carolina	AA
	22	Lynchburg	A+
Andy Prater		Augusta	A
		Erie	A-
Misael Quiros	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Bryan Raino	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ricardo Rincon	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Matt Ruebel	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Matt Ryan	25	Carolina	AA
Curt Schmidt	27	Calgary	AAA
Jason Schmidt	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Curtis Shaw	28	Calgary	AAA
	28	Carolina	AA
Keith Shepherd	29	Calgary	AAA
Jess Sicilano	21	Augusta	A
	21	Erie	A-
Jose Silva	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	23	Calgary	AAA
Clint Sodowsky	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Calgary	AAA
Paul Stabile	21	Erie	A-
Scott Taylor	30	Calgary	AAA
Jason Temple	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Augusta	A
Jose Tolentino	36	Calgary	AAA
Rob Viera	24	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Bobby Vogt	18	Erie	A-
	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Paul Wagner	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	29	Carolina	AA
Dave Wainhouse	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	29	Calgary	AAA
Morgan Walker	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Augusta	A
Jeff Wallace	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	21	Carolina	AA
	21	Lynchburg	A+
Boomer Whipple		Augusta	A
Marc Wilkins	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jeff Williams	28	Carolina	AA
Gary Wilson	27	Calgary	AAA
	27	Carolina	AA
Danny Young	25	Lynchburg	A+
	25	Augusta	A