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Record: 69-93   .426.... 6th in National League Central
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,560,950
Payroll: $13,752,000
Top Draft Pick: Clint Johnston (#15)   AA
Manager - Gene Lamont

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

Team Leaders

HR: Young [27]
RBI: Young [108]
2B: Young [40]
SB: Womack [58]
W: Cordova [13]
SV: Loiselle [19]
SO: Schmidt [158]

Oldest Player: Jeff Tabaka [34]
Youngest Player: Aramis Ramirez [20]
Longest Tenure: Al Martin [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Aramis Ramirez (May 26) Chance Sanford (Apr 30)
Pitchers: Sean Lawrence (Aug 25) Javier Martinez (Apr 2)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Wilson Adorno	C	20	Augusta	A
	C		Erie	A-
	C		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Paul Ah Yat	P	23	Carolina	AA
Jermaine Allensworth	CF	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Tavo Alvarez	P	26	Nashville	AAA
Tony Alvarez	RF-CF	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Franklin Anderson	C	23	Lynchburg	A+
	C		Augusta	A
	C		Erie	A-
Jimmy Anderson	P	22	Nashville	AAA
Nilson Antigua	C	22	Lynchburg	A+
Victor Araujo	IF	18	Erie	A-
	IF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Bronson Arroyo	P	21	Carolina	AA
Mike Asche	SS	26	Carolina	AA
	SS		Lynchburg	A+
Tony Beasley	SS-2B	31	Carolina	AA
Kris Benson	P	23	Nashville	AAA
Steve Bieser	CF-LF	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	CF-LF		Nashville	AAA
Tom Bolton	P	36	Nashville	AAA
Billy Bone	IF	22	Erie	A-
Darryl Brinkley	OF	29	Nashville	AAA
Luis Brito			Nashville	AAA
			Carolina	AA
			Lynchburg	A+
Adrian Brown	CF-RF	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	CF-RF		Nashville	AAA
Chad Brown	P	26	Carolina	AA
Emil Brown	CF-LF	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	CF-LF		Carolina	AA
Randy Brown	SS	28	Nashville	AAA
	SS		Carolina	AA
Matt Bryant	SS	23	Lynchburg	A+
	SS		Augusta	A
Xavier Burns	3B	23	Augusta	A
Willie Burton	OF	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
George Canale	1B	33	Nashville	AAA
Casey Candaele	2B-SS	37	Nashville	AAA
Raynier Cardona	C	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Gene Caruso	P	29	Carolina	AA
Jorjanis Chourio			Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jason Christiansen	P	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Ambioris Cleto	SS	18	Erie	A-
Casey Cloud	C	23	Augusta	A
Lou Collier	SS-LF	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS-LF		Lynchburg	A+
Francisco Cordova	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Chris Corn	P	26	Carolina	AA
Santos Cortez	OF	23	Augusta	A
Jeremy Cotten	IF	18	Erie	A-
	IF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Carlos Crawford	P	26	Nashville	AAA
Brian Cronk	3B-OF	21	Erie	A-
	3B-OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jesse Daggett	C	20	Erie	A-
Dave Daniels	P	25	Carolina	AA
Albert Davis	OF	21	Lynchburg	A+
J.J. Davis	RF	19	Augusta	A
	RF		Erie	A-
Kane Davis	P	23	Carolina	AA
Mariano De Los Santos	P	28	Carolina	AA
Steve Decker	C	32	Nashville	AAA
Kory DeHaan	RF-LF	22	Augusta	A
Elmer Dessens	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Nashville	AAA
David Diaz	C	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Diogenes Diaz	C	19	Augusta	A
	C		Erie	A-
Roger Doman	P	25	Nashville	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Tim Edge	C	29	Nashville	AAA
Dawan Elliott	OF	22	Augusta	A
	OF		Erie	A-
David Evans	P	30	Nashville	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Lee Evans	C	21	Augusta	A
Mark Farris	SS	23	Carolina	AA
Luis Figueroa	2B	24	Carolina	AA
Terrence Freeman	2B	23	Augusta	A
Eddy Furniss	1B	23	Carolina	AA
	1B		Lynchburg	A+
	1B		Augusta	A
Freddy Garcia	3B-LF	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	3B-LF		Nashville	AAA
Phil Geisler	OF	28	Nashville	AAA
Ken Giard	P	25	Nashville	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Kevin Grijak	IF	27	Nashville	AAA
	IF		Carolina	AA
Jose Guillen	RF-LF	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Vic Gutierrez	SS	20	Augusta	A
Yamid Haad	C	21	Lynchburg	A+
Mike Halperin	P	25	Nashville	AAA
Jeremy Harts	OF	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kevin Haverbusch	IF	22	Carolina	AA
	IF		Lynchburg	A+
Jason Haynie	P	24	Carolina	AA
Chad Hermansen	CF-RF	21	Nashville	AAA
Alex Hernandez	1B-RF	21	Carolina	AA
Elvin Hernandez	P	21	Carolina	AA
Jose Hernandez	C	17	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Bo Hundt	3B	23	Lynchburg	A+
	3B		Augusta	A
Joseph Hunt	OF	23	Erie	A-
Jeff Jackson	OF	26	Lynchburg	A+
Elinton Jasco	2B	23	Carolina	AA
	2B		Lynchburg	A+
Eric Johnson	OF	23	Augusta	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Clint Johnston	1B	21	Augusta	A
Andrew Jones	OF	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Yustin Jordan	1B	20	Erie	A-
Jason Kendall	C	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Scott Klingenbeck	P	27	Nashville	AAA
Tim Laker	C	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	C		Nashville	AAA
Derrick Lankford	3B	24	Augusta	A
Felix Lara	OF	20	Augusta	A
	OF		Erie	A-
Sean Lawrence	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Nashville	AAA
Jon Lieber	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Esteban Loaiza	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Rich Loiselle	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Garrett Long	OF	21	Carolina	AA
	OF		Lynchburg	A+
Luis Lorenzana	SS	19	Lynchburg	A+
Rob Mackowiak	RF-3B	22	Lynchburg	A+
	RF-3B		Augusta	A
Al Martin	LF	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Javier Martinez	P	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Manny Martinez	CF	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	CF		Nashville	AAA
Del Mathews	P	23	Carolina	AA
Keith Maxwell	OF	23	Augusta	A
	OF		Erie	A-
Fred May	OF	22	Lynchburg	A+
Sam McConnell	P	22	Carolina	AA
Jeff McCurry	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Rusty Meacham	P	30	Nashville	AAA
Oliver Mejias	IF	22	Augusta	A
	IF		Erie	A-
Josh Miller	OF	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Steve Mintz	P	29	Nashville	AAA
Chris Miyake	SS	24	Lynchburg	A+
Warren Morris	2B	24	Carolina	AA
Jose Nicolas	OF	19	Augusta	A
	OF		Erie	A-
Abraham Nunez	SS-2B	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS-2B		Nashville	AAA
	SS-2B		Lynchburg	A+
Brian O'Connor	P	21	Carolina	AA
Miguel Ojeda	C	23	Carolina	AA
Keith Osik	C	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Clark Parker	2B	23	Erie	A-
Jeff Patzke	2B	24	Nashville	AAA
Bryce Pelfrey	SS	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Alex Pena	P	21	Lynchburg	A+
	P		Augusta	A
Chris Peters	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Charles Peterson	OF	24	Nashville	AAA
	OF		Carolina	AA
Jason Phillips	P	24	Nashville	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Kevin Pickford	P	23	Nashville	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Corey Pointer	OF	23	Lynchburg	A+
Kevin Polcovich	SS	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jonathan Prieto	2B	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Aramis Ramirez	3B	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	3B		Nashville	AAA
Manny Ravelo	2B	17	Erie	A-
	2B		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tike Redman	CF	21	Lynchburg	A+
Jose Reyes	C	25	Carolina	AA
	C		Lynchburg	A+
	C		Augusta	A
Ricardo Rincon	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Carlos Rivera	1B	20	Lynchburg	A+
	1B		Augusta	A
Anthony Robinson	SS	22	Lynchburg	A+
Pete Rose	3B-1B	28	Nashville	AAA
Jose Royas			Nashville	AAA
Tony Runion	P	26	Carolina	AA
Matt Ryan	P	26	Nashville	AAA
Tracy Sanders	1B	29	Carolina	AA
Chance Sanford	3B-2B	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	3B-2B		Nashville	AAA
Jason Schmidt	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Rolando Segura	3B	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jose Silva	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Nashville	AAA
Shaun Skrehot	SS	22	Erie	A-
Mark Smith	LF-RF	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	LF-RF		Nashville	AAA
Jovanny Sosa	OF	18	Augusta	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Eric Stanton	1B	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
T.J. Staton	1B-P	23	Nashville	AAA
	1B-P		Carolina	AA
Doug Strange	3B-2B	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	3B-2B		Carolina	AA
Jonathan Sweet	C	26	Nashville	AAA
	C		Carolina	AA
Jeff Tabaka	P	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jason Temple	P	23	Carolina	AA
Steve Thobe	1B-C	26	Nashville	AAA
	1B-C		Carolina	AA
Kevin Tolar	P	27	Nashville	AAA
	P		Carolina	AA
Alex Tolbert	1B	23	Erie	A-
Rommel Torres	C	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Todd Van Poppel	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Morgan Walker	1B	24	Lynchburg	A+
Shon Walker	OF	24	Lynchburg	A+
	OF		Erie	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Turner Ward	RF-CF	33	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Maurice Washington	OF	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Rico Washington	3B	20	Augusta	A
	3B		Erie	A-
Darrell Whitmore	OF-RF	29	Nashville	AAA
Scott Wiegandt	P	30	Nashville	AAA
Marc Wilkins	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Mike Williams	P	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Mike Williams	P	20	Nashville	AAA
Craig Wilson	RF-1B	21	Carolina	AA
	RF-1B		Lynchburg	A+
Gary Wilson	P	28	Nashville	AAA
Chris Wimmer	2B	28	Nashville	AAA
	2B		Carolina	AA
Tony Womack	SS-2B	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Ron Wright	1B	22	Nashville	AAA
	1B		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kevin Young	1B	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Wilson Adorno	20	Erie	A-
Paul Ah Yat	23	Carolina	AA
	23	Lynchburg	A+
Carlo Alvarado	20	Lynchburg	A+
	20	Augusta	A
David Alvarado	20	Erie	A-
Tavo Alvarez	26	Nashville	AAA
Jimmy Anderson	22	Nashville	AAA
Bronson Arroyo	21	Carolina	AA
Mike Ayers	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Augusta	A
Tony Bacci	23	Augusta	A
	23	Erie	A-
Charles Bauer	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Augusta	A
Andy Bausher	22	Augusta	A
Juan Bazan	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tony Beasley	31	Carolina	AA
Joe Beimel	21	Erie	A-
Jeff Bennett	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kris Benson	23	Nashville	AAA
Tom Bolton	36	Nashville	AAA
Franklin Bravo	19	Augusta	A
	19	Erie	A-
Chad Brown	26	Carolina	AA
Matt Buirley	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Erie	A-
Mike Bumatay	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kyle Burchart	22	Erie	A-
Todd Bussa	25	Carolina	AA
	25	Lynchburg	A+
George Canale	33	Nashville	AAA
Gene Caruso	29	Nashville	AAA
	29	Carolina	AA
Jason Christiansen	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Ender Classen	20	Erie	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Chris Combs	23	Augusta	A
O.J. Cook	21	Augusta	A
Francisco Cordova	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Chris Corn	26	Carolina	AA
	26	Lynchburg	A+
Carlos Crawford	26	Nashville	AAA
	26	Carolina	AA
	26	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Daniel Crawford	23	Augusta	A
Dave Daniels	25	Nashville	AAA
	25	Carolina	AA
	25	Lynchburg	A+
Kane Davis	23	Carolina	AA
	23	Augusta	A
Juan De La Cruz	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Mariano De Los Santos	28	Carolina	AA
Elmer Dessens	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	26	Nashville	AAA
John Dillinger	25	Carolina	AA
Roger Doman	25	Nashville	AAA
	25	Carolina	AA
Matt Duff	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Augusta	A
David Evans	30	Nashville	AAA
	30	Carolina	AA
Aaron France	24	Lynchburg	A+
Ken Giard	25	Nashville	AAA
	25	Carolina	AA
Ho Bong Go	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ricardo Gomez	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Giovanni Gonzalez	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Mike Gonzalez	20	Lynchburg	A+
	20	Augusta	A
John Grabow	19	Augusta	A
Mike Gray	21	Erie	A-
Michael Gresko	21	Erie	A-
Kevin Grijak	27	Nashville	AAA
	27	Carolina	AA
Brad Guy	22	Augusta	A
Wilson Guzman	21	Lynchburg	A+
	21	Augusta	A
Ryan Halla	24	Lynchburg	A+
Mike Halperin	25	Nashville	AAA
	25	Carolina	AA
Jason Hardebeck	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Veon Harris	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jason Haynie	24	Nashville	AAA
	24	Carolina	AA
Julian Heredia	29	Nashville	AAA
Elvin Hernandez	21	Carolina	AA
George Hlodan	22	Erie	A-
Clint Johnston	21	Augusta	A
Mike Johnston	19	Erie	A-
	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jeff Kelly	23	Carolina	AA
	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Augusta	A
Scott Klingenbeck	27	Nashville	AAA
Kris Lambert	22	Lynchburg	A+
Sean Lawrence	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Nashville	AAA
Benjamin Levesque	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jon Lieber	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Esteban Loaiza	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Rich Loiselle	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	26	Nashville	AAA
Chris Luttig	22	Augusta	A
	22	Erie	A-
Rafael Marichal	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jeff Martin	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Javier Martinez	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Del Mathews	23	Nashville	AAA
	23	Carolina	AA
Sam McConnell	22	Carolina	AA
	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Augusta	A
Jeff McCurry	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Nashville	AAA
Neal McDade	22	Lynchburg	A+
Rusty Meacham	30	Nashville	AAA
Oliver Mejias	22	Augusta	A
	22	Erie	A-
Steve Mintz	29	Nashville	AAA
Felix Montilla		Erie	A-
Chang Moon	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Juan Morrobel	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brian O'Connor	21	Carolina	AA
	21	Lynchburg	A+
Rick Paugh	26	Lynchburg	A+
	26	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Arison Paulino	21	Lynchburg	A+
	21	Erie	A-
Tony Pavlovich	24	Erie	A-
Alex Pena	21	Augusta	A
Chris Peters	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jason Phillips	24	Nashville	AAA
	24	Carolina	AA
Kevin Pickford	23	Nashville	AAA
	23	Carolina	AA
Andy Prater		Erie	A-
Thad Rhea	21	Erie	A-
Ricardo Rincon	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Nashville	AAA
	28	Carolina	AA
Tony Runion	26	Carolina	AA
	26	Lynchburg	A+
Matt Ryan	26	Nashville	AAA
Rich Sauveur	34	Nashville	AAA
Jason Schmidt	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Curtis Shaw	29	Carolina	AA
	29	Augusta	A
Jess Sicilano	22	Augusta	A
	22	Erie	A-
	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jose Silva	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Nashville	AAA
Eric Smith	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Carl South	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Steve Sparks	23	Augusta	A
	23	Erie	A-
Paul Stabile	22	Augusta	A
Jeff Tabaka	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	34	Nashville	AAA
Jason Temple	23	Carolina	AA
	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Augusta	A
Steve Thobe	26	Nashville	AAA
Kevin Tolar	27	Nashville	AAA
	27	Carolina	AA
Etanislao Vallejo	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Todd Van Poppel	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Bobby Vogt	19	Erie	A-
James White	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Scott Wiegandt	30	Nashville	AAA
Marc Wilkins	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	27	Nashville	AAA
	27	Carolina	AA
Dave Williams	19	Erie	A-
Larry Williams	22	Augusta	A
	22	Erie	A-
Mike Williams	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	30	Nashville	AAA
Gary Wilson	28	Nashville	AAA