Pittsburgh Pirates year by year
139 seasons since 1887 · 10676-10621 all time · 5 titles
How have the Pirates ranked, year by year?
The Pittsburgh Pirates have played 138 seasons since 1887: 10594-10541 in the regular season, with 5 titles. Their defense allowed the fewest runs in the league 6 times: 1984, 1962, 1960, 1921 and 2 more. Their offense scored the most 4 times: 1971, 1925, 1909 and 1903. Over the last 10 seasons the best defense was 2025's (5th in runs allowed), the best offense 2016's (13th in runs scored). In 2026 they are 82-80, 6th in runs scored and 19th in runs allowed after 162 games.
| Season | W-L | Offense | Defense | Manager | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82-80 | 4.736th | 4.5619th | Don Kelly | — |
| 2025 | 71-91 | 3.6030th | 3.985th | Derek Shelton, Don Kelly | — |
| 2024 | 76-86 | 4.1024th | 4.5621st | Derek Shelton | — |
| 2023 | 76-86 | 4.2722nd | 4.8822nd | Derek Shelton | — |
| 2022 | 62-100 | 3.6527th | 5.0428th | Derek Shelton | — |
| 2021 | 61-101 | 3.7630th | 5.1426th | Derek Shelton | — |
| 2020 | 19-41 | 3.6530th | 4.9719th | Derek Shelton | — |
| 2019 | 69-93 | 4.6820th | 5.6227th | Clint Hurdle | — |
| 2018 | 82-79 | 4.3018th | 4.3014th | Clint Hurdle | — |
| 2017 | 75-87 | 4.1228th | 4.5113th | Clint Hurdle | — |
| 2016 | 78-83 | 4.5313th | 4.7123rd | Clint Hurdle | — |
| 2015 | 98-64 | 4.3011th | 3.683rd | Clint Hurdle | Playoffs, 0-1 |
| 2014 | 88-74 | 4.2110th | 3.9015th | Clint Hurdle | Playoffs, 0-1 |
| 2013 | 94-68 | 3.9120th | 3.562nd | Clint Hurdle | Playoffs, 3-3 |
| 2012 | 79-83 | 4.0223rd | 4.1612th | Clint Hurdle | — |
| 2011 | 72-90 | 3.7727th | 4.4019th | Clint Hurdle | — |
| 2010 | 57-105 | 3.6229th | 5.3530th | John Russell | — |
| 2009 | 62-99 | 3.9529th | 4.7724th | John Russell | — |
| 2008 | 67-95 | 4.5419th | 5.4629th | John Russell | — |
| 2007 | 68-94 | 4.4723rd | 5.2226th | Jim Tracy | — |
| 2006 | 67-95 | 4.2729th | 4.9219th | Jim Tracy | — |
| 2005 | 67-95 | 4.2028th | 4.7520th | Lloyd McClendon, Pete Mackanin | — |
| 2004 | 72-89 | 4.2226th | 4.6212th | Lloyd McClendon | — |
| 2003 | 75-87 | 4.6516th | 4.9419th | Lloyd McClendon | — |
| 2002 | 72-89 | 3.9828th | 4.5316th | Lloyd McClendon | — |
| 2001 | 62-100 | 4.0629th | 5.3025th | Lloyd McClendon | — |
| 2000 | 69-93 | 4.9020th | 5.4822nd | Gene Lamont | — |
| 1999 | 78-83 | 4.8122nd | 4.869th | Gene Lamont | — |
| 1998 | 69-93 | 4.0128th | 4.437th | Gene Lamont | — |
| 1997 | 79-83 | 4.4821st | 4.6913th | Gene Lamont | — |
| 1996 | 73-89 | 4.7914th | 5.1418th | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1995 | 58-86 | 4.3724th | 5.1120th | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1994 | 53-61 | 4.0927th | 5.0918th | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1993 | 75-87 | 4.3620th | 4.9823rd | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1992 | 96-66 | 4.289th | 3.673rd | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1991 | 98-64 | 4.745th | 3.903rd | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1990 | 95-67 | 4.524th | 3.825th | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1989 | 74-88 | 3.9318th | 4.2015th | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1988 | 85-75 | 4.0715th | 3.858th | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1987 | 80-82 | 4.4621st | 4.5910th | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1986 | 64-98 | 4.0918th | 4.3210th | Jim Leyland | — |
| 1985 | 57-104 | 3.5325th | 4.4015th | Chuck Tanner | — |
| 1984 | 75-87 | 3.8024th | 3.501st | Chuck Tanner | — |
| 1983 | 84-78 | 4.0719th | 4.007th | Chuck Tanner | — |
| 1982 | 84-78 | 4.479th | 4.3012th | Chuck Tanner | — |
| 1981 | 46-56 | 3.9914th | 4.1717th | Chuck Tanner | — |
| 1980 | 83-79 | 4.1116th | 3.998th | Chuck Tanner | — |
| 1979 | 98-64 | 4.785th | 3.974th | Chuck Tanner | Won the World Series |
| 1978 | 88-73 | 4.2511th | 3.9611th | Chuck Tanner | — |
| 1977 | 96-66 | 4.5311th | 4.108th | Chuck Tanner | — |
| 1976 | 92-70 | 4.377th | 3.899th | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1975 | 92-69 | 4.426th | 3.513rd | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1974 | 88-74 | 4.643rd | 4.0610th | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1973 | 80-82 | 4.3510th | 4.2814th | Danny Murtaugh, Bill Virdon | — |
| 1972 | 96-59 | 4.463rd | 3.304th | Bill Virdon | — |
| 1971 | 97-65 | 4.861st | 3.7010th | Danny Murtaugh | Won the World Series |
| 1970 | 89-73 | 4.5011th | 4.107th | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1969 | 88-74 | 4.486th | 4.0212th | Larry Shepard, Alex Grammas | — |
| 1968 | 80-82 | 3.606th | 3.2810th | Larry Shepard | — |
| 1967 | 81-81 | 4.195th | 4.2819th | Danny Murtaugh, Harry Walker | — |
| 1966 | 92-70 | 4.693rd | 3.9610th | Harry Walker | — |
| 1965 | 90-72 | 4.177th | 3.585th | Harry Walker | — |
| 1964 | 80-82 | 4.0910th | 3.9310th | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1963 | 74-88 | 3.5018th | 3.677th | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1962 | 93-68 | 4.3912th | 3.891st | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1961 | 75-79 | 4.5111th | 4.388th | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1960 | 95-59 | 4.773rd | 3.851st | Danny Murtaugh | Won the World Series |
| 1959 | 78-76 | 4.2312th | 4.428th | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1958 | 84-70 | 4.3010th | 3.945th | Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1957 | 62-92 | 3.8115th | 4.5210th | Bobby Bragan, Danny Murtaugh | — |
| 1956 | 66-88 | 3.8214th | 4.247th | Bobby Bragan | — |
| 1955 | 60-94 | 3.6415th | 4.9814th | Fred Haney | — |
| 1954 | 53-101 | 3.6214th | 5.4915th | Fred Haney | — |
| 1953 | 50-104 | 4.0415th | 5.7615th | Fred Haney | — |
| 1952 | 42-112 | 3.3416th | 5.1516th | Billy Meyer | — |
| 1951 | 64-90 | 4.479th | 5.4915th | Billy Meyer | — |
| 1950 | 57-96 | 4.4511th | 5.6014th | Billy Meyer | — |
| 1949 | 71-83 | 4.429th | 4.9412th | Billy Meyer | — |
| 1948 | 83-71 | 4.589th | 4.556th | Billy Meyer | — |
| 1947 | 62-92 | 4.845th | 5.3116th | Billy Herman, Bill Burwell | — |
| 1946 | 63-91 | 3.5813th | 4.3411th | Frankie Frisch, Spud Davis | — |
| 1945 | 82-72 | 4.893rd | 4.4511th | Frankie Frisch | — |
| 1944 | 90-63 | 4.862nd | 4.3310th | Frankie Frisch | — |
| 1943 | 80-74 | 4.344th | 3.939th | Frankie Frisch | — |
| 1942 | 66-81 | 3.988th | 4.2911th | Frankie Frisch | — |
| 1941 | 81-73 | 4.488th | 4.185th | Frankie Frisch | — |
| 1940 | 78-76 | 5.254th | 5.0812th | Frankie Frisch | — |
| 1939 | 68-85 | 4.3514th | 4.719th | Pie Traynor | — |
| 1938 | 86-64 | 4.7112th | 4.203rd | Pie Traynor | — |
| 1937 | 86-68 | 4.5713th | 4.203rd | Pie Traynor | — |
| 1936 | 84-70 | 5.227th | 4.664th | Pie Traynor | — |
| 1935 | 86-67 | 4.868th | 4.233rd | Pie Traynor | — |
| 1934 | 74-76 | 4.909th | 4.757th | George Gibson, Pie Traynor | — |
| 1933 | 87-67 | 4.339th | 4.025th | George Gibson | — |
| 1932 | 86-68 | 4.5511th | 4.624th | George Gibson | — |
| 1931 | 75-79 | 4.1313th | 4.497th | Jewel Ens | — |
| 1930 | 80-74 | 5.798th | 6.0315th | Jewel Ens | — |
| 1929 | 88-65 | 5.915th | 5.108th | Donie Bush, Jewel Ens | — |
| 1928 | 85-67 | 5.512nd | 4.639th | Donie Bush | — |
| 1927 | 94-60 | 5.314th | 4.284th | Donie Bush | Lost the World Series |
| 1926 | 84-69 | 5.035th | 4.508th | Bill McKechnie | — |
| 1925 | 95-58 | 5.961st | 4.674th | Bill McKechnie | Won the World Series |
| 1924 | 90-63 | 4.7310th | 3.832nd | Bill McKechnie | — |
| 1923 | 87-67 | 5.105th | 4.524th | Bill McKechnie | — |
| 1922 | 85-69 | 5.622nd | 4.787th | George Gibson, Bill McKechnie | — |
| 1921 | 90-63 | 4.529th | 3.891st | George Gibson | — |
| 1920 | 79-75 | 3.4415th | 3.583rd | George Gibson | — |
| 1919 | 71-68 | 3.4012th | 3.353rd | Hugo Bezdek | — |
| 1918 | 65-60 | 3.738th | 3.304th | Hugo Bezdek | — |
| 1917 | 51-103 | 3.0116th | 3.8613th | Nixey Callahan, Honus Wagner, Hugo Bezdek | — |
| 1916 | 65-89 | 3.1414th | 3.8111th | Nixey Callahan | — |
| 1915 | 73-81 | 3.6211th | 3.385th | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1914 | 69-85 | 3.2715th | 3.514th | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1913 | 78-71 | 4.524th | 3.936th | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1912 | 93-58 | 4.975th | 3.742nd | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1911 | 85-69 | 4.835th | 3.622nd | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1910 | 86-67 | 4.286th | 3.768th | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1909 | 110-42 | 4.611st | 2.953rd | Fred Clarke | Won the World Series |
| 1908 | 98-56 | 3.804th | 3.045th | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1907 | 91-63 | 4.122nd | 3.314th | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1906 | 93-60 | 4.075th | 3.073rd | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1905 | 96-57 | 4.524th | 3.736th | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1904 | 87-66 | 4.413rd | 3.8710th | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1903 | 91-49 | 5.661st | 4.389th | Fred Clarke | Lost the World Series |
| 1902 | 103-36 | 5.582nd | 3.171st | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1901 | 90-49 | 5.584th | 3.841st | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1900 | 79-60 | 5.27 | 4.40 | Fred Clarke | — |
| 1899 | 76-73 | 5.60 | 5.13 | Patsy Donovan, Bill Watkins | — |
| 1898 | 72-76 | 4.28 | 4.69 | Bill Watkins | — |
| 1897 | 60-71 | 5.16 | 6.37 | Patsy Donovan | — |
| 1896 | 66-63 | 6.10 | 5.74 | Connie Mack | — |
| 1895 | 71-61 | 6.14 | 5.96 | Connie Mack | — |
| 1894 | 65-65 | 7.35 | 7.48 | Al Buckenberger, Connie Mack | — |
| 1893 | 81-48 | 7.52 | 5.94 | Al Buckenberger | — |
| 1891 | 55-80 | 5.03 | 5.51 | Ned Hanlon, Bill McGunnigle | — |
| 1890 | 23-113 | 4.39 | 9.08 | Guy Hecker | — |
| 1889 | 61-71 | 5.50 | 6.07 | Horace Phillips, Fred Dunlap, Ned Hanlon | — |
| 1888 | 66-68 | 3.99 | 4.33 | Horace Phillips | — |
| 1887 | 55-69 | 5.01 | 6.05 | Horace Phillips | — |
Regular season. Offense and defense are runs scored and allowed per game; the rank beside each is among the league’s clubs that season, first being the most scored or the fewest allowed.