1993 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1993 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 112th in franchise history; the 107th in the National League. This was their 24th season at Three Rivers Stadium. This season saw the three-time defending National League East champions fall to fifth place in the division with a 75–87 record. In the offseason, the National League expanded to 14 teams and Barry Bonds left the Pirates and signed with the San Francisco Giants. This season was the first of the Pirates record setting twenty straight losing seasons.

1993 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	75–87 (.463)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
General managers	Ted Simmons Cam Bonifay
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV KBL
Radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
Seasons

Offseason

• November 17, 1992: Alex Cole was drafted from the Pirates by the Colorado Rockies as the 17th pick in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft.
• November 19, 1992: Roger Mason was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• November 25, 1992: Gary Varsho was selected off waivers from the Pirates by the Cincinnati Reds.
• December 7, 1992: Dave Otto was drafted by the Pirates from the Cleveland Indians in the 1992 minor league draft.
• December 16, 1992: John Candelaria was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
• January 27, 1993: Elmer Dessens was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	97	65	.599	—	52‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
Montreal Expos	94	68	.580	3	55‍–‍26	39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	87	75	.537	10	49‍–‍32	38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	13	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	.463	22	40‍–‍41	35‍–‍46
Florida Marlins	64	98	.395	33	35‍–‍46	29‍–‍52
New York Mets	59	103	.364	38	28‍–‍53	31‍–‍50

Game log

1993 Game Log: 75–87 (Home: 40–41; Away: 35–46)
April: 11–11 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 Padres 9–4 Wakefield (1–0) Benes Candelaria (1) 44,103 1–0 2 April 8 Padres 5–4 Walk (1–0) Harris Belinda (1) 15,828 2–0 3 April 9 Giants 6–5 Minor (1–0) Beck Belinda (2) 22,718 3–0 4 April 10 Giants 5–12 Burba Cooke (0–1) — 18,264 3–1 5 April 11 Giants 3–4 Burkett Wakefield (1–1) Beck 12,844 3–2 6 April 12 @ Padres 4–2 Otto (1–0) Harris Belinda (3) 46,192 4–2 7 April 13 @ Padres 6–4 Walk (2–0) Gomez Wagner (1) 11,493 5–2 8 April 14 @ Padres 11–7 Minor (2–0) Seminara — 13,053 6–2 9 April 15 @ Padres 5–4 (13) Moeller (1–0) Hernandez Belinda (4) 15,821 7–2 10 April 16 @ Dodgers 4–7 Hershiser Wakefield (1–2) Gott 39,652 7–3 11 April 17 @ Dodgers 3–6 Martinez Otto (1–1) — 46,034 7–4 12 April 18 @ Dodgers 4–6 Gross Walk (2–1) Wilson 37,949 7–5 13 April 20 Reds 0–5 Belcher Tomlin (0–1) — 9,074 7–6 14 April 21 Reds 7–8 (12) Foster Candelaria (0–1) — 16,796 7–7 15 April 22 Reds 5–4 Wakefield (2–2) Smiley — 10,500 8–7 16 April 23 Astros 2–4 Swindell Neagle (0–1) Jones 13,487 8–8 17 April 24 Astros 4–8 Hernandez Candelaria (0–2) — 19,498 8–9 18 April 25 Astros 7–2 Tomlin (1–1) Portugal — 15,102 9–9 19 April 26 @ Braves 4–3 (11) Minor (3–0) McMichael Belinda (5) 47,324 10–9 20 April 27 @ Braves 6–2 (11) Wakefield (3–2) Stanton Wagner (2) 42,527 11–9 21 April 28 @ Reds 2–4 Pugh Otto (1–2) Reardon 23,603 11–10 22 April 30 @ Astros 2–11 Portugal Walk (2–2) Hernandez 31,867 11–11
May: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Astros 3–7 Drabek Tomlin (1–2) — 39,242 11–12 24 May 2 @ Astros 6–2 Cooke (1–1) Swindell — 24,485 12–12 25 May 4 Braves 2–3 Glavine Wakefield (3–3) Stanton 11,516 12–13 26 May 5 Braves 4–1 Walk (3–2) Maddux Belinda (6) 16,034 13–13 27 May 7 Expos 0–1 Nabholz Tomlin (1–3) Wetteland 30,984 13–14 28 May 8 Expos 10–9 (10) Belinda (1–0) Bottenfield — 33,739 14–14 29 May 9 Expos 6–5 (11) Minor (4–0) Barnes — 17,714 15–14 30 May 10 @ Phillies 1–5 Jackson Walk (3–3) — 29,712 15–15 31 May 11 @ Phillies 8–4 Wagner (1–0) Davis — 32,871 16–15 32 May 12 @ Phillies 1–4 Greene Tomlin (1–4) — 24,906 16–16 33 May 14 @ Cubs 2–3 Harkey Cooke (1–2) Myers 27,637 16–17 34 May 15 @ Cubs 5–14 Guzman Wakefield (3–4) — 39,706 16–18 35 May 16 @ Cubs 5–3 Walk (4–3) Hibbard Belinda (7) 38,623 17–18 36 May 17 @ Mets 9–4 Tomlin (2–4) Gooden — 18,724 18–18 37 May 18 @ Mets 10–8 Otto (2–2) Schourek Belinda (8) 18,973 19–18 38 May 19 @ Mets 4–6 (10) Franco Minor (4–1) — 19,112 19–19 39 May 21 Cardinals 8–10 (11) Lancaster Wagner (1–1) Perez 22,800 19–20 40 May 22 Cardinals 4–2 Walk (5–3) Osborne Belinda (9) 26,012 20–20 41 May 23 Cardinals 3–4 (10) Smith Minor (4–2) Perez 35,249 20–21 42 May 25 Marlins 2–0 Cooke (2–2) Hough — 14,595 21–21 43 May 26 Marlins 4–5 Hammond Wagner (1–2) Harvey 23,267 21–22 44 May 27 Marlins 13–8 Walk (6–3) Bowen — 17,245 22–22 45 May 28 Dodgers 2–7 Astacio Tomlin (2–5) — 18,532 22–23 46 May 29 Dodgers 1–6 Martinez Otto (2–3) — 27,664 22–24 47 May 30 Dodgers 5–3 Cooke (3–2) Gross Belinda (10) 28,569 23–24 48 May 31 @ Rockies 2–6 Reynoso Wakefield (3–5) — 47,665 23–25
June: 14–14 (Home: 9–3; Away: 5–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 49 June 1 @ Rockies 8–6 Walk (7–3) Smith — 45,752 24–25 50 June 2 @ Rockies 5–3 Petkovsek (1–0) Parrett Belinda (11) 50,122 25–25 51 June 3 @ Giants 2–1 Neagle (1–1) Brummett Minor (1) 15,804 26–25 52 June 4 @ Giants 3–2 Cooke (4–2) Brantley Belinda (12) 15,725 27–25 53 June 5 @ Giants 2–3 Wilson Wakefield (3–6) Beck 23,990 27–26 54 June 6 @ Giants 1–7 Swift Walk (7–4) — 40,594 27–27 55 June 8 Rockies 1–4 Ruffin Wagner (1–3) Shepherd 16,722 27–28 56 June 9 Rockies 4–1 Neagle (2–1) Blair Belinda (13) 30,625 28–28 57 June 10 @ Marlins 3–4 Turner Otto (2–4) Harvey 34,091 28–29 58 June 11 @ Marlins 3–11 Aquino Wakefield (3–7) — 42,835 28–30 59 June 12 @ Marlins 2–5 Hammond Walk (7–5) Harvey 43,294 28–31 60 June 13 @ Marlins 2–5 Bowen Minor (4–3) Harvey 42,945 28–32 61 June 14 @ Cardinals 3–8 Osborne Neagle (2–2) Perez 26,683 28–33 62 June 15 @ Cardinals 3–6 Tewksbury Cooke (4–3) Smith 36,084 28–34 63 June 16 @ Cardinals 2–3 Magrane Smith (0–1) Smith 36,746 28–35 64 June 17 Mets 6–2 Walk (8–5) Gooden — 20,324 29–35 65 June 18 Mets 5–2 Wagner (2–3) Young — 21,521 30–35 66 June 19 Mets 8–3 Toliver (1–0) Tanana Minor (2) 24,199 31–35 67 June 20 Mets 3–2 Belinda (2–0) Saberhagen — 14,180 32–35 68 June 21 Cubs 1–5 Bautista Smith (0–2) — 18,476 32–36 69 June 22 Cubs 7–2 Walk (9–5) Wendell — 22,773 33–36 70 June 23 Cubs 9–4 Wagner (3–3) Boskie Belinda (14) 16,423 34–36 71 June 25 Phillies 6–8 DeLeon Candelaria (0–3) Williams 21,173 34–37 72 June 26 Phillies 4–2 Cooke (5–3) Schilling — 39,439 35–37 73 June 27 Phillies 4–3 (10) Belinda (3–0) Williams — 27,824 36–37 74 June 28 @ Expos 9–5 (10) Wakefield (4–7) Scott — 17,185 37–37 75 June 29 @ Expos 2–9 Nabholz Wagner (3–4) — 14,023 37–38 76 June 30 @ Expos 1–9 Gardiner Neagle (2–3) Fassero 15,734 37–39
July: 10–18 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 @ Expos 5–7 Rojas Cooke (5–4) Wetteland 13,174 37–40 78 July 2 @ Reds 10–9 Otto (3–4) Ayala Belinda (15) — 38–40 79 July 2 @ Reds 1–9 Pugh Wakefield (4–8) — 32,681 38–41 80 July 3 @ Reds 3–5 Luebbers Walk (9–6) Dibble 34,771 38–42 81 July 4 @ Reds 2–7 Browning Wagner (3–5) Spradlin 28,046 38–43 82 July 5 @ Reds 4–6 Belcher Neagle (2–4) Dibble 27,851 38–44 83 July 6 @ Astros 10–3 Ballard (1–0) Harnisch — 17,582 39–44 84 July 7 @ Astros 5–2 Wagner (4–5) Portugal Belinda (16) 24,682 40–44 85 July 8 @ Astros 4–10 Kile Smith (0–3) — 19,999 40–45 86 July 9 Reds 4–1 Walk (10–6) Browning Belinda (17) 21,016 41–45 87 July 10 Reds 7–10 Service Wagner (4–6) Dibble 30,805 41–46 88 July 11 Reds 3–2 Minor (5–3) Reardon — 22,772 42–46 89 July 15 @ Braves 0–4 Glavine Tomlin (2–6) — 49,046 42–47 90 July 16 @ Braves 2–3 Maddux Cooke (5–5) Stanton 48,539 42–48 91 July 17 @ Braves 4–3 Wagner (5–6) Smoltz Belinda (18) 48,665 43–48 92 July 18 @ Braves 0–2 Avery Smith (0–4) Stanton 49,003 43–49 93 July 19 Astros 2–4 Harnisch Walk (10–7) Jones 14,068 43–50 94 July 20 Astros 2–1 Tomlin (3–6) Drabek — 18,008 44–50 95 July 21 Astros 3–5 Kile Cooke (5–6) Jones 28,227 44–51 96 July 22 Braves 8–7 Minor (6–3) Howell — 19,108 45–51 97 July 23 Braves 2–6 Avery Belinda (3–1) — 37,506 45–52 98 July 24 Braves 6–11 Bedrosian Walk (10–8) — 33,347 45–53 99 July 25 Braves 1–13 Glavine Tomlin (3–7) — 29,386 45–54 100 July 27 Expos 6–8 Scott Johnston (0–1) Wetteland 14,128 45–55 101 July 28 Expos 3–2 Petkovsek (2–0) Shaw — 13,470 46–55 102 July 29 Expos 2–3 (11) Wetteland Minor (6–4) Heredia 18,823 46–56 103 July 30 @ Phillies 4–2 Walk (11–8) Rivera Belinda (19) 47,406 47–56 104 July 31 @ Phillies 2–10 Jackson Tomlin (3–8) — 48,171 47–57
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 @ Phillies 4–5 Mason Cooke (5–7) Williams 46,693 47–58 106 August 2 @ Cubs 10–12 Scanlan Minor (6–5) Myers 31,402 47–59 107 August 3 @ Cubs 7–3 Smith (1–4) Hibbard — 25,698 48–59 108 August 4 @ Cubs 6–5 Ballard (2–0) Boskie Neagle (1) 33,775 49–59 109 August 5 @ Cubs 5–2 Tomlin (4–8) Morgan Dewey (1) 31,639 50–59 110 August 7 @ Mets 2–1 Cooke (6–7) Gooden Dewey (2) — 51–59 111 August 7 @ Mets 8–10 Maddux Neagle (2–5) Young 27,904 51–60 112 August 8 @ Mets 3–2 Smith (2–4) Tanana — 27,231 52–60 113 August 9 Cardinals 3–7 Watson Walk (11–9) — 16,465 52–61 114 August 10 Cardinals 2–4 Arocha Johnston (0–2) Smith 12,531 52–62 115 August 11 Cardinals 8–6 Dewey (1–0) Burns — 35,288 53–62 116 August 12 Cardinals 5–4 (11) Johnston (1–2) Burns — 12,730 54–62 117 August 13 Marlins 8–3 Smith (3–4) Hough — 27,767 55–62 118 August 14 Marlins 3–8 Bowen Walk (11–10) Harvey 29,003 55–63 119 August 15 Marlins 4–3 (11) Minor (7–5) Aquino — 22,665 56–63 120 August 17 Giants 10–3 Cooke (7–7) Burkett — 29,222 57–63 121 August 18 Giants 6–9 Wilson Smith (3–5) — 23,314 57–64 122 August 19 Giants 3–6 Hickerson Walk (11–11) Beck 20,151 57–65 123 August 20 @ Padres 7–6 Petkovsek (3–0) Davis Dewey (3) 17,888 58–65 124 August 22 @ Padres 10–5 Cooke (8–7) Benes — 10,492 59–65 125 August 23 @ Dodgers 1–6 Hershiser Smith (3–6) — 38,739 59–66 126 August 24 @ Dodgers 4–13 Gross Walk (11–12) — 36,133 59–67 127 August 25 @ Dodgers 2–1 (12) Neagle (3–5) Gott — 33,914 60–67 128 August 27 Padres 6–10 Benes Cooke (8–8) Hoffman 21,048 60–68 129 August 28 Padres 3–5 Sanders Smith (3–7) Harris 28,972 60–69 130 August 29 Padres 7–4 Walk (12–12) Ashby Dewey (4) — 61–69 131 August 29 Padres 0–11 Brocail Hope (0–1) — 21,636 61–70 132 August 31 Dodgers 6–2 Johnston (2–2) Gross — 16,291 62–70
September: 12–15 (Home: 7–9; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Dodgers 5–1 Cooke (9–8) Candiotti — 20,778 63–70 134 September 2 Dodgers 0–4 Astacio Ballard (2–1) — 14,165 63–71 135 September 3 @ Rockies 6–7 Holmes Dewey (1–1) — 51,512 63–72 136 September 4 @ Rockies 4–10 Painter Wakefield (4–9) — 56,113 63–73 137 September 5 @ Rockies 1–4 Ruffin Walk (12–13) Holmes 54,034 63–74 138 September 6 @ Giants 1–4 Sanderson Wagner (5–7) Beck 25,276 63–75 139 September 7 @ Giants 4–3 Menendez (1–0) Jackson Dewey (5) 17,314 64–75 140 September 9 Rockies 7–10 (12) Wayne Johnston (2–3) — 10,016 64–76 141 September 10 Rockies 8–9 (11) Moore Minor (7–6) Holmes 15,335 64–77 142 September 11 Rockies 2–3 Bottenfield Wakefield (4–10) Ruffin 21,649 64–78 143 September 12 Rockies 4–3 Menendez (2–0) Munoz — 21,032 65–78 144 September 14 @ Marlins 1–0 (6) Wagner (6–7) Hammond — 28,497 66–78 145 September 15 @ Marlins 8–1 Cooke (10–8) Hough — 28,788 67–78 146 September 16 @ Marlins 10–0 Ballard (3–1) Weathers — 26,730 68–78 147 September 17 @ Cardinals 2–1 Minor (8–6) Urbani Dewey (6) 28,625 69–78 148 September 18 @ Cardinals 1–8 Cormier Wakefield (4–11) — 32,268 69–79 149 September 19 @ Cardinals 6–7 Perez Dewey (1–2) — 31,631 69–80 150 September 20 Mets 6–2 Wagner (7–7) Hillman Johnston (1) 9,069 70–80 151 September 21 Mets 3–4 Telgheder Cooke (10–9) Maddux 9,263 70–81 152 September 22 Mets 5–6 (10) Franco Johnston (2–4) — 10,031 70–82 153 September 24 Cubs 3–8 Hibbard Walk (12–14) Bullinger 16,312 70–83 154 September 26 Cubs 5–1 Wagner (8–7) Trachsel — — 71–83 155 September 26 Cubs 1–0 Wakefield (5–11) Morgan — 26,872 72–83 156 September 27 Phillies 4–6 Rivera Cooke (10–10) Williams 15,847 72–84 157 September 28 Phillies 7–10 Thigpen Robertson (0–1) — 17,386 72–85 158 September 29 Phillies 9–1 Walk (13–14) Foster Johnston (2) 21,159 73–85 159 September 30 Phillies 5–0 Wakefield (6–11) Greene — 10,448 74–85
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Expos 3–6 Heredia Wagner (8–8) Wetteland 14,148 74–86 161 October 2 @ Expos 4–2 Ballard (4–1) Henry Dewey (7) 16,126 75–86 162 October 3 @ Expos 1–3 Boucher Hope (0–2) Wetteland 26,277 75–87
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1993 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	10–3	13–0	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	9–3	6–6	7–5	9–4	7–6	6–6
Chicago	5–7	—	7–5	8–4	6–7	4–8	7–5	5–8–1	8–5	7–6	5–8	8–4	6–6	8–5
Cincinnati	3–10	5–7	—	9–4	7–5	6–7	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–8	8–4	9–4	2–11	5–7
Colorado	0–13	4–8	4–9	—	7–5	11–2	7–6	3–9	6–6	3–9	8–4	6–7	3–10	5–7
Florida	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–7	—	3–9	5–7	5–8	4–9	4–9	6–7	7–5	4–8	4–9
Houston	5–8	8–4	7–6	2–11	9–3	—	9–4	5–7	11–1	5–7	7–5	8–5	3–10	6–6
Los Angeles	5–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	7–5	4–9	—	6–6	8–4	2–10	8–4	9–4	7–6	6–6
Montreal	5–7	8–5–1	8–4	9–3	8–5	7–5	6–6	—	9–4	6–7	8–5	10–2	3–9	7–6
New York	3–9	5–8	6–6	6–6	9–4	1–11	4–8	4–9	—	3–10	4–9	5–7	4–8	5–8
Philadelphia	6-6	6–7	8–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	10–2	7–6	10–3	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	8–5
Pittsburgh	5–7	8–5	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	4–8	5–8	9–4	6–7	—	9–3	5–7	4–9
San Diego	4–9	4–8	4–9	7–6	5–7	5–8	4–9	2–10	7–5	6–6	3–9	—	3–10	7–5
San Francisco	6–7	6–6	11–2	10–3	8–4	10–3	6–7	9–3	8–4	8–4	7–5	10–3	—	4–8
St. Louis	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	9–4	6–6	6–6	6–7	8–5	5–8	9–4	5–7	8–4	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Chicago Cubs	8	5	0.615	66	62
Florida Marlins	7	6	0.538	63	53
Montreal Expos	5	8	0.385	52	69
New York Mets	9	4	0.692	72	52
Philadelphia Phillies	6	7	0.462	59	60
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	0.308	50	70
Total	39	39	0.500	362	366
NL West
Atlanta Braves	5	7	0.417	39	58
Cincinnati Reds	4	8	0.333	48	70
Colorado Rockies	4	8	0.333	52	66
Houston Astros	5	7	0.417	50	59
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	8	0.333	37	62
San Diego Padres	9	3	0.750	73	66
San Francisco Giants	5	7	0.417	46	59
Total	36	48	0.429	345	440
Season Total	75	87	0.463	707	806

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	22	11	11	0.500	104	116
May	26	12	14	0.462	120	130
June	28	14	14	0.500	109	125
July	28	10	18	0.357	105	155
August	28	15	13	0.536	143	156
September	27	12	15	0.444	118	113
October	3	1	2	0.333	8	11
Total	162	75	87	0.463	707	806

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	40	41	0.494	372	388
Away	81	35	46	0.432	335	418
Total	162	75	87	0.463	707	806

Roster

1993 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 66 Jeff Ballard 50 Stan Belinda 45 John Candelaria 26 Steve Cooke 50 Mark Dewey 56 John Hope 64 Joel Johnston 67 Tony Menéndez 32 Dan Miceli 53 Paul Miller 55,66 Blas Minor 24 Dennis Moeller 15,32 Denny Neagle 48 Dave Otto 65 Mark Petkovsek 58 Rich Robertson 42 Brian Shouse 41 Zane Smith 61 Freddie Toliver 29 Randy Tomlin 43 Paul Wagner 49 Tim Wakefield 17 Bob Walk		Catchers 57 Jerry Goff 12 Mike LaValliere 14 Tom Prince 11 Don Slaught Infielders 48 Rich Aude  3 Jay Bell 16 Tom Foley 13 Carlos García  7 Jeff King 51 Tony Womack 36 Kevin Young		Outfielders 47 Scott Bullett 35 Dave Clark 30 Midre Cummings 28 Al Martin 23 Lloyd McClendon  6 Orlando Merced 25 Will Pennyfeather 44,66 Ben Shelton 27 Lonnie Smith 59 Andy Tomberlin 18 Andy Van Slyke 22 John Wehner 53 Glenn Wilson		Manager 10 Jim Leyland Coaches 44 Terry Collins (bullpen) 45 Rich Donnelly (third base) 39 Milt May (hitting) 31 Ray Miller (pitching) 37 Tommy Sandt (first base) 19 Bill Virdon (bench)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
28	Al Martin	LF
3	Jay Bell	SS
18	Andy Van Slyke	CF
7	Jeff King	3B
6	Orlando Merced	RF
36	Kevin Young	1B
12	Mike LaValliere	C
13	Carlos García	2B
49	Tim Wakefield	SP

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Regular Season

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
J. Ballard	25	11	4	0.364	0	0
J. Johnston	33	6	2	0.333	0	0
O. Merced	137	447	140	0.313	8	70
J. Bell	154	604	187	0.310	9	51
A. Van Slyke	83	323	100	0.310	8	50
D. Slaught	116	377	113	0.300	10	55
J. Goff	14	37	11	0.297	2	6
J. King	158	611	180	0.295	9	98
Z. Smith	94	199	57	0.286	6	24
A. Tomberlin	27	42	12	0.286	1	5
A. Martin	143	480	135	0.281	18	64
D. Clark	110	277	75	0.271	11	46
C. García	141	546	147	0.269	12	47
T. Foley	86	194	49	0.253	3	22
B. Shelton	15	24	6	0.250	2	7
K. Young	141	449	106	0.236	6	47
D. Otto	28	18	4	0.222	0	4
L. McClendon	88	181	40	0.221	2	19
W. Pennyfeather	21	34	7	0.206	0	2
S. Bullett	23	55	11	0.200	0	4
M. LaValliere	1	5	1	0.200	0	0
B. Minor	65	10	2	0.200	0	0
T. Prince	66	179	35	0.196	2	24
P. Wagner	44	42	8	0.190	0	1
R. Tomlin	18	33	6	0.182	0	1
T. Wakefield	24	43	7	0.163	1	3
S. Cooke	32	71	11	0.155	0	5
J. Wehner	29	35	5	0.143	0	0
G. Wilson	10	14	2	0.143	0	0
B. Walk	32	58	7	0.121	0	2
R. Aude	13	26	3	0.115	0	4
M. Cummings	13	36	4	0.111	0	3
T. Womack	15	24	2	0.083	0	0
L. Smith	14	25	2	0.080	0	0
J. Hope	7	13	1	0.077	0	0
S. Belinda	40	1	0	0.000	0	0
T. Menéndez	14	1	0	0.000	0	0
P. Miller	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
D. Neagle	50	14	0	0.000	0	0
F. Toliver	12	2	0	0.000	0	0
J. Candelaria	24	0	0	—	0	0
M. Dewey	21	0	0	—	0	0
D. Miceli	9	0	0	—	0	0
D. Moeller	10	0	0	—	0	0
M. Petkovsek	26	0	0	—	0	0
R. Robertson	9	0	0	—	0	0
B. Shouse	6	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,549	1,482	0.267	110	664

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Regular Season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
M. Dewey	21	262⁄3	1	2	2.36	14
T. Menéndez	14	21	2	0	3.00	13
J. Johnston	33	531⁄3	2	4	3.38	31
S. Belinda	40	421⁄3	3	1	3.61	30
F. Toliver	12	212⁄3	1	0	3.74	14
S. Cooke	32	2102⁄3	10	10	3.89	132
J. Hope	7	38	0	2	4.03	8
B. Minor	65	941⁄3	8	6	4.10	84
P. Wagner	44	1411⁄3	8	8	4.27	114
L. Smith	14	83	3	7	4.55	32
R. Tomlin	18	981⁄3	4	8	4.85	44
J. Ballard	25	532⁄3	4	1	4.86	16
D. Otto	28	68	3	4	5.03	30
D. Miceli	9	51⁄3	0	0	5.06	4
D. Neagle	50	811⁄3	3	5	5.31	73
P. Miller	3	10	0	0	5.40	2
T. Wakefield	24	1281⁄3	6	11	5.61	59
B. Walk	32	187	13	14	5.68	80
R. Robertson	9	9	0	1	6.00	5
M. Petkovsek	26	321⁄3	3	0	6.96	14
J. Candelaria	24	192⁄3	0	3	8.24	17
B. Shouse	6	4	0	0	9.00	3
D. Moeller	10	161⁄3	1	0	9.92	13
Team Totals	162	1,4452⁄3	75	87	4.77	832

Awards and honors

1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Jay Bell, SS, reserve
• Andy Van Slyke, CF, reserve

Notable transactions

• April 11, 1993: Mike LaValliere was released by the Pirates.
• July 9, 1993: John Candelaria was released by the Pirates.
• July 31, 1993: Stan Belinda was traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Jon Lieber and Dan Miceli.
• August 19, 1993: Dave Otto was released by the Pirates.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Doc Edwards
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Spin Williams and John Wockenfuss
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Scott Little
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Trent Jewett
A-Short Season	Welland Pirates	New York–Penn League	Larry Smith
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

External links

• 1993 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1993 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac