1996 Pittsburgh Pirates Season, Schedule & Results

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the record of the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates?

The Pittsburgh Pirates finished the regular season with a 73-89 record. They went 36-44 at home and 37-45 on the road.

What division did the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates play in?

The 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates played in the Central Division of the National League.

What was the division record of the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates?

During the regular season, the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates went 25-27 against their NL Central opponents.

What was the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates record against each of their divisional opponents?

Opponent	Record	Win Percentage %	Run Differential
Chicago Cubs	9-4	69.2%	+13
Cincinnati Reds	8-5	61.5%	-2
Houston Astros	5-8	38.5%	-14
St. Louis Cardinals	3-10	23.1%	-20

What was the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates record by month?

The 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates had their best month in September, when they went 17-10 and had a 63.0% win percentage. Their worst month was August, when they went 8-20 and had a 28.6% win percentage.

Month	Record	Win Percentage %	Run Differential
April	12-14	46.2%	0
May	9-18	33.3%	-40
June	15-12	55.6%	+7
July	12-15	44.4%	-23
August	8-20	28.6%	-44
September	17-10	63.0%	+43

Did the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates make the Postseason?

No, the Pirates didn't make the Postseason in 1996.

What was the run differential for the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates?

The Pittsburgh Pirates finished the regular season with a run differential of -57. Based on their run differential and their pythagorean expectation, the Pirates could have been expected to have about 75.8 wins, or a 76-86 record in the regular season.

How did the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates perform in one-run games?

In one-run games, or games that went into extra innings, the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates went 17-28.

How did the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates perform in extra inning games?

During the regular season, the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates went 7-9 in extra inning games.

What was the longest win streak for the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates?

The longest win streak during the regular season for the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates was a 11 game winning streak.

What was the longest losing streak for the 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates?

The longest losing streak that the Pittsburgh Pirates had during the 1996 regular season was 6 games, which happened once during the season.

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule

= Playoff Team

Bold = Division Opponent

Date

Opponent

Score

Regular Season

Mon, Apr 1, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Win 4 - 0

Tue, Apr 2, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Win 4 - 1

Thu, Apr 4, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Loss 2 - 6

Fri, Apr 5, 1996

@ New York Mets

Win 7 - 5

Sat, Apr 6, 1996

@ New York Mets

Win 5 - 0

Mon, Apr 8, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 3 - 6

Wed, Apr 10, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 6 - 7

Thu, Apr 11, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Loss 5 - 6

(11)

Fri, Apr 12, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Loss 3 - 13

Sat, Apr 13, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Win 9 - 3

Sun, Apr 14, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Win 5 - 2

Mon, Apr 15, 1996

@ St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 4 - 6

Tue, Apr 16, 1996

@ St. Louis Cardinals

Win 13 - 3

Wed, Apr 17, 1996

@ St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 1 - 6

Thu, Apr 18, 1996

@ St. Louis Cardinals

Win 6 - 2

Fri, Apr 19, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 1 - 2

Sat, Apr 20, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 2 - 11

Sun, Apr 21, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 4 - 9

Mon, Apr 22, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Win 9 - 3

Tue, Apr 23, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 2 - 6

Wed, Apr 24, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Win 6 - 3

Thu, Apr 25, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Loss 1 - 4

Fri, Apr 26, 1996

vs New York Mets

Win 10 - 6

Sat, Apr 27, 1996

vs New York Mets

Loss 4 - 7

Sun, Apr 28, 1996

vs New York Mets

Loss 5 - 7

Tue, Apr 30, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Win 10 - 7

Wed, May 1, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Win 4 - 3

Fri, May 3, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 1 - 10

Sat, May 4, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 7 - 2

Sun, May 5, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 4 - 2

Mon, May 6, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 4 - 8

Wed, May 8, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Loss 4 - 5

Wed, May 8, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Win 4 - 3

Thu, May 9, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Loss 1 - 7

Fri, May 10, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Loss 4 - 5

(10)

Sat, May 11, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Loss 7 - 12

Sun, May 12, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Loss 2 - 7

Mon, May 13, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 3 - 9

Tue, May 14, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 3 - 7

Wed, May 15, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Win 3 - 0

Fri, May 17, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Loss 2 - 4

Sat, May 18, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Win 2 - 1

(11)

Sun, May 19, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Loss 3 - 4

Mon, May 20, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 7 - 10

Tue, May 21, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 10 - 12

Wed, May 22, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 3 - 6

Fri, May 24, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 3 - 5

Sat, May 25, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Win 6 - 2

Sun, May 26, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 3 - 6

(13)

Mon, May 27, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Loss 3 - 5

Tue, May 28, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Win 6 - 5

Wed, May 29, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Loss 4 - 7

Fri, May 31, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Win 8 - 4

Sat, Jun 1, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Loss 0 - 2

Sun, Jun 2, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Win 5 - 2

Mon, Jun 3, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Win 7 - 2

Tue, Jun 4, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 3 - 0

Wed, Jun 5, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 7 - 3

Thu, Jun 6, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 3 - 8

Fri, Jun 7, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Win 10 - 0

Sat, Jun 8, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Win 9 - 8

(14)

Sun, Jun 9, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Win 6 - 0

Mon, Jun 10, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 5 - 4

Tue, Jun 11, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 7 - 2

Thu, Jun 13, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Loss 3 - 4

Fri, Jun 14, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Win 5 - 4

Sat, Jun 15, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Win 12 - 8

Sun, Jun 16, 1996

vs Florida Marlins

Loss 2 - 4

Mon, Jun 17, 1996

vs New York Mets

Loss 6 - 7

(10)

Wed, Jun 19, 1996

vs New York Mets

Win 6 - 5

Wed, Jun 19, 1996

vs New York Mets

Loss 3 - 5

Fri, Jun 21, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Loss 0 - 4

Sat, Jun 22, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Win 4 - 1

(10)

Sun, Jun 23, 1996

@ Florida Marlins

Win 5 - 3

Mon, Jun 24, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 3 - 11

Tue, Jun 25, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Loss 2 - 8

Wed, Jun 26, 1996

@ Montreal Expos

Win 3 - 1

Fri, Jun 28, 1996

@ St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 1 - 6

Sat, Jun 29, 1996

@ St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 5 - 6

Sun, Jun 30, 1996

@ St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 3 - 10

Mon, Jul 1, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 4 - 1

Tue, Jul 2, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Loss 7 - 15

Wed, Jul 3, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 3 - 2

Thu, Jul 4, 1996

vs St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 1 - 7

Fri, Jul 5, 1996

vs St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 4 - 7

Sat, Jul 6, 1996

vs St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 5 - 9

Sun, Jul 7, 1996

vs St. Louis Cardinals

Win 8 - 2

Thu, Jul 11, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Win 5 - 3

Fri, Jul 12, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Loss 2 - 5

Sat, Jul 13, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Loss 0 - 3

Sun, Jul 14, 1996

@ Cincinnati Reds

Loss 6 - 7

Mon, Jul 15, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Loss 2 - 12

Tue, Jul 16, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Win 10 - 5

Thu, Jul 18, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 8 - 3

Fri, Jul 19, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Loss 3 - 11

Sat, Jul 20, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Loss 3 - 9

Sun, Jul 21, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 6 - 4

Tue, Jul 23, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Win 5 - 1

Wed, Jul 24, 1996

vs Montreal Expos

Win 5 - 4

Thu, Jul 25, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Win 6 - 4

Fri, Jul 26, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Win 7 - 4

Sat, Jul 27, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 1 - 2

Sun, Jul 28, 1996

vs Philadelphia Phillies

Win 12 - 8

Mon, Jul 29, 1996

@ New York Mets

Loss 0 - 5

Tue, Jul 30, 1996

@ New York Mets

Loss 4 - 5

Tue, Jul 30, 1996

@ New York Mets

Loss 3 - 4

(12)

Wed, Jul 31, 1996

@ New York Mets

Loss 2 - 3

(10)

Thu, Aug 1, 1996

@ New York Mets

Win 13 - 9

Fri, Aug 2, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Win 8 - 3

Sat, Aug 3, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 6 - 7

Sun, Aug 4, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 2 - 4

Mon, Aug 5, 1996

@ Philadelphia Phillies

Loss 0 - 3

Tue, Aug 6, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 1 - 3

Wed, Aug 7, 1996

vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 12 - 2

Thu, Aug 8, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Loss 3 - 12

Fri, Aug 9, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Loss 1 - 4

Sat, Aug 10, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Loss 2 - 6

Sun, Aug 11, 1996

vs San Diego Padres

Loss 5 - 7

Tue, Aug 13, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Loss 10 - 12

Wed, Aug 14, 1996

vs San Francisco Giants

Win 4 - 3

Fri, Aug 16, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 4 - 5

Sat, Aug 17, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 1 - 7

Sun, Aug 18, 1996

@ Atlanta Braves

Loss 1 - 2

(14)

Mon, Aug 19, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Loss 1 - 2

(13)

Tue, Aug 20, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Loss 4 - 9

Wed, Aug 21, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Win 5 - 2

Thu, Aug 22, 1996

@ Houston Astros

Win 8 - 6

Fri, Aug 23, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Win 5 - 3

Sat, Aug 24, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 3 - 9

Sun, Aug 25, 1996

@ Colorado Rockies

Loss 9 - 13

Tue, Aug 27, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Win 3 - 2

Wed, Aug 28, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 4 - 9

Thu, Aug 29, 1996

vs Atlanta Braves

Loss 1 - 5

Fri, Aug 30, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Loss 0 - 10

Sat, Aug 31, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Loss 4 - 5

Sun, Sep 1, 1996

vs Houston Astros

Win 9 - 5

Mon, Sep 2, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Loss 3 - 8

Wed, Sep 4, 1996

vs Colorado Rockies

Win 5 - 2

Fri, Sep 6, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 1 - 2

Sat, Sep 7, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Loss 3 - 4

Sun, Sep 8, 1996

@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Win 4 - 1

Mon, Sep 9, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Loss 5 - 6

Tue, Sep 10, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Loss 5 - 6

Wed, Sep 11, 1996

@ San Diego Padres

Loss 7 - 8

Thu, Sep 12, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 10 - 4

Fri, Sep 13, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 9 - 0

Sat, Sep 14, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 7 - 5

(12)

Sun, Sep 15, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 4 - 1

Sun, Sep 15, 1996

@ San Francisco Giants

Win 11 - 9

(10)

Tue, Sep 17, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 5 - 3

Wed, Sep 18, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 5 - 3

Thu, Sep 19, 1996

vs Cincinnati Reds

Win 6 - 4

Fri, Sep 20, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 6 - 4

Sat, Sep 21, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 8 - 3

Sun, Sep 22, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Win 11 - 3

Mon, Sep 23, 1996

vs Chicago Cubs

Loss 3 - 4

Tue, Sep 24, 1996

vs St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 1 - 7

Wed, Sep 25, 1996

vs St. Louis Cardinals

Loss 7 - 8

(11)

Fri, Sep 27, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Win 7 - 4

(10)

Fri, Sep 27, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Loss 9 - 10

Sat, Sep 28, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Win 8 - 7

(10)

Sun, Sep 29, 1996

@ Chicago Cubs

Win 8 - 3

73-89	Missed Playoffs
Record	Outcome

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates

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