Pirate Starters 1887-1997

Last Updated 4 August 1997

John Stuart (jstu9@aol.com) posted this to the Pirates e-mail list. I have edited it and place it here with his permission. Many of these players have short biographies on some of my other Pirate web pages:

Pirates in the Hall of Fame
Other Pirate Hall of Famers
Other Pirate Greats
Pirate Near Greats

*: Signifies that the player started at different positions in his Pirates career. For example: Phil Garner is listed as a thirdbaseman 77-78 and also as a secondbaseman 79-81. He has an asterick next to his name at both positions.



      CATCHER                      FIRST BASEMAN
87-89,91-93  D Miller              87     S Barkley
      90     H Decker        88-89,91-96  J Beckley
      91-94  C Mack                90     G Hecker
      95-97  B Merritt             97-98  H Davis
      96-97  J Sugden              00     D Cooley
      98-99  P Schriver            01-04  K Bransfield
      98-99  F Bowerman            05     D Howard
      00-02  C Zimmer              06-07  J Nealon
      02-03  H Smith               08     H Swacina
      03-04  E Phelps              09     B Abstein
      05-06  H Peitz               10     J Flynn
      06-15  G Gibson              11     N Hunter
      11-13  M Simon               12-13  D Miller *
      16-24  W Schmidt             14     E Konetchy
      17     B Fischer             15-16  D Johnston
      22-27  J Gooch               17     H Wagner *
      25-27  E Smith               18-19  F Mollwitz
      28-29  C Hargraeves          20-24  C Grimm
      29-30  R Hemsley          25-26,28  G Grantham *
      31     E Philips             27     J Harris
      31-35  E Grace               29     E Sheely
      34-36  T Padden              30-39  G Suhr
      36-38  A Todd             39-43,46  E Fletcher
      39     R Mueller             44-45  B Dahlgren
      40     S Davis               47     H Greenburg
      41-46  A Lopez               48-49  E Stevens
      44-45  B Salkeld             49-50  J Hopp
      47     D Howell              51     J Philips
      48-49  E Fitz Gerald         51     R Nelson
      49-52  C McCullough          52     T Bartirome             
          
      51-52  J Garagiola           53     P Ward                 
      53     M Sandlock            54     B Skinner *                 
      54-55  T Atwell              55-56  D Long            
      54-56  J Shepard             57     D Fondy                
      56-58  H Foiles              58     T Kluszewski           
      59-64  S Burgess             58-62  D Stuart                    
      63-66  J Pagliaroni          63-68  D Clendenon                 
      67-68  J May                 69-70  A Oliver *   
      69-76  M Sanguillen       70-74,77  B Robertson                 
      77     D Dyer             72,75-80  W Stargell * 
      77-80  E Ott                 77,80  B Robinson *
      81-86  T Pena                80     J Milner
      87-92  M Lavalliere          81-85  J Thompson
      89     J Ortiz               86-90  S Bream
      90-95  D Slaught             89-92  G Redus
      95     M Parent              91-92  O Merced *
      96-    J Kendall             93, 97 K Young
                                   94     B Hunter
                                   95-96  M Johnson
                                   96     J King *

 
      SECOND BASE                  SHORTSTOP
      87     P Smith *             87     W Kuehne
      88-89  F Dunlap              88-89  P Smith *
      90     S LaRoque             89     J Rowe
      91-96  L Bierbauer           90     E Sales
      96-98  D Padden              91-93  F Shugart
      99     J O'Brien             93-94  J Glasscock
      00-06  C Ritchey             95     M Cross
      07-08  E Abbaticchio         96-01  B Ely
      09-11  D Miller *            02     W Conroy
      12     A McCarthy         01,03-16  H Wagner *
      13-15  J Viox                17     C Ward
      16     J Farmer              18-20  B Caton
      17     J Pitler              19     Z Terry
      18-21  G Cutshaw             21-23  R Maranville *
      21-22  G Tierney             24-28  G Wright
      23     J Rawlings            28-30  D Bartell
      24     R Maranville *        31     T Thevenow *
      25     E Moore               32-41  A Vaughan
      26     H Rhyne               42     P Coscarart *
   27,29-31  G Grantham *          43-45  F Gustine *
      28     S Adams               46-47  B Cox
      32-33  T Piet                48-51  S Rojek
      34     C Lavagetto           51     G Strickland  
      35-39  P Young            52,55-62  D Groat  
      37     L Handley *           53     E O'Brien *
   40-42,46  F Gustine *           54     G Allie      
      43-45  P Coscarart *         63-64  D Schofield 
      47     J Bloodworth          65-72  G Alley 
      48-51  D Murtaugh            69     F Patek
      49     M Basgall             73     D Maxvill 
      52     J Merson              74-78  F Taveras
      53,55  J O'Brien             79-81  T Foli 
      54     C Roberts             82-84  D Berra  
      56-70  B Mazeroski           85     S Khalifa  
      71-73  D Cash                86-88  R Belliard 
      74-78  R Stennett            87     A Pedrique  
      79-81  P Garner *            89-96  J Bell 
      82-87  J Ray              97-    K Elster/K Polcovich
      88-92  J Lind           
      93-96  C Garcia         
     97-    T Womack

      THIRD BASE                   LEFT FIELD
      87     A Whitney             87-88  A Dalrymple
      88-89  W Kuehne *            88-89  A Maul
      90     D Miller *            90     J Kelty
      91     C Reilly              91     P Browning
      92     D Farrell             92-97  E Smith
   93-94,96  D Lyons               98-99  J McCarthy
      95     B Clingman            00-11  F Clarke
      97     J Hoffmeister         12-15  M Carey *
      98     B Grey                16     D Costello
      99-00  J Williams      17-18,20-24  C Bigbee *
01-04,06,08  T Leach *             19     B Southworth
      05     D Brain            24,26-27  K Cuyler *
      06     T Sheehan             25-28  C Barnhart *
      07     A Storke              28     F Brickell
      09     J Barbeau             29-32  A Comorosky
      09-13  B Byrne               33     L Waner *
      14     M Mowrey              34     F Lindstrom
      15-16  D Baird               35-37  W Jensen
      17     T Boeckel             38-39  J Rizzo
      18     B McKechnie           40-43  M Van Robays
      19     W Barbare             42     J Wasdell
      20     P Whitted *           43-45  J Russell *
      21     C Barnhart *          46-52  R Kiner
      22-35  P Traynor             53,55  F Thomas *       
      35     T Thevenow *          54     J Lynch
      36-37  B Brubaker            56     L Walls
38-41,45-46  L Handley *           57-62  B Skinner 
      40     D Garms         63-71,73-74  W Stargell *
      42-45  B Elliot *            64     M Mota   
      47-48  F Gustine *           72     V Davalillo
   49,51-52  P Castiglione         75-76  R Zisk *     
      50     B Dillinger           77     A Oliver *
      53     D O'Connell           78-79  B Robinson *
      54     D Cole                80-83  M Easler 
      55-57  G Freese              84     L Mazzilli
      56-58  F Thomas *            85     S Kemp
      59-62  D Hoak                86     RJ Reynolds * 
      63-66  B Bailey              87-92  B Bonds *
      67-68  M Wills               93-    A Martin
      69-76  R Hebner         
      77-78  P Garner *       
      79-85  B Madlock        
      86-87  J Morrison       
   87-89,91  B Bonilla *      
      90     W Backman        
      90-95  J King *         
      96     C Hayes          
     97     J Randa

      CENTER FIELD                 RIGHT FIELD
      87     T Brown               87-88  J Coleman
      88     B Sunday *            89-90  B Sunday *
      89,91  N Hanlon              91     F Carroll
      90     T Berger              92-99  P Donovan
      92     J Kelley              00,02  H Wagner *
      93     G Van Haltren         01-02  L Davis
      94-96  J Stenzel             03-04  J Sebring
      97     S Brodie              05     O Clymer
      98     T O'Brien             06     B Ganley
      99-06  G Beaumont            07     G Anderson
      99     T McCreery         08-11,13  O Wilson *
05,07,09-11  T Leach *             12     M Donlin
      08     R Thomas              14     M Mitchell *
   11,16-26  M Carey *             15-16  B Hinchman
      12     O Wilson *            17     L King
      13     M Mitchell *          18,20  B Southworth *
      14     J Kelly               19     C Stengel
      14-15  Z Collins             21     P Whitted *
      19     C Bigbee *            22     R Russell
27-32,34-40  L Waner *             22-24  C Barnhart *
      33     F Lindstrom *         25     K Cuyler *
      40-44  V Dimaggio            26-40  P Waner
      45     A Gionfriddo       40-41,46  B Elliot *
      46-47  J Russell *           42-45  J Barrett
      48,50  W Westlake *          47,49  W Westlake
      49     D Restelli            48     D Walker
      51     C Metkovich           50-52  G Bell
      52     D Del Greco           53     C Abrams
      53     C Berneir             54     S Gordon
      54     F Thomas *            55-72  R Clemente
      55     E O'Brien *           73-74  R Zisk *
      56-65  B Virdon              75-83  D Parker
      66-70  M Alou                82-84  L Lacy
      71-76  A Oliver *            85     G Hendrick
      77-82  O Moreno              86     J Orsulak
      83-85  M Wynne               87-89  RJ Reynolds *
      86     B Bonds *             89     G Wilson
      87-94  A Van Slyke           90-91  B Bonilla *
      95     J Brumfield           92     A Cole
      96     M Kingery             93-96  O Merced *
     96-    J Allensworth       97-    J Guillen


Reference: Baseball Encyclopedia, 1989 Version.
-- So you can blame the '89 version if there are any mistakes :)
Stats Major League Handbook: 1994, 1995

I'd like to say this is 100% accurate, but I'm sure it isn't.

There is some overlap when guys may have had 250 At Bats or something, but I felt they should be included. Everyone included here led the Bucs in At Bats for that position at least once, or had too many at-bats to be excluded.

-- If you have questions... or answers :) ... or whatever, send them along...

John Stuart (jstu9@aol.com)


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