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Record: 67-95   .414.... 6th in National League Central
Stadium: PNC Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,609,076
Payroll: $48,689,783
Top Draft Pick: Pedro Alvarez (#2)   AA
Manager - John Russell

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate.

Affiliates - MLB Pittsburgh Pirates AAA Indianapolis Indians AA Altoona Curve A+ Lynchburg Hillcats A Hickory Crawdads A- State College Spikes Rk Gulf Coast Pirates

Team Leaders

HR: McLouth [26]
RBI: McLouth [94]
2B: McLouth [46]
SB: McLouth [23]
W: Maholm [9]
SV: Capps [21]
SO: Maholm [139]

Oldest Player: Chris Gomez [37]
Youngest Player: Romulo Sanchez [24]
Longest Tenure: Jack Wilson [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Brian Bixler (Apr 6) Luis Cruz (Sep 2) Robinzon Diaz (Apr 23)
Pitchers: Jimmy Barthmaier (Jun 27) Jesse Chavez (Aug 27) Yoslan Herrera (Jul 12) Evan Meek (Apr 2) Marino Salas (May 13)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Andury Acevedo	SS	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jesus Aguilera	C	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Victor Alvarez	SS	25	Altoona	AA
	SS		Lynchburg	A+
	SS		Hickory	A
Calvin Anderson	1B	21	State College	A-
James Barksdale	OF	23	Lynchburg	A+
Jimmy Barthmaier	P	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
	P		Altoona	AA
Denny Bautista	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jose Bautista	OF-3B	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	OF-3B		Indianapolis	AAA
Jason Bay	LF	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
T.J. Beam	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Ronald Belisario	P	25	Altoona	AA
Adam Bernero	P	31	Indianapolis	AAA
Butch Biela	C	19	State College	A-
Brian Bixler	SS	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS		Indianapolis	AAA
Kyle Bloom	P	25	Altoona	AA
Adam Boeve	OF	28	Indianapolis	AAA
Danny Bomback	2B	24	Lynchburg	A+
	2B		Hickory	A
James Boone	OF	25	Altoona	AA
Jason Bowers	IF	30	Indianapolis	AAA
	IF		Altoona	AA
Pat Bresnahan	P	23	Altoona	AA
Bryan Bullington	P	28	Indianapolis	AAA
Sean Burnett	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Yonelvy Canal	OF	23	Lynchburg	A+
Matt Capps	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Mark Carver	1B	23	State College	A-
Christian Castorri	P	24	Altoona	AA
Matt Cavagnaro	IF	23	Lynchburg	A+
	IF		Hickory	A
Ray Chang	SS	25	Altoona	AA
Jesse Chavez	P	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Raul Chavez	C	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	C		Indianapolis	AAA
Adenson Chourio	2B	22	State College	A-
	2B		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brad Corley	OF	24	Altoona	AA
Jorge Cortes	OF	27	Indianapolis	AAA
Luis Cruz	SS	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS		Indianapolis	AAA
	SS		Altoona	AA
Jarek Cunningham	SS	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Chase D'arnaud	SS	21	State College	A-
David Davidson	P	24	Altoona	AA
Jason Davis	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Marcus Davis	OF	23	Hickory	A
Jose De Los Santos	SS	23	Lynchburg	A+
	SS		Hickory	A
Jason Delaney	OF	25	Indianapolis	AAA
	OF		Altoona	AA
Robinzon Diaz	C	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	C		Indianapolis	AAA
Melvin Dorta	IF	26	Altoona	AA
Ryan Doumit	C	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	C		Altoona	AA
Ryan Drese	P	32	Indianapolis	AAA
Chris Duffy	OF	28	Indianapolis	AAA
	OF		Altoona	AA
Zach Duke	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Phillip Dumatrait	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Miles Durham	RF	25	Lynchburg	A+
	RF		Hickory	A
Jeremy Farrell	3B	21	State College	A-
Caleb Fields	P	23	Hickory	A
Brian Finegan	SS	26	Altoona	AA
Shelby Ford	2B	23	Altoona	AA
Wesley Freeman	OF	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brian Friday	SS	22	Lynchburg	A+
	SS		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Edward Garcia	OF	21	State College	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Juan Garcia	C	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Mike Goetz	OF	24	Lynchburg	A+
Chris Gomez	SS	37	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Angel Gonzalez	SS	22	Altoona	AA
	SS		Lynchburg	A+
Benji Gonzalez	SS	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tom Gorzelanny	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
John Grabow	P	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Robbie Grossman	CF	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tom Hagan	OF	25	Hickory	A
Matt Hague	3B	23	Hickory	A
	3B		State College	A-
Corey Hamman	P	28	Indianapolis	AAA
	P		Altoona	AA
Derek Hankins	P	25	Altoona	AA
Michel Hernandez	C	30	Indianapolis	AAA
Yoslan Herrera	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
	P		Altoona	AA
Joshua Hill	P	25	Altoona	AA
Brian Holliday	P	24	Altoona	AA
Erik Huber	OF	23	Hickory	A
Jared Hughes	P	23	Altoona	AA
Chris Jones	C	25	Lynchburg	A+
	C		Hickory	A
Jeff Karstens	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Matt Kata	2B-3B	30	Indianapolis	AAA
Jared Keel	3B	24	Lynchburg	A+
Albert Laboy	OF	21	Lynchburg	A+
	OF		Hickory	A
Adam LaRoche	1B	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	1B		Hickory	A
Andy LaRoche	SS	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Quincy Latimore	OF	19	State College	A-
Steve Lerud	C	23	Altoona	AA
	C		Lynchburg	A+
Wanell Macia	OF	26	Hickory	A
Paul Maholm	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Carlos Maldonado	C	29	Indianapolis	AAA
Anthony Mansolino	3B	26	Lynchburg	A+
Juan Mateo	P	25	Altoona	AA
Austin McClune	CF	20	Hickory	A
Andrew McCutchen	OF	21	Indianapolis	AAA
Daniel McCutchen	P	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Nate McLouth	OF	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Aeden Mcqueary-Ennis	C-P	24	Hickory	A
Evan Meek	P	25	Indianapolis	AAA
	P		Altoona	AA
Miguel Mendez	C	20	State College	A-
	C		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jordy Mercer	SS	22	Hickory	A
	SS		State College	A-
Jason Michaels	LF-CF	32	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Doug Mientkiewicz	1B	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Matt Miller	P	36	Indianapolis	AAA
Kyle Morgan	OF	22	State College	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Nyjer Morgan	CF	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	CF		Indianapolis	AAA
Matt Morris	P	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Brandon Moss	2B	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Ryan Mulhern	OF	27	Indianapolis	AAA
Joe Munoz	OF	22	Hickory	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Luis Munoz	P	26	Indianapolis	AAA
	P		Altoona	AA
Xavier Nady	RF	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jim Negrych	2B	23	Altoona	AA
	2B		Lynchburg	A+
Ross Ohlendorf	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Luis Ordaz	2B-SS	33	Indianapolis	AAA
Franquelis Osoria	P	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jonel Pacheco	OF	25	Altoona	AA
Craig Parry	OF	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ronny Paulino	C	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	C		Indianapolis	AAA
	C		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Matt Payne	3B	22	State College	A-
Steve Pearce	1B	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	1B		Indianapolis	AAA
Freizer Pedron	2B	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Josue Peley	SS	20	State College	A-
Ronald Pena	C	21	Hickory	A
Silvio Pena	2B	21	Hickory	A
	2B		State College	A-
Juan Perez	P	27	Indianapolis	AAA
Miguel Perez	C	25	Altoona	AA
Gregory Picart	SS	23	Lynchburg	A+
	SS		Hickory	A
Pedro Powell	OF	24	Altoona	AA
Eddie Prasch	3B	22	Lynchburg	A+
Alex Presley	OF	23	Lynchburg	A+
Dan Reichert	P	32	Altoona	AA
Milver Reyes	C	26	Altoona	AA
Chad Rice	2B	23	State College	A-
Luis Rivas	2B	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Moises Robles	P	24	Altoona	AA
Brian Rogers	P	26	Indianapolis	AAA
	P		Altoona	AA
Jamie Romak	1B	23	Altoona	AA
	1B		Lynchburg	A+
Edwin Roman	CF	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ciro Rosero	2B	22	State College	A-
David Rubinstein	OF	21	State College	A-
Kent Sakamoto	1B	24	Lynchburg	A+
Marino Salas	P	27	Indianapolis	AAA
Freddy Sanchez	SS-2B	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Victor Sanchez	3B/C	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kyle Saukko	P	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Josh Shortslef	P	26	Altoona	AA
Carlos Silva	P	29	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Chris Simmons	C	22	State College	A-
Keanon Simon	OF	23	Hickory	A
Ian Snell	P	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Bobby Spain	3B	23	Hickory	A
Jose Tabata	OF	20	Altoona	AA
	OF		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ty Taubenheim	P	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Kevin Thompson	OF	29	Indianapolis	AAA
Mike Thompson	P	27	Indianapolis	AAA
John VanBenschoten	P	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	P		Indianapolis	AAA
Alex Vargas	1B	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Andrew Vasquez	H		State College	A-
Andrew Walker	H	22	Hickory	A
Neil Walker	C	23	Indianapolis	AAA
Kris Watts	C	24	Altoona	AA
	C		Lynchburg	A+
Anthony Webster	OF	25	Altoona	AA
Cole White	OF	23	State College	A-
Craig Wilson	RF-1B	31	Indianapolis	AAA
Jack Wilson	SS	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	SS		Indianapolis	AAA
	SS		Altoona	AA
Josh Wilson	SS	27	Indianapolis	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Ramon Aguero	23	State College	A-
Rodolfo Aguirre	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Hickory	A
Gabriel Alvarado	21	State College	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Carlos Amaro	23	Hickory	A
	23	State College	A-
Gary Amato	22	Hickory	A
	22	State College	A-
	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Derek Antelo	25	Altoona	AA
	25	Lynchburg	A+
Chris Aure	18	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Maurice Bankston	21	State College	A-
James Barksdale	23	Lynchburg	A+
Jimmy Barthmaier	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Indianapolis	AAA
	24	Altoona	AA
Denny Bautista	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jonah Bayliss	28	Indianapolis	AAA
T.J. Beam	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Indianapolis	AAA
Ronald Belisario	25	Altoona	AA
Charles Benoit	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Hickory	A
Adam Bernero	31	Indianapolis	AAA
Harrison Bishop	24	Hickory	A
Kyle Bloom	25	Altoona	AA
Tom Boleska	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Hickory	A
Danny Bomback	24	Lynchburg	A+
Jason Bowers	30	Altoona	AA
Pat Bresnahan	23	Altoona	AA
Owen Brolsma	23	State College	A-
Bryan Bullington	28	Indianapolis	AAA
Sean Burnett	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Matt Capps	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Indianapolis	AAA
	25	Altoona	AA
	25	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Christian Castorri	24	Altoona	AA
	24	Lynchburg	A+
Jorge Charry	21	Hickory	A
	21	State College	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jesse Chavez	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Brad Clapp	22	Hickory	A
Mike Colla	21	State College	A-
Tyler Cox		State College	A-
		Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Michael Crotta	24	Lynchburg	A+
Jacob Cuffman	23	Lynchburg	A+
David Davidson	24	Altoona	AA
Jason Davis	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Indianapolis	AAA
Rafael Delossantos	21	Hickory	A
Meoli Devora	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Jose Diaz	21	Hickory	A
Ryan Drese	32	Indianapolis	AAA
	32	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Zach Duke	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Phillip Dumatrait	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Albert Fagan	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Mike Felix	23	Hickory	A
Zachary Foster	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Matt Foust	23	Hickory	A
	23	State College	A-
	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Diomedes Garcia	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Franklyn German	28	Indianapolis	AAA
Tom Gorzelanny	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	26	Indianapolis	AAA
John Grabow	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Emilis Guerrero	22	Altoona	AA
	22	Lynchburg	A+
	22	Hickory	A
	22	State College	A-
	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Corey Hamman	28	Indianapolis	AAA
	28	Altoona	AA
Derek Hankins	25	Altoona	AA
Craig Hansen	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Indianapolis	AAA
Chris Hernandez	28	Indianapolis	AAA
	28	Altoona	AA
Yoslan Herrera	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	27	Indianapolis	AAA
	27	Altoona	AA
Joshua Hill	25	Altoona	AA
Brandon Holden	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brian Holliday	24	Altoona	AA
	24	Lynchburg	A+
Jared Hughes	23	Altoona	AA
	23	Lynchburg	A+
Victor Igsema	22	Hickory	A
	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Blair Johnson	24	Altoona	AA
	24	Lynchburg	A+
Jeff Karstens	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
William Kelly	20	State College	A-
Brent Klinger	20	State College	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Alan Knotts	23	State College	A-
Eric Krebs	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brian Leach	22	State College	A-
Serguey Linares	25	Hickory	A
	25	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Brad Lincoln	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Hickory	A
Wanell Macia	26	Hickory	A
Paul Maholm	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Carlos Maldonado	29	Indianapolis	AAA
Damaso Marte	33	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Yoffri Martinez	22	State College	A-
Juan Mateo	25	Altoona	AA
Daniel McCutchen	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Kyle McPherson	20	State College	A-
Matt Mcswain	23	Lynchburg	A+
	23	Hickory	A
Evan Meek	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Indianapolis	AAA
	25	Altoona	AA
Matt Miller	36	Indianapolis	AAA
Dustin Molleken	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Hickory	A
Bryan Morris	21	Hickory	A
Matt Morris	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Daniel Moskos	22	Lynchburg	A+
Luis Munoz	26	Indianapolis	AAA
	26	Altoona	AA
Ross Ohlendorf	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	26	Indianapolis	AAA
Zac Oliver	21	Hickory	A
Francisco Ortiz	21	Hickory	A
	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Wilson Ortiz	22	Hickory	A
	22	State College	A-
Franquelis Osoria	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	27	Indianapolis	AAA
Rudy Owens	20	State College	A-
Ricardo Paulino	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Kyle Pearson	23	Altoona	AA
	23	Lynchburg	A+
Nelson Pereira	19	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Juan Perez	27	Indianapolis	AAA
	27	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Gregory Picart	23	Lynchburg	A+
Allen Ponder	25	State College	A-
Dan Reichert	32	Indianapolis	AAA
	32	Altoona	AA
Milver Reyes	26	Altoona	AA
Kevin Roberts	24	Altoona	AA
	24	Lynchburg	A+
Moises Robles	24	Altoona	AA
	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Hickory	A
Dionis Rodriguez		Hickory	A
Brian Rogers	26	Indianapolis	AAA
	26	Altoona	AA
Ivan Rusova	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Marino Salas	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	27	Indianapolis	AAA
Romulo Sanchez	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	24	Indianapolis	AAA
Josh Shortslef	26	Altoona	AA
Carlos Silva	29	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Adam Simon	24	Lynchburg	A+
	24	Hickory	A
Ian Snell	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
Jeff Sues	25	Altoona	AA
	25	Lynchburg	A+
Ty Taubenheim	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	25	Indianapolis	AAA
Carlos Teller	21	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Mike Thompson	27	Indianapolis	AAA
	27	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Ronald Uviedo	21	Lynchburg	A+
	21	Hickory	A
John VanBenschoten	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB
	28	Indianapolis	AAA
Malvin Vasquez	22	State College	A-
	22	Gulf Coast Pirates	Rk
Tony Watson	23	Lynchburg	A+
Duke Welker	22	Hickory	A
Mike Williams	22	State College	A-
Tyler Yates	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB