Recent Game Results
Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month- 1. Apr 9, PIT (0-1) lost to MON, 5-6
- 2. Apr 12, PIT (1-1) beat MON, 3-2
- 3. Apr 13, PIT (1-2) lost to PHI, 1-5
- 4. Apr 15, PIT (1-3) lost to PHI, 3-4
- 5. Apr 16, PIT (1-4) lost to PHI, 3-5
- 6. Apr 17, PIT (2-4) beat HOU, 4-3
- 7. Apr 18, PIT (3-4) beat HOU, 6-3
- 8. Apr 19, PIT (4-4) beat HOU, 2-0
- 9. Apr 22, PIT (4-4) tied NYM, 2-2
- 10. Apr 25, PIT (4-5) lost to STL, 1-5
- 11. Apr 26, PIT (4-6) lost to STL, 2-3
- 12. Apr 28, PIT (5-6) beat NYM, 8-0
- 13. Apr 29, PIT (6-6) beat NYM, 10-0
- 14. Apr 30, PIT (7-6) beat NYM, 7-4
- 15. May 1, PIT (7-7) lost to HOU, 3-5
- 16. May 2, PIT (8-7) beat HOU, 5-4
- 17. May 3, PIT (8-8) lost to HOU, 1-3
- 18. May 6, PIT (8-9) lost to CIN, 8-9
- 19. May 7, PIT (9-9) beat CIN, 3-1
- 20. May 7, PIT (10-9) beat CIN, 7-1
- 21. May 8, PIT (10-10) lost to STL, 4-5
- 22. May 9, PIT (10-11) lost to STL, 0-13
- 23. May 10, PIT (11-11) beat STL, 8-2
- 24. May 11, PIT (11-12) lost to ATL, 2-3
- 25. May 12, PIT (11-13) lost to ATL, 0-2
- 26. May 13, PIT (12-13) beat ATL, 7-5
- 27. May 15, PIT (12-14) lost to CIN, 1-4
- 28. May 16, PIT (12-15) lost to CIN, 0-4
- 29. May 17, PIT (12-16) lost to CIN, 3-4
- 30. May 19, PIT (13-16) beat ATL, 5-0
- 31. May 20, PIT (14-16) beat ATL, 6-1
- 32. May 22, PIT (15-16) beat PHI, 3-1
- 33. May 23, PIT (15-17) lost to PHI, 4-6
- 34. May 24, PIT (16-17) beat PHI, 7-1
- 35. May 25, PIT (16-18) lost to CHC, 9-10
- 36. May 26, PIT (17-18) beat CHC, 6-4
- 37. May 27, PIT (18-18) beat CHC, 3-2
- 38. May 28, PIT (19-18) beat CHC, 9-4
- 39. May 29, PIT (19-19) lost to MON, 2-3
- 40. May 30, PIT (20-19) beat MON, 3-2
- 41. May 31, PIT (20-20) lost to MON, 1-5
- 42. Jun 2, PIT (21-20) beat CHC, 16-3
- 43. Jun 3, PIT (22-20) beat CHC, 3-2
- 44. Jun 4, PIT (23-20) beat CHC, 5-4
- 45. Jun 5, PIT (23-21) lost to SFG, 3-5
- 46. Jun 6, PIT (24-21) beat SFG, 7-6
- 47. Jun 7, PIT (25-21) beat SFG, 3-2
- 48. Jun 9, PIT (25-22) lost to SDP, 4-7
- 49. Jun 10, PIT (25-23) lost to SDP, 2-3
- 50. Aug 10, PIT (25-24) lost to MON, 1-3
- 51. Aug 11, PIT (26-24) beat MON, 6-3
- 52. Aug 12, PIT (26-25) lost to MON, 2-3
- 53. Aug 13, PIT (26-26) lost to MON, 2-7
- 54. Aug 15, PIT (26-27) lost to CHC, 3-4
- 55. Aug 16, PIT (27-27) beat CHC, 4-3
- 56. Aug 16, PIT (27-28) lost to CHC, 4-6
- 57. Aug 17, PIT (27-29) lost to SFG, 1-5
- 58. Aug 18, PIT (27-30) lost to SFG, 2-4
- 59. Aug 19, PIT (28-30) beat SFG, 7-3
- 60. Aug 21, PIT (29-30) beat SDP, 4-2
- 61. Aug 21, PIT (30-30) beat SDP, 3-2
- 62. Aug 22, PIT (30-31) lost to SDP, 6-7
- 63. Aug 23, PIT (31-31) beat SDP, 5-2
- 64. Aug 24, PIT (31-32) lost to LAD, 0-3
- 65. Aug 25, PIT (31-33) lost to LAD, 7-9
- 66. Aug 26, PIT (31-34) lost to LAD, 6-16
- 67. Aug 27, PIT (31-35) lost to SFG, 4-5
- 68. Aug 28, PIT (31-36) lost to SFG, 1-5
- 69. Aug 29, PIT (31-37) lost to SFG, 3-8
- 70. Aug 30, PIT (31-38) lost to SFG, 0-5
- 71. Aug 31, PIT (32-38) beat LAD, 5-4
- 72. Sep 1, PIT (32-39) lost to LAD, 2-3
- 73. Sep 2, PIT (32-40) lost to LAD, 2-6
- 74. Sep 3, PIT (33-40) beat SDP, 7-3
- 75. Sep 4, PIT (33-41) lost to SDP, 4-5
- 76. Sep 5, PIT (34-41) beat SDP, 2-1
- 77. Sep 6, PIT (35-41) beat SDP, 9-5
- 78. Sep 7, PIT (36-41) beat NYM, 2-1
- 79. Sep 7, PIT (37-41) beat NYM, 5-4
- 80. Sep 8, PIT (37-42) lost to NYM, 1-3
- 81. Sep 9, PIT (37-43) lost to NYM, 3-5
- 82. Sep 11, PIT (37-44) lost to PHI, 0-8
- 83. Sep 12, PIT (38-44) beat PHI, 6-2
- 84. Sep 13, PIT (39-44) beat PHI, 3-2
- 85. Sep 15, PIT (40-44) beat CHC, 8-2
- 86. Sep 18, PIT (41-44) beat PHI, 7-6
- 87. Sep 19, PIT (41-45) lost to PHI, 2-8
- 88. Sep 20, PIT (41-46) lost to PHI, 4-5
- 89. Sep 21, PIT (41-47) lost to NYM, 3-4
- 90. Sep 22, PIT (42-47) beat NYM, 5-3
- 91. Sep 23, PIT (42-48) lost to MON, 2-3
- 92. Sep 24, PIT (42-49) lost to MON, 1-7
- 93. Sep 25, PIT (43-49) beat STL, 5-4
- 94. Sep 26, PIT (43-50) lost to STL, 3-5
- 95. Sep 27, PIT (43-51) lost to STL, 5-7
- 96. Sep 28, PIT (44-51) beat CHC, 4-0
- 97. Sep 28, PIT (44-52) lost to CHC, 1-3
- 98. Sep 29, PIT (45-52) beat CHC, 10-6
- 99. Sep 30, PIT (45-53) lost to MON, 2-3
Team Win/Loss Splits
Team Game-by-Game Schedule
| Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 5 | 6 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Fryman | Tekulve | 2:06 | D | 40,332 | .81 | - | ||||
| 2 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | PIT | MON | W | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Rhoden | Burris | Romo | 2:23 | D | 8,430 | .73 | + | |||
| 3 | Monday, Apr 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 1 | 5 | 1-2 | 5 | 1.0 | Carlton | Candelaria | 2:04 | N | 60,404 | .80 | - | |||
| 4 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L-wo | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1-3 | 5 | 2.0 | McGraw | Romo | 3:26 | N | 27,450 | .75 | -- | ||
| 5 | Thursday, Apr 16 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 3 | 5 | 1-4 | 5 | 2.5 | Ruthven | Robinson | McGraw | 2:22 | N | 26,780 | .70 | --- | ||
| 6 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 4 | 3 | 2-4 | 5 | 2.5 | Rhoden | Sutton | Romo | 2:28 | N | 39,119 | .51 | + | ||
| 7 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3-4 | 5 | 2.5 | Jackson | Smith | 3:06 | D | 29,790 | .57 | ++ | ||
| 8 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | HOU | W | 2 | 0 | 4-4 | 4 | 2.5 | Scurry | Niekro | Solomon | 2:21 | D | 30,394 | .60 | +++ | ||
| 9 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | T | 2 | 2 | 4-4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2:39 | N | 7,530 | .72 | +++ | ||||||
| 10 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 1 | 5 | 4-5 | 4 | 4.0 | Shirley | Candelaria | 2:20 | D | 7,334 | .74 | - | ||||
| 11 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 2 | 3 | 4-6 | 4 | 5.5 | Kaat | Jackson | Sutter | 2:17 | D | 8,139 | .67 | -- | |||
| 12 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 8 | 0 | 5-6 | 4 | 5.0 | Rhoden | Scott | 2:28 | N | 6,973 | .51 | + | |||
| 13 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 10 | 0 | 6-6 | 4 | 4.0 | Bibby | Roberts | 2:34 | N | 7,175 | .60 | ++ | |||
| 14 | Thursday, Apr 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 7 | 4 | 7-6 | 4 | 3.5 | Candelaria | Jones | Jackson | 2:25 | N | 5,553 | .66 | +++ | ||
| Gm# | May | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 15 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 3 | 5 | 7-7 | 4 | 4.5 | Sambito | Solomon | 3:01 | N | 7,012 | .61 | - | ||||
| 16 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | W-wo | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8-7 | 4 | 3.5 | Solomon | Smith | 3:56 | N | 21,993 | .55 | + | |||
| 17 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | PIT | HOU | L | 1 | 3 | 8-8 | 4 | 4.5 | Sutton | Bibby | Smith | 3:15 | D | 10,438 | .58 | - | |||
| 18 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | L-wo | 8 | 9 | 8-9 | 4 | 4.5 | Hume | Jackson | 2:48 | N | 14,551 | .47 | -- | |||
| 19 | Thursday, May 7 (1) | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 3 | 1 | 9-9 | 4 | 4.0 | Rhoden | Soto | Romo | 2:48 | N | .49 | + | 1981-05-05 (Rain) | ||
| 20 | Thursday, May 7 (2) | boxscore | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 7 | 1 | 10-9 | 4 | 4.0 | Solomon | LaCoss | 2:42 | D | 20,301 | .56 | ++ | |||
| 21 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 4 | 5 | 10-10 | 4 | 4.0 | Shirley | Bibby | Kaat | 2:31 | N | 20,108 | .82 | - | ||
| 22 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 0 | 13 | 10-11 | 4 | 5.0 | Rincon | Scurry | 2:29 | N | 21,361 | .80 | -- | |||
| 23 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 8 | 2 | 11-11 | 4 | 4.0 | Candelaria | Sorensen | Romo | 2:29 | D | 11,112 | .72 | + | ||
| 24 | Monday, May 11 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L-wo | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11-12 | 4 | 4.5 | Mahler | Tekulve | 3:09 | N | 4,260 | .63 | - | ||
| 25 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | L | 0 | 2 | 11-13 | 4 | 5.5 | Niekro | Solomon | 2:04 | N | 9,711 | .58 | -- | |||
| 26 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | PIT | @ | ATL | W | 7 | 5 | 13 | 12-13 | 4 | 4.5 | Cruz | Boggs | Scurry | 4:08 | N | 10,638 | .53 | + | |
| 27 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 1 | 4 | 12-14 | 4 | 5.0 | Price | Romo | Hume | 2:46 | N | 10,592 | .61 | - | |||
| 28 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 0 | 4 | 12-15 | 4 | 6.0 | LaCoss | Scurry | 2:29 | D | 11,890 | .56 | -- | ||||
| 29 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | PIT | CIN | L | 3 | 4 | 12-16 | 4 | 7.0 | Soto | Solomon | 2:20 | D | 11,775 | .52 | --- | ||||
| 30 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 5 | 0 | 13-16 | 4 | 7.0 | Bibby | Niekro | 1:57 | N | 5,514 | .42 | + | ||||
| 31 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | PIT | ATL | W | 6 | 1 | 14-16 | 4 | 6.0 | Rhoden | Walk | Romo | 2:29 | N | 8,351 | .42 | ++ | |||
| 32 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 3 | 1 | 15-16 | 4 | 5.5 | Pérez | Christenson | 2:01 | N | 20,695 | .60 | +++ | ||||
| 33 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 4 | 6 | 15-17 | 4 | 6.5 | Proly | Tekulve | Reed | 2:49 | N | 20,340 | .69 | - | |||
| 34 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 7 | 1 | 16-17 | 4 | 5.5 | Bibby | Bystrom | Cruz | 2:25 | D | 21,771 | .62 | + | |||
| 35 | Monday, May 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L-wo | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16-18 | 4 | 5.5 | Tidrow | Cruz | 4:06 | D | 18,506 | .54 | - | ||
| 36 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 6 | 4 | 17-18 | 4 | 4.5 | Tekulve | Krukow | Romo | 2:41 | D | 6,988 | .52 | + | ||
| 37 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 3 | 2 | 18-18 | 4 | 3.5 | Pérez | Reuschel | 2:41 | D | 6,970 | .58 | ++ | |||
| 38 | Thursday, May 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 9 | 4 | 19-18 | 4 | 3.0 | Solomon | Caudill | 3:06 | D | 7,886 | .63 | +++ | |||
| 39 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 2 | 3 | 19-19 | 4 | 4.0 | Sanderson | Bibby | Lee | 2:31 | N | 36,662 | .89 | - | ||
| 40 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 3 | 2 | 20-19 | 4 | 3.0 | Rhoden | Gullickson | 2:59 | D | 31,649 | .81 | + | |||
| 41 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 1 | 5 | 20-20 | 4 | 4.0 | Rogers | Pérez | 1:56 | D | 45,784 | .92 | - | |||
| Gm# | June | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 42 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 16 | 3 | 21-20 | 4 | 4.5 | Solomon | Caudill | 2:53 | N | 6,437 | .64 | + | ||||
| 43 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 3 | 2 | 22-20 | 4 | 3.5 | Bibby | Martz | Romo | 2:24 | N | 5,003 | .67 | ++ | |||
| 44 | Thursday, Jun 4 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W-wo | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23-20 | 4 | 3.0 | Tekulve | McGlothen | 2:46 | N | 6,740 | .76 | +++ | |||
| 45 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 3 | 5 | 23-21 | 4 | 3.5 | Breining | Romo | Lavelle | 3:14 | N | 8,361 | .77 | - | |||
| 46 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 7 | 6 | 24-21 | 3 | 3.5 | Scurry | Griffin | Tekulve | 2:58 | N | 11,362 | .75 | + | |||
| 47 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 3 | 2 | 25-21 | 3 | 3.0 | Solomon | Blue | Romo | 2:24 | D | 32,244 | .73 | ++ | |||
| 48 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 4 | 7 | 25-22 | 3 | 4.5 | Mura | Rhoden | Lucas | 2:39 | N | 9,145 | .72 | - | |||
| 49 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 2 | 3 | 25-23 | 4 | 5.5 | Eichelberger | Pérez | Lucas | 2:39 | N | 9,450 | .67 | -- | |||
| Gm# | August | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 50 | Monday, Aug 10 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 1 | 3 | 25-24 | 4 | 5.5 | Lee | Pérez | 2:15 | N | 37,275 | 1.33 | --- | |||
| 51 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | W | 6 | 3 | 26-24 | 4 | 5.5 | Tekulve | Fryman | 2:45 | N | 33,045 | 1.19 | + | |||
| 52 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 3 | 26-25 | 4 | 5.5 | Burris | Solomon | Lee | 2:45 | N | 12,069 | 1.29 | - | |||
| 53 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 7 | 26-26 | 4 | 6.0 | Rogers | Tiant | 2:15 | N | 11,735 | 1.12 | -- | ||||
| 54 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L-wo | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26-27 | 4 | 7.0 | Martz | Scurry | 4:57 | D | 15,388 | .93 | --- | ||
| 55 | Sunday, Aug 16 (1) | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 27-27 | 4 | 7.0 | Tekulve | Smith | Jackson | 3:19 | D | .88 | + | 1981-08-14 (Rain) | |
| 56 | Sunday, Aug 16 (2) | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | L | 4 | 6 | 27-28 | 4 | 7.0 | Howell | Pérez | Martz | 2:29 | D | 18,991 | .98 | - | ||
| 57 | Monday, Aug 17 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 1 | 5 | 11 | 27-29 | 4 | 8.0 | Minton | Scurry | 3:09 | N | 7,117 | .68 | -- | |||
| 58 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | L | 2 | 4 | 27-30 | 4 | 8.0 | Whitson | Tiant | Minton | 2:32 | N | 9,362 | .47 | --- | |||
| 59 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | PIT | SFG | W | 7 | 3 | 28-30 | 4 | 8.0 | Jones | Alexander | Jackson | 2:22 | N | 8,414 | .43 | + | |||
| 60 | Friday, Aug 21 (1) | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 4 | 2 | 29-30 | 4 | 6.5 | Rhoden | Mura | Jackson | 2:29 | D | .58 | ++ | 1981-06-08 (Rain) | |||
| 61 | Friday, Aug 21 (2) | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 3 | 2 | 30-30 | 4 | 6.5 | Bibby | Lollar | Tekulve | 2:29 | N | 19,049 | .64 | +++ | |||
| 62 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | L | 6 | 7 | 30-31 | 4 | 6.5 | Curtis | Tekulve | Lucas | 2:46 | N | 11,865 | .84 | - | |||
| 63 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | PIT | SDP | W | 5 | 2 | 31-31 | 4 | 6.5 | Scurry | Welsh | Romo | 2:17 | D | 23,736 | .69 | + | |||
| 64 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 0 | 3 | 31-32 | 4 | 7.5 | Hooton | Jones | 2:14 | N | 12,308 | .71 | - | ||||
| 65 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 7 | 9 | 11 | 31-33 | 4 | 7.5 | Peña | Tekulve | Niedenfuer | 3:32 | N | 16,770 | .56 | -- | ||
| 66 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | PIT | LAD | L | 6 | 16 | 31-34 | 4 | 8.5 | Reuss | Rhoden | 3:07 | D | 11,144 | .42 | --- | ||||
| 67 | Thursday, Aug 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L-wo | 4 | 5 | 13 | 31-35 | 4 | 9.5 | Holland | Robinson | 3:56 | N | 10,807 | .31 | ---- | ||
| 68 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 1 | 5 | 31-36 | 4 | 10.0 | Whitson | Scurry | 2:33 | N | 8,418 | .21 | ----- | |||
| 69 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 3 | 8 | 31-37 | 4 | 11.5 | Alexander | Tiant | 3:05 | D | 10,738 | .16 | ------ | |||
| 70 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SFG | L | 0 | 5 | 31-38 | 4 | 11.5 | Griffin | Pérez | 2:43 | D | 18,117 | .07 | ------- | |||
| 71 | Monday, Aug 31 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 32-38 | 4 | 11.0 | Jones | Stewart | Robinson | 2:58 | N | 35,862 | .07 | + | |
| Gm# | September | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 72 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L-wo | 2 | 3 | 14 | 32-39 | 4 | 11.0 | Niedenfuer | Jones | 4:01 | N | 50,134 | .12 | - | ||
| 73 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | PIT | @ | LAD | L | 2 | 6 | 32-40 | 4 | 12.0 | Welch | Long | Peña | 2:47 | N | 32,027 | .10 | -- | ||
| 74 | Thursday, Sep 3 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 7 | 3 | 33-40 | 4 | 12.0 | Tiant | Eichelberger | Scurry | 2:33 | D | 6,153 | .06 | + | ||
| 75 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | L | 4 | 5 | 33-41 | 4 | 13.0 | Littlefield | Robinson | Show | 2:37 | N | 8,128 | .09 | - | ||
| 76 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 2 | 1 | 34-41 | 4 | 12.0 | Rhoden | Mura | Scurry | 2:31 | N | 7,297 | .05 | + | ||
| 77 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | PIT | @ | SDP | W | 9 | 5 | 35-41 | 4 | 11.0 | Solomon | Wise | Robinson | 2:40 | D | 4,177 | .07 | ++ | ||
| 78 | Monday, Sep 7 (1) | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 2 | 1 | 36-41 | 4 | 9.5 | Jones | Allen | Scurry | 2:12 | N | .19 | +++ | 1981-04-23 (Rain) | |||
| 79 | Monday, Sep 7 (2) | boxscore | PIT | NYM | W | 5 | 4 | 37-41 | 4 | 9.5 | Long | Boitano | Lee | 2:49 | N | 9,935 | .22 | ++++ | |||
| 80 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 1 | 3 | 37-42 | 4 | 9.5 | Lynch | Tiant | Allen | 2:20 | N | 5,383 | .30 | - | |||
| 81 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | PIT | NYM | L | 3 | 5 | 37-43 | 4 | 9.5 | Leach | Pérez | Searage | 2:36 | N | 7,089 | .23 | -- | |||
| 82 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | L | 0 | 8 | 37-44 | 4 | 10.5 | Carlton | Rhoden | 2:16 | N | 12,799 | .13 | --- | ||||
| 83 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 6 | 2 | 38-44 | 4 | 10.5 | Solomon | Noles | Scurry | 2:45 | N | 11,370 | .07 | + | |||
| 84 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | PIT | PHI | W | 3 | 2 | 39-44 | 4 | 10.5 | Jones | Reed | Tekulve | 2:20 | D | 16,493 | .11 | ++ | |||
| 85 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | PIT | @ | CHC | W | 8 | 2 | 40-44 | 4 | 10.0 | Tiant | Griffin | 2:48 | D | 5,254 | .16 | +++ | |||
| 86 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | W | 7 | 6 | 41-44 | 4 | 9.5 | Scurry | Reed | Lee | 2:57 | N | 24,537 | .20 | ++++ | ||
| 87 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 2 | 8 | 41-45 | 4 | 9.5 | Larson | Jones | Christenson | 2:44 | D | 30,446 | .36 | - | ||
| 88 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | PIT | @ | PHI | L | 4 | 5 | 41-46 | 4 | 9.5 | Lyle | Solomon | 2:38 | D | 31,489 | .30 | -- | |||
| 89 | Monday, Sep 21 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | L-wo | 3 | 4 | 13 | 41-47 | 4 | 10.5 | Boitano | Lee | 3:51 | N | 7,429 | .22 | --- | ||
| 90 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | PIT | @ | NYM | W | 5 | 3 | 42-47 | 4 | 9.5 | Bibby | Scott | Scurry | 2:47 | N | 6,855 | .08 | + | ||
| 91 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L-wo | 2 | 3 | 42-48 | 4 | 9.5 | Jackson | Rhoden | 2:41 | N | 10,081 | .19 | - | |||
| 92 | Thursday, Sep 24 | boxscore | PIT | @ | MON | L | 1 | 7 | 42-49 | 4 | 9.5 | Lee | Jones | 2:36 | N | 23,459 | .09 | -- | |||
| 93 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | W | 5 | 4 | 43-49 | 4 | 8.5 | Solomon | Kaat | Scurry | 2:13 | N | 15,377 | .02 | + | ||
| 94 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 3 | 5 | 43-50 | 4 | 9.5 | Forsch | Lee | Sutter | 2:26 | D | 19,761 | .03 | - | ||
| 95 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | PIT | @ | STL | L | 5 | 7 | 43-51 | 4 | 10.5 | LaPoint | Pérez | Sutter | 2:29 | D | 17,703 | .00 | -- | ||
| 96 | Monday, Sep 28 (1) | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 4 | 0 | 44-51 | 4 | 11.0 | Rhoden | Griffin | 2:34 | N | .00 | + | 1981-09-16 (Rain; Site change) | ||||
| 97 | Monday, Sep 28 (2) | boxscore | PIT | CHC | L | 1 | 3 | 44-52 | 4 | 11.0 | Geisel | Long | Martz | 2:49 | N | 3,698 | .00 | - | |||
| 98 | Tuesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | PIT | CHC | W | 10 | 6 | 45-52 | 4 | 11.0 | Romo | Tidrow | 3:15 | N | 3,439 | .00 | + | ||||
| 99 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 3 | 45-53 | 4 | 11.0 | Gullickson | Solomon | Fryman | 2:42 | N | 5,826 | .00 | - | |||
| Gm# | October | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 100 | Thursday, Oct 1 | boxscore | PIT | MON | L | 2 | 5 | 45-54 | 4 | 12.0 | Burris | Tiant | Reardon | 2:26 | N | 2,931 | .00 | -- | |||
| 101 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | PIT | STL | W-wo | 8 | 7 | 46-54 | 4 | 11.0 | Tekulve | Sutter | 3:02 | N | 2,348 | .00 | + | ||||
| 102 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 3 | 8 | 46-55 | 4 | 12.0 | Martin | Camacho | 2:30 | D | 3,589 | .00 | - | ||||
| 103 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | PIT | STL | L | 0 | 4 | 46-56 | 4 | 13.0 | Shirley | Jones | 1:55 | D | 10,022 | .00 | -- | ||||
| Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled |
Season Summary