1996 Pittsburgh Pirates Starters
(73-89) 
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Paul Wagner Apr 1 FLA 6.2 23 W 0 0 2 5 1 0 84 50 34 .60
Denny Neagle Apr 2 FLA 6.0 20 1 1 5 4 0 1 71 47 24 .66
John Ericks Apr 4 FLA 5.0 23 L 3 3 8 4 1 2 91 57 34 .63
Zane Smith Apr 5 NYM 5.0 20 W 0 0 5 2 1 0 86 55 31 .64
Danny Darwin Apr 6 NYM 6.0 21 W 0 0 3 3 1 0 67 46 21 .69
Denny Neagle Apr 8 @PHI 5.1 24 L 5 5 5 8 3 1 106 64 42 .60
John Ericks Apr 10 @PHI 3.2 20 2 4 6 5 2 0 87 52 35 .60
Zane Smith Apr 11 @MON 6.2 26 2 2 4 4 3 0 89 49 40 .55
Danny Darwin Apr 12 @MON 5.0 27 L 1 7 8 2 1 1 91 63 28 .69
Paul Wagner Apr 13 @MON 7.0 27 W 0 0 5 7 2 0 91 57 34 .63
Denny Neagle Apr 14 @MON 9.0 37 W 1 2 10 10 1 0 117 82 35 .70
John Ericks Apr 15 STL 4.0 18 L 5 5 6 4 1 1 66 45 21 .68
Zane Smith Apr 16 STL 6.0 27 W 3 3 10 5 2 1 94 58 36 .62
Danny Darwin Apr 17 STL 7.0 25 L 2 2 4 3 0 1 None None None None
Paul Wagner Apr 18 STL 7.0 27 W 2 2 5 7 3 1 None None None None
Denny Neagle Apr 19 MON 7.0 27 0 0 7 6 0 0 84 57 27 .68
John Ericks Apr 20 MON 2.1 15 L 7 7 7 2 1 2 None None None None
Zane Smith Apr 21 MON 5.0 26 3 3 10 2 1 0 86 52 34 .60
Danny Darwin Apr 22 PHI 6.1 26 W 3 3 5 3 2 1 None None None None
Paul Wagner Apr 23 PHI 5.1 26 L 5 5 8 10 3 1 112 66 46 .59
Denny Neagle Apr 24 @FLA 7.2 28 W 2 2 6 6 2 0 109 71 38 .65
John Hope Apr 25 @FLA 5.0 21 L 3 4 3 4 3 1 67 44 23 .66
Zane Smith Apr 26 @NYM 2.0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 16 6 .73
Danny Darwin Apr 27 @NYM 7.0 30 3 3 8 6 0 0 104 74 30 .71
Paul Wagner Apr 28 @NYM 6.1 27 L 5 5 8 9 1 1 105 65 40 .62
Denny Neagle Apr 30 CIN 6.0 29 W 5 5 10 5 1 1 101 67 34 .66
John Hope May 1 CIN 5.0 21 W 2 3 3 5 2 1 80 45 35 .56
Danny Darwin May 3 @LAD 6.0 25 L 2 2 6 5 1 1 94 59 35 .63
Paul Wagner May 4 @LAD 9.0 34 W 2 2 5 11 3 1 136 84 52 .62
Denny Neagle May 5 @LAD 7.0 29 W 0 2 8 2 2 0 118 74 44 .63
John Hope May 6 @LAD 5.1 22 L 5 5 4 3 3 2 85 51 34 .60
Darrell May May 8 @SDP 5.0 22 L 5 5 4 3 3 2 72 41 31 .57
Danny Darwin May 8 (2) @SDP 7.2 28 2 2 5 6 1 1 116 76 40 .66
Paul Wagner May 9 @SDP 6.0 27 L 4 4 7 1 5 0 108 59 49 .55
Denny Neagle May 10 @SFG 6.0 28 4 4 8 4 2 2 81 57 24 .70
John Hope May 11 @SFG 3.1 20 L 5 6 6 1 3 1 59 34 25 .58
Zane Smith May 12 @SFG 5.1 24 L 4 4 9 2 0 1 79 52 27 .66
Danny Darwin May 13 ATL 4.0 19 L 5 5 8 2 0 0 54 37 17 .69
Paul Wagner May 14 ATL 5.1 28 L 7 7 10 4 2 2 101 60 41 .59
Denny Neagle May 15 ATL 7.0 27 W 0 0 4 6 2 0 96 61 35 .64
Zane Smith May 17 HOU 7.0 26 2 2 5 3 1 0 89 57 32 .64
Danny Darwin May 18 HOU 6.0 22 1 1 3 6 0 1 77 56 21 .73
Paul Wagner May 19 HOU 3.0 14 0 0 3 3 3 0 47 23 24 .49
Denny Neagle May 20 COL 4.0 21 L 6 6 10 5 0 1 69 49 20 .71
Matt Ruebel May 21 COL 4.2 27 5 5 12 1 2 2 90 51 39 .57
Zane Smith May 22 COL 4.0 19 L 6 6 6 3 0 1 73 43 30 .59
Danny Darwin May 24 @ATL 6.2 30 L 2 3 9 8 3 0 109 69 40 .63
Denny Neagle May 25 @ATL 7.0 30 W 2 2 8 10 1 1 122 75 47 .61
Paul Wagner May 26 @ATL 6.1 30 3 3 9 5 2 2 118 63 55 .53
Zane Smith May 27 @HOU 5.0 23 L 3 5 6 2 1 1 89 54 35 .61
Matt Ruebel May 28 @HOU 7.0 26 2 2 5 1 2 0 88 51 37 .58
Danny Darwin May 29 @HOU 6.2 29 L 5 5 8 5 1 1 91 65 26 .71
Denny Neagle May 31 @COL 7.2 30 W 4 4 5 7 1 2 109 71 38 .65
Paul Wagner Jun 1 @COL 7.0 28 L 2 2 1 10 5 0 111 65 46 .59
Zane Smith Jun 2 @COL 8.0 36 W 2 2 8 8 4 0 133 82 51 .62
Matt Ruebel Jun 3 @COL 7.0 28 W 2 2 5 4 2 0 109 63 46 .58
Danny Darwin Jun 4 LAD 8.0 28 W 0 0 5 2 0 0 85 60 25 .71
Marc Wilkins Jun 5 LAD 5.0 17 W 0 0 2 4 1 0 57 34 23 .60
Paul Wagner Jun 6 LAD 0.1 4 3 3 2 0 1 0 8 4 4 .50
Zane Smith Jun 7 SDP 9.0 33 W 0 0 6 3 2 0 126 75 51 .60
Matt Ruebel Jun 8 SDP 5.0 23 5 5 5 2 3 0 86 52 34 .60
Danny Darwin Jun 9 SDP 8.0 27 W 0 0 5 4 0 0 99 68 31 .69
Esteban Loaiza Jun 10 SFG 5.0 27 4 4 9 3 4 1 96 57 39 .59
Denny Neagle Jun 11 SFG 5.2 23 W 2 2 6 0 1 1 74 47 27 .64
Zane Smith Jun 13 @FLA 7.0 25 1 1 5 5 0 1 94 67 27 .71
Matt Ruebel Jun 14 @FLA 1.0 8 4 4 5 0 0 2 25 17 8 .68
Danny Darwin Jun 15 @FLA 6.0 26 W 2 2 6 1 3 0 92 62 30 .67
Denny Neagle Jun 16 @FLA 6.1 31 L 2 4 10 3 1 1 95 64 31 .67
Esteban Loaiza Jun 17 @NYM 2.0 13 5 6 7 2 0 2 36 27 9 .75
Zane Smith Jun 19 @NYM 4.1 21 1 5 6 1 0 1 53 35 18 .66
Matt Ruebel Jun 19 (2) @NYM 5.0 23 0 0 5 2 4 0 92 48 44 .52
Danny Darwin Jun 21 FLA 5.0 21 L 2 2 6 1 1 0 74 54 20 .73
Denny Neagle Jun 22 FLA 7.0 23 0 0 4 4 1 0 92 62 30 .67
Marc Wilkins Jun 23 FLA 4.2 23 2 2 5 2 6 0 91 47 44 .52
Elmer Dessens Jun 24 MON 1.2 11 L 6 6 6 0 1 1 37 22 15 .59
Zane Smith Jun 25 MON 4.0 19 L 5 5 7 0 1 0 56 30 26 .54
Danny Darwin Jun 26 MON 7.0 27 W 0 0 5 0 0 0 92 64 28 .70
Denny Neagle Jun 28 STL 7.0 24 L 2 2 4 6 1 1 95 58 37 .61
Elmer Dessens Jun 29 STL 4.2 22 5 5 8 5 1 0 None None None None
Zane Smith Jun 30 STL 1.1 15 L 8 8 9 2 2 1 58 35 23 .60
Danny Darwin Jul 1 @CHC 7.0 26 W 1 1 6 4 1 0 80 59 21 .74
Paul Wagner Jul 2 @CHC 2.2 18 L 6 6 8 3 2 0 69 39 30 .57
Denny Neagle Jul 3 @CHC 8.0 31 W 1 1 6 4 2 0 109 73 36 .67
Elmer Dessens Jul 4 @STL 3.0 16 L 4 4 8 2 0 1 73 40 33 .55
Zane Smith Jul 5 @STL 3.2 22 L 7 7 8 3 3 0 78 46 32 .59
Danny Darwin Jul 6 @STL 6.0 28 L 6 6 10 5 0 0 79 57 22 .72
Dan Miceli Jul 7 @STL 4.0 14 1 1 2 4 1 0 47 31 16 .66
Denny Neagle Jul 11 CIN 6.1 27 W 3 3 6 4 1 0 99 64 35 .65
Danny Darwin Jul 12 CIN 7.0 28 L 4 4 7 3 1 2 87 68 19 .78
Jon Lieber Jul 13 CIN 5.0 21 L 3 3 6 2 1 2 79 52 27 .66
Paul Wagner Jul 14 CIN 4.2 22 L 5 5 6 1 2 2 71 43 28 .61
Dan Miceli Jul 15 CHC 4.0 20 L 4 5 6 2 2 3 63 43 20 .68
Denny Neagle Jul 16 CHC 6.0 24 W 3 3 4 5 2 1 82 48 34 .59
Jon Lieber Jul 18 @CIN 5.1 24 W 3 3 6 2 2 1 84 46 38 .55
Paul Wagner Jul 19 @CIN 2.1 15 L 5 5 4 2 3 0 58 30 28 .52
Dan Miceli Jul 20 @CIN 5.0 23 L 2 2 5 9 2 0 96 61 35 .64
Denny Neagle Jul 21 @CIN 7.2 29 W 1 1 5 1 1 1 92 62 30 .67
Jon Lieber Jul 23 @MON 7.0 29 W 1 1 6 4 2 0 102 68 34 .67
Chris Peters Jul 24 @MON 5.0 24 3 4 5 1 3 0 93 53 40 .57
Dan Miceli Jul 25 @PHI 6.0 22 W 4 4 4 3 2 2 83 55 28 .66
Denny Neagle Jul 26 @PHI 7.0 30 3 3 11 2 1 1 None None None None
Steve Parris Jul 27 @PHI 4.2 22 L 2 2 6 5 2 0 87 51 36 .59
Jon Lieber Jul 28 @PHI 3.2 19 6 6 7 3 1 1 78 50 28 .64
Chris Peters Jul 29 NYM 7.0 29 L 4 4 6 3 3 2 87 47 40 .54
Darrell May Jul 30 NYM 2.1 15 2 3 7 1 0 2 61 37 24 .61
Dan Miceli Jul 30 (2) NYM 5.0 22 1 2 7 3 1 0 74 49 25 .66
Denny Neagle Jul 31 NYM 9.0 34 1 1 6 12 0 1 114 82 32 .72
Steve Parris Aug 1 NYM 4.1 21 5 5 6 6 2 0 79 45 34 .57
Jon Lieber Aug 2 PHI 7.0 28 3 3 7 8 0 0 None None None None
Chris Peters Aug 3 PHI 4.1 23 5 5 8 1 3 1 None None None None
Dan Miceli Aug 4 PHI 5.0 23 L 3 3 5 3 4 0 None None None None
Denny Neagle Aug 5 PHI 6.1 30 L 3 3 9 2 2 1 107 73 34 .68
Steve Parris Aug 6 @LAD 6.2 28 L 3 3 7 5 3 1 119 71 48 .60
Jon Lieber Aug 7 @LAD 6.0 25 W 2 2 6 4 1 1 77 50 27 .65
Chris Peters Aug 8 @SDP 4.0 21 L 5 5 10 3 0 1 66 41 25 .62
Dan Miceli Aug 9 @SDP 5.0 24 L 4 4 7 3 2 1 89 52 37 .58
Denny Neagle Aug 10 @SDP 7.0 26 2 2 6 3 1 1 97 63 34 .65
Steve Parris Aug 11 @SDP 6.1 27 L 3 4 7 5 1 0 100 59 41 .59
Jon Lieber Aug 13 @SFG 5.2 30 1 4 8 1 5 0 97 56 41 .58
Chris Peters Aug 14 @SFG 7.1 30 W 3 3 6 4 2 0 103 68 35 .66
Denny Neagle Aug 16 ATL 5.0 26 L 5 5 9 2 2 1 88 58 30 .66
Matt Ruebel Aug 17 ATL 3.0 15 L 5 6 5 1 1 2 44 30 14 .68
Jon Lieber Aug 18 ATL 6.0 25 1 1 7 3 0 0 71 45 26 .63
Chris Peters Aug 19 HOU 7.0 33 0 1 6 5 7 0 131 73 58 .56
Dan Miceli Aug 20 HOU 4.0 23 L 6 7 9 3 3 1 88 48 40 .55
Denny Neagle Aug 21 HOU 6.2 27 W 2 2 8 4 2 0 114 73 41 .64
Esteban Loaiza Aug 22 HOU 5.0 24 2 2 8 2 3 1 84 49 35 .58
Jon Lieber Aug 23 COL 6.2 26 W 3 3 6 8 0 1 106 69 37 .65
Chris Peters Aug 24 COL 4.0 19 L 6 6 8 1 1 2 63 40 23 .63
Dan Miceli Aug 25 COL 4.0 22 7 7 7 4 4 1 95 58 37 .61
Denny Neagle Aug 27 @ATL 8.0 30 W 2 2 6 6 1 2 95 63 32 .66
Esteban Loaiza Aug 28 @ATL 1.1 11 L 6 6 5 1 2 1 31 16 15 .52
Jon Lieber Aug 29 @ATL 7.2 31 L 5 5 7 1 1 2 103 67 36 .65
Chris Peters Aug 30 @HOU 4.1 23 L 4 4 8 2 2 0 78 47 31 .60
Francisco Cordova Aug 31 @HOU 5.0 16 0 0 1 8 0 0 70 49 21 .70
Jason Schmidt Sep 1 @HOU 4.2 22 4 4 4 2 4 0 85 50 35 .59
Esteban Loaiza Sep 2 @COL 5.0 21 L 4 4 5 3 1 3 89 55 34 .62
Jon Lieber Sep 4 @COL 8.2 35 W 2 2 9 5 0 0 119 81 38 .68
Francisco Cordova Sep 6 LAD 5.0 20 1 1 6 2 0 1 57 40 17 .70
Jason Schmidt Sep 7 LAD 6.0 24 L 1 1 5 7 1 0 92 58 34 .63
Esteban Loaiza Sep 8 LAD 7.0 24 1 1 4 3 2 1 93 60 33 .65
Chris Peters Sep 9 SDP 5.0 18 1 2 2 2 2 0 70 43 27 .61
Jon Lieber Sep 10 SDP 5.0 22 3 3 6 2 2 0 81 50 31 .62
Francisco Cordova Sep 11 SDP 5.0 26 5 5 9 6 3 1 86 55 31 .64
Jason Schmidt Sep 12 SFG 5.0 24 W 3 4 8 1 4 0 103 53 50 .51
Esteban Loaiza Sep 13 SFG 9.0 35 W 0 0 6 5 2 0 129 78 51 .60
Chris Peters Sep 14 SFG 6.0 24 4 4 4 2 0 2 85 62 23 .73
Jon Lieber Sep 15 SFG 7.0 27 W 1 1 9 6 0 0 84 62 22 .74
Rich Loiselle Sep 15 (2) SFG 6.0 27 1 1 5 4 5 0 110 67 43 .61
Francisco Cordova Sep 17 @CIN 7.0 25 W 1 2 8 2 0 0 78 51 27 .65
Jason Schmidt Sep 18 @CIN 7.0 33 W 2 3 4 4 8 0 136 76 60 .56
Esteban Loaiza Sep 19 @CIN 4.1 23 4 4 8 3 3 1 89 50 39 .56
Jon Lieber Sep 20 @CHC 7.0 26 W 2 2 5 4 1 1 71 52 19 .73
Rich Loiselle Sep 21 @CHC 5.0 23 W 2 3 9 3 1 0 89 60 29 .67
Francisco Cordova Sep 22 @CHC 5.0 21 W 3 3 5 3 1 0 70 46 24 .66
Jason Schmidt Sep 23 @CHC 9.0 37 L 4 4 9 11 0 1 138 91 47 .66
Esteban Loaiza Sep 24 @STL 6.1 25 L 2 2 4 4 2 1 79 54 25 .68
Jon Lieber Sep 25 @STL 4.1 24 4 6 9 4 1 0 69 44 25 .64
Rich Loiselle Sep 27 CHC 6.0 26 2 2 6 1 2 2 93 58 35 .62
Francisco Cordova Sep 27 (2) CHC 5.2 26 4 5 7 4 0 0 78 51 27 .65
Jason Schmidt Sep 28 CHC 6.0 31 3 3 9 1 4 1 113 69 44 .61
Esteban Loaiza Sep 29 CHC 7.2 33 W 1 3 9 6 0 0 107 79 28 .74