2016 Pittsburgh Pirates Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Francisco Liriano Apr 3 @STL 6.0 26 W 0 0 3 10 5 0 94 50 44 .53
Jonathon Niese Apr 5 @STL 5.0 23 4 5 5 7 1 1 82 54 28 .66
Juan Nicasio Apr 6 @STL 6.0 20 W 1 1 2 7 0 1 84 59 25 .70
Francisco Liriano Apr 8 CIN 5.0 23 3 3 5 3 4 1 90 47 43 .52
Gerrit Cole Apr 9 CIN 4.2 21 L 3 3 5 4 3 0 100 62 38 .62
Jeff Locke Apr 10 CIN 6.0 24 1 1 7 1 2 1 80 53 27 .66
Jonathon Niese Apr 11 DET 6.0 24 W 3 4 5 5 1 2 88 54 34 .61
Juan Nicasio Apr 12 DET 3.0 19 L 4 4 6 4 5 1 94 52 42 .55
Ryan Vogelsong Apr 13 @DET 5.0 18 1 1 4 5 0 1 66 41 25 .62
Gerrit Cole Apr 14 @DET 6.0 21 L 2 2 4 5 1 0 83 53 30 .64
Jeff Locke Apr 15 @MIL 4.2 25 L 2 3 5 4 7 0 99 52 47 .53
Jonathon Niese Apr 16 @MIL 7.0 26 W 0 0 3 3 3 0 96 59 37 .61
Juan Nicasio Apr 17 @MIL 6.0 24 W 3 3 5 6 2 0 95 59 36 .62
Francisco Liriano Apr 19 SDP 4.1 24 L 4 4 6 4 5 2 98 55 43 .56
Jeff Locke Apr 20 SDP 3.0 22 L 8 8 11 2 4 1 85 50 35 .59
Gerrit Cole Apr 21 SDP 6.0 22 W 0 0 4 7 0 0 97 60 37 .62
Jonathon Niese Apr 22 ARI 5.1 26 W 4 4 10 2 2 2 95 62 33 .65
Juan Nicasio Apr 23 ARI 5.0 22 L 2 2 3 4 4 1 101 65 36 .64
Francisco Liriano Apr 24 ARI 6.0 26 4 4 5 6 3 2 97 59 38 .61
Jeff Locke Apr 25 COL 6.0 25 W 0 0 5 8 2 0 106 64 42 .60
Gerrit Cole Apr 26 COL 6.0 27 W 2 4 8 3 2 1 103 68 35 .66
Jonathon Niese Apr 27 COL 5.0 26 5 5 10 5 2 2 85 57 28 .67
Juan Nicasio Apr 29 @CIN 7.0 25 W 0 0 3 8 1 0 97 63 34 .65
Francisco Liriano Apr 30 @CIN 6.2 27 W 1 1 5 6 0 0 109 72 37 .66
Jeff Locke May 1 @CIN 7.0 27 3 3 4 6 2 0 102 67 35 .66
Gerrit Cole May 2 @CHC 4.2 25 L 5 6 6 6 4 0 105 61 44 .58
Jonathon Niese May 3 @CHC 5.0 29 L 6 6 9 3 5 0 93 56 37 .60
Juan Nicasio May 4 @CHC 4.1 24 L 4 4 9 3 3 1 102 66 36 .65
Francisco Liriano May 6 STL 7.0 28 W 2 2 5 10 2 0 98 70 28 .71
Jeff Locke May 7 STL 6.0 23 3 3 4 1 2 1 89 56 33 .63
Gerrit Cole May 8 STL 6.0 26 W 2 2 6 7 2 1 104 65 39 .63
Jonathon Niese May 9 CIN 6.2 27 L 3 3 7 4 1 3 103 69 34 .67
Juan Nicasio May 11 CIN 6.0 23 4 4 4 5 0 1 68 47 21 .69
Francisco Liriano May 13 CHC 4.2 26 L 8 8 9 7 4 3 98 54 44 .55
Jeff Locke May 14 CHC 5.1 26 L 6 6 6 3 2 2 96 59 37 .61
Gerrit Cole May 15 CHC 8.0 27 W 0 0 3 7 0 0 95 65 30 .68
Jonathon Niese May 16 @ATL 6.0 25 W 2 2 5 6 2 1 97 61 36 .63
Juan Nicasio May 17 @ATL 5.0 24 W 3 5 8 6 2 1 87 57 30 .66
Francisco Liriano May 18 @ATL 7.0 29 L 2 2 7 4 2 1 94 62 32 .66
Jeff Locke May 19 @ATL 7.0 28 W 2 2 6 6 2 1 97 66 31 .68
Gerrit Cole May 20 @COL 7.0 28 W 1 1 10 0 1 1 109 72 37 .66
Jonathon Niese May 21 @COL 7.0 26 1 1 4 4 1 0 97 64 33 .66
Ryan Vogelsong May 23 @COL 2.0 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 34 22 12 .65
Francisco Liriano May 24 @ARI 5.2 23 W 1 1 2 2 5 0 98 48 50 .49
Jeff Locke May 25 @ARI 6.1 26 W 4 4 7 1 1 2 86 59 27 .69
Gerrit Cole May 26 @ARI 5.0 24 0 1 7 5 3 0 108 71 37 .66
Jonathon Niese May 27 TEX 6.0 26 W 1 1 7 2 1 1 93 62 31 .67
Juan Nicasio May 28 TEX 4.2 22 L 4 4 7 4 1 2 105 72 33 .69
Francisco Liriano May 29 TEX 6.0 27 L 5 5 6 6 4 2 100 57 43 .57
Jeff Locke May 30 MIA 9.0 28 W 0 0 3 1 0 0 105 67 38 .64
Gerrit Cole May 31 MIA 6.1 31 L 3 3 9 4 2 0 108 71 37 .66
Jonathon Niese Jun 1 MIA 5.0 25 2 2 6 6 3 0 95 63 32 .66
Juan Nicasio Jun 2 MIA 6.0 27 3 3 6 4 3 0 101 64 37 .63
Francisco Liriano Jun 3 @LAA 3.1 22 L 6 7 10 2 4 1 76 40 36 .53
Jeff Locke Jun 4 @LAA 7.0 26 W 3 3 7 2 0 2 82 58 24 .71
Gerrit Cole Jun 5 @LAA 6.2 27 3 3 6 4 1 0 102 67 35 .66
Jonathon Niese Jun 7 @NYM 7.0 27 W 0 0 4 2 2 0 91 59 32 .65
Juan Nicasio Jun 7 (2) @NYM 5.0 19 W 1 1 3 7 2 0 89 57 32 .64
Jameson Taillon Jun 8 @NYM 6.0 24 3 3 6 3 2 1 91 60 31 .66
Jeff Locke Jun 9 COL 4.2 28 L 11 11 11 2 3 1 101 61 40 .60
Gerrit Cole Jun 10 @STL 2.0 10 0 0 2 3 1 0 35 24 11 .69
Francisco Liriano Jun 11 @STL 6.0 26 L 1 4 4 8 3 1 103 58 45 .56
Jonathon Niese Jun 12 @STL 5.1 26 L 8 8 11 5 1 2 80 55 25 .69
Jameson Taillon Jun 14 NYM 8.0 27 W 0 0 2 5 1 0 91 61 30 .67
Jeff Locke Jun 15 NYM 4.0 22 L 7 7 9 3 1 1 75 53 22 .71
Juan Nicasio Jun 16 NYM 4.1 22 L 6 6 7 5 2 3 89 56 33 .63
Francisco Liriano Jun 17 CHC 5.2 30 L 4 4 6 6 5 1 111 60 51 .54
Jonathon Niese Jun 18 CHC 5.1 26 L 4 4 6 5 4 3 99 57 42 .58
Jameson Taillon Jun 19 CHC 4.0 20 L 4 4 8 5 1 3 85 54 31 .64
Jeff Locke Jun 20 @SFG 6.2 25 W 0 0 5 3 0 0 84 62 22 .74
Wilfredo Boscan Jun 21 @SFG 3.0 17 L 7 7 6 2 2 2 68 42 26 .62
Francisco Liriano Jun 22 @SFG 5.0 24 4 4 6 6 3 0 89 57 32 .64
Jonathon Niese Jun 23 @SFG 6.0 26 L 5 5 7 4 2 1 110 74 36 .67
Jameson Taillon Jun 24 @LAD 4.0 20 4 4 8 2 1 0 70 43 27 .61
Jeff Locke Jun 25 @LAD 7.0 25 W 1 1 5 3 0 0 89 58 31 .65
Chad Kuhl Jun 26 @LAD 5.0 22 W 3 3 4 5 4 1 82 44 38 .54
Francisco Liriano Jun 27 @LAD 4.1 22 L 4 5 4 3 5 0 95 55 40 .58
Jonathon Niese Jun 28 SEA 4.2 24 L 4 5 9 2 2 1 101 61 40 .60
Jameson Taillon Jun 29 SEA 6.0 23 W 1 1 6 6 0 0 95 68 27 .72
Jeff Locke Jul 1 OAK 5.0 22 W 3 3 3 3 3 1 95 61 34 .64
Chad Kuhl Jul 2 OAK 6.0 25 2 2 7 2 0 0 91 62 29 .68
Francisco Liriano Jul 3 OAK 5.0 22 W 3 3 6 2 1 0 88 53 35 .60
Jonathon Niese Jul 4 STL 5.2 25 W 1 1 8 3 1 0 96 62 34 .65
Steven Brault Jul 5 STL 4.0 18 1 2 4 5 2 0 82 51 31 .62
Jeff Locke Jul 6 STL 4.0 21 5 5 8 3 1 1 72 47 25 .65
Tyler Glasnow Jul 7 STL 5.1 21 L 4 4 3 5 2 1 87 55 32 .63
Francisco Liriano Jul 8 @CHC 5.0 24 1 2 3 3 3 0 96 59 37 .61
Chad Kuhl Jul 9 @CHC 2.1 15 4 4 7 1 1 1 55 38 17 .69
Jonathon Niese Jul 10 @CHC 3.2 21 5 5 8 3 2 1 76 46 30 .61
Francisco Liriano Jul 15 WAS 6.0 26 L 3 3 5 5 4 0 98 59 39 .60
Gerrit Cole Jul 16 WAS 4.0 20 L 4 5 7 5 2 0 80 54 26 .68
Chad Kuhl Jul 17 WAS 6.0 19 0 0 1 5 0 0 86 55 31 .64
Jameson Taillon Jul 19 @MIL 6.0 23 1 1 5 3 0 0 65 44 21 .68
Jeff Locke Jul 20 @MIL 3.0 20 L 5 5 7 5 5 0 79 44 35 .56
Francisco Liriano Jul 21 @MIL 6.2 24 W 2 3 4 13 0 1 103 67 36 .65
Gerrit Cole Jul 22 @PHI 6.0 26 L 1 1 6 7 1 0 96 62 34 .65
Tyler Glasnow Jul 23 @PHI 3.0 18 1 2 4 2 3 0 75 41 34 .55
Jameson Taillon Jul 24 @PHI 6.0 24 3 4 7 7 0 2 84 56 28 .67
Francisco Liriano Jul 26 @SEA 3.1 21 L 7 7 8 3 4 2 72 38 34 .53
Gerrit Cole Jul 27 @SEA 9.0 31 W 1 1 3 6 0 0 94 69 25 .73
Steven Brault Jul 29 MIL 6.0 27 L 3 3 7 3 3 1 106 58 48 .55
Jameson Taillon Jul 30 MIL 6.0 24 L 2 2 6 6 0 1 92 64 28 .70
Francisco Liriano Jul 31 MIL 5.0 23 L 4 4 6 7 3 2 91 56 35 .62
Gerrit Cole Aug 2 ATL 5.0 23 W 1 2 7 4 2 0 97 65 32 .67
Jeff Locke Aug 3 ATL 4.1 24 L 5 5 9 1 2 0 86 57 29 .66
Ryan Vogelsong Aug 4 ATL 6.0 22 1 1 3 6 1 0 83 53 30 .64
Jameson Taillon Aug 5 @CIN 6.0 25 1 1 6 6 1 0 102 71 31 .70
Ivan Nova Aug 6 @CIN 7.0 25 W 3 3 6 5 0 2 76 56 20 .74
Gerrit Cole Aug 7 @CIN 5.2 23 L 4 4 3 6 3 0 99 61 38 .62
Chad Kuhl Aug 9 @SDP 6.0 24 W 2 2 5 4 4 0 93 57 36 .61
Ryan Vogelsong Aug 10 @SDP 6.0 22 L 0 2 3 5 1 0 75 46 29 .61
Jameson Taillon Aug 11 @SDP 8.0 28 W 0 0 3 4 2 0 101 58 43 .57
Ivan Nova Aug 12 LAD 5.1 24 W 1 1 9 2 0 0 82 55 27 .67
Gerrit Cole Aug 13 LAD 4.1 27 L 5 6 12 3 0 0 89 60 29 .67
Chad Kuhl Aug 14 LAD 6.0 24 W 2 2 6 5 0 1 102 67 35 .66
Ryan Vogelsong Aug 15 SFG 5.2 28 W 4 4 9 1 3 2 94 60 34 .64
Jameson Taillon Aug 16 SFG 6.0 25 3 3 6 5 1 0 96 69 27 .72
Ivan Nova Aug 17 SFG 4.0 18 4 4 6 5 0 0 62 42 20 .68
Gerrit Cole Aug 19 @MIA 6.2 31 3 3 12 5 3 2 105 68 37 .65
Chad Kuhl Aug 20 @MIA 6.0 23 L 2 3 5 0 0 1 75 49 26 .65
Ryan Vogelsong Aug 21 @MIA 6.0 25 L 1 3 3 5 2 1 96 57 39 .59
Jameson Taillon Aug 22 @HOU 8.0 28 L 2 2 4 8 1 1 99 63 36 .64
Ivan Nova Aug 23 @HOU 9.0 33 W 1 1 6 6 1 0 98 69 29 .70
Gerrit Cole Aug 24 @HOU 5.0 23 L 5 5 7 4 1 1 77 46 31 .60
Chad Kuhl Aug 25 MIL 6.1 25 2 2 5 5 2 1 82 52 30 .63
Ryan Vogelsong Aug 26 MIL 5.1 24 W 2 2 4 6 4 0 93 54 39 .58
Jameson Taillon Aug 27 MIL 3.0 17 5 5 7 3 2 2 57 35 22 .61
Ivan Nova Aug 28 MIL 6.0 21 W 1 1 3 4 0 1 75 54 21 .72
Steven Brault Aug 29 CHC 4.0 21 2 3 5 4 2 0 92 56 36 .61
Chad Kuhl Aug 30 CHC 5.0 21 L 3 3 4 5 2 1 91 58 33 .64
Ryan Vogelsong Aug 31 CHC 5.0 24 L 5 5 6 3 3 1 92 54 38 .59
Jameson Taillon Sep 2 @MIL 6.0 21 L 1 1 3 4 0 0 76 51 25 .67
Ivan Nova Sep 3 @MIL 6.0 24 2 2 5 6 1 1 70 51 19 .73
Steven Brault Sep 4 @MIL 5.0 21 L 1 1 4 5 3 1 84 47 37 .56
Chad Kuhl Sep 5 @STL 2.0 14 L 3 3 4 2 3 0 58 30 28 .52
Ryan Vogelsong Sep 6 @STL 4.0 19 5 5 6 2 1 2 63 40 23 .63
Jameson Taillon Sep 7 @STL 5.0 21 2 2 6 5 1 0 95 62 33 .65
Ivan Nova Sep 8 @CIN 9.0 32 W 1 1 6 4 0 0 94 67 27 .71
Steven Brault Sep 9 @CIN 5.0 22 2 2 5 2 2 0 76 45 31 .59
Drew Hutchison Sep 10 @CIN 4.0 20 4 4 8 3 0 0 73 46 27 .63
Ryan Vogelsong Sep 11 @CIN 4.0 22 L 6 6 7 0 3 0 72 34 38 .47
Gerrit Cole Sep 12 PHI 2.0 13 L 5 5 4 3 4 1 55 29 26 .53
Ivan Nova Sep 13 PHI 6.0 24 1 2 5 11 1 0 92 62 30 .67
Steven Brault Sep 14 PHI 3.2 21 L 3 5 9 3 0 1 62 39 23 .63
Chad Kuhl Sep 15 PHI 6.0 22 W 2 2 4 5 0 0 68 48 20 .71
Ryan Vogelsong Sep 16 CIN 4.2 23 4 6 7 4 2 1 91 55 36 .60
Jameson Taillon Sep 17 CIN 5.0 24 W 3 3 9 2 1 1 79 47 32 .59
Trevor Williams Sep 17 (2) CIN 4.0 16 3 3 5 1 0 2 56 37 19 .66
Ivan Nova Sep 18 CIN 3.0 19 L 4 5 10 2 0 0 56 40 16 .71
Steven Brault Sep 20 MIL 4.0 20 3 3 5 4 2 1 88 53 35 .60
Chad Kuhl Sep 21 MIL 6.0 23 W 1 1 5 6 1 0 95 58 37 .61
Ryan Vogelsong Sep 22 MIL 4.0 15 L 2 2 2 7 2 1 70 45 25 .64
Jameson Taillon Sep 23 @WAS 5.0 22 3 3 6 7 0 1 87 63 24 .72
Ivan Nova Sep 24 @WAS 4.0 23 L 3 6 8 2 0 0 69 46 23 .67
Tyler Glasnow Sep 25 @WAS 3.0 17 3 4 7 5 1 0 67 43 24 .64
Chad Kuhl Sep 26 @CHC 3.0 20 L 5 5 8 3 2 1 84 51 33 .61
Ryan Vogelsong Sep 27 @CHC 5.0 25 L 4 4 4 5 5 0 102 51 51 .50
Jameson Taillon Sep 28 @CHC 6.0 22 W 1 1 1 4 3 1 90 51 39 .57
Ivan Nova Sep 29 @CHC 5.1 20 1 1 4 5 0 0 57 43 14 .75
Tyler Glasnow Sep 30 STL 5.0 19 L 1 1 1 4 4 1 79 42 37 .53
Chad Kuhl Oct 1 STL 5.0 24 2 2 8 5 1 0 80 50 30 .63
Ryan Vogelsong Oct 2 STL 5.0 23 1 1 4 1 3 0 83 52 31 .63