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The Pirates secured one of two NL Wild Card spots, but lost to the Chicago Cubs in the NLWC Game on October 7, eliminating the team from 2015 postseason play. Four members of the 2015 Pirates were selected to represent the National League in the All-Star Game , including pitcher A. J. Burnett for the first time in his career in his final major ...
Pittsburgh Pirates: 98: 64 .605 2 53–28 45–36 Chicago Cubs: 97: 65 .599 3 49–32 ... 2015 AL West standings; Template:2015 AL Wild Card standings;
This was the first postseason meeting between the Cubs and the Pirates. The Pirates and Cubs had finished with the second and third-best records in all of baseball during the 2015 season, with 98 and 97 wins respectively. However, since they were in the same division as the 100-win St. Louis Cardinals, they were slotted into the wild card game.
The night after the 2015 baseball regular season ended. August 4 Detroit Tigers: Dave Dombrowski [7] Al Avila: Fired Avila was the assistant General Manager before being promoted to executive vice president of baseball operations and General Manager. August 11 Milwaukee Brewers: Doug Melvin [8] David Stearns: Resigned
The Cubs shut out the Pirates 4–0 to advance to the NLDS. This was the second straight year the Pirates were shutout in the Wild Card Game. To date, this is the last postseason appearance by the Pirates, who now have the longest active postseason drought amongst National League teams, and the second longest postseason drought in the majors.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have completed 132 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) since joining the National League (NL) in 1887. Through 2018, they have played 20,256 regular season games, winning 10,240 and losing 10,016, for a winning percentage of .506.
On April 6, 2015, the Pirates' loss to the Cincinnati Reds earned the team its 10,000 franchise loss and making the Pirates the first MLB team to reach their 10,000th loss on an Opening Day. [18] On May 9, 2015, the Pirates became the first MLB team to turn a 4–5–4 triple play.
Additionally, Cole becomes the fifth pitcher in Pirates history to notch a dozen wins before the All-Star break. The others are Ken Brett (1974), Dock Ellis (1971), ElRoy Face (1969) and Rip Sewell (1943). [86] July 8 – The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball debuts Rawlings baseballs with red and blue seams in its All-Star Game. Such ...