1998 Pittsburgh
Pirates Roster
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MANAGER COACHES PITCHERS
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OUTFIELDERS
DISABLED LIST REASSIGNED
= Named to All-Star team.
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| MANAGER | ||
| #32 Gene Lamont - Manager | ||
| COACHES |
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| #50 Pete Vuckovich - Pitching |
| #23 Lloyd McClendon - Hitting |
| #45 Jack Lind - Third Base |
| #44 Rick Renick - Bench |
| #37 Joe Jones - First Base |
| #54 Spin Williams - Bullpen |
| PITCHERS (12) |
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| #22 Jason Schmidt |
| #36 Javier Martinez |
| #38 Chris Peters |
| #41 Jason Christiansen |
| #48 Sean Lawrence |
| #49 Jeff Tabaka |
| #51 Rich Loiselle |
| #53 Jeff McCurry |
| #57 Todd Van Poppel |
| #64 Mike Williams |
| #67 Francisco Cordova |
| #73 Ricardo Rincon |
| CATCHERS (2) |
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| #18
Jason Kendall |
| #15 Keith Osik |
| INFIELDERS (5) |
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| #2 Kevin Polcovich |
| #5 Tony Womack |
| #6 Lou Collier |
| #14 Freddy Garcia |
| #17 Doug Strange |
| #29 Kevin Young |
| OUTFIELDERS (5) |
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| #11 Jose Guillen |
| #12 Turner Ward |
| #13 Adrian Brown |
| #28 Al Martin |
| #30 Manny Martinez |
| DISABLED LIST (6) |
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| #16 Aramis Ramirez (15-Day) |
| #35 Mark Wilkins (15-Day) |
| #39 Jeff Wallace (Out For Season) |
| #47 Jon Lieber (15-Day) |
| #56 Jose Silva (60-Day) |
| REASSIGNED (12) |
| #7 Ron Wright |
| #10 Abraham Nunez |
| #19 Emil Brown |
| #24 T.J. Staton |
| #26 Jason Philips |
| #31 Chance Sanford |
| #52 Elvin Hernandez |
| #55 Jimmy Anderson |
| #60 Kane Davis |
| #62 Steve Beiser |
| #65 Jose Pett |
| #71 Elmer Dessens |
CORDOVA & RINCON TOSS SEVENTH NO-HITTER IN PIRATES HISTORY
On Sat. July 12,1997, at Three Rivers Stadium in front the first
mid-season sellout (44,119) at Three Rivers Stadium since 1977,
Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon combined to throw the seventh no-
hitter in the 111-year history of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Cordova, a
25-year-old right-handed native of Veracruz, Mexico, held the Houston
Astros hitless for nine innings and his roommate Ricardo Rincon, 27,
also a native of Veracruz pitched a hitless tenth inning to give the
Pirates the win. The game remained scoreless into the ninth as Chris
Holt and Billy Wagner shut Pittsburgh down into extra innings. John
Hudek started the 10th for Houston and struck out Dale Sveum before
walking Jason Kendall. Jose Guillen lined to center, but pinch-hitter
Turner Ward walked and Mark Smith, batting for Rincon, crushed an 0-1
pitch deep over the left-field fence for his third home tun of the
season. The combined no-hitter was the first Pirate no-hitter since
8/9/76, when left-hander John Candelaria held the Dodgers hitless at
Three Rivers in a 2-0 win.
It was the first combined no-hitter in Pirates' history and the
first multiple-pitcher no-no to go extra innings in major league
history. The Astros were no-hit victims for the third time in franchise
history and the first since 1969.
It was the second no-hitter in the majors in 1997 as Kevin Brown of
the Florida Marlins turned the trick at San Francisco on 6/10. It
marked the first time Houston had been held hitless since 4/30/69 when
Jim Maloney of the Reds accomplished the feat at Cincinnati.
It was the first combined no-hitter in the major leagues since
9/11/91 when Kent Mercker (six innings), Mark Wohlers (two) and
Alejandro Pena (one) no-hit the Padres at Fulton-County Stadium.
Other no-hitters in Pittsburgh Pirates history:
DATE BY OPPONENT SITE SCORE
9/20/07 Nicholas Maddox Brooklyn Pittsburgh 2-1
5/6/51 Clifford D. Chambers Boston Boston 3-0
5/26/59 Harvey Haddix Milwaukee Milwaukee 0-1
9/20/69 Bob Moose New York New York 4-0
6/12/70 Dock Ellis San Diego San Diego 2-0
8/9/76 John Candelaria Los Angeles Pittsburgh 2-0