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49 Pittsburgh Pirates Directory PITTSBURGH PIRATES BASEBALL CLUB PNC PARK AT NORTH SHORE 115 FEDERAL STREET PITTSBURGH, PA 15212 (412) 323-5000 www.pirates.com EXECUTIVES Chairman ....................................................................................................................................... Bob Nutting President ................................................................................................................................. Frank Coonelly Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer ........................................................... Jim Plake Executive Vice President & PNC Park General Manager .......................................... Dennis DaPra Vice President, Community & Public Affairs .................................................................. Patty Paytas BASEBALL OPERATIONS General Manager ................................................................................................................ Neal Huntington Senior Vice President and General Counsel ............................................................. Larry Silverman Director of Player Personnel ............................................................................................... Doug Strange Special Assistant to the General Manager ..................................................................... Jim Benedict Special Assistant to the General Manager .................................................................. Larry Corrigan Special Assistant to the General Manager ................................................................... Mark DelPiano Special Assistant to the General Manager .................................................................. Jax Robertson Special Assistant to the General Manager ................................................................ Pete Vuckovich Senior Advisor .................................................................................................................................. Bill Lajoie Senior Advisor .......................................................................................................................... Chuck Tanner Director of Scouting ................................................................................................................... Greg Smith Assistant Director of Scouting .......................................................................................... Joe Delli Carri Director of Latin American Scouting .................................................................................... Rene Gayo Director of Player Development .............................................................................................. Kyle Stark Director of Baseball Operations ...................................................................................... Tyrone Brooks Senior Director of Florida Operations ............................................................................ Trevor Gooby Minor League Field Coordinator ......................................................................................... Jeff Banister Minor League Administrator ...................................................................................... Diane DePasquale Minor League Fielding Coordinator ..................................................................... Steve Lombardozzi Minor League Pitching Coordinator ................................................................................. Jim Benedict Minor League Hitting Coordinator ................................................................................... Gregg Ritchie Minor League Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator .................................................... Kimera Bartee Latin American Field Coordinator ................................................................................... Euclides Rojas Minor League Athletic Training Coordinator .............................................................. Carl Randolph Head Conditioning Coordinator ..................................................................................... Bernie Holliday PITTSBURGH PIRATES’ MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT Jim Trdinich, Director of Media Relations 412 - 325 - 4728 [email protected] Dan Hart, Manager of Media Servies 412 - 325 - 4976 [email protected] Media Relations Fax: 412-325-4413 Press Box Phone Numbers: 412-325-4622 and 412-325-4623 Bob Nutting Chairman Frank Coonelly President Neal Huntington General Manager John Russell Manager

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Pittsburgh Pirates DirectoryPITTSBURGH PIRATES BASEBALL CLUB

PNC PARK AT NORTH SHORE115 FEDERAL STREET

PITTSBURGH, PA 15212(412) 323-5000

www.pirates.com

EXECUTIVESChairman .......................................................................................................................................Bob NuttingPresident ................................................................................................................................. Frank CoonellyExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer ........................................................... Jim PlakeExecutive Vice President & PNC Park General Manager ..........................................Dennis DaPraVice President, Community & Public Affairs .................................................................. Patty Paytas

BASEBALL OPERATIONSGeneral Manager ................................................................................................................Neal HuntingtonSenior Vice President and General Counsel .............................................................Larry SilvermanDirector of Player Personnel...............................................................................................Doug StrangeSpecial Assistant to the General Manager ..................................................................... Jim BenedictSpecial Assistant to the General Manager .................................................................. Larry Corrigan Special Assistant to the General Manager ...................................................................Mark DelPianoSpecial Assistant to the General Manager .................................................................. Jax RobertsonSpecial Assistant to the General Manager ................................................................ Pete VuckovichSenior Advisor .................................................................................................................................. Bill LajoieSenior Advisor ..........................................................................................................................Chuck TannerDirector of Scouting ...................................................................................................................Greg SmithAssistant Director of Scouting.......................................................................................... Joe Delli CarriDirector of Latin American Scouting ....................................................................................Rene GayoDirector of Player Development ..............................................................................................Kyle StarkDirector of Baseball Operations ......................................................................................Tyrone BrooksSenior Director of Florida Operations ............................................................................Trevor GoobyMinor League Field Coordinator ......................................................................................... Jeff BanisterMinor League Administrator ...................................................................................... Diane DePasqualeMinor League Fielding Coordinator ..................................................................... Steve LombardozziMinor League Pitching Coordinator ................................................................................. Jim BenedictMinor League Hitting Coordinator ...................................................................................Gregg RitchieMinor League Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator ....................................................Kimera BarteeLatin American Field Coordinator ...................................................................................Euclides RojasMinor League Athletic Training Coordinator ..............................................................Carl RandolphHead Conditioning Coordinator .....................................................................................Bernie Holliday

PITTSBURGH PIRATES’ MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENTJim Trdinich, Director of Media Relations 412 - 325 - 4728 [email protected] Hart, Manager of Media Servies 412 - 325 - 4976 [email protected] Relations Fax: 412-325-4413Press Box Phone Numbers: 412-325-4622 and 412-325-4623

Bob NuttingChairman

Frank CoonellyPresident

Neal HuntingtonGeneral Manager

John RussellManager

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Pirates Developmental Staff

Kyle Stark enters his third season as the Pirates’ Director of Player Development after being named to his position on Nov. 7, 2007. Prior to joining GM Neal Huntington’s staff, the 30-year-old spent four years in Cleveland’s Baseball Operations department. A native of Bradford, PA, Kyle is a 1999 graduate of Ball State University and received a law degree from the University of Toledo in 2002 and a master’s degree in Business Administration from St. Bonaventure University in 2004.

KYLE STARK DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Greg Smith was named the Pirates’ Director of Scouting on Nov. 7, 2007. Smith had spent the last 16 years in scouting, the last 11 coming in the Detroit organi-zation, and the last three as that club’s special assignment scout. Greg was the Tigers’ Scouting Director from 1997-2004, overseeing the draft and international scouting. Smith was also a Padres area scout from 1990-96. As a player, he played three seasons in the Padres’ system after graduating from Vanderbilt.

GREG SMITH DIRECTOR OF SCOUTING

Jeff Banister is in his eighth season as the Pirates’ Minor League Field Coordinator after spending the previous four years as the Field Coordi-nator at the Major League level. The 2010 season marks Banister’s 25th with the Pittsburgh organization. Jeff was originally selected in the 25th round of the 1986 draft. He made his major league debut and only ma-jor league appearance on 7/23/91. Banister was born in Weatherford, OK on 1/15/1965, and currently resides in League City, TX.

JEFF BANISTER FIELD COORDINATOR

Kimera Bartee is in his third season with the Pirates’ organization after three years as a coach at Class-A Delmarva in the Orioles’ system. Bartee played 12 years of pro ball, including 243 games in the major leagues with Detroit (1996-99), Cincinnati (2000), and Colorado (2001). The Omaha, NE native played college baseball at Creighton, where he played in the 1991 College World Series. The 35-year-old was originally selected by Baltimore in the 14th round of the 1993 June Draft.

KIMERA BARTEE OF/BASERUNNING COORDINATOR

Jim Benedict is in his first season as the Pirates Minor League PItching Coordinator after serving as a Special Assistant to General Manager Neil Huntington during the 2009 season. Benedict has served as a Minor League Pitching Coordinator for both the Dodgers and Expos over a 20-year career in professional baseball scouting and coaching. The Burbank, CA native pitched three seasons in the Royals and Braves farm systems from 1984-87.Benedict has also worked in the Indians and Yankees organizations.

JIM BENEDICT SPEC. ASST. TO GM/PITCHING COORDINATOR

Steve Lombardozzi is in his first year as Minor League Infield Coordinator for the Pirates. Lombardozzi played six years in the major leagues with the Twins and Astros, and led all hitters with a .412 average in the Twins’ 1987 World Series victory. Lombardozzi has been coaching youth baseball players of various ages since retiring after the 1990 season. His son, Steve, Jr., was chosen by the Nationals in the 19th round of the 2008 MLB Draft, and earned South Atlantic League All-Star mention in 2009

STEVE LOMBARDOZZI INFIELD COORDINATOR

Gregg Ritchie enters his fifth season with the Pittsburgh Pirates after spending the previous ten years as a hitting coach in the Chicago White Sox system. Ritchie played ten seasons of pro ball in the San Francisco organization, for Monterrey of the Mexican League, in the Texas system, and in Taiwan. He played four seasons at George Wash-ington University, and holds patents for instructional devices such as the “Hitter’s Seat” and “The Pitch.”

GREGG RITCHIE HITTING COORDINATOR

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Pirates Recent Draft HistoryBold Indicates Player Appeared in the New York-Penn League

20091 Tony Sanchez C Boston CollegeS1VictorBlack RHP DallasBaptistUniv.2 BrooksPounders RHP TemeculaValleyHS(CA)3 Evan Chambers OF Hillsborough CC (FL)4 ZackryDodson LHP MedinaValleyHS(TX)5 Nathan Baker LHP Univ. Of Mississippi6 ZacharyVonRosenbergRHP ZacharyHS(LA)7 TrentStevenson RHP BrophyJesuitPrep(AZ)8 ColtonCain LHP WaxahachieHS(TX)9 Brock Holt 2B Rice Univ.10JoeySchoenfeld C SantiagoHS(CA

20081 PedroAlv arez 3B VanderbiltUniv.2 TannerScheppers RHP FresnoStateUniv.3 Jordy Mercer SS Oklahoma State Univ.4 Chase d’Arnaud SS Pepperdine Univ.5 JustinWilson LHP FresnoStateUniv.6 RobbieGrossman CF CypressFairbanksH.S.(TX)7 BenjaminGonzalez SS PuertoRicoBBAcad.8 Jeremy Farrell 3B Univ. of Virginia9 MattHague 3B OklahomaStateUniv.10AndrewGagnon RHP LibertyUnionH.S.(CA)

20071 Daniel Moskos LHP Clemson Univ.2 Duke Welker RHP Univ. of Arkansas3 Brian Friday SS Rice Univ.4 QuincyLatimore OF MiddleCreekH.S.(NC)5 AndrewWalker C TexasChristianUniv.6 MatthewFoust RHP Univ.ofNebraska7 JuanGarcia C PuertoRicoBBAcad.8 Maurice Bankston RHP Texarkana C.C. (TX)9 Anthony Watson LHP Univ. of Nebraska10SeanGiblin RHP PearlRiverH.S.(NY)

20061 BradLincoln RHP Univ.ofHouston2 Mike Felix LHP Troy State3 Shelby Ford 2B Oklahoma State4 Jared Hughes RHP Long Beach State5 Pat Bresnehan RHP Arizona State6 JimNegrych 2B Univ.ofPittsburgh7 AustinMcClune OF EdmondSanteFe(OK)8 Alex Presley OF Univ. of Mississippi9 Steve MacFarland RHP Lamar Univ.10 Charles Benoit LHP Oklahoma State

20051 Andrew McCutchen OF Fort Meade H.S. (FL) 2 Brad Corley OF Mississippi State3 James Boone OF Univ. of Missouri 4 Brent Lillibridge SS Univ. of Washington5 JeffreySues RHP VanderbiltUniv.6 Cameron Blair 2B Texas Tech Univ7 JustinVaclavik RHP Univ.ofHouston8 Steven Pearce 1B Univ. South Carolina9 MarkMoeves RHP NorthKentuckyUniv.10 Derek Antelo RHP Nova Southeastern Univ.

20041 Neil Walker C Pine-Richland H.S. (PA)2 Brian Bixler SS Eastern Michigan Univ.3 Eddie Prasch 3B Milton H.S. (GA)4 Joe Bauserman RHP Lincoln H.S. (FL)5 KyleBloom LHP IllinoisStateUniv.6 A.J. Johnson OF Tallahassee C.C.7 Jason Quarles RHP Southern Univ.8 EricRidener RHP TaravellaH.S.(FL)9 ChristopherCovington OF BrookwoodH.S.(GA)10 Derek Hankins RHP Univ. of Memphis

20031 Paul Maholm LHP Mississippi State2 TomGorzelanny LHP TritonC.C.(IL)3 Steve Lerud C Galena H.S. (NV)4 KylePearson RHP MoselyH.S.(FL)5 Craig Stansberry 2B Rice Univ.6 CarlSmith 1B Univ.ofFlorida7 RussellJohnson RHP BenjaminRussellH.S.(AL)8 SergioSilva RHP Univ.ofthePacific9 KentWulf OF QuartzHillH.S.(CA)10 John Peabody OF Rancho BernardoHS (CA)

20021 BryanBullington RHP BallStateUniv.2 BlairJohnson RHP WashburnRuralH.S.(KS) 3 Taber Lee SS San Diego State4 WardellStarling RHP ElkinsH.S.(TX)5 Alex Hart RHP Univ. of Florida6 Brad Eldred 1B FloridaInternationalUniv.7 MattCapps RHPRobert S. Alexander H.S. (GA)8 RobertKingsbury CF FordhamUniv.9 Joseph Hicks CF Forest Brook H.S. (TX)10 David Davidson LHP Dennis Morris H.S. (ONT)

Afterbeingdraftedinthe7throundin2006,AustinMcClune(above)tiedfortheteamleadinstealswith15.(PhotobyJoshSykes)

Thefourthoverallpickinthe2007Draft,Daniel Moskos(above)pitchedin11gamesfortheSpikesthatyear,pickinguphisfirstsaveasaprofessionalintheprocess(PhotobyJoshSykes)

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Pirates Affiliates

INTERNATIONALLEAGUEWestern Division Standings

W L PCT GBLouisville* 88 56 .611 -Toledo 75 69 .52113.0Columbus 69 73 .48618.0INDIANAPOLIS 68 76 .47220.0

* Clinched Playoff Berth

2008PlayoffResultsDidNotQualify

2008 Team Leaders(Min.300PAor75IPforAvgandERA)

AVG: NyjerMorgan-.298HR: NeilWalker-16RBI: NeilWalker-80RUNS: AndrewMcCutchen-75HITS: AndrewMcCutchen-1452B: AndrewMcCutchen-26 StevePearce-263B: NeilWalker-7SB: NyjerMorgan-44GAMES: AndrewMcCutchen-135

W: DanielMcCutchen-7 JohnVanBenschoten-7L: 3tiedwith9apieceSV: JesseChavez-14ERA: EvanMeek-2.40IP: BryanBullington-118.1SO: DanielMcCutchen-99GAMES: JesseChavez-51CG: DanielMcCutchen-2

2008IndianapolisIndiansNotebook•TheIndianskeptgamesclose,playinginaMinorLeague-high57one-rungames,butendeduplastintheInternationalLeagueWestundermanagerTrentJewett.•3BNeil WalkerwasnamedtheIndians’MVPafterleadingtheteamwith16homersand80RBIinhisfirstyearattheTriple-Alevel.Walkeralsomadeseveralspectacularfieldingplaysinhisfirstfullseasonmanningthehotcorner.•1B/OFSteve PearcecontinuedhisrapidascentupthePirates’ladder,hitting.320in34gamesbeforeaSeptembercalluptotheBucs.•Andrew McCutchen solidifiedhisstatusasoneofthetopprospectsinthePirates’system,playinginboththeTriple-AAll-StarGame(wherehewasnamedtheMostOutstandingPlayer)andtheMajorLeagueFuturesGame.• Nyjer MorganelectrifiedthebasepathsforIndyin2008,stealing44basestoplacesecondintheIL,andtyingateamrecordwithfivestealsinonegameonAugust15.

President:MaxB.Schumacher AffiliateSince:2005 General Manager: CarlBurleson LastPlayoffAppearance:2005 Media Contact: BrianBosma LastILTitle:2000

FrankKremblasManager

JeffBransonHittingCoach

Ray SearagePitchingCoach

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President:MaxB.Schumacher AffiliateSince:2005 General Manager: CalBurleson LastPlayoffAppearance:2005 Media Contact: BrianBosma LastILTitle:2000

Managing Members:Bob&JoanLozinak AffiliateSince:1999General Manager: RobEgan LastPlayoffAppearance:2006Media Contact: DanZangrilli Last EL Title: None

Owned By:PittsburghPirates AffiliateSince:2010General Manager: DanWolfert LastPlayoffAppearance:NoneMedia Contact: JoelGodett Last FSL Title: None

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Exec. Vice Pres.:AndyMilovich AffiliateSince:2009 VP of Sales: JoePayne LastPlayoffAppearance:2008 Media Contact: AdamMarco Last SAL Title: 1990

Ownership: PittsburghPirates AffiliateSince:1964 Director of Florida Ops: TrevorGooby LastPlayoffAppearance:2003 Media Contact: TrevorGooby Last GCL Title: N/A

Spikes AwardsIn 2007, the State College Spikes began presentingawards for the Spikes’ Player of the Year and the Spikes’ Pitcher of the Year. Starting in 2009, the Spikes Booster Club pre-sented the Spikes Leadership Award. The awards are presented annually on or around

the Spikes’ home finale.

Player of the Year2007 - Justin Byler

2008 - Chase d’Arnaud2009 - Brock Holt

Pitcher of the Year2007 - Tony Watson2008 - Alan Knotts

2009 - Kyle McPherson

Spikes Leadership Award2009 - David Rubinstein

Byler

d’Arnaud

Watson

Knotts

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Pirates Retired Numbers

1 4 8 billy meyer

1948 - 1952

ralph kiner

1946 - 1953

willie

stargell

1962- 1982

11 20 21 33 paul waner

1926 - 1940

pie traynor

1920 - 1937

roberto

clemente

1955 - 1972

honus wagner

1900 - 1917

9bill

mazeroski

1956 - 1972

40danny murtaugh

1957 - 1976

42jackie robinson

1947 - 1956

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2009 Pirates Organizational ReviewFormer Spikes in italics

Composite RecordThe Pirates’ six American minor league affiliates combined for a 384-447 record and a .486 winning percentage. The Lynchburg Hillcats took the first half crown in the Carolina League’s Northern Division, and went on to win the Mills Cup playoffs. W L PCT Finish Indianapolis Indians (AAA) 70 73 .490 3rd, West Altoona Curve (AA) 62 80 .437 6th, Southern Lynchburg Hillcats (A+) 73 66 .525 3rd, Northern West Virginia Power (A) 67 70 .489 4th, Northern State College Spikes (A) 38 38 .500 3rd, Pinckney GCL Pirates (R) 29 31 .483 5th, North

All-Star Game Selections Indianapolis Indians - Chris Bootcheck, Erik Kratz Altoona Curve - Jason Delaney, Brian Friday, Danny Moskos Lynchburg Hillcats - Miles Durham, Kris Watts, R.J. Rodriguez West Virginia Power - Calvin Anderson, Chase d’Arnaud, Rudy Owens State College Spikes - Zach Foster, Brock Holt, Phillip Irwin MLB Futures Game - Pedro Alvarez, Brad Lincoln (U.S. Team)

Players of the Week Indianapolis Indians - Lastings Milledge (July 13-20), Eric Hacker (August 3-10), Daniel McCutchen (August 10-17), Brian Myrow (August 24-31) Altoona Curve - none Lynchburg Hillcats - Rudy Owens (August 3-10), Matt McSwain (August 17-24) West Virginia Power - Quincy Latimore (May 4-11), Rudy Owens (June 15-22 and June 29-July 6), Tony Sanchez (August 10-17), Kyle Morgan (August 24-31) State College Spikes - Aaron Baker (August 24-31)

League Leaders Indianapolis Indians - Brian Myrow (On-Base Percentage) Altoona Curve - Michael Crotta (Games Started) Lynchburg Hillcats - Jordy Mercer (Doubles and Sacrifice Flies), Kris Watts (On-Base Percentage), Alex Presley (Triples) R.J. Rodriguez (Saves), Jeff Locke (Games Started), R.J. Rodriguez (Games Finished), Matt McSwain (Complete Games, Shutouts and Hits Allowed), Chris Cullen (Holds) West Virginia Power - none State College Spikes - Aaron Baker (Triples), Evan Chambers (Bases on Balls), Justin Byler (Grounded Into Double Play) GCL Pirates - Gift Ngoepe (Sacrifice Hits and Caught Stealing)

Miscellaneous Honors Indianapolis Indians - Erik Kratz was named the MVP of the Triple-A All-Star Game; Kratz was also named to the International League postseason All-Star Team at catcher Lynchburg Hillcats - R.J. Rodriguez was named to the Carolina League postseason All-Star Team at relief pitcher West Virginia Power - Rudy Owens was named the South Atlantic League’s Outstanding Pitcher, and was named to the South Atlantic League postseason All-Star Team as the left-handed pitcher