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Pittsburgh Pirates 12-01-2011
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| Breaking News |  | Monday, November 28th, 2011: Star 1B Signs Pact with Pirates
Pittsburgh fans celebrated as word of a signing became reality. Andy Marte won't be pulling up stakes anytime soon, as he has signed a 3-year extension at a pay rate of $4,660,000 per annum.
Since he is widely seen as an integral part of the club, Pittsburgh officials had to keep Marte from jumping ship.
In his career Marte is batting .252 with a total of 94 home runs.
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 | Wednesday, October 26th, 2011: Red Sox KO's Pirates
"Anticipatin' celebratin'" was the Boston clubhouse slogan for the World Series this year -- and celebrate they did, when they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 in the series.
The Red Sox won the deciding game today 7-0 at Fenway Park for their 9th Major League Baseball crown.
During the 2011 regular season, they registered a 95-67 mark and finished first in the American League Eastern Division race.
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| Thursday, September 22nd, 2011: Pirates Lose Marte for 2 Weeks
The Pittsburgh Pirates will have to make do without Andy Marte for 2 weeks. He suffered a torn hip muscle while running the bases in the game today against the Houston Astros. His teammates, understandably, were upset about losing the first baseman. "That's a tough break for him," one of them said. "But this team is resilient. We will just fill in until he gets back." Marte will miss 2 weeks.
In 2011 Marte is batting .254 with 24 home runs.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | C Victor Martinez | ruptured medial collateral ligament | 6-7 months | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 98-64, .605 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 54-27, .667 PCT | | Record on the road | 44-37, .543 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 12-8, .600 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 29-25, .537 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 34-19, .642 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 64-45, .587 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 14-10, .583 PCT | | Record in May | 20-8, .714 PCT | | Record in June | 16-11, .593 PCT | | Record in July | 12-14, .462 PCT | | Record in August | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in September | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in October | 2-0, 1.000 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .257 - 13th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .335 - 6th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .403 - 11th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .737 - 9th in NL | | Runs Scored | 746 - 8th in NL | | Hits | 1405 - 14th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 455 - 12th in NL | | Home Runs | 160 - 5th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 616 - 2nd in NL | | Strikeouts | 1174 - 10th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 95 - 12th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.24 - 1st in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.28 - 1st in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.32 - 1st in NL | | Runs allowed | 590 - 1st in NL | | Hits allowed | 1331 - 1st in NL | | Opponents AVG | .241 - 1st in NL | | BABIP | .289 - 3rd in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 125 - 1st in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 473 - tied for 6th in NL | | Strikeouts | 1231 - 2nd in NL |
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