- 1984 - SS Tim Foli, OF Steve Kemp and cash were sent to the Pirates by the NY Yankees in exchange for SS Dale Berra, OF Jay Buhner and LHP Alfonso Pulido. Buhner went on to have a 15 year career with 310 homers, mostly with Seattle, while not much else was gotten out of the other guys involved in the deal.
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| Steve Kemp 1985 Fleer Update |
- 1988 - Big day for the Bucco bank account - the team announced that the Pirates posted an operating profit of $2,850,660 during the 1988 season, the first time since 1971 the Bucs ended the year in the black. The team set a club home attendance record of 1,866,713, an increase of more than 700,000 over the previous year. Pittsburgh had an operating loss of $1,756,838 in 1987.
- 1990 - C Don Slaught avoided arbitration and signed a three year/$3M deal with the Pirates. Slaught would remain with the Pirates through the 1995 season and put together a .305 BA in that time, used mostly as a platoon catcher.
- 2001 - In a minor deal, the Bucs sent RHP Jose Silva (one day after his birthday) to the Reds for minor league RHP Ben Shaffar. Silva pitched one more year in the big leagues while Shaffar never made it to the show.
- 2002 - RHP Chris Young and minor leaguer Jon Searles were traded to the Montreal Expos for RHP Matt Herges. The 6’10” Young, a third round pick of the Bucs in 2000, went on to win 32 games between 2005-07 and landed an All-Star berth before injuries threw a series of speed bumps at his career, while the Pirates cut Herges in spring training. He went on to make over 350 more appearances in the next six years as a journeyman middle reliever. Herges was claimed by the Padres, so they got Young for Searles for free.
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| Jack led the arb list - 2005 Donruss Diamond Kings |
- 2004 - The Pirates tendered all seven of their arb-eligible players: SS Jack Wilson, OF/1B Craig Wilson, 1B Daryle Ward, UT Rob Mackowiak, and P’s Josh Fogg, Kip Wells and Brian Meadows. All seven played for the Bucs throughout 2005. They had signed RHP Salomon Torres earlier in the off season to a two year/$2.6M deal to avoid arbitration.
- 2011 - The Bucs took a chance with RHP Ryota Igarashi, the fastest pitcher in Japan with a 98-MPH heater with two years as a Met under his belt, by signing him to a minor league deal with an invite to camp. He was send to the minors in March and told the media he was “shocked” by the demotion (even though he had surrendered nine runs in 9-⅓ spring innings). The Bucs sold their disgruntled reliever to the Toronto Blue Jays the next day; he eventually returned to Japan. The Pirates also inked Jeff Clements to the non-roster invitee list. He started at Indy and made it to Pittsburgh in late August, but hit just .136 to end his Buccaneer days.
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