1997 Pittsburgh Pirates Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Jon Lieber Apr 1 SFG 5.2 23 1 2 5 2 1 0 93 56 37 .60
Steve Cooke Apr 3 SFG 3.0 17 L 4 4 5 3 4 1 66 34 32 .52
Esteban Loaiza Apr 4 LAD 6.0 24 1 2 4 3 1 0 87 49 38 .56
Francisco Cordova Apr 5 LAD 7.0 27 W 1 1 6 4 0 0 90 61 29 .68
Jason Schmidt Apr 6 LAD 6.0 27 1 3 7 3 3 0 94 59 35 .63
Jon Lieber Apr 7 SDP 7.0 27 1 1 5 8 0 1 92 64 28 .70
Steve Cooke Apr 8 SDP 7.0 24 W 0 0 1 3 1 0 73 49 24 .67
Esteban Loaiza Apr 9 SDP 7.1 28 W 1 1 5 4 1 0 101 66 35 .65
Francisco Cordova Apr 11 @LAD 7.0 27 L 3 3 6 2 1 1 75 47 28 .63
Jason Schmidt Apr 13 @LAD 2.0 15 L 6 6 5 1 4 0 65 34 31 .52
Jon Lieber Apr 15 @SDP 7.0 28 1 1 6 5 2 1 104 67 37 .64
Steve Cooke Apr 16 @SDP 4.2 23 L 3 6 3 1 5 1 89 51 38 .57
Esteban Loaiza Apr 17 @CIN 7.0 30 W 1 1 6 7 1 0 108 72 36 .67
Francisco Cordova Apr 18 @CIN 7.0 29 L 1 3 7 2 1 1 92 58 34 .63
Jason Schmidt Apr 19 @CIN 5.0 26 4 4 6 3 5 0 102 60 42 .59
Jon Lieber Apr 20 @CIN 7.0 31 W 1 3 8 4 3 0 110 67 43 .61
Steve Cooke Apr 21 @PHI 7.0 29 L 4 4 8 0 1 1 90 54 36 .60
Esteban Loaiza Apr 23 @PHI 7.2 36 2 2 7 4 6 0 122 74 48 .61
Francisco Cordova Apr 24 CHC 6.2 29 1 1 5 3 4 0 97 61 36 .63
Jon Lieber Apr 25 CHC 4.0 22 L 4 4 9 1 2 0 52 33 19 .63
Steve Cooke Apr 26 CHC 3.2 21 4 4 8 4 2 1 82 49 33 .60
Jason Schmidt Apr 27 CHC 6.2 28 W 0 0 3 3 5 0 119 66 53 .55
Esteban Loaiza Apr 28 PHI 6.1 28 2 3 9 3 1 0 90 58 32 .64
Francisco Cordova Apr 29 PHI 4.1 19 1 1 4 3 0 0 61 44 17 .72
Jon Lieber Apr 30 @SFG 5.0 23 L 5 5 7 7 1 1 71 53 18 .75
Steve Cooke May 1 @SFG 6.1 29 W 2 2 7 6 2 0 114 65 49 .57
Jason Schmidt May 2 ATL 7.0 29 2 2 5 5 3 1 108 67 41 .62
Esteban Loaiza May 3 ATL 8.0 27 W 0 0 4 3 2 0 95 56 39 .59
Francisco Cordova May 4 ATL 6.0 25 L 1 3 5 2 2 0 74 48 26 .65
Jon Lieber May 5 FLA 7.0 27 L 1 3 6 2 1 0 81 49 32 .60
Steve Cooke May 6 FLA 6.2 24 W 0 0 3 2 2 0 100 57 43 .57
Jason Schmidt May 7 COL 3.1 13 0 0 5 2 0 0 39 24 15 .62
Esteban Loaiza May 8 COL 5.2 28 W 6 6 11 2 2 1 92 53 39 .58
Francisco Cordova May 9 @ATL 9.0 34 W 0 0 7 8 4 0 119 77 42 .65
Jon Lieber May 10 @ATL 3.0 18 L 7 7 7 5 2 3 68 38 30 .56
Steve Cooke May 11 @ATL 4.0 22 L 3 3 7 2 4 0 74 42 32 .57
Jason Schmidt May 12 @ATL 4.2 27 L 9 9 10 3 2 1 109 62 47 .57
Esteban Loaiza May 14 @COL 5.0 23 6 6 6 3 2 0 83 47 36 .57
Francisco Cordova May 15 @COL 8.0 31 W 1 3 9 5 0 0 111 71 40 .64
Jon Lieber May 16 @FLA 7.1 31 L 3 3 6 6 4 0 110 68 42 .62
Steve Cooke May 17 @FLA 2.2 15 L 4 4 8 0 0 0 56 37 19 .66
Jason Schmidt May 18 @FLA 7.0 30 2 2 6 4 3 0 98 60 38 .61
Esteban Loaiza May 20 STL 7.0 30 L 2 2 6 6 4 1 88 52 36 .59
Francisco Cordova May 21 STL 6.0 26 2 2 9 4 0 0 86 61 25 .71
Jon Lieber May 22 MON 6.0 24 W 3 3 6 7 1 2 73 51 22 .70
Steve Cooke May 23 MON 6.2 27 L 1 2 5 3 2 0 103 61 42 .59
Jason Schmidt May 24 MON 5.0 25 L 5 5 8 5 1 0 87 55 32 .63
Esteban Loaiza May 25 MON 6.0 26 3 3 7 5 3 1 100 66 34 .66
Francisco Cordova May 26 @CHC 7.0 27 L 2 2 5 5 2 1 87 52 35 .60
Jon Lieber May 27 @CHC 5.1 24 L 6 6 7 5 1 1 91 57 34 .63
Steve Cooke May 28 @CHC 7.0 26 W 0 1 5 6 1 0 96 58 38 .60
Jason Schmidt May 30 @MON 4.1 19 2 2 3 5 2 0 81 51 30 .63
Esteban Loaiza May 31 @MON 7.0 27 L 4 4 6 1 0 2 74 53 21 .72
Francisco Cordova Jun 1 @MON 6.0 27 W 2 2 9 6 1 0 101 65 36 .64
Jon Lieber Jun 2 CHC 6.0 23 L 2 2 4 5 1 1 76 52 24 .68
Steve Cooke Jun 3 CHC 7.1 27 W 1 1 5 5 1 1 93 65 28 .70
Jason Schmidt Jun 4 @STL 1.0 7 L 2 2 3 2 0 1 24 17 7 .71
Esteban Loaiza Jun 5 @STL 8.0 29 W 2 2 7 4 0 0 105 68 37 .65
Francisco Cordova Jun 6 @PHI 7.1 31 3 3 7 4 2 0 102 62 40 .61
Jon Lieber Jun 7 @PHI 6.0 24 W 2 2 5 4 1 0 98 65 33 .66
Steve Cooke Jun 8 @PHI 6.0 25 L 3 3 7 3 2 0 91 58 33 .64
Jason Schmidt Jun 10 CIN 5.0 24 2 2 7 4 2 0 87 49 38 .56
Esteban Loaiza Jun 11 CIN 6.1 27 L 2 2 6 3 2 0 94 61 33 .65
Francisco Cordova Jun 13 @KCR 6.2 26 W 3 3 7 4 1 1 92 60 32 .65
Jon Lieber Jun 14 @KCR 5.1 24 L 4 5 6 5 2 1 97 61 36 .63
Steve Cooke Jun 15 @KCR 1.2 11 L 3 3 3 1 2 0 34 16 18 .47
Jason Schmidt Jun 16 MIN 7.0 28 W 4 4 6 8 1 0 106 67 39 .63
Esteban Loaiza Jun 17 MIN 4.2 25 L 7 7 10 5 2 0 92 60 32 .65
Francisco Cordova Jun 18 MIN 4.0 21 L 6 6 6 3 2 0 69 42 27 .61
Jon Lieber Jun 19 NYM 2.1 14 4 4 7 0 0 0 36 25 11 .69
Steve Cooke Jun 20 NYM 6.0 27 L 1 1 7 2 4 0 96 59 37 .61
Jason Schmidt Jun 21 NYM 7.0 25 1 1 4 3 1 1 91 60 31 .66
Esteban Loaiza Jun 22 NYM 3.0 17 4 4 8 3 0 1 61 37 24 .61
Francisco Cordova Jun 23 HOU 9.0 31 W 0 0 2 5 2 0 100 65 35 .65
Jon Lieber Jun 24 HOU 7.0 28 W 0 1 3 5 5 0 108 66 42 .61
Steve Cooke Jun 25 HOU 7.0 31 0 1 6 6 4 0 None None None None
Jason Schmidt Jun 27 @NYM 9.0 34 W 1 1 5 9 2 1 131 85 46 .65
Esteban Loaiza Jun 28 @NYM 6.0 25 L 3 3 6 5 3 0 97 57 40 .59
Francisco Cordova Jun 29 @NYM 7.0 29 4 5 7 3 1 2 85 53 32 .62
Jon Lieber Jun 30 @CWS 9.0 32 W 1 1 5 10 2 0 108 68 40 .63
Steve Cooke Jul 1 @CWS 8.0 30 W 0 0 5 8 2 0 115 68 47 .59
Jason Schmidt Jul 2 @CWS 9.0 32 W 1 1 5 10 1 0 130 92 38 .71
Esteban Loaiza Jul 3 STL 6.0 26 W 2 2 7 5 1 0 83 60 23 .72
Francisco Cordova Jul 4 STL 7.0 34 5 5 9 2 4 1 109 69 40 .63
Jon Lieber Jul 5 STL 6.0 26 W 2 2 6 4 2 0 86 52 34 .60
Steve Cooke Jul 6 STL 7.0 32 W 2 2 7 4 4 0 97 54 43 .56
Jason Schmidt Jul 10 @HOU 4.0 23 L 4 7 9 2 2 0 82 52 30 .63
Esteban Loaiza Jul 11 @HOU 6.0 29 L 3 5 8 2 1 0 89 58 31 .65
Francisco Cordova Jul 12 @HOU 9.0 30 0 0 0 10 2 0 121 75 46 .62
Jon Lieber Jul 13 @HOU 5.1 22 3 3 4 6 2 0 78 49 29 .63
Steve Cooke Jul 14 @NYM 7.0 30 2 2 7 5 2 1 91 62 29 .68
Jason Schmidt Jul 15 @NYM 7.0 28 3 3 6 3 2 1 100 67 33 .67
Esteban Loaiza Jul 16 @CIN 4.2 23 L 6 7 9 4 0 2 89 61 28 .69
Francisco Cordova Jul 17 @CIN 2.0 14 L 7 7 8 2 0 0 47 32 15 .68
Jon Lieber Jul 18 PHI 5.1 24 L 4 4 6 6 2 0 113 73 40 .65
Steve Cooke Jul 19 PHI 6.0 28 W 3 3 10 5 2 0 104 64 40 .62
Jason Schmidt Jul 20 PHI 6.0 26 L 2 3 3 5 4 0 109 66 43 .61
Esteban Loaiza Jul 21 PHI 6.0 27 W 2 2 7 3 3 0 122 72 50 .59
Francisco Cordova Jul 22 SDP 7.1 26 0 0 4 5 2 0 121 69 52 .57
Jon Lieber Jul 23 SDP 1.1 11 L 6 6 6 1 1 1 33 22 11 .67
Steve Cooke Jul 24 SDP 3.0 18 5 5 6 4 3 2 64 35 29 .55
Jason Schmidt Jul 25 SFG 7.0 29 W 1 2 5 6 4 1 125 79 46 .63
Esteban Loaiza Jul 26 SFG 5.0 24 W 3 3 5 6 2 1 91 60 31 .66
Jose Silva Jul 27 SFG 4.1 23 5 5 10 4 1 1 90 56 34 .62
Francisco Cordova Jul 27 (2) SFG 8.0 35 W 6 6 11 9 0 2 115 81 34 .70
Jon Lieber Jul 28 LAD 6.0 27 L 4 4 7 4 2 1 99 63 36 .64
Steve Cooke Jul 29 LAD 7.0 31 L 1 3 7 3 3 0 107 66 41 .62
Jason Schmidt Jul 31 @COL 8.0 32 W 1 1 6 5 4 1 106 67 39 .63
Esteban Loaiza Aug 1 @COL 4.2 24 4 5 8 0 1 1 73 48 25 .66
Francisco Cordova Aug 2 @COL 7.0 28 W 1 1 7 3 1 1 97 63 34 .65
Jon Lieber Aug 3 @COL 6.0 25 3 3 7 7 1 2 91 61 30 .67
Steve Cooke Aug 4 @ATL 5.0 26 L 5 5 6 4 4 1 105 58 47 .55
Jason Schmidt Aug 5 @ATL 7.0 27 W 4 4 5 5 1 1 94 64 30 .68
Esteban Loaiza Aug 6 @FLA 0.0 7 L 3 4 5 0 1 0 29 16 13 .55
Francisco Cordova Aug 7 @FLA 1.0 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 23 12 11 .52
Jon Lieber Aug 8 COL 6.0 31 L 5 5 10 5 4 0 105 63 42 .60
Steve Cooke Aug 9 COL 0.1 5 3 3 2 0 2 2 20 9 11 .45
Jason Schmidt Aug 10 COL 6.0 32 7 7 11 6 3 1 113 72 41 .64
Esteban Loaiza Aug 12 ATL 6.2 29 2 2 8 7 2 0 108 71 37 .66
Jon Lieber Aug 13 ATL 6.1 27 W 1 1 5 6 2 0 95 58 37 .61
Jason Schmidt Aug 15 FLA 6.1 31 3 3 6 3 5 1 101 60 41 .59
Francisco Cordova Aug 16 FLA 5.2 27 W 3 3 6 3 5 0 101 55 46 .54
Steve Cooke Aug 17 FLA 5.0 24 L 6 6 7 5 3 1 91 52 39 .57
Esteban Loaiza Aug 18 FLA 6.0 26 W 1 2 7 3 1 1 84 53 31 .63
Jon Lieber Aug 19 @SDP 7.0 27 W 2 2 5 6 2 0 104 71 33 .68
Jason Schmidt Aug 20 @SDP 8.1 33 W 3 3 6 5 4 0 131 81 50 .62
Francisco Cordova Aug 21 @SDP 3.1 20 L 6 6 6 4 4 1 75 41 34 .55
Steve Cooke Aug 22 @SFG 6.2 27 W 0 2 6 2 3 0 97 53 44 .55
Esteban Loaiza Aug 23 @SFG 6.0 25 W 3 3 7 3 2 2 96 60 36 .63
Jon Lieber Aug 24 @SFG 6.1 26 3 4 8 4 0 1 90 63 27 .70
Jason Schmidt Aug 25 @LAD 4.1 25 L 8 8 10 2 2 1 93 53 40 .57
Chris Peters Aug 25 (2) @LAD 7.0 27 0 3 6 2 1 0 92 55 37 .60
Jose Silva Aug 26 @LAD 7.0 33 4 4 10 3 2 0 123 77 46 .63
Steve Cooke Aug 27 @LAD 1.0 11 L 4 5 5 0 2 0 31 14 17 .45
Esteban Loaiza Aug 29 MIL 7.0 29 L 4 4 6 3 3 0 101 64 37 .63
Jon Lieber Aug 30 MIL 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 7 1 0 99 65 34 .66
Jason Schmidt Aug 31 MIL 7.0 28 2 2 7 5 1 1 113 72 41 .64
Steve Cooke Sep 1 @CLE 3.0 18 L 2 6 6 1 2 1 61 36 25 .59
Jose Silva Sep 2 @CLE 6.1 31 W 2 3 9 3 4 1 111 76 35 .68
Esteban Loaiza Sep 3 @CLE 6.0 24 L 6 6 6 5 0 3 86 58 28 .67
Jon Lieber Sep 4 CIN 4.0 18 L 5 5 6 3 0 3 64 42 22 .66
Jason Schmidt Sep 5 CIN 5.1 28 3 6 8 4 2 2 80 51 29 .64
Francisco Cordova Sep 6 CIN 5.0 24 W 4 4 9 5 2 0 72 48 24 .67
Steve Cooke Sep 7 CIN 4.1 20 2 2 5 3 1 0 72 44 28 .61
Esteban Loaiza Sep 9 MON 6.0 24 2 2 6 1 0 0 82 54 28 .66
Jon Lieber Sep 10 MON 4.0 20 L 5 5 6 2 2 2 59 40 19 .68
Jason Schmidt Sep 12 @CHC 8.0 29 W 1 1 6 5 0 0 109 74 35 .68
Francisco Cordova Sep 13 @CHC 4.1 18 L 3 4 7 3 0 0 51 39 12 .76
Steve Cooke Sep 14 @CHC 6.2 28 2 2 5 7 1 0 112 74 38 .66
Esteban Loaiza Sep 15 @MON 6.1 29 1 1 7 5 3 0 97 58 39 .60
Jon Lieber Sep 16 @MON 7.2 30 W 2 2 6 7 0 1 84 61 23 .73
Jason Schmidt Sep 17 @HOU 3.0 15 L 5 5 6 2 1 1 62 37 25 .60
Francisco Cordova Sep 18 @HOU 6.0 21 W 2 2 2 4 1 1 76 48 28 .63
Steve Cooke Sep 19 @STL 5.0 22 5 5 7 4 1 2 87 47 40 .54
Esteban Loaiza Sep 20 @STL 9.0 35 W 1 1 6 7 1 0 121 83 38 .69
Jon Lieber Sep 21 @STL 8.0 29 W 2 2 4 10 1 1 107 70 37 .65
Jason Schmidt Sep 22 @STL 7.0 27 W 1 1 4 4 5 0 113 66 47 .58
Francisco Cordova Sep 23 NYM 5.0 22 3 3 3 7 4 1 102 54 48 .53
Steve Cooke Sep 24 NYM 5.2 28 L 5 5 5 7 5 0 101 53 48 .52
Esteban Loaiza Sep 26 HOU 7.0 28 L 1 2 3 5 3 1 103 65 38 .63
Jason Schmidt Sep 27 HOU 4.1 23 L 6 6 7 4 1 0 None None None None
Jose Silva Sep 28 HOU 5.0 25 2 3 8 2 2 1 86 54 32 .63