1998 Pittsburgh Pirates Starters
(69-93) 
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Francisco Cordova Apr 1 MON 7.0 24 W 0 0 3 5 2 0 None None None None
Jason Schmidt Apr 2 MON 6.0 26 W 3 3 7 5 1 2 None None None None
Esteban Loaiza Apr 3 NYM 6.0 22 1 1 3 1 2 0 None None None None
Jon Lieber Apr 4 NYM 5.1 22 2 2 6 2 1 1 90 58 32 .64
Jose Silva Apr 5 NYM 6.0 28 L 4 5 10 3 3 0 None None None None
Francisco Cordova Apr 6 NYM 7.0 26 W 2 2 5 8 1 0 None None None None
Jason Schmidt Apr 7 @ATL 4.0 19 L 4 5 7 3 0 2 61 38 23 .62
Esteban Loaiza Apr 8 @ATL 8.0 31 W 3 3 5 3 2 2 91 64 27 .70
Jon Lieber Apr 9 @ATL 7.0 27 L 4 4 5 8 4 2 97 65 32 .67
Jose Silva Apr 10 @FLA 7.0 26 W 1 1 4 4 1 0 92 58 34 .63
Francisco Cordova Apr 11 @FLA 5.2 27 3 4 5 4 4 0 99 54 45 .55
Jason Schmidt Apr 12 @FLA 7.0 29 W 3 3 5 5 3 2 107 61 46 .57
Esteban Loaiza Apr 13 @FLA 2.1 14 L 6 6 4 0 2 1 60 30 30 .50
Jon Lieber Apr 14 ATL 6.0 27 L 6 6 6 5 4 3 115 65 50 .57
Jose Silva Apr 15 ATL 4.2 28 L 6 6 11 5 4 1 89 53 36 .60
Francisco Cordova Apr 16 ATL 4.2 22 L 2 3 7 2 1 0 74 46 28 .62
Jason Schmidt Apr 17 @SDP 5.0 22 5 5 5 2 2 0 76 48 28 .63
Esteban Loaiza Apr 18 @SDP 4.0 19 2 2 8 2 1 1 57 36 21 .63
Jon Lieber Apr 21 @SFG 5.0 26 L 6 6 10 4 1 2 77 50 27 .65
Jose Silva Apr 22 @SFG 6.0 24 W 0 2 6 8 0 0 78 51 27 .65
Francisco Cordova Apr 23 @SFG 9.0 32 W 0 0 5 8 1 0 100 65 35 .65
Jason Schmidt Apr 24 SDP 7.0 25 W 2 2 5 6 0 0 102 69 33 .68
Esteban Loaiza Apr 25 SDP 5.0 23 3 3 8 2 2 1 79 50 29 .63
Jon Lieber Apr 26 SDP 8.0 28 W 0 0 3 8 2 0 105 58 47 .55
Jose Silva Apr 27 SFG 6.0 24 2 2 4 3 4 0 93 50 43 .54
Francisco Cordova Apr 28 SFG 7.0 28 L 2 2 6 1 1 2 None None None None
Jason Schmidt Apr 30 @LAD 6.0 29 5 5 12 2 1 0 106 67 39 .63
Esteban Loaiza May 1 @LAD 5.0 23 3 4 8 2 0 0 74 52 22 .70
Jon Lieber May 2 @LAD 5.0 24 L 4 5 8 3 0 0 74 47 27 .64
Jose Silva May 3 @LAD 1.0 10 L 5 5 6 1 2 0 35 20 15 .57
Francisco Cordova May 5 @STL 6.1 26 W 2 2 5 1 3 1 82 48 34 .59
Jason Schmidt May 6 @STL 7.0 27 W 0 0 2 7 3 0 120 65 55 .54
Esteban Loaiza May 7 @CIN 6.0 27 6 6 8 6 2 2 102 66 36 .65
Jon Lieber May 8 @CIN 6.2 26 2 2 4 9 3 0 89 57 32 .64
Jose Silva May 9 @CIN 6.1 25 W 1 1 5 6 2 0 101 66 35 .65
Francisco Cordova May 10 @CIN 8.0 27 2 3 3 5 0 1 96 62 34 .65
Jason Schmidt May 11 @COL 7.0 29 W 2 2 7 5 2 0 128 85 43 .66
Esteban Loaiza May 12 @COL 7.2 29 W 0 0 4 2 3 0 116 73 43 .63
Jon Lieber May 13 HOU 8.0 33 L 1 1 7 6 3 0 111 69 42 .62
Jose Silva May 14 HOU 7.0 25 W 2 2 5 5 0 1 105 71 34 .68
Francisco Cordova May 15 ARI 6.0 28 L 3 3 10 2 1 1 95 58 37 .61
Jason Schmidt May 16 ARI 5.2 22 W 1 2 6 5 1 1 90 53 37 .59
Esteban Loaiza May 17 ARI 4.1 25 L 5 6 8 4 3 1 101 61 40 .60
Jon Lieber May 18 ARI 6.0 29 L 5 5 10 1 1 2 86 59 27 .69
Jose Silva May 19 @SDP 8.0 28 W 0 0 4 4 1 0 99 63 36 .64
Francisco Cordova May 20 @SDP 8.1 31 W 2 2 6 6 0 0 110 71 39 .65
Chris Peters May 20 (2) @SDP 5.0 22 L 4 4 5 5 3 1 96 51 45 .53
Jason Schmidt May 21 @SDP 8.0 30 W 2 2 6 6 2 0 122 77 45 .63
Esteban Loaiza May 22 FLA 5.0 23 L 3 3 8 0 1 0 84 53 31 .63
Jon Lieber May 23 FLA 7.0 29 W 3 4 5 5 2 0 114 68 46 .60
Jose Silva May 24 FLA 7.1 29 1 3 6 4 0 0 85 60 25 .71
Francisco Cordova May 26 MIL 6.0 25 1 1 7 8 1 0 87 54 33 .62
Jason Schmidt May 27 MIL 7.0 29 2 2 9 3 1 0 98 66 32 .67
Jon Lieber May 29 @MON 6.0 25 L 4 4 7 4 0 3 77 57 20 .74
Jose Silva May 30 @MON 5.0 25 7 7 8 2 2 1 84 49 35 .58
Francisco Cordova May 31 @MON 7.0 28 W 2 2 7 3 0 1 95 65 30 .68
Jason Schmidt Jun 1 @NYM 8.0 33 W 2 3 6 8 3 1 128 78 50 .61
Chris Peters Jun 2 @NYM 5.0 20 W 2 2 4 2 1 1 75 42 33 .56
Jon Lieber Jun 3 @NYM 8.0 30 W 0 0 4 7 1 0 114 73 41 .64
Jose Silva Jun 5 @MIN 9.0 32 W 1 1 5 7 0 0 110 76 34 .69
Francisco Cordova Jun 6 @MIN 7.0 29 0 3 6 7 1 0 96 64 32 .67
Jason Schmidt Jun 7 @MIN 7.0 28 L 2 3 7 6 1 0 108 67 41 .62
Chris Peters Jun 8 CLE 4.1 23 L 6 6 8 4 3 1 82 47 35 .57
Jon Lieber Jun 9 CLE 6.2 27 W 3 3 8 3 2 1 98 63 35 .64
Jose Silva Jun 10 CLE 6.2 27 1 1 7 4 1 1 98 61 37 .62
Francisco Cordova Jun 12 @MIL 7.0 29 L 4 4 8 2 1 2 99 61 38 .62
Jason Schmidt Jun 13 @MIL 7.2 34 L 6 6 8 6 4 2 140 90 50 .64
Chris Peters Jun 14 @MIL 6.0 20 W 2 2 3 5 0 1 66 43 23 .65
Jon Lieber Jun 15 PHI 6.2 30 L 2 2 7 5 1 0 104 67 37 .64
Jose Silva Jun 16 PHI 1.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 8 4 .67
Francisco Cordova Jun 17 PHI 6.1 30 L 3 3 8 6 4 0 109 67 42 .61
Jason Schmidt Jun 18 MIL 4.0 16 0 0 3 2 1 0 54 35 19 .65
Chris Peters Jun 19 MIL 4.1 22 L 2 2 7 1 4 1 78 44 34 .56
Jon Lieber Jun 20 MIL 8.0 29 W 1 2 4 5 0 0 89 60 29 .67
Esteban Loaiza Jun 21 MIL 7.0 26 W 2 2 5 7 0 1 91 60 31 .66
Francisco Cordova Jun 22 @CWS 3.1 20 4 4 6 4 4 0 81 45 36 .56
Jason Schmidt Jun 23 @CWS 6.0 30 L 5 5 8 3 5 0 113 62 51 .55
Chris Peters Jun 24 KCR 5.0 24 W 2 3 9 2 1 0 90 57 33 .63
Jon Lieber Jun 25 KCR 6.0 27 L 4 5 8 8 1 2 95 65 30 .68
Esteban Loaiza Jun 26 LAD 5.0 24 L 4 4 8 5 2 1 87 57 30 .66
Francisco Cordova Jun 27 LAD 7.0 27 L 2 2 4 2 3 0 107 64 43 .60
Jason Schmidt Jun 28 LAD 5.1 24 4 4 6 3 3 1 95 60 35 .63
Jon Lieber Jun 30 @DET 6.2 29 L 1 3 7 6 2 0 115 74 41 .64
Chris Peters Jul 1 @DET 5.0 23 L 4 5 6 4 1 0 90 56 34 .62
Esteban Loaiza Jul 2 @DET 7.2 29 W 1 1 6 7 0 1 103 72 31 .70
Francisco Cordova Jul 3 CHC 3.0 18 L 7 8 8 3 0 3 50 35 15 .70
Jason Schmidt Jul 4 CHC 6.0 30 L 4 4 10 7 2 1 115 69 46 .60
Jon Lieber Jul 5 CHC 6.2 28 2 2 8 9 0 0 110 77 33 .70
Francisco Cordova Jul 10 @PHI 4.2 27 L 5 6 11 2 3 0 99 58 41 .59
Jason Schmidt Jul 11 @PHI 7.0 24 0 0 5 8 0 0 105 67 38 .64
Esteban Loaiza Jul 12 @PHI 5.1 23 L 4 4 4 4 3 1 102 69 33 .68
Jon Lieber Jul 13 @CHC 7.1 28 W 1 1 5 7 1 1 105 72 33 .69
Chris Peters Jul 14 @CHC 5.1 26 L 4 4 6 7 4 0 90 55 35 .61
Francisco Cordova Jul 15 @CHC 8.0 27 W 0 0 4 8 0 0 86 60 26 .70
Jason Schmidt Jul 16 MON 4.2 24 L 6 6 7 3 3 1 78 42 36 .54
Mike Williams Jul 17 MON 5.0 20 W 1 1 5 4 1 0 71 47 24 .66
Jon Lieber Jul 18 MON 9.0 31 W 2 2 5 4 0 0 90 65 25 .72
Chris Peters Jul 19 MON 7.0 26 W 1 1 5 5 1 1 89 56 33 .63
Francisco Cordova Jul 20 NYM 6.2 29 W 1 1 5 5 4 1 105 59 46 .56
Jason Schmidt Jul 21 NYM 7.0 28 L 3 4 6 3 1 0 91 58 33 .64
Todd Van Poppel Jul 22 @FLA 6.1 26 W 3 3 8 3 1 0 86 54 32 .63
Jon Lieber Jul 23 @FLA 6.1 31 W 1 1 10 5 2 0 99 64 35 .65
Chris Peters Jul 24 @ATL 6.0 26 L 3 3 7 2 0 1 70 49 21 .70
Francisco Cordova Jul 25 @ATL 7.2 31 W 1 1 6 4 4 1 114 68 46 .60
Jason Schmidt Jul 26 @ATL 7.1 31 L 2 2 8 4 3 0 129 77 52 .60
Todd Van Poppel Jul 27 COL 6.0 24 4 4 8 2 0 3 103 63 40 .61
Jon Lieber Jul 28 COL 2.0 14 L 4 7 7 2 1 1 40 23 17 .58
Chris Peters Jul 29 COL 9.0 34 W 1 1 5 7 2 0 114 75 39 .66
Francisco Cordova Jul 31 @HOU 6.1 32 L 6 6 7 6 5 0 107 60 47 .56
Jason Schmidt Aug 1 @HOU 7.0 29 1 1 7 9 2 0 119 77 42 .65
Todd Van Poppel Aug 2 @HOU 7.0 28 1 1 5 5 2 0 101 62 39 .61
Jon Lieber Aug 3 @COL 5.1 27 L 6 7 11 5 0 0 97 71 26 .73
Chris Peters Aug 4 @COL 4.2 24 3 3 6 4 4 1 81 48 33 .59
Francisco Cordova Aug 5 @COL 7.2 31 L 6 6 7 5 2 1 92 60 32 .65
Jason Schmidt Aug 6 @COL 7.0 31 L 3 4 7 4 2 1 119 79 40 .66
Todd Van Poppel Aug 7 LAD 6.1 25 L 2 3 8 5 0 1 75 53 22 .71
Jon Lieber Aug 8 LAD 8.0 32 1 1 8 5 0 0 108 67 41 .62
Chris Peters Aug 9 LAD 7.0 25 W 1 1 4 6 1 1 81 51 30 .63
Francisco Cordova Aug 11 CIN 9.0 35 W 0 0 6 6 4 0 122 75 47 .61
Jason Schmidt Aug 12 CIN 8.0 32 W 2 2 6 5 3 0 116 66 50 .57
Todd Van Poppel Aug 13 CIN 0.1 7 5 5 4 0 2 0 35 18 17 .51
Jon Lieber Aug 14 STL 3.0 17 L 5 5 4 3 3 2 66 38 28 .58
Chris Peters Aug 15 STL 5.1 26 3 3 4 3 4 1 96 56 40 .58
Francisco Cordova Aug 16 STL 8.2 38 W 1 1 7 8 3 0 138 86 52 .62
Jason Schmidt Aug 18 @LAD 7.0 30 W 4 4 10 4 1 3 116 73 43 .63
Todd Van Poppel Aug 19 @LAD 6.0 28 5 5 6 4 4 0 89 52 37 .58
Jon Lieber Aug 20 @CIN 6.0 25 2 2 4 6 2 0 104 64 40 .62
Chris Peters Aug 21 @CIN 7.0 26 W 2 2 6 4 1 0 84 53 31 .63
Francisco Cordova Aug 22 @STL 6.0 27 W 4 4 8 5 3 3 98 59 39 .60
Jason Schmidt Aug 23 @STL 5.2 30 W 2 2 7 6 6 1 126 71 55 .56
Todd Van Poppel Aug 24 @STL 5.0 26 5 5 6 1 5 0 99 51 48 .52
Sean Lawrence Aug 25 ARI 5.0 20 W 2 2 4 1 2 1 86 49 37 .57
Chris Peters Aug 26 ARI 5.2 27 3 3 8 4 2 0 116 65 51 .56
Francisco Cordova Aug 28 HOU 7.0 25 L 1 1 4 4 1 0 103 68 35 .66
Jason Schmidt Aug 29 HOU 6.0 31 L 4 6 12 1 2 1 109 64 45 .59
Sean Lawrence Aug 30 HOU 3.1 16 4 4 4 2 2 1 69 39 30 .57
Chris Peters Sep 1 @ARI 7.0 30 L 4 4 9 3 2 0 100 57 43 .57
Elmer Dessens Sep 2 @ARI 7.0 23 0 0 3 4 1 0 71 43 28 .61
Francisco Cordova Sep 3 @ARI 9.0 34 L 1 1 4 10 3 0 117 71 46 .61
Jason Schmidt Sep 4 @CHC 8.0 34 2 2 9 6 1 1 132 80 52 .61
Sean Lawrence Sep 5 @CHC 5.0 25 L 5 5 7 6 3 1 84 49 35 .58
Chris Peters Sep 6 @CHC 6.2 30 1 3 8 6 0 0 92 65 27 .71
Elmer Dessens Sep 7 @MIL 6.1 26 L 4 4 5 2 2 1 94 55 39 .59
Francisco Cordova Sep 8 @MIL 4.0 21 5 7 6 3 2 2 69 43 26 .62
Jason Schmidt Sep 9 CHC 7.0 27 L 3 3 4 9 1 1 95 64 31 .67
Jose Silva Sep 10 CHC 4.0 19 L 5 5 5 0 2 0 61 34 27 .56
Chris Peters Sep 11 PHI 7.0 29 W 1 1 5 6 3 0 109 66 43 .61
Elmer Dessens Sep 12 PHI 3.0 21 L 8 8 8 2 4 1 74 42 32 .57
Francisco Cordova Sep 13 PHI 6.0 25 L 4 4 5 3 2 1 90 55 35 .61
Jason Schmidt Sep 14 STL 5.0 27 L 6 7 10 5 3 0 96 65 31 .68
Jon Lieber Sep 15 STL 3.0 15 4 4 5 1 2 2 57 32 25 .56
Jose Silva Sep 15 (2) STL 5.0 24 L 3 4 7 1 1 0 74 49 25 .66
Chris Peters Sep 16 STL 6.0 22 0 0 2 7 2 0 96 57 39 .59
Elmer Dessens Sep 18 @HOU 4.2 23 L 4 4 9 0 1 0 87 47 40 .54
Francisco Cordova Sep 19 @HOU 8.0 35 W 1 1 8 5 3 0 117 80 37 .68
Jason Schmidt Sep 20 @HOU 7.0 25 L 2 2 5 2 1 2 76 46 30 .61
Jose Silva Sep 21 SFG 4.1 22 L 6 6 5 1 4 1 76 40 36 .53
Jon Lieber Sep 22 SFG 2.0 14 L 2 7 6 1 1 1 50 34 16 .68
Chris Peters Sep 23 SFG 6.1 28 L 4 4 8 1 3 1 None None None None
Elmer Dessens Sep 24 SFG 5.2 26 L 4 4 7 2 2 4 None None None None
Francisco Cordova Sep 25 CIN 6.0 27 L 4 4 7 6 2 2 102 58 44 .57
Jason Schmidt Sep 26 CIN 7.0 31 L 5 5 6 5 7 1 127 69 58 .54
Jose Silva Sep 27 CIN 6.0 25 L 4 4 5 5 3 2 92 52 40 .57