I swear, I'll stop with the "Death by Powerpoint" some day, but ...one last series of chart to compare and contrast our farm system under Dave Littlefield and Neal Huntington. As before, I'm not looking at the Cam Bonifay years because I'm not the team historian; I think these have value in helping us evaluate whether the current regime deserves our support. First, though, here's our recent ownership/GM/Scouting Director history.
Principal Owner |
Years |
GM |
Hired |
Fired/Resigned |
Best Record/Finish |
Scouting Director |
Years |
Kevin McClatchey |
1996 – 2007 |
Larry Doughty |
|
(F) 6 Jan 92 |
98-64 (1st) |
Jack Zduriencik |
1991 – 1993 |
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Ted Simmons |
5 Feb 92 |
(R) 19 Jun 93 |
96-66 (1st) |
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Cam Bonifay |
19 Jun 93 |
(F) 11 June 01 |
79-83 (2nd) |
Paul Tinnell |
1994 – 1996 |
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Leland Maddox |
1997 – 1998 |
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Mickey White |
1999 – 2001 |
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Dave Littlefield |
13 Jul 01 |
(F) 7 Sep 07 |
75-87 (4th) |
Ed Creech |
2002 – 2007 |
Bob Nutting |
2007 – |
Neal Huntington |
25 Sep 07 |
|
72-90 (4th) |
Greg Smith |
2008 – |
For the charts below, I used this coding scheme:
Pirates affiliate is within +/- 4 months of league average age |
Pirates affiliate is 4-8 months younger than league average age |
Pirates affiliate is > 8 months younger than league average age |
Pirates affiliate is 4-8 months older than league average age |
Pirates affiliate is > 8 months older than league average age |
Here is the average ages of the Pirates' MiLB affilliates under Dave Littlefield. Since he was hired in the middle of the 2001 season, he had more opportunity to influence the Pirates system than Huntingtong did in his first year. And Littlefield did not get fired until the end of the 2007 season, so he owns that year.
2001 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
||
|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
19.5 |
19.4 |
19.3 |
19.2 |
A-ss |
Williamsport |
21.2 |
21.1 |
21.0 |
20.7 |
A |
Hickory |
21.4 |
21.0 |
21.4 |
20.5 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
22.6 |
22.6 |
22.4 |
22.1 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.2 |
24.7 |
24.3 |
24.2 |
AAA |
Nashville |
26.9 |
27.8 |
27.1 |
26.5 |
2002 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
||
|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
19.7 |
19.1 |
19.6 |
20.0 |
A-ss |
Williamsport |
21.4 |
21.4 |
21.3 |
21.1 |
A |
Hickory |
21.4 |
21.9 |
21.6 |
21.8 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
22.7 |
22.1 |
22.7 |
22.6 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.5 |
24.9 |
24.4 |
25.2 |
AAA |
Nashville |
26.9 |
27.8 |
27.0 |
28.9 |
2003 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
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|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
19.9 |
20.2 |
19.6 |
20.2 |
A-ss |
Williamsport |
21.4 |
21.1 |
21.3 |
21.7 |
A |
Hickory |
21.7 |
21.9 |
21.8 |
22.3 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
22.8 |
23.4 |
22.6 |
22.6 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.2 |
23.7 |
24.5 |
25.0 |
AAA |
Nashville |
27.1 |
26.9 |
27.2 |
27.6 |
2004 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
||
|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
20.1 |
19.7 |
19.8 |
19.3 |
A-ss |
Williamsport |
21.4 |
21.2 |
21.4 |
21.1 |
A |
Hickory |
21.6 |
21.5 |
21.7 |
22.9 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
23.0 |
23.0 |
23.2 |
23.6 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.3 |
24.4 |
24.5 |
24.7 |
AAA |
Nashville |
27.2 |
27.3 |
27.2 |
27.8 |
2005 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
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|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
20.3 |
21.1 |
19.8 |
19.8 |
A-ss |
Williamsport |
21.3 |
21.3 |
21.3 |
21.5 |
A |
Hickory |
21.8 |
21.9 |
21.9 |
22.4 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
22.8 |
23.4 |
23.3 |
24.5 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.7 |
25.2 |
24.5 |
25.3 |
AAA |
Indianapolis |
26.7 |
26.8 |
27.3 |
26.6 |
2006 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
||
|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
20.3 |
20.7 |
19.9 |
20.8 |
A-ss |
Williamsport |
21.5 |
21.2 |
21.3 |
20.9 |
A |
Hickory |
21.8 |
21.8 |
21.8 |
22.0 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
23.0 |
23.7 |
23.4 |
23.7 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.7 |
26.2 |
25.0 |
25.8 |
AAA |
Indianapolis |
27.0 |
28.5 |
27.2 |
27.6 |
2007 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
||
|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
20.2 |
21.0 |
19.8 |
21.0 |
A-ss |
State College |
21.6 |
21.7 |
21.4 |
21.5 |
A |
Hickory |
22.0 |
22.0 |
21.8 |
22.5 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
22.9 |
23.1 |
23.1 |
23.2 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.8 |
25.5 |
25.1 |
25.6 |
AAA |
Indianapolis |
26.7 |
27.7 |
27.4 |
28.3 |
In comparison, here are the average ages under Neal Huntington so far:
2008 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
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|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
20.2 |
21.4 |
19.8 |
20.0 |
A-ss |
State College |
21.4 |
21.7 |
21.3 |
20.9 |
A |
Hickory |
21.9 |
22.3 |
21.6 |
22.4 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
22.8 |
23.1 |
22.9 |
22.9 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.6 |
25.2 |
24.5 |
24.8 |
AAA |
Indianapolis |
27.0 |
26.7 |
27.2 |
26.5 |
2009 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
||
|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
20.3 |
20.6 |
19.6 |
20.0 |
A-ss |
State College |
21.5 |
21.9 |
21.1 |
21.6 |
A |
West Virginia |
21.6 |
22.3 |
21.6 |
21.6 |
A+ |
Lynchburg |
22.9 |
22.8 |
22.8 |
23.3 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.1 |
24.7 |
24.4 |
24.3 |
AAA |
Indianapolis |
26.9 |
27.2 |
27.1 |
26.5 |
2010 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
||
|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
Bradenton |
20.4 |
19.9 |
19.6 |
19.6 |
A-ss |
State College |
21.3 |
19.9 |
21.1 |
21.4 |
A |
West Virginia |
21.9 |
22.5 |
21.6 |
21.6 |
A+ |
Bradenton |
22.9 |
23.4 |
22.8 |
22.8 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.2 |
23.6 |
24.3 |
24.2 |
AAA |
Indianapolis |
26.5 |
27.6 |
26.9 |
26.8 |
2011 |
Affiliate |
Pitchers |
Batters |
||
|
|
League |
Pirates |
League |
Pirates |
Rookie |
GCL Pirates |
20.4 |
19.5 |
19.9 |
19.4 |
A-ss |
State College |
21.4 |
20.4 |
21.1 |
21.2 |
A |
West Virginia |
21.9 |
20.9 |
21.4 |
22.1 |
A+ |
Bradenton |
22.9 |
23.5 |
22.7 |
22.2 |
AA |
Altoona |
24.6 |
24.4 |
24.2 |
23.8 |
AAA |
Indianapolis |
26.6 |
26.3 |
26.7 |
25.4 |