The Dominican Summer Pirates are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. Also known as the DSL Pirates, they play in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, are affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates operate two DSL teams: the DSL Pirates Black and DSL Pirates Gold.
History Past players include Aramis Ramírez, José Guillén and Ronny Paulino. The club was known as the Dominican Summer League Pirates 1, or DSL Pirates 1, between 2012 and 2013, when the Venezuelan Summer Pirates were relocated to the Dominican Republic to become the Dominican Summer League Pirates 2. In 2014, the Pirates returned to fielding one DSL team, and the team became known once again as the DSL Pirates.
Roster
Season-by-season
Year Record Win–loss % Manager Regular season finish Playoffs1990 48-22 .686 -- 1st Round Robin League Champs1991 36-33 .522 -- -- 1992 38-31 .551 Hall Dyer 3rd Santo Domingo West 1993 39-29 .567 Hall Dyer --- Santo Domingo West 1994 27-39 .409 Felix Feliz 3rd Santo Domingo West 1995 30-36 .455 Ramon Sambo 4th Santo Domingo West 1996 25-46 .352 Ramon Sambo 6th Santo Domingo West 1997 29-40 .420 Ramon Zapata --- Santo Domingo West 1998 23-49 .319 Ramon Zapata --- Santo Domingo West 1999 34-36 .486 Ramon Zapata --- Santo Domingo West 2000 39-31 .557 Ramon Zapata --- San Pedro 2001 27-43 .386 Ramon Zapata --- San Pedro de Macoris 2002 36-36 .500 Ramon Zapata --- San Pedro de Macoris 2003 39-25 .609 Ramon Zapata 1st San Pedro San Pedro de Macoris League Champs2004 26-44 .371 Ramon Zapata --- San Pedro de Macoris 2005 38-34 .528 Ramon Zapata 3rd San Pedro San Pedro de Macoris 2006 48-19 .761 Ramon Zapata 1st San Pedro San Pedro de Macoris Lost in 2nd round 2007 52-17 .754 Ramon Zapata 1st San Pedro San Pedro de Macoris Lost in 2nd round 2008 40-30 .571 Ramon Zapata 3rd San Pedro 2009 29-38 .433 Ramon Zapata 8th Boca Chica North 2010 37-34 .521 Ramon Zapata 4th Boca Chica North 2011 41-30 .577 Ramon Zapata 3rd Boca Chica North 2012 44-26 .629 Gerardo Alvarez (t)1st Boca Chica North League Champs2013 40-31 .521 Gerardo Alvarez 3rd Boca Chica North 2014 34-36 .486 Gerardo Alvarez 5th Boca Chica North 2015 30-42 .417 Mendy Lopez 8th Boca Chica North 2016 27-42 .391 Mendy Lopez 5th Boca Chica North 2017 36-34 .514 Kieran Mattison 5th DSL North
References
External links MiLB.com team page Baseball Reference current team page DSL Pirates on SABR Minor Leagues Database