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Pittsburgh PiratesBob Nutting (Nutting family) · since 2007
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$1.62BPayroll rank23 of 30Spending index60.6
Pittsburgh Pirates Ownership
Owner: Bob Nutting (Nutting family) · since 2007 · NL Central
Budget generosity9low payroll
Patience65patient
Win-now or build54balanced
Last five seasons+5.1 a yearloosening
- Bob Nutting (Nutting family): over 20 seasons (2007 to 2026) the club paid on average 0.56 times the league median payroll and ranked 26.9 on average. Best payroll rank 21st (2016); worst 30th (2010).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 0.5 times the median, average rank 27.
- The club named 2.6 new managers per ten seasons (2007 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.7.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved +1.5 points on average, across 13 such seasons.
Scores run 0 to 100 and describe what the club did under this owner: budget generosity is payroll relative to the league median (50 is the median, 100 is double); patience is how rarely the club changes managers; win-now or build is whether payroll rose or fell after a losing season. They are our summary of public numbers, not a judgment of a person.
- Owner
- Bob Nutting (Nutting family)
- Principals
- Bob Nutting
- Owner since
- 2007
- Reported price
- Data pending
- Forbes value (2026)
- $1.62B
- Revenue
- $330M
- Operating income
- $48M
- Payroll 2026
- $106.7M, rank 23 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 0
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $0
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galbreath family | 1985 to 1985 | family | Not public | |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Associates | 1986 to 1995 | group | Not public | A consortium of area businesses formed to keep the club in Pittsburgh. |
| 3 | Kevin McClatchy group | 1996 to 2006 | group | $95 million | |
| 4 | Bob Nutting (Nutting family) | 2007 to now | family | Not public |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.62B | $330M | $48M |
| 2025 | $1.35B | $326M | $47M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $1.32B | $262M | $55M |
| 2022 | $1.32B | $258M | $64M |
| 2021 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $975M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $900M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $572M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $479M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Galbreath family 1985 to 1985
- 2Pittsburgh Associates 1986 to 1995
- 3Kevin McClatchy group 1996 to 2006
- 4Bob Nutting (Nutting family) 2007 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | $106.7M | 23 of 30 | 60.6 | 82-80 | No | ||
| 2025 | 4 | $84.4M | 27 of 30 | 52.4 | 25.6% | 71-91 | No | No |
| 2024 | 4 | $85.4M | 29 of 30 | 53.2 | 26.2% | 76-86 | No | No |
| 2023 | 4 | $75.7M | 28 of 30 | 47.5 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2022 | 4 | $56.2M | 28 of 30 | 37.4 | 21.4% | 62-100 | No | No |
| 2021 | 4 | $54.4M | 28 of 30 | 40.6 | 21.1% | 61-101 | No | No |
| 2020 | 4 | $25.3M | 29 of 30 | 39.7 | 19-41* | No | No | |
| 2019 | 4 | $72.2M | 29 of 30 | 51.4 | 69-93 | No | No | |
| 2018 | 4 | $91.0M | 27 of 30 | 64.5 | 82-79 | No | No | |
| 2017 | 4 | $100.5M | 24 of 30 | 70.9 | 75-87 | No | No | |
| 2016 | 4 | $99.5M | 21 of 30 | 74.0 | 78-83 | No | No | |
| 2015 | 4 | $99.4M | 23 of 30 | 84.1 | 98-64 | Yes | No | |
| 2014 | 4 | $77.0M | 28 of 30 | 69.7 | 88-74 | Yes | No | |
| 2013 | 4 | $71.5M | 25 of 30 | 71.4 | 94-68 | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | 4 | $61.1M | 28 of 30 | 62.4 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 4 | $47.1M | 29 of 30 | 49.8 | 72-90 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 4 | $28.2M | 30 of 30 | 34.3 | 57-105 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 4 | $48.7M | 28 of 30 | 60.1 | 62-99 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 4 | $48.7M | 27 of 30 | 60.9 | 67-95 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 4 | $38.5M | 27 of 30 | 45.5 | 68-94 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 3 | $46.7M | 27 of 30 | 64.9 | 67-95 | No | No | |
| 2005 | 3 | $38.1M | 28 of 30 | 57.6 | 67-95 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 3 | $32.2M | 28 of 30 | 51.7 | 72-89 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 3 | $54.8M | 19 of 30 | 79.5 | 75-87 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 3 | $42.3M | 24 of 30 | 69.3 | 72-89 | No | ||
| 2001 | 3 | $57.8M | 18 of 30 | 90.3 | 62-100 | No | ||
| 2000 | 3 | $28.9M | 27 of 30 | 51.2 | 69-93 | No | ||
| 1999 | 3 | $24.9M | 26 of 30 | 50.1 | 78-83 | No | ||
| 1998 | 3 | $15.1M | 29 of 30 | 35.5 | 69-93 | No | ||
| 1997 | 3 | $10.8M | 28 of 28 | 25.7 | 79-83 | No | ||
| 1996 | 3 | $23.0M | 24 of 28 | 68.3 | 73-89 | No | ||
| 1995 | 2 | $18.4M | 26 of 28 | 53.4 | 58-86 | No | ||
| 1994 | 2 | $24.2M | 24 of 28 | 73.3 | 53-61 | No | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $24.8M | 22 of 28 | 73.3 | 75-87 | No | ||
| 1992 | 2 | $33.9M | 10 of 26 | 111.0 | 96-66 | Yes | ||
| 1991 | 2 | $23.6M | 11 of 26 | 102.1 | 98-64 | Yes | ||
| 1990 | 2 | $15.6M | 16 of 26 | 88.4 | 95-67 | Yes | ||
| 1989 | 2 | $12.7M | 16 of 26 | 87.4 | 74-88 | No | ||
| 1988 | 2 | $6.0M | 25 of 26 | 48.6 | 85-75 | No | ||
| 1987 | 2 | $7.7M | 20 of 26 | 67.8 | 80-82 | No | ||
| 1986 | 2 | $10.8M | 16 of 26 | 94.4 | 64-98 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $9.2M | 18 of 26 | 91.7 | 57-104 | No |
Owner numbers match the ownership list. Payroll is nominal dollars. * 2020 was a 60-game season. Payroll share of revenue exists for 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 only. The tax-line column stops at 2025 because 2026 tax bills are not known until December. How the index is built.
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