The portly right-hander, whom the Pirates acquired Aug. 30, popped a bunt foul after two walks by Danny Jackson and was an easy first out.

In that instance, the Pirates acquired Zane Smith from Montreal for three minor leaguers.

On February 18, the Pirates acquired front line starter A. J. Burnett from the New York Yankees for 2 minor leaguers.

Before they signed Lofton and Sanders, the Pirates acquired Randall Simon from the Detroit Tigers, who did not want to pay him close to $1.5 million.

The Pirates acquired both as minor leaguers in trades, Craig from Toronto in 1996, Jack from St. Louis in 2000.

Dunne was one of the players the Pirates acquired from the Cardinals when they traded Tony Pena to St. Louis.

When the Pirates acquired him, they planned to use him a starter, but he became their top reliever by accident.

His latest runs batted in helped produce another victory for Zane Smith, the left-handed pitcher, whom the Pirates acquired from Montreal on Aug. 8.

In his final season, 1903, he was playing for the Worcester Riddlers of the Eastern League when the Pirates acquired him on loan on May 28.

In 2012, the Pirates aggressively pursued and acquired Yankees pitcher A. J. Burnett to bolster their starting pitching staff.