Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates History

By savannahmurphy

  • Basbeall was brought to our city

  • 1882

    The Pittsburgh Pirates were founded

  • Horace Phillips

    Was the first head coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates

  • sizing down

    league reduced from 12 to 8 teams

  • Forbes Field

    This was the third home to the Pirates baseball team

  • Pirates became the leagues dominanat franchise

    winning pennants in 1901, 1902 and 1903 and a World championship in 1909.

  • World Series featured the Pirates against New York

    Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who swept Pittsburgh in four straight games.

  • First time participating in the World Series

    Played against the New York Yankees

  • Clemente established himself among the game's elite players

    He collected more hits (1,877) than anyone during the decade and would go on to reach the 3,000-hit plateau in 1972. During his marvelous career, he topped the .300 mark 13 times, won four batting titles and was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1966.

  • Hall of famers

    Hall-of-Fame inductee Bill Mazeroski, Dick Groat, Vernon Law, Bob Friend, Bill Virdon, Face and Hall-of-Fame right fielder Roberto Clemente.