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Pirates VS Tigers: 1909 World Series Match-Up
The 1909 World Series pitted the NL champs, Pittsburgh Pirates(110-42) against the AL champs, Detroit Tigers(98-54). The Pirates played in the first modern day World Series back in 1903 but… Read more
This Date in Pirates History: April 1
Two Pittsburgh Pirates trades to talk about and four former players born on this date. Starting with the biggest deal of the day, on this date in 1987, The Pirates… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates 200 Hit Seasons
In the Pittsburgh Pirates history, they have had a player reach 200 hits in a single season 31 times. The most recent being Freddy Sanchez in 2006 and Jack Wilson… Read more
Earliest Pirates Opening Days
Twice in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team has opened up their season in March. The first one came in 2003 when Kris Benson shut down the Cincinnati… Read more
This Date in Pirates History: March 31
On this date in 1945, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded veteran outfielder Vince DiMaggio to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for pitcher Al Gerheauser. DiMaggio spent five seasons in Pittsburgh, where… Read more
Pirates Spring Training 40 Years Ago, Today.
Part four of the look back at past Spring Training camps for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Today, we go back to March 30,1972 as the defending World Series champs get ready… Read more
This Date in Pirates History: March 30
We have an interesting group of seven former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date. Starting with the youngest, we have a player born during the last year the Pirates… Read more
Pirates Leaders With Zero…
While writing about the Pirates farm system in 1967 yesterday, I saw John Lamb and his 47 games pitched in the majors without a victory. That was the Pirates record… Read more
This Date in Pirates History: March 29
Six former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date. Starting with the most recent one first we have, Danny Kolb(1975) relief pitcher for the 2007 Pirates. He struggled in parts… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates Farm System 1967: Building a Champion
Two weeks ago, I wrote an article covering the Pirates minor league system from 1962, going back fifty years to see where the Pirates stood with future major leaguers in… Read more