The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division. Founded as part of the American Association in 1881 under the name Pittsburgh Alleghenys,the club joined the National League in 1887 and was a member of the National League East from 1969 through 1993. The Pirates have won five World Series championships,nine National League pennants,nine National League East division titles and made three appearances in the Wild Card Game.
Douglas Dean Drabek is a retired American professional baseball pitcher,and a current minor league baseball coach. He is the pitching coach for the Reno Aces,the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the New York Yankees,Pittsburgh Pirates,Houston Astros,Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles between 1986 and 1998. Drabek batted and threw right-handed. Known for his fluid pitching motion and sound mechanics,he won the National League Cy Young Award in 1990. Drabek was an MLB All-Star in 1994.
Sean Thomas Casey,nicknamed "the Mayor",is an American former professional baseball first baseman and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians,Cincinnati Reds,Pittsburgh Pirates,Detroit Tigers,and Boston Red Sox. Casey was selected to the MLB All-Star Game three times during his career. He was the hitting coach for the New York Yankees in 2023. He was a broadcaster and commentator for the MLB Network.
Hugo Francis Bezdek was a Czech American athlete who played American football and was a coach of football,basketball,and baseball. He was the head football coach at the University of Oregon,the University of Arkansas (1908–1912),Pennsylvania State University (1918–1929),and Delaware Valley College (1949). Bezdek also coached the Mare Island Marines in the 1918 Rose Bowl and the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in 1937 and part of the 1938 season. In addition,Bezdek coached basketball at Oregon and Penn State (1919),coached baseball at Arkansas (1909–1913),Oregon (1914–1917) and Penn State (1920–1930),and served as the manager of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates (1917–1919). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
Jimmie William Price was an American professional baseball catcher,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1971. He was also the color commentator for the Detroit Tigers Radio Network and PASS for nearly 30 years.
Marcus Elmore Baldwin,nicknamed "Fido" and "Baldy",was an American professional baseball pitcher who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). In 346 career games,he pitched to a 154–165 win–loss record with 295 complete games. Baldwin set the single-season MLB wild pitches record with 83 that still stands today.
Edward James Abbaticchio was the first Major League Baseball player and first professional football player of Italian ancestry,both chronologically and alphabetically.
Sports in Pittsburgh have been played dating back to the American Civil War. Baseball,hockey,and the first professional American football game had been played in the city by 1892. Pittsburgh was first known as the "City of Champions" when the Pittsburgh Pirates,Pittsburgh Panthers football team,and Pittsburgh Steelers won multiple championships in the 1970s. Today,the city has three major professional sports franchises,the Pirates,Steelers,and Penguins;while the University of Pittsburgh Panthers compete in a Division I Power Five conference,the highest level of collegiate athletics in the United States,in both football and basketball. Local universities Duquesne and Robert Morris also field Division I teams in men's and women's basketball and Division I FCS teams in football. Robert Morris also fields Division I men's and women's ice hockey teams.
Emerson Pink Hawley was an American professional baseball pitcher. From 1892 to 1901,he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Browns,Pittsburgh Pirates,Cincinnati Reds,New York Giants,and Milwaukee Brewers. Hawley had a win–loss record of 167–179 and holds the National League (NL) career record for hit batsmen.
Edward Richard Doheny was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1895 to 1903. Doheny finished his career with a win–loss record of 75–83. During his last MLB season,he was declared insane and committed to an asylum.
Harry Elwood "Moose" McCormick was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1904 and 1913 for the New York Giants,Pittsburgh Pirates,and Philadelphia Phillies. McCormick also served in the United States Army during World War I and as a civilian director of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
John J. Cronin was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He played professionally from 1895 through 1912. His MLB career included stints with the Brooklyn Grooms (1895),Pittsburgh Pirates (1898),Cincinnati Reds (1899),Detroit Tigers (1901–1902),Baltimore Orioles (1902),New York Giants (1902–1903),and Brooklyn Superbas (1904).
Andrew Stefan McCutchen is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants,New York Yankees,Philadelphia Phillies,and Milwaukee Brewers.
Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates:
Joseph Paul Lonnett was an American professional baseball catcher,and coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. During his playing days,Lonnett stood 5 feet 10+1⁄2 inches (1.791 m) tall,weighing 185 pounds (84 kg). He threw and batted right-handed.
The Phillies–Pirates rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. Both clubs are members of MLB's National League (NL);the Phillies are members of the NL East division,while the Pirates are members of the NL Central division. The rivalry was considered by some to be one of the best in the NL. The rivalry started when the Pittsburgh Pirates entered NL play in their fifth season of 1887,four years after the Phillies.
Calvin Duane Browning was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB),appearing in one game during the 1960 season.
The 1895 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented the Western University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1895 college football season.
Andre Terrell Jackson is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Lonnie Edward White Jr. is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
