1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1972 Pittsburgh Pirates
1972 NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	96–59 (.619)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Bill Virdon
Local television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Nellie King
Local radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Nellie King
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The 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 91st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 86th in the National League. The defending World Series champion Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 96–59. The team was defeated three games to two by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1972 National League Championship Series.

Offseason

January 12, 1972: Larry Demery was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft (Secondary Phase).^[2]
March 15, 1972: José Martínez was purchased from the Pirates by the Kansas City Royals.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	59	0.619	—	49–29	47–30
Chicago Cubs	85	70	0.548	11	46–31	39–39
New York Mets	83	73	0.532	13½	41–37	42–36
St. Louis Cardinals	75	81	0.481	21½	40–37	35–44
Montreal Expos	70	86	0.449	26½	35–43	35–43
Philadelphia Phillies	59	97	0.378	37½	28–51	31–46

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7–1	9–9	7–7	7–8	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	6–11	7–11	6–6
Chicago	7–5–1	—	8–4	3–9	8–4	10–5	10–8	10–7	3–12	9–3	7–5	10–8
Cincinnati	9–9	4–8	—	11–6	9–5	8–4	8–4	10–2	8–4	8–10	10–5	10–2
Houston	7–7	9–3	6–11	—	7–11	8–4	6–6	9–3	3–9	12–2	13–5	4–8
Los Angeles	8–7	4–8	5–9	11–7	—	6–6	7–5	7–5	7–5	13–5	9–9	8–4
Montreal	8–4	5–10	4–8	4–8	6–6	—	6–12	10–6	6–12	6–6	6–6	9–8
New York	5–7	8–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	12–6	—	13–5	8–6	7–5	8–4	7–9
Philadelphia	6-6	7–10	2–10	3–9	5–7	6–10	5–13	—	5–13	6–6	6–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	6–6	12–3	4–8	9–3	5–7	12–6	6–8	13–5	—	10–2	9–3	10–8
San Diego	11–6	3–9	10–8	2–12	5–13	6–6	5–7	6–6	2–10	—	4–10	4–8
San Francisco	11–7	5–7	5–10	5–13	9–9	6–6	4–8	6–6	3–9	10–4	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	8–10	2–10	8–4	4–8	8–9	9–7	7–8	8–10	8–4	7–5	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Chicago Cubs	12	3	0.800	73	41
Montreal Expos	12	6	0.667	81	39
New York Mets	6	8	0.429	38	38
Philadelphia Phillies	13	5	0.722	73	40
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	10	8	0.556	88	74
Total	53	30	0.639	353	232
NL West
Atlanta Braves	6	6	0.500	60	62
Cincinnati Reds	4	8	0.333	50	58
Houston Astros	9	3	0.750	56	41
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	7	0.417	53	50
San Diego Padres	10	2	0.833	65	26
San Francisco Giants	9	3	0.750	54	43
Total	43	29	0.597	338	280
Season Total	96	59	0.619	691	512

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	13	5	8	0.385	51	66
May	26	19	7	0.731	140	79
June	26	16	10	0.615	125	77
July	30	20	10	0.667	121	100
August	28	17	11	0.607	125	102
September	29	18	11	0.621	117	75
October	3	1	2	0.333	12	13
Total	155	96	59	0.619	691	512

Total	155	96	59	0.619	691	512
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	78	49	29	0.628	351	259
Away	77	47	30	0.610	340	253

Game log

1972 Game Log: 96–59 (Home: 49–29; Away: 47–30)

April: 5–8 (Home: 3–6; Away: 2–2)

May: 19–7 (Home: 12–2; Away: 7–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
14	May 1	Astros	8–9	Ray	Giusti (0–2)	—	4,788	5–9
15	May 3	Astros	3–2	Ellis (2–1)	Reuss	Kison (1)	9,522	6–9
16	May 5	@ Reds	4–5 (10)	Carroll	Giusti (0–3)	—	24,722	6–10
17	May 6	@ Reds	8–1	Blass (2–1)	Borbon	—	12,284	7–10
18	May 7	@ Reds	9–6	Briles (2–0)	Billingham	Moose (1)	19,281	8–10
19	May 9	@ Braves	5–2	Ellis (3–1)	Kelley	Kison (2)	7,762	9–10
20	May 10	@ Braves	4–8	Niekro	Johnson (0–2)	—	6,708	9–11
21	May 12	@ Astros	4–2	Blass (3–1)	Dierker	Miller (1)	17,863	10–11
22	May 13	@ Astros	6–1 (12)	Moose (1–2)	Gladding	Miller (2)	23,568	11–11
23	May 14	@ Astros	6–7	Wilson	Briles (2–1)	Ray	14,704	11–12
24	May 15	Cardinals	4–1	Ellis (4–1)	Gibson	—	8,640	12–12
25	May 16	Cardinals	4–3	Walker (1–1)	Wise	Giusti (2)	8,272	13–12
26	May 17	Cardinals	12–0	Blass (4–1)	Cleveland	—	9,188	14–12
27	May 19	Expos	8–0	Moose (2–2)	Stoneman	—	41,765	15–12
28	May 20	Expos	6–0	Ellis (5–1)	Morton	Kison (3)	11,602	16–12
29	May 21	Expos	1–0	Walker (2–1)	McAnally	Hernandez (2)	30,418	17–12
30	May 21	Expos	5–3	Giusti (1–3)	Gilbert	—	30,418	18–12
31	May 23	@ Cardinals	6–2	Blass (5–1)	Cleveland	Hernandez (3)	11,795	19–12
32	May 24	@ Cardinals	9–4 (14)	Miller (2–1)	Higgins	—	10,794	20–12
33	May 25	@ Cardinals	2–4	Gibson	Ellis (5–2)	—	9,293	20–13
34	May 26	Phillies	6–4	Briles (3–1)	Carlton	—	25,164	21–13
35	May 27	Phillies	1–2 (12)	Brandon	Giusti (1–4)	Short	19,398	21–14
36	May 28	Phillies	6–5	Hernandez (2–0)	Hoerner	—	15,236	22–14
37	May 29	Phillies	7–3	Hernandez (3–0)	Fryman	—	36,464	23–14
38	May 29	Phillies	4–2	Moose (3–2)	Reynolds	Giusti (3)	36,464	24–14
39	May 31	@ Expos	2–3	McAnally	Briles (3–2)	—	10,565	24–15

June: 16–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 11–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 2	@ Giants	4–7	Marichal	Johnson (0–3)	—	6,669	24–16
41	June 3	@ Giants	4–3	Blass (6–1)	McDowell	Giusti (4)	11,216	25–16
42	June 4	@ Giants	4–3	Miller (3–1)	Johnson	Giusti (5)		26–16
43	June 4	@ Giants	9–1	Kison (1–0)	Williams	—	19,929	27–16
44	June 7	@ Padres	12–5	Johnson (1–3)	Norman	—		28–16
45	June 7	@ Padres	1–0 (18)	Miller (4–1)	Corkins	Johnson (1)	7,371	29–16
46	June 8	@ Padres	11–2	Moose (4–2)	Arlin	—	2,949	30–16
47	June 9	@ Dodgers	5–1	Blass (7–1)	Sutton	—	35,078	31–16
48	June 10	@ Dodgers	1–2	Osteen	Walker (2–2)	Brewer	38,937	31–17
49	June 11	@ Dodgers	7–5	Kison (2–0)	Mikkelsen	Giusti (6)	40,846	32–17
50	June 14	Giants	1–3	McDowell	Ellis (5–3)	—	14,552	32–18
51	June 15	Giants	4–1	Briles (4–2)	Stone	Giusti (7)		33–18
52	June 15	Giants	9–7	Moose (5–2)	Bryant	Hernandez (4)	21,126	34–18
53	June 16	Padres	2–1	Blass (8–1)	Norman	—	17,020	35–18
54	June 17	Padres	0–4	Kirby	Walker (2–3)	—	20,718	35–19
55	June 18	Padres	0–1	Arlin	Kison (2–1)	—	27,143	35–20
56	June 19	Dodgers	13–3	Ellis (6–3)	Sutton	Miller (3)	15,430	36–20
57	June 21	Dodgers	3–5 (10)	Brewer	Moose (5–3)	—	15,209	36–21
58	June 23	@ Cubs	4–2	Blass (9–1)	Jenkins	Giusti (8)	28,177	37–21
59	June 24	@ Cubs	3–1	Briles (5–2)	Hands	Giusti (9)	27,543	38–21
60	June 25	@ Cubs	9–2	Ellis (7–3)	Hooton	Giusti (10)	35,099	39–21
61	June 26	@ Mets	2–4	Koosman	Moose (5–4)	McGraw	48,820	39–22
62	June 27	@ Mets	4–7	Frisella	Walker (2–4)	—	38,152	39–23
63	June 28	Expos	1–3	Stoneman	Blass (9–2)	—	13,470	39–24
64	June 29	Expos	9–0	Briles (6–2)	McAnally	—	18,364	40–24
65	June 30	Cubs	3–4	Reuschel	Ellis (7–4)	Aker	22,745	40–25

July: 20–10 (Home: 12–4; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
66	July 1	Cubs	4–3	Giusti (2–4)	Jenkins	—	16,102	41–25
67	July 2	Cubs	7–4	Kison (3–1)	Hands	Hernandez (5)	25,229	42–25
68	July 3	Cubs	3–2	Giusti (3–4)	Hooton	—	26,933	43–25
69	July 4	@ Astros	0–6	Dierker	Briles (6–3)	—	31,164	43–26
70	July 5	@ Astros	6–4	Johnson (2–3)	Forsch	—	23,646	44–26
71	July 6	@ Astros	7–3 (17)	Hernandez (4–0)	Ray	—	23,540	45–26
72	July 7	@ Braves	10–2	Walker (3–4)	Kelley	—		46–26
73	July 7	@ Braves	2–3	Hardin	Kison (3–2)	—	25,253	46–27
74	July 8	@ Braves	5–3	Blass (10–2)	Reed	Giusti (11)	20,256	47–27
75	July 9	@ Braves	7–4	Briles (7–3)	McLain	—	20,130	48–27
76	July 11	@ Reds	0–5	Billingham	Moose (5–5)	—	24,047	48–28
77	July 12	@ Reds	3–6	Simpson	Walker (3–5)	Carroll	28,058	48–29
78	July 13	@ Reds	0–2	Nolan	Blass (10–3)	Carroll	32,060	48–30
79	July 14	Astros	5–2	Briles (8–3)	Dierker	—	24,487	49–30
80	July 15	Astros	5–1	Ellis (8–4)	Forsch	Giusti (12)	16,202	50–30
81	July 16	Astros	3–2 (10)	Giusti (4–4)	Gladding	—		51–30
82	July 16	Astros	3–2	Kison (4–2)	Wilson	Giusti (13)	49,341	52–30
83	July 17	Braves	6–5	Hernandez (5–0)	Hoerner	Giusti (14)	14,866	53–30
84	July 18	Braves	2–4	Reed	Blass (10–4)	—	20,162	53–31
85	July 19	Braves	8–3	Briles (9–3)	Niekro	Walker (1)	24,847	54–31
86	July 21	Reds	5–11	Borbon	Kison (4–3)	Gullett	32,255	54–32
87	July 22	Reds	3–6	Sprague	Moose (5–6)	Carroll	40,837	54–33
88	July 23	Reds	3–2	Blass (11–4)	Grimsley	Hernandez (6)	29,487	55–33
89	July 27	Mets	0–1 (10)	Matlack	Briles (9–4)	—		55–34
90	July 27	Mets	7–5	Moose (6–6)	Koosman	Giusti (15)	49,886	56–34
91	July 28	Mets	3–1	Ellis (9–4)	Seaver	—	39,035	57–34
92	July 29	@ Phillies	2–5	Fryman	Blass (11–5)	Selma	37,544	57–35
93	July 29	@ Phillies	3–2	Walker (4–5)	Brandon	Giusti (16)	37,544	58–35
94	July 30	@ Phillies	7–1	Kison (5–3)	Lersch	—	28,451	59–35
95	July 31	@ Phillies	2–0	Moose (7–6)	Reynolds	—	17,455	60–35

August: 17–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	@ Cardinals	4–7	Santorini	Briles (9–5)	Segui	23,712	60–36
97	August 2	@ Cardinals	5–10 (7)	Gibson	Ellis (9–5)	—	24,961	60–37
98	August 3	@ Cardinals	2–1 (10)	Blass (12–5)	Wise	Hernandez (7)	14,836	61–37
99	August 4	@ Expos	1–2	Moore	Kison (5–4)	—	18,436	61–38
100	August 5	@ Expos	7–4	Briles (10–5)	Stoneman	Giusti (17)	20,905	62–38
101	August 6	@ Expos	8–0	Moose (8–6)	Torrez	—		63–38
102	August 6	@ Expos	7–2	Johnson (3–3)	Renko	Hernandez (8)	28,330	64–38
103	August 8	Phillies	4–2	Ellis (10–5)	Champion	—	18,228	65–38
104	August 9	Phillies	0–2	Carlton	Blass (12–6)	—	19,832	65–39
105	August 11	Cardinals	10–5	Briles (11–5)	Cleveland	Hernandez (9)	34,248	66–39
106	August 12	Cardinals	6–5	Moose (9–6)	Gibson	Giusti (18)	23,474	67–39
107	August 13	Cardinals	0–2	Wise	Ellis (10–6)	—		67–40
108	August 13	Cardinals	7–5	Blass (13–6)	Santorini	Giusti (19)	47,300	68–40
109	August 15	@ Dodgers	6–8	Richert	Johnson (3–4)	Brewer	27,484	68–41
110	August 16	@ Dodgers	3–2	Miller (5–1)	Sutton	—	28,318	69–41
111	August 17	@ Dodgers	2–4	Downing	Moose (9–7)	Richert	29,777	69–42
112	August 18	@ Padres	4–2	Blass (14–6)	Greif	—	30,610	70–42
113	August 20	@ Padres	9–3	Ellis (11–6)	Corkins	Johnson (2)		71–42
114	August 20	@ Padres	5–2	Kison (6–4)	Norman	—	9,759	72–42
115	August 22	@ Giants	1–0	Briles (12–5)	Marichal	—	9,389	73–42
116	August 23	@ Giants	0–8	Barr	Moose (9–8)	—	8,330	73–43
117	August 25	Dodgers	3–2 (12)	Giusti (5–4)	Richert	—		74–43
118	August 25	Dodgers	3–4	Osteen	Kison (6–5)	—	39,574	74–44
119	August 26	Dodgers	3–7	Sutton	Ellis (11–7)	—	20,174	74–45
120	August 27	Dodgers	4–7	Mikkelsen	Briles (12–6)	Brewer	25,672	74–46
121	August 28	Padres	5–3	Moose (10–8)	Caldwell	Hernandez (10)	13,438	75–46
122	August 29	Padres	5–3	Blass (15–6)	Corkins	Giusti (20)	12,329	76–46
123	August 30	Padres	11–0	Kison (7–5)	Arlin	—	19,009	77–46

September: 18–11 (Home: 8–4; Away: 10–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
124	September 1	Giants	10–6	Ellis (12–7)	Bryant	Giusti (21)	20,678	78–46
125	September 2	Giants	6–3	Briles (13–6)	McDowell	—	14,194	79–46
126	September 3	Giants	2–1 (10)	Giusti (6–4)	Johnson	—	16,760	80–46
127	September 4	Phillies	10–0	Blass (16–6)	Twitchell	—	26,627	81–46
128	September 4	Phillies	5–1	Kison (8–5)	Nash	—	26,627	82–46
129	September 6	Cubs	4–0	Ellis (13–7)	McGinn	—	12,470	83–46
130	September 7	Cubs	2–4	Hooton	Briles (13–7)	—	12,306	83–47
131	September 8	@ Expos	7–1	Johnson (4–4)	Morton	—		84–47
132	September 8	@ Expos	4–2 (12)	Giusti (7–4)	Marshall	Hernandez (11)	12,118	85–47
133	September 9	@ Expos	8–3	Blass (17–6)	Stoneman	—	17,092	86–47
134	September 10	@ Expos	2–8	Torrez	Kison (8–6)	—	20,253	86–48
135	September 12	@ Cubs	7–0	Ellis (14–7)	Hooton	Giusti (22)	4,153	87–48
136	September 13	@ Cubs	6–4	Briles (14–7)	Jenkins	Hernandez (12)	4,418	88–48
137	September 14	@ Cubs	5–2	Moose (11–8)	Reuschel	Hernandez (13)	4,603	89–48
138	September 15	@ Cardinals	4–10	Wise	Kison (8–7)	—	10,853	89–49
139	September 16	@ Cardinals	0–4	Santorini	Blass (17–7)	—	11,850	89–50
140	September 17	@ Cardinals	4–5	Cleveland	Miller (5–2)	Segui	11,802	89–51
141	September 18	@ Mets	0–1	Matlack	Briles (14–8)	—	15,622	89–52
142	September 19	@ Mets	5–1	Moose (12–8)	Koosman	—	15,537	90–52
143	September 20	@ Mets	1–4	Seaver	Walker (4–6)	—	15,147	90–53
144	September 21	@ Mets	6–2	Blass (18–7)	Gentry	—	10,991	91–53
145	September 22	Expos	4–3 (12)	McKee (1–0)	Marshall	—	15,365	92–53
146	September 23	Expos	0–3	McAnally	Briles (14–9)	—	8,580	92–54
147	September 24	Expos	1–2	Morton	Moose (12–9)	—	9,116	92–55
148	September 26	@ Phillies	5–1	Blass (19–7)	Champion	—	8,472	93–55
149	September 27	@ Phillies	3–1	Kison (9–7)	Reynolds	Walker (2)	5,335	94–55
150	September 28	@ Phillies	1–2	Carlton	Moose (12–10)	—	12,216	94–56
151	September 29	Mets	0–1	Seaver	Briles (14–10)	—	24,193	94–57
152	September 30	Mets	5–0	Ellis (15–7)	Matlack	Johnson (3)	13,117	95–57

October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft
- John Candelaria was drafted by the Pirates in the 2nd round.^[4]
- Ken Macha was drafted by the Pirates in the 6th round.^[5]
- Willie Randolph was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round.^[6]

Roster

1972 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

28 Steve Blass

34 Nelson Briles

17 Dock Ellis

12 Gene Garber

31 Dave Giusti

36 Ramón Hernández

27 Bob Johnson

25 Bruce Kison

39 Jim McKee

32 Bob Miller

38 Bob Moose

39 Bob Veale

23 Luke Walker

Catchers

29 Milt May

35 Manny Sanguillén

Infielders

14 Gene Alley

30 Dave Cash

12 Chuck Goggin

37 Fernando González

3 Richie Hebner

2 Jackie Hernández

9 Bill Mazeroski

11 José Pagán

7 Bob Robertson

8 Willie Stargell

6 Rennie Stennett

10 Frank Taveras

Outfielders

21 Roberto Clemente

15 Gene Clines

18 Vic Davalillo

16 Al Oliver

22 Richie Zisk

Other batters

4 Charlie Sands

Manager

41 Bill Virdon

Coaches

43 Don Leppert

45 Joe Morgan

44 Frank Oceak

42 Don Osborn

5 Dave Ricketts

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Sanguillén, MannyManny Sanguillén	136	520	155	.298	7	71

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Pagán, JoséJosé Pagán	53	127	32	.252	3	8
González, FernandoFernando González	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Blass, SteveSteve Blass	33	249.2	19	8	2.49	117
Briles, NelsonNelson Briles	28	195.2	14	11	3.08	120

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Miller, BobBob Miller	36	5	2	3	2.65	18

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1972 National League Championship Series

Awards and honors

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Charlies	International League	Red Davis
AA	Sherbrooke Pirates	Eastern League	Steve Demeter
A	Salem Pirates	Carolina League	Tim Murtaugh
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Tom Saffell
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Pirates	New York–Penn League	Chuck Cottier
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Ed Napoleon

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Larry Demery at Baseball Reference
↑ José Martínez at Baseball Reference
↑ John Candelaria at Baseball Reference
↑ Ken Macha at Baseball Reference
↑ Willie Randolph at Baseball Reference

References

1972 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1972 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

National League East champions

1972 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1972 All-Star Game 1972 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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