2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2007 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
PNC Park (since 2001)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	68–94 (.420)
Divisional place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Nutting Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Dave Littlefield Neal Huntington
Manager(s)	Jim Tracy
Local television	FSN Pittsburgh
Local radio	WPGB-FM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
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The 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 126th season of the franchise; the 121st in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 68–94.

Overview

The Pirates began 2007 with a new majority owner, Robert Nutting, and the dreary fact that they could surpass the Philadelphia Phillies as owners of the longest consecutive losing seasons record in baseball, having last had a winning season in 1992. However, in spite of finishing 5th in the NL Central, the Pirates were hoping that their 2nd half momentum from 2006 would carry over into 2007.

In addition to NL batting champion Freddy Sanchez and slugger Jason Bay, the Bucs acquired Adam LaRoche from Atlanta in January, hoping to boost offensive power. In addition, they re-signed pitcher Shawn Chacón, acquired from the Yankees last summer, and signed Tony Armas, Jr. to help bolster their starting rotation, led by Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny.

Just before the All Star game, team CEO Kevin McClatchy announced at the end of the season he would be stepping down from the position. He maintained that he would "remain as the active leader of the organization" to give the team ample time to find a successor and "ensure a smooth transition into the next chapter of Pirates history."

Regular season

The Pirates' season started well, as they swept the Houston Astros in Houston for the first time since 1991, when the Astros played in the Astrodome. However, that initial success didn't carry for very long, as the Bucs proceeded to lose 11 of their next 13 games. The Pirates pulled out of their early slump to post a 12-12 record at the end of April. May, however, would to be quite tumultuous, as Tony Armas was sent to the bullpen for poor performance, Zach Duke struggled mightily, the bullpen blew several late leads, and closer Salomón Torres was stripped of his closer's duties, in favor of youngster Matt Capps after Torres blew a 2-run ninth-inning lead against the San Diego Padres on May 31.

After the All-Star Break, the Pirates started off by losing 7 games in a row, and 8 out of 9 overall. Paul "Big Poison" Waner's number 11 was retired in a pregame ceremony at PNC Park July 21, 2007, conducted in part by members of his family and Pirate greats Bill Mazeroski and Ralph Kiner.

Fans protest

Frustrated by the consistent losing, poor drafting, and the ownership's inability to retain players due to payroll constraints, fans led by Pittsburgh Business Executive Andrew Chomos organized a much-publicized walkout for June 30.^[2] There were also a pre-game protest rally outside the stadium, including the appearance and speaking of former Pirate Doc Ellis, who stated he has been "embarrassed to be called a Pirate over the last 15 years". Despite the best efforts by the Pirates to downplay the protest, it became so publicized that management was forced to acknowledge its existence. Then Pirate CEO Kevin McClatchy resigned 2 days after the protest. The protest periodically appeared in news articles as it did in the August 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated and was also a topical conversation on ESPN and CNN programs.

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	85	77	0.525	—	44–37	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	2	51–30	32–49
St. Louis Cardinals	78	84	0.481	7	43–38	35–46
Houston Astros	73	89	0.451	12	42–39	31–50
Cincinnati Reds	72	90	0.444	13	39–42	33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	94	0.420	17	37–44	31–50

Game log

2007 Game Log (68–94)

April (12–12)

May (11–18)

June (12–15)

July (7–17)

August (17–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
105	August 1	Cardinals	15–1	Armas (1–3)	Looper (8–9)	—	17,041	43–62
106	August 2	Cardinals	5–4 (11)	S. Torres (1–3)	B. Thompson (6–5)	—	19,132	44–62
107	August 3	Reds	4–13	Belisle (6–8)	Snell (7–10)	—	22,874	44–63
108	August 4	Reds	8–9 (10)	Burton (3–1)	Capps (4–5)	Weathers (21)	33,466	44–64
–	August 5	Reds	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 28					44–64
109	August 7	@ D-backs	8–3	Gorzelanny (10–6)	Owings (5–6)	—	25,340	45–64
110	August 8	@ D-backs	6–10	Éd. González (5–2)	Maholm (7–14)	Valverde (34)	23,082	45–65
111	August 9	@ D-backs	2–4	S. Davis (9–10)	Chacón (4–3)	Valverde (35)	22,316	45–66
112	August 10	@ Giants	8–7	Grabow (2–1)	Chulk (4–4)	Capps (10)	41,923	46–66
113	August 11	@ Giants	13–3	Armas (2–3)	Lincecum (6–3)	—	43,105	47–66
114	August 12	@ Giants	5–0	Gorzelanny (11–6)	Zito (8–11)	—	41,976	48–66
115	August 13	Giants	3–1	Maholm (8–14)	Cain (4–13)	—		49–66
116	August 13	Giants	3–10	Lowry (13–7)	Youman (2–4)	—	25,434	49–67
117	August 14	Mets	4–5	J. Sosa (9–6)	Torres (1–4)	B. Wagner (27)	25,277	49–68
118	August 15	Mets	8–10	Maine (13–7)	Morris (7–8)	B. Wagner (28)	18,241	49–69
119	August 16	Mets	10–7	D. Marte (1–0)	Heilman (7–5)	Capps (11)	36,447	50–69
120	August 17	Phillies	8–11	J. D. Durbin (5–2)	Gorzelanny (11–7)	—	37,072	50–70
121	August 18	Phillies	11–6	Maholm (9–14)	Moyer (11–9)	—	38,152	51–70
122	August 19	Phillies	8–4	Snell (8–10)	Romero (1–1)		31,277	52–70
123	August 20	@ Rockies	4–2	D. Marte (2–0)	Fuentes (0–5)	Capps (12)	22,682	53–70
124	August 21	@ Rockies	2–9	T. Buchholz (6–4)	Armas (2–4)	—	21,136	53–71
125	August 22	@ Rockies	11–2	Gorzelanny (12–7)	Fogg (7–9)	—	20,629	54–71
126	August 23	@ Rockies	5–1	Maholm (10–14)	F. Morales (0–1)	—	20,380	55–71
127	August 24	@ Astros	8–3 (15)	Youman (3–4)	Driskill (0–1)	—	41,403	56–71
128	August 25	@ Astros	4–1	Morris (8–8)	Patton (0–1)	Capps (13)	41,109	57–71
129	August 26	@ Astros	4–5	McLemore (3–0)	Chacón (4–4)	Lidge (13)	42,564	57–72
130	August 28	Reds	6–4	Gorzelanny (13–7)	El. Ramírez (0–2)	Capps (14)	—	58–72
131	August 28	Reds	3–2	Chacón (5–4)	Bray (3–1)	Capps (15)	17,669	59–72
132	August 29	Reds	0–8	Harang (14–3)	Snell (8–11)	—	14,191	59–73
133	August 30	Reds	4–5	Burton (4–1)	Capps (4–6)	Weathers (29)	12,643	59–74
134	August 31	@ Brewers	2–3	Gallardo (6–4)	Armas (2–5)	F. Cordero (38)	35,689	59–75

September (9–19)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	@ Brewers	3–12	Bush (11–9)	Youman (3–5)	—	34,190	59–76
136	September 2	@ Brewers	4–7	Suppan (9–11)	Osoria (0–1)	F. Cordero (39)	39,339	59–77
137	September 3	@ Cardinals	11–0	Snell (9–11)	K. Wells (6–16)	—	42,238	60–77
138	September 4	@ Cardinals	2–6	Piñeiro (5–3)	Morris (8–9)	Franklin (1)	42,300	60–78
139	September 5	@ Cardinals	8–2	Armas (3–5)	Mulder (0–1)	—	42,299	61–78
140	September 6	@ Cardinals	4–16	Jiménez (2–0)	Bullington (0–1)	—	42,330	61–79
141	September 7	Cubs	6–1	Gorzelanny (14–7)	R. Hill (8–8)	—	24,489	62–79
142	September 8	Cubs	1–5	C. Zambrano (15–12)	Snell (9–12)	—	33,373	62–80
143	September 9	Cubs	10–5	Morris (9–9)	Trachsel (6–10)	—	21,861	63–80
144	September 10	Brewers	9–0	Armas (4–5)	Villanueva (7–4)	—	13,683	64–80
145	September 11	Brewers	1–6	Gallardo (8–4)	Bullington (0–2)	—	11,962	64–81
146	September 12	Brewers	7–4	Grabow (3–1)	Turnbow (4–5)	Capps (16)	10,566	65–81
147	September 14	@ Astros	4–3	Sánchez (1–0)	Qualls (6–5)	Capps (17)	35,352	66–81
148	September 15	@ Astros	7–9	Gutiérrez (1–1)	Morris (9–10)	Lidge (15)	40,425	66–82
149	September 16	@ Astros	3–15	Backe (1–1)	Maholm (10–15)	—	35,715	66–83
150	September 17	@ Padres	0–3	Cassel (1–0)	Van Benschoten (0–6)	Hoffman (38)	33,557	66–84
151	September 18	@ Padres	3–5	Maddux (13–10)	Gorzelanny (14–8)	Hoffman (39)	30,629	66–85
152	September 19	@ Padres	3–5	Meredith (5–6)	Capps (4–7)	—	26,354	66–86
153	September 20	@ Padres	3–6	Tomko (4–11)	Morris (9–11)	Hoffman (40)	27,020	66–87
154	September 21	@ Cubs	8–13	Eyre (2–1)	Osoria (0–2)	—	41,591	66–88
155	September 22	@ Cubs	5–9	Hill (10–8)	Duke (3–8)	—	41,271	66–89
156	September 23	@ Cubs	0–8	Zambrano (17–13)	Gorzelanny (14–9)	—	41,364	66–90
157	September 25	D-backs	6–5	Torres (2–4)	Lyon (6–4)	Capps (18)	14,569	67–90
158	September 26	D-backs	5–1	Morris (10–11)	Hernández (11–11)	—	16,289	68–90
159	September 27	D-backs	0–8	Owings (8–8)	Van Benschoten (0–7)	—	11,335	68–91
160	September 28	Cardinals	1–6	Springer (8–1)	Grabow (3–2)	—	30,603	68–92
161	September 29	Cardinals	3–7	Wainwright (14–12)	Gorzelanny (14–10)	—	35,169	68–93
162	September 30	Cardinals	5–6	Wells (7–17)	Bullington (0–3)	Isringhausen (32)	25,664	68–94

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member Source = baseball-reference.com^[3]

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	4–2	4–2	2–4	8–10	6–1	5–2	8–10	2–5	3–4	5–1	5–4	10–8	10–8	4–3	6–1	8–7
Atlanta	2–4	—	5–4	1–6	4–2	10–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	9–9	9–9	5–1	5–2	4–3	3–4	11–7	4–11
Chicago	2–4	4–5	—	9–9	5–2	0–6	8–7	2–5	9–6	2–5	3–4	8–7	3–5	5–2	11–5	6–1	8–4
Cincinnati	4–2	6–1	9–9	—	2–4	4–3	4–11	2–4	8–7	2–5	2–4	9–7	2–4	4–3	6–9	1–6	7-11
Colorado	10–8	2–4	2–5	4–2	—	3–3	3–4	12–6	4–2	4–2	4–3	4–3	11–8	10–8	3–4	4–3	10–8
Florida	1–6	8–10	6–0	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	4–3	2–5	7–11	9–9	3–4	3–4	1–6	2–4	8–10	9–9
Houston	2–5	3–3	7–8	11–4	4–3	3-2	—	4–3	5–13	2–5	3–3	5–10	4–3	2–4	7–9	2–5	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	3–4	5–2	4–2	6–12	3–4	3–4	—	3–3	5–5	4–2	5–2	8–10	10–8	3–3	5–1	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	2–5	6–9	7–8	2–4	5–2	13–5	3–3	—	2–4	3–4	10–6	2–5	4–5	7–8	4–2	8–7
New York	4–3	9–9	5–2	5–2	2–4	11–7	5–2	5–5	4–2	—	6–12	4–2	2–4	4–2	5–2	9–9	8–7
Philadelphia	1-5	9–9	4–3	4–2	3–4	9–9	3–3	2–4	4–3	12–6	—	4–2	4–3	4–4	6–3	12–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	4–5	1–5	7–8	7–9	3–4	4–3	10–5	2–5	6–10	2–4	2–4	—	1–6	4–2	6–12	4–2	5–10
San Diego	8–10	2–5	5–3	4–2	8–11	4–3	3–4	10–8	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	14–4	3–4	4–2	6–9
San Francisco	8–10	3–4	2–5	3–4	8–10	6–1	4–2	8–10	5–4	2–4	4–4	2–4	4–14	—	4–1	3–4	5–10
St. Louis	3–4	4–3	5–11	9–6	4–3	4-2	9–7	3–3	8–7	2–5	3–6	12–6	4–3	1–4	—	1–5	6–9
Washington	1–6	7–11	1–6	6–1	3–4	10-8	5–2	1–5	2–4	9–9	6–12	2–4	2–4	4–3	5–1	—	9–9

Detailed records

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Atlanta Braves	1	5	0.167	22	34
Florida Marlins	4	3	0.571	37	31
New York Mets	2	4	0.333	37	40
Philadelphia Phillies	2	4	0.333	34	44
Washington Nationals	4	2	0.667	27	21
Total	13	18	0.419	157	170
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	7	8	0.467	65	79
Cincinnati Reds	7	9	0.438	79	98
Houston Astros	10	5	0.667	62	56
Milwaukee Brewers	6	10	0.375	65	88
St. Louis Cardinals	6	12	0.333	79	83
Total	36	44	0.450	350	404
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	4	5	0.444	48	50
Colorado Rockies	3	4	0.429	35	35
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	5	0.286	28	39
San Diego Padres	1	6	0.143	15	33
San Francisco Giants	4	2	0.667	37	29
Total	14	22	0.389	163	186
American League
Chicago White Sox	2	1	0.667	13	15
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	0	3	0.000	8	19
New York Yankees	0	3	0.000	13	27
Seattle Mariners	1	2	0.333	5	13
Texas Rangers	2	1	0.667	15	12
Total	5	10	0.333	54	86
Season Total	68	94	0.420	724	846

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	12	12	0.500	86	106
May	29	11	18	0.379	132	150
June	27	12	15	0.444	112	137
July	24	7	17	0.292	90	127
August	30	17	13	0.567	182	153
September	28	9	19	0.321	122	173
Total	162	68	94	0.420	724	846

Total	162	68	94	0.420	724	846
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	37	44	0.457	373	390
Away	81	31	50	0.383	351	456

Roster

2007 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

46 Tony Armas, Jr.

54 Jonah Bayliss

49 Bryan Bullington

55 Matt Capps

32 Shawn Chacón

50 Dave Davidson

57 Zach Duke

24 Tom Gorzelanny

34 John Grabow

59 Dan Kolb

18 Masumi Kuwata

28 Paul Maholm

43 Dámaso Marte

39 Marty McLeary

35 Matt Morris

36 Juan Pérez

59 Brian Rogers

58 Rómulo Sánchez

44 Josh Sharpless

45 Ian Snell

16 Salomón Torres

47 John Van Benschoten

37 John Wasdin

27 Shane Youman

Catchers

11 Humberto Cota

51 Carlos Maldonado

26 Ronny Paulino

Infielders

19 José Bautista

14 José Castillo

35 Brad Eldred

3 César Izturis

53 Matt Kata

29 Don Kelly

25 Adam LaRoche

5 Josh Phelps

12 Freddy Sanchez

2 Jack Wilson

Outfielders

38 Jason Bay

10 Rajai Davis

41 Ryan Doumit

6 Chris Duffy

49,13 Nate McLouth

29 Nyjer Morgan

22 Xavier Nady

18 Steve Pearce

Manager

23 Jim Tracy

Coaches

48 Jim Colborn (pitching)

7 Jeff Cox (third base)

17 Bobby Cuellar (bullpen)

15 Jim Lett (bench)

30 Jeff Manto (hitting)

31 John Shelby (first base)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Chris Duffy	CF
Jack Wilson	SS
Jason Bay	LF
Adam LaRoche	1B
Ronny Paulino	C
Xavier Nady	RF
José Bautista	3B
José Castillo	2B
Zach Duke	SP

Statistics

Hitting

Regular Season^[4]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Capps, M.M. Capps	72	1	1	1.000	0	0
Phelps, J.J. Phelps	58	77	27	0.351	5	19
Bullington, B.B. Bullington	5	3	1	0.333	0	0
Morris, M.M. Morris	11	19	6	0.316	1	2
Sanchez, F.F. Sanchez	147	602	183	0.304	11	81
Morgan, N.N. Morgan	28	107	32	0.299	1	7
Wilson, J.J. Wilson	135	477	141	0.296	12	56
Pearce, S.S. Pearce	23	68	20	0.294	0	6
Cota, H.H. Cota	5	14	4	0.286	0	3
Nady, X.X. Nady	125	431	120	0.278	20	72
Izturis, C.C. Izturis	45	123	34	0.276	0	8
Doumit, R.R. Doumit	83	252	69	0.274	9	32
Chacón, S.S. Chacón	61	11	3	0.273	0	0
LaRoche, A.A. LaRoche	152	563	153	0.272	21	88
Davis, R.R. Davis	24	48	13	0.271	0	2
Paulino, R.R. Paulino	133	457	120	0.263	11	55
McLouth, N.N. McLouth	137	329	85	0.258	13	38
Bautista, J.J. Bautista	142	532	135	0.254	15	63
Duke, Z.Z. Duke	20	32	8	0.250	0	3
Kata, M.M. Kata	47	88	22	0.250	1	10
Duffy, C.C. Duffy	70	241	60	0.249	3	22
Bay, J.J. Bay	145	538	133	0.247	21	84
Castillo, J.J. Castillo	87	221	54	0.244	0	24
Maldonado, C.C. Maldonado	13	24	5	0.208	2	4
Maholm, P.P. Maholm	27	59	11	0.186	0	5
Kelly, D.D. Kelly	25	27	4	0.148	0	0
Van Benschoten, J.J. Van Benschoten	10	7	1	0.143	0	0
Armas, T.T. Armas	29	26	3	0.115	0	2
Eldred, B.B. Eldred	19	46	5	0.109	2	3
Snell, I.I. Snell	34	57	5	0.088	0	2
Youman, S.S. Youman	16	12	1	0.083	0	0
Gorzelanny, T.T. Gorzelanny	29	63	4	0.063	0	3
Grabow, J.J. Grabow	59	1	0	0.000	0	0
Marte, D.D. Marte	62	2	0	0.000	0	0
McLeary, M.M. McLeary	4	2	0	0.000	0	0
Osoria, F.F. Osoria	25	4	0	0.000	0	0
Sánchez, R.R. Sánchez	16	1	0	0.000	0	0
Wasdin, J.J. Wasdin	12	4	0	0.000	0	0
Bayliss, J.J. Bayliss	34	0	0	—	0	0
Davidson, D.D. Davidson	2	0	0	—	0	0
Kolb, D.D. Kolb	2	0	0	—	0	0
Kuwata, M.M. Kuwata	14	0	0	—	0	0
Pérez, J.J. Pérez	17	0	0	—	0	0
Rogers, B.B. Rogers	3	0	0	—	0	0
Sharpless, J.J. Sharpless	5	0	0	—	0	0
Torres, S.S. Torres	55	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[5]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Capps, M.M. Capps	76	79	4	7	2.28	64
Marte, D.D. Marte	65	45 ¹⁄₃	2	0	2.38	51
Snell, I.I. Snell	32	208	9	12	3.76	177
Gorzelanny, T.T. Gorzelanny	32	201 ²⁄₃	14	10	3.88	135
Chacón, S.S. Chacón	64	96	5	4	3.94	79
Pérez, J.J. Pérez	17	12 ¹⁄₃	0	0	4.38	10
Grabow, J.J. Grabow	63	51 ²⁄₃	3	2	4.53	42
Osoria, F.F. Osoria	25	28 ¹⁄₃	0	2	4.76	13
Sánchez, R.R. Sánchez	16	18	1	0	5.00	11
Maholm, P.P. Maholm	29	177 ²⁄₃	10	15	5.02	105
Bullington, B.B. Bullington	5	17	0	3	5.29	7
Torres, S.S. Torres	56	52 ²⁄₃	2	4	5.47	45
Duke, Z.Z. Duke	20	107 ¹⁄₃	3	8	5.53	41
Wasdin, J.J. Wasdin	12	19 ²⁄₃	1	1	5.95	10
Youman, S.S. Youman	16	57 ¹⁄₃	3	5	5.97	29
Armas, T.T. Armas	31	97	4	5	6.03	73
Morris, M.M. Morris	11	62	3	4	6.10	29
McLeary, M.M. McLeary	4	7 ²⁄₃	0	0	8.22	5
Bayliss, J.J. Bayliss	39	37 ²⁄₃	4	3	8.36	29
Kolb, D.D. Kolb	3	3	0	0	9.00	2
Kuwata, M.M. Kuwata	19	21	0	1	9.43	12
Van Benschoten, J.J. Van Benschoten	11	39	0	7	10.15	26
Sharpless, J.J. Sharpless	6	4 ¹⁄₃	0	1	12.46	1
Rogers, B.B. Rogers	3	2	0	0	13.50	1
Davidson, D.D. Davidson	2	2	0	0	22.50	0

Awards and honors

2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Freddy Sanchez, 2B, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Trent Jewett
AA	Altoona Curve	Eastern League	Tim Leiper
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Jeff Branson
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Gary Green
A-Short Season	State College Spikes	New York–Penn League	Turner Ward
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Tom Prince
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	N/A
Rookie	VSL Pirates	Venezuelan Summer League	N/A

References

Game Logs:

1st Half: Pittsburgh Pirates Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Pittsburgh Pirates Game Log on ESPN.com

Batting Statistics: Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
Fans Protest / Walkout:'

Walkout by Pirates fans gets blacked out

Pirates Fan Protest, Walkout Still On For Weekend

Pirates fans group pushing in-game walkout Saturday

'Fans for Change' ready for Pirates protest

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Fans Protest / Walkout:
↑ "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule and Results". Baseball-Reference.com.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

2007 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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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