In 1960, an upstart Pittsburgh Pirates team beat the highly favored New York Yankees in the World Series. Given the power of a Yankee roster that included Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra, that improbable victory did more than give longsuffering Pirates fans some...
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Bill Mazeroski statue at the end of the cul-de-sac in Right Field As part of the 50th anniversary season of the 1960 World Series Championship, the 12-foot bronze statue was officially unveiled on September 5, 2010, and stands at the end of Mazeroski Way, which is located at the right...
During that time he became one of only 36 managers to win 1,000 games, compiling a record of 1,115-950, his win total ranking second on the Pirates all-time list to Fred Clarke's 1,422. He led the Pirates to five Eastern Division crowns and two World Series Championships (1960 and...
During the day, he worked at Westinghouse Air Brake -- a job he held for 30 years, but his passion was the ballyard. The Pirates estimated Coyne had worked over 6,000 games at Forbes Field, Three Rivers Stadium and PNC Park.
Summertime visitors can catch the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Team playing at PNC Park. The ballpark is on the north side of the Allegheny; just stroll across Roberto Clemente Bridge (and don’t miss his statue) to get to a Pirates game. ...
The Pittsburgh Pirateshad last won the World Series in 1960 (in an upset win over the NY Yankees). In ’71, Pittsburgh won the NL East by 7 games over St. Louis; in the playoffs they beat San Francisco 3 games to 1. On September 1 1971, the Pirates had fielded the first all-mino...
World Series Champions. The Pirates played in the first World's Series in 1903, losing to the Boston Americans, but won in 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, as well as in their most recent World Series appearance against the Baltimore Orioles in 1979. The Pirates play in PNC Park, which is ...
Pirates add right-handed pitcher Elvis Alvarado to 40-man roster January 7, 2025 Facebook Share PiratesFest 2025, presented by RE/MAX Select Realty returns to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center with an additional day slated for the event. General public access will begin on Saturday, Janu...
bending down while running to catch the ball, was produced in Pittsburgh by Matthews International Architectural Products, the same firm that produced a statue at PNC Park of Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski's famous World Series-winning home run in 1960 against the New York ...