Izimpande zePirates zizofika ePittsburgh kusukela ngo-Ephreli 15, 1876 ngesikhathi iPittsburgh Alleghenies (engakabi yiPirates) idlala umdlalo wokuqala we-baseball owenziwa e-Union Park. Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-franchise yamukelwa eqenjini elincane le-International Association, kodwa iqembu neligi liye lahlukana ngemuva kwesikhathi sonyaka we-1877.
I-Baseball ibuyele ePittsburgh kahle ngo-1882 lapho ama-Alleghenies ebeka ithimba lawo ndawonye futhi ajoyina i-American Association.
Amageyimu adlalwe ku-version yokuqala ye-Exposition Park echwebeni elisenyakatho lasePittsburgh.
I-Alleghenies Yiba yiPirates
Abakwa-Alleghenie bangena kwiNational League ngo-Ephreli 30, 1887 ngomdlalo wabo wokuqala ku-Recreation Park, esezandleni zikaGrant nasePennsylvania Avenues emigwaqeni kaTroven Wayne. Ngo-1890 abakwa-Alleghenies baphinde baqanjwa ngokuthi iPittsburgh Pirates ngemuva kokuthi "baphikise" i-baseman i-Louis Bierbauer yesibili kude neqembu le-Philadelphia Athletics American Association. Ngonyaka olandelayo bathuthela emzini omusha, i-Exposition Park, eseduze noMfula u-Allegheny phakathi kwesakhiwo sangaphambili se-Three Rivers Stadium kanye nekhaya elisha le-PNC Park. Ngempela ungathola izisekelo ezisuka ku-Exposition Park echazwe emgqeni omhlophe endaweni yangaphambili yokupaka izimoto ezintathu ze-Three Rivers Stadium.
UBarney Dreyfuss, ongumnikazi weqembu le-Louisville, wazuza isithakazelo sePittsburgh Pirates ngo-1900, ehambisa abadlali abangu-14, kuhlanganise neHholo leNewers of Famers u-Honus Wagner noFred Clarke.
AmaPirates adqobile iNational League yawo yokuqala ngonyaka olandelayo. Ngo-1902, amaPirates adlulisela isinyathelo esisodwa, ahlula iBoston yaseMelika, idolobha le-7-3, emdlalweni wokuqala we-World Series emlandweni we-baseball. Nokho, abaseMelika bahlaselwa emuva ukuze banqobe i-World Series.
Isithandwa se-Forbes Field
NgoJuni 30, 1909 baletha umdlalo wokuqala wePirates kuForbes Field, i-classic Major League Baseball Park, kanti i-ballpark yokuqala yenziwe ngokukhonkolo kanye ne-steel.
I-Forbes Field, ebizwa ngoJeneral John Forbes, umphathi waseBrithani owawuthatha iFour Duquesne ngesikhathi eFrance naseNdiya (1758), wawaqamba ngokuthi Fort Pitt, wawusendaweni yase-Oakland yasePittsburgh, emnyango wezithombe ezinhle eSchenley Park. I-Forbes Field, enekhono lama-35,000, ibambe i-World Series izikhathi ezine (1909, 1925, 1927, 1960) kanye ne-All-Star Game kabili (1944, 1959). Ubukhulu bayo nobukeka bayo bashintsha kaningi emlandweni walo omude. Kwakuyigugu lebhola le-ballpark kodwa ngemuva kweminyaka engu-61 kwase kuphele ukusebenza kwayo futhi ngo-June 28, 1970, abalandeli abangu-44 918 babekhona emdlalweni wokugcina wokuthi bahlehle. Izikhumbuzi ezimbalwa ezingokwenyama ze-ballpark enkulu zisakhona kubandakanya ipuleti yasekhaya, i-plaque eveza indawo lapho uBill Mazeroski we-1960 World Series ukuwina khona ukugijima ekhaya ushiye ipaki kanye nengxenye yodonga oluphakathi kwesokunxele.
Champions Series Champions
Ku-World Series showdown phakathi kwabadlali ababili bebhola le-baseball - u-Honus Wagner noTy Cobb - amaPirates adqobile i-Detroit Tigers, 8-0, ku-Game Seven ukuze abe yiMidlalo Yezwe okokuqala. Nokho, inkanyezi yangempela yeChungechunge, yayinguPittsburgh Pirates i-pitch-rookie embizeni iBab Ad Adams, eyabeka ukuphumelela kwemidlalo emithathu ephelele, kufaka phakathi ukuvalwa komdlalo okuyisikhombisa wokuqeda.
Ukuncintisana kwabo kwesibili kwe-World Series kwafika ngo-1925 ngokuwina ama-Senators aseWashington.
I-Pirates yabe isithole isomiso eside kuze kube ngo-1960, lapho iqembu lePirates lifaka ama-All-Stars ayisishiyagalombili. Naphezu kohlelo lwabo olubanzi, amaPirates ayesabizwa kabanzi ukuthi azolahlekelwa yiComedy World kuya eqenjini elinamandla laseNew York Yankees. Kwenye ye-World Series Series engakhunjulwa kakhulu emlandweni, amaPirates ahlukunyezwa yimidlalo engaphezu kweyishumi emidlalweni emithathu, athola imidlalo emithathu eseduze, aphinde aphuluke ekulahlekeni okungu-7-4 ngemuva kweMidlalo 7 ukuze agcine ekugcineni ekhaya iqhutshwa nguBill Mazeroski wesibili baseman - okwenza ithimba lokuqala ukunqoba i-Series Series emhlabeni. I-Pirates ihlukumeze iminyaka eyishumi, kodwa naphezu kokungezwa kukaRoberto Clemente, okubhekwe ngabaningi ukuba yiyona ndlela ehamba phambili emlandweni we-baseball.
I-Three Rivers Stadium ne "Umndeni"
USlugger Willie Stargell ujoyine iPittsburgh Pirates ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960, futhi ngemuva nje kokulindela kakhulu iTrans Rivers Stadium, ebizwa ngokuthi imifula emithathu (i-Allegheny, i-Monongahela ne-Ohio Rivers) eguquka edolobheni lasePittsburgh, yavulelwa ngoJulayi 16, 1970. nje kancane kakhulu futhi engenamhlanjesi ukuze kube ibhola le-ballpark elihle, noma kunjalo, futhi akukaze liphile ngokulindelekile.
I-Three Rivers Stadium iyingxenye ebalulekile yomlando wasePittsburgh futhi iguqulwe iMicrosoft League 'yokuqala' kuhlanganise nomdlalo wokuqala we-World Series Series phakathi no-1971 uchungechunge (okuyinto iPirates eyinqobile) neRoberto Clemente's 3000th. Le nkundla iphinde ibambe imidlalo emibili ye-All-Star (1974, 1994) futhi yabona isixuku esikhulu kunazo zonke (59,568) sibheke umdlalo wezemidlalo wasePittsburgh ngesikhathi seMidlalo ye-Major League Baseball All-Star ngo-July 12, 1994.
Iminyaka yama-1970 yiletha kokubili ukunqoba ePittsburgh Pirates. NgoDisemba 31, 1972, uRoberto Clemente washonela ekushayweni kwezindiza ngenkathi ehamba nezinsiza zokusiza ezisulu izisulu zokuzamazama komhlaba eNicaragua. Ithimba ligcine likwazi ukuzitholela ndawonye, kodwa, ngisho nokuthola "Singumndeni" njengengoma yabo yesihloko futhi saqhubeka sinqoba iSuper Series yabo yesihlanu, emidlalweni eyisikhombisa, ngo-Okthoba 17, 1979.
Hambisa ku-PNC Park
Isahluko esisha kunazo zonke emlandweni wePirate saqala ngoFebruwari 14, 1996, lapho uKevin McClatchy kanye neqembu lakhe labatshalizimali bethenga i-franchise yasePirates evela ePittsburgh Associates nesimo sokwakha ibhola lebhola le-baseball kuphela eminyakeni emihlanu. Ukuhlaselwa komkhosi ePNC Park kwenzeka ngo-Ephreli 7, 1999 kanye nosuku lokuvulwa kwenzeka eminyakeni emibili kamuva ngo-Ephreli 9, 2001 ngexuku lokuthengisa elingama-36 954.
Ngezinkathi ezingaphezu kwezingu-115 zeNational League ngaphansi kwebhande labo, iPittsburgh Pirates iyaziqhenya ngomlando wabo ogcwele imiqhudelwano emihlanu yoMhlaba wonke. abadlali abavelele kuhlanganise no-Honus Wagner, uRoberto Clemente, uWillie Stargell noBill Mazeroski; futhi eminye yemidlalo ye-baseball eningi kakhulu kanye nezikhathi.