Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates have called Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania home for over 100 years. Here is a look at the history and fame of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball.

The Pittsburgh Pirates jerseys colors are black and gold with red trim. They also feature the Pittsburgh Pirates logo of a pirate caricature over crossed baseball bats. The Pittsburgh Pirates baseball hats are black with a golden “P” on the crown.

If you stop at the official Pirates website, you can take a look at the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training schedule. There you can buy Pittsburgh Pirates tickets to the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training games or to the regular games on the Pittsburgh Pirates schedule. There you can also purchase your own Pittsburgh Pirates jersey and other team paraphernalia.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have had a busy history. They have won five World Series Titles and nine National League Pennants in all. The team has enjoyed many successes, as well as total droughts in scoring.

The 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates saw some changes for the team. The long term ownership of the Barney Dreyfuss family was over, and a syndicate bought the team. The syndicate included Bing Crosby as one of its members. Barney Dreyfuss owned the team from 1900 until his death in 1932. Forbes Field, which he built, was the first modern concrete and steel baseball stadium, and many also credit him with creating the World Series as it is today.

One Pittsburgh Pirates retired player, Bob Friend, owes much of his success to working with the Pirates in the 50s and 60s. He joined the New York Yankees and the New York Mets his final year in baseball (1966) and went on to be the first man to lead in ERA while pitching for a team that was in last place.

1979 the Pittsburgh Pirates went to the World Series for the fifth and final time so far. They adopted the disco anthem “We Are Family” as their theme song that year. After that, the team went down hill, and has not made it back to the World Series yet.

For information on the current 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates contracts you can check out the official website. It will also keep you up to date on all the latest trade rumors as well. You can then compare their stats to the current Pittsburgh Pirates 2007 schedule to help you when coming up with your fantasy baseball team.