1965 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1965 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Harry Walker
Local television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Local radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
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The 1965 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 84th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 79th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 90–72.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
San Francisco Giants	95	67	0.586	2	51–30	44–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	72	0.556	7	49–32	41–40
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	0.549	8	49–32	40–41
Milwaukee Braves	86	76	0.531	11	44–37	42–39
Philadelphia Phillies	85	76	0.528	11½	45–35	40–41
St. Louis Cardinals	80	81	0.497	16½	42–39	38–42
Chicago Cubs	72	90	0.444	25	40–41	32–49
Houston Astros	65	97	0.401	32	36–45	29–52
New York Mets	50	112	0.309	47	29–52	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1965 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	7–11	8–10	8–10	9–9	11–7–1	8–10	5–13	6–12	10–8–1
Cincinnati	11–7	—	12–6	6–12	12–6	11–7	13–5	8–10	6–12	10–8
Houston	10–8	6–12	—	5–13	4–14	14–4	6–12	8–10	3–15	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	12–6	13–5	—	10–8	12–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	12–6
Milwaukee	9–9	6–12	14–4	8–10	—	13–5	6–12	9–9	10–8	11–7
New York	7–11–1	7–11	4–14	6–12	5–13	—	7–11–1	4–14	5–13	5–13
Philadelphia	10–8	5–13	12–6	9–9	12–6	11–7–1	—	8–10	8–10	10–7
Pittsburgh	13–5	10–8	10–8	9–9	9–9	14–4	10–8	—	11–7–1	4–14
San Francisco	12–6	12–6	15–3	8–10	8–10	13–5	10–8	7–11–1	—	10–8
St. Louis	8–10–1	8–10	9–9	6–12	7–11	13–5	7–10	14–4	8–10	—

Game log

1965 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 49–32; Away: 41–40)

April: 6–9 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–7)

May: 14–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 9–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
16	May 1	@ Cardinals	2–3	Stallard	Cardwell (0–1)	—	9,689	6–10
17	May 2	@ Cardinals	5–9	Gibson	Friend (2–2)	Taylor		6–11
18	May 2	@ Cardinals	4–5	Washburn	McBean (1–2)	—	23,630	6–12
19	May 4	@ Cubs	6–3	McBean (2–2)	Broglio	—	1,527	7–12
20	May 5	@ Cubs	1–3	Buhl	Law (0–4)	—	2,093	7–13
21	May 6	@ Cubs	3–5	Jackson	Schwall (0–1)	Abernathy	1,471	7–14
22	May 7	Reds	5–4	Sisk (1–0)	Craig	—	9,052	8–14
23	May 8	Reds	1–10	Maloney	Veale (2–1)	—	5,790	8–15
24	May 9	Reds	3–5	Arrigo	McBean (2–3)	McCool	6,858	8–16
25	May 11	Braves	4–3	Cardwell (1–1)	Blasingame	McBean (3)	4,694	9–16
26	May 12	Braves	4–5	Lemaster	Butters (0–1)	O'Dell	4,464	9–17
27	May 13	Braves	4–5	Niekro	Schwall (0–2)	—	4,165	9–18
28	May 14	Cardinals	7–8	Schultz	McBean (2–4)	Purkey	9,986	9–19
29	May 15	Cardinals	1–5	Stallard	Law (0–5)	—	5,148	9–20
30	May 16	Cardinals	3–6	Gibson	Cardwell (1–2)	—		9–21
31	May 16	Cardinals	1–5	Washburn	Veale (2–2)	Purkey	11,081	9–22
32	May 19	@ Reds	1–3	McCool	Gibbon (0–4)	—	6,743	9–23
33	May 20	@ Reds	3–11	Ellis	Friend (2–3)	—	5,209	9–24
34	May 21	@ Braves	6–1	Law (1–5)	Lemaster	McBean (4)	2,679	10–24
35	May 22	@ Braves	9–4	Sisk (2–0)	Cloninger	McBean (5)	2,662	11–24
36	May 23	@ Braves	10–1	Veale (3–2)	Sadowski	—	2,053	12–24
37	May 24	Cubs	6–4	Schwall (1–2)	Broglio	McBean (6)	5,360	13–24
38	May 25	Cubs	7–6 (12)	Carpin (1–0)	Warner	—	6,403	14–24
39	May 26	@ Phillies	5–3	Sisk (3–0)	Mahaffey	—	10,212	15–24
40	May 28	@ Mets	6–1	Veale (4–2)	Spahn	—	32,011	16–24
41	May 29	@ Mets	7–4	Schwall (2–2)	Lary	McBean (7)	11,297	17–24
42	May 30	@ Mets	9–1	Friend (3–3)	Jackson	—		18–24
43	May 30	@ Mets	12–0	Law (2–5)	Parsons	—	41,552	19–24
44	May 31	Phillies	5–2	Cardwell (2–2)	Short	McBean (8)	16,366	20–24

June: 19–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
45	June 1	Phillies	4–0	Veale (5–2)	Mahaffey	—	10,478	21–24
46	June 3	Mets	6–8	Cisco	Gibbon (0–5)	Parsons	9,169	21–25
47	June 4	Mets	1–2	Fisher	Friend (3–4)	—	11,026	21–26
48	June 5	Mets	9–0	Law (3–5)	Kroll	—	6,581	22–26
49	June 6	Mets	5–3	Cardwell (3–2)	Jackson	—		23–26
50	June 6	Mets	3–0	Veale (6–2)	Spahn	—	16,387	24–26
51	June 8	Astros	7–6 (11)	Gibbon (1–5)	Woodeshick	—	8,084	25–26
52	June 9	Astros	11–3	Law (4–5)	Nottebart	—	9,412	26–26
53	June 10	Astros	4–2	Veale (7–2)	Bruce	—	9,839	27–26
54	June 11	Giants	5–3	Cardwell (4–2)	Hands	Carpin (1)	24,708	28–26
55	June 12	Giants	0–4	Shaw	Friend (3–5)	Linzy	12,213	28–27
56	June 13	Giants	2–1	Law (5–5)	Perry	—	20,091	29–27
57	June 14	@ Cardinals	2–5	Taylor	Veale (7–3)	—	5,265	29–28
58	June 15	@ Cardinals	10–6	Carpin (2–0)	Stallard	McBean (9)	10,428	30–28
59	June 16	@ Cardinals	10–9	Schwall (3–2)	Schultz	—	10,480	31–28
60	June 17	@ Cardinals	4–1	Law (6–5)	Gibson	—	11,905	32–28
61	June 18	@ Astros	1–5	Bruce	Veale (7–4)	—	24,286	32–29
62	June 19	@ Astros	5–3 (11)	Gibbon (2–5)	Nottebart	Carpin (2)	27,785	33–29
63	June 20	@ Giants	3–4 (15)	Herbel	McBean (2–5)	—		33–30
64	June 20	@ Giants	3–7	Bolin	Schwall (3–3)	Linzy	39,757	33–31
65	June 22	@ Giants	6–0	Law (7–5)	Perry	—	10,537	34–31
66	June 23	@ Giants	1–6	Herbel	Veale (7–5)	Linzy	8,209	34–32
67	June 24	@ Dodgers	13–3	Cardwell (5–2)	Drysdale	—	28,867	35–32
68	June 25	@ Dodgers	1–4	Koufax	Friend (3–6)	—	32,060	35–33
69	June 26	@ Dodgers	6–1	Law (8–5)	Osteen	—	21,769	36–33
70	June 27	@ Dodgers	10–2	Veale (8–5)	Podres	—	33,161	37–33
71	June 28	Reds	5–4	Cardwell (6–2)	O'Toole	McBean (10)	15,302	38–33
72	June 29	Reds	2–1 (16)	Schwall (4–3)	McCool	—		39–33
73	June 29	Reds	5–7	Nuxhall	Gibbon (2–6)	Craig	28,589	39–34
74	June 30	Cardinals	1–7	Washburn	Law (8–6)	Woodeshick	15,369	39–35

July: 13–18 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
75	July 1	Cardinals	6–7	Woodeshick	Gibbon (2–7)	Sadecki	11,920	39–36
76	July 2	Braves	8–3	Cardwell (7–2)	Cloninger	Schwall (1)	12,352	40–36
77	July 3	Braves	9–5	Friend (4–6)	Sadowski	Carpin (3)	9,460	41–36
78	July 4	Braves	2–5	Fischer	Law (8–7)	—	16,145	41–37
79	July 5	@ Phillies	1–3	Bunning	Veale (8–6)	—		41–38
80	July 5	@ Phillies	2–6	Roebuck	Wood (0–1)	Wagner	25,330	41–39
81	July 6	@ Phillies	8–4	Cardwell (8–2)	Culp	—	17,357	42–39
82	July 7	@ Phillies	0–1	Short	Friend (4–7)	—	16,632	42–40
83	July 8	Dodgers	4–9	Reed	Law (8–8)	—	22,247	42–41
84	July 9	Dodgers	4–1	Veale (9–6)	Willhite	—	16,284	43–41
85	July 10	Dodgers	4–8	Drysdale	Cardwell (8–3)	Perranoski	14,880	43–42
86	July 11	Dodgers	2–4	Koufax	Gibbon (2–8)	—		43–43
87	July 11	Dodgers	4–3 (10)	Carpin (3–0)	Miller	—	37,631	44–43
88	July 15	@ Braves	6–9	Johnson	Law (8–9)	Osinski	5,180	44–44
89	July 16	@ Braves	2–12	Blasingame	Veale (9–7)	—	6,090	44–45
90	July 17	@ Braves	5–6	O'Dell	Carpin (3–1)	—	4,518	44–46
91	July 18	@ Reds	6–5	Schwall (5–3)	Craig	—		45–46
92	July 18	@ Reds	4–8	Jay	Gibbon (2–9)	McCool	25,637	45–47
93	July 19	@ Reds	3–1	Law (9–9)	Nuxhall	—	11,096	46–47
94	July 20	@ Reds	8–6	Veale (10–7)	Ellis	McBean (11)	9,669	47–47
95	July 21	Mets	0–1	Jackson	Cardwell (8–4)	—	22,670	47–48
96	July 23	@ Cubs	6–0	Friend (5–7)	Ellsworth	—	5,288	48–48
97	July 24	@ Cubs	8–5	Law (10–9)	Jackson	McBean (12)	9,578	49–48
98	July 25	@ Cubs	3–2 (13)	Law (11–9)	McDaniel	—		50–48
99	July 25	@ Cubs	0–5	Faul	Cardwell (8–5)	—	20,777	50–49
100	July 27	Phillies	1–3	Wagner	Friend (5–8)	Baldschun		50–50
101	July 27	Phillies	3–2 (10)	Schwall (6–3)	Wagner	—	21,832	51–50
102	July 28	Phillies	0–1 (14)	Baldschun	Schwall (6–4)	—	13,207	51–51
103	July 29	Phillies	0–5	Culp	Veale (10–8)	—	10,160	51–52
104	July 30	Cubs	3–1	Cardwell (9–5)	Broglio	—	11,382	52–52
105	July 31	Cubs	6–7	Buhl	Sisk (3–1)	Abernathy	7,431	52–53

August: 19–9 (Home: 10–2; Away: 9–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106	August 1	Cubs	8–2	McBean (3–5)	Ellsworth	Schwall (2)		53–53
107	August 1	Cubs	3–1	Gibbon (3–9)	Jackson	Schwall (3)	14,741	54–53
108	August 3	@ Mets	7–0	Law (12–9)	Cisco	—	24,597	55–53
109	August 4	@ Mets	3–0	Veale (11–8)	Fisher	Schwall (4)	20,703	56–53
110	August 5	@ Mets	11–3	Cardwell (10–5)	Jackson	—	19,374	57–53
111	August 6	@ Phillies	0–4	Bunning	Friend (5–9)	—	22,155	57–54
112	August 7	@ Phillies	4–3	McBean (4–5)	Culp	—	8,204	58–54
113	August 8	@ Phillies	7–1	Veale (12–8)	Short	—		59–54
114	August 8	@ Phillies	2–5	Herbert	Sisk (3–2)	—	29,260	59–55
115	August 10	@ Giants	3–4	Marichal	Cardwell (10–6)	—	14,457	59–56
116	August 12	@ Giants	3–4	Linzy	Schwall (6–5)	—		59–57
117	August 12	@ Giants	5–2	Law (13–9)	Perry	—	20,435	60–57
118	August 13	@ Dodgers	1–3	Osteen	Veale (12–9)	—	32,551	60–58
119	August 14	@ Dodgers	0–1 (10)	Koufax	Cardwell (10–7)	—	29,237	60–59
120	August 15	@ Dodgers	4–2	Sisk (4–2)	Drysdale	McBean (13)	25,175	61–59
121	August 16	@ Astros	0–3	Roberts	Friend (5–10)	—	26,549	61–60
122	August 17	@ Astros	8–6	Law (14–9)	Farrell	McBean (14)	24,863	62–60
123	August 18	@ Astros	8–7	Veale (13–9)	Nottebart	McBean (15)	30,470	63–60
124	August 20	Braves	3–4	Blasingame	Cardwell (10–8)	—	18,653	63–61
125	August 21	Braves	3–0	Friend (6–10)	Lemaster	—	10,259	64–61
126	August 22	Braves	5–4 (11)	Schwall (7–5)	Osinski	—	14,112	65–61
127	August 23	Giants	6–2	Law (15–9)	Spahn	—	15,016	66–61
128	August 24	Giants	5–2	Cardwell (11–8)	Shaw	—	15,497	67–61
129	August 25	Giants	3–3			—	13,348	67–61
130	August 26	Giants	8–0	Veale (14–9)	Herbel	—		68–61
131	August 26	Giants	6–5	Sisk (5–2)	Perry	McBean (16)	18,893	69–61
132	August 27	Astros	10–9 (11)	McBean (5–5)	Cuellar	—	12,917	70–61
133	August 28	Astros	6–9	Dierker	Schwall (7–6)	Giusti	7,051	70–62
134	August 29	Astros	4–2	Wood (1–1)	Nottebart	Gibbon (1)	30,002	71–62

September: 16–10 (Home: 10–5; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	Dodgers	3–2 (11)	Gibbon (4–9)	Koufax	—		72–62
136	September 1	Dodgers	2–1	Law (16–9)	Drysdale	—	26,394	73–62
137	September 2	Dodgers	1–7	Osteen	Veale (14–10)	Perranoski	29,200	73–63
138	September 3	@ Braves	3–4	Johnson	Cardwell (11–9)	Osinski	5,349	73–64
139	September 4	@ Braves	3–8 (8)	Cloninger	Friend (6–11)	O'Dell	2,471	73–65
140	September 5	@ Braves	2–1	Sisk (6–2)	Sadowski	McBean (17)	20,409	74–65
141	September 6	@ Reds	3–1	Veale (15–10)	Jay	—		75–65
142	September 6	@ Reds	4–2	McBean (6–5)	Maloney	—	16,323	76–65
143	September 7	@ Reds	0–5	Ellis	Cardwell (11–10)	—	7,153	76–66
144	September 8	@ Cardinals	2–1	Friend (7–11)	Sadecki	—	9,714	77–66
145	September 10	Reds	7–0	Veale (16–10)	Jay	—	20,694	78–66
146	September 11	Reds	2–3	Maloney	Sisk (6–3)	—	9,570	78–67
147	September 13	Reds	8–4	Law (17–9)	Ellis	—	1,299	79–67
148	September 14	Cardinals	2–3	Gibson	Friend (7–12)	Woodeshick	8,224	79–68
149	September 15	Cardinals	3–7	Sadecki	Veale (16–11)	Briles	6,725	79–69
150	September 16	Cardinals	1–2	Stallard	McBean (6–6)	Woodeshick	4,788	79–70
151	September 17	Phillies	4–0	Cardwell (12–10)	Culp	—	8,987	80–70
152	September 18	Phillies	4–3	Face (2–1)	Steevens	—	5,313	81–70
153	September 19	Phillies	1–0 (10)	Veale (17–11)	Baldschun	—	10,026	82–70
154	September 20	Mets	10–0	Sisk (7–3)	Fisher	—	3,892	83–70
155	September 21	Mets	6–5	Face (3–1)	Eilers	—	4,660	84–70
156	September 22	Mets	6–2	Friend (8–12)	McGraw	—	4,964	85–70
157	September 25	@ Cubs	3–6	Hendley	Veale (17–12)	Abernathy	2,903	85–71
158	September 26	@ Cubs	5–3 (10)	Schwall (8–6)	Abernathy	—	2,097	86–71
159	September 28	@ Mets	0–1 (12)	Sutherland	Face (3–2)	—	6,995	86–72
160	September 29	@ Mets	4–2	Schwall (9–6)	Selma	McBean (18)	2,807	87–72

October: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

June 8, 1965: Tom Dettore was drafted by the Pirates in the 26th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[2]
June 20, 1965: Don Money was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
July 6, 1965: Woodie Fryman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[4]

Roster

1965 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

31 Tom Butters

43 Don Cardwell

20 Frank Carpin

26 Roy Face

19 Bob Friend

22 Joe Gibbon

32 Vern Law

34 Al McBean

29 Don Schwall

25 Tommie Sisk

39 Bob Veale

31 Luke Walker

35 Wilbur Wood

Catchers

16 Del Crandall

12 Jerry May

10 Jim Pagliaroni

2 Hal Smith

28 Ozzie Virgil

Infielders

14 Gene Alley

7 Bob Bailey

17 Donn Clendenon

12 Gene Freese

9 Bill Mazeroski

11 José Pagán

30 Andre Rodgers

11 Dick Schofield

Outfielders

21 Roberto Clemente

24 Jerry Lynch

15 Manny Mota

27 Bob Oliver

23 George Spriggs

8 Willie Stargell

18 Bill Virdon

Manager

3 Harry Walker

Coaches

5 Alex Grammas

6 Clyde King

4 Johnny Pesky

2 Hal Smith

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season^[5]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
May, JerryJerry May	4	2	1	0.500	0	1
Spriggs, GeorgeGeorge Spriggs	9	2	1	0.500	0	0
Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente	152	589	194	0.329	10	65
Clendenon, DonnDonn Clendenon	162	612	184	0.301	14	96
Rodgers, AndreAndre Rodgers	75	178	51	0.287	2	25
Lynch, JerryJerry Lynch	73	121	34	0.281	5	16
Mota, MannyManny Mota	121	294	82	0.279	4	29
Virdon, BillBill Virdon	135	481	134	0.279	4	24
Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell	144	533	145	0.272	27	107
Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski	130	494	134	0.271	6	54
Pagliaroni, JimJim Pagliaroni	134	403	108	0.268	17	65
Virgil, OzzieOzzie Virgil	39	49	13	0.265	1	5
Freese, GeneGene Freese	43	80	21	0.263	0	8
Bailey, BobBob Bailey	159	626	160	0.256	11	49
Alley, GeneGene Alley	153	500	126	0.252	5	47
Law, VernVern Law	34	82	20	0.244	1	6
Pagan, JoseJose Pagan	42	38	9	0.237	0	1
Schofield, DickDick Schofield	31	109	25	0.229	0	6
McBean, AlAl McBean	62	27	6	0.222	0	2
Crandall, DelDel Crandall	60	140	30	0.214	2	10
Cardwell, DonDon Cardwell	37	74	12	0.162	2	10
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	31	26	3	0.115	0	0
Veale, BobBob Veale	39	93	8	0.086	0	3
Sisk, TommieTommie Sisk	39	33	2	0.061	0	1
Friend, BobBob Friend	34	71	3	0.042	0	1
Butters, TomTom Butters	5	1	0	0.000	0	0
Carpin, FrankFrank Carpin	39	1	0	0.000	0	0
Face, RoyRoy Face	16	1	0	0.000	0	0
Oliver, BobBob Oliver	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
Schwall, DonDon Schwall	43	15	0	0.000	0	0
Smith, HalHal Smith	4	3	0	0.000	0	0
Wood, WilburWilbur Wood	34	6	0	0.000	0	0
Walker, LukeLuke Walker	2	0	0	-1 !—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[6]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Walker, LukeLuke Walker	2	5	0	0	0.00	5
Law, VernVern Law	29	217.33333333333 !217¹⁄₃	17	9	2.15	101
McBean, AlAl McBean	62	114	6	6	2.29	54
Face, RoyRoy Face	16	20.333333333333 !20¹⁄₃	5	2	2.66	19
Veale, BobBob Veale	39	266	17	12	2.84	276
Schwall, DonDon Schwall	43	77	9	6	2.92	55
Wood, WilburWilbur Wood	34	51.333333333333 !51¹⁄₃	1	1	3.16	29
Carpin, FrankFrank Carpin	39	39.666666666667 !39²⁄₃	3	1	3.18	27
Cardwell, DonDon Cardwell	37	240.33333333333 !240¹⁄₃	13	10	3.18	107
Friend, BobBob Friend	34	222	8	12	3.24	74
Sisk, TommieTommie Sisk	38	111.33333333333 !111¹⁄₃	7	3	3.40	66
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	31	105.66666666667 !105²⁄₃	4	9	4.51	63
Butters, TomTom Butters	5	9	0	1	7.00	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Larry Shepard
AA	Asheville Tourists	Southern League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Bob Clear
A	Batavia Pirates	New York–Penn League	Tom Saffell
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Clyde Sukeforth and Don Osborn
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	George Detore

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Tom Dettore at Baseball Reference
↑ Don Money at Baseball Reference
↑ Woodie Fryman at Baseball Reference
↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

1965 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1965 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.

1965 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1965 MLB draft 1965 All-Star Game 1965 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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