Dead-ball era pennant winners, five World Series champions and a couple of teams that fell one game short, spread across more than a century of Pittsburgh baseball.
11979 PiratesThe 98–64 'We Are Family' team that rallied from 3–1 down to beat Baltimore in the World Series, with Willie Stargell named Series MVP.1000pts
21903 PiratesWon a third straight NL pennant at 91–49 and played in the first modern World Series, losing to Boston five games to three.647pts
31925 PiratesA 95–58 team with Kiki Cuyler and Pie Traynor that came back from a 3–1 deficit to beat Walter Johnson's Washington Senators in the World Series.624pts
41902 PiratesWent 103–36, won the National League pennant by 27½ games and set a franchise record .741 winning percentage that still stands.485pts
52015 PiratesWon 98 games, the second-best record in the majors, but lost the NL Wild Card Game to Jake Arrieta and the Cubs.485pts
61927 PiratesA 94–60 NL champion led by MVP Paul Waner and rookie Lloyd Waner that was swept by the Yankees in the World Series.485pts
72013 PiratesEnded a run of 20 straight losing seasons at 94–68, beat Cincinnati in the Wild Card Game and had MVP Andrew McCutchen.397pts
81971 PiratesA 97–65 team that beat Baltimore in a seven-game World Series, with Roberto Clemente named Series MVP.291pts
91991 PiratesPosted the National League's best record at 98–64 before losing a seven-game NLCS to the Atlanta Braves.291pts
101909 PiratesHonus Wagner's club opened Forbes Field, won a franchise-record 110 games and beat Detroit in a seven-game World Series.291pts
111960 PiratesA 95–59 team that won the World Series on Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 walk-off home run against the Yankees, with Dick Groat as NL MVP.291pts
121901 PiratesFred Clarke's 90–49 club that won the first of the franchise's three straight National League pennants.291pts
131972 PiratesA 96–59 NL East champion that saw Roberto Clemente's 3,000th hit and lost the NLCS to Cincinnati on a ninth-inning wild pitch in Game 5.291pts
Photo credits
- 1979 Pirates — Sally Lindsay, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2015 Pirates — Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1901 Pirates — Boston Public Library, CC BY 2.0
