Iingcambu zePirates ezisePittsburgh zibuya ngo-Ephreli 15, 1876 xa i-Pittsburgh Alleghenies (ayengakabikho i-Pirates) idlalwe kumdlalo wokuqala we-baseball we-baseball e-Union Park. Ngomnyaka olandelayo, i-franchise yamkelwe kwi-League yamazwe ngamazwe, kodwa iqela kunye neligi lidibene emva kwexesha le-1877.
I-Baseball ibuyele ePittsburgh ngokufanelekileyo ngo-1882 xa ii-Alleghenies zibeka iqela labo ndawonye kwaye zajoyina i-American Association.
Imidlalo yayidlalwe kwinguqu yokuqala yeNgqungquthela yeeNgqungquthela yaseNyakatho yasePittsburgh.
I-Alleghenies Yiba yiPirates
Abakwa-Allegheni bangena kwiNational League ngo-Ephreli 30, 1887 kunye nomdlalo wabo wokuqala kwi-Recreation Park, ekhoneni leGrant kunye nePennsylvania Avenues elandelwayo kwi-Fort Wayne. Ngo-1890 ii-Alleghenies zabizwa ngokuba yiPittsburgh Pirates emva kokuba "iqhubise" i-second-baseman i-Louis Bierbauer kude neqela le-Philadelphia Athletics American Association. Ngomnyaka olandelayo bathuthela kwikhaya elitsha, i-Park Exposition, ehlala kufuphi noMlambo u-Allegheny phakathi kwendawo yangaphambili yeTree Rivers Stadium kunye nekhaya elitsha le-PNC Park. Njengomcimbi wenyaniso ungayifumana iziseko ezisuka kwi-Exposition Park echazwe kwipeyinti emhlophe kwindawo yangaphambili yokupaka i-Three Rivers Stadium.
UBarney Dreyfuss, umnini weqela le-Louisville, owayenomdla wokulawula i-Pittsburgh Pirates ngo-1900, ehambisa abadlali aba-14 kunye naye, kuquka iHolo yeeNtshonalanga u-Honus Wagner noFred Clarke.
AmaPirates aphumelele kwiNational League yabo yokuqala ngonyaka olandelayo. Ngowe-1902, iiPirates zathatha inyathelo elilodwa, zahlula idolophu yaseBoston yaseMelika, i-7-3, kumdlalo wokuqala we-World Series kumlando we-baseball. Noko ke, amaMelika, abuye aphinde aphumelele ukuphumelela iComment Series.
Intsimi yoThando
NgoJuni 30, 1909 kwazisa umdlalo wokuqala wePirates kwi-Forbes Field, i-classic i-Major League Baseball Park, kunye ne-ballpark yokuqala eyenziwe ngokuchanekileyo nge-konkrete nentsimbi.
Ummandla waseForbes, obizwa ngokuba nguGeneral John Forbes, umphathi waseBrithani, owangena kwiMfazwe yaseFransi neyamaNdiya (1758), wayibamba iFour Duquesne waza wayiqamba ngokuthi i-Fort Pitt, yayikulo dolophu yase-Oakland yasePittsburgh, emnyango wesicacile saseSchenley Park. Intsimi ye-Forbes, enegunya lama-35,000, eyabanjwa kwiCandelo leeHlabathi leMhlaba (1909, 1925, 1927, 1960) kunye ne-All-Star Game kabini (1944, 1959). Ubungakanani bayo kunye nokubukeka kwatshintsha kaninzi kwixesha elide. Kwakuyinto ebalulekileyo yebhola ye-ballpark kodwa emva kweminyaka engama-61 ekugqibeleni yayiphelile kwaye ngoJuni 28, 1970, abalandeli abangama-44,918 babekho kwimidlalo yokugqibela yokuthetha. Izikhumbuzi ezimbalwa zezikhumbuzo ze-ballpark enkulu zikhoyo ziquka iplati yasekhaya, i-plaque ephawula indawo apho iBlue Mazeroski ye-1960 ye-World Series iphumelele ukuphumelela kwikhaya elishiye ipaki kunye nenxalenye yodonga oluphakathi kwesango.
Champions Series Series
Kwi-World Series showdown phakathi kwabadlali ababini be-baseball premiere - u-Honus Wagner kunye noTy Cobb - iiPirates zahlula iDetroit Tigers, 8-0, kwiMidlalo yeMidlalo yesiXhosa ukuze ibe yiMidlalo yeHlabathi kwixesha lokuqala. Inkwenkwezi yangempela yeChungechunge, nangona kunjalo, yayinguPittsburgh Pirates i-rookie emgodini iBaby Adams, eyayibeka ukuphumelela kwemidlalo emithathu epheleleyo, kubandakanywa nokuvalwa kwemidlalo yesibhozo.
Ukuphumelela kweyesibili yehlabathi kwi-series yaba ngowama-1925 ngokuphumelela kwi-Senator Washington.
I-Pirates yabe isweleka kakhulu komlambo kude kube ngowe-1960, xa iqela lePirates libonisa i-All-Stars ezisibhozo. Naphezu kohlobo lwaso olubanzi, amaPirati ayesoloko echazwe ngokubanzi ukuba alahlekelwe iCandelo leeNhlaba kwiqela elinamandla laseNew York Yankees. Kwenye yeeMbali zehlabathi ezikhunjulwayo kwiimbali, amaPirates ayanqotshwa ngamagosa angaphezu kwelishumi kwimidlalo emithathu, athola imidlalo emithathu esondeleyo, emva koko aphinde aphuluke kwi-7-4 ekupheleni kweMidlalo 7 ekugqibeleni aphumelele kwikhaya lokuhamba iqhutywe nguBill Mazeroski wesibini ye-baseman-eyenza iqela lokuqala ukuphumelela iCode Series kwi-home run. Nangona kunjalo, iiPirates zazama ukuchitha ixesha elilishumi leminyaka, nangona kunjalo, nangona kudibaniswa noRoberto Clemente, abonwa ngabaninzi kuba yiyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kumlando webhola.
Iitrato ezintathu zeNtaba kunye "neNtsapho"
U-Slugger uWillie Stargell wajoyina iPirates yasePittsburgh ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960, kwaye kungekudala emva kokulindela kakhulu iMidlalo yeTrans Rivers, ebizwa ngokuba yimilambo emithathu (i-Allegheny, i-Monongahela kunye ne-Ohio Rivers) eguqulela kwiDeorts Pitghburgh, yavulelwa ngoJulayi 16, 1970. nje encinci kakhulu kwaye engumyanga ukuba ube yi-ballpark enhle, nangona kunjalo, kwaye akakaze aphile ngokulindelekileyo.
I-Three Rivers Stadium yincwadana ebalulekileyo yembali yasePittsburgh kwaye ibhiyozele ezininzi ze-Major League 'zokuqala' kubandakanya umdlalo wokuqala we-World Series series ngexesha lika-1971 (apho iPirates yaphumelela) kunye neRoberto Clemente ye-3000 yegqeba. Le midlalo iye yabamba imidlalo emibili ye-All-Star (ngo-1974, 1994) kwaye yabona isihlwele esikhulu (59,568) ukuba sibheke umdlalo wezemidlalo kwi-baseball yasePittsburgh ngexesha le-65 le-Major League Baseball-Star Game ngoJulayi 12, 1994.
Ii-1970 zazisa i-Pittsburgh Pirates kunye neentlekele. NgoDisemba ngo-31, 1972, uRoberto Clemente wasweleka ngokuphazamiseka kwendiza ngelixa ehamba kunye nokuthunyelwa kwempahla yokunceda kumaxhoba enyikima eNicaragua. Iqela lagqitywa likwazi ukuzitshintsha ndawonye, nangona kunjalo, kwanaye kwamukelwa "IngoNtsapho" njengengoma yabo yomxholo kwaye saqhubeka ukuphumelela isiqephu seSizwe seSihlanu, kwimidlalo emithathu, ngo-Oktobha 17, 1979.
Hambisa kwiPNC iPaki
Isiqendu esitsha sesiganeko sePirate saqala ngoFebruwari 14, 1996, xa uKevin McClatchy kunye neqela lakhe labatyalomali bathengi i-franchise yasePittsburgh Associates kunye nesimo sokwakha ibhola lebhola lebhola lebhola e-baseball kuphela kwiminyaka emihlanu. Ukuqhekeka kwemigangatho yePNC Park kwenzeka ngo-Ephreli 7, 1999 kunye nomhla wokuvulwa kwenzeka nje kwiminyaka emibili emva kwe-Apreli 9, 2001 kunye nesihlwele sokuthengiswa kwe-36,954.
Ngamaxesha angama-115 e-National League phantsi kwebhanti lawo, i-Pittsburgh Pirates ziqhayisa ngomlando wabo ozaliswe yiNtlanzi yeNtshontsho yehlabathi. Abadlali abaqhelekileyo kuquka u-Honus Wagner, uRoberto Clemente, uWillie Stargell noBill Mazeroski; kunye neminye imidlalo yebhola yebhola ekhatywayo kunye nexesha.