In 1882 the Pittsburgh Pirates made their big league debut. Their first few seasons were not bad, but they still had troubles finishing in front of the St. Louis Browns. In 1894 legendary manager Connie Mack (catcher at the time) was asked to manage the strong Pittsburgh squad. For the next few years not much changed with the exception of Connie Mack leaving the team.

Then there was Honus Wagner. Noticed as player of the decade from 1900-1909 Honus Wagner, "The Flying Dutchman", became a pirate. Possibly the greatest shortstop of all time, Wagner piloted the squad to the first World Series only to lose to Boston. However, after that the Pirates became a stronger squad by adding outfield/manager Fred Clarke. Soon they began to win quite a few World Series.

Once Wagner left, the team started to fail rapidly. It wasn't for a while until the era of Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell when Pittsburgh started to pick up the pace. With Clemente and Stargell on the team, the Pirates were extraordinary and won quite a few World Series titles. Sadly just a few days after Clemente picked up his 3,000th hit, he was killed in a plane crash on the way to a Central American country to deliver things to the homeless.

Finally Pittsburgh baseball became an average team until the present. The Pirates end their history with World Series titles in 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, and 1979 establishing themselves as one of the best baseball teams ever.