Mipikisano ya Pirates ku Pittsburgh kuyambira April 15, 1876 pamene Pittsburgh Alleghenies (anali asanakhalepo Pirates) adasewera mumsewero woyamba wa masewera a mpira womwe unachitikira ku Union Park. Chaka chotsatira, chilolezocho chinalandiridwa ku bungwe laling'ono la International Association, koma timuyi ndi mgwirizano wake unatha pambuyo pa nyengo ya 1877.
Baseball inabwerera ku Pittsburgh kuti ikhale yabwino mu 1882 pamene Alleghenies anaika timu yawo pamodzi ndikugwirizana ndi American Association.
Masewera ankasewera m'dera loyambirira la Park Park yomwe ili kumpoto kwa Pittsburgh.
Amatsenga Amakhala Ma Pirates
Alleghenies adalowa mu National League pa April 30, 1887 ndi masewera awo oyambirira ku Recreation Park, kumbali ya Grant ndi Pennsylvania Avenues m'mphepete mwa njanji ya Fort Wayne kumpoto. Mu 1890 a Alleghenies adatchedwanso Pittsburgh Pirates atatha "kukhwimitsa" banjali lachiwiri Louis Bierbauer kuchoka ku timu ya Philadelphia Athletics American Association. Chaka chotsatira iwo adasamukira ku nyumba yatsopano, Park Park, yomwe ili pafupi ndi mtsinje wa Allegheny pakati pa malo omwe kale anali malo a Three Rivers Stadium komanso nyumba yatsopano ya PNC Park. Ndipotu mungathe kupeza zowonongeka kuchokera ku Phukusi Yoyang'ana Pansi yomwe inafotokozedwa mu pepala loyera lomwe kale linali loyendetsa sitima ya masititi atatu.
Barney Dreyfuss, mwiniwake wa kampani yosafuna ku Louisville, adapeza chidwi cha Pittsburgh Pirates mu 1900, akubweretsa anyamata 14, kuphatikizapo Hall of Famers Honus Wagner ndi Fred Clarke.
A Pirates adagonjetsa National League yoyamba pennant chaka chotsatira. Mu 1902, a Pirates adatengapo mbali imodzi, akugonjetsa midzi ya ku Boston American, 7-3, mu sewero loyamba la World Series mu mbiri ya baseball. Achimereka, komabe, adabwezeretsanso kuti apambane World Series.
Munda Wokondedwa
June 30, 1909 anabweretsa masewera oyambirira a Pirates ku Forbes Field, malo otchuka a Major League Baseball Park, ndipo mpira woyamba unapangidwa ndi konkire ndi chitsulo.
Forbes Field, wotchedwa General John Forbes, mkulu wa mabungwe a Britain omwe, pa nkhondo ya France ndi Indian (1758), adagonjetsa Fort Duquesne ndipo adamutcha Fort Pitt, anali ku dera la Oakland ku Pittsburgh, pakhomo la zokongola za Schenley Park. Munda wa Forbes, womwe uli ndi mphamvu zokwana 35,000, unachitikira World Series kasanu ndi kamodzi (1909, 1925, 1927, 1960) ndi All-Star Game kawiri (1944, 1959). Miyeso yake ndi kuyang'ana inasintha nthawi zambiri pa mbiri yake yakale. Imeneyi inali phindu la mpira wa phokoso koma patapita zaka 61 zatha, ndipo pa June 28, 1970, masewera okwana 44,918 analipo pamasewero omaliza oti awonongeke. Zikumbutso zochepa za thupi lalikulu la mpira wa phokoso lidalipobe kuphatikizapo mbale yapamwamba, chikhomo chomwe chimasonyeza malo omwe Beteli a World Series omwe anapambana nawo a Bill Mazeroski anasiya paki ndi gawo la khoma lamkati lamanzere.
Otsatira a World Series
Pamsonkhano wa World Series pakati pa awiri a mpira woyamba - Honus Wagner ndi Ty Cobb - a Pirates adagonjetsa Detroit Tigers, 8-0, mu Game Seven kuti akhale mabungwe apadziko lonse kwa nthawi yoyamba. Nyenyezi yeniyeni ya Series, komabe, inali Pittsburgh Pirates pikiti yotchedwa Babe Adams, yemwe anaika katatu masewera okwanira, kuphatikizapo masewera omaliza a masewera asanu ndi awiri.
Mphoto yawo yachiŵiri ya World Series inadza mu 1925 ndi kupambana pa Washington Senators.
A Pirates adakhalapo chilala mpaka chaka cha 1960, pamene timu ya Pirates ili ndi ma E-Stars onse asanu ndi atatu. Ngakhale apamwamba awo, Pirates anali adanenedwa kuti adzataya dziko lonse lapansi kupita ku gulu la mphamvu la New York Yankees. Mmodzi mwa zosaiŵalika za World Series m'mbiri, a Pirates adagonjetsedwa ndi oposa khumi othamanga masewera atatu, adagonjetsa masewera atatu apamtima, kenaka anabwezeredwa kuchoka pa 7-4 kuchepa kumapeto kwa Game 7 mpaka potsiriza akupita kunyumba akuthamangitsidwa ndi Bill Mazeroski wachiwiri baseman - akuwapanga kukhala gulu loyamba kuti apambane World Series panyumba. A Pirates anavutikira zaka khumi zotsalayo, komabe ngakhale kuti Roberto Clemente anawonjezerapo, ambiri amawona kuti ndipamwamba kwambiri m'mabuku a baseball.
Masewera atatu a Rivers ndi "Family"
Slugger Willie Stargell adalowa ku Pittsburgh Pirates kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960, ndipo atangokhalira kuyembekezera Mtsinje wa Three Rivers, womwe unatchedwa mitsinje itatu (Allegheny, Monongahela ndi Ohio Rivers) yomwe imayambira ku mzinda wa Pittsburgh, idatsegulidwa pa July 16, 1970. chabe pang'ono kwambiri ndi wosalimba kuti akhale mpira wabwino, komabe, ndipo sanagwiritse ntchito zoyembekeza.
Masewera atatu a Rivers ndi mbali yofunika kwambiri ya mbiri ya Pittsburgh ndipo adakondwerera mitu yoyamba ya Major League yomwe ikuphatikizapo masewera a World Series yoyamba mu 1971 (yomwe Pirate yagonjetsa) ndi Roberto Clemente 3000th. Maseŵerawa adachitiranso maseŵera awiri a All-Star (1974, 1994) ndipo adawona gulu lalikulu (59,568) kuti awonere masewera a mpira ku Pittsburgh panthawi ya sewero la 65 la Major League Baseball All Star pa July 12, 1994.
Zaka za m'ma 1970 zinapangitsa kuti Pittsburgh Pirates ikhale yopambana komanso yoopsa. Pa December 31, 1972, Roberto Clemente anamwalira ali kuwonongeka kwa ndege pomwe akupita ku Nicaragua. Gululo linatha kudzisuntha pamodzi, komabe, ngakhale kutenga "Ndife Banja" monga nyimbo yawo yachikondi ndipo tinapambana kupambana nawo World Series yachisanu, pa masewera asanu ndi awiri, pa October 17, 1979.
Pitani ku PNC Park
Mutu watsopano wa Pirate umayamba pa February 14, 1996, pamene Kevin McClatchy ndi gulu lake la akugula malonda adagula pulezidenti wa Pirates ku Pittsburgh Associates ali ndi vuto lokhazikitsa mpira wokhawokha mpira mkati mwa zaka zisanu. Pulogalamu ya PNC Park inachitikira pa April 7, 1999 ndipo tsiku loyamba lidachitika patangopita zaka ziwiri pa April 9, 2001 ndi gulu la anthu 36,954.
Pokhala ndi nyengo zoposa 115 za National League pansi pa mikanda yawo, Pittsburgh Pirates amanyadira mbiri yawo yodzazidwa ndi masewera asanu a World Championship; osewera osewera kuphatikizapo Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell ndi Bill Mazeroski; ndi zina mwa masewera otchuka kwambiri a mpira ndi nthawi.