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In 1971, the Pirates became the first Major League Baseball team to field an all-black starting lineup. [6] Taking the field, on September 1, was Rennie Stennett , Gene Clines , Roberto Clemente , Willie Stargell , Manny Sanguillén , Dave Cash , Al Oliver , Jackie Hernández , and Dock Ellis .
Since then the Pirates have won World Series in 1925, 1960, 1971, and 1979. In addition to these five World Series victories the Pirates have won nine National League pennants and qualified for the playoffs fifteen times, [ 1 ] six of which were during a run of twelve winning seasons between 1969 and 1980.
That season, the Pirates also became the seventh MLB team to reach 10,000 all-time wins. [17] ... 1971. [91] The lineup was Rennie Stennett, Gene Clines, ...
Gene Clines, part of the first all-minority lineup in Major League Baseball history and a line drive-hitting outfielder for the 1971 World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates, died Thursday.
Bob Veale spent 11 seasons with the Pirates and helped lead the team to a World Series title in 1971. ... back-to-back division titles as well as the 1971 World Series,” Pirates owner Bob ...
The 1971 World Series was the championship round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1971 season and featured the first night game in its history. The 68th edition of the Fall Classic was a best-of-seven playoff between the defending World Series and American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
Although the 1970 squad fell in that season's National League Championship Series to the Cincinnati Reds, Murtaugh's 1971 Pirates would bounce back. On September 1, 1971, Murtaugh was the first manager in major league history to field a starting lineup consisting of nine black players (including both African Americans and Afro-Latin Americans ...
Detroit Tigers (6-3) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (8-2) When: 6:40 p.m. on Monday. Where: PNC Park in Pittsburgh. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Weather report: High of 71 degrees and mostly cloudy, 6-10 mph ...