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While the team's recent struggles compared to Pittsburgh's other two teams can be partly to blame (since the Pirates last World Series championship in 1979, the Steelers have won the Super Bowl 3 times (XIV, XL, and XLIII) and the Penguins the Stanley Cup five times in 1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, and 2017, including both in 2009), distractions off ...
A graduate of Rutgers University, where he was a full-season starter on the third-place College World Series team in 1950 and second-team College All American that same year, Peterson spent the first three-plus decades of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a minor and MLB player, minor league manager, farm system director and general manager.
On November 29, 2021, Nicolas was traded along with Zach Thompson and Connor Scott to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jacob Stallings. [9] He spent the 2022 season with the Double–A Altoona Curve, making 24 appearances (22 starts) and posting a 3.97 ERA with 101 strikeouts across 90 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings pitched.
Like Willy Wonka’s famous golden ticket, the Pirates are offering a scrumdiddlyumptious prize in exchange for a rare, one-of-a-kind baseball card of their star pitcher Paul Skenes. His famed ...
However, in 1946, Roy Hamey left his position as president of the second American Association to become the Pirates' first general manager. [3] The franchise's second general manager, Branch Rickey, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1967. [4] Hired in September 2007, Neal Huntington is the Pirates's previous general manager. [5]
Kevin S. McClatchy (born January 13, 1963) is the chairman of McClatchy and former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. He led a group of investors that purchased the team in 1996, and served as the team's CEO and lead owner until 2007, when Bob Nutting took over as lead owner, and McClatchy and Nutting hired Frank Coonelly to become CEO.
The Pirates also wore No. 21 uniforms in Sunday’s game against the Royals. MLB allows current or former Roberto Clemente Award nominees to wear the number today.
He was selected to represent the Pirates alongside Henry Davis at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game. [13] Over 24 games (22 starts) between Altoona and Indianapolis, he went 5–6 with a 4.01 ERA and 111 strikeouts over 94 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings. [14] On November 15, 2022, the Pirates selected Burrow's contract and added him to the 40-man roster. [15]