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Especially notable was a 2007 survey done of the four major sports leagues' 122 teams. The Penguins surprised observers by being ranked 20th overall and third among NHL teams, while the Steelers were ranked number one and the Pirates (before the arrival of Andrew McCutchen and that team's turnaround) [101] ranked much lower on the list than its ...
Most wins by team: 56 in 1992–93; Most losses by team: 58 in 1983–84; ... Sidney Crosby set the Penguins record for points by a rookie, scoring 102 in 2005–06.
The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.). Macmillan Publishing. p. 2209. ISBN 0-02-579010-2. Forman, Sean L. "1979 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com – Major League Statistics and Information. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007 "Penguins win game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals". ABC 15. Associated Press. June 12, 2009.
The franchise won the World Series three more times— in 1960, 1971, and 1979. In 1960, the team became the first to win a World Series on a walk-off home run, hit by Bill Mazeroski, and they remain the only team to win on a walk-off homer in the decisive seventh game. In 1979, the Pirates repeated the accomplishment of their own 1925 World ...
Mellon Arena served as the Penguins' home arena from 1967 to 2010 and saw the team win the Stanley Cup three times. The Penguins name was inspired by the arena, which was nicknamed "The Igloo". [1] The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. The franchise was established as one of six new teams in the 1967 ...
In the history of championships in major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL), a city/metropolitan area has been home to multiple championships in a season 19 times, most recently in 2020 when the Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2020 Stanley Cup and Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV.
Seeded fourth in the Eastern Conference, the Penguins became the lowest-seeded team to win the Cup since the fifth-seeded New Jersey Devils in 1995 (who also beat the Red Wings), and tied for eighth overall in the NHL, they became (along with the 1991 Penguins and 1995 Devils), the only teams in the post-1967 expansion era to finish outside the ...
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...