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Pittsburgh Alleghenys (AA/NL) regular season record (1882–90) 10,246 10,030 .505 Pittsburgh /Pirates (NL) regular season record (1891–2021) 10,687 10,647 .501 All-time regular season record (1882–2021) 43 53 .448 All-time postseason record 10,730 10,700 .501 All-time regular and postseason record
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 ...
The Pirates also hold the MLB—and North American professional sports—record for most consecutive losing seasons with 20. The stretch began with the 1993 season and concluded with the 2012 season , at which point the Pirates recorded a winning record and a playoff berth in the 2013 season .
Despite starting the season with a 1–5 record, the Pirates quickly heated up and moved above .500 for good after a 3–1 victory over the Braves on April 20. By June, the Pirates had the best record in all of baseball, and spent the rest of the summer battling with Cincinnati and St. Louis for first place in the N.L. Central.
The 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates had a record of 98 wins and 64 losses and captured the National League East title by two games over the Montreal Expos.The Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds to win their ninth National League pennant, and the Baltimore Orioles to win their fifth World Series title – and also their last playoff series victory to date.
The 1979 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1979 season.The 76th edition of the World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates (98–64) and the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles (102–57).
The Pittsburgh Pirates (back row) won the National League pennant in 1903, and played in the first modern World Series in baseball history. The New York Giants won their first World Series appearance in 1905 after their owner refused to take part in the 1904 World Series.
The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 90th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 85th in the National League.It involved the Pirates finishing first in the National League East with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses.