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Each week in Statcast Heroes, I’ll be recapping the weekly leaders at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates system that has data available. That includes the Major Leagues, Triple-A, and Single-A. The results give a quick...
The Milwaukee Brewers aren't a big swing and miss team. Prior to Tuesday night's game against the Pirates, they ranked 22nd in baseball in swinging strikes, at 10% of their total pitches. Yet, the Pittsburgh Pirates...

This Date in Pirates History: August 13 – The Transactions

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made two minor trades of note on this date, not enough to warrant their own article separate from the one...

The 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates Season: Part Three

The Pittsburgh Pirates opened up their 1910 season strong, hoping to defend their World Series title. Things quickly went downhill as the weather played...

The 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates Season: Part Two

The Pirates opened up the 1910 season with a 16-9 record before losing six in a row in late May, pushing them into fourth place...

The 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates Season: Part One

The Pittsburgh Pirates were ready to begin their defense of the 1909 World Series title. Going into Opening Day of the 1910 season, they...

The Pirates 1909-10 Off-Season: One Big Change

The 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series over the Detroit Tigers in seven games, the first title in franchise history. The off-season that...

The 1909 World Series: Game Seven

After the Pirates took a three games to two lead in Pittsburgh, Detroit was able to pull out a close one in game six...

Pirates Pitching Great, Babe Adams

In the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise, only one player has won more games than Charles "Babe" Adams. Born on May 18,1882, he...

The 1909 World Series: Game Five

The Pittsburgh Pirates were shut down in game four of the 1909 World Series by the strong pitching of Detroit Tigers ace, George Mullin....

The 1909 World Series: Game One

Last week we went through the position-by-position match-up of the National League champions, Pittsburgh Pirates(110-42) and the American League champions, Detroit Tigers(98-54). A crowd...

The 1909 Pirates Season Recap

The 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates finished their season with 110 wins, a still-standing team record that will likely never be broken. That win total has...

The 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates Season: Part Three

Last week we finished off with the first place Pittsburgh Pirates about to start a five game series against the second place Chicago Cubs...

Babe Adams and Nick Maddox

At the end of the 1907 season the Pittsburgh Pirates brought in two new pitchers to help finish out the season. One of them was...