* Jeff King of the University of Arkansas is the # 1 overall pick in the 1986 MLB Draft selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates

He was selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 25, 1917 to back up Honus Wagner, but did not hit sufficiently.

The site selected for the ballpark is just upriver from the site of early Pirates home field Exposition Park.

In 1984, after he had left drama school, Ball's first part was in Godspell at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, after which he worked for a few months in rep in Basingstoke, but his first major break was a star part in the production of The Pirates of Penzance at Manchester Opera House ; at an open audition he was selected from about 600 applicants who formed a queue to do singing, acting, and dancing interviews, which were held in three separate rooms.

He was selected in the 1960 MLB expansion draft by the Washington Senators from the New York Yankees, and in the 1961 MLB expansion draft by the Colt. 45s from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

After playing in minor league baseball for the Pirates through 2003, the Baltimore Orioles selected Bautista in the Rule 5 Draft, and carried him on their Opening Day roster.

In 1999, Prince was selected for the Pride of the Pirates award, a lifetime achievement honor given annually to a member of the organization.

The 2000 production of " The Pirates of Penzance " was selected to perform at Kennedy Center American College Theatre's Region III Festival.

Wilson was originally selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the amateur draft, but was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates in for Jason Christiansen.

He was selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 11, and made just one appearance for the club, beating the Chicago Cubs.

* On June 6, 2011, Gerrit Cole was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the first overall pick in the draft, marking the third consecutive year a player advised by Boras was selected first overall.

In June 2011, Pirates of Caribbean: The Price of Freedom became the second novel to be selected by WDW Radio Disney Book Club

After being a standout pitcher at Caesar Rodney High School, Snell made his professional debut with the rookie league Gulf Coast Pirates in following being selected by the Pirates in the 26th round of the Major League Baseball Draft.

He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round of the amateur draft, and pitched for the Pirates, the Kansas City Royals, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Atlanta Braves.

With first base prospect Al Oliver waiting in the wings, the Pirates left Clendenon unprotected for the 1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft, and he was selected by the Montreal Expos.

Roberto Clemente Walker ( August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972 ) was a Puerto Rican baseball player whose Major League career comprised the 18 seasons stretching from 1955 through 1972, all of them played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder.

" Sukeforth noticed that Clemente was being used as a bench player for the team and discussed the possibility of drafting Clemente to the Pirates with the team's manager, Max Macon.

After sitting on the bench for the Pirates ' first three games, Clemente played on April 17, 1955, in the first game of a double header against the Dodgers and made his first major league hit, a ground ball that hit off the glove of shortstop Pee Wee Reese, as well as a catch-dubbed " heart-stopping " by a Pirates beat writer-to rob his Santurce teammate, Junior Gilliam.

In the nightcap came his first extra-base hit, a 6th-inning double, as well as another single, which, in conjunction with aggressive base-running, triggered a 2-run, 8th-inning rally, narrowing the Dodgers ' lead to one ; one inning later, the Pirates ' comeback would fall one run short, with the go-ahead run on base, and Clemente on deck.

" Freelance sportswriter Arnold Hano and Clemente biographer Kal Wagenheim each placed it at 450 feet, while Pirates ' manager Danny Murtaugh simply said: " I'd like to see Clemente ’ s hit on a clear day with no wind and see how far it really would go.

On August 5, in a game won by Pittsburgh, 1-0, another Mays line drive did not elude the Pirates ' right fielder, thus preserving a scoreless tie, though leaving Clemente hospitalized, having crashed face-first into Forbes Field's right-centerfield fence at the 375-foot mark.

Clemente returned in plenty of time to help the Pirates clinch the National League pennant, which they did on September 25, finishing the season at 95-59.

From there, they went on to defeat the power-laden New York Yankees in a seven-game Series, during which Clemente batted. 310, hitting safely at least once in every game ( exactly one half of a streak which would be completed much more resoundingly eleven years later in The Great One's signature Series, i. e. the Pirates ' 1971, come-from-behind, seven-game victory over the Baltimore Orioles ).

During 1961 spring training, Clemente tried to modify his batting technique by using a heavier bat in order to slow the speed of his swing, following advice from Pirates ' batting coach George Sisler.

The 1970 season was the last one that the Pittsburgh Pirates played in Forbes Field before moving to Three Rivers Stadium ; for Clemente, abandoning this stadium was an emotional situation.

During the 1970 campaign, Clemente compiled an average of. 352 ; the Pirates won the National League East but were subsequently eliminated by the Cincinnati Reds.

When asked whether he concurred with Pirates owner John Galbreath's assertion that Clemente was " the greatest ," the Pirates ' right fieldier replied: ' How do you measure a man?

This marked the second occasion that Clemente had won a World Series with the Pirates.

At the time of his death, Clemente had established several records with the Pirates, including most triples in a game ( three ) and hits in two consecutive games ( ten ).

The Pirates originally erected a statue in memory of Clemente at Three Rivers Stadium, an honor previously awarded to Honus Wagner.

Designed by Juan Lopez-Bonilla, the spare clean design shows Clemente wearing his Pirates cap, with the Puerto Rican flag in the background.

After winning their division, they were easily defeated in the League Championship Series by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Roberto Clemente, who then went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

The Pirates ' Roberto Clemente, who turned into a one-man gang in the Series, became the first Latino player to earn World Series MVP honors.

* 31 December – The Pittsburgh Pirates ' legendary right fielder Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash near Puerto Rico on his way to bring relief supplies to Nicaraguan earthquake victims.

*** The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, following his death in a plane crash while delivering humanitarian aid to victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua.

Tonight at 8 o'clock the Cardinals, who gave the Pirates as much trouble as anyone did in 1960, breaking even with them, will get their first 1961 shot at baseball's world champions.

Boston was a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in and winning four more championships by.

The Boston Americans played the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first modern World Series in 1903.

Young, who started Game One against the visiting Pirates, thus threw the first pitch in modern World Series history.

The Pirates scored four runs in that first inning, and Young lost the game.

" On October 1, 1903 the first modern World Series between the American League champion Boston Pilgrims ( later known as the Red Sox ) and the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates was played on this site.

Greenberg was sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947, became the very first baseball player to earn over $ 80, 000 / year in salary ( he was paid $ 100, 000, ($ today ) plus $ 25, 000 that his contract with Detroit called for in the event they sold or traded him ).

Greenberg played first base for the Pirates in 1947 and was one of the few opposing players to publicly welcome Jackie Robinson to the majors.

Starring as a first baseman and outfielder with the Tigers ( 1930, 1933 – 46 ) and doing duty only briefly with the Pirates ( 1947 ), Greenberg played only nine full seasons.

They first swept the Pittsburgh Pirates, thanks to walk-off home runs by Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun, tying the New York Mets for the Wild Card lead with 3 games to go against the NL Central division champion Chicago Cubs.

* 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

The Crucified, Tutu and the Pirates and Silver Abuse were among the city's first punk bands.

Falk's first stage appearance was at the age of 12 in The Pirates of Penzance at Camp High Point in upstate New York, where one of his camp counselors was Ross Martin ( they would later act together in The Great Race and the Columbo episode " Suitable For Framing ").

The day after their doubleheader loss, the Pirates traveled to New York's Polo Grounds, where Roberto, having just achieved some measure of vindication against the team that let him get away, now had a chance to compete against his two great baseball heroes, both his boyhood idol Monte Irvin and his recently acquired friend and mentor ( not to mention teammate, with the 1954-55 Caribbean Champion Santurce Crabbers ), Willie Mays, both of whom now patrolled the outfield of the defending World Champion New York Giants, with whom the Pirates now began a four-game series, hoping to pick up their first win of 1955.

The Pirates experienced several difficult seasons through the 1950s, although they did manage their first winning season since 1948 in 1959.

* October 1 – The first modern World Series, pitting the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates against Boston of the American League, begins at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park.