Pittsburgh Baseball

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Pittsburgh's baseball team plays in a ballpark down by the river. ITC15790

The first five players to eb inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame were indeed legendary

After beating Cincinnati in the league championship series, Pittsburgh went on to win the 1979 world championship. The team called itself The Family after a popular song of the day. That same year, the city's football team also won a world championship, making Pittsburgh...

After beating San Francisco in the league championship series, Pittsburgh went on to win the 1971 world championship. 

The Homestead Grays were one of the longest-running Negro league baseball teams in history, playing from 1900 to 1950. Formed in Homestead, a suburb of Pittsburgh, the team grew represent the entire area, eventually sharing Forbes Field with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team also...

The Homestead Grays were one of the longest-running Negro league baseball teams in history, playing from 1900 to 1950. They were Negro Leagues Champions in 1943, 1944, and 1948. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Homestead Grays were one of the longest-running Negro league baseball teams in history, playing from 1900 to 1950. Formed in Homestead, a suburb of Pittsburgh, the team grew represent the entire area, eventually sharing Forbes Field with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team also...

He is inarguably the greatest ball player in Pittsburgh history and one of the best in the big leagues period.  ITC9395

Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970 as the new home of the city's pro football and pro baseball teams. Similar to other so-called cookie-cutter stadiums of the era (The Vet in Philadelphia, Riverfront in Cincinnati, etc.), Three Rivers closed in 2000. Mired in mediocrity, the football team...

Forbes Field was the home of Pittsburgh baseball from 1909 to 1970. From 1922 to 1939 it was also the home field of the Homestead Grays, who played in several different Negro leagues. The Pittsburgh football team played there from 1933 to 1963. In 1970,...

Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970 as the new home of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers, as well as Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. Similar to other so-called cookie-cutter stadiums of the era (The Vet in Philadelphia, Riverfront in Cincinnati, etc.), Three Rivers closed in 2000....

The Pittsburgh Crawfords, also known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1931-1940. They were named after the Crawford Bath House, a recreation center in the Crawford neighborhood of Pittsburgh's Hill District. After playing in several different leagues,...