Pittsburgh Allegheny's brought professional baseball to the city
plaed their first game at union park
Allegheny's defeated the defending league-champion Chicago White Stockings
score was 6-2
Phillippe defeated the legendary Cy Young
The score was 7-2
the Bucs began play at a multi-purpose stadium
The three rivers stadium
the Pirates were again among baseball's premier teams.
They won six division titles
victory over Baltimore was a showcase
the Pirates became only the fourth team in history to erase a three-games-to-one deficit
the Galbreath family and Warner Communications sold the club to Pittsburgh Associates
A crowd of 59,568, the largest ever to watch a professional baseball game in Pittsburgh, witnessed the 65th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played at Three Rivers Stadium