Pittsburgh Pirates
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The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania. The current organization was founded in 1882 as the Pittsburgh Alleghanys in the American Association. They left the AA and became a National League team starting with the 1887 season. The Alleghanys may have had roots in an earlier team of the same name that had played as a minor league team in 1876 and 1877 . [1] [2] [3]
Retired Numbers
The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. [4] [5]
- 1
- 4
- 8
- 9
- 11
- 20
- 21
- 33
- 40
- 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)
Notes
- ↑ https://www.mlb.com/pirates/history/timeline/early-years
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/
- ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/pirates.shtml
- ↑ https://www.mlb.com/pirates/history/records-stats-awards/retired-numbers
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/#all_teams_retired_unis_PIT