Pittsburgh Pirates

The once proud Pirates franchise has won the World Series 5 times, the last time in 1979. The last time the Pirates were in the postseason was a 3 year stretch from 1990-1992 where they lost the NLCS in all three years. They have not had a winning season for 17 years.

When the New York Mets play in Pittsburgh, they typically stay at the Omni William Penn Hotel. This historic hotel is located in downtown Pittsburgh, providing easy access to PNC Park where the Mets play against the Pirates. The accommodations and amenities cater well to the team's needs during their stay.

Monte Irvin, a star baseball player for the New York Giants. was Roberto's favorite baseball player.

Roberto clemente married vera cristina and had 3 sons when he was young he was very poor his father was a sugar plantation and his mother ran a grocery store Roberto had many other small jobs to earn a litttle more money for his family

11/14/1964

The great Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder won 12 consecutive Gold Gloves from 1961 to 1972.

One of his kids, Roberto Clemente Jr., is doing well in the industry. I recently met him at the US Open (a surfing competition) in Huntington Beach, California. He is really nice. (:

One of the finest ball players in history and a humanitarian. He set an example for the one who wanted to become a baseball player.

Richie Hebner was the starter and Jose Pagan was the backup.

Kent Tekulve was known for his sidearm "submarine" style.

Never knew they were, since the 70's they have always been near the top.

Art Madison played in 19 games at second base for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1899, starting in none of them.

He made 40 putouts, had 41 assists, and committed 4 errors, equivalent to .211 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 4 double plays.

The Pirates have won 5 World Series.

1909 against the Detroit Tigers

1925 against the Washington Nationals

1960 against the New York Yankees

1971 against the Baltimore Orioles

1979 against the Baltimore Orioles

Clemente was very giving always helping out the community. Donating his time and what little money they made back then to people who were less fortunate than him. That was how he died by paying for a plane out of his pocket to fly supllies to another country after a act of nature caused great damage. He also supported funding for littoplkle league fields.

Clemente's philanthropy was not calculated to gain public or private recognition. He simply wanted to help people in need. For some, his generosity was financial; with others he freely shared his chiropractic knowledge - learned as a result of his own back injury in 1954; and for many others, particularly children, Clemente's kindness came as free lessons in the game of baseball.

Clemente always cared about children. Despite his busy schedule, he made time to hold baseball clinics for kids, especially for those from low-income families. He dreamed of building a "Sports City" where Puerto Rican youth would have ready access to facilities, coaching, and encouragement in many sports. It was another way of working toward a Puerto Rico that was healthier, happier, and fairer.

Clemente became known for his fierce ethnic pride and for his unusual capacity to bear a much larger identity-not just for Puerto Rico but for all of Latin America. It was a responsibility he embraced and carried with dignity and admirable grace.

He didn't see himself as merely a representative of Latin America to the world through baseball. He saw his career in baseball as a way to help Latin Americans - especially underprivileged Puerto Ricans - make their lives better

Clem Koshorek played in 26 games at third base for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952, starting in none of them.

He made 26 putouts, had 41 assists, and committed 3 errors, equivalent to .115 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 5 double plays.

Roberto Clemente was a member of the Pirates teams that won the World Series in 1960 (against the Yankees) and 1971 (against the Orioles). He batted .310 in the 1960 Series and .414 in the 1971 Series.

His body was never located in the waters off of Puerto Rico. His teammate, Manny Sanguillen even went diving in an attempt to revocer it, but was unable to locate it.

Roberto clemente was very poor when he was young and married vera cristina and had 3 sons before he died i a plane accident .

Roberto Clemente was the youngest of seven children born to Melchor Clemente and Luisa Walker.

5..... 1919,1940,1975,1976,1990

The last time was in 1990 with the likes of Barry Larkin, Hal Morris, Joe Oliver, Eric Davis, Paul o'neil, Billy hatcher, Chris Sabo, Jose Rio, Tom browning, and the nasty boys, rob dibble Ext......

In 1990 the reds went wire to wire they stayed in first place all year long from game 1. One other note. Reds center feilder Eric Davis dove for a ball and ruptured his kidney and did not see anymore action. However he set the pace fore the reds to win it all with his home run.

The 1975, 1976 reds were known as the greatest baseball team of all time. They were called the big red machine with an all star team of bench, rose, ext.

The reds would have won another world series in 1995 but they were eliminated in the national league championship by the atlanta braves. The reds were quick on the bases and deion sanders was the guy making it all happen then they traded him toward the end of the season screwin up the team chemistry and after the trade they went into a funk they they could not get out of and reggies sanders could not hit a tree with a semi-truck he became mr. strike out king.

Everybody in Cincinnati can thank former reds gm Jim bowden for making what might be the most idiotic trade ever by trading prime time deion sanders right at the end of the season when it was deion who was making it all happen. Thanks for costing Cincinnati another world series title Jim. (Dork)

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Just as a side note....The Reds also had the distinction of having the best record in baseball in 1981...but did not see a second of postseason action. It was the first baseball strike and 54 games were lost; although the season resumed, MLB in its infinite wisdom, decreed that it would be a "split season"; the teams leading at the time of the strike were declared "first half champs"; and the season started all over again. The Reds were a half-game behind LA when the season was suspended; they finished a game and a half behind Houston in the second half.

The Reds were 66-42 on the year, and had the season simply continued, would have been three ahead of LA at season's end. No team in baseball had a better record, but because of the "spilt season" fiasco, no postseason for Cincinnati. (I was at Opening day in 1982, when the Reds unveiled a banner which read "Best Record in Baseball ~ 1981"; it was flown right next to the division, NL, and WS pennants flown over Riverfront Stadium.

The Dodgers knocked off Houston, then Montreal in the playoffs...and came back from an 0-2 start to defeat a badly overmatched Yankee squad to win the World Series.

Roberto played with the Dodgers for about a year, 1954-1955. In 1955 he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and led them to win both the National League pennant and the World Series.

Pirates On Longest Losing Streak In History Buccos Lose 12 Games In Row

POSTED: 2:39 pm EDT June 28, 2006

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates are on their longest losing streak in modern history.

The record-tying loss came Tuesday night at home against the World Series champion Chicago White Sox.

They lost 4-2, which is the Bucs� 12th losing game in a row.

It ties the team's longest losing streak in the modern era.

The Pirates also lost 12 games in a row in 1914 and in 1939.

The longest losing streak in franchise history is 23 games.

That was in 1889 when the team was known as the Alleghenies.

So how much has changed since the last time the Pirates lost 12 games in a row?

In 1939, there were only 16 teams in the majors. Today there are 30.

And in 1939, people saw the first televised Major League Baseball game.

And the Pittsburgh Steelers were still known as the Pittsburgh Pirates

The longest losing streak in franchise history, (23 games) actually happened in 1890.

Began with a loss on August 12, 1890 ... and the twenty-third loss came on September 2, 1890. Losses number 20-21-22 all came on September 1, of 1890 -- that's right ... a triple-header!