Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions, in addition to the distinction of playing in the first modern World Series. The Pirates are also often referred to as the Bucs or sometimes the Buccos (derived from buccaneer).

What do you know about the Pittsburgh Pirates?  Try this Major League baseball Trivia quiz.  (Answers are at the bottom of the page.)

1) Pittsburgh became the first A.A. team to switch to the older National League in 1887.  At this time, what did the team renamed itself?

• Pittsburgh Carmel

• Pittsburgh Alleghenys

• Pittsburgh Steelers

2) In 1900, who did the Pittsburgh Pirates pickup in a trade from the Louisville Colonels?

• Miles Standish

• Honus Wagner

• Bill Stargell

3) When did the Pirates win their first World Series?

• 1909

• 1929

• 1949

4) The Pirates originally played in Recreation, Union and Exposition Parks, all in what was then Allegheny City.  When did the Pirates play their first major league game in Pittsburgh?

• 1900

• 1908

• 1918

5) First ever Major League Baseball game broadcast on the radio, a game between the Pirates and the host Philadelphia Phillies aired August 5, 1921, on KDKA (AM) Pittsburgh.  The Pirates won the game 8-5.

• True or False?

6) Who was NOT a nucleus of the Pirates' 1960 championship club?

• Bill Mazeroski

• Roberto Clemente

• Mark Reynolds

7) Who was the slugger that became a fixture in the Pittsburgh lineup in the late 1960s?

• Jim Mayberry

• Tom Knotts

• Willie Stargell

8) Clemente died in a plane crash on December 31, 1972 while accompanying a shipment of relief supplies to the victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. He had reached the milestone of 3,000 career hits, a standup double, just a few months earlier, on September 30, 1972, in what would prove to be his last regular-season hit.

• True or False?

9) Adopting the popular song by the Philadelphia disco group Sister Sledge as their theme song, the 1979 Pirates held off the Montreal Expos to claim the pennant. The song was elevated from theme song to anthem status (and is still nearly synonymous with the '79 Pirates.  What was the song?

• “We’ll Win it All”

• “Hitting All the Bases”

• "We Are Family"

10) As a rookie in 1982, who played in every game and was named the Rookie of the Year by the Sporting News.

• Johnny Ray

• Ed Norton

• Jerry Toout

 Pittsburgh Pirates Answers

1. Pittsburgh Alleghenys

2. Honus Wagner

3. 1909

4. 1908

5. True

6. Mark Reynolds

7. Willie Stargell

8. True

9. "We Are Family"

10. Johnny Ray

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