Pittsburgh Pirates greatest games – Society for American Baseball Research

May 10, 1882: Pittsburgh hosts its first major-league game

April 22, 1891: The storm after the rain: Cubs get best of Pirates on Opening Day

October 4, 1902: Pittsburgh Pirates finish exceptional season by winning record 103rd game

October 13, 1903: Big Bill Dinneen leads Boston to a triumph in first modern World Series

September 20, 1907: Nick Maddox tosses first no-hitter in Pirates’ history

June 29, 1909: Pirates bid farewell to Exposition Park in Pittsburgh

June 30, 1909: Forbes Field, Pirates’ house of thrills, celebrates Opening Day

July 3, 1910: Pirates’ Chief Wilson hits for the cycle

August 22, 1912: Honus Wagner hits for the cycle, but Pirates fall to Giants

October 2, 1920: Reds, Pirates split three games in the last major-league tripleheader

June 30, 1921: Pirates’ Moses ‘Chief’ Yellow Horse defeats Reds’ Adolfo Luque

June 20, 1925: Cuyler, Carey, and Co. steamroll Brooklyn on Father’s Day

October 15, 1925: Pirates come from behind to beat Senators, Walter Johnson in muddy Game 7

June 24, 1933: Arky Vaughan hits for the cycle in Pirates’ blowout win in Brooklyn

June 19, 1934: Pie Traynor replaces George Gibson as Pirates manager

April 27, 1938: Arky Vaughan slams Cubs, edges Cubs

May 4, 1938: Lloyd Waner’s big game with 4 hits, 5 RBIs lifts Pirates

May 30, 1939: Johnny Rizzo sets Pirates record with nine RBIs in a game

August 27, 1949: Tiny Bonham’s last game

June 25, 1950: Ralph Kiner hits for cycle with 8 RBIs in Pirates’ win over Dodgers

September 23, 1951: Murry Dickson wins 20th game for seventh-place Pirates

June 6, 1952: Murry Dickson and the Bucs shave ‘The Barber’

April 13, 1954: Pirates’ Vern Law celebrates return from military service with Opening Day win

May 16, 1954: Pioneering Pirates rookie Curt Roberts collects three hits, continues steady defense