Product Description: When the National League decided on June 22, 1932, to place numbers on the backs of uniforms to make it easier for fans to follow their favorite players, no one knew at the time just what a landmark decision it would turn out to be...read more

Product Description: The Pittsburgh Pirates have a vast and celebrated history dating back to 1887, winning five World Championships and nine National League pennants since their inception. Many baseball legends have called Pittsburgh home, including Hall of Famers Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente, Paul Waner, and Arky Vaughan...read more

Product Description: In the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates, no team has beenmore memorable than that of 1960. In the decade before,the team produced only two winning records: a second-placefinish in 1958 and in 1959. In 1960, they put it all togetherto win the pennant...read more

Product Description: The Pittsburgh Pirates have one of the most storied histories in the annals of baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates Encyclopedia captures these fabulous times through the stories of the individuals and the collective teams that have thrilled the Steel City for 125 years...read more

Product Description: Between 1929 and 1937, Hall of Fame coach Jock Sutherland took the championship program at the University of Pittsburgh that was built by his mentor Glenn "Pop" Warner, and won five of the nine national championships the school now claims...read more

Product Description: In the Pittsburgh Penguins early years, starting in the late 1960s, it wasn't uncommon to buy a $5 ticket for a seat at the top of the Civic Arena (the Igloo) and at the end of the first period move to a seat in the first row behind the glass...read more

Product Description: It was a program that was down on its luck, in the midst of a 23-game losing streak that would eventually stretch to 24; enter Coach Tony Mitchell. Mitchell used a combination of disciplines both on the field and off to set the foundations for the players, not only turning this team from a doormat to a WPIAL playoff participant in two seasons, but helped his players become more successful in the classroom, giving them hope for a successful future that previously most could not have imagined...read more

Product Description: When it came to football in the 1930s, the college sport was king. But in 1933, former boxer and minor league baseball player Art Rooney, who had quarterbacked the squad at Duquesne University, purchased a team for Pittsburgh for $2,500...read more

Product Description: A countdown of the greatest games of a Steel City institutionWhen slow-footed former Pirate Sid Bream broke the heart of the Bucco nation, it was Game Seven of the 1992 NLCS. He slid across the plate in the bottom of the 9th for the Braves, giving them the pennant with a heart-wrenching 3-2 victory...read more

Product Description: The 1909 World Series featured Hall of Fame players Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner and was the first championship to extend to Game Seven, the final and deciding game. This work examines the entire regular season of both the Tigers and the Pirates but pays special attention to the seven games of that World Series...read more

Product Description: For 46 days in the spring of 1884, Altoona had the honor of having a major-league baseball team, the Mountain City. For the next 115 years, despite the fact that baseball flourished here in the form of the game that the men of the Pennsylvania Railroad played, professional baseball floundered as six teams came and six teams left...read more

Product Description: The Pittsburgh Pirates have thrilled their fans for more than 120 years. Beginning as the Allegheny's, the Pirates boast 35 hall of famers, five world champions, nine National League pennants, and nine division titles. Treasured memories, from Honus Wagner's all-around excellence and Mazeroski's remarkable 1960 World Series blast to Roberto Clemente's grace on and off the field, are captured in this book...read more

'The history of the Pittsburgh Pirates is covered here, from how the 1979 world champion team was built, to a look at the season and post season, to how 'The Family' finally fell. Also included are biographical sketches of all players who appeared on theteam's roster that year and a section of complete statistics'--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: Southwestern Pennsylvania is heralded by many as the birthplace of professional football. Here lived the athletes who were first paid to play. In Pittsburgh, the Allegheny Athletic Association paid Pudge Heffelfinger $500 in 1892 to help them beat their rivals, the Pittsburgh Athletic Club...read more

Product Description: Like virtually every other aspect of American life, baseball was affected by World War II. Many of its players left the playing field for the battlefield, but the game continued, played by those who stayed behind. Wartime baseball entertained a nation in desperate need of a diversion and a morale boost in a time of crisis...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)