The Wandering Disciple

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Pittsburgh Pirates are a major league baseball team from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League. The Pirates are five time world series champions. Although the region has sported a professional baseball teams since 1876, it wasn’t until 1882 for an organized a sanctioned team. The Allegheny, was formed and played games in the American Association. In 1887, the team transferred into the National League and changed their name to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys. The team saw a major abandonment in 1890 as the majority of the players left the team for the American Association. This led the team to the worst season n franchise history, 23-113. The team reorganized under new ownership and they worked to resign the players that left earlier. They also picked up Lou Bierbauer from the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association. Bierbauer was left off the reserve list of the Athletics and Pittsburgh signed hi...