Pittsburg Pirates (minor league) explained

Pittsburg Pirates
Allyears:1909, 1921, 1952
City:Pittsburg, Kansas
Past Class Level:
  • Class D (1921)
  • Class C (1909)
Past League:
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Pastnames:Pittsburg Pirates (1952)
Leaguechamps:None

The Pittsburg Pirates was the name of three historic minor league baseball teams, based in Pittsburg, Kansas. The first Pirates' team played 1909 as a member of the class-C Western Association. Over a decade later, a second Pirates' team played in the class-D Southwestern League for the 1921 season.

On July 7, 1952, when the Bartlesville Pirates, a class-D affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League, relocated from Oklahoma to finish their 1952 season in Kansas.

Season-by-season

YearRecordFinishManagerPlayoffs
1909 52-73 7th Elmer Meredith No playoffs
1921 64-80 3rd Frank Matthews No playoffs