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1958 Pittsburgh Pirates Season
The 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 77th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 72nd in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 84–70, a 22-game improvement over . They ended the year in the first division for the first time since and recorded their highest league standing since the edition also finished in second place. Manager Danny Murtaugh, in his first full season at the Pirates' helm, was voted Major League Manager of the Year by ''The Sporting News''. Offseason * December 2, 1957: Ellis Burton was drafted from the Pirates by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1957 minor league draft. * December 28, 1957: Dee Fondy was traded by the Pirates to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Ted Kluszewski. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 1 , , April 15 , , @ Braves , , 4–3 (14) , , Blackburn (1–0) , , Conley , , Raydon (1) , , 43,339 , , 1–0 , - bg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League (NFL) franchise. The stadium also served as the home American football, football field for the University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Panthers football, "Pitt" Panthers from 1909 to 1924. The stadium was named after its adjacent street, Forbes Ave., itself named for British general John Forbes (British Army officer), John Forbes, who fought in the French and Indian War and named the city in 1758. The US$1 million ($ million today) project was initiated by Pittsburgh Pirates' owner Barney Dreyfuss, with the goal of replacing his franchise's then-current home, Exposition Park (Pittsburgh), Exposition Park. The stadium was made of concrete and steel, the first such stadium in the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Season
The 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 63rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 58th in the National League (baseball), National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 90–63. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 1 , , April 18 , , @ 1944 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals , , 0–2 , , Lanier , , Roe (0–1) , , — , , 4,030 , , 0–1 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 2 , , April 20 , , @ 1944 St. Louis Cardinals season, Cardinals , , 3–5 , , Munger , , Rescigno (0–1) , , — , , 2,272 , , 0–2 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 3 , , April 21 , , 1944 Cincinnati Reds season, Reds , , 2–4 , , Beggs , , Sewell (0–1) , , — , , 10,877 , , 0–3 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 4 , , April 26 , , 1944 Chicago Cubs season, Cubs , , 6–1 , , Roe (1–1) , , Fleming , , — , , 3,463 , , 1–3 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 5 , , April 28 , , @ 1944 Cincinnati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 St
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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