Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'agbanyeghị na ha nwere nsogbu n'afọ ndị 1880 nakwa n'afọ ndị 1890, ndị Pirates so n'òtù ndị kasị mma n'egwuregwu baseball obere oge ka narị afọ nke 20 gasịrị. Ha meriri aha NL atọ site na 1901 ruo 1903, na-egwuri egwu na
World Series nke mbụ na 1903 ma merie World Series mbụ ha na 1909 n'azụ Honus Wagner. Ndị Pirates sonyere na njedebe World Series kachasị ama ama, na-emeri World Series 1960 megide New York Yankees na njem njem nke Bill Mazeroski, naanị oge Egwuregwu 7 nke World Series ejirila ụlọ na-agba ọsọ. Ha merikwara World Series nke 1971, nke Roberto Clemente duziri, na World Series nke 1979 n'okpuru okwu mmeghe "Anyị Bụ Ezinụlọ", nke "Pops" Willie Stargell duziri. Mgbe ha nwesịrị ihe ịga nke ọma n'oge oge oge na mbido afọ 1990, ndị Pirates lụrụ ọgụ nke ukwuu n'ime iri afọ ndị sochirinụ na oge mmeri iri abụọ na-aga n'ihu site na 1993 ruo 2012 - ogologo oge dị otú ahụ n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke egwuregwu ndị America. Ndị Pirates laghachiri na postseason na 2013 wee kwalite na NLDS. Ndị otu ahụ tozuru oke maka postseason ọzọ na 2014 na 2015. Ndị Pirates ugbu a nwere akọrọ nke isii kachasị ogologo nke World Series (n'azụ ndị Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, na Seattle Mariners - ha niile ma e wezụga ndị India emeghị mmeri World Series), nke abụọ kachasị ogologo nke World Series na Major League Baseball (n'azụ naanị ndị Mariners, ndị na-apụtaghị na World Series), akọrọ kachasị ogologo na National League (ihe kachasị ọhụrụ ha gosipụtara bụ mmeri ha na 1979 World Series), na akọrọ kachasị ogologo nke League Championship Series na otu egwuregwu ọ bụla. Site na 1882 ruo 2020, ndị Pirates nwere ndekọ zuru ezu nke 10,564<unk>10,446 (na-emeri 'pasent')