Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An ƙarfafa shi da tsohon Colonels shortstop Honus Wagner (wanda aka haife shi kuma ya girma a yankin Pittsburgh) da kuma mai kunnawa / manajan Fred Clarke, Pirates sun mamaye National League gaba ɗaya, a wani ɓangare saboda sun rasa 'yan tauraron' yan wasa zuwa gasar zakarun Amurka. Duk da haka, saboda raunin da ya faru da su, sun rasa gasar farko ta duniya da aka buga.
, a cikin 1903, zuwa Boston. Deacon Phillippe ya buga wasanni biyar cikakke, ya ci uku daga cikinsu, amma bai isa ba. Tare da yawancin 'yan wasan taurari iri ɗaya, Pirates za su ci gaba da kasancewa babbar ƙungiya a cikin' yan shekaru masu zuwa, kuma sun sami taken World Series na farko a 1909, inda suka ci Detroit Tigers a wasanni bakwai. A wannan shekarar, kulob din ya buɗe filin Forbes, wanda zai zama filin wasan sa na shekaru 61 masu zuwa.