Kammala wannan jumla: Duk da gwagwarmaya a cikin 1880s da 1890s, Pirates sun kasance daga cikin mafi kyau teams a baseball jim kadan bayan da juya na 20th karni. Sun lashe taken NL guda uku daga 1901 zuwa 1903, suna wasa a cikin
Gasar Duniya ta farko a 1903 kuma ta lashe Gasar Duniya ta farko a 1909 a bayan Honus Wagner. Pirates sun shiga cikin shahararrun wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya, inda suka lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1960 a kan New York Yankees a kan gida mai tafiya ta hanyar Bill Mazeroski, lokaci ne kawai da wasan 7 na gasar cin kofin duniya ya ƙare da gida. Sun kuma lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1971, wanda hazikan Roberto Clemente ya jagoranta, da kuma gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1979 a karkashin taken "Mu Iyali ne", wanda "Pops" Willie Stargell ya jagoranta. Bayan nasarar nasarar kakar wasa a farkon shekarun 1990, Pirates sun yi gwagwarmaya sosai a cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya tare da shekaru 20 da suka gabata daga 1993 zuwa 2012 - mafi tsawo irin wannan a cikin tarihin wasanni na Amurka. Pirates sun dawo cikin postseason a cikin 2013 kuma sun ci gaba zuwa NLDS. Teamungiyar ta cancanci zuwa wasan bayan kakar wasa a cikin 2014 da 2015. Pirates a halin yanzu suna da bushewar gasar cin kofin duniya ta shida mafi tsawo (a bayan Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, da Seattle Mariners - duk sai Indians ba su taɓa cin nasarar World Series ba), na biyu mafi tsawo a cikin gasar cin kofin duniya a cikin Major League Baseball (a bayan Mariners kawai, waɗanda ba su taɓa bayyana a cikin Wasannin Duniya ba), mafi tsawo a cikin League League (wanda ya nuna cewa nasarar da suka samu a 1979 World Series), kuma mafi tsawo a cikin gasar cin kofin League Championship Series. Daga 1882 zuwa 2020, Pirates suna da rikodin gabaɗaya na 10,564<unk>10,446 (nasara 'kashi')