11 Facts About Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Pittsburgh Alleghenys had limited success during their five years in the American Association.

The Pittsburgh Alleghenys ended up playing their last 29 home games on the road, and finished the season with a total attendance of about 16,000 fans.

Pittsburgh Alleghenys secretly purchased a half-interest in the Pirates, then after the season sent nearly all of the Colonels' stars up the Ohio River to Pittsburgh.

In 1908, the Pirates played in Pittsburgh Alleghenys for the first time, as the team's several parks had all been located in Allegheny City, which was a separate city until annexed by Pittsburgh Alleghenys in December 1907.

Pittsburgh Alleghenys faced off against the Detroit Tigers, who were making their third consecutive appearance in the World Series.

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Pittsburgh Alleghenys prevailed upon her son-in-law, William Benswanger, to take over operations as team president.

Pittsburgh Alleghenys played only 125 games for the 1947 Pirates, hit 25 home runs, batted only.

However, Pittsburgh Alleghenys had no answer for the pitching of the Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, and finished third both seasons.

Pittsburgh Alleghenys had reached a milestone by rapping his 3,000th career hit, a stand-up double off Jon Matlack of the New York Mets on September 30,1972, in what would prove to be his last regular-season at-bat.

Pittsburgh Alleghenys would erect a statue and name a bridge and park near the stadium after him, as well as a street in the Oakland neighborhood near the former site of Forbes Field.

Pittsburgh Alleghenys Pirates began to shape their organizational management team late in the 2007 season.