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 Philadelphia Phillies  Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Location | Pennsylvania |
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| First meeting | May 30, 1887[1] Recreation Park,Philadelphia Quakers 2, Alleghenys 1 |
| Latest meeting | June 8, 2025[1] PNC Park,Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Phillies 1 |
| Next meeting | May 15, 2026 PNC Park,Pittsburgh |
| Stadiums | Phillies:Citizens Bank Park Pirates:PNC Park |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 2,330[1] |
| Regular season series | Pirates, 1,233–1,088–9 (.531)[1] |
| Largest victory | |
| Longest win streak | |
| Current win streak | Pirates, 3[1] |
ThePhillies–Pirates rivalry, also known as theP00P series, is aMajor League Baseball (MLB)rivalry between thePhiladelphia Phillies andPittsburgh Pirates. Both clubs are members of MLB'sNational League (NL); the Phillies are members of theNL East division, while the Pirates are members of theNL Central division. The rivalry was considered by some to be one of the best in the NL.[3][4][5] The rivalry started when the Pittsburgh Pirates entered NL play in their fifth season of 1887, four years after the Phillies.[6]
The Phillies and Pirates had remained together after the NL split into two divisions in1969. During the period of two-division play (1969–1993), the two NL East division rivals won the two highest numbers of division championships, reigning almost exclusively as NL East champions in the 1970s and again in the early 1990s,[6][7] the Pirates 9, the Phillies 6; together, the two teams' 15 championships accounted for more than half of the 25 NL East championships during that span.[8]
After the Pirates moved to the NL Central in1994, the teams face each other only in two series each year and the rivalry has diminished.[5] However, many fans, especially older ones, retain their dislike for the other team and regional differences betweenEastern andWestern Pennsylvania still fuel the rivalry.[9] The rivalry is mirrored in theNational Hockey League's so-called "Battle of Pennsylvania".[9][10]
Before 1970, the rivalry seemed to be low-key, because the two teams were seldom equally good at the same time.[5] However, in 1901, the Pirates and the Phillies finished first and second in the standings for the first time respectively,[11] with the Pirates finishing7+1⁄2 games ahead of the Phillies.[11]
However, afterward, the Phillies would not win their first National League pennant until 1915,[12] thanks to the pitching ofGrover Cleveland Alexander and the batting prowess ofGavvy Cravath, who set the major-league single-season record for home runs with 24. During that time, the Pirates dominated the National League, winning three more pennants, in 1902, 1903, when they lost theinaugural World Series, and when they won their first World Series, in1909,[13][14][15] becoming the first team to open a new stadium with a World Series championship, having played their first season atForbes Field that year.[16]
The Phillies were in the midst of a period of futility from 1918 to 1948 when the Pirates won the1925 World Series and the1927 National League pennant.[17][18] During that time, the Phillies had only one winning season, in 1932.[19] From 1933 to 1948, the Phillies posted 16 consecutive losing seasons, a major league record that stood until 2009 (ironically broken by the Pirates).[20]
After World War II, the Pirates had limited success, despite the presence of a genuine star inRalph Kiner, who led the National League in home runs for seven consecutive seasons (1946–1952). During that time, the Phillies would have their first winning season in 17 years in 1949,[21] and the following year, theWhiz Kids of the Phillies would win their second National League pennant, though they lost to theNew York Yankees in the1950 World Series.[22][23] In 1960, the Phillies were in last place when the Pirates won theWorld Series.[24]
It was during the 1970s that the rivalry became intense.[25] The Phillies and the Pirates made up 10 of the possible 11National League Championship Series appearances from 1970 to 1980. However, neither team enjoyed success during LCS appearances. The Phillies went 1–3 and the Pirates went 2–4 in NLCS appearances. In most cases, the teams had to face "The Big Red Machine" of theCincinnati Reds in the NLCS. In each of the years the two teams won a pennant, they won a World Series (Pirates in1971 and1979 and Phillies in1980).[26][27][28][29]
From 1970 to 1980, the two teams reigned exclusively as National League East champions, except in 1973, when theNew York Mets won the National League pennant.[5][7] The Phillies' success under managerDanny Ozark was attributed to a well-rounded lineup withGreg Luzinski andMike Schmidt leading the team in homers,Steve Carlton andTug McGraw leading the pitching, andLarry Bowa andGarry Maddox being the secretaries of Philadelphia's defense. The Pirates, under managersDanny Murtaugh andChuck Tanner, also had tremendous offense led byRoberto Clemente,Willie Stargell,Dave Parker, andRennie Stennett, catcherManny Sanguillén, infieldersBill Madlock andPhil Garner being the defensive specialists, andDock Ellis,John Candelaria,Steve Blass andBob Moose leading the pitching.[citation needed]
Both teams opened new stadiums in successive years. The Pirates openedThree Rivers Stadium in 1970,[30][31] while the Phillies openedVeterans Stadium in theSouth Philadelphia Sports Complex the following year.[32]
During this period, the Pirates won three straight division champions, from 1970 to 1972.[7] However, the Phillies didn't enjoy any success, finishing next-to-last in 1970 and in last place in 1971 and 1972.[33][34][35] On June 25, 1971, Willie Stargell of the Pirates hit the longest home run in the history of Veterans Stadium in a 14–4 Pirates win.[36] The spot where the ball landed was marked with a yellow star with a black "S" inside a white circle until Stargell's 2001 death, when the white circle was painted black.[37][38] The star remained until the stadium's 2004 demolition.
The rivalry was heated as both the Phillies and Pirates reigned exclusively asNational League East Division champions.[6] They also played each other 126 times and split the games, 63–63.[5] For four straight years, the team that didn't win the division finished second in the standings.[6]
The Pirates won the division in 1974, 1975, and 1979, while the Phillies won three consecutive division titles from 1976 to 1978 and again in 1980.[7]
During the 1974 season. Phillies' second basemanDave Cash coined the phrase "Yes We Can" for the team.[39] Indeed, for a while, it looked as if they could. They led the division for 51 days.[40] However, in August and September, the Phillies suffered a minor collapse, going 25–32 and it was "No They Couldn't,"[40] giving the Pirates the division title. The Pirates lost in the1974 National League Championship Series to theLos Angeles Dodgers.
In 1975, the Pirates won the division championship at home against the Phillies and finished6+1⁄2 games ahead of the Phillies.[41][42][43] In the1975 National League Championship Series, they were swept by the eventualchampion Reds.[43]
In 1976, the two teams opened their season against each other in Philadelphia.[4]Johnny Oates of the Phillies had been designated to platoon alongside catcherBob Boone in the season. However, in the season opener, Oates cracked his collar bone in a collision athome plate with Dave Parker and missed almost half the season.[4][44] The Phillies won their first National League East title, eclipsing thecentury mark for wins in a season for the first time in franchise history with 101 wins, nine games over the Pirates.[45] However, like the Pirates the year before, the Phillies were swept in theNational League Championship Series by the eventualchampion Reds.[45]
In 1977, the Phillies eclipsed the century mark for wins in a season for the second year in a row with 101 wins, five games over the Pirates.[46] However, they lost in the1977 National League Championship Series to theLos Angeles Dodgers.[46][47]
In 1978, the Pirates came from fourth place and11+1⁄2 games behind in mid-August to challenge the Phillies for the division title and the teams met in the last regular-season series of the season to decide the division title.[8] The Phillies arrived in Pittsburgh for a four-game series ahead of the Pirates by3+1⁄2 on September 29.[48] The Pirates swept adouble-header to extend their winning streak of home wins to 24 and to trim the gap to1+1⁄2 games.[49][50] In the third game of the series, Willie Stargell hit agrand slam home run and it looked like the lead would be cut to half a game. Instead, Phillies pitcherRandy Lerch hit two home runs to help the Phillies come from behind to win the game, 10–8, to win their third straight division title on the next-to-last day of the season.[51][52] This was the first time that visiting teams won a division title at Three Rivers Stadium.[53] In the postseason, the Phillies lost for the second year in a row to the Dodgers in the1978 National League Championship Series.[47][54]
Both teams won World Series in successive years in 1979 and 1980. In 1979, the Phillies acquired infieldersManny Trillo andPete Rose, but the Pirates were too dominant as Stargell shared MVP honors withKeith Hernandez and won their most recent one that year. The following year, the Phillies won their first one.
The Phillies winning the1980 World Series was a moment of peace in the rivalry. Moments after Tug McGraw struck outWillie Wilson of theKansas City Royals with the bases loaded to preserve the win for Steve Carlton and the Phillies,[55] leaping from the mound to embrace catcher Bob Boone on the field at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia,[56] Pennsylvania GovernorDick Thornburgh, himself from Pittsburgh, signed a proclamation declaring the next day "World Championship Philadelphia Phillies Day" in the state.[57][58] During the team's post-parade celebration that day atJohn F. Kennedy Stadium, the governor said that the rivalry was at peace because "nobody competes with the Phillies today. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, today is the baseball capital of the world. All Pennsylvania is proud of you."[59][60]
In the 1980s, the rivalry saw a moment of peace twice. The game between the two teams during the Phillies home opener on April 13, 1981, was a moment of peace in the rivalry. When the Phillies received theirWorld Series rings, the team in the visitors' dugout was the Pirates. The Phillies won the game 5–1, giving Phillies starter Steve Carlton his 250th career victory.[61][62]
In 1982, when Willie Stargell played his final season, both the Phillies and Pirates declared "Willie Stargell Day" in honor of Stargell's last games.[63] The Pirates honored him on September 6 before they won a game against the New York Mets,[63][64][65] while the Phillies honored him during a game against the Pirates on September 19, Stargell's final game in Philadelphia.[63]
Both teams finished first and second in the standings with the Phillies finishing six games ahead of the Pirates in theirpennant season of 1983.[66][67]
In the mid to late 1980s, the rivalry was often low-key, as both teams sank in the standings. The only time during that period either team was able to post a winning record was during the playoff years of theNew York Mets, and on both occasions, not only finished second in the standings but also the only team in the National League East other than the Mets to post a winning record (Phillies in1986 and Pirates in1988).[68][69]
However, the rivalry had some memorable moments during that time. During a Phillies 8–6 win in Pittsburgh, on April 18, 1987, Mike Schmidt of the Phillies hit his 500th career home run in the ninth inning, a three-run home run.[70][71]
Perhaps the most memorable moment in the rivalry during the 1980s came on June 8, 1989. The Pirates scored 10 runs in the top of the first inning of a game atVeterans Stadium, including three on aBarry Bonds home run.[72][73] As the Phillies came to bat in the bottom of the first, Pirates broadcaster (and former pitcher)Jim Rooker said on the air, "If we lose this game, I'll walk home."[74] Instead, bothVon Hayes andSteve Jeltz hit two home runs (the latter would hit only five during his Major League career) to trigger a Phillies comeback.[75]
The Phillies, trailing now only 11–10 in the eighth inning, scored the tying run on awild pitch, then took the lead onDarren Daulton's two-run single and went on to win 15–11.[75] The Pirates became the first team to lose a game after scoring 10 runs in the first inning.[74][76] Rooker had to wait until after the season to make good on his "walk home" promise, conducting a 300-plus-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.[74]
In 1990, the Phillies and Pirates began another exclusive reign of National League East championships,[8] although both franchises did not field contenders until deep into the season during that reign. The Pirates, with sluggersBarry Bonds andBobby Bonilla and pitcherDoug Drabek, and managed byJim Leyland, won three straight, from 1990 to 1992 (Bonilla wasn't with the Pirates in 1992),[7] while the Phillies, led by stars such asDarren Daulton,John Kruk,Lenny Dykstra, andCurt Schilling, won the 1993 NL pennant.[77][78] All NL East division titles during this period, except for 1990, were won at Three Rivers Stadium.[8]
In 1990, the Pirates returned to the postseason for the first time since winning the1979 World Series, but lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the1990 National League Championship Series.[79][80]
The 1991 Pirates won the division for the second straight year, aided by their 12–6 record against the Phillies,[81][82] and won the division championship in the final meeting between the two teams.[81] When the Phillies saw the Pirates celebrate the championship, several Phillies, includingoutfielderWes Chamberlain andshortstopDickie Thon said that they had seen it before, but Phillies managerJim Fregosi "didn't watch it" after seeingPittsburgh Police and Pirates security ring the field.[83] The Pirates became the first NL East team to win consecutive division titles since the Phillies in 1978,[84] but lost to theAtlanta Braves in the1991 National League Championship Series.[85]
In 1992, Phillies second basemanMickey Morandini performed anunassisted triple play against the Pirates and, in doing so, became the first second baseman in National League history and the first overall player in the regular season to do so.[86] The Pirates went on to three-peat for the second time, and were the first National League East team to do so since the Phillies in 1976–1978.[87] Once again, they lost to the Braves in theNational League Championship Series.[88][89]
In 1993, the Phillies, who finished in last place in 1992,[90][91] steadily led the NL East and were in first place every day but one day, April 9.[92][93][94] The Pirates were in first place on the very day that the Phillies weren't in first place.[92] On August 29, the Phillies had a10+1⁄2-game lead, but a September slip caused some columnists in the city to compare the club to the 1964 team, which surrendered a6+1⁄2 game lead during the last weeks of the season, losing 10 games in a row with 12 games remaining and losing the pennant by one game to theeventual championSt. Louis Cardinals.[95] They dropped five of seven at home, reducing their lead to four with 13 games remaining.[93]
On September 27, the Phillies came into Pittsburgh for a four-game series against the Pirates. The Phillies were ahead by 6 games with seven games left: four against the Pirates and the last three against the Cardinals.[93] The Phillies won the opener, 6–4, and with theFlorida Marlins winning at home against the second placeMontreal Expos, 3–1, clinched at least a tie for first place in the division.[96] The next day, the Phillies were trailing 4–3 after giving up three runs in the sixth, but with a six-run seventh inning, capped byMariano Duncan'sgrand slam home run, they won their first division title since winning the 1983 National League pennant.[97][98][99] Outfielder Wes Chamberlain ended all the references to 1964, screaming, "It's 1993, baby! It ain't 1964. Where are all those ghosts now?"[97][98] Many Phillies fans had made the cross-state trip to Pittsburgh to see their team clinch and after the game, manager Jim Fregosi threw his cap to them as he walked off the field.[100] Although Fregosi won theAmerican League West title as manager of theCalifornia Angels in 1979, he said that 1993 was "the most gratifying year I have ever spent in baseball. It's just great. There's nothing like that. I'm just so proud of these guys. They've been great all year long."[97]
Pirates manager Jim Leyland, this time, had to see the Phillies celebration from the home team dugout. He watched the celebration, unlike Fregosi two years before, and said: "To me, the real grind is the 162-game schedule...On behalf of the entire Pirates organization, I congratulate the Phillies. They did a tremendous job. It's well deserved. They earned everything they got. They should be real proud of doing it—and real proud of the way they did it."[101] It was only the third time that a visiting team had won a division title at Three Rivers Stadium, following the Phillies themselves in 1978 and theChicago Cubs in 1984.[53]
Like the Pirates in 1991 and 1992, the Phillies faced the Braves in the1993 National League Championship Series.[102] However, they beat the Braves,[103][104][105] but lost to theToronto Blue Jays in theWorld Series on the famouswalk-off home run byJoe Carter.[106][107]
The two teams met 18 times during a season for the last time in 1992.[5] The following year, the number of meetings was reduced to 13, as the National League expanded to include theFlorida Marlins.[5][77]
The rivalry came to an end when MLB realigned for1994 in the form of three divisions in each league, and the addition of an expanded playoff format.[108] When agreeing on the realignment, the Pirates switched to the newly createdCentral Division and gave up their spot in the NL East to theAtlanta Braves.[109][110][111]
Pirates President Mark Sauer said that "there are a lot of reasons for the Pirates to be in...the Central...Our key marketing people...all think this is the way to go."[112] He also cited that "[the]Cleveland [Indians], the closest franchise to Pittsburgh, also chose the Central when faced with the same East vs. Central decision."[111] However, manager Jim Leyland felt that the "move should have little on-field impact."[111] Pittsburgh's general manager,Cam Bonifay, said that "based on our rivalries and our fan base, we feel comfortable being in the Central Division."[110] He also based it that thePittsburgh Steelers in theNational Football League were in the same division as two of the same cities the Steelers have in their division,Cincinnati andHouston, saying that "we don't feel that there's any major difference between the Eastern and Central Divisions. With the Steelers' being in the Central Division, from our fans' viewpoint, it would not limit our rivalries. Our fan base understands where we are geographically. The size of the markets of Houston, St. Louis and Cincinnati are more in line."[110] Additionally, even though the Marlins did offer to go to the Central, the Pirates didn't want to play in the same division as the Braves since the team wasn't sure how long the Braves were going to be good, and felt it would be more competitive in the Central.[110]
On the Phillies side, PresidentBill Giles said that the realignment made him "disappointed at losing the cross-state rivalry,"[111] and "strongly feel Pittsburgh should be in the East, because we've had a rivalry with them for 104 years. I just think there's a more legitimate argument for keeping the two Pennsylvania teams together."[113] However, he was fortunate that the realignment solidified theirrivalry with theNew York Mets.[113]
After their loss to theAtlanta Braves in the 1992 NLCS, the Pirates lost Bonds andDoug Drabek to free agency,[114] and had a long and protracted recovery following that: they had 20 straight losing seasons between 1993 and 2012, and did not reach the playoffs again until 2013.[115] (The team's predictions on the Braves did turn out to be correct, however: the Braves would win every NL East title through the 2005 season, excluding the 1994 season, which was cut short due to theplayer's strike.) The Phillies, after winning the 1993 pennant, also struggled through the 1990s, but won five straight division championships from 2007 to 2011,[116] had the best record in baseball back-to-back in 2010 and 2011, in 2011 set a franchise record for wins in a season with 102, breaking the previous record of 101 in 1976 and 1977,[117][118] and broke theCurse of Billy Penn to win the2008 World Series.[119]
Although the rivalry may not reignite soon,[3] since 2005, those associated with the Phillies and the Pirates would like to see the rivalry reignited, so that they can see both teams play each other quite often.
In 2000, there was talk of subdividing the National League into four divisions. The proposed realignment had the Pirates return to a four-team NL East with the Phillies, Mets, andMontreal Expos. The alignment would've gone into effect for the2001 MLB season, coinciding with the Pirates openingPNC Park. The proposal eventually was abandoned before reaching a vote.[120]
In 2005, Phillies pitcherJon Lieber, a former Pirate, called it "a shame" that the two teams "don't play more often", and "we'd get back to playing more National League teams."[5] Pirates broadcaster Bob Walk said that "this is a rivalry that I grew up with...For some of us older Pirates and Phillies fans and faithful and players, the rivalry is kind of still there...I know the history of it...Because I was on the other side of it, too."[5] Phillies General ManagerEd Wade said that he could "certainly feel it, having been on both ends", having started his career with the Pirates in their public relations department in the late 1970s.[4]
During the series between the two teams atCitizens Bank Park in Philadelphia in 2006, Pirates outfielderJason Bay said that "you only face these guys one (series) here and once at our place. Six games is tough to really fire that rivalry in there...If we ever get into playoffs, it would definitely be magnified."[66] However, Phillies outfielderBobby Abreu said that the realignment meant games between the Phillies and the Pirates "are just two teams playing against each other, just trying to get a win."[66]
Pirates PresidentFrank Coonelly, himself born and raised in Philadelphia, said that he wanted to see more of both the Phillies and the New York Mets atPNC Park.[121] He said that "it is a shame our fans only get one opportunity a year to see two clubs with whom we have had such great rivalries,"[121] and that "our challenge...is that the combination of interleague play and the unbalanced schedule means that we only see...the Phillies and the Mets one time a year in Pittsburgh. We need to have these rivals in Pittsburgh more often. That can be accomplished through realignment or a more balanced schedule."[122] ManagerJohn Russell andfirst basemanAdam LaRoche agreed, saying that the Phillies, Pirates, and Mets should be in the same division, as all three "were interchangeable for a while, with the great matchups...But now, we're the ones separated."[121] After becoming manager of the Mets for the2011 season,Terry Collins raised the issue further when he chose to wear 10 to honor Jim Leyland, having served on his coaching staff when with the Pirates in 1992 and 1993.[123] In 2011, when MLB was considering moving an existing National League team to theAmerican League and requiring year-roundinterleague play, Coonelly suggested moving the Pirates back to the NL East if MLB decided against having a team switch leagues, with him adding, "If one National League division has to have six teams, nothing says it has to be the Central."[124] MLB eventually decided to move theHouston Astros to the American League for the2013 MLB season, leaving the Pirates in a reduced NL Central.
On October 16, 2017, it was reported that MLB commissionerRob Manfred and the owners were seriously considering a radical realignment if MLB decided to pursue adding twoexpansion teams by eliminating the American and National League designations altogether and realigning teams to four eight-team divisions based on geography to cut travel costs down. The proposal would have the Pirates and Phillies within the East division, alongside existing rivals such as theWashington Nationals (for the Phillies) andCincinnati Reds (for the Pirates) while including theBaltimore Orioles; the proposal, however, would leave the Mets (and by proxy theNew York Yankees) out as well as theCleveland Indians, all of whom would be included in the proposed North division despite the Mets having historic or existing rivalries with both the Pirates and Phillies and the Indians making geographic sense with the Pirates.[125] The proposal is considered unrealistic by some experts, but more realistic proposals that retain the NL-AL setup have the two teams remain in separate divisions contingent onMontreal returning to the National League.[126][127]
Due to theCOVID-19 outbreak, the2020 season delayed the start of the season by nearly four months and went to a greatly reduced schedule that only had each team face division rivals as well as teams from the corresponding divisions in the other league, in order to reduce travel and limit the spread ofCOVID-19. As both teams also missed the expanded postseason (the Pirates having the worst record in baseball), 2020 marked the first time in 134 years that the Phillies and Pirates didn't play each other at all.[128] The two teams resumed playing each other in 2021.
Some sports fans inPhiladelphia andPittsburgh also want the rivalry to be reignited.[9] The rivalry has also been attributed to the proximity between the two largest cities in the state ofPennsylvania, which are approximately six hours apart by car.[129] The Phillies' fanbase comes from thePhiladelphia metropolitan area, which includes southeastern Pennsylvania, centralNew Jersey south ofPrinceton, southern New Jersey, northernDelaware and extreme northeast parts ofMaryland.[130] Conversely, the Pirates' fanbase generally draws from thePittsburgh metropolitan area, which includesWestern Pennsylvania, most of the state ofWest Virginia, and parts of both SoutheasternOhio and theMaryland Panhandle. The Philadelphia–Pittsburgh rivalry is evident in other sports, as seen between thePhiladelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins in theNational Hockey League.[9][10][131]
Between 2022 and 2024, thescore bug used by theNBC Sports Regional Networks andNBC Sports Philadelphia featured a horizontal layout displaying the score between the two teams' cap insignias: at the start of Phillies–Pirates games, the two teams' "P" insignias and a 0-0 score made the bug appear to read "P00P"—which became ameme among the two teams' fans. This phenomenon came to an end after the 2024 season, when NBC Sports updated the graphic to use team abbreviations instead of logos; during the teams' first meeting of the 2025 season, Phillies play-by-play announcerTom McCarthy jokingly memorialized the former scorebug, describing it as a "an unforgettable icon. Its name, once met with chuckles, quickly became synonymous with good times and fierce rivalries."[132][133]
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1880s (Phillies, 35–21–1)
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1890s (Phillies, 83–58)
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1900s (Pirates, 137–75–1)
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1910s (Phillies, 107–105–2)
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1920s (Pirates, 148–71–1)
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1930s (Pirates, 126–90–1)
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1940s (Pirates, 121–95–2)
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1950s (Phillies, 132–88)
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1960s (Pirates, 98–89)
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1970s (Pirates, 101–79)
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1980s (Phillies, 91–83–1)
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2000s (Phillies, 34–30)
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2010s (Pirates, 37–30)
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Only two teams, other than the Pirates, have clinched championships in Three Rivers Stadium—the 1978 Phillies and the '84 Cubs.
Governor Richard Thornburgh declared (today) Philadelphia Phillies Day in the state.
Governor Dick Thornburgh signed a proclamation declaring yesterday World Championship Philadelphia Phillies Day In Pennsylvania.
The Phillies were a major reason why Pittsburgh won again, losing 12 of 18 to the Pirates.
The Pirates became the first team since the Phillies in 1976–78 to win three straight NL East titles.
The Pirates will switch from the East next season. They opposed the move last week when realignment was approved, but agreed to allow Atlanta to move to the East.
Collins...requested uniform No. 10 in honor of one of his first managerial mentors, Jim Leyland.
