Pittsburg Pirates (minor league)

Pittsburg Pirates
Pittsburg Pirates
(1909, 1921, 1952); Pittsburg, Kansas ;
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes	Class D (1921, 1952); Class C (1909);
Previous leagues	Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League (1952); Southwestern League (1921); Western Association (1909);
Major league affiliations
Previous teams	Pittsburgh Pirates;

The Pittsburg Pirates was the name of three historic minor league baseball teams, based in Pittsburg, Kansas. The first Pirates' team played 1909 as a member of the class-C Western Association. Over a decade later, a second Pirates' team played in the class-D Southwestern League for the 1921 season. The final incarnation of the Pirates occurred on July 7, 1952, when the Bartlesville Pirates, a class-D affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League, relocated from Oklahoma to finish their 1952 season in Kansas.

Season-by-season

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1909	52-73	7th	Elmer Meredith	No playoffs

1921	64-80	3rd	Frank Matthews	No playoffs

1952*	59-65	4th	Hersh Martin / Edward Hayes	Lost in 1st round (vs. Miami Eagles, 1 game to 0)

* Bartlesville Pirates moved to Pittsburg July 7, 1952