Looking at the Numbers: Pirates Edition (Part 3)

Today concludes the three part series, the first of a new feature of this blog called "Looking at the Numbers". Click Here to see part one and Click Here to see part two. Thanks for checking this out and look for more "Looking at the Numbers" in the future.

For part three, we look at the earliest parks in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Recreation Park: Used from 1885-1890

All Time Record at Recreation Park: 204-163 (.556) in 6 seasons

Best Season: 37-19 (.661) (1885)

Worst Season: 14-25 (.359) (1890)

Recreation Park was used by the Pirates for six seasons. According to a plaque outside of Heinz Field the site of Recreation Park was located NW of the field. The Pirates had three winning and three losing home records at Recreation Park. In their final season there, they went 14-25 at home while finishing 9-88 on the road for a final record of 23-113. Their best season at the park was in 1885 when they finished 18 games over.500.

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Exposition Park I: Used from 1882-84
All Time Record at Recreation Park: 53-88 in 3 seasons
Best Season: 17-20 (.459) (1882)
Worst Season: 18-37 (.327) (1884)

The Alleghenys, who later became the Pirates played at Exposition Park I for three seasons. While there is not much information available on the team, I was able to find that the team had losing records at home during all three seasons.

That concludes "Looking at the Numbers: Pirates Edition". Thanks for looking at this series and look for future editions of "Looking at the Numbers" in the future. A special thanks to www.baseball-reference.com for providing the tools to find the information used in this feature."

- The Flood City Sports Fan