Pittsburgh Pirates seasons

This article lists the results of every season of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball.

Season-by-season record

* 5 World Series Championships

Notes

*note label|Finish|a|aThe Finish column reflects regular season results and excludes postseason play. Placement listed is for league finish prior to 1969 and for divisional finish 1969 and beyond.
*note label|WinLoss|b|b1note label|WinLoss|b|b2The W and L, Wins and Losses, columns list only regular season results.
*note label|GamesBack|c|cThe GB, Games Back, column lists games back from the team that finished in first place that season. It is determined by finding the difference between the two teams in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two. Seasons in which the Pirates placed first the games ahead of the 2nd place team are listed in parentheses.
*note label|WCGamesBack|d|dThe WC GB, Wild Card Games Back, column lists number of games behind the team that won the wild card whenever the wild card winner had a lesser winning percentage than the leader of the Pirates' division.
*note label|Awards|e|eIncludes only major baseball awards won by Pirates personnel. All awards listed are for the current league affiliation of the given year unless otherwise noted. For a complete list of awards won by Pirates personnel see Pittsburgh Pirates award winners and league leaders.
*note label|NLCS|f|f

NLCS stands for National League Championship Series.
*note label|MVP|g|g

MVP stands for Most Valuable Player.
*note label|CYA|h|h

CYA stands for Cy Young Award.
*note label|MOY|i|i

MOY stands for Manager of the Year.
*note label|ROY|j|j

ROY stands for Rookie of the Year.

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