Feature Friday: The 1909 World Series Champions
Welcome to part five of our Feature Friday series as we look at the team that brought home the 1909 World Series trophy. It was the first World Series win in franchise history and solidified the Pirates as one of the top teams of the first decade of the 1900s. From 1900 to 1908, the Pittsburgh Pirates had been one of the top teams in not just the National League but in all of Major League Baseball. During those nine seasons, the team had secured four NL Pennants and appeared in the first-ever World Series, where they fell to the Boston Americans five games to three. The one thing that still eluded the organization was a World Series trophy, and they were out to claim that prize during the 1909 season. Many of the same cast of characters returned for the Pirates, including manager and right fielder Fred Clarke and shortstop Honus Wagner. Both players had been a part of the team since that 1900 season and knew a thing or two about how to play winning baseball. It was a new er...