The Story They Didn’t Tell You About 1971 Pirates 9.28.2026
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The Story They Didn’t Tell You About 1971 Pirates 9.28.2026
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September 1, 1971. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Baseball history was made at Three Rivers Stadium.
The Pittsburgh Pirates took the field against the Philadelphia Phillies with a starting lineup made up entirely of Black and Afro-Latino players.
But here’s the part of the story that doesn’t always get told.
The players didn’t walk onto that field saying, “We’re about to make history.” They were baseball players doing what baseball players do.
Injuries and lineup changes helped create the unusual starting nine. And during the game, some of the players gradually realized just how remarkable the lineup was.
Gene Clines remembered looking around and recognizing what was happening.
Someone even compared the scene to the old Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh’s legendary Negro League baseball team.
Think about that.
The Pirates were now a Major League team — and their lineup had become a living reminder of Pittsburgh’s Negro League baseball history.
And there was another strange twist.
The Pittsburgh newspapers were on strike.
So when this historic game happened, Pittsburgh didn’t wake up the next morning to the kind of local newspaper coverage you might expect for such an important moment.
The history happened.
The game was played.
And the Pirates won, 10–7. But the story wasn’t over. That same Pirates team would go on to win the 1971 World Series. And standing in that historic lineup was Roberto Clemente, one of baseball’s greatest players.
So when we remember September 1, 1971, we shouldn’t remember it only as the night the Pirates fielded the first all-Black and Latino starting lineup in Major League history.
Remember the circumstances.
Remember the players.
Remember the Homestead Grays connection.
Remember that they didn’t necessarily realize the significance as it was happening.
And remember that history doesn’t always announce itself.
Sometimes…
history just walks onto the field and plays ball.
I’m Gail Nobles. And this is a story from baseball history that deserves another look.
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