This day in baseball: Bucs debut at Exposition Park
Posted: April 22, 2018 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Exposition Park, Forbes Field, history, Pittsburgh Burghers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Players' League, sports Leave a commentThe Pittsburgh Pirates made their debut at Exposition Park in Pittsburg on April 22, 1891, losing to the Cubs, 7-6. Exposition Park had opened the previous year as the home of the Pittsburgh Burghers of the short-lived Players’ League. The Bucs would call Exposition Park home until 1909, when they moved to Forbes Field.

Exposition Park, 1905 (Wikimedia Commons)