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The Phillies–Pirates rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. Both clubs are members of MLB's National League (NL); the Phillies are members of the NL East division, while the Pirates are members of the NL Central division. The rivalry was considered by some to be one of the best in the NL. The rivalry started when the Pittsburgh Pirates entered NL play in their fifth season of 1887, four years after the Phillies.〔 The Phillies and Pirates had remained together after the NL split into two divisions in . During the period of two-division play (1969–), the two NL East division rivals won the two highest numbers of division championships, reigning almost exclusively as NL East champions in the 1970s and again in the early 1990s,〔 the Pirates 9, the Phillies 6; together, the two teams' 15 championships accounted for more than half of the 25 NL East championships during that span. After the Pirates moved to the NL Central in , the teams face each other only in two series each year and the rivalry has diminished.〔 However, many fans, especially older ones, retain their dislike for the other team and regional differences between Eastern and Western Pennsylvania still fuel the rivalry. The rivalry is mirrored in the National Hockey League (NHL)'s so-called "Battle of Pennsylvania".〔 ==Early history to before 1970== Before 1970, the rivalry seemed to be seldom low-key, because the two teams were seldom equally good at the same time.〔 However, in 1901, the Phillies and the Pirates finished first and second in the standings for the first time,〔 with the Pirates finishing games ahead of the Phillies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1901 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕 However, afterwards, the Phillies would not win their first National League pennant until 1915,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1915 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕 thanks to the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the batting prowess of Gavvy Cravath, who set the major-league single-season record for home runs with 24. During that time, the Pirates dominated the National League, winning three more pennants, in 1902, 1903, when they lost the inaugural World Series, and when they won their first World Series, in ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1902 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1903 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1909 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕 becoming the first team to open a new stadium with a World Series championship, having played their first season at Forbes Field that year. The Phillies were in the midst of a period of futility from 1918 to 1948 when the Pirates won the 1925 World Series and the 1927 National League pennant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1925 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1927 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕 During that time, the Phillies had only one winning season, in 1932.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1932 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕 From 1933 to 1948, the Phillies posted 16 consecutive losing seasons, a major league record that stood until 2009 (ironically broken by the Pirates). After World War II, the Pirates had limited success, despite the presence of a genuine star in Ralph Kiner, who led the National League in home runs for seven consecutive seasons (1946 through 1952). During that time, the Phillies would have their first winning season in 17 years in 1949,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1949 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕 and the following year, the Whiz Kids of the Phillies would win their second National League pennant, though they lost to the New York Yankees in the 1950 World Series. In 1960, the Phillies were in last place when the Pirates won the World Series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1960 National League Team Statistics and Standings )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phillies–Pirates rivalry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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