Roberto Clemente was born on August 18^th, 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Clemente was acquired by the Pirates and played in Pittsburgh for his whole professional career. Clemente retired with exactly 3,000 hits, twelve gold gloves, twelve All-Star appearances, and accumulated two hundred and forty home runs. He was killed when his relief plane crashed after takeoff. This plane was attempting to deliver supplies to Nicaragua after an earthquake damaged the country and left many without food, water, and shelter. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame immediately, without the mandatory five year wait.

Willie “Pops” Stargell was one of the greatest power hitters that ever played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was born on March 6^th, 1940 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. Willie Stargell hit 475 homeruns during his career with the Pirates. He is the Pirates all-time leader. He was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York in 1988.

Bill Mazeroski hit one of the most memorable homeruns in World Series history. He was born September 5^th, 1936 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He is quite possibly the greatest defensive second baseman ever to play. He turned 1,706 double plays in his career. He is the all-time leader in that category. In the 1960 World Series, he hit a walk-off homerun to give the Pirates their third World Championship. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001.

 Ralph Kiner has the Major League record for the most consecutive homerun titles with seven in a row back in the 1950’s. He hit 369 career homeruns. In 1949, he hit an, at the time, astounding amount of homeruns with 54. Ralph Kiner was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975.

Paul Waner formed an impressive tandem with his brother in the 1920’s. He won three batting titles and collected 200 hits eight times in the 1920’s. He finished his illustrious career with 3,152 hits. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1952.