Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pirates Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James King, April 11, 2013

1. Pirates Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Presented to the city of El Paso de Robles to preserve the memory of the winter home of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1924-1934

Erected by Pittsburgh Pirates.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports.

Location. 35° 37.218′ N, 120° 41.44′ W. Marker is in Paso Robles, California, in San Luis Obispo County. Marker is at the intersection of Spring Street and 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on Spring Street. The marker lies flat in the lawn in front of the Wells Fargo Bank sign on the southeast corner of 6th and Spring. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Paso Robles CA 93446, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Famous Hotel El Paso de Robles 1891 - 1940 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Carnegie Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ignacy Jan Paderewski (approx. 0.4 miles away); Paso Robles Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Chumash and Salinan Nations Village Site (approx. 0.6 miles away); Brewster – Dutra House

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(approx. 0.9 miles away); Paso Robles’ First Jail (approx. 1.1 miles away); In Memory Of (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paso Robles.

Also see . . .
1. Spring Training Online - Pittsburgh Pirates. (Submitted on June 17, 2013, by James King of San Miguel, California.)
2. Spring Training Online - Chicago White Sox. It turns out that the Pittsburgh Pirates were not the first ML ball club to train in Paso Robles. The White Sox trained here from 1913 through 1915. (Submitted on June 17, 2013, by James King of San Miguel, California.)

Location of Pirates Marker in front of Wells Fargo Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James King, April 11, 2013

2. Location of Pirates Marker in front of Wells Fargo Sign

Pittsburgh Pirates spring training at Paso Robles Park, 1930 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Unknown, eBay, 1930

3. Pittsburgh Pirates spring training at Paso Robles Park, 1930

Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2013, by James King of San Miguel, California. This page has been viewed 845 times since then and 107 times this year. Last updated on February 23, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 17, 2013, by James King of San Miguel, California. 3. submitted on October 14, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.