Sherbrooke Pirates
September 13, 2013
The Sherbrooke Pirates were the Class AA farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates for two seasons in the early 1970’s. Pittsburgh moved their Eastern League farm club to Sherbrooke from Waterbury, Connecticut in 1972. This was part of a larger Eastern League push into the province of Quebec during the era. By 1972 three of the circuit’s eight clubs were located in French Canada. Pittsburgh had a strong farm system at the time, with future Major League All-Stars Tony Armas and Kent Tekulve spending time in Sherbrooke on their way to The Show.
