Editing Pittsburgh Pirates (section)

==Civil rights advocacy==
Throughout the 1940s Pirates owner [[William Benswanger]] was a leading advocate of integration of the Major Leagues, once planning a tryout for African American players to sign up for the club.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VH_x_ASNli8C&dq=bill+benswanger+blacks&pg=PA235 Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution – Neil Lanctot – Google Books]. Books.google.com. Retrieved on July 23, 2013.</ref>

The Pirates organization was the first in baseball to have both an African-American coach and manager, when [[Gene Baker]] broke the color line in 1961 and 1962 respectively. On September 21, 1963, the Pirates were the first MLB team to have an African-American manager in Gene Baker, as he filled in for Danny Murtaugh.<ref>[http://thesouthern.com/sports/let-us-not-forget-about-gene-baker/article_061c1f94-7a5d-11e2-8f34-0019bb2963f4.html Let us not forget about Gene Baker]. Thesouthern.com (February 19, 2013). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref>

On September 1, 1971, manager Murtaugh assembled a starting lineup that was completely composed of minority players for the first time in MLB history.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vascellaro|first=Charlie|title=Bucs broke ground with first all-minority lineup|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/24052540/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012062104/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/24052540|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2014|publisher=Major League Baseball Advanced Media|date=September 1, 2011|access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>