{"id":184572,"date":"2026-05-05T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/184572\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:55:16","slug":"pittsburgh-pirates-world-series-winner-was-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/184572\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates World Series winner was 94"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Skinner, Pirates World Series-winning player and coach, dies at 94<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 2:38 PM EDT May 5, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBob Skinner, who played on Pittsburgh’s 1960 World Series team and later served as batting coach for the 1979 championship team, has died. He was 94.(Archive video above: President Jimmy Carter hands World Series trophy to Pirates in 1979)Skinner made his major league debut in 1954 and played nine seasons with Pittsburgh. He was named a National League All-Star in 1958, and again in the 1960 season, when he helped the club defeat the New York Yankees in the World Series.The Pirates traded Skinner to the Cincinnati Reds in 1963. Skinner was traded again to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964, and became a two-time champion when the Cardinals defeated the Yankees in the World Series that year.Skinner was Pittsburgh’s batting coach from 1974 to 1976. He returned for a second stint from 1979 to 1985, earning a third World Series ring with the 1979 Pirates.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel”As a member of the 1960 World Series championship team, Bob was an important part of one of the most beloved teams in our storied history and helped deliver a moment that will forever be woven into the fabric of our city,” Pirates owner Bob Nutting said in a statement released by the club Tuesday. “Bob was a talented player, a proud Pirate and a respected member of the baseball community. On behalf of the entire Pirates organization, we extend our deepest condolences to Bob\u2019s family, friends and all those who knew and loved him.”\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Bob Skinner, who played on Pittsburgh’s 1960 World Series team and later served as batting coach for the 1979 championship team, has died. He was 94.<\/p>\n

(Archive video above: President Jimmy Carter hands World Series trophy to Pirates in 1979)<\/p>\n

Skinner made his major league debut in 1954 and played nine seasons with Pittsburgh. He was named a National League All-Star in 1958, and again in the 1960 season, when he helped the club defeat the New York Yankees in the World Series.<\/p>\n

The Pirates traded Skinner to the Cincinnati Reds in 1963. Skinner was traded again to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964, and became a two-time champion when the Cardinals defeated the Yankees in the World Series that year.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBob Skinner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is shown here in uniform posing with a baseball bat.<\/p>\n

Skinner was Pittsburgh’s batting coach from 1974 to 1976. He returned for a second stint from 1979 to 1985, earning a third World Series ring with the 1979 Pirates.<\/p>\n

Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n

“As a member of the 1960 World Series championship team, Bob was an important part of one of the most beloved teams in our storied history and helped deliver a moment that will forever be woven into the fabric of our city,” Pirates owner Bob Nutting said in a statement released by the club Tuesday. “Bob was a talented player, a proud Pirate and a respected member of the baseball community. On behalf of the entire Pirates organization, we extend our deepest condolences to Bob\u2019s family, friends and all those who knew and loved him.”<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBRADENTON, FL – MARCH 1985: Hitting coach Bob Skinner of the Pittsburgh Pirates watches batting practice during spring training at the Pirates City training complex in March 1985 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by George Gojkovich\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Skinner, Pirates World Series-winning player and coach, dies at 94 Updated: 2:38 PM EDT May 5, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[82379,82378,82376,26724,1510,16414,23785,18203,82381,73,75,74,10997,3617,82377,82380,42344,78],"class_list":["post-184572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-1979skinner","tag-batting-coach","tag-bob-skinner","tag-club","tag-family","tag-member","tag-pirate","tag-pirates","tag-pirates-owner-bob-nutting","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-season","tag-world-series-team","tag-wtae-youtube-channelas","tag-yankees","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}