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PNC Park hosted the 77th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 11, 2006. [76] The American League defeated the National League 3–2, with 38,904 spectators in attendance. [77] The first All-Star Game in PNC Park, it was the 5th All-Star Game hosted in Pittsburgh, and the first since 1994. [78]
In 2001, the Pittsburgh Pirates unveiled a 12-foot statue of Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Stargell, just before the opening of PNC Park. [1] It was created by sculptor Susan Wagner who also created the statue of Stargell's ex-teammates Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazeroski .
PNC Park Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. In 2010, the Pittsburgh Pirates unveiled a 14-foot, 2,000-pound statue of Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski , commemorating the 50th anniversary of his walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series , one of the most iconic moments in baseball and sports history.
According to the Pirates, a space was left intentionally blank for a 16th inscription which remains empty as "a reflection of the incomplete circle of Roberto Clemente's life." [ 2 ] The statue was moved to its current location in PNC Park in 2001, and stands outside the park's centerfield gate.
Early NL Central leader Milwaukee begins a four-game set at PNC Park on Monday night. Jones, just 22 himself, will get the ball with a chance to take another step forward and halt his team's slide.
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PNC Park's listed capacity is 38,747 for baseball, although standing-room only space can accommodate more than 40,000 fans; the biggest crowd in stadium history was the 2015 National League Wild Card Game, when 40,889 fans saw the Cubs defeat the Pirates 4–0.
The statue was relocated to Three Rivers Stadium in 1972 and again to PNC Park in 2001 where it currently stands, just outside the home plate entrance. [1] Inside the statue, sealed in a tube, are a list of names of former and then-current Pirates' players who gave contributions to the statue at the time of its dedication. [1]