Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Pittsburgh Pirates have announced three new members to their franchise Hall of Fame.

Kiki Cuyler, Vernon Law and Al Oliver will comprise the Class of 2025, adding to the 26 that have been inducted since the Hall’s inception in 2022.

Cuyler played his first seven years with the Pirates (1921-27), where he helped them win the 1925 World Series.  As a Pirate, the Outfielder twice led the National League in Runs Scored (1925 & 1926), Stolen Bases once (1925), and batted .336 with 680 Hits for the team.  He entered the Baseball Hall of Fame via the Veterans Committee in 1968.

Law played all 16 of MLB seasons with the Pirates (1950-51 & 1954-57) and was the top arm and Cy Young winner on the team that won the 1960 World Series.  He had a record of 162-147 with a 3.77 ERA and 1,092 Strikeouts.

Oliver was with Pittsburgh from 1968 to 1977 and helped the team win a World Series in 1971.  He was a three-time All-Star, collected 1,490 Hits with 135 Home Runs with a .296 Batting Average as a Pirate.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the incoming members of the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame.

Vern Law played all of his sixteen seasons in the Majors with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where the right-handed Pitcher performed as one of their top hurlers.

Law debuted for Pittsburgh in 1950, and after a few Games, was obligated to go to the American Military.  The Pitcher returned to the Pirates in 1954 and to their staff, where he moved up and down their rotation for years.  Law had his breakout year 1959, with a 2.98 ERA and 18 Wins.  The Pirates were ready to advance to the postseason in 1960, with Law winning 20 Games with a 3.08 ERA, and he was the Cy Young Award winner.  He won two Games in the World Series, and Pittsburgh won the Title with Law as their ace.

Law continued his career with Pittsburgh, playing until 1967 and posting nine 10-Win years.  Over his career, Law had a sweet record of 162 Wins and 147 Losses with an ERA of 3.77.