Every trade between the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates
The Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates have made 32 deals with each other since 1968, 13 of them sales. The most recent, on Jul 31, 2025: Pittsburgh Pirates traded LHP Bailey Falter to Kansas City Royals for LHP Evan Sisk and 1B Callan Moss. The first on file, on Oct 16, 1968: The Kansas City Royals purchased George Spriggs from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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| Date | Deal |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded LHP Bailey Falter to Kansas City Royals for LHP Evan Sisk and 1B Callan Moss. |
| Jul 16, 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded 2B Adam Frazier to Kansas City Royals for SS Cam Devanney. |
| Apr 7, 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Colin Selby to Kansas City Royals for LHP Connor Oliver. |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Kansas City Royals traded RF Edward Olivares to Pittsburgh Pirates for 2B Deivis Nadal. |
| Jul 29, 2015 | The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Joe Blanton from the Kansas City Royals. |
| May 31, 2013 | The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Atahualpa Severino from the Kansas City Royals. |
| Nov 28, 2012 | The Kansas City Royals traded Vin Mazzaro and Clint Robinson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Luis Rico and Luis Santos. |
| Dec 7, 2011 | The Kansas City Royals traded Yamaico Navarro to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brooks Pounders and Diego Goris. |
| Jun 11, 2006 | The Kansas City Royals purchased Brandon Duckworth from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Dec 7, 2005 | The Kansas City Royals traded Jonah Bayliss and Chad Blackwell to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mark Redman. |
| Dec 16, 2004 | The Kansas City Royals traded Benito Santiago to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Juan Carlos Oviedo. |
| Jul 1, 2004 | The Kansas City Royals purchased Rubén Mateo from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Jun 27, 1998 | The Kansas City Royals traded Manuel Bernal to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jermaine Allensworth. |
| Dec 13, 1996 | The Kansas City Royals traded Jeff Granger, Jeff Martin, Joe Randa and Jeff Wallace to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Bell and Jeff King. |
| Jul 31, 1993 | The Kansas City Royals traded Jon Lieber and Dan Miceli to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Stan Belinda. |
| Nov 19, 1992 | The Kansas City Royals traded Dennis Moeller and Joel Johnston to the Pittsburgh Pirates for José Lind. |
| Mar 10, 1992 | The Kansas City Royals traded Kirk Gibson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Neal Heaton. |
| May 3, 1991 | The Kansas City Royals traded Victor Cole to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Carmelo Martínez. |
| Jul 23, 1987 | The Kansas City Royals purchased Dann Bilardello from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Dec 9, 1977 | The Kansas City Royals purchased Jim Nettles from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Jul 8, 1974 | The Kansas City Royals traded Calvin Meier to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kurt Bevacqua. |
| Mar 28, 1974 | The Kansas City Royals traded Wayne Simpson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Foor. |
| Dec 4, 1973 | The Kansas City Royals traded Ed Kirkpatrick, Kurt Bevacqua and Winston Cole to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Nelson Briles and Fernando González. |
| Nov 1, 1972 | The Kansas City Royals purchased Dick Colpaert from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Oct 25, 1972 | The Kansas City Royals traded Jim Rooker to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gene Garber. |
| Mar 28, 1972 | The Kansas City Royals purchased Carl Taylor from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Mar 15, 1972 | The Kansas City Royals purchased José Martínez from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Sep 3, 1971 | The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Carl Taylor from the Kansas City Royals. |
| Dec 2, 1970 | The Kansas City Royals traded Bob Johnson, Jackie Hernández and Jim Campanis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Freddie Patek, Bruce Dal Canton and Jerry May. |
| Oct 21, 1968 | The Kansas City Royals purchased Dave Wickersham from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Oct 18, 1968 | The Kansas City Royals purchased John Gelnar from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Oct 16, 1968 | The Kansas City Royals purchased George Spriggs from the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
Trades and sales between the two franchises under every name they have had. To May 2022 from Retrosheet, since then from MLB's transaction feed. The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.