It was founded as an expansion of the football club SV Rap on 17 February 1959 by Loek Loevendie.

In earlier years, there were competing baseball teams in Amsterdam, including the Amstel Tijgers and Ajax, both of which earned multiple national titles.

Amsterdam Pirates was founded in 1959 by Loek Loevendie and Jaap van der Zee as the baseball department of SV Rap.

They reached the playoffs by being third in the regular season, then beating Neptunus in the first round and defending champions Kinheim in the 2008 Holland Series.

[4] After the departure of many veteran players, head coach Ronald Jaarsma, and main sponsor L&D, Amsterdam Pirates won its sixth championship in 2023, defeating perennial contender Neptunus 4–3 in the Holland Series.

[5] The Pirates play at the Loek Loevendie Ballpark located in Osdorp, in the west of Amsterdam.