(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of MLB.com, Photo of the Pirate Parrot)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pirate Parrot, the mascot of the Pittsburgh Pirates, ranked third in a new survey by Bovada Sportsbook that measured the popularity of Major League Baseball mascots.

According to Bovada, the survey polled 3,000 MLB fans and ranked 28 mascots based on entertainment value, humor and fan engagement.

The Pirate Parrot received a score of 6.25 out of 10.

The mascot finished behind the Philadelphia Phillies’ Philly Phanatic, which ranked first, and the Baltimore Orioles’ Oriole Bird, which placed second.

Here is the results of this survey, according to a release from Bovada:

Rank	Mascot	Team	Entertaining	Humorous	Engaging	Final score
1	Phillie Phanatic	Philadelphia Phillies	35.20%	30.93%	18.33%	10.00
2	The Oriole Bird	Baltimore Orioles	29.57%	21.83%	15.87%	6.55
3	Pirate Parrot	Pittsburgh Pirates	27.83%	23.07%	15.27%	6.25
4	Wally the Green Monster	Boston Red Sox	26.80%	21.03%	14.27%	5.36
5	Mr. Met & Mrs. Met	New York Mets	25.37%	19.73%	14.60%	5.00
6	Mariner Moose	Seattle Mariners	25.10%	20.70%	13.70%	4.81
7	Bernie Brewer	Milwaukee Brewers	25.60%	19.57%	13.70%	4.70
8	Clark the Cub	Chicago Cubs	23.93%	17.87%	13.60%	4.07
9	Billy the Marlin	Miami Marlins	23.17%	18.07%	13.07%	3.79
10	PAWS	Detroit Tigers	22.33%	17.93%	12.23%	3.32