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7/15 Through the 1970s: HoF Game, Elliott Cycle + Six, Ray & Waite Gems, 8 For Jake, Game Days, Manny TSN, Jerry, Scoops & ASGs, HBD Enrique, Don, Donn & Red

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1893 - Jake Stenzel banged a homer and a triple, both with the bases loaded, collecting five hits and eight RBI as Pittsburgh crushed the Washington Senators, 19-0, at Exposition Park. The Bucs banged out a double, four triples and four homers in routing the DC squad. Sealing the deal at both ends, Frank Killen tossed a six-hitter, leading the Pittsburgh Press to write that the Sens were “…completely at the mercy of the clever left-hander.”

1893 – LHP John “Red” Oldham was born in Zion, Maryland. Red tossed for Detroit for five years, dropped out of sight for a couple of seasons, dedicating himself to business and some indie league play, then resurfaced in 1925 at the age of 32 with the Pirates. His first season was solid enough at 3-2-1/3.91, but his big moment came in the World Series. Red pitched the final inning of Game 7 before 42,856 fans at Forbes Field. The Pirates took a 9-7 lead in the eighth and called on Oldham to put it away against the heart of the Washington Senators lineup that featured three future Hall of Famers. He caught Sam Rice looking, got Bucky Harris on a liner and then rung up Goose Goslin. His performance went downhill in 1926 (2-2-2/5.62) and was released in July.

1905 – In a showdown twin bill between the first place New York Giants and the second place Bucs at the Polo Grounds, Pittsburgh overcame a 6-0 deficit against Iron Joe McGinnity to take a 7-6 lead in the seventh, but lost 8-7 on a ninth inning homer as Christy Mathewson shut them down over the last 2-2/3 innings. The Pirates took the nitecap 3-0 behind Deacon Phillippe’s four-hitter. Honus Wagner clinched the victory with a two-run homer that hit the el tracks in the eighth inning. The powerhouse Giants eventually won the pennant with 105 victories (Pgh. had 96 wins) and then swept the Philly A’s in the World Series.

1908 – The Pirates tied the Boston Doves in the ninth inning thanks to a George Gibson triple and won 3-2 in the 10th when Fred Clarke was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for a walkoff plunk. Sam Leever went the distance for the victory at Exposition Park. The win put the Bucs back in the top spot, 1/2 game ahead of the NY Giants and a game up on Chicago. The pennant chase remained tight all year; the Cubs held off Pittsburgh and New York by one game.

Ray Kremer – 1932 TSN Collection

1932 – The Pirates got plenty of pitching from Ray Kremer, who tossed a three-hitter and needed it to take a 1-0 victory over the Boston Braves at Forbes Field as part of a four-game sweep of Boston. LF Dave Barbee doubled home Arky Vaughan in the fourth inning with the only score; the Buccos only had five hits off tough-luck loser Hub Pruett. Neither slabster was particularly overpowering as each posted just one whiff during their complete game outings.

1934 – Waite Hoyt tossed a one-hitter against Boston, surrendering a single to Tommy Thompson in a 5-0 win in the opener of a twin bill at Braves Field. The offense was a team effort; five Bucs had two hits and all eight position players scored and/or drove home runs. Beantown’s Ed Brandt returned the favor in the nitecap, limiting the Bucs to three hits in a 4-0 Brave victory.

1935 – 1B Donn Clendenon was born in Neosho, Missouri. An all around athlete at Morehouse College, he turned down offers from the Cleveland Browns and Harlem Globetrotters to sign with the Bucs. He spent eight years (1961-68) as a Pirate with a line of .280/106/488. Clendenon hit .302 as a rookie in 1962 (he didn’t play enough in ‘61 to qualify) and was runner up to Chicago’s Ken Hubbs in the Rookie of the Year voting. He spent a couple of off-seasons (1962-64) as an Allegheny County detective and eventually earned a law degree from Duquesne in 1978 that carried him into his post-baseball career. Family Act: Clendenon’s stepfather was Nish Williams, a noted Negro League player and manager. Donn was a three-sport star as a youth, and is said to have selected baseball as his primary focus because of the respect he held for Nish.

1942 – CF Don Bosch was born in San Francisco. He started his four-year run in the show with two hitless at bats for the Pirates in 1966 after signing with the club in 1960. He went to the New York Mets in the ‘66 off season with pitcher Don Cardwell as part of the Dennis Ribant/Gary Kolb deal. At the time, Bosch was a highly regarded prospect and AAA All-Star, but fizzled in the majors, batting just .164 during his career. His last MLB season was 1969 with the Montreal Expos, and he retired from pro ball after the 1970 campaign at age 27.

Pete Coscarart – 1945 Play Ball

1945 – The Pirates bombed the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers in a Forbes Field doubleheader, slamming them by 9-1 and 15-3 tallies. In the opener, Rip Sewell cruised to victory as Frank Gustine drove home three runs. Bob Elliott hit for the cycle, chased home six runs and plated three times in the nitecap while Pete Coscarart scored five times. The Bucs launched a 19-hit onslaught to back Ken Gables, who went the distance for the win. Despite the blowouts, the teams had a spirited competition during the year with da Bums holding a 12-10 season edge.

1947 – Enrique Romo was born in Santa Rosalia, Mexico. The righty pitched for the Pirates for four seasons (1979-82), going 25-16-26/3.56 after coming over from Seattle. Before that, he had spent 11 seasons pitching in Mexico, mainly as a starter (he was converted to the pen in the majors) and was a 20-game winner for Mexico City in 1976. Romo appeared in 84 games for the World Series champs in ‘79 and was an integral part of the Buc bullpen his first two years, but went noticeably downhill in his last two campaigns, ending his six-year MLB career.

1963 – In the first game of a Forbes Field twi-light doubleheader, Alvin Dark and Danny Murtaugh sent seven future Hall-of-Famers out for battle – the G-Men had Juan Marichal, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda while the Bucs countered with Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Bill Mazeroski. In the ninth, the Dominican Dandy was cruising along with a 1-0 lead. Bill Virdon singled, Roberto doubled and Maz was walked intentionally. That made Willie – then a 23-year-old rookie who was more Pup than Pops – the hero when his single to right plated the Quail and Arriba. Marichal went on to win 25 games that year, but couldn’t overcome three HoF guys in row, with Clemente topping both teams lineups with three hits. The Pirates also took the nightcap 4-1 as Joe Gibbon bested Billy O’Dell. The pair eventually switched loyalties: three years later, Gibbon ended up with SF and Digger with the Bucs.

1967 – In the fourth inning of a game at Busch Stadium, Bob Gibson suffered a broken fibula on a line drive off the bat of Roberto Clemente. He pitched to three more batters, issuing two walks around a flyball before the leg literally snapped (and Roberto’s liner was the only hit Gibson gave up). It was a kind of karmic payback; in his book “Stranger to the Game,” Gibson said of Clemente, “I always threw at him. He swung way too hard against me…” It usually worked as Clemente hit just .208 off Gibby, but not today. The Great One collected three raps (two off relievers) to lead the Bucs and Juan Pizarro to a 6-4 win over the eventual World Champion Cards.

Roberto Clemente – 2002 Donruss Diamond Kings

1968 – The Chicago Cubs swept the Bucs at Forbes Field to send the struggling Pirates to their tenth straight defeat as Fergie Jenkins tossed a 10-inning six-hitter and singled home the winning run against Luke Walker. Pittsburgh equaled the franchise’s longest post-1900 losing streak with the 2-1 loss, but finally stopped the spin the next day by rallying for a 3-2 win over the Mets. Jerry May’s two-out, two-run double in the seventh brought home the bacon to cut the string and earn a dub for Ronnie Kline.

1971 – The Pirates beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 at TRS by never saying die. Pittsburgh rallied to tie the game in the bottoms of the ninth, 13th and 16th innings before winning it on Roberto Clemente’s homer in the 17th. San Diego’s Danny Coombs was hit with a double whammy, credited with a blown save in the 16th and then the loss in the 17th. It was the first time in franchise history that the Bucs had overcome a pair of extra-inning deficits to win, a feat that wouldn’t be repeated again by the club until 2015 at PNC Park against the Cardinals.

1972 – Manny Sanguillen was featured as the cover story of The Sporting News in an article titled “Durable Mitt Star.” For seven of his first eight years with Pittsburgh, he caught at least 113 games (with 151 games behind the dish in 1974). The only year he didn’t was in 1973, when he auditioned unsuccessfully as a right fielder after Roberto Clemente’s death and caught just 89 games.

1975 – The National League whipped the American League 6-3 in the All-Star game held at County Stadium. Jerry Reuss pitched the first three frames, putting up zeroes on three hits with two strikeouts. Al Oliver doubled and came around to score in his lone at bat while Manny Sanguillen was planted on the bench. The contest was Hank Aaron’s 25th and final All-Star affair, and the former home of the Milwaukee Braves was a fitting venue for his farewell bow.

Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2026/07/715-through-1970s-hof-game-elliott.html

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