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8/1 Through the 1970s: Pops Goes Off, Rip Off 11, Goose Eggs, 2-In-1 For Lefty, Game Days, HBD Freddy, Pete, Milt, Pep & Roy

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1892 – RHP Roy Sanders was born in Stafford, Kansas. Roy yo-yoed between the Cincy Reds and the minor league American Association Kansas City Blues in 1917, then landed in Pittsburgh in 1918 as the PTBNL in a deal with KC for Fritz Mollwitz. Roy had a decent year, getting in 28 games (14 starts) with a 7-9/2.60 slash, but it would be his last in MLB as he lost his job to the flood of ball players returning from WW1. He went by the monikers of “Butch” and “Pepe.”

1893 – Pittsburgh crushed St. Louis 25-2 in game one of a twinbill, then won the second contest 6-1 while cranking out 17 hits at Robison Field. Frank “Lefty” Killen won both games against the Browns (he started both contests, but got a blow from reliever Tom Colcolough in the first game) en route to a 36-win season and even belted a homer. Jake Beckley banged out six hits during the day while Jack Glasscock and Denny Lyons added five more apiece.

1904 – Charlie Case gave up 11 hits but still shut out the Cubs 4-0 at Expo Park. The difference was in the fielding; Chicago made four errors, all contributing to Pittsburgh scores, while the Pirates played the field flawlessly and occasionally brilliantly. Ginger Beaumont had three hits for the Bucs, while Tommy Leach and Honus Wagner each chipped in a pair of knocks.

1906 – After pitching 10-2/3 innings of no-hit ball at Washington Park, Brooklyn’s Harry McIntyre was finally touched for a single by Pirates 2B Claude Ritchey. Only 31 Bucs faced McIntyre in the first 10 frames, but Pittsburgh finally wore Mac down to beat the Superbas in the 13th when Bob Ganley singled, went to third on Honus Wagner’s double and scored on Joe Nealon’s knock to take a 1-0 decision behind Lefty Leifield, who went the distance while tossing a nine-hitter.

Lefty Leifield – 1905 Harlan Collection/Detroit Public Library

1916 – RHP Elmer “Pep” Rambert was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Pep’s MLB career consisted of two cups of joe with the Bucs from 1939-40, working 12 innings with a line of 0-1/8.25. He did have a long shelf life in the minors where he both hurled and played outfield, winning 68 games and putting up a career .307 BA, then managed in the bushes after retiring.

1918 – Pittsburgh and Boston played a record 20 scoreless innings, a benchmark for futility that lasted until 1967, before the Pirates won in the 21st frame by a 2-0 score at Braves Field. Art Nehf went all the way for Boston, while Erskine Mayer worked the opening 15 frames for Pittsburgh, followed on the slab by Wilbur Cooper. Cooper scored on Max Carey’s two-out knock and Billy Southworth doubled Carey home with an insurance tally for the overtime victory.

1943 – Rip Sewell won his 11th straight start (he did drop a decision as a reliever during that streak) by a 7-1 count over the Boston Braves at Forbes Field, tossing a three-hitter. Every outing during Sewell’s skein was a complete game victory. Rip was an All Star that year (his first of four straight appearances) and posted his career-best season with a slash of 21-9/2.54. He dropped his next outing to the Cardinals and faded after that loss, finishing 4-5 for the remainder of the year, although he did post three saves (he worked 265-1/3 innings) to keep busy.

1950 – C Milt May was born in Gary, Indiana. May began (1970-73) and ended (1983-84) his career as a Pirate, batting .261 as a reserve catcher. He was a member of the 1971 World Series club and 1972 pennant winners, and hit .400 (2-for-5) as a pinch hitter in the postseason. Milt also made the record books when he drove in the one millionth run in MLB history on May 4th, 1975, with a three-run home run as a Houston Astro. Despite having one of the weirdest set-ups in baseball, wagging his bat high above his head, May became the hitting coach for 10 seasons in Pittsburgh (1987–96) with stints with the Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and as pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies. May was a scout for the Rockies in 2000, then spent the 2001 season as a Pirates minor-league hitting coordinator and is now Orioles minor league coach.

Milt May – 1984 Donruss

1951 – Pete Mackanin was born in Chicago. He never suited up for the Bucs as a player, but spent several seasons with the club as skipper and coach. After managing the Hickory Crawdads and Lynchburg Hillcats in 2001 and 2002, he became the Bucco bench coach in 2003. After Lloyd McClendon was fired, Mackanin served as the Pirates’ interim manager for the last month of 2005, leading the team to a 12–14 record. He spent the next season managing in the Pirates’ minor league system at Bradenton before moving on to work for other clubs. He was the Phils manager until 2017, when he was pulled from the dugout and moved to a front office job.

1951 – The Dodgers took a 7-2 lead after three innings against Murry Dickson at Forbes Field, but it wasn’t enough padding as Brooklyn was eventually overwhelmed and lost to the Bucs, 12-9. The Pirates scored four in the fourth inning and four more in the eighth frame, sparked by Ralph Kiner’s 27th homer, and snapped da Bums’ winning streak at 10 games. George Strickland drove home three runs and homered. The win went to Bill Werle, save to Ted Wilks.

1970 – Willie Stargell smoked three doubles and two home runs against the Braves at Atlanta – Fulton County Stadium. Captain Willie posted six RBI and tied a MLB record with five extra base knocks (it’s the only five extra-base hits in a game in franchise history) as the Bucs rolled over the Bravos by a 20-10 tally. Pittsburgh set a club record with 14 extra-base hits and 47 total bases during the match. Bob Robertson added five more knocks to the pot, making Pops and Big Red the first Bucco duo to collect five hits in a game.

1972 – 3B/LF Freddy Garcia (not to be mistaken for the veteran American League pitcher) was born in La Romana, Dominican Republic. He played for the Bucs in 1995 and then from 1997-99 as a bench depth guy, hitting .221 over that span. He was then traded to the Atlanta Braves for a minor league pitcher and finished his MLB career the following season.

Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2026/08/81-through-1970s-pops-goes-off-rip-off.html

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