Today's Birthdays - May
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Today's Birthdays - May
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Bobster21
Today's Birthdays - May
6D3B2D39362C3C373A2D1F38323E3633713C5F0 wrote: May 5:
Tommy Helms (1941): 1976-77; INF; 99 AB; 1-13-.242
Jose Pagan (1935): 1965-1972; UTIL; 1569 AB; 33-189-.263
Gene Curtis (1883): 1903; LF; 19 AB; 0-3-.421
Pagan slammed a double to left center, scoring Stargell from first, to give the Pirates an insurance run in the eighth inning of Game 7 in 1971. The run turned out to be needed when the Orioles scored in the bottom of the inning.
Best player born on May 5: Chief Bender (1884) or Kimiyasu Kudo (1963)
As a 14 year old in 1966, I fell in love with Jose Pagan. Other than the World Series years, 1966 was my favorite season. The club was so good, with a line-up filled with great hitters. Pagan platooned at 3B and seemed to have one clutch hit after another. He's remained one of my all time favorite Pirates.
I remember always thinking Pagan was a very good SS for SF. I was surprised he was only going to have a utility role with the Pirates when they acquired him. He became an invaluable addition. Could play anywhere as often as needed and contributed both with bat and glove.
Tommy Helms (1941): 1976-77; INF; 99 AB; 1-13-.242
Jose Pagan (1935): 1965-1972; UTIL; 1569 AB; 33-189-.263
Gene Curtis (1883): 1903; LF; 19 AB; 0-3-.421
Pagan slammed a double to left center, scoring Stargell from first, to give the Pirates an insurance run in the eighth inning of Game 7 in 1971. The run turned out to be needed when the Orioles scored in the bottom of the inning.
Best player born on May 5: Chief Bender (1884) or Kimiyasu Kudo (1963)
As a 14 year old in 1966, I fell in love with Jose Pagan. Other than the World Series years, 1966 was my favorite season. The club was so good, with a line-up filled with great hitters. Pagan platooned at 3B and seemed to have one clutch hit after another. He's remained one of my all time favorite Pirates.
I remember always thinking Pagan was a very good SS for SF. I was surprised he was only going to have a utility role with the Pirates when they acquired him. He became an invaluable addition. Could play anywhere as often as needed and contributed both with bat and glove.
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2drfischer@gmail.c
Today's Birthdays - May
446964757263743437060 wrote: May 5:
Tommy Helms (1941): 1976-77; INF; 99 AB; 1-13-.242
Jose Pagan (1935): 1965-1972; UTIL; 1569 AB; 33-189-.263
Gene Curtis (1883): 1903; LF; 19 AB; 0-3-.421
Pagan slammed a double to left center, scoring Stargell from first, to give the Pirates an insurance run in the eighth inning of Game 7 in 1971. The run turned out to be needed when the Orioles scored in the bottom of the inning.
Best player born on May 5: Chief Bender (1884) or Kimiyasu Kudo (1963)
As a 14 year old in 1966, I fell in love with Jose Pagan. Other than the World Series years, 1966 was my favorite season. The club was so good, with a line-up filled with great hitters. Pagan platooned at 3B and seemed to have one clutch hit after another. He's remained one of my all time favorite Pirates.
I remember always thinking Pagan was a very good SS for SF. I was surprised he was only going to have a utility role with the Pirates when they acquired him. He became an invaluable addition. Could play anywhere as often as needed and contributed both with bat and glove.
I'm guessing that Joe Brown acquired him as mostly a back-up to Bob Bailey and Gene Alley, both of whom were mostly established by 1966. But Pagan seemed to get a lot of quality innings at 3B that season. I'm glad he did, even though the season ended in disappointment.
Tommy Helms (1941): 1976-77; INF; 99 AB; 1-13-.242
Jose Pagan (1935): 1965-1972; UTIL; 1569 AB; 33-189-.263
Gene Curtis (1883): 1903; LF; 19 AB; 0-3-.421
Pagan slammed a double to left center, scoring Stargell from first, to give the Pirates an insurance run in the eighth inning of Game 7 in 1971. The run turned out to be needed when the Orioles scored in the bottom of the inning.
Best player born on May 5: Chief Bender (1884) or Kimiyasu Kudo (1963)
As a 14 year old in 1966, I fell in love with Jose Pagan. Other than the World Series years, 1966 was my favorite season. The club was so good, with a line-up filled with great hitters. Pagan platooned at 3B and seemed to have one clutch hit after another. He's remained one of my all time favorite Pirates.
I remember always thinking Pagan was a very good SS for SF. I was surprised he was only going to have a utility role with the Pirates when they acquired him. He became an invaluable addition. Could play anywhere as often as needed and contributed both with bat and glove.
I'm guessing that Joe Brown acquired him as mostly a back-up to Bob Bailey and Gene Alley, both of whom were mostly established by 1966. But Pagan seemed to get a lot of quality innings at 3B that season. I'm glad he did, even though the season ended in disappointment.
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ArnoldRothstein
Today's Birthdays - May
Schofield-Pagan's an interesting little trade. It seems one thing they were doing was moving out Schofield so that Alley could take over at short. Pagan didn't play much in '65, only started four games after coming over in May. Curiously, the Pirates also had Andre Rodgers in 1965, a similar player to Pagan who played quite a bit and hit .287. Rodgers stopped hitting in 1966 and was quickly out of baseball, while Pagan hit better than ever in his 30s.
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2drfischer@gmail.c
Today's Birthdays - May
01322E2F2C24122F3428333425292E400 wrote: Schofield-Pagan's an interesting little trade. It seems one thing they were doing was moving out Schofield so that Alley could take over at short. Pagan didn't play much in '65, only started four games after coming over in May. Curiously, the Pirates also had Andre Rodgers in 1965, a similar player to Pagan who played quite a bit and hit .287. Rodgers stopped hitting in 1966 and was quickly out of baseball, while Pagan hit better than ever in his 30s.
Pagan is yet another reminder of the many outstanding trades Joe Brown made.
I continue to look forward to your birthday posts each day, Babe. What's funny to me is how many players you've listed who played here during the 20 years of losing who I have no recollection of, and I religiously listened to nearly every game during that span.
Pagan is yet another reminder of the many outstanding trades Joe Brown made.
I continue to look forward to your birthday posts each day, Babe. What's funny to me is how many players you've listed who played here during the 20 years of losing who I have no recollection of, and I religiously listened to nearly every game during that span.
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ArnoldRothstein
Today's Birthdays - May
What's funny to me is how many players you've listed who played here during the 20 years of losing who I have no recollection of, and I religiously listened to nearly every game during that span.
Yeah, I don't recall Ivan Cruz up on May 3 at all, even though he played in two seasons and had a good season for Nashville.
Yeah, I don't recall Ivan Cruz up on May 3 at all, even though he played in two seasons and had a good season for Nashville.
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2drfischer@gmail.c
Today's Birthdays - May
7D4E525350586E5348544F485955523C0 wrote: What's funny to me is how many players you've listed who played here during the 20 years of losing who I have no recollection of, and I religiously listened to nearly every game during that span.
Yeah, I don't recall Ivan Cruz up on May 3 at all, even though he played in two seasons and had a good season for Nashville.
Yep, that's one of the guys I completely forget. It can't be because of my age, can it?
Yeah, I don't recall Ivan Cruz up on May 3 at all, even though he played in two seasons and had a good season for Nashville.
Yep, that's one of the guys I completely forget. It can't be because of my age, can it?
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Bobster21
Today's Birthdays - May
6D5E424340487E4358445F584945422C0 wrote: What's funny to me is how many players you've listed who played here during the 20 years of losing who I have no recollection of, and I religiously listened to nearly every game during that span.
Yeah, I don't recall Ivan Cruz up on May 3 at all, even though he played in two seasons and had a good season for Nashville.
I don't remember Cruz either. I looked him up and he spent a week on the roster in 1999, 2 weeks in 2000 and was a September callup with St.L. in 2002. Not much to remember. Interesting though that in his final game in 1999 he hit a PH HR, his only Pirate career HR, and was sent down shortly thereafter and didn't return until May 2000.
Cruz was a career minor leaguer. Made his MLB debut at age 29 with the Yankees and was 31-32 as a Pirate. Hit 234 career minor league HRs so at least he could say he hit 2 in the majors when he got his cup of tea with Bucs and Cards.
Yeah, I don't recall Ivan Cruz up on May 3 at all, even though he played in two seasons and had a good season for Nashville.
I don't remember Cruz either. I looked him up and he spent a week on the roster in 1999, 2 weeks in 2000 and was a September callup with St.L. in 2002. Not much to remember. Interesting though that in his final game in 1999 he hit a PH HR, his only Pirate career HR, and was sent down shortly thereafter and didn't return until May 2000.
Cruz was a career minor leaguer. Made his MLB debut at age 29 with the Yankees and was 31-32 as a Pirate. Hit 234 career minor league HRs so at least he could say he hit 2 in the majors when he got his cup of tea with Bucs and Cards.
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ArnoldRothstein
Today's Birthdays - May
May 6:
Alberto Lois (1956): 1977-79; PR/OF; 4 AB; 0-0-.250
Dick Cole (1926): 1951-55; INF; 1165 AB; 2-104-.253
Earl Turner (1923): 1948, 1950; C; 75 AB; 3-5-.243
Bob Chesnes (1921): 1948-50; RHP; 378.2 IP; 24-22, 4.66
Luke Boone (1890): 1918; SS; 91 AB; 0-3-.198
Ed Karger (1883): 1906; LHP; 28 IP; 2-3, 1.93
Chesnes began his career on the West Coast as an infielder, returned from the war a pitcher and went 22-8 for the San Francisco Seals in 1947. He went 14-6 for the Pirates in 1948, and got a little support in the MVP voting.
Pirate scout Howie Haak signed Lois in 1974. He was often injured in the minors, but hit .300 several times and got cups of coffee in 1978-79. One night early in 1980, he was in the Dominican, driving a truck with eight passengers. He slammed into a train that was stopped across a crossing. Six passengers were killed, Lois was badly injured, including an eye injury, and he never played again
Best player born on May 6: Willie Mays (1931)
May 6, 1951: Cliff Chambers no-hit the Braves in Boston, 3-0, in the second game of a double header. Chambers struck out four, walked eight.
May 6, 2010: Lastings Milledge hit a long drive to left, home run fireworks went off, and Milledge went into his home run trot. The ball had not left the park, though, and Milledge was tagged out as he approached third base.
Alberto Lois (1956): 1977-79; PR/OF; 4 AB; 0-0-.250
Dick Cole (1926): 1951-55; INF; 1165 AB; 2-104-.253
Earl Turner (1923): 1948, 1950; C; 75 AB; 3-5-.243
Bob Chesnes (1921): 1948-50; RHP; 378.2 IP; 24-22, 4.66
Luke Boone (1890): 1918; SS; 91 AB; 0-3-.198
Ed Karger (1883): 1906; LHP; 28 IP; 2-3, 1.93
Chesnes began his career on the West Coast as an infielder, returned from the war a pitcher and went 22-8 for the San Francisco Seals in 1947. He went 14-6 for the Pirates in 1948, and got a little support in the MVP voting.
Pirate scout Howie Haak signed Lois in 1974. He was often injured in the minors, but hit .300 several times and got cups of coffee in 1978-79. One night early in 1980, he was in the Dominican, driving a truck with eight passengers. He slammed into a train that was stopped across a crossing. Six passengers were killed, Lois was badly injured, including an eye injury, and he never played again
Best player born on May 6: Willie Mays (1931)
May 6, 1951: Cliff Chambers no-hit the Braves in Boston, 3-0, in the second game of a double header. Chambers struck out four, walked eight.
May 6, 2010: Lastings Milledge hit a long drive to left, home run fireworks went off, and Milledge went into his home run trot. The ball had not left the park, though, and Milledge was tagged out as he approached third base.
Today's Birthdays - May
6B584445464E78455E42595E4F43442A0 wrote: May 6:
Alberto Lois (1956): 1977-79; PR/OF; 4 AB; 0-0-.250
Dick Cole (1926): 1951-55; INF; 1165 AB; 2-104-.253
Earl Turner (1923): 1948, 1950; C; 75 AB; 3-5-.243
Bob Chesnes (1921): 1948-50; RHP; 378.2 IP; 24-22, 4.66
Luke Boone (1890): 1918; SS; 91 AB; 0-3-.198
Ed Karger (1883): 1906; LHP; 28 IP; 2-3, 1.93
Chesnes began his career on the West Coast as an infielder, returned from the war a pitcher and went 22-8 for the San Francisco Seals in 1947. He went 14-6 for the Pirates in 1948, and got a little support in the MVP voting.
Pirate scout Howie Haak signed Lois in 1974. He was often injured in the minors, but hit .300 several times and got cups of coffee in 1978-79. One night early in 1980, he was in the Dominican, driving a truck with eight passengers. He slammed into a train that was stopped across a crossing. Six passengers were killed, Lois was badly injured, including an eye injury, and he never played again
Best player born on May 6: Willie Mays (1931)
May 6, 1951: Cliff Chambers no-hit the Braves in Boston, 3-0, in the second game of a double header. Chambers struck out four, walked eight.
I don't remember Lois playing and didn't know about his accident. He died in March 2019. I remember him being a prospect to hope for along with Doe Boyland.
Alberto Lois (1956): 1977-79; PR/OF; 4 AB; 0-0-.250
Dick Cole (1926): 1951-55; INF; 1165 AB; 2-104-.253
Earl Turner (1923): 1948, 1950; C; 75 AB; 3-5-.243
Bob Chesnes (1921): 1948-50; RHP; 378.2 IP; 24-22, 4.66
Luke Boone (1890): 1918; SS; 91 AB; 0-3-.198
Ed Karger (1883): 1906; LHP; 28 IP; 2-3, 1.93
Chesnes began his career on the West Coast as an infielder, returned from the war a pitcher and went 22-8 for the San Francisco Seals in 1947. He went 14-6 for the Pirates in 1948, and got a little support in the MVP voting.
Pirate scout Howie Haak signed Lois in 1974. He was often injured in the minors, but hit .300 several times and got cups of coffee in 1978-79. One night early in 1980, he was in the Dominican, driving a truck with eight passengers. He slammed into a train that was stopped across a crossing. Six passengers were killed, Lois was badly injured, including an eye injury, and he never played again
Best player born on May 6: Willie Mays (1931)
May 6, 1951: Cliff Chambers no-hit the Braves in Boston, 3-0, in the second game of a double header. Chambers struck out four, walked eight.
I don't remember Lois playing and didn't know about his accident. He died in March 2019. I remember him being a prospect to hope for along with Doe Boyland.