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May 15:



Justin Morneau (1981): 2013; 1B; 77 AB; 0-3-.260

Al McBean (1938): 1961-68; RHP; 1016 IP; 65-43, 3.08

Jimmy Wasdell (1914): 1942-43; OF/1B; 411 AB; 3-39-.260

Jimmy Smith (1895): 1916; SS; 96 AB; 0-5-.188

Harry Salisbury (1855): 1882; P; 335 IP; 20-18, 2.63



Also, Steve Yerkes (1888): SS/2B for the Federal League Rebels; 1914-15; 576 AB; 2-74-.300



Best player born on May 15: George Brett (1953)



May 15, 1967: The Pirates and Reds of those days seemed to come up with one wild game every year, and this game Clemente was The Wild Man:



He homered in the first to put the Pirates in front 2-0;

He struck out in the third;

He homered again in the fifth to stretch the lead to 4-0;

He doubled in the seventh to push the lead back to 6-3;

(The Reds scored two in the eighth, and Bob Prince went into the commercial saying, "We'll be back, with the score Clemente 6, Cincinnati 5");

He homered again in the ninth, pushing the lead to 7-5;

After the Reds tied in the bottom of the ninth, Clemente reached above the top of the fence to knock down a home run ball, hold it to a double, and send the game to extras.



Sadly, the Reds scored in the bottom of the 10th to win 8-7.

Al McBean was one of my favorites. Relieved his first year. Then won 15 games as a starter the next year. Then 5 more years in the BP and another year starting. Went 13-3 in 1963 (11-2 in relief).

476A67767160773734050 wrote: Al McBean was one of my favorites. Relieved his first year. Then won 15 games as a starter the next year. Then 5 more years in the BP and another year starting. Went 13-3 in 1963 (11-2 in relief).


He was one of my favorites, too. As a kid, it was fun just to say his name: Alvin O'Neal Mac Bean, like he had four names.

7F293F2B243E2E25283F0D2A202C2421632E4D0 wrote: Al McBean was one of my favorites. Relieved his first year. Then won 15 games as a starter the next year. Then 5 more years in the BP and another year starting. Went 13-3 in 1963 (11-2 in relief).


He was one of my favorites, too.  As a kid, it was fun just to say his name:  Alvin O'Neal Mac Bean, like he had four names.


I think I still have a card of McBean that came from a Sugardale hotdog package.

1F39382F39295A0 wrote: Al McBean was one of my favorites. Relieved his first year. Then won 15 games as a starter the next year. Then 5 more years in the BP and another year starting. Went 13-3 in 1963 (11-2 in relief).


He was one of my favorites, too.  As a kid, it was fun just to say his name:  Alvin O'Neal Mac Bean, like he had four names.


I think I still have a card of McBean that came from a Sugardale hotdog package.




You've saved that all these years? I'm jealous.

Alvin O'Neal was a favorite of this 14 yr old kid. I always tried to get my dad to take me to games in '62 when Alvin O'Neal McBean started. Like Manny Sanguillen some years later Alvin had a great big shiny smile.

May 16. I think it's unusual that the guy I don't remember at all is the guy who played last year:



Williams Jerez (1992): 2019

Mitch Webster (1959): 1991; OF; 97 AB; 1-9-.175

Bob Patterson (1959): 1986-1992; LHP; 331 IP; 25-21, 3.97

Rick Rhoden (1953): 1979-86; RHP; 1448 IP; 79-73, 3.51

Rick Reuschel (1949): 1985-87; RHP; 586.2 IP; 31-30, 3.04



Mitch Webster was part of a seemingly endless churn of players brought in to plug a 3B/RF hole around 1990, including Darnell Coles, Glenn Wilson, Billy Hatcher, Wally Backman, Jose Gonzalez, Steve Buechele, and Kirk Gibson. Probably the best solution came in 1990, when Backman and Jeff King split third and the team got 99 runs and 85 RBIs from the position. They finally got a pretty good season from King alone in 1993, but the good team was breaking up by then.



Best player born on May 16: Rick Reuschel (1949) or Jack Morris (1955)

7A495554575F69544F53484F5E52553B0 wrote: May 16. I think it's unusual that the guy I don't remember at all is the guy who played last year:



Williams Jerez (1992): 2019

Mitch Webster (1959): 1991; OF; 97 AB; 1-9-.175

Bob Patterson (1959): 1986-1992; LHP; 331 IP; 25-21, 3.97

Rick Rhoden (1953): 1979-86; RHP; 1448 IP; 79-73, 3.51

Rick Reuschel (1949): 1985-87; RHP; 586.2 IP; 31-30, 3.04



Mitch Webster was part of a seemingly endless churn of players brought in to plug a 3B/RF hole around 1990, including Darnell Coles, Glenn Wilson, Billy Hatcher, Wally Backman, Jose Gonzalez, Steve Buechele, and Kirk Gibson. Probably the best solution came in 1990, when Backman and Jeff King split third and the team got 99 runs and 85 RBIs from the position.  They finally got a pretty good season from King alone in 1993, but the good team was breaking up by then.



Best player born on May 16: Rick Reuschel (1949) or Jack Morris (1955)


When Reuschel pitched for the Cubs, I couldn't stand him.  But when he came to Pittsburgh, we all got to see what a great competitor he was, and he quickly became one of my favorites.  I loved watching him pitch.

3D6B7D69667C6C676A7D4F68626E6663216C0F0 wrote: May 16. I think it's unusual that the guy I don't remember at all is the guy who played last year:



Williams Jerez (1992): 2019

Mitch Webster (1959): 1991; OF; 97 AB; 1-9-.175

Bob Patterson (1959): 1986-1992; LHP; 331 IP; 25-21, 3.97

Rick Rhoden (1953): 1979-86; RHP; 1448 IP; 79-73, 3.51

Rick Reuschel (1949): 1985-87; RHP; 586.2 IP; 31-30, 3.04



Mitch Webster was part of a seemingly endless churn of players brought in to plug a 3B/RF hole around 1990, including Darnell Coles, Glenn Wilson, Billy Hatcher, Wally Backman, Jose Gonzalez, Steve Buechele, and Kirk Gibson. Probably the best solution came in 1990, when Backman and Jeff King split third and the team got 99 runs and 85 RBIs from the position.  They finally got a pretty good season from King alone in 1993, but the good team was breaking up by then.



Best player born on May 16: Rick Reuschel (1949) or Jack Morris (1955)


When Reuschel pitched for the Cubs, I couldn't stand him.  But when he came to Pittsburgh, we all got to see what a great competitor he was, and he quickly became one of my favorites.  I loved watching him pitch.


Completely agree on Reuschel. Bad body, really good athlete. And today is George Brett's Birthday. At the time he retired I considered him the best hitter I had seen. His brother Ken was a good player for the Bucs.

287E687C736979727F685A7D777B737634791A0 wrote: May 16. I think it's unusual that the guy I don't remember at all is the guy who played last year:



Williams Jerez (1992): 2019

Mitch Webster (1959): 1991; OF; 97 AB; 1-9-.175

Bob Patterson (1959): 1986-1992; LHP; 331 IP; 25-21, 3.97

Rick Rhoden (1953): 1979-86; RHP; 1448 IP; 79-73, 3.51

Rick Reuschel (1949): 1985-87; RHP; 586.2 IP; 31-30, 3.04



Mitch Webster was part of a seemingly endless churn of players brought in to plug a 3B/RF hole around 1990, including Darnell Coles, Glenn Wilson, Billy Hatcher, Wally Backman, Jose Gonzalez, Steve Buechele, and Kirk Gibson. Probably the best solution came in 1990, when Backman and Jeff King split third and the team got 99 runs and 85 RBIs from the position.  They finally got a pretty good season from King alone in 1993, but the good team was breaking up by then.



Best player born on May 16: Rick Reuschel (1949) or Jack Morris (1955)


When Reuschel pitched for the Cubs, I couldn't stand him.  But when he came to Pittsburgh, we all got to see what a great competitor he was, and he quickly became one of my favorites.  I loved watching him pitch.
Reuschel won a GG as a Pirate in 1985 and another in 1987 when he spent most of the year with them. Bucs traded him in August 1987 at age 38 and he was 3rd in Cy Young voting that year in a very close race between he, Bedrosian and Sutcliffe. He even hit 2 HRs for the Bucs.