Favorite Pirate Utility Players

BucsFaninGA · Post by **BucsFaninGA** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:41 pm

As we are experiencing a Pirates off season of futility...or at least until the WS ends and NH gets his trading hat on LOL... I thought why not post something Pirate related to get folks engaged.

Who are your favorite Pirates Utility Players?

I will toss in my favorites...Since I have been a Bucs fan since early 60's....

60's era-Dick Schofield, Jerry Lynch, Gino Cimoli

early 70's era-Jose Pagan, Jackie Hernandez, Gene Clines

mid 70's- Fernando Gonzalez,Kurt Bevacqua, Art Howe

Will add some others later...

That should get everyone thinking...Have a great 1st of November everyone

Beat'em Bucs

Bucs Fan in GA

BenM · Post by **BenM** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:56 pm

Matt "The Scat" Alexander. When I was a kid, I just loved that nickname.

He might be the only player in BaseballReference whose primary position is listed as "pinch runner". During his run with the late seventies Pirates he had more stolen bases than plate appearances.

IABucFan · Post by **IABucFan** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:03 pm

Lloyd McClendon and Rob Mackowiak

BucsFaninGA · Post by **BucsFaninGA** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:06 pm

Rob Mackowiak was a fun player to follow. Remember him returning from hospital where his child was born, to have a big game against the Cincinnati Reds. Still wearing the ID Braclet no less. Good one!

ArnoldRothstein · Post by **ArnoldRothstein** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:29 pm

I liked Rafael Belliard: .221 lifetime average but stayed over .200 for twelve consecutive years. That's surviving!

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:09 pm

093E28380D2A2522250C0A4B0 wrote: Rob Mackowiak was a fun player to follow. Remember him returning from hospital where his child was born, to have a big game against the Cincinnati Reds. Still wearing the ID Braclet no less. Good one!

Mackowiak had a huge double header against the Cubs. I think it was his birthday. He hit two HRs (one in each game).

I also liked Turner Ward and Wally Backman.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:32 pm

I liked Gary Kolb in the late 1960s. Could play anywhere including catcher. Incidentally, I recently saw his daughter on an old-time baseball related facebook page and became FB friends with her. She was surprised to learn her dad still had some fans, as he was always a utility player and never enjoyed a big fan following. She had him send me an autographed baseball card a few weeks ago. He's living in Chicago.

IABucFan · Post by **IABucFan** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:21 pm

4F444C4045445F1A1C6B524A4344440548442B0 wrote: Rob Mackowiak was a fun player to follow. Remember him returning from hospital where his child was born, to have a big game against the Cincinnati Reds. Still wearing the ID Braclet no less. Good one!

Mackowiak had a huge double header against the Cubs. I think it was his birthday. He hit two HRs (one in each game).

I also liked Turner Ward and Wally Backman.

I was thinking of that DH the other day. One was a walk-off, and I think one tied it in the ninth, and then Craig Wilson hit a walk-off dinger in Game 2. I think it's the only time in history when both ends of a DH ended with walk-off homers.

Quail · Post by **Quail** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:24 pm

From the 60's Manny Mota.

From the 70's and early 80's Bill Robinson and Lee Lacy.

My favorite Pirate utility players names- Onix Concepcion ('87), Trench Davis ('85), Doe Boyland ('81), Chance Sanford ('98), and Yurendell de Caster ('06)

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 8:37 pm

We cannot forget Gary Varsho who played on those early 1990 teams.