GTS-1909 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1975 Oakland A’s

1909 Pittsburgh Pirates-3
1975 Oakland A’s-5

A single player can make all of the difference in a game, and for this game’s star, Claudell Washington, if you were to take away his 2 homers Oakland would have lost 3-2. He led off the game with a deep ball to give his team a 1-0 lead, and when the Pirates tied it up in the top of the 3rd after an RBI single from Chief Wilson, he went yard again after an error put Sal Bando on base. The Bucs tied it up after runs in the 4th and 7th, but in the bottom of the 9th, the A’s Gene Tenace lined a ball just over the outstretched glove of Chief Wilson in left walking off with Phil Garner on 1st. Pittsburgh loses with 3 runs on 9 hits with 3 errors while the Athletics take it with 5 runs on 9 hits and no errors.

Game Notes

Date Played: 26 Aug 2018
Venue: Soothing Meadows
Game Duration: Unknown
2B: Bobby Byrne, Tommy Harper, Phil Garner
3B: Claudell Washington
HR: Claudell Washington (2), Gene Tenace
TB: Claudell Washington (11), Gene Tenace (5), Phil Garner (4), Bill Abstein (3), Fred Clarke (2), Tommy Harper (2), Bobby Byrne, Honus Wagner, Chief Wilson, Tommy Leach,
SH: None
SF: None
IBB: None
HBP: None
With RISP: Pittsburgh 3-6, Oakland 0-4
GIDP: Bobby Byrne
RBI: Claudell Washington (3), Bobby Byrne (2), Gene Tenace (2), Chief Wilson,
Team LOB: Pittsburgh-5, Oakland-7
E: Honus Wagner (2), Nick Maddox,
DP: Blue-Campaneris-Rudi
Outfield Assists: None
PB: None
SB: Honus Wagner
CS: Honus Wagner
Picked Off: Fred Clarke
Win: Vida Blue
Loss: Nick Maddox
Save: None
Balks: None
WP: None
HBP: None
IBB: None
Pickoffs: Vida Blue
Additonal Notes: None

RTUP-1921 New York Giants at 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates

1921 New York Giants-2
1925 Pittsburgh Pirates-5

The Buccos grabbed an early lead and never relented. With Eddie Moore anxiously standing on first base in the bottom of the 1st, Kiki Cuyler blasted a homer that put the Pirates up early 2-0. In the 3rd, Max Carey led things off with a solo shot before Pie Traynor racked a double to left to score Eddie Moore and George Grantham scored Cuyler on a ground out to second. The Giants made a failed comeback attempt starting in the 6th when Johnny Rawlings plated pitcher Fred Toney on an RBI single. New York grabbed their second and final run in the 8th on a groundout to 3rd that scored Frankie Frisch. The Giants scored 2 runs on 6 hits with 1 error, and Pittsburgh scored 5 runs on 11 hits without an error. Kiki Cuyler secures player of the game honor after a 3 for 4, 2 RBI, a homer, and a double on the day.

Game Notes

Date Played: 30 Mar 2019
Venue: Soothing Meadows
Game Duration: Unknown
2B: Clyde Barnhart (2), Kiki Cuyler, Pie Traynore
3B: None
HR: Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler
TB: Kiki Cuyler (7), Max Carey (4), Clyde Barnhart (4), Johnny Rawlings (2), Eddie Moore (2), Pie Traynor (2), Frankie Frisch, Ross Youngs, George Burns, Fred Toney, George Grantham, Earl Smith
SH: None
SF: None
IBB: None
HBP: None
With RISP: New York 2-4, Pittsburgh 2-8
GIDP: Irish Meusel
RBI: Kiki Cuyler (2), Johnny Rawlings, Irish Meusel, Max Carey, Pie Traynor, George Grantham
R: Eddie Moore (2), Kiki Cuyler (2), Frankie Frisch, Fred Toney, Max Carey
Team LOB: New York-6, Pittsburgh-7
E: High Pockets Kelly
DP: Traynor-Moore-Grantham
Outfield Assists: None
PB: None
SB: None
CS: None
Picked Off: Earl Smith
Win: Ray Kremer
Loss: Fred Toney
Save: None
Balks: None
WP: None
HBP: None
IBB: None
Pickoffs: Frank Snyder
Additonal Notes: None

RTUP-1921 New York Giants at 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates

1921 New York Giants-5
1925 Pittsburgh Pirates-3

Errors hurt, and the Pirates committed 3 of them in this game that cost them 3 runs as well as the game. Eddie Moore had a wild throw to begin the game that saw Johnny Rawlings plate Frankie Frisch to give the Giants an early 1-0 lead. The Pirates took a 2-1 advantage in the 4th after RBI’s from Glenn Wright and George Grantham, but in the top of the following inning 2 more errors on the Bucs saw the Giants score George Burns, Art Nehf, and Frankie Frisch for a 3 run lead. The Pirates added a solo homer in the 8th by Kiki Cuyler, but it was too little too late as the Giants win with 5 runs on 8 hits with no errors, and the Pirates lose with 3 runs on 6 hits and a costly 3 errors. Johnny Rawlings gets the game ball after going 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s.

Game Notes

Date Played: 28 Mar 2019
Venue: Soothing Meadows
Game Duration: Unknown
2B: High Pockets Kelly
3B: None
HR: Kiki Cuyler
TB: Kiki Cuyler (5), Johnny Rawlings (3), High Pockets Kelly (2), Earl Smith (2), Frankie Frisch, Irish Meusel, Frank Snyder, George Burns, Eddie Moore, Glenn Wright
SH: Art Nehf (2)
SF: None
IBB: None
HBP: None
With RISP: New York 4-9, Pittsburgh 2-4
GIDP: Irish Meusel (2), Dave Bancroft (2)
RBI: Frankie Frisch (2), Johnny Rawlings (2), Irish Meusel, Kiki Cuyler, Glenn Wright, George Grantham
R: Frankie Frisch (2), George Burns (2), Kiki Cuyler, Art Nehf, Eddie Moore
Team LOB: New York-6, Pittsburgh-4
E: Eddie Moore, Glenn Wright, Earl Smith
DP: Smith-Moore-Grantham, Moore-Wright-Grantham, Meadows-Grantham, Wright-Moore-Grantham
Outfield Assists: None
PB: Earl Smith
SB: Frankie Frisch
CS: Kiki Cuyler
Picked Off: None
Win: Art Nehf
Loss: Lee Meadows
Save: None
Balks: None
WP: None
HBP: None
IBB: None
Pickoffs: None
Additonal Notes: Played on Opening Day 2019.

GTS-1909 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1946 Boston Red Sox

1909 Pittsburgh Pirates-3
1946 Boston Red Sox-5

The 1909 Pirates just could not break through offensively to give the Red Sox a run for their money as they scored 3 runs in the 7th thanks to 3 consecutive walks and a pair of hits afterwards, but by that time the Red Sox already had 5 runs on the board. Pesky scored in the 1st after a lead off triple, Pinky Higgins drove home DiMaggio with an RBI double in the 2nd as well as sending Ted Williams across the plate with an RBI double to right in the 4th. Doerr knocked a solo homer in the 5th for a 4-0 lead before Wanger made it 5-0 in the 6th with an RBI single to center. All in all Boston made easy work of the Pirates, and Pink Higgins gets the game ball going 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI’s. The Pirates scored 3 runs on 7 hits with no errors. Also without an error, the 1946 Red Sox scored 5 runs on 11 hits.

Game Notes

Date Played: 23 Aug 2015
Venue: Soothing Meadows
Game Duration: Unknown
2B: Pinky Higgins (2), Tommy Leach, George Gibson, Rudy York
3B: Ham Hyatt, Johnny Pesky
HR: Bobby Doerr
TB: Johnny Pesky (5), Pinky Higgins (5), Bobby Doerr (4), Tommy Leach (2), George Gibson (2), Rudy York (2), Bobby Byrne, Fred Clarke, Ham Hyatt, Chief Wilson, Dom DiMaggio, Hal Wagner, Tom McBride
SH: None
SF: None
IBB: None
HBP: Bill Abstein
With RISP: Pittsburgh 3-8, Boston 4-7
GIDP: Bobby Doerr
RBI: Pinky Higgins (2), Bobby Doerr (2), Tommy Leach (2), Fred Clarke, Hal Wagner
R: Ham Hyatt, Chief Wilson, Bill Abstein, Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Rudy York
Team LOB: Pittsburgh-8, Boston-8
E: None
DP: Byrne-Miller-Abstein
Outfield Assists: None
PB: None
SB: Fred Clarke
CS: None
Picked Off: None
Win: Joe Dobson
Loss: Lefty Leifield
Save: Bob Klinger
Balks: None
WP: None
HBP: Bill Zuber
IBB: None
Pickoffs: None
Additonal Notes: Dom DiMaggio was injured in the 6th inning. Played while watching the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0, and Uganda playing Venezuela in the Little League World Series.

PS-1979 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates

1979 Pittsburgh Pirates-12
1927 Pittsburgh Pirates-3

The 1927 Pirates, themselves offensive powerhouses, were on the losing end of a devastating beat down at the hands of the 1979 Lumber Company Pirates. Batting around in the top of the first, the 1979 team piled up 7 consecutive hits including 5 consecutive singles before 2 consecutive doubles to total 6 runs in the innings. That would have been enough, but the team from ’79 piled on 6 more from a Madlock solo homer in the 3rd, an RBI double from Bill Robinson in the 4th, back to back bombers from Robinson and Stargell in the 6th, and another solo shot by Steve Nicosia in the 7th. Congratulations is in order for Bill Robinson who went 4 for 5 with a single, a double, a triple, and a homer to bat the cycle and get the game ball.

Notes: Played at Soothing Meadows on 7 Jan 2016

PS-1992 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates-6
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates-4

Both pitchers tossed a solid 7 innings or more a piece as the 1960 Buccos took the early lead courtesy of a Bill Virdon fielder’s choice to third in the 2nd. The boys from ’92 took the lead in the top of the 4th from RBI singles from Barry Bonds and Alex Cole. Two innings later, in the bottom of the 6th, three consecutive singles and a double by Bill Mazeroski saw the Pirates from 1960 once again reclaim the lead. RBI base hits by Don Slaught and Barry Bonds again in the 8th tied up the game and brought us into extra innings. In the top of the 11th the 1992 Pirates scored 2 runs thanks to 3 base hits and an error on Don Hoak. Unable to score in the bottom of the inning, the 1992 Pirates won the game with 6 runs on 7 hits and no errors. Errors proved to be the 1960 Bucs kryptonite as they accumulated 3 of them throughout the game including the critical game losing one in the 11th on their way to 4 runs on 10 hits. Going 2 for 4 while scoring the game winning run, Barry Bonds gets the game ball.

Notes: Played at Red Canyon on 15 Apr 2015

PS-1909 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1975 Pittsburgh Pirates

Lefty Leifield

1909 Pittsburgh Pirates-7
1975 Pittsburgh Pirates-5

The 1975 Pirates looked like they were going to take the game early as Richie Zisk and Willie Stargell knocked back to back bombs in the bottom of the 1st, but with the exception of another run from an RBI triple in the 3rd from Dave Parker, the 1909 Pirates gave up no ground. The game’s star, pitcher Lefty Leifield, pitched a no-hitter from the 4th inning on in a complete game, 5 hit win. The 1909 Bucs piled up 14 hits, 12 of which were singles, on their way to a 4 run win. Leifield helped himself out with 3 of those hits as well. The 1909 Pirates win with 7 runs on 14 hits. The 1975 Buccos lose with 3 runs on 5 hits. The game saw no errors by either team.

Notes: Played at Red Canyon on 6 Dec 2014

PS-1974 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roberto Clemente

1974 Pittsburgh Pirates-6
1972 Pittsburgh Pirates-9

While the valiant 1974 team tried to make the comeback they just could not compete with the high powered offense of the 1972 Pirates. The team from 1972 came on strong early with 4 runs in the 1st as well as 4 in the 2nd. They batted around in both innings as Roberto Clemente and Manny Sanguillen both went deep in the 1st. With an 8-0 advantage to begin the game, they had a secure lead, but added another run in the 5th just for good measure. The ’74 Pirates scored 1 in the 3rd, 2 in both the 6th and 7th, and 1 in the 9th, but were not able to catch the team from two years earlier. Roberto Clemente gets the game ball going 3 for 5 with a homer and 2 doubles as the ’72 Bucs scored 9 runs on 15 hits without an error. The other team from Pittsburgh, the 1974 Pirates, scored 6 runs on 13 hits with 1 error.

Notes: Played at Red Canyon on 23 Oct 2014

PS-1909 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates

Steve Blass

1909 Pittsburgh Pirates-1
1970 Pittsburgh Pirates-6

1970’s Pirates pitcher Steve Blass earns himself another player of the game ball as he pitched a superb game against the 1909 Bucs, holding them to only a single run in the 8th inning off a Dots Miller RBI double, while his team racked up single run innings in the 5th, the 7th, and a demoralizing 4 run 8th thanks to 4 singles and a homer by Bob Robertson. If it was not for Blass’ stellar game on the hill Robertson would have garnered himself the game’s star. The 1909 Pirates lose with 1 run on 5 hits. The 1970 Buccos earn 6 runs on 11 hits with 1 error.

Notes: Played at Red Canyon on 23 Oct 2014

PS-1970 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates

Vic Davalillo

1970 Pittsburgh Pirates-0
1972 Pittsburgh Pirates-12

What a difference 2 years make. The 1970 Pirates looked outmatched as they faced the team from 1972. The team from ’72 tallied up 4 runs in the first, 3 in the second, and another 4 in the third on their way to a 12 to nothing beat down. Bob Moose pitched a superb game as the ’72 pitching staff held the opposition to just 6 hits all game while they piled up 16 to complete the rout. Vic Davalillo is the standout among many standouts reaching base 4 times on 6 at bats that included 2 double, 2 singles and reaching on an error in the second. The 1970 Pirates scored nothing on 6 hits with 2 errors, and the 1972 team scored 12 on 16 hits with no errors.

Notes: Played at Red Canyon on 27 Jul 2014