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1991 Pittsburgh Pirate President Carl Barger becomes 1st President of Florida Marlins
1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt 1989 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster 1988 Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1976 Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0 1972 Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38 1972 Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th 1970 Pitts Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0 1969 Pittsburgh Pirate Bob Moose no-hits New York Mets, 4-0 1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium 1969 Jamie Walter, actor, Pirate Island 1968 Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 home runs, a double and a single 1963 Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game 1960 Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off home run beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series 1958 Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game 1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning home run, 1st home run in 8 straight games 1952 Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base 1951 Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4 1951 Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0 1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th home run in 4 games 1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive home runs 1943 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island 1941 German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia 1941 Ump Jocko Conlan ejects Pirate manager Frankie Frisch for coming out on field holding an umbrella to get a rainout 1940 Frederic from G and S "Pirates of Penzance" finally released by pirate 1933 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0 1929 Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress, Assassin, Crimson Pirate 1925 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play 1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run 1900 Billie Dove, Lilian Bohny, New York City, actress, Black Pirate, Stolen Bride 1862 Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in New York City for stealing 1,000 slaves 1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast 1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast 1701 William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock 1699 Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston 1671 Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City 1671 Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama 1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet 1652 William Dampier, English explorer/pirate 1616 Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 1595 Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 1440 Bluebeard, pirate, executed |
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