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This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History: February 3rd, Billy Herman Makes the Hall of Fame; Live Oak Taylor

This Date in Pittsburgh Baseball History

Today at 12:02 am

Four former Pittsburgh Pirates born on this date, plus one news item of note. The News On this date in 1975, Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman/manager Billy Herman was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a player by the Veteran’s Committee. He was joined that year by manager…

Card of the Day: 1979 Topps Steve Brye

Card of the Day

Today at 12:01 am

Today’s Card of the Day is a one-and-done player for this series. Outfielder Steve Brye turns 74 years old tomorrow. He was moved up one day because February 3rd is seriously lacking with cards available to match up to the date. Brye finished his nine-year big league career as a…

Card of the Day: 1984 Fleer Update John Tudor

Card of the Day

Yesterday at 12:03 am

John Tudor only spent one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he was one of the better one-year pitchers for the team. His 12 wins ranks sixth among pitchers who only spent one year with the team, but three of the guys ahead of him had losing records. Tudor, who…

This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History: February 2nd, John Tudor and Big Bill Abstein

This Date in Pittsburgh Baseball History

Yesterday at 12:01 am

Eight former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, starting with a member of the first team in franchise history to win the World Series. Bill Abstein, first baseman for the 1906 and 1909 Pirates. He played three seasons in the minors before he made his big league debut with…

Card of the Day: 1987 O-Pee-Chee Cecilio Guante

Card of the Day

1 Feb at 12:01 am

Cecilio Guante was featured here on a strange card from the 1983 Donruss set one year ago today. That card for no apparent reason called him “Matt” on the front. Today’s Card of the Day choice probably isn’t as strange, as we have shown some other examples of it being…

This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History: February 1st, Many Former Pitchers

This Date in Pittsburgh Baseball History

1 Feb at 12:01 am

Eight former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date. Seven of them were pitchers, while the oldest one was an outfielder. Stolmy Pimentel, pitcher for the 2013-14 Pirates. He was signed by the Red Sox at 16 years old out of the Dominican Republic in 2006. He played his first…

This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History: January 31st, Death to Flying Things Leads a Busy Day

This Date in Pittsburgh Baseball History

31 Jan at 12:02 am

Nine former Pittsburgh Pirates born on this date, including a pitcher who won over 300 games. We also have one trade of note. The Trade On this date in 1974, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded shortstop Jackie Hernandez to the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher Mike Ryan. Hernandez played three seasons for…

Card of the Day: 1974 Topps Jackie Hernandez

Card of the Day

31 Jan at 12:01 am

On this date in 1974, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded shortstop Jackie Hernandez to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for catcher Mike Ryan. Hernandez was released by the Phillies before getting into a regular season game. He returned to the Pirates, though he spent the 1974 season in Triple-A, before going…