Card of the Day: 1978 Topps Stolen Base Leaders featuring Freddie Patek & Frank Taveras
Today’s Card of the Day features two players, one being a former Pittsburgh Pirates player, and another who was a…
Card of the Day: 2004 Topps Heritage Reggie Sanders
Today’s Card of the Day features a player who made a huge impression with Pittsburgh Pirates fans, despite being around…
Card of the Day: 1978 Topps Rookie Outfielders featuring Mike Easler
Today’s Card of the Day celebrates The Hit Man, who was born on this date in 1950. Mike Easler played…
Card of the Day: 1961 Topps Don Hoak
In today’s This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History article, we mentioned that the Pirates traded third baseman Don Hoak to…
Card of the Day: 1970 Topps Dave Giusti
Today’s Card of the Day article is our first one for the 1970 Topps set, and the first one featuring…
Card of the Day: 1912 T207 Turkey Mike Donlin
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today’s Card of the Day was decided on the day we started this series. It couldn’t be…
Card of the Day: 1982 Topps Luis Tiant
Today’s Card of the Day features a player who spent a short time with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he made…
Card of the Day: 1973 Topps Roberto Clemente
Today’s Card of the Day is the 1973 Topps Roberto Clemente. It’s considered to be the final card from his…
Card of the Day: N172 Old Judge Billy Sunday
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a player who is more famous for what he did outside of baseball.…
Card of the Day: 1952 Topps Gus Bell
Today’s Card of the Day celebrates a Pittsburgh Pirates player born on this date in 1928, who was part of…
Card of the Day: 1999 Fleer Tradition Jose Silva
On this date in 1996, the Pittsburgh Pirates made a nine-player trade with the Toronto Blue Jays. The biggest names…
Card of the Day: 1983 Topps Super Veteran Gene Garber
Today’s Card of the Day features relief pitcher Gene Garber, who began his Major League career with the Pittsburgh Pirates…
Card of the Day: 1922 W575-1 Rabbit Maranville
Today’s Card of the Day is for the overshadowed Hall of Famer born on this date. Pittsburgh Pirates fan all…
Card of the Day: 1976 Topps Traded Tommy Helms
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1976 Topps Traded set. After Topps released their regular set, they printed…
Card of the Day: 2018 Topps Now Nick Kingham
Today’s Card of the Day features Nick Kingham, a one-time Pittsburgh Pirates prospect, who turns 29 years old today. The…
Card of the Day: 1976 SSPC John Candelaria
Today’s Card of the Day is a first for this particular set from 1976. It features John Candelaria, who is…
Card of the Day: 1978 Topps Chuck Tanner
On this date in 1976, the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a trade with the Oakland A’s to acquire manager Chuck Tanner.…
Card of the Day: 1954 Topps Dick Groat
For the 90th birthday of Pittsburgh Pirates great Dick Groat, we are featuring his 1954 Topps card. It’s also the…
Card of the Day: 1993 Topps Orlando Merced (Two Variations)
Today’s Card of the Day features Orlando Merced, who played for the 1990-96 Pittsburgh Pirates. He also turns 54 years…
Card of the Day: 1985 Topps Vern Law/Vance Law
Today’s Card of the Day is one that I’ve been saving for a little bit, then decided to use it…
Card of the Day: 1985 Fleer Holland Tunnell
Today’s Card of the Day is actually two cards and I’ve been looking for the right time to feature the…
Card of the Day: 1981 Topps Jim Bibby
Today’s Card of the Day features pitcher Jim Bibby, who was born on this date in 1944 and played for…
Card of the Day: 1965 Topps NL Strikeout Leaders
Today’s Card of the Day article honors the man who turns 85 today. The best strikeout pitcher in Pittsburgh Pirates…
Card of the Day: 1981 Fleer Star Stickers Omar Moreno
Today’s Card of the Day is for Omar Moreno, who turns 68 today. It’s the first time that he has…
Card of the Day: 1988 Pacific Legends Jim Bunning
Today’s Card of the Day features Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning, who spent two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.…
Card of the Day: 1965 Topps Wilbur Wood
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1965 Topps set and features a lefty pitcher who turns 79 years…
Card of the Day: 1972 Topps Series Celebration
Last month we did a Card of the Day from the 1972 Topps set that commemorated the Pittsburgh Pirates winning…
Card of the Day: 1916 M101-4 Sporting News Bob Harmon
Today’s Card of the Day is a first from a great pre-WWI set that we haven’t covered here yet. I…
Card of the Day: 2020 Topps Archives Snapshots Al Oliver
Today’s Card of the Day is a new offering that caught my eye recently. With today being Al Oliver’s birthday,…
Card of the Day: 1964 Topps Giants Bob Bailey
Today’s Card of the Day is from a 1964 Topps product called Topps Giants, which you might suspect with this…
Card of the Day: 1987 Donruss Roberto Clemente Diamond King
To commemorate the 48th anniversary of Roberto Clemente’s final game, today’s Card of the Day is one that I recently…
Card of the Day: 2018 Topps Andrew McCutchen 35th Anniversary Insert
Today’s Card of the Day features one of the best Pittsburgh Pirates ever, as he celebrates his 34th birthday. This…
Card of the Day: 2015 Topps Archives Starling Marte
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a player celebrating his birthday today. It also comes from a set that…
Card of the Day: 1948 Leaf Danny Murtaugh
Today’s Card of the Day features the man born 103 years ago today, Danny Murtaugh. He was a great manager…
Card of the Day: 1895 Mayo’s Cut Plug Jack Glasscock
Today’s Card of the Day is from a time-frame that didn’t have many sets produced. Baseball cards were very popular…
Card of the Day: 1971 Topps Pirates Rookie Stars
Today’s Card of the Day is a Pittsburgh Pirates Rookie Stars card from the 1971 Topps set. It features pitcher…
Card of the Day: 1889 Old Judge Bob Allen
Today’s article is another guest submission. This one coming from Kevin Cummings, who has already given us his article on…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Deckle Edge Maury Wills
Today’s Card of the Day is for the great speedster, Maury Wills, who spent two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.…
Card of the Day: 1993 Sporting News Conlon Collection Carmen Hill
Today’s Card of the Day features the man who won 22 games for the 1927 National League champs. He was…
Card of the Day: 1971 Topps NL Playoffs Game Three
Today we have our second guest submission from John Lease, who contributed a Card of the Day article on the…
Card of the Day: 2019 Diamond Kings Kiki Cuyler
Back when I wrote up the Card of the Day article for the 1927 Exhibits Kiki Cuyler, I noted that…
Card of the Day: 1955 Topps Dick Hall
Today’s Card of the Day is from the ever popular 1955 Topps set, and it features a man who turned…
Card of the Day: 1981 Donruss Bob Owchinko (Two Variations)
In 1981, Donruss produced their first full set of baseball cards. It included 605 cards and plenty of errors and…
Card of the Day: 1976 Topps Jim Rooker
For the 1979 World Series hero celebrating his 78th birthday today, you just knew we had to feature him here…
Card of the Day: 1961 Post Roberto Clemente
Today’s Card of the Day features another card that I just picked up. Whenever we have guest submission articles, I…
Card of the Day: 1939 Play Ball Bob Klinger
Today’s Card of the Day is one of my own, which I bought back in June after writing about pitcher…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Bob Moose
Earlier today in our This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History article, we mentioned that pitcher Bob Moose threw a no-hitter…
Card of the Day: 1974 Topps Rookie Shortstops Featuring Frank Taveras
We have a special guest submission for today’s Card of the Day. Long-time reader John Lease asked to write about…
Card of the Day: 1922 E120 Pie Traynor
Earlier today in our Game Rewind article, we marked the Major League debut of Hall of Famer Pie Traynor, which…
Card of the Day: 1992 Fleer Ultra Denny Neagle
Today’s Card of the Day looks at left-handed pitcher Denny Neagle, who was part of two big trades in Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1972 Topps Bucs Champs
Today’s Card of the Day features a player who was born 80 years ago today. Jackie Hernandez played three years…
Card of the Day: 2000 Fleer Tradition Chad Hermansen/Mike Garcia
Today was a big day for birthdays with Neil Walker, Ted Kluszewski and Hall of Famer George Kelly. Lost among…
Card of the Day: 1910 Orange Borders Dots Miller
With today being Dots Miller’s birthday, you knew there would be multiple articles. For those who don’t know, Miller was…
Card of the Day: 1958 Kahn’s Roberto Clemente
This is our second guest submission from a gentleman named Howard Chasser, who is a passionate collector of all things…
Card of the Day: 1941 Play Ball Vince DiMaggio
Today’s Card of the Day features Vince DiMaggio, who was born on this date in 1912. He’s a man who…
Card of the Day: 1964 Topps Stand-Up Bill Mazeroski
Today is the birthday of Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski, so of course our Card of the Day…
Card of the Day: 1968 Topps Carl Taylor/Luke Walker
Today’s Card of the Day is perfect for this day. Yesterday was Luke Walker’s 77th birthday, and he was featured…
Card of the Day: 1972 Topps Bob Veale
On this date in 1972, the Pittsburgh Pirates sold pitcher Bob Veale to the Boston Red Sox, ending his 11-year…
Card of the Day: 1978 Topps Grant Jackson
Earlier today, we mentioned that the Pittsburgh Pirates sold lefty pitcher Grant Jackson to the Montreal Expos, ending his five-year…
Card of the Day: 1975 Topps Ramon Hernandez
You have probably noticed that quite a few times I have matched the Card of the Day up with someone…
Card of the Day: 1927 Exhibits Kiki Cuyler
There weren’t many cards made of Hall of Famer Kiki Cuyler during his time in Pittsburgh. He was only around…
Card of the Day: 1960 Fleer Pie Traynor
Today’s Card of the Day is an interesting offering from Fleer in 1960. They put out a set of 79/80…
Card of the Day: 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente Rookie
Today’s Card of the Day is a guest submission from Howard Chasser, who collects Roberto Clemente cards and memorabilia. He…
Card of the Day: 1959 Topps Danny’s All-Stars
Today’s Card of the Day is from the 1959 Topps set and it features three Pittsburgh Pirates. The title of…
Card of the Day: 1978 Topps Bruce Kison
Today’s Card of the Day choice was inspired by the 1979 Game Recap coming up this afternoon. Bruce Kison was…
Card of the Day: 1912 T207 Howie Camnitz
Today’s Card of the Day is a 1912 T207 card of pitcher Howie Camnitz, who was born on this date…
Card of the Day: 1951 Bowman Murry Dickson
Some of you had to know that when I shared a 1951 Bowman Murry Dickson card at the bottom of…
Card of the Day: 1959 Topps Roman Mejias
Almost two weeks ago, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Roman Mejias celebrated his 90th birthday. On that day, I looked at the…
Card of the Day: 1982 Fleer Steve Nicosia
I like to switch up the sets I use for this feature, but today seemed like a good day to…
Card of the Day: 1956 Topps Roberto Clemente
On what would have been his 86th birthday, we take a look at my favorite Roberto Clemente card. While I…
Card of the Day: 1977 Topps Rookie Outfielders
Today’s Card of the Day features one player from the Pittsburgh Pirates on a card with four players total. In…
Card of the Day: 1986 Topps Lee Mazzilli
Today’s Card of the Day comes with a book recommendation as well. Lee Mazzilli played 14 seasons in the majors,…
Card of the Day: 1909 T206 Vic Willis Portrait
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the most popular set of the pre-war era, the 1909-11 T206 set. It’s…
Card of the Day: 1982 Fleer Willie Stargell
Today’s Card of the Day is the 1982 Fleer card of the great Willie Stargell. It was produced for his…
Card of the Day: 1961 Post Vinegar Bend Mizell
Today’s Card of the Day is one from the 1961 Post cereal set, which came on the back of boxes…
Card of the Day: 1968 Topps Roberto Clemente All-Star
In yesterday’s Card of the Day article I mentioned that we have only featured Roberto Clemente here three times in…
Card of the Day: 1985 Topps Milt May
I mentioned in yesterday’s Card of the Day article that it was part one of a two-part article. I then…
Card of the Day: 1984 Topps Milt May
Today’s Card of the Day is our first two-part special. I won’t give away the second part today, but you’ll…
Card of the Day: 1911 Baseball Bats Dots Miller
We have had Card of the Day featured from guest contributors (see links below), but I figured I would do…
Card of the Day: 1948-49 Leaf Honus Wagner
Last month we featured a 1931 W517 Paul Waner card. That was a guest submission from Jarrod Ranone, a collector…
Card of the Day: George Gibson 1912 J=K Candy
Today we have another guest submission in our Card of the Day series. This one comes from Martin Healy Jr,…
Card of the Day: 2015 Bowman Draft Ke’Bryan Hayes
This is a special Card of the Day article because it’s a combo of three different parts of Pittsburgh Baseball…
Card of the Day: 1912 T202 Hassan Fred Clarke/Dots Miller
Today’s Card of the Day is our first from a classic Pre-WWI set. The 1912 Hassan Triple Folders set had…
Card of the Day: 1975 Kellogg’s Richie Zisk
From 1970 until 1983, Kellogg’s put out their own set on baseball cards that came inside specially marked boxes of…
Card of the Day: 1931 W517 Paul Waner
This is our third guest submission for the Card of the Day articles. This one comes from Jarrod Ranone, who…
Card of the Day: 1993 Pinnacle Carlos Garcia
Today’s Card of the Day is here because it’s a great action shot. Card #558 in the 1993 Pinnacle set…
Card of the Day: 1963 Topps Bucs Blasters
Today’s Card of the Day is a great one from the 1963 Topps set featuring four Pittsburgh Pirates. Dubbed the…
Card of the Day: 1985 Donruss Diamond Kings Tony Pena
Today’s Card of the Day is from the 1985 Donruss set. Starting in 1982, Donruss would include a Diamond Kings…
Card of the Day: 1982 Topps Pirates Team Leaders
Today’s Card of the Day is from the 1982 Topps set and it features two Pittsburgh Pirates. For a few…
Card of the Day: 2009 Topps Heritage Jack Wilson
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2009 Topps Heritage set. In that 520-card set, Topps paid tribute to…
Card of the Day: 1991 Topps Kurt Miller
Today’s Card of the Day is a new one for this feature. It shows a player who never played for…
Card of the Day: 1968 Topps Manny Sanguillen
Today’s Card of the Day is the rookie card for one of the Pittsburgh Pirates all-time fan favorites. If you…
Card of the Day: 1965 Topps Pirates Rookie Stars
Today’s Card of the Day is card #143 of the 1965 Topps set, featuring Pittsburgh Pirates Rookie Stars John Gelnar…
Card of the Day: 1888 N29 Allen & Ginter George Miller
Today’s Card of the Day is from the 1888 N29 Allen & Ginter set. The Pittsburgh Alleghenys were represented in…
Card of the Day: 1933 Goudey Paul Waner
One of the greatest Pittsburgh Pirates players of all-time hasn’t been featured in a Card of the Day article yet…
Card of the Day: 1979 Hostess Willie Stargell
Today’s Card of the Day was produced by Hostess and it was attached to their product boxes. From 1975 until…
Card of the Day: 1984 Topps NL Batting Leaders, Bill Madlock and Dave Parker
I usually pick the Card of the Day subject well ahead of time based on inspiration. I’ll see a Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1982 Fleer Mike Easler
In 1982, Fleer was in their second year of putting out full baseball card sets. They had previous released some…
Card of the Day: 1955 Bowman Frank Thomas
When most baseball fans see the name Frank Thomas, they think of the Hall of Fame 1B/DH for the Chicago…
Card of the Day: 1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds/Johnny Ray Error
Today’s Card of the Day is an error card that was quickly corrected, but not before some were released to…
Card of the Day: 1998 Topps Jose Guillen
We have posted 25 Card of the Day articles already, but this one today is just our second guest submission.…
Card of the Day: 1948 Bowman Ralph Kiner
I realized while looking over the previous Card of the Day articles (all linked below) that I’ve neglected some majors…
Card of the Day: 1957 Topps Bill Mazeroski
Today’s Card of the Day is the rookie card of Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski. He debuted in…
Card of the Day: 2020 Topps 206 Roberto Clemente
This is part three of our special Roberto Clemente morning, celebrating #21 on the 21st of the month. I’ve added…
Card of the Day: 1976 Topps Pie Traynor
During a 1969 baseball centennial voting, Pittsburgh Pirates Pie Traynor was voted the all-time best third baseman in Major League…
Card of the Day: 1920 W516 Wilbur Cooper
During the 1920’s, there were some great looking baseball cards produced. There was also a group of cards now categorized…
Card of the Day: 1887 Old Judge Sam Barkley
We have been posting Card of the Day articles showing Pittsburgh Pirates players for the last two months. I’ve limited…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Al Oliver and Richie Hebner
Today’s Card of the Day shows off some solid prospecting by the people at Topps. In the 1969 set, they…
Card of the Day: 1961 Topps Gino Cimoli World Series Highlights
My father is a New York Yankees fan, so I told him that I would feature a Yankees card here…
Card of the Day: 2005 Bowman Heritage Andrew McCutchen
After being drafted 11th overall in the 2005 MLB draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, 18-year-old Andrew McCutchen soon found himself…
Card of the Day: 1909 E90 Dots Miller
Today’s Card of the Day is one that has many variations, though it’s most likely not from intentional changes. Today…
Card of the Day: 1974 Topps Bob Johnson
Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Johnson celebrated his 77th birthday on Saturday. I marked the occasion with posts on Twitter…
Card of the Day: The 1982 Topps Traded Pittsburgh Pirates Set
In 1982, Topps put out a 132-card traded set after their original 792-card set. The traded set was an extra…
Card of the Day: 1991 Upper Deck Jose Lind
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1991 Upper Deck set and it’s one of the most interesting cards…
Card of the Day: 1982 Donruss Harvey Haddix
Today’s featured Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1982 Donruss set and features pitching coach Harvey Haddix,…
Card of the Day: 1959 Topps Buc Hill Aces
Today’s featured Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1959 Topps set and pictures four pitchers from the…
Card of the Day: 1936 R312 Honus Wagner and Arky Vaughan
Today’s Card of the Day is one of the most interesting cards you’ll find. The Pittsburgh Pirates were fortunate enough…
Card of the Day: 1981 Topps Pirates Future Stars
For many years, Topps included multi-player rookie cards in their sets. At times they were grouped by league or position,…
Card of the Day: 1973 Topps Willie Stargell
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The 1973 Topps set is often maligned due to the lack of…
Card of the Day: 1887 Old Judge Art Whitney with Dog
Today’s Card of the Day goes back to the early days of the Pittsburgh Pirates, back when they were known…
Card of the Day: 1982 Topps Tim Foli
This is our fourth article featuring a Card of the Day and I can’t believe it took me this long…
Card of the Day: 1913 T200 Fatima Pittsburgh Pirates
Back in 1913, Fatima Cigarettes put out a set of team cards for all 16 Major League teams. The cards measured…
Card of the Day: 2020 Topps Living Set Josh Bell
Last week we gave a sneak preview of a feature we have planned for our upcoming history site called Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 2020 Topps Roberto Clemente
On Friday morning, Tim Williams wrote about the upcoming expansion on this site. One of the added sites we will…
