Card of the Day: 1914 Baltimore News Ensign Cottrell
If you collect cards, then there’s a 99% chance you know about the famous Babe Ruth rookie card that is…
Card of the Day: 1888 SF Hess N338-1 Pete Meegan
Today’s Card of the Day would qualify as being as rare as hens teeth. I have six hens, and they…
Card of the Day: 2023 Topps Heritage Roansy Contreras
Today’s Card of the Day article takes a look at the 2023 Topps Heritage card of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Roansy…
Card of the Day: 1912 JK Candy Dots Miller
Today’s Card of the Day is extremely rare. This is one of three Dots Miller cards that I own that…
Card of the Day: 1958 Topps Pirates Team Card
The Pittsburgh Pirates are putting four players into their team Hall of Fame on Saturday night. In honor of that…
Card of the Day: 1910-11 M116 Sporting Life Honus Wagner
I’ve been working on a major history project over the last few weeks, which is why you haven’t been seeing…
Card of the Day: 2022 Bowman Chrome Oneil Cruz
Today’s Card of the Day is a guest submission from long-time reader Tom Robinson. I asked him to help out…
Card of the Day: 1990 Score Stan Belinda
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from a player who I have been avoiding here for obvious reasons.…
Card of the Day: 1972 Topps Nelson Briles World Series Game Five
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day celebrates the fourth team in franchise history to win the World Series. Nelson…
Card of the Day: 1981 Perez-Steele HOF Postcard Jake Beckley
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day can be found with baseball cards on Ebay, but it’s actually a postcard.…
Card of the Day: 1990 Topps Jim Gott
Today’s Card of the Day comes from one of the worst Topps sets. I don’t think many people will disagree…
Card of the Day: 1985 Fleer Update Al Holland
The Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels hooked up on a six-player trade on this date in 1985. The Pirates were…
Card of the Day: 2006 Topps Pete Mackanin Error/Corrected
One of today’s birthdays in the Pittsburgh Pirates history article is Pete Mackanin, who briefly managed the 2005 Pirates. Lloyd…
Card of the Day: 1992 Donruss The Rookies Tim Wakefield
Tim Wakefield’s partial 1992 season for the Pittsburgh Pirates was magical. He came up mid-season and went 8-1 in 13…
Card of the Day: 1973 Topps Vic Davalillo
Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Vic Davalillo has appeared in our Card of the Day series once before. That was exactly two…
Card of the Day: 1989 Upper Deck Dave LaPoint
Usually it’s the player that I try not to go too long without featuring. Today is the set that fits…
Card of the Day: 1994 Conlon Collection Max Butcher
Pitcher Max Butcher was with the Pittsburgh Pirates at the wrong time for baseball cards. He has more cards available…
Card of the Day: 1928 Zeenut Carson Bigbee
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired outfielder Carson Bigbee on this date in 1916, just 111 games into his minor league career.…
Card of the Day: 1951 Bowman Tom Saffell
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set we have covered here multiple times, but it features a player…
Card of the Day: 1987 Donruss Highlights Doug Drabek
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features the last Cy Young winner for the Pirates. Doug Drabek turns 61…
Card of the Day: 1991 O-Pee-Chee Premier Barry Bonds
Today’s Card of the Day covers a set that we have not featured here yet. Many of you know that…
Card of the Day: 1911 Baseball Bats Ginger Beaumont
I wanted to feature Ginger Beaumont here today, 147 years after he was born. Ideally, I would have him here…
Card of the Day: 1911 M116 Sporting Life George Gibson
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features one of the best defensive catchers in franchise history. If you want…
Card of the Day: 2022 Topps Max Kranick Autograph
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features a current player, which is something I rarely do here. It’s not…
Card of the Day: 2003 Fleer Tradition Adam Hyzdu
We posted an article one year ago today that featured Pittsburgh Pirates rookies on a 2001 Upper Deck vintage card.…
Card of the Day: 1988 Score Vicente Palacios
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1988 Score set. It features Vicente Palacios, pitcher for the 1987-88 and…
Card of the Day: 1953 Topps Ralph Kiner
Ralph Kiner hasn’t been featured here enough times compared to what he did with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Plenty of guys…
Card of the Day: 1964 Topps Jerry Lynch
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features outfielder Jerry Lynch, who had two separate stints with the Pirates in…
Card of the Day: 2023 Topps Heritage Bryan Reynolds
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day does not match up to today’s history, though Bryan Reynolds has probably done…
Card of the Day: 1967 Topps Pitt Power Donn Clendenon/Willie Stargell
Today is the birth date on Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Donn Clendenon, who played for the team during the 1961-68…
Card of the Day: 1963 Topps Earl Francis
Today’s Card of the Day is the second appearance here for Earl Francis, a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates during…
Card of the Day: 1940 Play Ball Lee Handley
We have gone to the 1940 Play Ball set numerous times in this series. That’s because it has a lot…
Card of the Day: 1988 Conlon Baseball Immortals Lee Meadows
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features an important pitcher in team history. Lee Meadows was with the Pirates…
Card of the Day: 1993 Score Select Danny Jackson
The Pittsburgh Pirates made a trade to acquire left-handed pitcher Danny Jackson on this date in 1992. They were going…
Card of the Day: 1969 Milton Bradley Gene Alley
The 1969 Milton Bradley baseball card set came as part of a baseball board game put out by Milton Bradley.…
Card of the Day: 2018 Topps Allen & Ginter Dovydas Neverauskas
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed 16-year-old right-handed pitcher Dovydas Neverauskas out of Lithuania on this date in 2009. On April 24,…
Card of the Day: 1992 Fleer Rosario Rodriguez
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1992 Fleer set. It features left-handed pitcher Rosario Rodriguez, who played for…
Card of the Day: 1979 Topps Jerry Reuss
There are six former Pittsburgh Pirates who were born on July 7th, but it’s not a good day to match…
Card of the Day: 1935 Diamond Stars Cy Blanton
Today’s Card of the Day features pitcher Cy Blanton, who starred for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1934-39 seasons. After…
Card of the Day: 1977 Hostess Goose Gossage
Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage played one season for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His actual time as a member of…
Card of the Day: 1981 Fleer Chuck Tanner
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1981 Fleer set. It features Pirates manager Chuck Tanner, who…
Card of the Day: 2014 Bowman Chrome Edinson Volquez
Usually when I cover a newer card from a set that goes overboard with variations, I feature the base version…
Card of the Day: 2004 Topps Traded Nyjer Morgan
I have to give it up to Topps for their selection of Nyjer Morgan in their 2004 Traded set. They…
Card of the Day: 1910 Tip Top Bread Barney Dreyfuss
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates history article didn’t offer up any options to match up to a Card of the Day article.…
Card of the Day: 1957 Topps Dick Hall
We recently learned of the passing of Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder/pitcher Dick Hall, who was 92 years old. As a tribute…
Card of the Day: 1961 Topps Tom Cheney
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1961 Topps set. The featured player is Tom Cheney, who is someone…
Card of the Day: 1998 Topps Kevin Polcovich
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day featured player is Kevin Polcovich, who is making his first appearance in this…
Card of the Day: 2006 Topps Heritage Daryle Ward
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 2006 Topps Heritage set. It’s a set that celebrated the…
Card of the Day: 1982 Fleer Bill Robinson
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1982 Fleer set. The second-year set from Fleer, after they…
Card of the Day: 1994 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice Alejandro Pena
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1994 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice set. I was searching for…
Card of the Day: 1904 Stenzel’s Rooters Heinie Peitz
I’ve been on a roll recently with breaking my own rules for this series. I did an article promoting my…
Card of the Day: 1909-11 T212 Obak Gus Thompson
I’m really stretching the definition of Pittsburgh Pirates cards here in the last two days. Yesterday’s article went more with…
Card of the Day: 1915 Cracker Jack Rebel Oakes
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1915 Cracker Jack set. We have featured the set here once before,…
Card of the Day: 2008 Topps Heritage Doug Mientkiewicz
Today is one of the busiest days for birthdays of former Pittsburgh Pirates. I had to update 12 player bios…
Card of the Day: 1977 Fritsch Cards Ron Necciai
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that was printed by one of the biggest card collectors ever.…
Card of the Day: 1960 Leaf Bennie Daniels
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that is very interesting due to how they were distributed. The…
Card of the Day: 1993 Topps Kevin Young
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features Kevin Young, who turns 54 years old today. He played first base…
Card of the Day: 1978 Topps Jim Fregosi
If you have already read today’s history article, congratulations for knowing a lot more about the Pittsburgh Pirates than you…
Card of the Day: 1991 Toys R Us Randy Tomlin
Today’s Card of the Day player choice is Randy Tomlin, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1990-94 seasons. He…
Card of the Day: 2021 Topps Archives Fan Favorites Jason Kendall
Today’s Card of the Day features catcher Jason Kendall, who played for the 1996-2004 Pittsburgh Pirates. He was selected for…
Card of the Day: 1955 Red Man Frank Thomas
Today’s Card of the Day player was mentioned in yesterday’s Card of the Day article. If you read about the…
Card of the Day: 1973 Topps Dave Cash
The date of June 11th has two pretty good players for Pittsburgh Pirates featured in the daily history article each…
Card of the Day: 2003 Upper Deck Pokey Reese
Today’s Card of the Day selection features infielder Pokey Reese, who is somewhere celebrating his 50th birthday today. He has…
Card of the Day: 1964 Topps Bill Virdon
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day choice came down to who appeared his most recently among Dave Parker and…
Card of the Day: 1983 Topps Don Robinson
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1983 Topps set. The card features Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Don Robinson, who…
Card of the Day: 1975 Topps Pirates Team Card
I haven’t posted many of these Topps team cards over the 3+ years of this almost daily series. That’s because…
Card of the Day: 1992 Topps Jim Leyland
Today’s Card of the Day subject has nothing to do with the history from this date, though I’m sure you…
Card of the Day: 1902 W600 Jack Chesbro
I have read quite a few times that the Pittsburgh Pirates don’t have any franchise type pitchers in their history.…
Card of the Day: 1940 Play Ball Bob Klinger
Today’s Card of the Day is the fourth time that we are featuring Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Klinger here. He…
Card of the Day: 2006 Fleer Tradition Nate McLouth
Today’s Card of the Day is both a first-time player and a first-time set. We have not looked at the…
Card of the Day: 1994 ProCards Chance Sanford
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from a player who is probably familiar to a few people outside…
Card of the Day: 1962 Post Hal Smith
I have developed a habit of posting a card of Hal Smith on Hal Smith’s birthday. This is the third…
Card of the Day: 1985 Topps Traded Joe Orsulak
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1985 Topps Traded set. Today’s daily history is a slow day, with…
Card of the Day: 1909 T206 Lefty Leifield
The 1909-11 T206 set is one of my favorite baseball card sets ever. It’s right there with the 1887 Old…
Card of the Day: 2014 Topps Update All-Star Tony Watson
Today’s Card of the Day matches up to tomorrow’s history article. That’s because I want to cover someone different for…
Card of the Day: 2002 Fleer Tradition Alex Hernandez
If you are a regular here in the Card of the Day series, you know I love newer cards that…
Card of the Day: 1995 Topps Traded Jacob Brumfield
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1995 Topps Traded and Rookies set. It’s the first set…
Card of the Day: 1970 Topps Chuck Hartenstein
On May 26th I’m usually choosing between featuring Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers Sam Leever and Harvey Haddix. Leever is one of…
Card of the Day: 1993 Topps William Pennyfeather
This is the second appearance for William Pennyfeather in our Card of the Day series. His first time was two…
Card of the Day: 1887 N172 Old Judge Sam Barkley
Today’s Card of the Day shows why the 1886-90 N172 Old Judge set is so great. The featured player today…
Card of the Day: 1912 T205 Deacon Phillippe
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1912 T205 set, which is sometimes referred to as the Gold Border…
Card of the Day: 2005 Topps Gold Jose Mesa
Today’s Card of the Day is a variation card from the 2005 Topps set. It features relief pitcher Jose Mesa,…
Card of the Day: 1940 Play Ball Mace Brown
Today’s Card of the Day is our first look at the popular 1940 Play Ball set in nine months. It’s…
Card of the Day: 1929 Kashin George Grantham
This is the first 1929 baseball card set that we have covered in our Card of the Day series, which…
Card of the Day: 1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin Art Whitney
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that seems to be gaining some momentum according to recent sale…
Card of the Day: 1923 W515 Babe Adams
Today’s Card of the Day features the man who ranks first among all Pittsburgh Pirates in WAR while with the…
Card of the Day: 1967 Topps Dennis Ribant
Today’s Card of the Day choice doesn’t match up to the busy day you can read about in the daily…
Card of the Day: 2023 Topps Now Drew Maggi
Today’s Card of the Day covers the most exciting part of the 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates season, though the specific timing…
Card of the Day: 1965 Topps Embossed Al McBean
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Al McBean is celebrating his 85th birthday today. At one time he was recognized as the second…
Card of the Day: 1987 Burger King Tony Pena
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set put out by Burger King in 1987. There are 20 cards…
Card of the Day: 1955 Topps Double Headers Jack Shepard
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from a set I’ve been trying to get here for quite some…
Card of the Day: 1954 Topps Johnny Hetki
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day is the second appearance for Johnny Hetki in our series. It also might…
Card of the Day: 1947 Tip Top Bread Rip Sewell
Today’s Card of the Day selection features a scan of a low grade card. Sometimes it’s good to show lower…
Card of the Day: 2003 Fleer Tradition Tony Alvarez
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 2003 Fleer Tradition set. If you follow this series somewhat…
Card of the Day: 1936 Goudey Bill Brubaker
Today’s Card of the Day is both a first-time player and a first-time set. The player is Bill Brubaker, who…
Card of the Day: 1952 Topps Dick Groat
Today’s Card of the Day article helps celebrate the life of Pittsburgh Pirates great Dick Groat. He played nine seasons…
Card of the Day: 1998 Pacific Invincible Mark Smith
Today’s Card of the Day subject features a player who should have been here before today. Mark Smith didn’t have…
Card of the Day: 1954 Bowman Dick Cole
Today’s Card of the Day subject is finally making his first appearance in this series after three years and two…
Card of the Day: 1972 Topps Jose Pagan
Jose Pagan has become our go-to player on May 5th every year for our Card of the Day series. He…
Card of the Day: 1989 Donruss Ken Oberkfell
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features infielder Ken Oberkfell, who spent small parts of two seasons with the…
Card of the Day: 1949 Bowman Kirby Higbe
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day is a first appearance for a player, from a set we have checked…
Card of the Day: 2016 Topps Neftali Feliz
Today’s Card of the Day comes from series two of the 2016 Topps set. It features relief pitcher Neftali Feliz,…
Card of the Day: 1957 Topps Lee Walls
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1957 Topps set. It features outfielder Lee Walls, who put…
Card of the Day: 1977 O-Pee-Chee Phil Garner
Have you ever seen a card that looked so bad that it suddenly became a great card? Need an example?…
Card of the Day: 2007 Topps Updates and Highlights Tony Armas
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that we haven’t looked at here yet. It’s also a player…
Card of the Day: 1962 Topps Don Leppert
We recently learned of the passing of Don Leppert, who was a player and a coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates.…
Card of the Day: 1992 Fleer Ultra Paul Miller
I always like when I can cross a missing Pittsburgh Pirates player off of my Card of the Day series…
Card of the Day: 1984 Topps Traded Amos Otis
Today’s Card of the Day featured player was an All-Star and a Gold Glove winner multiple times, who put together…
Card of the Day: 2021 Topps Gold Trevor Williams
Today’s Card of the Day subject is right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams, who spent the 2016-2020 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.…
Card of the Day: 1921 Exhibits Max Carey
Today’s Card of the Day selection doesn’t come from a birthday or transaction like usual. It’s a light/obscure day in…
Card of the Day: 2023 Topps Big League Andrew McCutchen
Sometimes we run into days on the history side, where there aren’t any good matches for a Card of the…
Card of the Day: 1888 N173 Old Judge Pete Browning
Today’s Card of the Day doesn’t picture a player on the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, it’s a famous player who played…
Card of the Day: 2002 Topps 206 Kip Wells
Today’s Card of the Day comes from one of my favorite 21st century sets, the 2002 Topps 206 set. The…
Card of the Day: 2006 Turkey Red Chris Duffy
Today’s Card of the Day is the second appearance here for Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Chris Duffy, who played for the…
Card of the Day: 2006 Bazooka Zach Duke
Today’s Card of the Day subject is long overdue appearing here. We have posted over 1,000 Card of the Day…
Card of the Day: 1967 Topps Steve Blass
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the boring 1967 Topps set, which I only sort of like because they…
Card of the Day: 1994 Conlon Collection Steve Swetonic
I’m using today’s Pittsburgh Pirates history as a gateway to getting a player in this Card of the Day series…
Card of the Day: 1936 Diamond Matchbook Paul Waner
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set produced over multiple years called the Diamond Matchbook set. The reason…
Card of the Day: 1909-11 T206 Ed Abbaticchio
Today’s Card of the Day seems like it’s a repeat if you do a search of our Card of the…
Card of the Day: 2016 Topps Archives Kris Benson
Here’s a quick story on why Kris Benson is today’s Card of the Day subject on a day that he’s…
Card of the Day: 1912 T207 Mike Simon
Catcher Mike Simon joined the Pittsburgh Pirates at the perfect time, working as one of two backup catchers on the…
Card of the Day: 1906 Fan Craze Vic Willis
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that we have featured here twice before. The most recent time…
Card of the Day: 1952 Mother’s Cookies Hank Schenz
Sometimes I stretch the definition of a card here, such as recently when I used a card from the B18…
Card of the Day: 1963 Topps Joe Gibbon
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1963 Topps set. It features Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Joe Gibbon, who had…
Card of the Day: 1999 Topps Traded Pat Meares
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set we haven’t used here yet until today. We have looked at…
Card of the Day: 1952 Topps Bobby Del Greco
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the iconic 1952 Topps set. It’s the first appearance in this…
Card of the Day: 1979 Hostess Bert Blyleven
Today’s Card of the Day article helps celebrate the 72nd birthday of Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven, who waited 13…
Card of the Day: 1973 Topps Rennie Stennett
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features Rennie Stennett, who was born on this date in 1949. His last…
Card of the Day: 1982 Kellogg’s Mike Easler
Today’s Card of the Day features Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Mike Easler on a card put out by Kellogg’s in 1982.…
Card of the Day: 2004 SP Authentic Chirography Bobby Hill
This is our first look at the 2004 SP Authentic set, which was produced by Upper Deck. This is the…
Card of the Day: 1994 Topps Traded Jon Lieber
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1994 Topps Traded set. We have only looked at the 1994 Topps…
Card of the Day: 1976 Topps Ed Ott
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1976 Topps set. It features Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Ed Ott, along with…
Card of the Day: 1922 E121 Carson Bigbee
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features a player who spent his entire 11-year Major League career with the…
Card of the Day: 1982 Fleer Omar Moreno
There were two things that I didn’t do in this series in 2022. I didn’t write about any 1982 Fleer…
Card of the Day: 1996 Upper Deck Mike Kingery
Today’s Card of the Day is our first look at the 1996 Upper Deck set. I blame you the readers…
Card of the Day: 2014 Topps Yellow Mark Melancon
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2014 Topps set. It features Mark Melancon, who was a closer for…
Card of the Day: 2007 Upper Deck Damaso Marte
I’ve probably owed Damaso Marte a better Card of the Day article since I published his first appearance here. Let…
Card of the Day: 1988 Donruss Leaf Mackey Sasser
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the Canadian cousin of the 1988 Donruss set. Just like Topps did with…
Card of the Day: 1985 Fleer Lee Mazzilli
March 25th is a light day for Pittsburgh Pirates birthdays. Just two former players have been born on this date.…
Card of the Day: 1914 B18 Felt Blanket Mike Mowrey
Clearly I’m stretching the definition of a “card” with today’s Card of the Day choice. The 1914 B18 Felt Blanket…
Card of the Day: 1924 Walter Mails Game Ray Kremer
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day celebrates one of the best pitchers in Pittsburgh Pirates history, who was born…
Card of the Day: 1991 Score Dann Bilardello
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1991 Score set. It features Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Dann Bilardello, who was…
Card of the Day: 1976 Topps Batting Leaders, Featuring Bill Madlock and Manny Sanguillen
Today’s Card of the Day features Manny Sanguillen, catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 12 seasons, who turns 79 years…
Card of the Day: 1993 Upper Deck Blas Minor
I feel like I’m repeating yesterday’s article. This is another player who has been here before, but it’s a first…
Card of the Day: 2005 Topps Jose Castillo
Today’s Card of the Day comes to us from the 2005 Topps set. It features Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Jose…
Card of the Day: 1941 Goudey Elbie Fletcher
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set we have not looked at here yet in this series. It…
Card of the Day: 1991 Donruss John Smiley
I’m sure many of you have already enjoyed my clever title for today’s daily history article. I have no idea…
Card of the Day: 1985 Woolworth Lloyd Waner
Today’s Card of the Day subject is Lloyd Waner, the Hall of Fame outfielder who was born 117 years ago…
Card of the Day: 1955 Topps Nellie King
I made a game time decision last year on March 15th to feature Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher-turned-broadcaster Nellie King for the…
Card of the Day: 2003 Upper Deck Vintage Kenny Lofton
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2003 Upper Deck Vintage set. The featured player is Kenny Lofton, who…
Card of the Day: 2023 Topps Bligh Madris
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 2023 Topps set. It’s a throwback design to the 1988…
Card of the Day: 2003 Fan Favorites Vern Law
Today is the 93rd birthday of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Vern Law. He played 16 years with the Pirates, who were…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Dock Ellis
Today’s Card of the Day is the rookie card of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis, who played for the 1968…
Card of the Day: 1934 Batter Up Arky Vaughan
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1934-36 Batter Up set. It was a set that was printed over…
Card of the Day: 1994 Triple Play Joel Johnston
Today’s Card of the Day is both a first for the featured player, and first for the featured set. We…
Card of the Day: 1958 Topps Dick Rand
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1958 Topps set and it features Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Dick Rand. This…
Card of the Day: 1972 Topps Home Run Leaders, Featuring Willie Stargell/Hank Aaron/Lee May
I almost ended up with a card very similar to this one to celebrate the birth date of one of…
Card of the Day: 1981 Topps Kent Tekulve
If I didn’t have any self-control, I would have featured all of the Pittsburgh Pirates cards from the 1981 Topps…
Card of the Day: 2000 Fleer Tradition Bruce Aven
We haven’t looked at the 2000 Fleer Tradition set in almost a year. We haven’t looked at a card of…
Card of the Day: 1992 Upper Deck Neal Heaton
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1992 Upper Deck set. That’s a sentence you’ve never read here before…
Card of the Day: 1966 Topps Pirates Team Card
While I like the 1966 Topps set as a whole, I’m not a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates cards in…
Card of the Day: 1947 Tip Top Nick Strincevich
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1947 Tip Top set. It features pitcher Nick Strincevich, who is a…
Card of the Day: 1988 Sportflics Rick Reuschel
I have avoided the Sportflics sets for too long here. You’ll soon see why I actually did that up until…
Card of the Day: 1923 V117 Maple Crispette Pie Traynor
Today’s Card of the Day features Pittsburgh Pirates great Pie Traynor, who was elected to the Hall of Fame on…
Card of the Day: 1953 Topps Vic Janowicz
Today’s Card of the Day selection comes from the 1953 Topps set. The featured player is Vic Janowicz, who appeared…
Card of the Day: 1998 Upper Deck Tony Womack
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1998 Upper Deck set and it features Tony Womack, who was traded…
Card of the Day: 1909 E92 Dockman & Sons Honus Wagner Throwing
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day celebrates one of the greatest players in baseball history. Honus Wagner was born…
Card of the Day: 1992 Post Bobby Bonilla
We have posted (pun slightly intended) numerous articles here covering the 1961-63 Post Cereal cards featuring members of the Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1991 Classic Orlando Merced
If you were a betting person, you would have had money on Orlando Merced as today’s featured player in the…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Pirates Rookies Jim Shellenback/Elvio Jimenez
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1969 Topps set. It’s a card that I mentioned way…
Card of the Day: 1994 Ted Williams Company Elroy Face
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features the great Elroy Face, who turns 95 years old today. He spent…
Card of the Day: 2001 Topps Sean Burnett
Today’s Card of the Day subject came about because of A.J. Burnett. The Pittsburgh Pirates traded for Burnett on this…
Card of the Day: 1972 Topps Bruce Kison
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1972 Topps set. It is the rookie card of pitcher Bruce Kison,…
Card of the Day: 1912 T202 Tommy Leach and Chief Wilson
It’s been too long since I last featured the 1912 T202 set. The last appearance was in October of 2021,…
Card of the Day: 1887 N175 Gypsy Queen Pud Galvin
Sometimes things just work out perfectly here in our tiny corner of the internet. I mentioned the 1887 N175 Gypsy…
Card of the Day: 2014 Gypsy Queen Russell Martin
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2014 Gypsy Queen set, which was put out by Topps. The featured…
Card of the Day: 1991 Conlon Collection Earl Smith
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates daily history article features the bio of catcher Earl Smith, who was a member of the 1925…
Card of the Day: 1952 Bowman Pete Castiglione
February 13th is an odd day in Pittsburgh Pirates history. Today’s daily history article has the updated/extended bios of eight…
Card of the Day: 1992 SkyBox Stan Fansler
Today’s a busy day for Pittsburgh Pirates getting a year older. A total of nine former players have been born…
Card of the Day: 1995 Collector’s Choice Trey Beamon
I had something interesting happen with the selection of today’s Card of the Day. With an article limited to two…
Card of the Day: 2009 Topps Heritage Luis Cruz
There have been ten former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on February 10th. A few of them don’t have Card of…
Card of the Day: 1974 Topps Jim Campanis
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired catcher Jim Campanis from the Kansas City Royals in a major trade completed in December of…
Card of the Day: 1952 Topps Monty Basgall
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1952 set, and it features Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Monty Basgall, who…
Card of the Day: 1960 Topps Roman Mejias
Today is a busy day for birth dates of former Pittsburgh Pirates players. Our daily history article today has updated/extended…
Card of the Day: 1990 Pacific Legends Dale Long
Today is a great day for hitters in Pittsburgh Pirates history. You have Glenn Wright, an outstanding defensive and offensive…
Card of the Day: 1963 Topps Ted Savage
I recently found out that 1963 Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Ted Savage passed away at the age of 85 on January…
Card of the Day: 1921 Exhibits Possum Whitted
Today’s Card of the Day player has appeared in this series once before. Possum Whitted won’t be a regular here…
Card of the Day: 1979 Topps Steve Brye
Today’s Card of the Day is a one-and-done player for this series. Outfielder Steve Brye turns 74 years old tomorrow.…
Card of the Day: 1984 Fleer Update John Tudor
John Tudor only spent one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he was one of the better one-year pitchers for…
Card of the Day: 1987 O-Pee-Chee Cecilio Guante
Cecilio Guante was featured here on a strange card from the 1983 Donruss set one year ago today. That card…
Card of the Day: 1974 Topps Jackie Hernandez
On this date in 1974, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded shortstop Jackie Hernandez to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for catcher…
Card of the Day: 1910 Tip Top Vin Campbell
Today’s Card of the Day represents our third visit to the 1910 Tip Top Bread set. That was a set…
Card of the Day: 1971 Topps George Brunet
Today is the first and last appearance here for 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher George Brunet. He was part of a…
Card of the Day: 1957 Topps Frank Thomas
Pittsburgh Pirates great Frank Thomas passed away recently at the age of 93. He was a four-time All-Star with the…
Card of the Day: 1984 Fleer Larry McWilliams
Today’s Card of the Day is loosely related to today’s history article. There were two former Pittsburgh Pirates players born…
Card of the Day: 2006 Topps Signatures Josh Sharpless
Topps issued a set of cards in 2006 that used the front and back design of the 1952 Topps set.…
Card of the Day: 2005 Bowman Draft Andrew McCutchen
Shortly after the Pittsburgh Pirates signed veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen, bringing him back to his original team, I decided to…
Card of the Day: 2022 Topps Update Jose Quintana
January 12th is an odd date in Pittsburgh Pirates history. A total of eight former Pirates players have been born…
Card of the Day: 1990 Fleer Benny Distefano
Today’s Card of the Day player comes from one of the eight former Pittsburgh Pirates born on January 23rd. Benny…
Card of the Day: 2001 Fleer Ultra Jimmy Anderson & Tike Redman
January 22nd is not a good day to match up cards to the history column. A total of five former…
Card of the Day: 2002 Topps Heritage Brian Giles Autograph
This is a card I think a lot of people will like. It covers throwback cards for the older folks,…
Card of the Day: 1985 Donruss Lee Lacy
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1985 Donruss set, which hasn’t been featured here in the last 15…
Card of the Day: 2003 Donruss Mike Gonzalez
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2003 Donruss set. You might be surprised to find out that this…
Card of the Day: 1988 Donruss Tom Prince
Today’s Card of the Day comes from one of the most massively overproduced sets out there. About 10-12 years after…
Card of the Day: 1909 T204 Frank Bowerman
I’m stretching the rules for this series so I can include one of my favorite old sets. The 1909 T204…
Card of the Day: 1991 ProCards Jeff Banister
January 15th isn’t a great day to match up the Card of the Day article to the daily history article.…
Card of the Day: 1994 Score Steve Cooke
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1994 Score set, and it features Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steve Cooke. His…
Card of the Day: 1952 Red Man Murry Dickson
If a fan of one-time Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Murry Dickson stumbled upon this website on August 21, 2020, they probably…
Card of the Day: 1984 Topps Bill Madlock
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1984 Topps set and it features Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Bill Madlock,…
Card of the Day: 1912 T207 Max Carey
I went an entire year without one mention of an important vintage baseball card set in this series. The last…
Card of the Day: 1951 Bowman Cliff Chambers
Today’s Card of the Day featured player is Cliff Chambers, one of two former Pittsburgh Pirates born on January 10th.…
Card of the Day: 2013 Panini Cooperstown Burleigh Grimes
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2013 Panini Cooperstown set and it features Hall of Fame pitcher Burleigh…
Card of the Day: 2003 Fleer Tradition Update Brian Boehringer
Way back in 1963, Fleer put out a set of 67 cards that included active players. Topps had a strangehold…
Card of the Day: 1959 Topps Jim Pendleton
Today’s Card of the Day features Jim Pendleton, a utility fielder for the 1957-58 Pittsburgh Pirates, who was part of…
Card of the Day: 2022 Bowman Draft Termarr Johnson Image Variation
Today’s Card of the Day selection came about due to the popularity of an innocent tweet by me. I saw…
Card of the Day: 1961 Topps Bob Oldis
It’s not every day that a former Pittsburgh Pirates player turns 95 years old. Today is one of those exceptions.…
Card of the Day: 1995 Fleer Lance Parrish
This is the first time I’m featuring All-Star catcher Lance Parrish here, and it’s also the first time that we…
Card of the Day: 1935 Diamond Stars Gus Suhr
Today’s Card of the Day subject is Gus Suhr, who was born on this date 1906. He played first base…
Card of the Day: 2003 Topps Jeff Suppan
Today’s Card of the Day came from a very limited selection for available players born on January 2nd. There have…
Card of the Day: 1975 TCMA All-Time Greats Ralph Kiner & Hank Greenberg
Hank Greenberg is one of the all-time greatest hitters ever. He spent one important season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He…
Card of the Day: 2022 Topps Turn Back the Clock Roberto Clemente
Today is the 50th anniversary of the tragic passing of Roberto Clemente. You will read all about him today from…
Card of the Day: 1916 M101-5 James Viox
If you have a great memory and check these Card of the Day articles daily, today’s card selection is going…
Card of the Day: 1922 E120 Clyde Barnhart
Today is the birth date of Clyde Barnhart, who played his entire nine-year Major League career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.…
Card of the Day: 1981 Fleer John Milner
Today’s Card of the Day is finishing off a trifecta that I don’t think that I’ve accomplished previously in this…
Card of the Day: 1939 Play Ball Jim Tobin
Jim Tobin is part of a hidden bad trade in Pittsburgh Pirates history that gets no mentions, except on this…
Card of the Day: 1979 Topps Mario Mendoza
There have been plenty of worse players in baseball history, but few baseball players can claim to be well known…
Card of the Day: 2017 Topps Chrome Update Gift Ngoepe
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all. You just had to know that today’s Card of the Day selection would…
Card of the Day: 1977 Topps Frank Taveras
Today’s Card of the Day features Frank Taveras, a speedy shortstop, who played on both the 1971 and 1979 World…
Card of the Day: 1909 E90 Sam Leever
Today is the birth date of one of the greatest pitchers in Pittsburgh Pirates History. If you made a dream…
Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Big Glenn Wilson
This is the first appearance in this Card of the Day series for Glenn Wilson. He was a solid outfielder…
Card of the Day: 1988 Fleer Star Sticker Andy Van Slyke
Andy Van Slyke is making his second appearance in our Card of the Day series on his 62nd birthday today.…
Card of the Day: 1985 O-Pee-Chee Steve Kemp
Today’s Card of the Day choice comes from a five-player trade between the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees, which…
Card of the Day: 2001 Topps Jose Silva
Today’s date isn’t a busy one for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The players born on this date don’t have a lot…
Card of the Day: 1997 Donruss Signature Series Joe Randa
This is our first look at a Donruss product put out in 1997. This is our second look at Joe…
Card of the Day: 1984 Fleer Marvell Wynne
This is technically the first card here from the 1984 Fleer set. We have covered the 1984 Fleer Update set…
Card of the Day: 1958 Topps R C Stevens
Today’s Card of the Day subject is a first-time player in this series. R C Stevens played for the 1958-60…
Card of the Day: 1911 T3 Vic Willis
Today is the anniversary of an important trade in Pittsburgh Pirates history. They acquired pitcher Vic Willis in exchange for…
Card of the Day: 1953 Bowman Black & White Paul LaPalme
We have only covered the 1953 Bowman set here once. That was back in November 2021 when we featured Bob…
Card of the Day: 1961 Topps Joe Christopher
In a Card of the Day article from 11 days ago, I mentioned that Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Andre Rodgers lost…
Card of the Day: 1936 S & S Game Arky Vaughan
Today’s Card of the Day features the second greatest shortstop in baseball history, who just happens to be the second…
Card of the Day: 1956 Topps Eddie O’Brien
Today’s Card of the Day features Eddie O’Brien, twin brother of Johnny O’Brien, who was his teammate with the Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1964 Topps Pirates Rookie Stars Priddy/Butters
Today’s Card of the Day is one that I have mentioned multiple times as a future article subject. Today is…
Card of the Day: 1976 Crane Disc Doc Medich
Today’s Card of the Day is our second look at the 1976 Crane Disc set. The first one featured Al…
Card of the Day: 2001 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Dave Williams
Today’s Card of the Day is the first appearance for Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dave Williams, who was with the Pirates…
Card of the Day: 1977 TCMA Al Lopez
The 1977 TCMAÂ set called “The War Years” is a hidden gem in the baseball collecting world. It’s a 90-card…
Card of the Day: 1980 Topps Tim Foli
In our fourth Card of the Day article, which was posted way back on March 29, 2020, we looked at…
Card of the Day: 1980 TCMA Odell Jones
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a minor league set. I wanted to feature Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Odell Jones…
Card of the Day: 1978 Topps Fernando Gonzalez
Today’s Card of the Day comes from one of my least favorite sets, but it’s the player who is the…
Card of the Day: 1988 Topps Jose Lind
This might be a record for quite some time on here. This will be the second appearance in this series…
Card of the Day: 1966 Topps Andre Rodgers
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1966 Topps set and it features Andre Rodgers, infielder for the 1965-67…
Card of the Day: 1965 Topps Ozzie Virgil
Today’s Card of the Day subject is Ozzie Virgil, who had a brief career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he…
Card of the Day: 2002 Bowman Heritage Craig Wilson
Today’s Card of the Day features Craig Wilson, who played first base, outfield and caught some for the 2001-06 Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Chris Cannizzaro
I’ve been anxiously waiting to get to this card. I’ve covered the 1969 Topps set recently twice, but I’m going…
Card of the Day: 1962 Post Don Hoak
It’s been exactly one year since we feature Don Hoak here. He played third base for the 1959-62 Pittsburgh Pirates.…
Card of the Day: 1976 Topps Dave Giusti
With nine birthdays of former Pittsburgh Pirates on November 27th, I planned on going away from the headline player today.…
Card of the Day: 1973 Topps Richie Hebner
Today’s Card of the Day is a player who surprisingly hasn’t been here in a solo article yet, before today…
Card of the Day: 1953 Topps Jim Waugh
Today’s Card of the Day features Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jim Waugh, who threw a total of 142.2 innings in the…
Card of the Day: 1959 Topps Bob Friend All-Star
Exactly one year ago today, we took a look at the 1953 Bowman card of Bob Friend. That was special…
Card of the Day: 1992 Donruss Rookies Al Martin
This has to be one of the biggest coincidences I’ve had while picking cards for this series and I swear…
Card of the Day: 1975 Topps John Morlan
Today’s Card of the Day features a player who only has one card, though there are three variations to the…
Card of the Day: 1933 DeLong Freddie Lindstrom
Today’s Card of the Day is the first appearance in this series for Hall of Famer Freddie Lindstrom, who spent…
Card of the Day: 1962 Topps Rookie Parade Pitchers, Bob Veale/Jack Lamabe
It hasn’t been that long since we looked at a 1962 Topps Rookie Parade card. That last one had three…
Card of the Day: 1971 Topps Bobby Tolan/Manny Sanguillen
I was a bit torn about using today’s Card of the Day selection. I’m sure it will conjure up some…
Card of the Day: 1967 Topps National League Rookie Stars, Jim Shellenback/Ron Willis
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day is half of a Pirates card. Pitcher Jim Shellenback is making his first…
Card of the Day: 1933 Goudey Tony Piet
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that hasn’t been featured here in quite some time. The last…
Card of the Day: 2004 Upper Deck Diamond Pro Sigs Mark Corey
Today’s Card of the Day is from the 2004 Upper Deck Diamond Pro Sigs set. Our featured player is Mark…
Card of the Day: 1951 Bowman Gus Bell
I don’t have to match up the Card of the Day subject to the date, but I usually do anyway,…
Card of the Day: 1999 Topps Stadium Club Abraham Nunez
Today’s Card of the Day features a first-time player in this series on a 1999 Topps Stadium Club card. Infielder…
Card of the Day: 1952 Topps Ted Wilks
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates History didn’t give me many options to match up with our Card of the Day article. There…
Card of the Day: 2013 Topps Heritage Justin Wilson/Bryan Morris
Today’s Card of the Day is a good lesson in the phrase “You can never have enough pitching”. The Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1934-36 Diamond Stars Pie Traynor
I mentioned yesterday that I featured Rabbit Maranville a day before his birthday on purpose. He’s a Hall of Famer,…
Card of the Day: 1922 V89 William Paterson Rabbit Maranville
Today’s Card of the Day choice doesn’t match up to today’s history, but I have a very good reason for…
Card of the Day: 1910 E90-2 Nick Maddox
Today’s Card of the Day article subject is Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox, who packed a lot into a somewhat…
Card of the Day: 1947 Sports Exchange Wally Westlake
Wally Westlake was a good hitter overshadowed during his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates by a great hitter. He was…
Card of the Day: 1962 Kahn’s Wieners Dick Stuart
The most famous Pittsburgh Pirates player born on November 7th is probably Dick Stuart, though Kris Benson might edge him…
Card of the Day: 1994 Conlon Collection Burgundy Dick Bartell
Dick Bartell is part of one of the worst trades in Pittsburgh Pirates history. While it has died down due…
Card of the Day: 1936 National Chicle Ralph Birkofer
Ralph Birkofer saw some decent mound time for the 1933-36 Pittsburgh Pirates, which was a large majority of his big…
Card of the Day: 1961 Topps MVP Dick Groat
Today’s Card of the Day celebrates Dick Groat and his 1960 MVP award. Today is his 92nd birthday, so it’s…
Card of the Day: Old Judge Reprint Jim McCormick
Today’s Card of the Day comes from an old reprint set of some very old cards. We have featured the…
Card of the Day: 1976 TCMA Gary Hargis
There’s something about playing one game for the last World Series team in Pittsburgh Pirates history. Sure, they could win…
Card of the Day: 1962 Topps Rookie Parade Outfielders, Howie Goss/Manny Jimenez/Al Luplow
There’s an old saying about terminating two flying creatures with one projectile. Today we will increase the carnage to three…
Card of the Day: 1990 Target Bones Ely
To include a special player for Halloween in this series, I had to use a card that didn’t show him…
Card of the Day: 1984 Donruss Lee Tunnell
Lee Tunnell had an impressive rookie season in 1983 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, just two years after he was drafted…
Card of the Day: 1981 Topps Sticker Jim Bibby
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day gets the word “card” in quotes because it’s actually a sticker. In 1981,…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Bob Veale
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates History article has updated/extended bios for eight former players born on October 28th. You would think that…
Card of the Day: 1988 Topps Mike Dunne
While looking over the list of Pittsburgh Pirates players born on October 27th, I decided to feature Mike Dunne is…
Card of the Day: 2006 Upper Deck Gold Marty McLeary
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2006 Upper Deck set, which has not been featured here before today.…
Card of the Day: 1998 Topps Chrome JJ Davis/Troy Glaus
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features a first-time player in this series, as well as a non-Pirates player…
Card of the Day: 1991 Topps Desert Shield Rafael Belliard
In 1991, Topps put out a special set for the troops taking part in Operation Desert Shield. They were just…
Card of the Day: 1983 Fleer Stamps Manny Sarmiento
Today’s Card of the Day is a card in name only, falling under the collector definition of “card”, which is…
Card of the Day: 2000 Topps Stadium Club Keith Osik
Today’s Card of the Day subject is not only a first time player in this series, which has been running…
Card of the Day: 1971 Dell Today’s Team Steve Blass
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that has not been featured here yet. I was looking for…
Card of the Day: 1887 N172 Old Judge Jocko Fields
Today’s Card of the Day comes from one of my favorite all-time sets, and possibly the most important set in…
Card of the Day: 2006 Topps 52 Rajai Davis
In 2006, Topps came out with a set that was a tribute to their iconic 1952 set. They used the…
Card of the Day: 2021/1972 Topps Dave Cash
Today’s Card of the Day features Dave Cash, who the Pittsburgh Pirates traded away on this date in 1973. I…
Card of the Day: 1997 Fleer Mark Johnson
Today’s Card of the Day was an easy choice once I figured out which one of the eight former Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1992 Fleer ProCards Matt Ruebel
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day article had plenty of options to match up to today’s history article. Not…
Card of the Day: 1928-29 W560 Vic Aldridge
To celebrate the anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates winning the 1925 World Series, I decided to feature a player from…
Card of the Day: 2004 Topps Chrome Certified Auto Al Oliver
Today’s Card of the Day subject was here just two months ago, but I brought him back because it’s his…
Card of the Day: 1965 Topps Bob Bailey
I realized while scanning through cards of Bob Bailey that I don’t hate the 1965 Topps set, I just hate…
Card of the Day: 1991 Conlon Collection The Sporting News Joe Cronin
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features a Hall of Fame player who not many Pirates fans know that…
Card of the Day: 2007 Upper Deck Shane Youman
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day takes a look at the 2007 Upper Deck card of Shane Youman. He…
Card of the Day: 2022 Topps 35th Anniversary All-Star Andrew McCutchen
I don’t cover enough new cards in this series, but that’s because I try to avoid current players. This is…
Card of the Day: 2017 Topps Now Starling Marte
Today’s Card of the Day article features Starling Marte, who played for the 2012-19 Pittsburgh Pirates. He turns 34 years…
Card of the Day: 1974 Topps Danny Murtaugh and Coaches
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh was born 105 years ago today. He was recently inducted into the Pirates team Hall…
Card of the Day: 1979 TCMA Renata Galasso Chuck Klein
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from one of the more obscure Hall of Famers in team history.…
Card of the Day: 2020 Topps Heritage Gene Clines World Series Highlights
Gene Clines, who played outfield for the 1970-74 Pittsburgh Pirates, passed away earlier this year at 75 years old. We…
Card of the Day: 1906 Fan Craze Claude Ritchey
Here’s another case of me tricking myself due to choice of scans for a player. I needed a photo of…
Card of the Day: 1990 Donruss Billy Hatcher
Today’s Card of the Day features a first-time player in a second look at a set. Outfielder Billy Hatcher played…
Card of the Day: 1947-66 Exhibits Rip Sewell
Rip Sewell spent 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, joining the club in 1938, and playing until 1949. He is…
Card of the Day: 1967 Topps Maury Wills
The great Maury Wills recently passed away at 89 years old. Whenever a former Pittsburgh Pirates player passes on, I…
Card of the Day: 1982 Donruss Vance Law
Vance Law has been in our Card of the Day series three times already, but he has been overshadowed each…
Card of the Day: 1949 Bowman Elmer Singleton
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1949 Bowman set, which I have a new-found appreciation for since starting…
Card of the Day: 1960 Topps Paul Giel
Today’s Card of the Day is another first-time player in this series, and a member of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates…
Card of the Day: 1887-90 N172 Old Judge Bill Watkins and Bill McGunnigle
Today’s Cards of the Day are a perfect pair of cards for today’s Pittsburgh Pirates History article. This Card of…
Card of the Day: 1910 E91 Alan Storke
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that a lot of vintage card collectors ignore, which gives other…
Card of the Day: 1961 & 1962 Topps Bobby Shantz
This is one of my favorite variations for our Card of the Day article. Bobby Shantz played just one season…
Card of the Day: 2014 Topps Update Vance Worley
Today is another first-time player for the Card of the Day series. Vance Worley pitched for the 2014-15 Pittsburgh Pirates,…
Card of the Day: 2012 Topps Heritage Jeff Karstens
This is the second appearance for Jeff Karstens in our Card of the Day series. I remembered writing up the…
Card of the Day: 1985 Topps Jim Winn
Today’s Card of the Day selection comes from one of the ten former Pittsburgh Pirates born on September 23rd. I…
Card of the Day: 1992 Bowman Ben Shelton
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates History article is full of firepower for players born on this date. You have guys who had…
Card of the Day: 1971 Topps Coins Bob Moose
On September 20, 1969, 22-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Moose threw a no-hitter against the New York Mets. Just 26…
Card of the Day: 2017 Topps John Jaso
Today is a light day for former Pittsburgh Pirates. Just four have been born on September 19th, and two of…
Card of the Day: 1992 Leaf Roger Mason
Today’s Card of the Day player is a first-time subject in this series that has been running almost daily since…
Card of the Day: 2020 Topps Heritage James Marvel/Dario Agrazal
You should all know by now that I am a huge fan of the Topps Heritage line. You might also…
Card of the Day: 1997 Fleer John Ericks
I have changed my Card of the Day choices many times in the past because I couldn’t find a quality…
Card of the Day: 1947 Tip Top Bread Fritz Ostermueller
It’s too bad that Fritz Ostermueller only has two cards with the Pittsburgh Pirates. I already looked at his 1949…
Card of the Day: 2015 Topps Heritage Frank Carpin Autograph
I had a strange thing happen with yesterday and today’s Card of the Day choices. When I decided to use…
Card of the Day: 1962 Topps Tom Parsons
Today’s Card of the Day comes from my favorite set from the 1960s and it features Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Tom…
Card of the Day: 1955 Bowman George Freese
This Card of the Day series has already featured Gene Freese here twice and David Freese here once. Time to…
Card of the Day: 1994 Fleer Ultra Don Slaught
I have only used Don Slaught in our Card of the Day series once and it was exactly one year…
Card of the Day: 2012 Topps Neil Walker Gold
Today’s Card of the Day came from the 2012 Topps set and was a special insert in packs. The card…
Card of the Day: 1909 T206 Dots Miller
Today’s Card of the Day subject is Dots Miller, just like it is every September 9th, with apologies to the…
Card of the Day: 1995 Topps Mike Dyer
Today’s Card of the Day article is our first look at the 1995 Topps set. The subject is pitcher Mike…
Card of the Day: 1903 E107 Breisch-Williams Ed Poole
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features someone who played three seasons with the Pirates, but he didn’t have…
Card of the Day: 1934 Diamond Matchbook Tommy Thevenow
One of my favorite sets produced in the 1930s isn’t your standard looking card. It’s the 1934 Diamond Matchbook set,…
Card of the Day: 2022 Topps Tier One Bill Mazeroski
Today is the 86th birthday of Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski, who spent his entire 17-year career with…
Card of the Day: 2007 Topps Co-Signers Adam LaRoche and Tom Gorzelanny
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that I had to do some reading about before posting, because…
Card of the Day: 2007 Topps Heritage Matt Capps
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2007 Topps Heritage set, which used a throwback design to the 1958…
Card of the Day: 1967 Topps Jim Price/Luke Walker
Luke Walker pitched eight seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His big league career got off to a slow start, with…
Card of the Day: 1980 Topps Grant Jackson
On this date in 1981, the Pittsburgh Pirates sold pitcher Grant Jackson to the Montreal Expos. He was in his…
Card of the Day: 1940 Play Ball Ray Berres
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1940 Play Ball set and it features Ray Berres, catcher for the…
Card of the Day: 1980 Baseball Immortals Kiki Cuyler
Hall of Famer Kiki Cuyler doesn’t have a lot of card options that show him with the Pittsburgh Pirates. That…
Card of the Day: 1983 Topps Johnny Ray
Johnny Ray has been in our Card of the Day series six times already, which is a lot for a…
Card of the Day: 1988 Fleer Update Tommy Gregg Error
Today’s Card of the Day is related to a trade that the Pittsburgh Pirates made with the Atlanta Braves 34…
Card of the Day: 2018 Topps Living Set Jordy Mercer
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the Topps Living Set, which has been printing new cards weekly since 2018.…
Card of the Day: 2005 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Signatures Jason Bay Bat
Today’s Card of the Day article is just the second appearance for All-Star outfielder Jason Bay. The last one was…
Card of the Day: 1919 W514 Wilbur Cooper
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1919 W514 set. We have featured this set here twice…
Card of the Day: 1910 E93 Deacon Phillippe
Today’s Card of the Day choice was made while looking for a set that we haven’t covered here in this…
Card of the Day: 1976 Hostess Al Oliver
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1976 Hostess set and it features Al Oliver, who had a career…
Card of the Day: 1911 T205 Howie Camnitz
It has been eight months since we have featured one of the most popular pre-WWI baseball sets. The T205 set…
Card of the Day: 1997 Collector’s Choice Lou Collier
Today’s Card of the Day is from the 1997 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice set. It’s our first time looking at…
Card of the Day: 1982 Topps Willie Montanez
Today’s Card of the Day subject is Willie Montanez, who the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired in a trade with the Montreal…
Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Gary Redus
On this date in 1988, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Mike Diaz to the Chicago White Sox for Gary Redus. It…
Card of the Day: 1970 Topps Roberto Clemente
Despite being featured in this series more than anyone else, we haven’t used a lot of Topps cards of Roberto…
Card of the Day: 1990 Topps Bill Landrum
Today’s Card of the Day choice is from one of my least favorite sets, but the picture on the card…
Card of the Day: 2004 Topps Rick Reed
When I decided to feature pitcher Rick Reed in today’s Card of the Day article, I didn’t think that there…
Card of the Day: 1975 Topps Duffy Dyer
There are certain days when I look at cards from the 1975 Topps set and say quietly to myself “These…
Card of the Day: 1887 N172 Old Judge Alex McKinnon
The Pittsburgh Pirates franchise had a major tragedy during their first season in the National League that is mostly lost…
Card of the Day: 2010 Topps Vintage Legends Honus Wagner
As a rule, I don’t write about the same set on back-to-back days, and I really don’t even try to…
Card of the Day: 2010 Topps Update Peek Performance Jose Tabata
Today’s Card of the Day had me questioning my ability to spell until I realized the clever thing that Topps…
Card of the Day: 1936 Goudey Wide Pen Woody Jensen
If you were a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1930s, you knew outfielder Woody Jensen well. His entire…
Card of the Day: 1959 Topps Bob Porterfield
It’s only been two months since our last look at the 1959 Topps set. However, that card came from a…
Card of the Day: 1978 Topps ERA Leaders John Candelaria/Frank Tanana
Today is the 46th anniversary of John Candelaria’s no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was just 22 years old at…
Card of the Day: 1993 Donruss Zane Smith
Today is the 32nd anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates trade to get lefty pitcher Zane Smith, when they went all-in…
Card of the Day: 1993 Nabisco All-Star Autographs Willie Stargell
On this date in 1958, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed a young player out of Earlsboro, Oklahoma named Wilver Dornel Stargell.…
Card of the Day: 1983 Fleer Steve Nicosia
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1983 Fleer set, which hasn’t been featured here in 11 months. Today’s…
Card of the Day: 1981 Fleer Kurt Bevacqua Error/Corrected
Today’s Card of the Day article is two cards in one, though it’s just a variation of the same card…
Card of the Day: 1910 Tip Top Paddy O’Connor
Today’s Card of the Day is our second look at the 1910 Tip Top set, which consists only of Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1998 Topps Kevin Elster
We haven’t featured the 1998 Topps set here since last June when we looked at the Prospects card of Aramis…
Card of the Day: 1985 O-Pee-Chee George Hendrick
Today’s Card of the Day is an oddity from the 1985 O-Pee-Chee set, the Canadian cousin of Topps. The Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1973 Topps Milt May
Today’s Card of the Day features catcher Milt May, who started his big league career with the 1970-73 Pittsburgh Pirates,…
Card of the Day: 1993 Topps Stadium Club Tim Wakefield
Today’s Card of the Day helps celebrate a memorable game from the three-year National League pennant run of the 1990-92…
Card of the Day: 2014 Topps Heritage Clint Hurdle
It has been almost 14 full months since our first look at the 2014 Topps Heritage set. That article was…
Card of the Day: 1996 Leaf Signature Extended Jason Christiansen
Today is the anniversary of the 2000 trade that brought Jack Wilson to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and also the 2009…
Card of the Day: 1991 Fleer Carmelo Martinez
This is the third time that we are using a 1991 Fleer card in our Card of the Day series,…
Card of the Day: 1925 Exhibits Carson Bigbee
Today’s Card of the Day features outfielder Carson Bigbee, who was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates on this date in…
Card of the Day: 1992 Leaf Doug Drabek
Today’s Card of the Day celebrates someone who was busy celebrating their own birthday yesterday. We went with the tribute…
Card of the Day: 1963 Topps Dick Schofield
Dick Schofield played eight seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He joined the club in a mid-season trade with the St…
Card of the Day: 1986 Topps Traded Barry Bonds
Today’s Card of the Day pick comes from the 1986 Topps Traded set, our first look at the set in…
Card of the Day: 1996 Fleer Update Danny Darwin
On this date in 1996, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded pitcher Danny Darwin to the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher…
Card of the Day: 1909 E92 Dockman George Gibson
Today is the birth date of Pittsburgh Pirates catcher George Gibson, who was a workhorse behind the plate back when…
Card of the Day: 1955 Bowman Dick Smith
If you’ve already read today’s This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History article, you know that today is a light day…
Card of the Day: 2001 Upper Deck Vintage Pirates Rookies
In 2001, Upper Deck came out with a set called Vintage, which featured cards that looked just like something out…
Card of the Day: 1922 W573 Earl Hamilton
Pitcher Earl Hamilton spent six seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and he is one of the most obscure players in…
Card of the Day: 1949 Bowman Johnny Hopp
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1949 Bowman set, and honestly, I can’t believe that I have waited…
Card of the Day: 2001 Topps Warren Morris
Today’s Card of the Day is the 2001 Topps card of Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Warren Morris, who was with…
Card of the Day: 1967 Topps Sticker Donn Clendenon
Today’s Card of the Day is another one of those “card” articles, where it gets grouped in as a card,…
Card of the Day: 1961 Topps Earl Francis
Today’s Card of the Day features Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Earl Francis, who was born on this date in 1935 in…
Card of the Day: 1993 Conlon Collection The Sporting News Lee Handley
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the vastly underrated 1993 Conlon Collection/The Sporting News set. The featured player is…
Card of the Day: 1928 Sociedade Industrial Lee Meadows/Herb Pennock
Today’s Card of the Day subject is a fun one for me. I like writing all of them actually, but…
Card of the Day: 1993 Donruss Danny Jackson
I’m shocked that this can still happen after 700ish Card of the Day articles already posted. This is the first…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Gene Alley
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day contains two subjects that haven’t been featured in this series in quite some…
Card of the Day: 1990 Upper Deck Bob Kipper
All I can say about this article subject today is wow. Somehow it took 28 months of nearly daily Card…
Card of the Day: 1976 Kellogg’s Jerry Reuss
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1976 Kellogg’s set. It’s our first time featuring this set since we…
Card of the Day: 2002 Topps Omar Olivares
There have been four former Pittsburgh Pirates born on July 6th and the other three have already appeared in this…
Card of the Day: 1990 Fleer Moises Alou
The Pittsburgh Pirates were doing just fine in 1990, starting a three-year run on National League East titles. They were…
Card of the Day: 1922-23 Kolb’s Mothers Bread Pin Myrl Brown
I recently talked about how we have already featured most of the former Pittsburgh Pirates players with the last name…
Card of the Day: 1968 Topps Dave Wickersham
It would have been nice if I could have waited longer to post a Card of the Day article for…
Card of the Day: 2006 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion Sean Casey
This isn’t just the first time that Sean Casey has been featured in our Card of the Day series. It’s…
Card of the Day: 1921 E253 Oxford Confectionery Max Carey
Today’s Card of the Day subject doesn’t match up to any of the players in today’s history article, which occasionally…
Card of the Day: 2009 Topps Heritage Joel Hanrahan
Once again I’m using a different card than my first choice because I couldn’t find an acceptable scan, but I’m…
Card of the Day: 1993 Fleer John Wehner
I have never used the 1993 Fleer set in this Card of the Day series yet. When I noticed that…
Card of the Day: 1984 Ralston Purina Bill Madlock
In 1984, Topps and Ralston Purina teamed up for a 33-card baseball card set and called it their “1st annual…
Card of the Day: 1997 Score Jermaine Allensworth
I really owe the year 1997 an apology. It was such an exciting year for Pittsburgh Pirates baseball with the…
Card of the Day: 1941 Play Ball Debs Garms
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features the man who is perhaps the least known player in baseball history…
Card of the Day: 2007 Topps Gold Paul Maholm
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2007 Topps set, which was not my first choice. I settled for…
Card of the Day: 1986 Fleer Mike Brown
I know there are some loyal readers who had an idea that a player with the last name Brown would…
Card of the Day: 1954 Topps Curt Roberts
On this date in 1956, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded second baseman Curt Roberts to the Kansas City Athletics. He didn’t…
Card of the Day: 1999 Bowman Brant Brown
I’ve already knocked out a bunch of the Brown brothers in Pittsburgh Pirates history in this Card of the Day…
Card of the Day: 2009 Topps Heritage Garrett Jones
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that I looked at for the first time almost exactly two…
Card of the Day: 2002 Fleer Platinum Rob Mackowiak
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a throwback set that celebrates my favorite regular Fleer set. In 2002, the…
Card of the Day: 1936 Goudey Wide Pen Bill Swift
Pitcher Bill Swift was born on this date in 1908 in Glen Lyon, Pa. He made his Major League debut…
Card of the Day: 1909-11 T206 Tommy Leach
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from an iconic set that hasn’t been featured here in over a…
Card of the Day: 1959 Topps Jim McDaniel
You can look through the record books all you want, you won’t find Jim McDaniel appearing in a regular season…
Card of the Day: 2002 Fleer Tradition Kevin Young
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day is our second look at the 2002 Fleer Tradition set. I’m surprised that…
Card of the Day: 1976 SSPC Ed Kirkpatrick
The 1976 SSPC baseball card set consisted of 630 cards and it had a really interesting story attached to the…
Card of the Day: 1993 Studio Randy Tomlin
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1993 Studio set, and it features lefty pitcher Randy Tomlin,…
Card of the Day: 2001 Fleer Platinum Adrian Brown
It hasn’t been long since I featured the 2001 Fleer Platinum set, but things lined up just right to use…
Card of the Day: 1998 Retro Upper Deck Frank Thomas
It has been exactly two years since we have featured Pittsburgh Pirates OF/3B Frank Thomas here in this series. He…
Card of the Day: 1953 Topps Ron Kline
On this date in 1969, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded away pitcher Ron Kline for the second time. This time they…
Card of the Day: 1976 Topps Dave Parker
Dave Parker has appeared in our Card of the Day series four times, but just two of those were solo…
Card of the Day: 1982 Topps Don Robinson
Today’s Card of the Day featured player is Don Robinson, pitcher for the 1978-87 Pittsburgh Pirates. He has been featured…
Card of the Day: 1979 TCMA Renata Galasso Heinie Manush
Hall of Fame outfielder Heinie Manush spent parts of two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, though his contributions in team…
Card of the Day: 1984 Donruss Doug Frobel
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1984 Donruss set, one of the most popular sets of the 1980s,…
Card of the Day: 1985 Fleer Limited Edition Tony Pena
June 4th provides us with many Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day options to match up to the history from…
Card of the Day: 2010 Bowman Platinum Gorkys Hernandez Autograph
I have featured a few modern autographed cards recently, with the same commentary that the autograph is nearly impossible to…
Card of the Day: 1987 Kraft Johnny Ray/Jose Canseco
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day choice is one that caught my eye the other day while searching for…
Card of the Day: 1960 Leaf Hal Smith
One of my favorite Card of the Day articles we have posted is the one covering a 1960 Leaf card…
Card of the Day: 1986 Fleer Star Sticker Joe Orsulak
If you already saw today’s This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History article, you know this is a slow day. Only…
Card of the Day: 1911 T201 Lefty Leifield/Mike Simon
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day is our second visit to the 1911 T201 set. I went into detail…
Card of the Day: 2016 Bowman Charlie Hayes/Ke’Bryan Hayes
Today’s Card of the Day celebrates one of six father-son combos in Pittsburgh Pirates history. Everyone knows Ke’Bryan Hayes, who…
Card of the Day: 1992 Pinnacle Kirk Gibson
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set we haven’t looked at here, as well as a first-time player…
Card of the Day: 1996 Score Jeff King
If you saw today’s This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History article already, you may have noticed that there isn’t much…
Card of the Day: 1993 Ted Williams Card Company Harvey Haddix
Today is the anniversary of one of the best pitching performances in big league history. On this date in 1959,…
Card of the Day: 1955 Bowman Dick Littlefield
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired pitcher Dick Littlefield on this date in 1954. He stayed around until the early part of…
Card of the Day: 2006 Tristar Prospects Plus Brad Lincoln/Tim Lincecum
Today’s Card of the Day is actually for a birthday coming up tomorrow. If you saw today’s This Date in…
Card of the Day: 2009 Bowman Gold Vic Black
Today’s Card of the Day features a former Pittsburgh Pirates player who is still with the team. Well, first he…
Card of the Day: 1917 E135 Collins-McCarthy Honus Wagner
There aren’t many years of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball lacking representation in our Card of the Day series. Most of the…
Card of the Day: 1936 R312 Goudey Mace Brown
Today’s Card of the Day features Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mace Brown, who pitched seven seasons for the team, but often…
Card of the Day: 1925 Exhibits George Grantham
Today’s Card of the Day features a player who might be the most underrated in team history. I know the…
Card of the Day: 2013 Topps Update Red Brandon Inge
Brandon Inge was a very good Major League player who had a forgettable end to his big league career with…
Card of the Day: 1914 Cracker Jack Babe Adams
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that should have been utilized here more often by now. The…
Card of the Day: 1923 Willard Chocolate Hal Carlson
With ten former Pittsburgh Pirates born on May 17th, as well as two significant trades made with the St Louis…
Card of the Day: 1992 Topps Stadium Club Bob Patterson
Today’s This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History article covers two strong pitchers from the 1980s Pirates. Both Rick Rhoden and…
Card of the Day: 1963 Post Al McBean
Today is the 84th birthday of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Al McBean, who was with the team during the 1961-68 seasons,…
Card of the Day: 1951 Topps Connie Mack All-Stars Honus Wagner
Today’s Card of the Day was my second choice and it found me. I wanted to use a Connie Mack…
Card of the Day: 2011 Bowman Platinum Evan Meek Game Used Relic/Autograph
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 2011 Bowman Platinum set. It features relief pitcher Evan Meek,…
Card of the Day: 2011 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Joe Sewell/Rip Sewell
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features a Hall of Famer and someone who will likely end up in…
Card of the Day: 2003 Fleer Platinum Tony Alvarez
Today’s article is another two-for-one special. This is the first time featuring Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Tony Alvarez in this series.…
Card of the Day: 1912 C46 Joe Kelley
It feels like it was just yesterday that I was talking about how I loved the design of the 1912…
Card of the Day: 1940 Play Ball Johnny Rizzo
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features a player who was traded on this date in 1940, right around…
Card of the Day: 1931 Zee-Nut Dave Barbee
In about 99.5% of these Card of the Day articles, the player we feature is pictured on the Pittsburgh Pirates.…
Card of the Day: 1950 Bowman Bob Chesnes
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a player appearing in this series for the first time, and he won’t…
Card of the Day: 1972 Topps In Action Jose Pagan
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a great subset of the 1972 Topps set. That year they took photos…
Card of the Day: 1989 Bowman Ken Oberkfell
In 1989, Topps brought the Bowman name back for a mid-season set they released consisting of 484 cards. The set…
Card of the Day: 1969 Topps Chris Cannizzaro
It has been a long time since the 1969 Topps set appeared in this almost daily feature. Considering that we…
Card of the Day: 1983 Topps Rod Scurry
Today marks the 140th anniversary of the first game in Pittsburgh Pirates franchise history. That seems like an odd way…
Card of the Day: 1958 Topps Gene Baker
Today’s Card of the Day is the first appearance here for infielder Gene Baker. He was acquired by the Pirates…
Card of the Day: 1982 Donruss Phil Garner Error
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes with a bit of an asterisk. I once asked people on Twitter…
Card of the Day: 2001 Upper Deck Vintage John Vander Wal
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day article is one of my favorites to write. Any time I can find…
Card of the Day: 1962 Topps Tom Sturdivant
Today’s Card of the Day comes from one of my favorite Topps sets ever. If we are going strictly by…
Card of the Day: 1998 Donruss Francisco Cordova
Today is the 50th birthday of Francisco Cordova, the man who threw 90% of one of the greatest pitched games…
Card of the Day: 1960 Topps Fred Green
I decided recently to post a Card of the Day for the most prominent member of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates,…
Card of the Day: 1980 Baseball Immortals Jake Beckley
In 1980, TCMA and Renata Galasso Inc. decided to team up on a set called Baseball Immortals, which was released…
Card of the Day: 1948 R346 Hank Greenberg
Hank Greenberg is one of the best players to ever suit up for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He lost four years…
Card of the Day: 1980 TCMA Mickey Vernon
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a player from the 1960 World Series winning Pittsburgh Pirates. Mickey Vernon’s role…
Card of the Day: 2008 Upper Deck First Edition Ronny Paulino
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a first-time set and it features a first-time player. The 2008 Upper Deck…
Card of the Day: 2006 Topps Heritage Chris Duffy
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that we haven’t covered here yet, but it will look very…
Card of the Day: 1990 Leaf RJ Reynolds
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1990 Leaf set, which is one of the few sets from that…
Card of the Day: 2021 Topps Fan Favorites Steve Blass
Today’s Card of the Day celebrates a man who spent the better part of his entire life with the Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1906 Fan Craze Deacon Phillippe
The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their best season ever on this date in 1902, with Deacon Phillippe getting the Opening Day…
Card of the Day: 1939 Play Ball Joe Bowman
Today’s Card of the Day comes from a set that we have covered here a few times already, but the…
Card of the Day: 1987 Topps Mike Diaz
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day article covers a set that I assumed was covered here before. Along with…
Card of the Day: 2005 Cracker Jack John Van Benschoten
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features a first-time player and a first-time set. John Van Benschoten is not…
Card of the Day: 2009 Upper Deck Steve Pearce
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 2009 Upper Deck set. Not only is it the first time for…
Card of the Day: 1909 E95 Vic Willis
Today’s Card of the Day subject is Hall of Fame pitcher Vic Willis, who filled out his Cooperstown resume during…
Card of the Day: 2022 Topps 35th Anniversary Roberto Clemente
I haven’t featured any cards from 2022 yet and we are already 100+ days into the year, so what better…
Card of the Day: 1961 Topps Joe Gibbon
Today’s Card of the Day player is one who should have been featured in this series by now. Joe Gibbon…
Card of the Day: 2001 Fleer Platinum Todd Ritchie
On this date in 2001, the Pittsburgh Pirates played their first game ever at PNC Park. The pitcher that day…
Card of the Day: 2000 Upper Deck MVP Wil Cordero
Someone on Twitter recently said that they wanted a Wil Cordero Card of the Day article, so today seemed like…
Card of the Day: 1987 Donruss Leaf Diamond Kings Rick Rhoden
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the cousin of my favorite all-time Donruss set. There’s no denying that the…
Card of the Day: 1980 Kellogg’s Bert Blyleven
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day features Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven, who pitched for the 1978-1980 Pirates.…
Card of the Day: 1982 Donruss Bill Robinson
Today’s Card of the Day player choices came down to Rennie Stennett and Bill Robinson. As seen in today’s Pittsburgh…
Card of the Day: 1965 Topps Manny Mota
Today is the second appearance in our Card of the Day series for Manny Mota, who was an outfielder for…
Card of the Day: 2010 Topps Turkey Red Ryan Doumit
Today’s Card of the Day subject is a player who I thought had already appeared in this series before, but…
Card of the Day: 1995 Upper Deck Jon Lieber
Today’s Card of the Day is our first look at the 1995 Upper Deck set. Today’s player is making his…
Card of the Day: 1983 Donruss Action All-Stars Jason Thompson
Today’s Card of the Day comes from the oddball 1983 Donruss Action All-Stars set. It consisted of 60 cards and…
Card of the Day: 1981 Donruss John Milner
Today’s Card of the Day doesn’t have anything to do with the history article from this date. That’s partially due…
Card of the Day: 2004 SPx Mike Johnston Autograph/Jersey Combo
Today’s Card of the Day comes from an Upper Deck product put out in 2004 called SPx. It features Mike…
Card of the Day: 1996 Topps Garrett Long
Today’s Card of the Day came along in an odd way. Last year on this date, I picked a Mike…
Card of the Day: 2016 Topps Archives Mark Melancon
Today’s another one of those first-time players who surprises me that I haven’t had them here before in this Card…
Card of the Day: 1981 Topps Traded Gary Alexander
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from a set that we haven’t looked at yet, though it looks…
Card of the Day: 1988 Donruss Rookies Randy Milligan
The Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets completed a four-player trade on this date in 1988, which had two prospects…
Card of the Day: 2003 Fleer Fall Classic Jimmy Sebring/Cy Young
Today’s Card of the Day was one that I didn’t know existed, at least not that I remember. I probably…
Card of the Day: 2017 Topps Update Christopher Bostick
Christopher Bostick didn’t get much of a chance with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He probably should have been given more time…
Card of the Day: 1933 R306 Butter Cream Ray Kremer
One of the better pitchers in Pittsburgh Pirates history has been in our Card of the Day series just once…
Card of the Day: 2000 Fleer Tradition Jason Phillips
I always pride myself on knowing obscure Pittsburgh Pirates. I’ve written something about every player in team history multiple times,…
Card of the Day: 1991 Swell Baseball Greats Manny Sanguillen
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day comes from the 1991 Swell Baseball Greats set and it’s the third appearance…
Card of the Day: 1923 W572 Walter Schmidt
Walter Schmidt just might be the most obscure Pittsburgh Pirates player who spent at least nine years with the team.…
Card of the Day: 2008 Topps Jose Bautista/Jose Castillo
I was recently reminded about Today’s Card of the Day selection on Twitter and saved the scan for future use.…
Card of the Day: 1989 Fleer Brian Fisher
As recently mentioned here, we are over two years into our series of almost daily Card of the Day articles.…
Card of the Day: 2017 Topps Archives Fan Favorites John Smiley Autograph
Today’s Pittsburgh Pirates Card of the Day subject had to be John Smiley, left-handed pitcher for the 1986-91 Pirates. That’s…
Card of the Day: 1936 National Chicle Fine Pen Lloyd Waner and Gabby Hartnett
Today would have been the 116th birthday of the man they called “Little Poison” if modern medicine didn’t fail us.…
Card of the Day: 1979 TCMA Nellie King
Today’s Card of the Day subject seemed like a toss-up between Mike Easler and Phil Garner, two members of the…
Card of the Day: 2003 Topps 205 Kenny Lofton Relic Bat
Topps made a splash in 2002 with their 206 set, which was a tribute to the iconic T206 set that…