5/8 Through the 1960s: Rizzo-DiMaggio, Game Tales - Willie's 1st, Feds Open, Allies Triplet; HBD Big O, Bill & Eddie
- 1874 – C Eddie Boyle was born in Cincinnati. After getting into three games in 1896 for the Louisville Colonels, the 22-year-old was traded to Pittsburgh and got into two more contests, going 0-for-5, and that brief stay ended his MLB days. He finished the season in the minors, played one more season on the farm and got on with his life’s work at age 23. His brother, “Honest” Jack Boyle, was also a catcher and had a long career in the show, playing 13 seasons for six teams.
- 1885 – RHP Bill Powell was born in Taylor County, West Virginia. He tossed for the Bucs in 1909-10, compiling a 4-8/2.87 slash. The rest of his MLB career consisted of one appearance for the Cubs in 1912 and another for the Reds in 1913. Bill also put in seven minor-league campaigns, retiring in 1916.
- 1886 – The Pittsburgh Alleghenys turned the first and so far only 3-4-2 triple play in MLB history against Cincinnati at Recreation Park, with the trifecta going from 1B Fred Carroll to 2B Sam Barkley to C Doggie Miller. The Allies took the American Association clash by a 9-6 count behind Pud Galvin as the Alleghenys flashed its leather while the Reds coughed up six unearned runs.
- 1912 – The Pittsburgh Filipinos of the newly formed United States League opened their home schedule at Exposition Park with a 3-2 loss to Cincinnati. The league folded in June but the team affiliated with the Federal League, an outlaw major league that operated from 1913-15 that formed from the ashes of the USL. The renegades were first called the Filipinos after their manager, Deacon Phillippe. They later became the Stogies (Pittsburgh was at one time a big-league cigar-making center) and then the Rebels, a nod to manager Rebel Oakes.
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| Deacon Phillippe – Helmar T206 |
- 1929 – 26-year-old hurler Carl Hubbell, in his second MLB season, became the first LHP in 13 seasons to throw a no-hitter when he beat the Pirates, 11-0, at the Polo Grounds. Sparky Adams drew a walk for the Bucs and NY committed three errors behind Hubbell to deny him a perfecto.
- 1930 – New York’s Freddie Lindstrom had his second five-hit game of the season and went for the cycle as the Giants defeated the Pirates, 13-10, at Forbes Field. He took the spotlight from Adam Comorosky, who went 4-for-5 with four RBI, and George Grantham, who had three hits and plated four times in the losing cause. The Buc bosses took notice; they eventually traded for Lindstrom.
- 1940 – The Pirates traded OF Johnny Rizzo to the Reds for OF Vince DiMaggio, Joe & Dom’s bro. Vince held down center for the Bucs for five seasons and hit .255 with 79 homers and 367 RBI’s in 670 games with All-Star years in 1943-44. The move marked the end of the Waner era in Pittsburgh; Paul was traded to Boston in 1941 and Lloyd followed the next year, bumped by DiMaggio and Maurice Van Robays. Rizzo joined the Navy in 1942 and had one strong season after returning.
- 1962 – 1B Orestes “Big O” Destrade was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Orestes played for the Bucs in 1988 as a bench bat, hitting .149. After a five-year career in Japan (he led the Nippon League in homers for three straight seasons), he became part of the first Florida Marlins club in 1993 (he hit 20 HR for them and also became the first strikeout victim of The Big Unit, Randy Johnson). He retired to work for ESPN and was an announcer for the Tampa Bay Rays for 11 years.
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| Orestes Destrade – 1988 Score Rookie |
- 1963 – Willie Stargell hit his first MLB homer, a three-run shot off Lindy McDaniel at Wrigley Field, during a 9-5 loss to the Cubbies. He had a lot more baseballs yet to lose; he ended his career with a franchise-best 475 long flies with record-setting blasts in stadiums around the league. He swatted them all as a Pirate, playing here from 1962-82 before moving into the Hall of Fame.
- 1968 – Roberto Clemente’s sac fly in the 14th inning plated Maury Wills and gave the Bucs a 4-3 win against the Braves at Fulton County Stadium. The Great One was scheduled to go to Pittsburgh to get a sore shoulder evaluated, but decided to hang with the team in case he was needed. He came in as a defensive sub in the eighth, and sore wing and all, became the hero. Steve Blass started and allowed three unearned runs in the first inning thanks to a two-out throwaway by Wills, who made amends by scoring twice and swiping a sack. The Bucs tied it in the eighth on a Willie Stargell RBI single and game-knotting wild pitch, scoring Al McBean who ran for Pops. Ron Kline earned the win after twirling five scoreless innings of relief, with ElRoy Face nailing down the save. With Dave Wickersham, the Bucco hurlers held the Bravos to five hits over the last 13 frames.
Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2025/05/58-through-1960s-rizzo-dimaggio-game.html
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