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8/15 Happenings: Carey Joins Up; Cole Inked; Bunning Dealt; HBD Doggie, Ollie, Duffy, Lew, Red, Bernie & Ramon

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  • 1864 – George “Doggie” Miller was born in Brooklyn. Doggie was mostly a catcher, but also played the OF and every IF position, primarily third. In 10 seasons with the Alleghenys and Pirates (1884-1893), he hit .254 and was the epitome of a contact hitter: Doggie struck out 99 times in a Pittsburgh uniform (not counting 1884-86, which have no K stats), and never had a season where he whiffed more than he walked. Doggie was athletic for a catcher; beside playing all those other positions, he swiped 209 bases. Miller is one of three catchers to last a decade in Pittsburgh, along with George Gibson and Manny Sanguillen, and was the first player ever to spend ten years with Pittsburgh. Doggie got his nickname because he bred dogs. In a less kindly vein, he was also called “Foghorn” and “Calliope” because of a mouth that never shut on the field. 
Doggie Miller 1888 Allen & Ginter
  • 1872 – IF Lew Carr was born in Union Springs, New York. Lew’s only major league action was with the powerhouse 1901 Pirates when he got into nine games and went 7-for-28, which was pretty heady stuff for a guy who played for the amatuer Morovia team in 1899 while going to Hobart College. He also was the table-setter for Hans Wagner who slid into the SS spot after Carr was injured after a beaning. Lew attended Syracuse and earned a Law degree after his playing days and stayed around to coach the school’s baseball team from 1910-42. In 1952, the school’s ballyard was renamed in his honor and he was selected into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Known locally as “Mr. Baseball,” Carr spent his retirement years starting a little league program in Moravia and served as its commissioner until he passed away in 1954 at age 81. 
  • 1906 – LHP George “Red” Peery was born in Salt Lake City. He spent 10 games in the majors; his first was with the Pirates in 1927, when the 20-year-old tossed an inning and gave up an unearned run on a walk & boot. He figured out baseball wasn’t going to be his livelihood early on; he retired in 1930 as a 23-year-old after working in the Texas League. 
  • 1908 – RHP Bernie Walter was born in Dover, Tennessee. He got one MLB inning in 1930 as a Pirate, tossing a clean frame as a 22-year-old fresh out of the U of Tennessee. His main job wasn’t to challenge for a rotation spot; he spent the season as the Pirates BP pitcher. 
  • 1910 – The Pirates bought the rights to OF’er Max Carey from South Bend of the Central League. The Hall-of-Famer played in Pittsburgh for 17 seasons, compiling a .287 BA and .363 OBP with 2,416 hits, 918 walks (he had over 1,000 in his career), 1,414 runs scored and 688 stolen bases. He led the NL in stolen bases 10 times and still holds the Bucco record for swipes, barely edging out Honus Wagner. 
Duffy Dyer 1975 Topps
  • 1945 – C Duffy Dyer was born in Dayton, Ohio. Dyer backed up Manny Sanguillen from 1975-78, hitting .227 as a Bucco. He caught John Candelaria’s no-hitter on August 9th, 1976 and led NL catchers in fielding % in 1977. The light-hitting (.221 lifetime BA) catcher had a long career behind the dish, lasting 14 MLB campaigns. He managed in the minors after his playing days, scouted and was a MLB coach for the Brewers and Oakland A’s. In 2013, Duffy powered down to skipper the Kenosha Kingfish, a summer collegiate league club; he had managed Kenosha in the early eighties when the town was home to a Twins farm club. 
  • 1969 – The Pirates traded RHP pitcher Jim Bunning to the Dodgers for two minor league players and cash. Bunning was nagged by injuries and was a disappointing 14-23/3.84 in two seasons with Pittsburgh. He left Pittsburgh and won just 18 more games before retiring after 1971, though he would earn a spot in Cooperstown for his work with the Tigers and Phils. IF Chuck Goggin and 1B/OF Ron Mitchell were the return. Goggin earned eight at-bats in Pittsburgh while Mitchell never made it to the show, spending 11 years in the minors. 
  • 1974 – RHP Ramon Morel was born in Villa Gonzalez in the Dominican Republic. Ramon pitched for the Bucs from 1995-97, going 2-2/4.98. He pitched one last season for the Cubs before spending time in the minors, Japan and the Dominican League until he retired after the 2008 campaign. At last check, he’s now working for a Florida sports training academy. 
Ollie Perez 2005 Upper Deck Origins
  • 1981 – LHP Oliver Perez was born in Culiacan, Mexico. Part of the Jason Bay deal, he pitched from 2003-06 for the Bucs, with a breakout 2004 campaign, when he went 12-10 with a 2.98 ERA and 239 K in 196 IP, the third most in franchise history for a single season. Control and velocity problems ruined his effectiveness, and he reinvented himself later in his career as a LOOGY. He’s now in his 16th season and working for the Cleveland Indians. 
  • 2011 – On the last day to sign draftees, the Pirates and #1 pick Gerrit Cole agreed to a record $8M minor-league deal. Cole turned down an $8.5M major league contract running through 2016. His agent, Scott Boras, said the pitcher projects to earn an additional $1.4 million under this deal. “It’s essentially the largest signing bonus ever given an amateur player,” Pirates GM Neal Huntington told ESPN. “Sometimes, it’s more advantageous for a player to take a minor league contract with a bonus that can be spread over nine months than a major league contract that would be spread out over four years.” Cole Train wasn’t the only deadline signee; 23 of 33 first round picks hadn’t come to terms yet, but all except prepster RHP Tyler Beede (Toronto #21) were in the fold at day’s end.


Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/08/815-happenings-carey-joins-up-cole.html



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