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8/17 Through the 40s: Rube-Barb; Hans Ejected; Good Gloves; Game Stories; HBD Arch & Red

Friday, August 17, 2018 5:10

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1891 – 3B Arch Reilly was born in Alton, Illinois. Arch never got to bat in his MLB career, though he was used as a defensive sub during a blowout once by the 1917 Bucs, handling his only chance at the hot corner flawlessly. The Ohio State man played in the minors from 1913-17, then left to coach three different sports at Marshall College (now University).

Red Rawlings 1925 (photo Bain/Library of Congress)

1892 – IF John “Red” Rawlings was born in Bloomfield, Iowa. He spent the final seasons (1923-26) of his 12-year career as a Bucco, hitting .272 mainly as a bench guy. Rawlings later managed for eight years in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Grand Rapids Chicks (1946-50), Peoria Redwings (1951) and Rockford Peaches (1953-54). He led his teams to six playoff appearances, including a championship with the 1947 Chicks.
1904 – The Pirates whacked 13 hits and six runs off Christy Mathewson, but it wasn’t enough as the New York Giants scored nine times against Charlie Case to win a slugfest at Exposition Park. Giants manager John “Mugsy” McGraw was at the center of a small riot. He was coaching third, and for some reason left the box and stood on the sack as a Giant runner was coming in; Hans Wagner saw the movement and thought it was 3B Tommy Leach, not McGraw, on the hot corner, zipped the ball to the bag and the overthrow plated a run for NY. Afterward, as described by the Pittsburgh Press, “Wagner made a kick and was put out of the game” by ump Johnstone. The Pirates protested to the league to no avail. The wayward third baseman, Tommy Leach, had three hits and Moose McCormick homered for the Pirates.
1907 – Pittsburgh defeated the Boston Doves at the South End Grounds by a 5-1 score. The Pittsburgh Press wrote that CF Tommy Leach “…broke the hearts of the (Boston) locals with a great spear in the third inning of (Ginger) Beaumont’s rap with the bases full. He gathered the ball in his mitt with his arm extended while going at full speed…it seemed impossible to get the ball, and it cost the Bostons four runs.” Leach made several nice plays on the day, and even stole home. It was the Doves 16th straight loss, but they got over their broken heart to take the next three games of the series, scoring 26 runs to the Bucs’ 15.

Tommy Leach 1909 Philadelphia Caramels

1915 – Rube Benton pitched the Bucs to a 3-2 win over Chicago, but both the Cubs and Giants protested the win. According to the SABR Biography Project “Cincinnati placed him on waivers in early August. The New York Giants verbally claimed him for the $3,000 waiver price, but shortly thereafter the Pittsburgh Pirates offered $4,000. The Reds accepted the Pirates’ offer, prompting the Giants to file a grievance. Benton, meanwhile, reported to the Pirates and tossed a six-hitter to defeat the Cubs. One week later, the NL’s Board of Directors awarded Benton to the Giants. It ruled, however, that the Pirates had acted in good faith; rather than forfeiting the August 17 game, the Board ordered that it be stricken from the record books and replayed in September. The day after the decision, Rube pitched his first game for the Giants – against the Pirates, of all teams! – and gave up 12 hits in four innings of a 9-7 loss.”
1929 – The Bucs scored three times in the first inning when Paul Waner doubled in Dick Bartell and Lloyd Waner, then came home on a two-out knock by Adam Comorosky, providing just enough firepower to hold off Boston at Braves Field 3-2. Larry French got the win and Steve Swetonic the save, but 2B George Grantham actually made the key save. With Braves on first and second and nobody out, he snared a liner and flipped it to SS Bartell, who stepped on second for out #2 and tagged the Braves’ runner from first (Boston had the hit-and-run on) for a triple play.
1943 – Pittsburgh won a twin bill from Boston‚ 8-0 and 4-3. Elbie Fletcher and Maurice Van Robays each had five hits on the day and drove in seven runs while banging out a homer, triple and four doubles in tandem. Hank Gornicki was the winner in both games at Braves Field. He tossed a six hit complete game in the opener and shut Boston down again for 1-2/3 frames in the nitecap. But what goes around…a few days later on August 22nd the Brooklyn Dodgers beat Gornicki twice in the same day.

Hank Gornicki 1941 (photo via OOTP)

1948 – The Pirates beat the Reds 4-3 at Forbes Field when Ralph Kiner took Ewell Blackwell deep with two outs in the ninth inning for the walk-off win, finishing off a 3-for-5 day at the dish. Vic Lombardi tossed a complete game for the Bucs while also going 3-for-4 with an RBI to help his own cause.

Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2018/08/817-through-40s-rube-barb-hans-ejected.html

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