- 1890 - The Alleghenys played their last game, losing 10-4 to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms at Washington Park. It was the franchise’s most disastrous campaign as the club won just 23 games after being decimated by defections to the Players League. The Pittsburgh Press noted that “The Alleghenies showed themselves world-beaters yesterday by more than equaling the Louisville record of games lost… the Allies (Alleghenys) lost their 113th game.” The next season, they adopted the Pirates name, moved from Recreation Park to Exposition Field, and managed to finish a more respectable 62-73.
- 1903 - Deacon Phillippe, working on a day’s rest, allowed four hits in a 4-2 win over Boston Americans in the first World Series, giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead in games. Ed Phelps doubled twice and Claude Ritchey had a pair of hits to lead the Pirate attack. The contest was played at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds.
- 1908 - The Pirates moved a ½ game ahead of the Cubs and Giants with a 3-2 win over the Cardinals at Robison Field, the Bucs eighth straight victory. Nick Maddox tossed a five hitter and drove in a run; the other RBI came from the bats of Tommy Leach and Honus Wagner, and it was just enough to beat Art Fromme. Their next game was against the Cubs, and interest was so high that the Pittsburg Press opened four phone lines and posted telegraphed bulletins at their office with the Chicago game’s blow-by-blows. Alas, the Bucs lost that game and finished second in one of the great NL pennant races.
- 1914 - Bob Harmon ended a disappointing season for the Bucs on a high note, tossing a two-hit, 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Forbes Field in the home finale. Both Redleg runners were caught stealing by C Bob Schang, and Harmon faced the minimum 27 batters while topping King Lear. Wally Gerber’s triple in the seventh drove in the game’s only score.
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| Bob Harmon 1916 Standard Biscuit |
- 1937 - The Pirates swept a closing day doubleheader from the Reds at Forbes Field‚ 4-3 and 4-0‚ extending their winning streak to 10 and running the Reds' losing run to 14. The Bucs finished 21-1 against Cincinnati, winning the last 17 decisions of the season. Ken Heintzelman tossed a six-hitter in the opener. Woody Jensen scored twice and Fred Schulte had a pair of RBI to lead the attack. The second games was called after seven innings with Jim Weaver and Mace Brown combining on a three hitter. Bill Schuster and Gus Suhr each scored and drove in a run.
- 1948 - Vic Lombardi lost a duel to Johnny Vander Meer as the Reds took a 1-0 win at Crosley Field to end the season. It was scoreless into the bottom of the ninth when Bobby Adams walked, was bunted to second and came in on Steve Filipowicz’s single. Lombardi gave up five hits, Vander Meer just two. The loss cost the Bucs a chance to join Brooklyn in third; they finished fourth, 8-½ games behind the Boston Braves.
- 1948 - Luke Easter's grand slam highlighted the Homestead Grays' 19-hit assault on the Birmingham Black Barons in the fourth game of the Negro World Series, played at Pelican Stadium in New Orleans. The Grays won the game 14-1 and the Championship in five games. This was the final Negro WS‚ as the Negro National League became a casualty of integration and folded during the winter, according to Charlton’s Baseball Chronology.
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