9/9 From the 1900’s Through the 1970’s: Poison Bros; Satch v Slim; Brandt Gem; HBD Dan, Tom, Pete & Hugh

• 1913 - RHP Hugh Mulcahy was born in Brighton, Massachusetts. Hugh pitched for Philadelphia for eight years and lost almost five full seasons to WW2; he only got into two games as a Pirate in 1947, his final campaign. But Hugh did leave with one of the more memorable nicknames in Bucco history - he was known as “LP” from his time with the Phillies. The moniker was taken from the box scores of his games, which 89 times read “LP, Mulcahy” as in losing pitcher. In justice, he could have just as easily been dubbed “Hard Luck” Mulcahy as some of the Philadelphia teams he played for were terrible. He was a workhorse for those clubs and even made the All-Star team once. 
• 1928 - The Pirates rallied with five runs in the eighth to overcome a 7-3 Cardinal lead and take an 8-7 victory home from Sportsman’s Park. Paul Waner went 4-for-5 with two RBI, including the game-winner, and a run while brother Lloyd chipped in with three knocks, including a double, triple, RBI and two runs scored. Joe Dawson worked two perfect innings for the win. 

Double Trouble 1982 TCMA Pirate All-Time Stars

• 1931 - C Pete Naton was born in Flushing, New York. Pete was part of Holy Cross’ 1952 College Championship club and the Bucs signed him the following year. He got a couple of calls to the show during the 1953 campaign, getting in 12 games and going 2-for-14 with a pair of walks. That would be it for Pete, who spent six years in the minors before retiring. He was a successful businessman after he left the game, an avid amateur golfer (his memorial service was held at his golf club) and a member of Holy Cross’ Athletic Hall of Fame. 
• 1934 - The Pittsburgh Crawfords' Satchel Paige and the Philadelphia Stars' one-year wonder, lefty Slim Jones, traded fastballs through nine superb innings at Yankee Stadium in a 1-1 draw, called after regulation due to darkness. Paige struck out 12, giving up six hits, and Jones fanned nine while allowing just three knocks, pitching perfect ball over the first six frames and carrying a shutout until the eighth before 30,000+ fans. According to "Forgotten In Time," they faced one another a month later. Before that game, the owner of the New York Black Yankees, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, presented them with travel bags (a fitting gift for the well-traveled Satchel) in honor of their efforts in the "greatest game ever played." Paige bested Jones 3-1 in the rematch. 
• 1937 - Ed Brandt outdueled the Reds Gene Schott 1-0 at Forbes Field, handing the Reds their 30th one-run loss of the year. Arky Vaughan's triple and Bill Brubaker’s single to lead off the ninth provided the dramatic finale to back Brandt’s four-hitter. 

Ed Brandt (photo Harwell Collection/Detroit Public Library)

• 1959 - SS Tom Foley was born in Fort Benning, Georgia. He played for 13 years, spending 1993-94 with the Pirates, getting into 145 games and hitting .246. Foley became the Rays minor league coordinator after retiring, and in 2001 joined the Tampa Bay big league staff, where he now serves as the bench coach. 
• 1970 - RHP Dan Miceli was born in Newark. The reliever spent the first four years (1993-96) of his 14 season career in Pittsburgh, going 8-15-24/5.41 during that span. He was known for a power arm and shaky control throughout his MLB journey. In 2003, he gained entry into a club with just a handful of members - players that appeared for four different teams during the same season.