7/10 Through the 1930’s: 15-hit Shutout; Pie Swipes Home in ASG; Dinger Per Inning; HBD Harvey

• 1877 - P Harvey Cushman was born in Rockland, Maine. His one major league campaign came in 1902 as a 25-year-old Pirate, getting four starts with a slash of 0-4/7.36 and managing to walk 31 batters in 25-2/3 IP. Harvey finished out his pro career after the 1905 season with Braddock of the Class C Ohio-Pennsylvania League. He must of liked the area; he died in 1920 in Emsworth. 

Jack Chesbro - 2011 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions

• 1901 - The Boston Beaneaters collected 15 hits in 12 innings against Pittsburgh, but failed to score in a 1-0 loss at Exposition Field, setting a record for most hits with no runs. It was part of a four-game sweep by the Bucs. The Bucs got four hits off Bill Dineen, who lost to Jack Chesbro. The Pirates won when Honus Wagner reached second on a throwing error, went to third on a bunt single and scored when Dineen’s pickoff toss to first went by 1B Pat Moran. 
• 1908 - At Exposition Park, the Bucs overcame a 4-0 NY Giants lead to win 7-6 on Tommy Leach’s ninth-inning, walk-off homer to center. Honus Wagner, Fred Clarke and Chief Wilson had triples for the Pirates. Sam Leever, who allowed the Giants to tie the game in the top of the ninth, got the win. 
• 1929 - The Pirates mashed the Phillies, 15-9 at the Baker Bowl. Pittsburgh hit five homers and the Phils banged four. The teams showed off their muscles with regularity; there were homers hit in eight of the nine innings, with only the sixth frame dinger-free. George Grantham had a pair of long balls for the Bucs, with Pie Traynor, Lloyd Waner and pitcher Fred Fussell also homering.
• 1934 - 3B Pie Traynor, SS Arky Vaughan and RF Paul Waner represented the Bucs in the second All-Star game held at the Polo Grounds. Traynor went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, a RBI and stolen base (he became the first and only player to swipe home in an ASG), while Waner and Vaughan both went 0-for-2 in the NL’s 9-7 victory. It’s known best for Carl Hubbard’s feat - he struck out five future Hall of Famers in a row. After two batters reached in the first, he fanned Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, & Jimmie Foxx, adding Al Simmons & Joe Cronin to his list in the second. 

Pie Traynor - 1931 W517

• 1936 - The Bucs dropped a 10-inning, 9-6 decision to the Phils at Forbes Field thanks to OF Chuck Klein. The Hoosier Hammer banged four homers, two of which landed on the right field roof, off three different Pirate pitchers and drove in six runs to almost single-handedly beat the Buccos. His three-run homer in the tenth off Bill Swift sealed the deal for Philadelphia. Paul Waner had two hits, scored twice and drove in a run while Gus Suhr added two more knocks good for a pair of RBI to lead the Pirates. Klein, a Hall of Famer, played for Pittsburgh later when he joined the club in 1939.