Obscure Pittsburgh Pirates

MY TRIBUTE TO OBSCURE AND LESSER-KNOWN PIRATES FROM ROUGHLY 1966-1976, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, HERE AND THERE. PLEASE SEE: http://bobmoosebobmoosebobmoosepiratespirate.blogspot.com/

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Jim Sadowski 1971

Frank Brousseau 1971

Dave Augustine 1973

Carl Taylor 1970

Jim Foor 1973

Manny Jimenez

Tom Dettore

Dick Hendrix 1967

Pablo Cruz 1967

Obscure (and not so obscure) Pirates

Approx 1971 Larry Killingsworth (never made it to the majors)

1972 Jimmy Sexton (made the majors with other teams)

1971 Dick Sharon (made the majors with other clubs)

1970 Bob Settle (never made the majors)

Pedro Ramos 1969

Lorenzo "Rimp" Lanier: 4 at bats in 1971

see bottom of blog for another photo

Larry Demery 1974-1977

ok, so he's not THAT obscure, but there's an exception to every rule LOL :O)

Larry Demery 1974-1977

Tommy Helms 1976-1977

Tony Armas 1977 baseball card 1976 (note Steve Kemp, Pirates, 1985-1986)

Doc Medich with Danny Murtaugh 1976

Doc Medich 1976

Rick Langford 1976

Craig Reynolds 1975-1976 (1976 baseball card)

Willie Randolph 1976 baseball card

Willie Randolph 1975

Dave Augustine 1975 baseball card

Dave Augustine 1974 baseball card

Dave Augustine 1973-1974

Paul Popovich 1975 baseball card

Paul Popovich 1974-1975

Dal Maxvill 1973-1974

Dal Maxvill 1973-1974 (1974 baseball card)

Dal Maxvill 1973-1974

Art Howe 1974-1975

Mike Ryan (PIRATES 1974)

Chuck Brinkman 1974 baseball card (PIRATES 1974)

Daryl Patterson 1971 Tigers (PIRATES 1974)

1974 minor leagues

Jim Minshall 1973 (1974-1975)

Juan Jimenez 1974

Dave Pagan 1977

An original Seattle Mariner, Bucs traded Rick Honeycutt to the Mariners to get him. Pagan pitched in all of ONE game for the Pirates, in 1977. Potential plus, as Pagan threw harder than anyone around; comparisons to Nolan Ryan were bandied about. Trouble was, when Duffy Dyer put the mitt up for a target, Pagan just couldn't hit the thing with regularity. Neither could Ryan at first, but he improved just a bit; Pagan blew out his arm.

Dick Sharon

First round draft choice (9th overall) by the Pirates in 1968, Dick stayed in the Bucs' minor league system. Traded to the Tigers in 1972 for pitchers Jim Foor and Norm McRae.

Bob Oliver 1965

A Pirates farmhand, got a total of two at-bats with the parent club, in 1965. Bucs sent him to the Twins in 1967 to re-acquire Ronnie Kline. Oliver enjoyed four nice seasons for the Royals and Angels, 1970-73. Best season was 1970: 27 HR and 99 RBI for Kansas City.