November 2
1966 Orlando
Merced, Pirates outfielder from Puerto Rico is born.
November 3
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| 1960 Vern Law |
1960 Pittsburgh
Pirates' Vern Law wins the Cy Young Award.
1971 In front of a
crowd gathered on the U.S. Capitol steps, Pennsylvania lawmakers Hugh Scott and
Richard South Schweiker collect their World Series wager made with their fellow
senators from Maryland, Charles Mathias Junior and J. Glenn Beall, Jr. As
winners of a bet made on the 1971 Fall Classics between the Orioles and
Pirates, the two Keystone State senators victorously ride elephants as the
losers lead and feed the pachyderms peanuts while carrying shovels to clean the
street, if necessary.
November 5
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| 1978 Chuck Tanner |
1976 The A's
release Chuck Tanner from his contract allowing him to manage the Pirates in
exchange for catcher Manny Sanguillen and $100,000 from Pittsburgh. During his
nine-year tenure with the Bucs, the likable skipper will compile a 711-685
(.509) record and will win a World Championship in 1979.
2007 The Pirates
name former third base coach John Russell as their 38th manager in franchise
history. The Bucs' new skipper, the 2006 International League Manager of the
Year, managed the Red Barons, the triple-A Phillies affiliate located in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,
for the past two seasons.
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| T206 Honus Wagner |
2010 One of the
approximately 60 rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball cards, auctioned off by the
Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame, is acquired by a sporting card
store owner Doug Walton, who pays $262,000 for the treasured piece of
memorabilia. The School Sisters of Notre Dame plan to use the windfall from the
sale of the valuable card of the Pirates' third baseman to benefit ministries
for the poor in 35 countries.
November 6
1950 Branch Rickey
signs a five-year deal with the Pirates to be the club's executive vice
president and general manager. Rickey's magic doesn't seem to work in
Pittsburgh as the Bucs will compile a 269-501 record (.349) during his tenure.
November 8
2004 Jason Bay
(.282, 26, 82) becomes the first Pirates player, as well as the first Canadian,
to win the National League Rookie of the Year.
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