Rusty Staub Forbes Field Roof

A series of photographs in the pg archive shows the crowd from several different angles inside forbes field a place where i beams framed and sometimes blocked views of the field.

Rusty staub forbes field roof. Rookie dave schneck a power hitting prospect was given an intentional walk. More importantly on july 23 manager harry craft started wynn in center field for the first time a position of great need for the club and one wynn would. The hot hitting cleon jones doubled to right field bringing in staub garrett. 1967 topps 73 rusty staub front.

Baseball live new york yankees baseball yankees fan nationals baseball baseball field mlb players baseball players baseball cards american sports. On september 27 he took part in a bit of history when the colts fielded an all rookie starting lineup which included fellow call ups joe morgan rusty staub sonny jackson and jerry grote. From the time of the roof s construction in 1925 until the stadium s final game in june 1970 only 18 balls hit by 10 different players ever cleared the roof among the men who accomplished the feat were some of the most prodigious sluggers of all time. Baseball players football baseball cards sports figures national league sports photos houston astros trading cards american football.

292 hr 279 ba 1466 rbi 60th rf 1b 6xallstar mets astros. Wayne garrett led off with a base hit then rusty staub also singled with one out. Daniel joseph rusty staub april 1 1944 march 29 2018 was an american professional baseball player and television color commentator he played in major league baseball for 23 seasons as a right fielder designated hitter and first baseman a six time all star known for his hitting prowess staub produced 2 716 hits over his playing career just 284 hits shy of the 3 000 hit plateau. 1963 1985 b l t r 1x 2b leader born in la 1944 died 2018 le grand orange.

The other players to follow the babe were ted beard mickey mantle wally moon bob skinner 2 eddie mathews 2 jerry lynch rusty staub willie mccovey and. Blass got john milner for the second out but then the roof caved in on him. As an aside that wall remains standing at the forbes field site preserved after the stadium was torn down in the 1970s. It took a tremendous blast to hit a home run over the 86 foot high right field roof at pittsburgh s forbes field.

Even rusty staub the on deck batter seemed awed. Many detailed statistics are based on play by play accounts accumulated by retrosheet these totals may be incomplete 3 6 of all plays from 1916 to 1972 are missing or have incomplete accounts click link for year and team summary of data completeness for some players prior to 1973 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the. Rusty staub hit a home run that we thought we would catch but it hit the roof and bounced over.