Rusty Staub Forbes Field Roof

It took a tremendous blast to hit a home run over the 86 foot high right field roof at pittsburgh s forbes field.

Rusty staub forbes field roof.

Rusty staub hit a home run that we thought we would catch but it hit the roof and bounced over. 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. 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. 1967 topps 73 rusty staub front.

Even rusty staub the on deck batter seemed awed. 1963 1985 b l t r 1x 2b leader born in la 1944 died 2018 le grand orange. Harry walker took matty alou to a battling title raising his average over. Babe ruth whose.

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. He became the first player to hit a ball over the right field roof in forbes field twice in one year and in another game he stole a base by mistake and scored the winning run. 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. Baseball live new york yankees baseball yankees fan nationals baseball baseball field mlb players baseball players baseball cards american sports.

As an aside that wall remains standing at the forbes field site preserved after the stadium was torn down in the 1970s. Houston s 3 5 rusty staub became the 10th player to reach the right field roof in forbes field but his homer which had given the astros a 6 0 lead over pittsburgh 7 2 was not enough as the. Pirates went on to win 9 6.