Rusty Staub Forbes Field Roof

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Rusty staub forbes field roof.

Babe ruth whose. 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. As an aside that wall remains standing at the forbes field site preserved after the stadium was torn down in the 1970s. 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.

Rusty staub hit a home run that we thought we would catch but it hit the roof and bounced over. Even rusty staub the on deck batter seemed awed. 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.

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. 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. Pirates went on to win 9 6. 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. It took a tremendous blast to hit a home run over the 86 foot high right field roof at pittsburgh s forbes field. 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.