Real and fictional pirates
Captain James Hook
Captain Jack Sparrow
Captain Long John Silver
Captain Henry Morgan, of spiced rum fame
Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard
Yellowbeard! (Stumble, stumble, crawl, crawl…)
Captain “Red” Ned Lynch (Robert Shaw - “Swashbuckler”)
Elcid Barrett, immortlized by Stan Rogers’ classic “Barrett’s Privateers”
Jean LaFitte
Captain (Peter) Blood - Errol Flynn
Jean LaFoote - Cap’n Crunch
Capt. William Kidd
The Dread Pirate Roberts
I’ll pass.
Can’t believe no one mentioned a Pittsburgh Pirate.
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
jtur88
December 3, 2014, 2:20pm
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Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Number 13 on the previous Pirates list could have been Curt Roberts, who formed the double play combination with Gair Alie, both of them batting below the Mendoza line.
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
JohnT
December 3, 2014, 3:37pm
31629
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
(Still couldn’t throw out Sid Bream (who was also a Pirate, early in his career), however.
jtur88
December 3, 2014, 4:06pm
31630
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner.
Trivia note for Pitares fans. The only time there were three outfielders together on the same team who had brothers that would go into the Hall of Fame – Lloyd and Paul, brothers of each other, and Joe’s brother Vince DiMaggio.
My eyes! My eyes!!!
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
Dave Parker
I grew up just west of Pittsburgh in the Pirates’ glory days of the late Seventies/early Eighties. Good times.
Not sure Gair Allie qualifies as “famous,” though…
JohnT
December 3, 2014, 4:39pm
31632
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
Dave Parker
Bobby Bonilla
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
Dave Parker
Bobby Bonilla
What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
Dave Parker
Bobby Bonilla
What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
Danny Murtaugh (Manager)
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
Dave Parker
Bobby Bonilla
What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
Danny Murtaugh (Manager)
Ralph Kiner
NDP
December 3, 2014, 6:21pm
31636
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
Dave Parker
Bobby Bonilla
What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
Danny Murtaugh (Manager)
Ralph Kiner
Dock Ellis
Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:
Bill Mazeroski
Gair Allie
Honus Wagner
Willie Stargell
Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
Dave Parker
Bobby Bonilla
What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
Danny Murtaugh (Manager)
Ralph Kiner
Dock Ellis
Steve Blass
Famous Detroit Tigers:
Al Kaline
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