Bakers Dozen

Real and fictional pirates

  1. Captain James Hook
  2. Captain Jack Sparrow
  3. Captain Long John Silver
  4. Captain Henry Morgan, of spiced rum fame
  5. Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard
  6. Yellowbeard! (Stumble, stumble, crawl, crawl…)
  7. Captain “Red” Ned Lynch (Robert Shaw - “Swashbuckler”)
  8. Elcid Barrett, immortlized by Stan Rogers’ classic “Barrett’s Privateers”
  9. Jean LaFitte
  10. Captain (Peter) Blood - Errol Flynn
  11. Jean LaFoote - Cap’n Crunch
  12. Capt. William Kidd
  13. The Dread Pirate Roberts

I’ll pass.

Can’t believe no one mentioned a Pittsburgh Pirate.

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. 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:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds

(Still couldn’t throw out Sid Bream (who was also a Pirate, early in his career), however. :smiley: )

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. 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:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
  7. 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…

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
  7. Dave Parker
  8. Bobby Bonilla

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
  7. Dave Parker
  8. Bobby Bonilla
  9. What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
  7. Dave Parker
  8. Bobby Bonilla
  9. What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
  10. Danny Murtaugh (Manager)

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
  7. Dave Parker
  8. Bobby Bonilla
  9. What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
  10. Danny Murtaugh (Manager)
  11. Ralph Kiner

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
  7. Dave Parker
  8. Bobby Bonilla
  9. What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
  10. Danny Murtaugh (Manager)
  11. Ralph Kiner
  12. Dock Ellis

Famous Pittsburgh Pirates:

  1. Bill Mazeroski
  2. Gair Allie
  3. Honus Wagner
  4. Willie Stargell
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Hall of Fame brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner
  7. Dave Parker
  8. Bobby Bonilla
  9. What the… I’M the first to mention the magnificent ROBERTO CLEMENTE???
  10. Danny Murtaugh (Manager)
  11. Ralph Kiner
  12. Dock Ellis
  13. Steve Blass

Famous Detroit Tigers:

  1. Al Kaline

Famous Detroit Tigers:

  1. Al Kaline
  2. Sparky Anderson

Famous Detroit Tigers:

  1. Al Kaline
  2. Sparky Anderson
  3. Ty Cobb

Famous Detroit Tigers

  1. Al Kaline
  2. Sparky Anderson
  3. Ty Cobb
  4. Mark “The Bird” Fidrych

Famous Detroit Tigers:

  1. Al Kaline
  2. Sparky Anderson
  3. Ty Cobb
  4. Mark “The Bird” Fidrych
  5. Hank Greenburg

Famous Detroit Tigers:

  1. Al Kaline
  2. Sparky Anderson
  3. Ty Cobb
  4. Mark “The Bird” Fidrych
  5. Hank Greenburg
  6. Alan Trammell

Famous Detroit Tigers:

  1. Al Kaline
  2. Sparky Anderson
  3. Ty Cobb
  4. Mark “The Bird” Fidrych
  5. Hank Greenburg
  6. Alan Trammell
  7. Mickey Cochrane