Three Rivers Stadium,,Pittsburgh,PA,US

Ball Park First Game
Date – 07/16/1970 (1)
Starting Pitchers – vs. Reds: 07/16/1970
Final Score 3-2 (CIN)
Attendance – 48,846
Starting Pitchers Dock Ellis (PIT); Gary Nolan (CIN)
First Batter – Ty Cline (CIN) Result – Grounded to 2B
First Hits – Richie Hebner (PIT),Singled to 2B (1st)
First Run – Richie Hebner (PIT)
First RBI – Al Oliver (PIT)
First Homerun – Tony Perez (CIN) vs. Dock Ellis (PIT) 07/16/1970 (5th inning)
First Grandslam – John Bateman (MON) vs. Bob Johnson (PIT) on 06/18/1971 (7th inning)
First Inside Park Homerun – Richie Hebner (PIT) vs. Eddie Fisher (SLN) on 09/03/1973 (13th inning)
First No Hitter – Bob Gibson (SLN) vs. Pirates on 08/14/1971

Ball Park Lasts
Last Game – vs. Cubs: 10/01/2000, Final Score – 10-9 (CHN)
Attendance – 55,351
Starting Pitchers – Kris Benson (PIT); Jon Lieber (CHN), Winning Pitcher – Kyle Farnsworth (CHN) Losing Pitcher – Scott Sauerbeck (PIT)
Last Batter – John Wehner (PIT), result – Grounded to 3B
Last Hit – John Vander Wal (PIT), Singled to RF (9)
Last Run – Jason Kendall (PIT), Last RBI – John Vander Wal (PIT)
Last HR – John Wehner (PIT) vs. Jon Lieber (CHN) on 10/01/2000 (5th inning)
Last Grand Slam – Aramis Ramirez (PIT) vs. Johnny Ruffin (ARI) on 08/12/2000 (8th inning)
Last Inside The Park Homerun – Tim Bogar (HOU) vs. Jimmy Anderson (PIT) on 09/27/2000 (3rd inning)
Last No Hitter – Francisco Cordova, Ricardo Rincon (PIT) vs. Astros on 07/12/1997

TRIVIA –
The last homer ever hit at Three Rivers Stadium was also the last of John Wehner’s career.

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May 16, 1970

Atlanta Braves star Rico Carty Hitting Streak comes to an end at 31 games

July 16, 1970

Pittsburgh Pirates play their first game in Three Rivers Stadium

July 24, 1970

Pittsburgh Pirates hold “Roberto Clemente Night”

August 9, 1970

At Three Rivers Stadium, Willie Stargell hits an 8th-inning homer into the 70-foot high right field upper deck, the first player to hit one up there. The pitch is served up by Mets reliever Ron Taylor. The next two hit up there will also be by Stargell, who will hit four of the first 7; Bob Robertson, Phillie Greg Luzinski, and Bobby Bonilla, in 1987, will also reach the seats. The Pirates win, 8 – 3. Nolan Ryan is the loser, allowing four runs in six innings, allowing three hits, walking seven and striking out 10.

October 23, 1970

Willie Stargell vs Johnny Bench

April 21, 1971

Willie Stargell hits three home runs, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10 – 2 victory over the Atlanta Braves

April 27, 1971

Stargell hits 11th homerun in April

August 14, 1971

Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches the first no-hitter of his career

September 1, 1971

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-black lineup in major league history

October 12, 1971

Robertson misses a sign and blasts a 3 run homer in game 3 of 1971 World Series

October 13, 1971

Milt May delivers a clutch pinch hit to give Pittsburgh the win in the first world series night game

June 19, 1972

Roberto Clemente passes Hall of Fame third baseman Pie Traynor on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ all-time RBI list

September 2, 1972

Roberto Clemente breaks Honus Wagner’s record for the most hits in the history of the franchise and Bob Veale is sold

September 30, 1972

Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente collects the 3,000th hit of his major league career

April 6, 1973

Clemente’s uniform number 21 retired by Pirates

April 6, 1973

The Pittsburgh Pirates retire Roberto Clemente’s uniform number 21 in a moving pre-game ceremony

June 27, 1973

Joe Torre, who hits for the cycle in a 15-4 win over the Pirates

July 23, 1974

Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey, a write-in All-Star starter, singles and doubles to help the National League beat the Junior circuit, 7-2.

October 15, 1975

Boston Red Sox Luis Tiant throws 163 pitches in winning his second game of the World Series against Cincinnati, 5 – 4, to even the Series after four games.

July 4, 1976

Tim McCarver losses grand slam when he passes teammate Garry Maddox on the basepaths

August 9, 1976

John Candelaria becomes the first Pirate since 1907 to throw a no-hitter in Pittsburgh

May 11, 1977

Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner decides to take the managerial reigns of his team

July 8, 1977

Mike Schmidt charged Bruce Kison after getting hit in the back

May 1, 1980

Bill Madlock of the Pittsburgh Pirates receives a 15-game suspension and a $5,000 fine for hitting umpire Jerry Crawford

September 6, 1982

Pittsburgh Pirates hold “Willie Stargell Day” at Three Rivers Stadium

May 30, 1986

Barry Bonds Debut

April 18, 1987

Mike Schmidt hits 500th career homerun

April 21, 1991

In the greatest extra-inning comeback in major league history, the Pittsburgh Pirates score six runs in the bottom of the 11th inning to erase a five-run Cubs lead

May 5, 1991

Rookie Jeff Bagwell hits only the ninth upper-deck home run at Three Rivers Stadium

June 6, 1992

Eddie Murray passes Mickey Mantle for most RBI as switch hitter

September 20, 1992

Mickey Morandini complete an unassisted triple play, The triple killing is the first in the National League since 1927

July 12, 1994

National League ends its record six-game Mid Summer Classic slump with Walkoff win in 10th

May 19, 2000

Jason Kendall hits for the cycle and has a career-high five RBI, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 13 – 1 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals. Kendall hits a two-run home run in the 1st inning, an RBI single in the 2nd, a double in the 3rd and a two-run triple in the 8th. Kendall also becomes the first Pirate ever to hit for the cycle at Three Rivers Stadium.

February 11, 2001

Three Rivers Stadium, 30-year-old home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is imploded