STATUS: Retired Hero As a member of the famed “Pittsburgh Lumber Company” of the 1970s, Al Oliver helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win five National League Eastern Division titles. If he wasn’t forced to retire due to collusion by Major League Baseball, there is a good chance he could have went on to amass over 3,000 […]
Vintage Heroes
Buddy Bell
STATUS: Retired Hero Buddy Bell is a member of one of only five three-generation MLB families. His father, Gus Bell, is in the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. His sons Mike Bell and David Bell both spent time playing in the MLB. Bell was a four-time All-Star for the Cincinnati Reds. He was a good […]
Vida Blue
STATUS: Retired Hero Vida Blue was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers of his era. He won both the Cy Young Award and the AL MVP award in 1971 at the age of 21. Though he was a Hall of Fame-caliber pitcher, Blue got caught up in MLB’s cocaine scandal in the early 1980’s, which likely […]
Jim Wynn
Status: Retired Hero Standing at a relatively small 5’9″, Jim Wynn was nicknamed “The Toy Cannon” because he had a lot of “pop” in his bat despite his small size. In fact, he had so much pop in his bat that if not for the long outfield fences of the Astrodome, he probably would have […]