Thank you for all the interest! Bob will never be forgotten:
Franklin Regional High School best athlete ever;
one of only two major league baseball players to come from Export;
in two games in 1967 and was 1-0;
1968 Pirates rookie of the year;
came closer than any other pitcher to pitching a no-hitter at Forbes Field;
1969 no-hitter versus the eventual World Series winning Amazing Mets;
led the league in percentage in 1969;
member of the 1970 Pirates playoff team;
1971 World Series champ;
member of the 1972 Pirates playoff team with the famous wild pitch;
won at least 11 games five years in a row (1969-1973);
member of the 1974 Pirates playoff team;
member of the 1975 Pirates playoff team;
led the Pirates in saves in 1976 with 10 (also hit his only home run that year and is remembered as an above-average hitting pitcher with an excellent pick off move);
died on his 29th birthday (and rumors of infidelity, right or wrong, pervade to this day);
a member of the hometown Pirates from 1967-1976;
the second Pirate (and second "Bob") to die from that 1971 World Series team (Bob Clemente was the first; manager Danny Murtaugh died soon after Moose [12/2/76])
Bob Moose: my very first baseball card in 1974, playing for my beloved Pittsburgh Pirates; born 10/9/47...died 10/9/76; came closest of anyone to pitching no-hitter at Forbes Field (1968); Pirate rookie of the year 1968; pitched a no-hitter vs Mets 1969; led league in winning pct 1969; 1971 world series champ; threw wild pitch in October 1972 playoff game; led Pirates in saves in 1976. SCROLL DOWN FOR MANY PHOTOS, BLOGS & EVEN SOME VIDEOS. BOB, YOU ARE GREATLY MISSED!