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When the Giants' Sal Maglie was only 4 outs away from tying the record for consecutive shutout innings last season, up came Gus Rell and slammed out a home run. Gus began 1950 with Indianapolis. Had compiled an amazing.400 in 38 games when the call to the majors sounded. Gus hit. .282 in 111 games for the Pirates. He had 22 doubles, 11 triples and 8 home runs. Drove across 53 markers.
Powering the Pittsburgh Pirates to a third place finish in the National League last year, were teammates Donn Clendenon and Willie Stargell. Willie, a lefthanded batter hit .272 for the season. The most important number in his season's statistics was 107: his RBI total. The hard-hitting outfielder was the team's leader with 27 home runs. A big left-handed batter, Willie began in pro ball in 1959. The Pirates' first sacker, Donn Clendenon had his peak year in the majors in 1965 when he hit a solid .301. Big Donn joined Pittsburgh in 1961 after compiling some sizzling minor league records. With Savannah in the Sally League in 1960, he was the homer king with 30 circuit clouts while compiling a .335 batting average. In 105 ballgames in the Pioneer League, Donn rocked the apple for a .356 clip.
One of NL's top sluggers, Willie led Bucs in Homers & RBI's last season. Tied major league record, 8-1-70 with 5 Extra Base Hits in one game. Ranks 3rd on all-time Pirate Homer list.
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