Pittsburgh Sports Legends - Pie Traynor

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Traynor, Pie | Baseball Hall of Fame

"He was a mechanically perfect third baseman," legendary baseball executive Branch Rickey said of Pie Traynor upon his induction into the Hall of Fame. "A man of intellectual worth on the field of play." Traynor was widely regarded as the premier third baseman of his era – and in 1948 he became...

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[Metal Mike]

I meet "Pie" Traynor at a car show in 1965. Dad got tickets to the show in the Civic Arena and Pie was there glad handing the folks. He was very nice to dad and took the time to speak with me for several minutes. Besides this Pie was the spoksman for a home remodleing company. I remember the ads "Who can, Ameria Can" I

 

[JohnJumba]

Who can? Ameri -Can.

American Heating and Plumbing.

Got a tout on every Studio Wrestling show. Even Ring Side Rosie got in on the act.

 

[fairgambit]

He received his nickname as a child in Somerville, Massachusetts because he frequented a grocery store and often asked for pie. The store owner called him "Pie Face", which was later shortened to Pie by his friends.

 

[BrucePa]

I remember as a kid, imagining the all-time MLB team, and the infield was 1B Gehrig, 2B Hornsby or Gehringer, SS Honus Wagner, and 3B Pie Traynor. After WWII Brooks Robinson and Mike Schmidt took over 3B on that team, but the rest of the infield was pretty arguably the same.

 

[Mufasa94]

Tip of the hat to Pie Traynor. He produced more runs in his top 10 seasons than any other 3B in MLB history. Seems to have been forgotten about since the 70s when Schmidt and Brett came along.

 

[AuthorJoe618]

There’s a chapter on Pie Traynor and Honus Wagner in a book I coauthored titled Keystone Tombstones Volume 3. Other notables in that volume include Joe Paterno, Art Rooney, John Updike, Joe Frazier, Teddy Pendergrass and many more.

 

[LafayetteBear]

I think he’s dead.

 

[Woodpecker]

He received his nickname as a child in Somerville, Massachusetts because he frequented a grocery store and often asked for pie. The store owner called him "Pie Face", which was later shortened to Pie by his friends.

Good thing that he didn't ask for Spotted Dick