May 10 in Pittsburgh Pirates History: Eddie and Johnny O’Brien became the first pair of twins to play for the same team in the same game (1953)

On May 10, 1953, Pittsburgh infielders Eddie O’Brien and Johnny O’Brien become the first twins to play for the same team in the same game when Johnny enters the nightcap of a Giants game on defense and Eddie later pinch runs. But the Giants take the twin bill, 4 – 0, behind Sal Maglie’s 3-hitter, an

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