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6 unusual facts about St. Louis Cardinals


Brock Gillespie

He is the son of notable long-time college basketball coach, Marty Gillespie, who had his own standout athletic career as a two-sport athlete (baseball/basketball) at Iowa State University in the 1970s and was drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft twice; once by the St. Louis Cardinals and once by the Minnesota Twins.

Denny McKnight

His ouster was result of a controversy surrounding St. Louis Browns player Sam Barkley.

Francis G. Slay

Also in his first term, Slay was successful in negotiating the construction of Busch Stadium, the new St. Louis Cardinals baseball stadium in downtown St. Louis, and the re-districting of aldermanic wards required after the 2000 census.

Gretchen Wilson discography

B^ "Red Bird Fever" was a digital single, set to the tune of "Redneck Woman", released in November 2004 in tribute to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Ha Ha Tonka

The song "Usual Suspects" was also used by Turner Broadcasting System as a lead-in for the beginning of Game 3 of the 2011 National League Championship Series featuring the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers.

STLC

The St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri


1883 St. Louis Browns season

The St. Louis Browns 1883 season was the team's 2nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 2nd season in the American Association.

1891 Cleveland Spiders season

He remained the Spiders manager until his contract was reassigned to the St. Louis Perfectos before the 1899 season.

1924 Philadelphia Phillies season

On August 21, 1924, the Phillies were traveling from games in St. Louis to Cincinnati when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train on which they were traveling turned over in the train yards in Mitchell, Indiana.

2002 Dallas Cowboys season

Though quarterback Quincy Carter again opened the season as the starter, he would eventually be benched in favor of newly signed Chad Hutchinson who, until that year, had been a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals after leaving Stanford as a two sport star.

2011 New York Giants season

Some news organizations, among them The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, said that the Giants' victory in the Super Bowl made them NFL's version of the 2011 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, saying that these two championship teams that had been given the last rites by many near the end of the season, emerged as champions at the end.

Barry Cheesman

Cheesman was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft with the 613th pick in the 25th round but never made it to the majors, spending four years in the minors.

Baseball stirrups

A few pro players, such as Casey Janssen of the Toronto Blue Jays, Derek Holland of the Texas Rangers, B.J. Upton of the Atlanta Braves, Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, Daniel Descalso of the St. Louis Cardinals and Steve Cishek & Juan Pierre of the Miami Marlins have been spotted wearing genuine stirrups recently to much fanfare.

Bill Terry

On December 20, 1926, they traded Frisch and pitcher Jimmy Ring to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rogers Hornsby.

Buzz Bissinger

The New York Times bestselling Three Nights in August, published in 2005, chronicles a series in August 2003 between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs through the perspective of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.

Central Institute for the Deaf

After Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals was hit on the head with a baseball while trying to break up a double play in Game 4 of the 1934 World Series, Goldstein arranged for Dean to have a hearing test at the institute.

Chuck Walker

Charles David "Chuck" Walker (born August 10, 1941 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania) was a defensive tackle who played 12 seasons in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons.

D'Marco Farr

He also is a part of the station's afternoon drive program, The Fast Lane, with Randy Karraker and former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Brad Thompson.

Duster Mails

John Walter "Duster" Mails (October 1, 1894 – July 5, 1974) born in San Quentin, California, was a pitcher for the Brooklyn Robins (1915–16), Cleveland Indians (1920–22) and St. Louis Cardinals (1925–26).

Ed McQuarters

After a stellar career at the University of Oklahoma, Ed McQuarters was selected in the eighteenth round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, but after one year was released.

Floyd Rayford

During the 1983 season, the Orioles traded Rayford to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for a player to be named later, which became outfielder Tito Landrum.

Ford Frick

Later, during his tenure as National League president, when several members of the St. Louis Cardinals planned to protest Jackie Robinson's breaking of baseball's color barrier, Frick threatened any players involved with suspension.

Francisco de la Rosa

De la Rosa pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals' Triple-A affiliate, the Louisville Redbirds in 1995, and the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks of the independent Northern League in 1996.

Gene Crumling

Eugene Leon Crumling (April 5, 1922 – February 11, 2012) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1945 season.

Grady Hatton

Hatton batted .254 with 91 home runs in a 12-year big league career with Cincinnati, the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs, for whom he served as a player-coach in 1960 at the end of his playing career.

Herb Moford

On April 11, 1962, Moford was one of four New York Mets pitchers in the first game in franchise history, an 11–4 defeat against the St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park.

Infield fly rule

In the eighth inning of the 2012 National League Wild Card Game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves, Andrelton Simmons of the Braves hit a pop-up into shallow left field with one out and men on first and second bases.

Jason Schmidt

On June 6, 2006, Schmidt struck out sixteen batters against the Florida Marlins, which tied the franchise record for most strikeouts in a single game, originally set by Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants on October 3, 1904, against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Jeff Parrett

Jeffrey Dale Parrett (born August 26, 1961 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was a pitcher for the Montreal Expos (1986–88), Philadelphia Phillies (1989–90 and 1996), Atlanta Braves (1990–91), Oakland Athletics (1992), Colorado Rockies (1993) and St. Louis Cardinals (1995–96).

Jess Todd

From the University of Arkansas, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in second round (82nd overall) of the 2007 amateur entry draft.

Jim Saul

His catching career consisted of 14 seasons (1959–1972) in the farm systems of the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Cubs, Cleveland Indians and California Angels.

Joe Crotty

Crotty played from 18821886 in the American Association for the Louisville Eclipses, St. Louis Brown Stockings, and New York Metropolitans and for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds in the Union Association.

John Jay

In Jay's honor, St. Louis Cardinals' outfielder Jon Jay has, at various times, been nicknamed "The Federalist", "The Founding Father", and "The Chief Justice".

John Tumpane

One July 24, 2012, after MLB umpire Eric Cooper became ill during a game in which St. Louis experienced 104-degree heat with high humidity, Tumpane rushed to Busch Stadium to fill-in, arriving in the middle of the third inning and assuming the role of third base umpire.

José Oquendo

José Manuel Roberto Guillermo Oquendo Contreras (born July 4, 1963 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball infielder and the current third base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Joseph Stanton

His other books include Imaginary Museum: Poems on Art, A Field Guide to the Wildlife of Suburban O‘ahu: Poems, Cardinal Points: Poems on St. Louis Cardinals Baseball, What the Kite Thinks: A Linked Poem, Stan Musial: A Biography, and A Hawai‘i Anthology.

K. D. Dunn

Keldrick Arthur Dunn (born April 28, 1963 in Fort Hood, Texas) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Redskins, and the New York Jets.

KPLC

He visited KPLC frequently along with his friend, St. Louis Cardinals baseball legend Stan Musial.

Larry Himes

Maddux's departure is regarded as one of the Cubs' franchise's worst moves, on par with the trading of future Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Lou Brock to the St. Louis Cardinals for sore-armed pitcher Ernie Broglio.

Loma de Cabrera

Loma de Cabrera is the place of birth of well known merengue artist Fernando "El Mayimbe" Villalona and Rafael Furcal, the shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team in Major League Baseball.

Official scorer

In that game, St. Louis pitcher Bob Forsch was pitching a no-hitter in the 8th inning against Philadelphia when a hard ground ball hit into the hole between shortstop and third was narrowly missed by third baseman Ken Reitz.

Pete Mikkelsen

Peter James Mikkelsen (October 25, 1939 – November 29, 2006) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1964 through 1972 for the New York Yankees (1964–65), Pittsburgh Pirates (1966–67), Chicago Cubs (1967–68), St. Louis Cardinals (1968) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1969–72).

Randy Karraker

He currently hosts The Fast Lane, the top-rated sports radio show in St. Louis, on 101 ESPN, along with former St. Louis Rams defensive tackle D'Marco Farr and former St. Louis Cardinals player Chris Duncan.

Robert Rozier

Robert Earnest Rozier (born July 28, 1955, in Anchorage, Alaska) is an African-American former professional football player for the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL.

Rocco Landesman

As for baseball, growing up in St. Louis he naturally followed the St. Louis Cardinals and later in life he became a part owner of the Kenosha Twins (later the Fort Wayne Wizards).

Sawin Millett

Millett, despite being an avid baseball fan and having lived his entire life in Maine, became a supporter of the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1946 World Series in which the Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox.

Sports marketing

After the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series in 2011, Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of Louisville Slugger bats and other baseball equipment, created a scavenger hunt through Twitter in order to raise awareness for their company.

Taos, Missouri

Taos is also the home of former major league baseball relief pitcher, Tom Henke (known in his playing days as "The Terminator") who won the 1992 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays and, in the final season of his career, pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Texas-Oklahoma League

Future Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby played for the Hugo Scouts and Denison Champions teams in 1914 before joining the 1915 St. Louis Cardinals.

WAZE-TV

WAZE simulcast KSDK's coverage of the St. Louis Cardinals; this ended after the 2010 season, as Cardinals games not telecast nationally were moved exclusively to Fox Sports Midwest.


see also

Charlie Pittman

He was named All-American following the 1969 season and was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the third round of the 1970 NFL Draft (#58 overall).

Cybersquatting

On June 5, 2009, Tony La Russa, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, filed a complaint against Twitter, accusing Twitter of cybersquatting.

Dane Iorg

Iorg debuted with the Philadelphia Phillies in April 1977, but by that June the club traded him along with outfielder Rick Bosetti and pitcher Tom Underwood to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Bake McBride and pitcher Steve Waterbury.

Denean Howard

She is married to boxer, Virgil Hill; her son Virgil was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2009 MLB Draft, currently playing for the Class-A Batavia Muckdogs.

Mujica

Edward Mujica, a right-handed pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals

Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Matt Adams - Professional Baseball Player - St. Louis Cardinals

Sandborn, Indiana

Lou Lowdermilk - Major League baseball pitcher (1911-1912) for the St Louis Cardinals.