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Fisk to Ozzie, La Russa led 7 immortals

Posted in Managers on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A recent thread on a Society for American Baseball Research e-mail listserve established that John McGraw managed more Baseball Hall of Fame players (30) than anyone else in big-league history. Two former Cardinals managers, Bill McKechnie (20) and Rogers Hornsby (19), ranked among the top 10 in number of Hall of Famers who played for them. [...]

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Garcia: Cards’ top lefty rookie since Haddix?

Posted in Pitchers, Records on August 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Jaime Garcia’s 12 wins this season are the most by a Cardinals rookie left-hander since Harvey Haddix won 20 in 1953. Left-handers Luis Arroyo (1955), Larry Jaster (1966), Greg Mathews (1986), Donovan Osborne (1992) and Rick Ankiel (2000) each won 11 as Cardinals rookies. Haddix, 27, went 20-9 with a 3.06 ERA for a Cardinals team [...]

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Cards have chance for 2 straight ERA kings

Posted in Pitchers on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Adam Wainwright leads the National League in earned run average at 2.18. If Wainwright holds off Roy Halladay of the Phillies (2.22) and Tim Hudson of the Braves (2.28) and finishes No. 1, the Cardinals will have back-to-back league ERA champions for only the second time. Wainwright is trying to match the feat of teammate [...]

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Johnson jolted Cards with pinch-hit slam

Posted in Hitters on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Matt Stairs of the Padres established a major-league record for most career pinch-hit home runs when he belted his 21st on Aug. 21. Stairs had been tied for the mark at 20 with Cliff Johnson. None of Stairs’ 21 career pinch-hit homers came against the Cardinals. Johnson slugged just one pinch-hit homer against St. Louis _ and [...]

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Musial ranks with best walkoff homer hitters

Posted in Hitters, Records on August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

When Jim Thome of the Twins hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning Aug. 17 to beat the White Sox, 7-6, he tied the major-league record for most game-ending homers, with 12. The other five to do it all are in the Baseball Hall of Fame: Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, [...]

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Musial’s 400th shows flair for dramatic

Posted in Hitters, Records on August 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Albert Pujols needs 2 home runs to reach 400 for his career and join Stan Musial as the only Cardinals to achieve that mark. Pujols is poised to hit his 400th at age 30. Musial was 38 when he slugged No. 400 _ and he did it in dramatic fashion. On May 7, 1959, at [...]

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