When Stan Musial established a National League record by signing a one-year, $100,000 contract, he received his first pay raise from the Cardinals in seven years. Today, Cardinals fans wait to learn whether the team can sign first baseman Albert Pujols to a multi-year extension estimated at about $30 million a year. On Jan. 29, 1958, Musial, 37, became the first National [...]
Archive for January, 2011
The story behind Stan Musial’s $100,000
Posted in Hitters on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Warren Spahn and his Cardinals connection
Posted in Games, Managers, Pitchers on January 29, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Hall of Fame left-hander Warren Spahn never pitched for the Cardinals, but his final games as a professional pitcher were as a member of the St. Louis organization. Spahn, who had 363 wins in a 21-year big-league career, primarily with the Braves, got his first try at being a manager in 1967 with the Cardinals’ Class [...]
Five headlines for the 2011 Cardinals
Posted in Bloggers on January 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
In participation with the United Cardinal Bloggers project for January, five headlines I expect to see during the 2011 baseball season: Ryan’s bat, glove make Mariners magic April 1, 2011: In his regular-season debut as shortstop for the Mariners, Brendan Ryan’s RBI-single in the eighth and defensive brilliance in the ninth carried visiting Seattle to a [...]
Cardinals Canadian club: Burgess to Walker
Posted in Hitters, Pitchers on January 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Eight former Cardinals players have been elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ontario. The latest: Tom Henke, the Cardinals’ closer in 1995. He was elected Jan. 24. His induction ceremony will be held June 18. The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame was founded in 1983 and located in Toronto. According to its [...]
Intentional walks pile up for Albert Pujols
Posted in Hitters, Records on January 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Pitchers are issuing intentional walks to Albert Pujols at an increasing rate. If this continues, Pujols soon will hold the major league record for most intentional walks to a right-handed batter. Pujols has led the National League in intentional walks four times, including each of the last three seasons. In his first four years in [...]
George Crowe: mentor to Curt Flood
Posted in Games, Hitters on January 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
George Crowe was a pinch-hitter and reserve first baseman for the Cardinals from 1959-61. He played a more valuable role to the team as a mentor to Curt Flood. Crowe, 89, died Jan. 18 in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Story Acquired by the Cardinals from the Reds in an October 1958 trade, Crowe was 37, a veteran who [...]
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