When a player hits a home run to end a game, as Cardinals third baseman David Freese did in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, it’s special. When a pitcher hits one, it’s especially unusual. In the spring 2012 edition of The Baseball Research Journal, produced by the Society for American Baseball Research, the [...]
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How Dizzy Dean did his David Freese impersonation
Posted in Games, Hitters, Pitchers on May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How Derek Lilliquist slugged two homers against Mets
Posted in Games, Hitters, Pitchers on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Since 1900, no Cardinals pitcher has hit two home runs in a game. But their present pitching coach, Derek Lilliquist, did it when he was a pitcher for the Braves. That’s just one of many facts to be found in the re-released updated version of “Great Hitting Pitchers”, originally published in 1979 as one of [...]
Carlos Beltran soon to join Reggie Sanders in 300 club
Posted in Games, Hitters, Records on April 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Of the seven big-league players who have achieved 300 career home runs and 300 career stolen bases, Reggie Sanders is the only one who has been a Cardinal. Soon, Carlos Beltran should join him in that select group. Beltran, in his first season as the Cardinals’ right fielder, needs two stolen bases to become the eighth [...]
Kyle Lohse starts like Larry Jaster, wants better finish
Posted in Games, Pitchers on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Cardinals were launched toward a National League pennant the last time a St. Louis pitcher strung together his first four season starts with the kind of consistent dominance Kyle Lohse has displayed in 2012. Lohse is the first Cardinals pitcher to compile at least six innings while yielding one earned run or fewer in each of his first four starts since [...]
Lou Brock sizzled to start season much like Matt Kemp
Posted in Games, Hitters on April 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Since 1920, no left-handed batter has enjoyed a better 10-game hitting stretch to start a season than Lou Brock. This year, the Dodgers’ Matt Kemp joined Willie Mays of the 1964 Giants, Lou Brock of the 1967 Cardinals and Dante Bichette of the 1994 Rockies as the only big-league players since 1920 with at least six [...]
Matt Carpenter gains rare feat among Cards rookies
Posted in Games, Hitters on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
With a dominating hitting performance, Matt Carpenter joined an exclusive and eclectic Cardinals rookie club. Batting sixth and starting at first base, Carpenter was 4-for-4 with five RBI, a home run and a triple in the Cardinals’ 10-3 victory over the Cubs on April 15 in St. Louis. Carpenter, a left-handed batter, had a RBI-single off left-hander Paul [...]
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