The Cardinals played in Dodger Stadium for the first time the weekend of May 18-20, 1962. They felt right at home. The Cardinals swept the three-game series, receiving complete-game wins from each of their starting pitchers, and Stan Musial stroked a historic single, surpassing Honus Wagner to become the National League all-time hits leader. Now, [...]
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Cardinals swept series in initial visit to Dodger Stadium
Posted in Games, Hitters, Opponents, Pitchers, Records on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Think Lance Lynn is a surprise? Check out Luis Arroyo
Posted in Games, Pitchers on May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Luis Arroyo was the most unlikely of Cardinals pitchers to open a season with wins in each of his first six starts. Arroyo, a rookie left-hander who barely made the 1955 Opening Day roster and nearly got knocked out in the first inning of his first start, posted a 6-0 record and 1.56 ERA through eight games (including two [...]
How Dizzy Dean did his David Freese impersonation
Posted in Games, Hitters, Pitchers on May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
The story of Herm Wehmeier, 0-14 vs. Cardinals
Posted in Opponents, Pitchers, Records, Trades on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In a classic example of the adage “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” the pitcher who posted the worst career record against the Cardinals got traded to St. Louis and enjoyed the best stretch of his big-league tenure. When Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo took the loss April 27 in St. Louis’ 13-1 victory over Milwaukee, [...]
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 [...]
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