The St. Louis Cardinals have a rich history when it comes to second basemen. Rogers Hornsby, Frankie Frisch, and Red Schoendienst are each enshrined at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Julian Javier played a vital, if sometimes overlooked, role for three World Series teams during the 1960s. Likewise, Tommy Herr won three National League pennants with the fabled “Whiteyball” Cardinals of the 1980s. Playing alongside Hall of Famers Ozzie Smith and Bruce Sutter, Herr helped fuel an offense centered on the speed of Vince Coleman and Willie McGee, a brand of baseball that all but disappeared during the homer-happy steroid era.
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