Picking A Cardinals All-Time Pitching Arsenal

Ideally we'd be seeing Jack Flaherty light up radar guns and Adam Wainwright buckle knees right about now.

KSDK

How Babe Didrikson Became A Cardinals Pitcher

Babe Didrikson, who won Olympic medals in track and field before she became one of America’s top golfers, was the starting pitcher for the Cardinals in a spring training game.

RetroSimba

Why Branch Rickey Wanted Ray Blades To Manage Cardinals

Ray Blades was a pitcher for an elementary school team when Branch Rickey first took notice of him and became impressed by his baseball skills.

RetroSimba

Best All-Time General Managers: No.2, Branch Rickey

One of the most-revered general managers and scouts in the game’s history finds his way to #2 on our list of the best all-time general managers

Call To The Pen

Why Jeff Weaver Rates Among Clutch Cardinals Clinchers

Of the 10 pitchers who have accounted for the 11 championship-clinching World Series wins for the Cardinals, Jeff Weaver is the most improbable of the group.

RetroSimba

How Cardinals Gut Tying, Walkoff Home Runs In Ninth At Home

Facing a familiar foe, George Watkins and Frankie Frisch delivered an unusual double dose of ninth-inning power for the Cardinals.

RetroSimba

Kolten Wong, Frankie Frisch Gave Pop To Cardinals At 2nd

Frankie Frisch didn’t try to hit home runs, but he had the ability to produce them in bunches.

RetroSimba

Oscar Taveras, Eddie Morgan: Flashy Starts To Cardinals Careers

Nearly 70 years after his brief stint with the Cardinals, Eddie Morgan still was being linked with events related to the 2014 team.

RetroSimba

What Joaquin Andujar & Jeff Suppan Did More Often Thank Bob Gibson

Although less celebrated than that other September callup who made his major-league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals late in the 1941 season, pitcher Johnny Beazley also hinted at what was ahead for him with a complete-game victory in his first start.

Bird Land

wWAR II: The Pitchers List

Yesterday, I posted rankings of all Hall of Fame position players by Weighted WAR (wWAR), with this year's Hall of Fame ballot mixed in for some perspective. Wait, what's wWAR again?

Beyond The Boxscore

If Jamie Moyer Had Been Average In His 20s

If Jamie Moyer had been just a mediocre starting pitcher in his 20s, he would have presented a fascinating test case in the continuing debate about the worth of the won-loss record. Let me explain.

The Hardball Times

Best Hitting Pitchers Of All-Time By WAR

I couldn't help but notice that Yovani Gallardo's WAR (Rally WAR from Baseball-Reference) is already at 0.7 this season. In 44 plate appearances. Yikes. Were that sustainable over 600 PA, we're talking a 9.5 WAR season. Gallardo already has 1.4 career WAR at the plate in 161 PA (that comes out to 5.2 WAR per 600 PA). Small sample, but impressive nonetheless.

Beyond The Boxscore

Thinking About Jamie Moyer

I've been getting some questions recently about Jamie Moyer, which may seem odd given that my main focus is prospects and Moyer is the polar opposite of a prospect. But he's an interesting historical study certainly.I first did a prospect retro (called a Nostalgia Prospect at the time) for Jamie Moyer back in 2006.

Minor League Ball

Baseball's Most Exciting Play

There are a lot of fun plays in baseball, but few are cooler than seeing a player scamper all the way around the bases before the opposing team can tag or throw him out. The inside-the-park home run: you rarely ever see one, but the rarity just adds to the appeal of seeing one.

The Hardball Times

Hall Of Fame, Hall Of Mirrors

History will be made on January 20, 2009 when Barack Obama becomes President—but eight days earlier, the world will have come to an end.

Why? The Hall of Fame voting results will appear, and that day (January 12) is odds-on to be seen (in these here parts, at least) as "Black Monday."

The Hardball Times

This Annotated Week In Baseball History: Dec. 14-Dec. 20, 1967

On Dec. 15, 1967 Mo Vaughn was born. Vaughn would be a solid hitter, but also would make 139 errors in his career. As a first baseman, Vaughn topped the table in errors a record six times. Richard did not err quite so frequently this year, but he is only human. Read on....

The Hardball Times

This Annotated Week In Baseball History: October 26-November 1, 2008

On October 26, 2008 Joe Blanton hit his first career home run. He did it in the World Series no less, becoming just the 13th pitcher to hit a World Series home run. Richard looks back at other postseason homers struck by the men who spend their time on the mound.

The Hardball Times

Scout.com: Counting Down Best Cardinals Teams #3 1931

Our new series counts down the 15 best St. Louis Cardinals teams in the long and storied history of the National League’s most successful franchise. The 1931 edition comes in at number three.

http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/723713.html