Why Cardinals Acquired Julian Javier From Pirates

Opening the way to a pipeline of talent, second baseman Julian Javier was the first player from the Dominican Republic to play for the Cardinals.

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How Cardinals Clouters Made Good Use Of Single Ball

One ball, two home runs.

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How Don Zimmer Almost Became A Cardinal

The Cardinals tried to acquire Don Zimmer to be their second baseman but were outmaneuvered by the Cubs.

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Jow Johnny Antonelli Got Milestone Win Versus Cardinals

Johnny Antonelli lost more than he won versus the Cardinals, and Stan Musial and Ken Boyer often hit well against him, but when he was at his peak he was hard to beat.

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Why Cardinals Compared Jerry Buchek To Marty Marion

The Cardinals considered hometown shortstop Jerry Buchek the finest baseball prospect in the St. Louis area in 1959 and thought he could be another Marty Marion.

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In Memory Of Former Cardinals: 2017

2016 was a relatively quiet year in that only seven former St. Louis Cardinals passed away, the lowest total since I first began preparing these annual reports in 2005. Unfortunately, in 2017, the count increased to nine, including former manager Solly Hemus.

The Cardinal Nation

Daryl Spencer Brought Passion, Pride, Power To Hankyu

The Baseball Bullet-In this week remembers Daryl Spencer, the former Hankyu Braves slugger who died Jan. 2 in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 88.

Japan Times

Daryl Spencer Followed In Footsteps Of Marty Marion

As a youth in his native Kansas, Daryl Spencer was a Cardinals fan. His favorite player was Marty Marion, the shortstop on four pennant-winning Cardinals teams in the 1940s. Imagine then how special it was for Spencer when the Cardinals acquired him to play the position once held by his boyhood idol.

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Daryl Spencer Dies At 88

Wichitan Daryl Spencer, a former major-league ballplayer who was also a mainstay of the National Baseball Congress World Series, died Monday, according to his daughter. He was 88.

The Wichita Eagle

The Day The Cardinals Traded Red Schoendienst

Sixty years ago, soon after Red Schoendienst had driven off in his car, the phone rang at his house. Mary Schoendienst, Red’s wife, answered. The caller was a secretary for Cardinals general manager Frank Lane. She told Mary that Red had been traded to the Giants.

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Jhonny Peralta Makes Cardinals History With 17th Homer

On a night where the Cardinals clawed out another one-run victory, Jhonny Peralta quietly slipped into the franchise record books.

KMOV

More Comfort For Jhonny Peralta

For the first time since 2000, the St. Louis Cardinals have received at least 16 home runs from their shortstop in a season as Jhonny Peralta went deep last night with his franchise-tying blast to put him company with Edgar Renteria and Daryl Spencer (’60).

STL Baseball Weekly

Jhonny Peralta Ties Cardinals Homer Record For Shortstops

With his two-run homer off Padres starter Eric Stults in the second inning of Thursday's series opener, Jhonny Peralta not only boosted the Cardinals to an early lead, he matched the franchise's single-season record for homers by a shortstop.

St. Louis Official Site

Kolten Wong, Don Blasingame: Similar St. Louis 2nd Sackers

Nearly 60 years ago, the Cardinals had a rookie second baseman who sprayed singles to all fields, ignited the offense with stolen bases and was superb at bunting for base hits.

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Jhonny Peralta Says Cardinals Are A Good Fit For Him

To say that shortstop hasn’t been a power position for the Cardinals in the last half century would be grossly understating the issue.

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