In Memory Of Former Cardinals 2019

To note that 2019 was a difficult year for former St. Louis Cardinals is an understatement, as 18 individuals with direct ties to the team as a player or coach left us during the prior 12 months.

The Cardinal Nation

How Gary Kolb Caught The Attention Of Cardinals legends

Gary Kolb impressed Branch Rickey, stepped in for Stan Musial and got traded for Bob Uecker.

RetroSimba

Ernie Broglio Dies At 83

Former Cardinals pitcher Ernie Broglio, who was the other half of the trade that brought Hall of Famer Lou Brock to St. Louis, died Tuesday night after battling cancer, according to social media posts from his family. Broglio was 83.
St. Louis Official Site

Curve-balling righthander Ernie Broglio tied for the National League lead in victories in 1960 with Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn when he won 21 for the Cardinals in his second big-league season. Broglio also won 18 for the 1963 Cardinals team which challenged for, but fell short of, the National League pennant.
Post-Dispatch

Remembering Stan Musial's Last Game

Imagine if it were happening today, Sept. 29, 2013. Imagine the digital, social and wireless scope. There would be a visual fingerprint and cyber-manuscript to last forever.

Post-Dispatch

Final At-Bats Of The Greatest Sluggers

When I recently put together a list marking some similarities between Ken Griffey Jr. and Willie Mays, the most striking oddity was that both made their final appearance as pinch-hitters late in games that their teams lost by one run: Mays grounded out, shortstop to second for the force at second; Griffey grounded out, second to shortstop for the force at second. I'd earlier seen that the Bash Brothers, Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, produced another oddity as they played their final games on October 6 and 7, 2001, with both flying out to deep center field in their last at-bats.

The Hardball Times

Here's How Bob Uecker Helped Cardinals To NL Title

Uecker, who survived two heart surgeries in 2010, says he plans to broadcast Brewers games in 2011. It will be his 41st season as the club’s radio voice and it will mark 50 years since Uecker broke into the big leagues in 1962 as a catcher for the Braves.

Retro Simba

Nick Stavinoha & The Cameo Cardinal Catchers

Sounds like a pretty cool name for a band, right?

Actually, with his appearance catching in the late innings of Sunday night’s game, Nick Stavinoha joined a short list of Cardinal players that have made a one-game cameo playing catcher (when catcher is not their natural position).

Pitchers Hit Eighth

Backstopping & Roaming Wide (Part Two: 1935-70)

In this series we identify and profile those rare major league ballplayers who've performed both as catchers and as shortstops, second basemen or center fielders. Last time, we tracked them from the 1890s to the 1930s. This time we'll go through the middle decades of the 20th century.

The Hardball Times