How Cardinals Unwittingly Gave Pirates As Elite Closer

The Cardinals never envisioned Dave Giusti to be a closer and neither did the Pirates. When Giusti transformed into one of the National League’s best saves specialists, he helped the Pirates become an East Division power

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Mudcat Grant Was Music Man Of Cardinals Bullpen

Mudcat Grant began the 1969 season as the top starting pitcher for the Expos and ended it as the top right-handed relief pitcher for the Cardinals.

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Why Cardinals Traded Twice For Dave Giusti In Three Months

In seeking a third consecutive pennant, the Cardinals traded six players to get a No. 5 starter for their rotation.

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Bob Gibson Has Anticlimactic End To Shutout Streak

Batters couldn’t produce a run against Bob Gibson, so he did it for them.

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How Cardinals, With Two Outs, Scored Ten Runs In Inning

Trailing by eight runs with two outs and one runner on base, the Cardinals produced a 10-run inning and beat the Reds.

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How Cardinals Helped Former Foe Pete Mikkelsen

Pete Mikkelsen pitched against the Cardinals in a World Series and, four years later, helped them return to another while revitalizing his career.

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Familiar Foes: Rusty Staub Vs. Bob Gibson

Rusty Staub, who did his best hitting versus right-handed pitchers, and Bob Gibson were matched against one another often. Though Staub didn’t hit Gibson as well as he did most right-handers, he had a couple of significant games while facing the Cardinals’ ace.

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Johnny Edwards A Good Catch For 1968 Cardinals

Johnny Bench made Johnny Edwards available to the Cardinals and Ted Simmons made him expendable.

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A Brief History Of Cardinals One-Year Wonders

With big names potentially available as one-year rentals, here is a look at the best players to spend exactly one year in St. Louis

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Max Scherzer On A Roll, But The There Was Bob Gibson

Not too many years ago, IBM initiated a marketing campaign that used a list of seven seminal baseball statistics to make a point. The numbers stood alone, without identification, in a vertical row.

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Remembering Bob Gibson's Nearly Perfect 2 Months In 1968

On the evening of June 6, 1968, Bob Gibson pitched a three-hit shutout for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 4-0 victory over the Houston Astros.

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