Cardinals Threw Roadblock On Dodgers' 1959 Pennant Path

Facing the Cardinals in the last week of the season during the heat of a pennant race, the Dodgers started Sandy Koufax, used a record number of pinch-hitters and rallied for three runs in the ninth on Frank Howard’s home run, but still lost.

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Cardinals Hit Jackpot With Hard-Hitting Ray Jablonski

Ray Jablonski was an infielder who couldn’t field or throw well, but he excelled at stroking line drives for extra-base hits and generating large numbers of runs.

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Ed Roebuck Nearly Was Unbeatable Vs. Cardinals

While pitching to a Cardinals batter, Sandy Koufax was replaced by Ed Roebuck, who got the Dodgers out of a jam and went on to earn a win in an eight-inning relief effort.

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Del Ennis Provided Power In Cardinals Lineup

In a bid to bolster their offense, the Cardinals acquired one of the top run producers of the 1950s. The move helped them become contenders again.

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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.

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Cardinals Hit Desert With Diamondbacks On Up-And-Up

The St. Louis Cardinals have won four in a row and nine of their last 10 meetings against the Arizona Diamondbacks. However, the last seven victories have been close -- all by only one or two runs.

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Grant Dunlap: From Cardinals Pinch-Hitter To Novelist

Grant Dunlap possessed a variety skills. He was a winning coach in multiple sports, an accomplished author and a pinch-hitter deluxe for the Cardinals.

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Stan Musial Vs. Tommy Lasorda: 1954 Game Important For Both

Tom Lasorda, in his major-league debut, helped Stan Musial achieve a personal best.

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Trade Caused Enos Slaughter, Stan Musial To Burst Into Tears

Uncertain whether outfielder Enos Slaughter could adjust to being a role player for them after 13 seasons as a standout, the Cardinals decided it was better to trade him.

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Matt 'Big City' Adams Provides Big Pop For Cardinals

Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams is intriguing in many ways. For instance, he was a catcher at Slippery Rock. But, mostly, he represents something the Cardinals rarely have had in their history — a lefthanded-batting power hitter at first base.

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David Freese Increases His Total Of Three-RBI Games

Third baseman David Freese came alive with the bat on Sunday. His three RBI helped the slumping St. Louis Cardinals break their three-game losing streak with a 6-1 win over San Francisco.

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DG's 10@10: Going The Distance

Not too long after Busch Stadium III opened in downtown St. Louis at the start of the 2006 season, a couple club employees -- armed with meter sticks, measuring tape, a calculator and their own ingenuity -- went around the ballpark to construct a way to best estimate the distance of home runs. They came up with a grid that offered about three different values for each section of the ballpark. Right down to the row, they could then identify the distance traveled and judging by the way the ball arrived (liner, sky-high shot, normal parabola) they could offer a reasonable estimate.

Birdland

Best Batting Performances By A Cardinal Rookie

Everyone is atwitter (pun mostly intended) about David Freese’s performance Thursday afternoon. But the stat that most people are quoting is the Cardinal rookie third baseman’s six runs batted in; some even are noting that it’s the most RBIs for a rookie since 1925*. That’s admirable as far as it goes, but many people now realize that RBIs are largely a dependent on game circumstance and teammates. In other words, RBIs contain some noise.

Fungoes

Cardinals Leaders Of The 1950's

After the 1940's the Cardinals had nowhere to go but down. But, their down wasn;t all that bad considering for the decade of the 1950's they played above .500 ball and were in 4th place in the NL standings for the decade. Their record for the 1950's was 776-763 .504. The best team was the 1957 edition which finished 87-67 .565 -8 2nd place. The worst team was the 1955 team that was 68-86 .442 -30.5 7th place.

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Redbirds Tidbits 12-28-09

September 7, 1993 Mark Whiten hit four home runs and had 12 RBIs in one game.

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