Why Enos Slaughter Was Baseball's Ageless Country Boy

At 43, Enos Slaughter, the oldest active player in the big leagues in 1959, still had the skills to be considered a difference maker to a team in a pennant race.

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Why Cardinals Dealt An Ace To Get Bill White

To acquire Bill White, the Cardinals had to give up their best pitcher.

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Asian Adventure: Cardinals Mixed Business, Pleasure In Japan

After losing their way while trying to navigate a path to the top of the 1958 National League standings, the Cardinals embarked on an odyssey of cultural awakening and confidence building.

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Play Index: Jack Flaherty Is Striking Out A Lot Of Batters Edition

Jack Flaherty struck out 13 Brewers last night in seven innings plus of one-hit, one-run ball. The Cardinals still lost, of course, because you can't give up two runs at Miller Park and expect to win apparently.

Birds On The Black

Why Cardinals Made Big Investment In Ray Sadecki

At 17, Ray Sadecki already threw with as much velocity as anyone on the Cardinals’ major-league pitching staff.

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Moe Drabowsky, Stan Musial: Special Connection

Sons of Polish fathers, Stan Musial and Moe Drabowsky reached the major leagues, played central roles in a baseball milestone and honored their heritages by helping others learn the game they loved.

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Dick LeMay: Consistent Winner In Cardinals' System

Dick LeMay was a pitcher who impressed Carl Hubbell, earned a complete-game win in his first major-league start against Bob Gibson and was the ace on Cardinals minor-league teams managed by Warren Spahn.

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How Don Choate Helped Cardinals Acquire Bill White

Along with Bob Gibson and Ray Sadecki, Don Choate was a prized pitching prospect who was projected to be in the Cardinals’ plans entering the decade of the 1960s, but he never got the chance to play for them in the regular season.
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Don Choate Dies At 79

Former East St. Louis High School star pitcher Don Choate, a right-hander who was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals and pitched one season with the San Francisco Giants, died Sunday in Fairview Heights after a battle with cancer.

Belleville News Democrat

Carlos Martinez Poised To Join 200-200 Club For Cardinals

Can Carlos Martinez reach 200 this year?

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Dodgers Dealt Aces In Cardinals' Farewell To Brooklyn

In the last game the Cardinals played in Brooklyn, they faced a pair of 21-year-old emerging aces: Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax.

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The Short, Intriguing Cardinals Career Of Frank Barnes

Perhaps the most significant achievement in the Cardinals career of pitcher Frank Barnes is that he was chosen to be the pinch-runner for Stan Musial after the St. Louis slugger got his 3,000th hit.

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The Best-Pitched Game Against The Cardinals Of All-Time

Eight pitchers have no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals. But no pitcher has ever dominated them like Corey Kluber did Wednesday night in Cleveland.

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Stan Musial's 3,000th Hit Happened 57 Years Ago Today Against The Cubs

On this day, 57 years ago, Stan "The Man" Musial smacked his 3,000th career hit. And, as an bonus for Cardinals fans on this trip down memory lane, it came against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in a 5-3 win.

Fox Sports Midwest

Putting The Cardinals' Likely Strikeout Record Into Perspective

With the Hoosier Thunderbolt, Jr.’s 11-strikeout performance Sunday in Cincinnati, Cardinal pitchers now have fanned 845 batters on the season. That puts them on pace for around 1260, which would smash the club mark of 1218 that they set last year.

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'Holy Cow! He Came Through!'

On this date in 1958, Stan Musial became the eighth player in major-league history with 3,000 career hits when he doubled in a game at Wrigley Field. Following is an excerpt about the feat from the Post-Dispatch book "Stan Musial: Baseball's Perfect Knight," as written by Dan O'Neill.

STL Today

Bill White Interview About Autobiography

Bill White, former all-star first baseman for the Cardinals, has written his autobiography in collaboration with journalist Gordon Dillow.

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Braves Offered Chuck Tanner To Cardinals

The Cardinals rejected a chance to acquire Chuck Tanner in June 1957. He made them pay a couple of months later.

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Jake Westbrook's Whiff-Fest

New St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook has been striking out NL opponents at a record pace.

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A Dozen Strikeouts For Adam Wainwright Not Enough

Adam Wainwright pitched a great game for the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night, but great wasn’t great enough.

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