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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How Cardinals Made Pitch To Sign Mike Shannon

Mike Shannon was a divine prospect in baseball and football, but when the time came for him to choose a career path in one of the sports, it put the Devines at odds with one another.

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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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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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Cardinals Celebrate No.2's Seven Decades In Majors

It began on April 17, 1945. On that day, when Albert “Red” Schoendienst made his major league debut for the Cardinals, he went one for three, a triple to right, at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. As a left fielder, Schoendienst was charged with an error when he couldn’t hang on to a slicing liner off the top of his glove by lefthanded-batting Cubs star Phil Cavaretta.

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Tony LaRussa, Red Schoendienst Reflect On Cardinals Tradition

There sat 2,449 Cardinals wins. There sat three Cardinals World Series championships. There sat the two winningest managers in Cardinals history.

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Hall Of Famers Still Contributing In St. Louis

It’s been nearly 20 years since the youngest of them last played an inning, but the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famers are continuing to make a difference on the field for their team.

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