March 25 in Cardinals History

The Boston Braves traded Andy High and $25,000 to the Cardinals for Les Bell in 1928.

The Cardinals purchased George Myatt in 1941 from the New York Giants.

In 1959, infielder Bill White, along with third baseman Ray Jablonski, is traded to the Cardinals by the Giants in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Don Choate and left-hander Sam Jones.

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The Cardinals purchased Leo Burke from the Los Angeles Angels in 1963. and purchased Bob Humphreys from the Detroit Tigers.

The Cardinals traded Dave Adlesh in 1969 to the Atlanta Braves for Bob Johnson.

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The Baltimore Orioles traded Tito Landrum in 1984 to the Cardinals for Oscar Brito.

 

Birthdays

  • Chappy Charles- 1881
  • Nelson Chittum- 1933
  • Mike Nagy- 1948
  • Jim Ellis- 1945
  • Miguel Meija-1975
  • Phil Maton 1993
  • Scott Hurst- 1996

 

Deaths 

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Harry Arndt – 1921

 

 

Homer Smoot received 2415 at-bats while with the Cardinals from 1902-1906. He batted .292 in 620 games and drove in 252 runs.

Died: 1928

 

Tim Griesenbeck- 1953

Joe Cunningham- 2021