This Date in Cardinals History
Cardinals Owner Bill DeWitt, Jr. born on this date in 1941.
Transactions History
The Cardinals selected Irv Noren off waivers in 1957 from the Kansas City Athletics.
Cardinals traded Clay Carroll to the Chicago White Sox in 1977 for players to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977), Dave Hamilton (November 28, 1977) and Silvio Martinez (November 28, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
Cardinals traded Tito Landrum to the Baltimore Orioles for Floyd Rayford in 1983.
In 1992, the Cardinals released Jose DeLeon.
The Yankees traded Rich Batchelor to the Cardinals for Lee Smith in 1993.
The Phillies sent Russell Branyan to the Cardinals as part of a conditional deal in 2007.
Birthdays
- Monte Cross 1869
- Buster Brown 1881
- Fred Gaiser 1885
- Murphy Currie 1893
- Ira Hutchinson 1910
- Mays Copeland 1913
- Danny Litwiller 1916
- Tracy Stallard 1937
- Boots Day 1947
- Stan Royer 1967
- Dennis Dove 1981
- Matt Adams 1988
Debuts
- Walter Morris 1908
- Murphy Currie 1916
- Cy Warmoth 1916
- Rowan Wick 2018
Deaths
- Roy Parmalee 1981
Tracking Musial’s Home Runs
- In 1956, he hit #348 facing Ray Crone and tied the game with a solo homer in the top of the 9th.