August 7 in Cardinals History

 

• The Brooklyn Robins purchased Bill Steele from the Cardinals in 1914.
• The Yankees, in 1973, traded Ken Crosby and cash to the Cardinals for Wayne Granger.

 

Birthdays

• Clarence Heise 1907
• Rocky Bridges 1927
• Jerry McNertney 1936
• Charlie Chant 1951
• Rich Croushore 1970
• Edgar Renteria 1976

 

NO DEBUTS

 

Deaths

• Moose Baxter 1976
• Jimmy Cooney 1991
• Mickey McDermott 2003

Tracking Musial’s Home Runs

• #242 of his career came in 1953 facing Ruben Gomez of the NY Giants.
• In 1959, he hit another facing Ruben Gomez for #408 which was a walkoff 2-run homer.
• Stan smashed a 3-run homr in 1961 for #440 facing Ken Johnson of the Reds. 

Bob Gibson’s Complete Games

• In 1970, he pitched CG #178 with a 2-1 win over the Expos with 9IP/5H/0ER/2BB/10K.

 

Walk-Off Winners

• Big day for this as they happened in 1971, 1972, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2005.