Cardinals History
Chicago Cubs purchased Hank Gornicki from the Cardinals in 1941.
Cardinals purchased Rocky Bridges from the Cleveland Indians in 1960.
The Chicago White Sox, in 1977, traded players to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Clay Carroll. 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.
1983- The Oakland Athletics traded Steve Baker to the St. Louis Cardinals for players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Tom Dozier (September 16, 1983) and Jim Strichek (minors) (September 16, 1983) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
The Cardinals signed Doug Bair as a free agent in 1985.
1986– The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Ken Hill to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Heath. The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Laga (September 2, 1986) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
In 2001, On Labor Day, in just his 11th start, Cardinals’ freshman hurler Bud Smith no-hits the Padres, 4-0. The 21 year-old becomes the 18th rookie to throw a no-hitter since 1900 to accomplish the feat.
Cardinals released Kevin Jarvis in 2005.
Birthdays
- Ed Konetchy 1885
- Eddie Stanky 1915
- Morrie Martin 1922
- Bill Greason 1924
Debuts
- Fred Gaiser 1908
- Bruno Betzel 1914
- Bill Schindler 1920
- Bob Vines 1924
- Bobby Tolan 1965
- John Tamargo 1976
- Jim Lentine 1978
- Neil Fiala 1981
- Gene Roof 1981
- Jim Lindeman 1986
- Ken Hill 1988
- Rich Batchelor 1993
- Eli Marrero 1997
- Luis Ordaz 1997
- Jason Motte 2008
- Sandy Alcantara 2017
Deaths
- Jack Barnett 1923
- Mike Ryan 1933
- Ed Cartwright 1935
- Tony DeFate 1963
- Marshall Bridges 1990
Tracking Musial’s Home Runs
- Stan hit career home run #34 off of Rip Sewell in 1944.
- In 1959, he connected for career #167 facing Murry Dickson of the Pirates with a 8th inning homer.