
Bill DeWitt
(The sound of knocking on an office door)
“Come in.”
“Sir,…

Jim Mooney
Although he recorded a surprising six straight victories (and…

Tex Carleton
With a graceful and deceptive side-arm delivery, Tex Carleton…

Sam Breadon
In the long and successful history of the St. Louis Cardinals…

Jim Lindsey
Jim Lindsey made a name for himself pitching for semipro teams…

Spud Davis
Suggesting that a player was not good enough to make the 1927…

Jesse Haines
The only St. Louis Cardinal to play on the first five National…

Ripper Collins
Ruggedly handsome with dark wavy hair, an engaging smile and…

Joe Medwick
Ten times he was named to the National League All-Star team;…

Bill DeLancey
As a 22-year-old Bill DeLancey caught every inning of the 1934…

Buster Mills
Born as Colonel Buster Mills, this outfielder-turned-soldier…

Pepper Martin
The only thing a team with players named Dizzy, Ducky, and…

Kiddo Davis
If the fates had been kinder to George “Kiddo” Davis, he…

Pat Crawford
Pat Crawford was a reluctant professional baseball player.…

Mike Gonzalez
Miguel González enjoyed a long and prolific career as a major-league…

Francis Healy
Over the years, there has been no shortage of adjectives to…

Bill Hallahan
Considered one of the hardest throwers of his era, two-time National…

Dizzy Dean
Frankie Frisch may have been playing possum, or just being coy.…
Leo Durocher
From his birth in 1905, in West Springfield, Massachusetts,…

Chick Fullis
There may have been no one more surprised to find Chick Fullis…

Clarence Heise
Clarence “Lefty” Heise had an extremely brief major-league…

Paul Dean
As a rookie in the season that he turned 21, Paul Dean threw…

Frankie Frisch
Frankie Frisch, the 35-year-old manager and second baseman of…

Burleigh Grimes
Burleigh Arland Grimes, who pitched in four games for the St.…