On January 14, 1988, the Cardinals signed Bob Horner to be their new first baseman. See why Whitey Herzog initially criticized the idea of signing Horner and why general manager Dal Maxvill signed Horner anyway:
On January 14, 1988, the Cardinals signed Bob Horner to be their new first baseman. See why Whitey Herzog initially criticized the idea of signing Horner and why general manager Dal Maxvill signed Horner anyway:
On January 15, 1981, in his first year on the ballot, Bob Gibson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the only player elected on a ballot that included Don Drysdale, Gil Hodges, Harmon Killebrew, Juan Marichal, and Hoyt Wilhelm:
On January 18, 1938, Grover Cleveland Alexander, the hero of the Cardinals' first World Series championship in 1926, was elected to the Hall of Fame. See why Alexander held a special place in Cardinals history below:
On January 20, 1942, Rogers Hornsby -- widely considered baseball's greatest right-handed hitter -- was at the barbershop when he received official word that he had been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame:
On January 21, 1969, Stan Musial was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 93.2% of the vote. See what St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports editor Bob Broeg had to say about those who didn't vote for Stan:
On this date in 1968, Joe Medwick was at the insurance office where he worked when he received the call that he had been elected to the Hall of Fame in his final year on the ballot. See why Dodgers pitcher Dutch Leonard said the league should have made Medwick hit with his fists:
On this date in 1979, the Cardinals made an under-the-radar trade from minor-league pitcher John Stuper. Less than four years later, Stuper won Game 6 of the 1982 World Series:
On January 29, 2002, the Cardinals outbid the Yankees, Rangers, and Diamondbacks to sign their first Japanese-born player, So Taguchi. Cardinals fans' warm welcome made So's wife cry with joy:
