This Day in Baseball History....

[Remembirds]

On this date in 1954, Cardinals rookie Wally Moon nearly broke a 50-year-old National League record when he stole four bases in a win over the Cubs …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/25/ ... nl-record/

[Remembirds]

Given Ozzie Smith’s long journey to becoming an above-average major-league hitter, it was no wonder that he began to cry with joy and appreciation after he tripled on this date in 1992 for his 2,000th career hit.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/03/18/ ... areer-hit/

[Remembirds]

On this date in 1975, Lou Brock hit for the cycle for the only time in his Hall of Fame career ...

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/09/ ... he-cycle/

[Remembirds]

When the Cardinals traded Vinegar Bend Mizell and Dick Gray to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Julian Javier and Ed Bauta, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports editor Bob Broeg had three questions: Why couldn’t the Cardinals get more for Mizell? Who was going to pitch for the Cardinals now? And who in the world was Javier?

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2024/01/23/ ... an-javier/

[Remembirds]

When the first inning of Paul DeJong’s major league debut rolled around, the 23-year-old shortstop wasn’t even in the stadium.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/16/ ... ue-at-bat/

[Remembirds]

By the time Oscar Taveras made his major-league debut on May 31, 2014, it was almost impossible for expectations to get any higher. Then he homered in his big-league debut …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2022/09/30/ ... gue-debut/

[Remembirds]

On this date in 2004, a muscle strain that literally took Mike Matheny’s breath away opened the door for Yadier Molina to make his MLB debut …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2020/10/18/ ... ebut-game/

[Remembirds]

On June 4-5, 2011, Albert Pujols hit back-to-back walk-off home runs to lift the Cardinals to consecutive wins over the Cubs …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/01/09/ ... -the-cubs/

[Remembirds]

Whitey Herzog wasn’t certain exactly what caliber of pitcher he was receiving when he traded for Joaquin Andujar in 1981, but he did know one thing – the Cardinals were getting a personality unlike any they’d ever seen.

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/19/ ... n-andujar/

[Remembirds]

See why the Cardinals traded Ken Oberkfell in June 1984 …

https://www.stlredbirds.com/2021/05/31/ ... jorgensen/