On July 15, 1967 at Busch Stadium II, Bob Gibson took a Roberto Clemente smash off his right leg in the fourth inning of the Cardinals-Pittsburgh Pirates game. Typical of Gibson, the righthander ...
Hall of Famer Lou Brock, who became baseball's premier base stealer as he helped make the St. Louis Cardinals one of the sport's dominant teams of the 1960s, died on Sunday at the age of 81.
With one more strikeout, Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray puts himself in the same company as the likes of Bob Gibson.