Ernest Gilbert Broglio was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball from 1959 to 1966.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1964 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1963 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1962 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1961 throughout the world.
Harry Francis Craft was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Born in Ellisville,Mississippi,he was a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937 to 1942. Craft attended Mississippi College,threw and batted right-handed,stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
The following are the baseball events of the year 1956 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1958 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1957 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1952 throughout the world.
Harold Wayne Smith was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 879 games in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1964 —mostly as a catcher,but also as a third baseman and first baseman. Smith played with five different MLB teams but is most notable for his integral role during the 1960 World Series as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Bobby Gene Tiefenauer was an American professional baseball player and coach. A knuckleball relief pitcher,he pitched for six Major League teams during a ten-year MLB career that stretched between 1952 and 1968:the St. Louis Cardinals,Cleveland Indians,Houston Colt .45s (1962),Milwaukee Braves (1963–65),New York Yankees (1965) and Chicago Cubs (1968). Tiefenauer was born in Desloge,Missouri;he threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).
The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 83rd season in St. Louis,Missouri and its 73rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93–69 during the season and finished first in the National League,edging the co-runners-up Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies by one game each on the last day of the regular-season to claim their first NL pennant since 1946. They went on to win the World Series in 7 games over the New York Yankees. This is the first season that the team wore their now famous red cap.
Irving Arnold Noren was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1950 through 1960 for the Washington Senators,New York Yankees,Kansas City Athletics,St. Louis Cardinals,Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also played for the National Basketball League's Chicago American Gears in 1946–47. Later in his baseball career,Noren was a minor league manager and the third-base coach of the 1972–73 World Series champion Oakland Athletics. As a player and coach between 1950 and 1975,Noren was a member of five world championship teams. The last surviving member of the 1952 World Series champion Yankees,he died at his home in Oceanside,California,on November 15,2019,at age 94.
The 1962 Houston Colt .45s were an expansion team in American Major League Baseball's National League,and 1962 was the first season in franchise history. Harry Craft was Houston's first manager. The .45s finished eighth among the National League's ten teams with a record of 64–96,36+1⁄2 games behind the league champion San Francisco Giants.
Douglas Horace Clemens is an American former professional baseball outfielder,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1960–1968 for the Chicago Cubs,Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. During Clemens’playing days,he stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall,weighing 180 pounds (82 kg). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
The 1964 Major League Baseball season was played from April 13 to October 15,1964. This season is often remembered for the end of the New York Yankees' third dynasty,as they won their 29th American League Championship in 44 seasons. However,the Yankees lost the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. As of 2023,the Cardinals are the only National League team to have an edge over the Yankees in series played (3–2),amongst the non-expansion teams,despite holding a losing record in World Series games against them (13–15).
Paul Louis Toth was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher,he appeared in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1964 for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. He was born in McRoberts,Kentucky,grew up in Youngstown,Ohio,and was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg).
John Charles Anderson was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 24 games during parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball between 1958 and 1962 for the Philadelphia Phillies,Baltimore Orioles,St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Colt .45s. His professional career spanned 472 games and 16 seasons,from 1952 to 1967,most of which were spent in the minor leagues.
Wilmer Ebert Shantz was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He appeared in 131 Major League Baseball (MLB) games,130 of them for the 1954–55 Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics and one for the 1960 New York Yankees. His older brother,Bobby,a left-handed pitcher,played in the Majors for 16 seasons (1949–64) and was the Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1952. In contrast to his diminutive brother Bobby,who stood 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall,Billy Shantz was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg). He batted and threw right-handed.
