Ryne Dee Sandberg,nicknamed "Ryno",is an American former professional baseball player,coach,and manager. He played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies (1981) and the Chicago Cubs.
Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst was an American professional baseball second baseman,coach,and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB),and is largely known for his coaching,managing,and playing years with the St. Louis Cardinals. He played for 19 years with the Cardinals,New York Giants (1956–1957) and Milwaukee Braves (1957–1960),and was named to 10 All Star teams. He then managed the Cardinals from 1965 through 1976 –the second-longest managerial tenure in the team's history. Under his direction,St. Louis won the 1967 and 1968 National League pennants and the 1967 World Series,and he was named National League Manager of the Year in 1967 and 1968. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. At the time of his death,he had worn a Major League uniform for 74 consecutive years as a player,coach,or manager,and had served 67 of his 76 years in baseball with the Cardinals.
Richard Morrow Groat was an American professional baseball and basketball player who was an eight-time All-Star shortstop and two-time World Series champion in Major League Baseball. He rates as one of the most accomplished two-sport athletes in American sports history,a college All-America in baseball and basketball as well as one of only 13 to play both at the professional level.
Mark James Grudzielanek is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played for six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed. He was most recently the 2019 manager of the Charlotte Knights,the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.
Donald Eulon Kessinger is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1964 to 1979,most prominently as a member of the Chicago Cubs,where he was a six-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove Award winner. He ended his career playing for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago White Sox.
Harry William Walker was an American professional baseball player,coach and manager. Known by the nickname "Harry the Hat",he played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball between 1940 and 1955,most notably as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals with whom he won two world championships and was the 1947 National League batting champion.
Jhonny Antonio Peralta is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Cleveland Indians signed him as an amateur free agent in his native Dominican Republic in 1999,and he made his major league debut for the Indians on June 12,2003. He subsequently played for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. A solid hitter with power,Peralta has rated average defensively. He throws and bats right-handed,stands 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m),and weighs 225 pounds (102 kg).
Solomon Joseph Hemus was an American professional baseball infielder,manager,and coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. Hemus is one of a select group of big league players to have held a dual role as a player-manager.
Lynford Horbart Lary,nicknamed "Broadway",was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees,Boston Red Sox,Washington Senators,St. Louis Browns,Cleveland Indians,Brooklyn Dodgers,and St. Louis Cardinals.
Roy Frederick Smalley Jr. was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. From 1948 through 1958,Smalley played for the Chicago Cubs (1948–1953),Milwaukee Braves (1954) and Philadelphia Phillies (1955–1958). He batted and threw right-handed. In an 11-season career,Smalley was a .227 hitter with 61 home runs and 305 RBI in 872 games played. Smalley was the father of major league shortstop Roy Smalley III.
Edwin John McKean was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB),primarily for the National League's Cleveland Spiders.
Edwin Albert Brinkman was an American professional baseball player,coach and scout. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball from 1961 to 1975,most prominently as a member of the Washington Senators and the Detroit Tigers.
Thomas Joseph Thevenow was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1924 to 1938 for the St. Louis Cardinals,Philadelphia Phillies,Pittsburgh Pirates,Cincinnati Reds,and Boston Bees. Thevenow epitomized the good-fielding / weak-hitting shortstops that prevailed in the era,ending his career with a fielding percentage of .947,but a batting average of .247 while hitting only two home runs in his 15-year career. He hit two home runs in 1926,both inside-the-park home runs,and then never hit another home run in his next 12 seasons,setting a major league record of 3,347 consecutive at bats without a home run.
Carl Wayne Warwick is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1966 for the Los Angeles Dodgers,St. Louis Cardinals,Houston Colt .45s,Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs. During the 1964 World Series,he set a record by reaching base in his first four plate appearances as a pinch hitter,as he helped his Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees in seven games.
Gerald Peter Buchek was an American middle infielder and third baseman who played all or parts of seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. Buchek threw and batted right-handed,stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
James Stephen "Queenie" O'Rourke was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Highlanders in 1908,primarily as a left fielder and shortstop.
Lee Willie Tate is an American former professional baseball player. The shortstop had a 15-year (1951–1965) career in minor league baseball,appearing briefly in the Major Leagues for parts of the 1958 and 1959 seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals. Tate was born in Black Rock,Arkansas;he stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall,weighed 165 pounds (75 kg) and batted and threw right-handed.
Ronald Michael "Pop" Warner is an American professional baseball coach and former minor league manager who is the third base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). His professional career began in 1991 and its entirety has been spent in the Cardinals' organization.
Gary Alan Kolb was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder and utilityman,Kolb played all or parts of seven seasons of Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals,Milwaukee Braves,New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates. He threw right-handed,batted left-handed,stood 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall and weighed 194 lb (88 kg).
Walter Charles Shannon was an American professional baseball player,a second baseman and shortstop who appeared in parts of two seasons for the 1959–1960 St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. Born in Cleveland,Ohio,he batted left-handed,threw right-handed,stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg). He was the son of Walter G. Shannon (1907–1994),a longtime scout,director of scouting,and front office executive for the Cardinals,Cleveland Indians,Baltimore Orioles,California Angels and Milwaukee Brewers.
