George Lee"Sparky"Anderson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player,coach,and manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships,then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. Anderson was the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues. His 2,194 career wins are the sixth-most for a manager in Major League history. Anderson was named American League Manager of the Year in 1984 and 1987. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.
James Richard Leyland is an American former professional baseball player,coach and manager. He serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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.
Anthony La Russa Jr. is an American former professional baseball player,coach,and manager. His MLB career has spanned from 1963 to 2022,in several roles. He is the former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals,Oakland Athletics,and Chicago White Sox. In 33 years as a manager,La Russa guided his teams to three World Series titles,six league championships,and 13 division titles. His managerial total of 2,902 MLB wins is second only to Connie Mack's.
Colbert Dale "Toby" Harrah is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1986. Harrah played the majority of his career for the Texas Rangers franchise,including his rookie season during the team's final year as the in 1971. He also played for the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees. In 1992,he briefly served as manager of the Rangers. Harrah most recently served as the assistant hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers.
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).
JoséManuel Oquendo Contreras,nicknamed "the Secret Weapon",is a Puerto Rican former infielder and current coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He currently serves as Minor League Infield Coordinator of the St. Louis Cardinals,an organization with whom he has been affiliated since 1985. He managed the Puerto Rico national team in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics. During his playing career,Oquendo proved highly versatile defensively:he played primarily second base and shortstop,but also frequently in the outfield,and made at least one appearance at every position during his MLB playing career. Oquendo has the second-highest career fielding percentage for second basemen at .9919 (99.19%),behind only Plácido Polanco's career mark of .9927 (99.27%).
The 2006 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2006 season. The 102nd edition of the World Series,it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals;the Cardinals won the series in five games to win their tenth World Series championship. This was the third World Series meeting between the Tigers and the Cardinals,the first in 38 years. The Cardinals won the first in 1934,and the Tigers won the second in 1968;each went the full seven games.
Charles Timothy O'Leary was an American professional baseball shortstop who played eleven seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1904–1912),St. Louis Cardinals (1913),and St. Louis Browns (1934) of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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.
Ralph "Red" Kress was an American shortstop,third baseman,first baseman and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1927 through 1946,he played for the St. Louis Browns,Chicago White Sox (1932–1934),Washington Senators (1934–1936),Detroit Tigers (1939–1940) and New York Giants (1946). Kress batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Columbia,California.
David Lawrence McKay is a Canadian professional baseball coach and former second baseman and third baseman who is the first base coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins,Toronto Blue Jays,and Oakland Athletics,and has previously coached for the Athletics,St. Louis Cardinals,and Chicago Cubs. He is the father of former catcher Cody McKay.
Gary Lynn Sutherland,nicknamed "Sudsy",is an American former professional baseball middle infielder. He played college baseball at the University of Southern California and later played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB),from 1966 to 1978.
Joseph Paul Pettini is a former Major League Baseball player and the former bench coach for the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros.
Michael Dennis Kelleher is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals,Houston Astros,Chicago Cubs,Detroit Tigers,and California Angels. He coached for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Tigers,and the New York Yankees.
Stephen Bradley Dillard is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox,Detroit Tigers,Chicago Cubs,and Chicago White Sox. Dillard,a reserve infielder,played mainly as a second baseman.
Johnny Joe Lewis was an American professional baseball player,coach,scout and front-office executive. An outfielder,he appeared in 266 games in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets from 1964 to 1967. He batted left-handed,threw right-handed,and was listed as weighing 189 pounds (86 kg) and 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) in height. He was born in Greenville,Alabama.
Eugene Lawrence Roof is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder. He played during three seasons at the Major League level for the St. Louis Cardinals and Montreal Expos.
Dyar K. Miller is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach. A graduate of Utah State,Miller pitched 13 seasons in professional baseball between 1968 and 1984,including seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles,California Angels,Toronto Blue Jays,and New York Mets. After his playing career,Miller coached and instructed for 28 seasons,mainly in the minor leagues. He most recently served as the Cardinals' bullpen coach in 2012.
The St. Louis Cardinals,a professional baseball franchise based in St. Louis,Missouri,compete in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). Brewing magnate Gussie Busch's 37-year-long ownership of the club ended with his death in 1989,and his brewery,Anheuser-Busch (AB) took over. In 1995,an investment group led by Drew Baur and William DeWitt,Jr.,purchased the team and have owned the club since. Shortstop Ozzie Smith –nicknamed "The Wizard" –collected a staggering array of defensive records and awards while performing acrobatic spectacles such as somersaults and flips that mesmerized Cardinal and non-Cardinal fans alike. In 1998,Mark McGwire and the Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa collocated national attention with their chase of Roger Maris' single-season home run record of 61. In addition,McGwire also set numerous team home run records. For the 1990s,the Cardinals captured one division title and finished above .500 five times for a .488 winning percentage
