Howard Bruce Sutter was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1976 and 1988. He was one of the sport's dominant relievers in the late 1970s and early 1980s,making effective use of the split-finger fastball. A six-time All-Star and 1982 World Series champion,Sutter recorded a 2.83 career earned run average and 300 saves,the third-most in MLB history at the time of his retirement. Sutter won the National League's (NL) Cy Young Award in 1979 as its top pitcher,and won the NL Rolaids Relief Man Award four times. He became the only pitcher to lead the NL in saves five times.
Lee Arthur Smith is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams. Serving mostly as a relief pitcher during his career,he was a dominant closer,was the first pitcher to reach 400 saves,and held the major league record for career saves from 1993 until 2006,when Trevor Hoffman passed his total of 478. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2019 by the Today's Game Era Committee.
Charles Henry "Chinski" Root was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns and the Chicago Cubs between 1923 and 1941. Root batted and threw right-handed. He holds the club record for games,innings pitched,and career wins with 201.
Shawon Donnell Dunston is an American former professional baseball player. A shortstop,Dunston played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1985 through 2002. On January 13,2023,he was selected as a member of the 2023 class of the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame.
Todd Roland Worrell is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball,serving as those teams' closer for most of his seasons from 1985 through 1997. During his playing career,Worrell was a three-time National League (NL) All-Star.
Juan Ramón Pizarro a.k.a. "Terín" was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He played for 18 seasons on 9 teams,from 1957 through 1974. In 1964,he won 19 games (19–9) and pitched 4 shutouts for the Chicago White Sox. He was selected for the Major League All-Star Baseball game in 1963 and 1964.
Richard William Tidrow was an American professional baseball pitcher and the senior vice president of player personnel and senior advisor to the general manager for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
The Cardinals–Cubs rivalry,also called the Route 66 rivalry and The I-55 rivalry,refers to the rivalry between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs of the National League (NL),one of the most bitter rivalries in Major League Baseball and in all of North American professional sports. The Cardinals have won 19 NL pennants,while the Cubs have won 17. However,the Cardinals have a clear edge when it comes to World Series success,having won 11 championships to the Cubs' three. Games between the two clubs see numerous visiting fans in either St. Louis's Busch Stadium or Chicago's Wrigley Field. When the NL split into two divisions in 1969,and later three divisions in 1994,the Cardinals and Cubs remained together.
Bertram Ray Burris is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB),and the current rehabilitation pitching coordinator in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He played in MLB from 1973 through 1987 for seven different teams. Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 200 pounds (91 kg),he threw and batted right-handed.
William Holland Caudill is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Caudill was one of the top closers in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1982 to 1985.
Fred Toney was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs,Cincinnati Reds,New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals from 1911 to 1923. His career record was 139 wins,102 losses,and a 2.69 earned run average. Toney twice won 20 games in a season and also led the National League in saves in 1918.
Roy Justin Thomas is an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Houston Astros,St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners in all or parts of eight seasons spanning 1977–1987. Listed at 6' 5" and 215 pounds,Thomas batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Quantico,Virginia.
Guy Terrell Bush was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball,nicknamed "the Mississippi Mudcat".
Robert Lane Miller was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1957 to 1974. Miller played for three World Series champions:the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers,1965 Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates—five league champions and four division winners,as well as for four teams that lost 100 or more games in a season.
Roy Lee Jackson is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the New York Mets,Toronto Blue Jays,San Diego Padres,and Minnesota Twins across 10 seasons.
John Alexander Lamabe was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He was a member of the 1967 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. Following his playing career,Lamabe became a minor league coach with the Montreal Expos before becoming a very successful college baseball coach with Jacksonville University and Louisiana State University.
The 1976 Chicago Cubs season was the 105th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise,the 101st in the National League and the 61st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 75–87.
The 1990 Major League Baseball season saw the Cincinnati Reds upset the heavily favored Oakland Athletics in the World Series,for their first title since 1976.
Andrew Viggo Hansen,Jr.,nicknamed "Swede",was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In a nine-season career,he played for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies. Hansen was officially listed as standing 6 feet 3 inches (191 cm) and weighing 185 pounds (84 kg). He was nicknamed Swede despite being of Danish ancestry,according to The Sporting News' Baseball Register.
The 2023 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 142nd season for the St. Louis Cardinals,a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis,Missouri. It was the 132nd season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 18th at Busch Stadium III. They entered the season as the defending NL Central champions.
