Harry David Brecheen,nicknamed "the Cat",was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the St. Louis Cardinals. In the late 1940s,he was among the team's stars,in 1946 becoming the first left-hander ever to win three games in a single World Series,and the only pitcher ever to win consecutive World Series games. He later led the National League in several categories in 1948.
The Negro American League was one of the several Negro leagues created during the time organized American baseball was segregated. The league was established in 1937,and disbanded after its 1962 season.
The 1943 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1943 season. The 40th edition of the World Series,it matched the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees in a rematch of the 1942 World Series. The Yankees won the series in five games for their tenth championship in 21 seasons. It was Yankees manager Joe McCarthy's final World Series win. This series was also the first to have an accompanying World Series highlight film,which was shown to troops fighting in World War II.
William Walker Cooper was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1940 to 1957,most notably as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals with whom he won two World Series championships. An eight-time All-Star,Cooper was known as one of the top catchers in baseball during the 1940s and early 1950s. His elder brother Mort Cooper,also played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher.
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.
August Rodney Mancuso,nicknamed "Blackie",was an American professional baseball player,coach,scout and radio sports commentator. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals,New York Giants,Chicago Cubs (1939),Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945).
John Francis Dwyer was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Stockings (1888–1889),Chicago Pirates (1890),Cincinnati Kelly's Killers (1891),Milwaukee Brewers (1891),St. Louis Browns (1892),and Cincinnati Reds (1892–1899). He was the manager for the Detroit Tigers in 1902.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1875 throughout the world.
The 1969 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 88th season in St. Louis,Missouri and its 78th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–75 during the season and finished fourth in the newly established National League East,13 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion New York Mets.
John Harlan Lindell was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1941 to 1950 and from 1953 to 1954 for the New York Yankees,St. Louis Cardinals,Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. Lindell stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 217 pounds (98 kg);he threw and batted right-handed.
The 1956 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 75th season in St. Louis,Missouri,and its 65th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76–78 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.
The 1950 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 69th season in St. Louis,Missouri and its 59th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–75 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.
The 1943 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 62nd season in St. Louis,Missouri and the 52nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105–49 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series,they met the New York Yankees. They lost the series in 5 games.
The 1943 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 80 losses.
The 1928 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.
The 1916 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses.
The 1943 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 61st season in the history of the franchise.
