1953 – St. Louis Cardinals owner Fred Saigh is found guilty of income tax evasion and is sentenced to a fifteen-month jail term. He plans to sell the club. Cardinals Vice President William Walsingham, Jr., is the acting president until Saigh can divest himself of his stock.

1953 – St. Louis Cardinals owner Fred Saigh is found guilty of income tax evasion and is sentenced to a fifteen-month jail term. He plans to sell the club. Cardinals Vice President William Walsingham, Jr., is the acting president until Saigh can divest himself of his stock.