1955 – The Cards sign C Walker Cooper who started his career with St. Louis in 1940.

On ,December 15 1955 — 1955 – The Cards sign C Walker Cooper who started his career with St. Louis in 1940.

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1965 – Comedian Bill Dana is named the first official mascot of the Houston Astros by Judge Hofheinz. The comic, whose signature routine is portraying a dimwitted astronaut, comments about the new ballpark “if they would build a cemetery, you’d never have to leave the place.”

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