Gabby Street Stats & Facts
Gabby Street Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 71 Weight: 180 Born: 9 30, 1882 in Huntsville, AL USA Died: 2 6 1951 in Joplin, MO USA Debut: 9/13/1904 Last Game: 9/20/1931 Full Name: Charles Evard Street
Gabby Street Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 71 Weight: 180 Born: 9 30, 1882 in Huntsville, AL USA Died: 2 6 1951 in Joplin, MO USA Debut: 9/13/1904 Last Game: 9/20/1931 Full Name: Charles Evard Street
1951 – Gabby Street dies in Joplin, Missouri, at age of 67. Nicknamed “The Old Sarge”, he had a prolific baseball career as a catcher, manager, coach and play-by-play broadcaster. As a manager, Street led the St. Louis Cardinals to two National League championships and one World Championship in 1932.
Gabby Street, who led St. Louis to National League pennants in 1930 and 1931, is fired midseason by the Cardinals after the team gets off to a 46-45 start. Frank Frisch, the Redbirds second baseman, is named the player-manager of the fifth-place club, prior to a 10-1 exhibition rout of the Quincy Warriors of the Mississippi Valley League in Illinois.
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