Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page Oct 2, 1930 – At Shibe Park, game two on the World Series, Flint Rhem is a surprise starter for the St Louis Cardinals but he fails to astonish the Athletics batters. He gives up 6 earned runs in…
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page October 1, 1930 – The World Series opens with a Wednesday game at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. The defending World Champion Athletics are held to 5 hits by Burleigh Grimes. Lefty Grove limits the St Louis Cardinals to a pair…
1930 – Jesse Haines pitches the St. Louis Cards to a 10 – 5 pennant-clinching win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1930 – Brooklyn’s collapse begins. The Cardinals tie for first place when Bill Hallahan outduels Dazzy Vance, 1 – 0, in 10 innings. Flint Rhem returns to the Cardinals with an improbable story that he was kidnapped by gamblers and forced to drink bootleg whiskey.
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page May 7, 1930 – At Sportsman Park, George Watkins scores 5 runs and Chick Hafey has 5 RBI in the 9 run 5th inning as the St Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 16-11 to move out of the…
Cardinals OF Chick Hafey, with eight straight hits in his two previous games, gets two more before the Phils’ “Fidgety Phil” Collinsstops him. His 10-for-10 streak ties the National League record. The Cards win 7 – 4.
1929 – At Wrigley Field before 45,000, the Cubs top the Cardinals, 4 – 0, with Guy Bush winning over Willie Mitchell. Rogers Hornsby is 4 for 4 with two doubles, but he will go 1 for 13 in his next three games.
1928 STANDINGS National League St. Louis Cardinals 95 59 .617 — New York Giants 93 61 .604 2 Chicago Cubs 91 63 .591 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 85 67 .559 9 Cincinnati Reds 78 74 .513 16 Brooklyn Robins 77 76 .503 17.5 Boston Braves 50 103 .327 44.5 Philadelphia Phillies 43 109 .283…
1928 – In the World Series, Lou Gehrig hits two home runs to lead the New York Yankees to a 7 – 3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, giving them a 3-0 lead.
1928 – In the World Series, Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees unloads a three-run home run in the 1st inning of Game 2. Grover Cleveland Alexander, the hero of the 1926 Series between the Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals, is driven from the game in the 3rd inning as New York cruises, 9 – 3, to take a 2-1 Series lead.
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