Lou Brock Day : St Louis Cardinals

1979-Sep-09 St Louis - Busch Stadium

Lou Brock Day - Jersey Retirement #20

Montreal Expos 4 - 1 St Louis Cardinals

Lou Brock 0-2 (2BB)

MON RBI: Rodney Scott, Larry Parrish, Gary Carter (HR), Ellis Valentine

STL RBI: Ted Simmons (HR)

Pitching – MON: Rudy May (W 5.22-innings) STL Pete Vuckovich (L 7-innings)

At the end of the 1979 season, Brock was named the National League Comeback Player of the Year — the first player to be so named in his final Major League season 

Lou Brock

1979-Aug-13  St Louis – Busch Stadium\

Chicago Cubs 2 – 3 St Louis Cardinals

Lou Brock 2-2 (3,000 hit)

CHC RBI: Mike Vail, Larry Bittner

STL RBI: Gary Templeton, George Hendrick, Keith Hernandez

Pitching – CHC: Willie Hernandez (L 2.1-innings) STL Mark Littell {L 2-innings)

Hall of Fame - 1985 : Brock, Wilhelm, Vaughn, Slaughter

1985-Jan-07 New York, NY

Hoyt Wilhelm and Lou Brock were selected for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America

1985-Mar-06 New York NY

The Veteran's Committee would add Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughn

 

1985-Jul-28 Cooperstown NY

Lou Brock - 1961-1979

Chicago Cubs; St Louis Cardinals

Enos Slaughter - 1938-1959

St Louis Cardinals; New York Yankees; Kansas City Athletics; Milwaukee Braces

St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

Hoyt Wilhelm - 1952-1972

New York Giants; St Louis Cardinals; Cleveland Indians; Baltimore Orioles; Chicago White Sox; California Angels; Atlanta Braves; Chicago Cubs; Los Angeles Dodgers

Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame

Arky Vaughan - 1932-1948

Pittsburgh Pirates; Brooklyn Dodgers

Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame

Stampsmith cachet

Lou Brock - Stolen Base Record

Aug 29, 1977 San Diego Stadium, San Diego, Ca

Padres defeat the Cardinals 4-3

Lou Brock played 19 years in the majors. Chicago Cubs (1961-1964) St Louis Cardinals (1964-1979)

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and the St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame 2014

Brock was known for his ability to steal a base, breaking Ty Cobb's All-time career record of 892, and Maury Wills' single season record in 1974 with 118. Brock would finish his career with 938 stolen bases

• 6-time All-star
• 8-time National League Stolen Base leader
• National League singles leader (1972)
• runner-up for NL Most Valuable Player (1974)
• Roberto Clemente Award (1975)
• 3,000 hits (1979)
• St Louis Cardinals #20 retired

Roberto Clemente - 1984

 

DBD cachets - 3000 Hits