Born in Germantown, Illinois - Schoendienst was in uniform with the Cardinals for over 30 years.

Schoendienst played in ten All-Star games and was an outstanding fielding second baseman. This St. Louis Cardinal great led the National League 2nd basemen twice in double plays, three times he led the league in putouts and in assists and six times in fielding pct.

Schoendienst hit over .300 in seven different seasons. In looking at an old 1950 edition of Who's Who book under Red's photo is this statement; "Red was a whiz-bang at second last year. Set a record for keystoners with .987; hit .297, led the team in stolen bases (8)". In the middle of the book is listed the NL leading fielders at all nine positions; here's the statement under Schoendienst's photo; "The red-hot redbird set two individual NL fielding records last year-the only one recorded for '49." "His FA of .987 was the highest ever made by a senior circuit 2nd baseman. He also set a new NL record for consecutive chances without an error-285".

Schoendienst was the hero in the 1950 All-Star game played in Chicago's Comiskey Park when he boomed a 14th inning home run for the NL. He took fielding honors again when he handled 320 consecutive chances without a misplay.

Traded to the Milwaukee Braves in 1957, the 'Redhead' helped the Braves win two pennants. He was ranked as the premier 2B during his playing days.

Schoendienst managed the Cardinals for 14 seasons, guiding them to two Pennants and a World Championship in 1967. He later coached for various Teams. He was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1989. Schoendienst career records are: .289 batting average, scored 1223 runs, hit 427 doubles, 78 triples and 84 home runs. baseballhistorian.com

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Five times he hit over .300, his high mark was .328 in 1950. In 1949, Dom DiMaggio batted safely in 34 consecutive games and had his streak end when his brother Joe made a fine running catch late in the game.

Nicknamed the "the Little Professor", Dom stood 5-9 and weighed 165 lbs. In his rookie season, 1940, he hit .298, scored 80 runs and lined 32 doubles. He proved to be a top leadoff man by walking 90 times or more in three different seasons.

Dom played in seven All-Star games and was considered the top fielding CF of the 1940's, and was often referred to as "Jesse James without a horse," because of many robberies of potential hits. Playing alongside slow footed, Ted Williams, Dom was called upon to make to make running catches towards leftfield to compensate for Ted Williams' defensive shortcomings.

In 1948, Dom set the American League record with his 503 putouts. His record stood for 29 years until Chet Lemon broke it. Among AL centerfielders, only Chet Lemon had more 400 plus-chance seasons than Dom DiMaggio.

In 1946, Dom helped the Red Sox win the AL pennant with his .316 batting average. Dom hit .328 in 1950, including 30 doubles, 11 triples and 7 home runs.

Dom DiMaggio career numbers: .298 BA in 1399 games, over 300 doubles and he scored over 1,000 runs. An eye injury forced Dom to retire from the game in 1953. baseballhistorian.com

In 1938 Vince DiMaggio's, second year in the big leagues, hit 28 doubles and 14 homers but batted only .228 and struckout a record breaking 134 times. In fact, Vince led the league six times, for striking out the most times.

Playing for Pittsburgh in 1941 thru 1944, Vince improved in his hitting. In 1941, he hit 27 doubles and 21 HR's and batted .267 and had 100 RBI's. In 1943, he pounded 41 doubles and drove in 88 runs, but each season he struckout well over 100 times. Vince was a fine fielder with a strong throwing arm. His lifetime fielding: .981. Vince DiMaggio for his career was: 1110 games, batted .249, hit over 200 D and 125 HR's. Vince fanned 837 times in 3849 at bats. Baseballhistorian.com

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In 1947, he hit .302, in 1948 Pafko batted .312 and he hit a career high 36 home runs in 1950 including three home runs in one game on August 20, 1950.

He was one of the more popular players in the Chicago area and when he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers in June of 1951, the Cubs' fans wanted to boycott Wrigley Field.

Andy Pafko helped the Dodgers win the pennant in 1952. He was traded again in 1953 to the Milwaukee Braves and helped them win two pennants. Pafko had a distinguished career which lasted 17 years, he finished with a .285 batting average, collected 1796 hits, blasted 264 D, 62 T and hit 213 HR's. Wherever Andy Pafko played he was number one with his fans. Thanks for the memories. baseballhistorian.com

Sheer determination played a large part in Brecheen's success with the Cardinals. Outfielder Terry Moore said, "It's because when he's pitching, he's the kind of guy who wouldn't even give his grandma a good ball to hit".

In 1945, Brecheen was 15-4, with a 2.52 ERA.

"Harry "the Cat" best year was 1948. He was named to his 2nd straight All-Star team and was voted on "The Sporting News" All-Star pitchers' squad. His success that year included leading the NL in winning pct with a 20-7 record, .741 pct, and led in each of the following: ERA 2.24, 7 shutouts and 149 K's.

Brecheen pitched his final year with the St. Louis Browns. When the Browns moved to Baltimore, Brecheen stayed on as the Orioles' pitching coach for 14 seasons.

Harry Brecheen's lifetime record: 133-92, pct .591, 2.92 ERA, pitched in 318 games, started 240, completed 125, hurled 25 shutouts, 1907 innings. baseballhistorian.com archives

Hilton Smith's pitching arsenal included an almost unhittable fastball and a slow off-speed breaking ball. Smith along with teammate Satchel Paige led the Kansas City Monarchs to titles every year from 1939-1942.

Hilton Smith had a resounding season in 1941, when he complied a 10-0 record.

Hilton Smith's career numbers: 72-32 in 146 games. He also had 6 wins, 1 loss against major league barnstorming teams. baseballhistorian.com

Hank Greenberg, Tigers 44... Ted Williams, Red Sox 38... Charlie Keller, Yankees 30... Pat Seerey, Indians 26... Joe DiMaggio, Yankees 25... Sam Chapman, Philadelphia A's 20... Tommy Henrich, Yankees 19... Bobby Doerr, Red Sox 18... Rudy York, Red Sox 17...

Chet Laabs, St Louis Browns 16... Jeff Heath, Browns 16... Aaron Robinson, Yankees 16... Stan Spence, Wash Senators 16... Wall Judnich, Browns 15... Roy Cullenbine, Tigers 15... Vern Stephens, Browns 14... Ken 'Kenny' Keltner, Indians 13...

Dick Wakefield, Tigers 12... Joe 'Flash' Gordon, Yankees 11... Johnny Lindell, Yankees 10... Hank Edwards, Indians 10... Nick Etten, Yankees 9... Les Fleming, Indians 8... Eddie Lake, Tigers 8...

1946 National League Home Run Leaders:

Ralph Kiner, Pirates 23... Johnny Mize, NY Giants 22... Enos Slaughter, Cardinals 18... Del Ennis, Phillies 17... Stan Musial, Cardinals 16... Ron Northey, Phillies 16... Grady Hatton, Reds 14... Jack Grahan, NY Giants 14... George 'Whitey' Kurowski, Cardinals 14...

Willard Marshall, NY Giants 13... Ernie Lombardi, Giants 12... Eddie Lukon, Reds 12... Andy Seminick, Phillies 12... Frank McCormick, Phillies 11... Buddy Blattner, NY Giants 11... Pete Reiser, Brooklyn Dodgers 11... Ed Stevens, Dodgers 10... Jim Tabor, Phillies 10...

Erv DusaK, Cardinals 9... Dixie Walker, Dodgers 9... Walter Cooper, NY Giants 8... Phil Cavarretta, Cubs 8... Frank 'Frankie' Gustine, Pirates 8... Bill Nicholson, Cubs 8... Ray Mueller, Reds 8... Danny Litwhiler, Braves 8...

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