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Chick Haley, the hard-hitting, slick-fielding Cardinals outfielder, suffered from a chrinic sinus infection as well as poor eyesight.
In the six-year period between 1941 and 1946, St. Louis averaged 101 victories per season, winning four World Series championships in that span.
When St. Louis visited Cincinnati on May 13, 1940, to replay a game originally scheduled for April 23, and postponed due to flooding, somebody neglected to inform the National League office. There were no umpires assigned to Crosley Field that day. Reds coach Jimmy Wilson and Cardinals pitcher Lon Warneke acted as substitute arbitrators until an “official” National League umpire could be contacted.
George Brunet made his last Major League stop in his well-traveled pitching career with St. Louis in 1971.
