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The starting infield for the National League in the 1963 All-Star Game was an all-Cardinals affair.
First Base: Bill White
Second Base: Julian Javier
Shortstop: Dick Groat
Thrid Base: Ken Boyer
Cardinals relief pitcher Ted Wilks went nearly three seasons without being tagged with a loss; a streak that began on September 3, 1945 and ended April 29, 1948. During that period, Wilks appeared in 77 games and was credited with 12 wins.
Third baseman Whitey Kurowski’s ninth inning home run in Game 5 of the 1942 World Series clinched an upset victory for St. Louis over the Yankees.
Hall of Famers John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson both spent a single season with the Cardinals, 1900. Reportedly, upon conclusion of the campaign, both flung their St. Louis uniforms into the Mississippi River.
Jack Clark is the only slugging Cardinals first baseman whose dramatic ninth-inning home run against the Giants catapulted St. Louis into the 1985 World Series. He also homered in his first at-bat as a Cardinals player.
