Rookie pitcher Johnny Stuart hurled a pair of complete-game victories against the Braves at Boston on July 10, 1923. Stuart would only win a total of 20 games for the Cardinals in his four-year Major League career. The following season, another Cardinal rookie, Hi Bell, would accomplish the same feat; the last time it’s been done in Major League Baseball.
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Joe Schultz, Sr. was a Cardinal from 1919 – 1924. His son bearing the same name (Joe Schultz, Jr.) was also a Cardinal from 1963 – 1968.
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The Cardinals 18-0 drubbing of Cincinnati on June 10, 1944 was so decisive that two Reds pitchers who appeared in the game never pitched in the Major Leagues again, and a third, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall, did not return to Major League Baseball until 1952.
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Von McDaniel, the Cardinals pitcher who despite having his career shortened due to a sore arm, made his Major League debut on June 21, 1957 by shutting out the Dodgers on two hits less than a month after graduating high school.
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Jose Oquendo became the first position player in 20 years to earn a pitching decision when he was tagged with the loss in the 19th inning of a 7-5 decision to Atlanta on May 14, 1988. The last time this occured was on August 25, 1968, when Rocky Colavito earned the win in a game against Detroit.
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