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Griesedieck Brothers Brewery co-sponsored Cardinals baseball prior to the purchase of the Club by Gussie Busch in 1953.
In 1965, workhorse Bob Gibson’s 20 complete games represented exactly one-half the total compiled by the entire Cardinals pitching staff that season.
Ozzie Smith hit his legendary “go crazy” home run in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series off of Dodgers pitcher Tom Niedenfuer, who was ironically born in St. Louis, Minnesota.
In 2000, St. Louis baseball writers voted Mark McGwire’s record-setting home run off Chicago’s Steve Trachsel on September 8, 1998 as the greatest moment in Cardinals baseball history.
Stan Musial and Lou Brock are the two Cardinals players who are members of the 3,000-hit club. Ironically, both players achieved their milestone hit against the Chicago Cubs. Musial hit his off Moe Drabowsky on May 13, 1958; while Brock hit his off Dennis Lamp on August 13, 1979.
