Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by Corbis Bettmann Getty Images Bernstein Associates Bruce Bennett Studios Dan Donovan MLB Photos Elsa FPG Focus on Sport Hulton Archive G Newman Lowrance Brad Mangin MLB Photos MLB Photos National Baseball Hall of Fame Library MLB Photos New York Times Company Photo File Louis Requena MLB Photos Josh Umphrey Tim Umphrey Ron Vesely MLB Photos Grey Villet Time Life Pictures Dilip Vishwanat Jeremy Woodhouse Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition Gilbert Sara The story of the St Louis Cardinals by Sara Gilbert p cm Baseball the great American game Includes index Summary The history of the St Louis Cardinals professional baseball team from its inaugural 1882 season to today spotlighting the team’s greatest players and most memorable moments ISBN 978-1-60818-053-0 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-023-1 eBook 1 St Louis Cardinals Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title II Title Saint Louis Cardinals III Series GV875 S74G45 2011 796 357’640977866 dc22 2010025217 CPSIA 110310 PO1381 First Edition 987654321 Page 3 Pitcher Dizzy Dean Page 4 Second baseman Skip Schumaker
Sara Gilbert BASEBALL THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME CREATIVE EDUCATION
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C a r d i n a l s 5 CONTENTS CHAPTERS Coming and Going 6 World Series and War 15 Sparks Fly in St Louis 22 Flips and Fast Feet 29 Winning Again 37 AROUND THE HORN Farming Ballplayers 12 An Unlikely Hero 21 The Gashouse Gang 24 Sharing St Louis 31 A Tale of Speed 38 Losing Their Voice 43 ALL-TIME CARDINALS P Bob Gibson 8 C Ted Simmons 13 1B Albert Pujols 14 2B Rogers Hornsby 18 3B Ken Boyer 23 SS Ozzie Smith 28 LF Stan Musial 30 CF Willie McGee 35 RF Enos Slaughter 39 M Whitey Herzog 40 Index 48
