February 21 in Cardinals History

Cardinals History

2005– The St. Louis Cardinals signed Bill Pulsipher as a free agent

2006– The St. Louis Cardinals signed Josh Hancock as a free agent.

2011- The St. Louis Cardinals released Edubray Ramos.

 

Birthdays

Ted Savage  (born as Ephesian Savage on February 21, 1936 in Venice, Illinois), was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1962 to 1971. .He made his major league debut on April 9, 1962 for the Phillies in a 12-4 road win over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field and he got his final career hit, a single off Tommy John. He ended his playing career with 642 games played with a .233 average with 34 home runs and 163 runs batted in. He was a member of the Cardinals from 1965-1967.

Chad Hutchison was selected in the second round (48th overall ) of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He signed a four-year, $3.5 million contract ($2.4 million signing bonus and a $1.1 million four-year guaranteed contract) to forgo the NFL and play exclusively baseball.

Tyler Lyons   The Cardinals selected him in the ninth round in 2010, and he signed.

On August 8, 2011, he threw the first no-hitter in Palm Beach’s history, a 10–0 win over the Fort Myers Miracle. Lyons struck out eight and faced two batters over the minimum in his eighth career professional start.