July 4 in Cardinals History

The Cardinals traded Dave Brain to the Pittsburgh Pirates for George McBride in 1905.
The Cardinals, in 1907, purchased Harry Wolter from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1945- Augie Bergamo, outfielder, collects 10 hits in a doubleheader sweep at the Polo Grounds.
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Toby Atwell in 1956 from the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinals traded Jim Willoughby to the Boston Red Sox for Mario Guerrero in 1975.
In 2000, Keith McDonald becomes the 3rd player in Cardinals history to homer in his first career at-bat. He joins Eddie Margan and Wally Moon on the list.
Cardinals released Tomo Ohka in 2007.
Cardinals sent John Nelson, in 2007, to the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.
Albert Pujols hits his 300th career home run vs the Chicago Cubs in 2008.

Birthdays

in 1950, he hit #156 against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning with a 2-run homer facing Johnny Schmitz.
In the same game in 1950, he hit #157 with a 3-run home run off Bob Ruh of the Cubs in the 3rd inning.
With the Cardinals ahead 4-2 on the 7th inning, Stan hit a solo homer for career #371 facing Dick Littlefield.
#439 came against Philadelphia in 1961 with 2-run HR with Jack Baldshaw on the hill.

George Hendrick smashed a one-out home run in the 10th inning for a 1-0 walk-off against the Phillies.

Gibby fact -OTD (1969): Bob Gibson’s 53 game streak in which he finished the inning he started ends. He is removed in the 10th after allowing 2 runs following an RBI 2B by Billy Williams and an RBI 1B by Ron Santo. The loss would be Gibby’s 2nd consecutive start with a 3-1 loss to Cubs.