August 12 in Cardinals History

  • Branch Rickey and Rogers Hornsby get in a cursing match in 1923 over baseball strategy. Later in the year, Hornsby claims he is too ill to play and Rickey gives him a five-day suspension.
  • Stan Musial goes 4-for-4 in a 1946 game against the Cubs and also has 12 hits in his last 12 at-bats. 
  • In 1963, Stan Musial announces his retirement
  • The Cardinals purchased Dick Billings from the Texas Rangers in 1974. 
  • The Oakland Athletics, in 1977,  traded Randy Scarbery to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Dunning.
  •  Cardinals released Ron Mahay in 2011. 

Birthdays

  • Ellis Burton 1936
  • Gene Stechschulte 1973
  • Luis Ordaz 1975

Debuts

  • Stu Miller 1952
  • Tom Heitzelman 1973
  • Brian Barber 1995
  • Patrick Wisdom 2018

Deaths

  • Paul McSweeney 1951
  • Mike O’Neill 1959
  • Lew Riggs 1975
  • George Lyons 1981
  • Enos Slaughter 2002

Tracking Musial’s Home Runs

  • In 1949, he hit career home run #129  with a solo homer facing Tiny Bonham of the Pirates.

Bob Gibson’s Complete Games

  • He pitched complete game #183 in 1970 with a 5-4 win over the Padres 14IP/13H/4ER/2BB/13K.