August 27 in Cardinals History

  • The Cardinals released Flint Rhem in 1936.
  • The Cardinals, in 1972, traded Matty Alou to the Oakland Athletics for Stephen Easton (minors) and Bill Voss.
  • The Cardinals released Ray Burris in 1986.

Birthdays

  • Ed Biecher 1875
  • Hal Janvrin 1892
  • Phil Collins 1901
  • Emil Verban 1915
  • Peanuts Lowrey 1917
  • Joe Cunningham 1931
  • Jim King 1932
  • Ernie Broglio 1935
  • Mike Maddux 1961
  • Willie Smith 1967
  • Patrick Wisdom 1991

Debuts

  • John Martin 1980

 

Deaths

  • Wille Crawford 2004
  • Johhny Lindell 1985
  • Charlie Shields 1953
  • She Donahue 1947
  • Cy Alberts 1917

Tracking Musial’s Home Runs

  • In 1949, he hit #1434and #135 off Dave Kosko  with solo homers in the 1st and 4th innings.
  • In 1950, he hit two more with #164 facing Dan Bankhead and #165 off Billy Loes.
  • Elroy Face surrendered a walk-off to Stan for career #426 against the Pirates. 

Bob Gibson’s Complete Games

In 1979, he threw complete game #185 with a 4-1 win over the Giants 9IP/8H/1R/2BB/8K