January 22 in Cardinals History

In 1945, Stan “The Man” Musial enlists in the military and will miss the entire season. The Cardinals recall Albert “Red” Schoendienst to replace him and also give him uniform #6 to wear for the season.
The New York Mets traded Yudith Ozorio (minors), Erik Hiljus and Eric Ludwick to the Cardinals for Bernard Gilkey in 1996.

Birthdays

Ed Murphy 1877– a left-handed pitcher that won 25 games and lost 25 games in his career. Made his debut in 1898 with the Phillies and finished on September 19.1903 with the Cardinals.
John Mercer 1892 and played in one game on June 25, 1912. He had one at-bat and no hits for his major league career.
Diomedes Olivo 1919 – February 15, 1977) The left-handed pitcher appeared in 85 Major League Baseball pitched over all or part of three seasons between 1960 and 1963 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals..
Bobby Young 1925 played all or part of eight years in Major League Baseball, primarily as a second baseman. He played most of his career for the St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles franchise.
Johnny Bucha 1925 made his MLB debut in 1948 with the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1952 he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the Rule 5 draft. His career consisted of 205 at-bats with one home runs and 15 runs batted in.