November 8 in Cardinals History

  • Major League Baseball mandates all baseball personnel coach bases must wear a helmet on the field. This came after former Cardinal Mike Coolbaugh was struck in the head coaching first base in a minor league game and died on the field (July 22, 2007).
  • Cardinals released Mike Laga in 1988.
  • The Cardinals, in 1984, granted free agency to Bruce Sutter.

 

Birthdays

  1. Mike Knode 1895
  2. Wally Westlake 1920
  3. Joe Nossek 1940
  4. John Denny 1952
  5. Nick Punto 1977

 

Deaths

  • Cupid Childs 1912
  • Joe Connor 1957
  • Ray Shepardson 1975
  • Les Backman 1975