George Sisler

Dead.

George Sisler, Hall of Famer.

One of the great left-hand hitters of all time.

Brother Dick Sispa played with the Phillies, the WizKids.

That game was Tigers at Orioles, ran in a Huggins & Scott auction.

Next item, we talked about this guy a few weeks ago on the show, Hall of Famer George Sisler.

1916 M101-4, Sporting News rookie number one, 64 graded PSA 4 that ran in an REA auction.

That's a good grade for that old of a card.

Yeah, that's good.

Now, is the Bulldog going to pick up steam, or is it another one of those weeks where nobody got the right pick? The second highest-priced item, Frank Robinson, 500th home run, ticket $5,520.

George Sisler had a romp in this one if anybody had picked him.

$8,303 in an REA auction.

For the American League, Joe DiMaggio, Tris Speaker, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson, and Carl Yastrzemski were reserve outfielders.

First base reserves, Jimmy Fox and George Sisler.

Eddie Collins and Charlie Gerringer were available for second base duty.

Third base, George Brett.

And so holding at second is Cronin, and on at first is Speaker.

Two men on, nobody out, and the score all tied up.

Scheduled to bat, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, George Sisler.

Manager McGraw decided to go to the bullpen and came up with three-time Cy Young Award winner Tom Seaver.

Shannon checking with the coach, Joe Schultz, at third base.

Coaching at first base for the Cardinals, Dick Sisler, the son of the great George Sisler.

One ball, no strike.

Here's the pitch.

Since then, the Cards have hit the jackpot in '28, '30, '31, and '34, but the Browns are still pennantless.

They came close but once, and that was in 1922, when the late Urban Shocker, the great George Sisler, Johnny Köhlbrand, Hank Severid, Baby Doll Jacobson, and other stars that year carried the Browns to within a game or so of the Yankees, who were just beginning their pennant-winning streak.

The home plate, they tell me, was originally in the southeast corner, but was swung around to the northwest corner a short time later, and in 1909 was placed in its present location in the southwest corner of the enclosure.

Recent improvements at the park include a $35,000 scoreboard out in left-center field, extending high above the bleachers, one of the finest in either league, and the $150,000 lighting system for night ball, which won't be needed this afternoon.

To continue at the current pace, Garr would hit 259 hits for the season.

The record is 257 by George Sisler set back in 1920.

Now at one-one, the pitch to Garr.

It is swung on and missed, a hard swing at a high fastball.

And that year, both St. Louis teams had 400 hitters.

George Sisler with the Browns, Rogers Hornsby with the Cards.

It was a very exciting time for St. Louis baseball, the best since the 1880s.

I mean, can you imagine growing up in St. Louis and you have not only two ball clubs, but you have two guys hitting 400.