News broke Wednesday night that Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst had died at the age of 95. Schoendienst’s place in Cardinal history is up there with Stan Musial; it doesn’t get higher than that.
He’s currently fourth on the all-time games played as a Cardinal with 1,795 games and has the sixth most hits in Cardinal history (1,980). He also managed them for 1999 games winning with a .522 winning percentage (1041-955.)
Bernie Miklasz wrote a wonderful piece about the Redhead for the Athletic (subscription highly recommended) that’s worth reading.