Replacing injured Fernando Vina, the 5-foot-11, 170-pound Hart would wind up hitting .277, with promise that he would be a regular in 2004. But he wasn’t. He had trouble both offensively and defensively in spring training and the Cardinals moved late in the spring to acquire Tony Womack, who became the regular second baseman. Hart had 13 at-bats with two hits in the regular season, his last with the Cardinals or anybody else in the majors as he went back to Memphis.
Now, here comes 5-10 Edman up from Memphis. He isn’t hitting in the .400s or even .