On Feb. 23, 1922, popular catcher Pickles Dillhoefer died, just five days after getting married. Here is the Post-Dispatch original story from that day.
William Dillhoefer, catcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, died at 8:25 o'clock this morning at St, John's Hospital, where he had been ill since Jan. 19.
Dillhoefer, whose home was in Cleveland, was married Jan. 14 at Mobile, Ala., to Miss Massie Slocum, a school teacher. Returning to St. Louis with his bride he became ill a few days later, and on Jan. 19 was taken to the hospital.
Dillhoefer was 28 rears old.