This is the eighth in a series of stories profiling the eight modern candidates on the Cardinals' 2015 Hall of Fame ballot.
There are few who know Steve Carlton better than Tim McCarver. Of the 741 times Carlton took the mound in a Major League game, McCarver was behind the plate for 236 of them -- nearly 100 more than any other player who caught the Hall of Fame hurler.
They shared the field for 12 seasons in St. Louis and Philadelphia. When Carlton shied away from the media and refrained from talking to reporters, McCarver became somewhat of a de facto spokesperson for the lefty.