You have some excellent answers here, however .. Pedro Guerrero was 2nd in MVP voting his first full season in St. Louis, and was one of the best hitters in MLB that entire decade.
Your Favorite NON STAR Cardinal?
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First of all the criteria is "Non Star" and given that few people outside of St. Louis and many within wouldn't even recognize the name then the appellation of "Non Star" is more than appropriate. Secondly, outside of his two no-hitters, his career numbers are nowhere close to Wainwright.CorneliusWolfe wrote: ↑16 Oct 2025 14:24 pmForsch might be a little too good for this list. A lot of his numbers aren’t too far off from Wainwright’s.
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Myself
Jose Jiminez
Placedo Polanco
Shawon Dunston
Felix Jose
Jose Deleon
Jose Jiminez
Placedo Polanco
Shawon Dunston
Felix Jose
Jose Deleon
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I said, “a lot” of his numbers aren’t “too far” off.russellhammond wrote: ↑17 Oct 2025 21:03 pmFirst of all the criteria is "Non Star" and given that few people outside of St. Louis and many within wouldn't even recognize the name then the appellation of "Non Star" is more than appropriate. Secondly, outside of his two no-hitters, his career numbers are nowhere close to Wainwright.CorneliusWolfe wrote: ↑16 Oct 2025 14:24 pmForsch might be a little too good for this list. A lot of his numbers aren’t too far off from Wainwright’s.
Strikeouts are the only glaring difference but didn’t seem to affect the bottom line much. Forsch didn’t throw to Yadi either.
Bob Forsch Adam Wainwright
Years Pitched 16 18
Games Pitched 498 478
Games Started 422 411
Wins 168 200
ERA 3.76 3.53
Strikeouts 1,133 2,202
Innings Pitched 2,794 2,668
WHIP 1.29 1.24
No-Hitters 2 0
WS Titles 1 1
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I really enjoyed watching John Tudor pitch, but he probably counts as a star, albeit sorta briefly... Ken Dayley was a very underrated 8th inning guy i liked. and of course the tragic downfall of the much-talented Rick Ankiel. ( He looked a lot like Blake Snell when he first arrived, then suddenly couldn't throw strikes).. as far as hitters go, David Eckstein was a very solid SS who rarely struck out, often very lengthy at bats.
Re: Your Favorite NON STAR Cardinal?
Bill Doak.