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Javier, Flood and Tommy Herr

Oh man, so many.

Taguchi and Kline have to be up there. I thought Orlando Palmeiro had a good season here for that one year (though he had a -.5 WAR?! The hell is that about?)

Kiko Calero...Mark Grudzielanek seemed fairly hard to replace...

TheFantasyStud wrote: ↑16 Oct 2025 12:39 pm Darth Bader
Bader Cokes
Master Bader

He had a flare. If only he had hit a little better.

Or as he said to fans on a Spring Training video - "taste some of that Baderaide".

Minnie Minoso. Was 400 years old when we got him from the White Sox and then he ran into the wall trying to make a catch right after the regular season started. So much for Minnie.

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑16 Oct 2025 13:59 pm Oh man, so many.

Taguchi and Kline have to be up there. I thought Orlando Palmeiro had a good season here for that one year (though he had a -.5 WAR?! The hell is that about?)

Kiko Calero...Mark Grudzielanek seemed fairly hard to replace...

Strummer - A ran into Mark in San Diego and asked him why he didn't re-sign with the Cardinals. He told me that
the Cardinals put a certain value on each position and they told him that second base was one of the lowest values. He said that they then "low balled" him and he moved on.

russellhammond wrote: ↑16 Oct 2025 09:57 am Bob Forsch

Forsch might be a little too good for this list. A lot of his numbers aren’t too far off from Wainwright’s.

Strummer Jones wrote: ↑16 Oct 2025 13:59 pm Oh man, so many.

Taguchi and Kline have to be up there. I thought Orlando Palmeiro had a good season here for that one year (though he had a -.5 WAR?! The hell is that about?)

Kiko Calero...Mark Grudzielanek seemed fairly hard to replace...

I really liked Calero as well. Makes the Haren for Mulder trade even harder to stomach due to his (and top prospect Daric Barton's) inclusion. I like Grudz and Tony Womack, as well as Fernando Vina before them.

Pretty much any role player on the Cardinals from 2002-2006 is gonna be high on my list. Somebody else mentioned Woody Williams, and while not a star he wasn't quite a #5 SP or role player either. I also really liked Suppan, who was much closer to a #5 SP.

But So Taguchi will forever be my favorite "non star Cardinal" and it's not particularly close.

Herr
Matheny (player not manager)
Pagnozzi
Forsch
Brian jordan
Tatis
Burger King.

Mike Tyson

Bob Tewksbury is the inspiration behind my screen name and was my favorite as a kid. He was an All Star in 1992 so I don't know if he counts. I also liked Greg Jefferies. Don't know if anyone else around here has a Bob Tewksbury and a Greg Jefferies jersey with all star patches.

He didn't do much here, but the Cardinals may not have won the 2004 pennant without Roger Cedeño who was 1.7 career WAR player but for some reason he OWNED Roger Clemens.

Mike Ramsey

Did anybody but me see Pete Kozma wipe a bugar on Daniel Descalso? Those would be my 2.

You can call me crazy or call him crazy but Brenden Ryan. He was just so confident in his defense he could play shortstop with any old glove.

scoutyjones2 wrote: ↑16 Oct 2025 09:15 am George Hendricks

Your favorite, yet you can't spell his name.

1955 - 1975:

Joe Cunningham, Vinegar Bend Mizell, Don Blasingame, Von McDaniel, Gene Green, Duke Carmel, George Crowe, Julio Gotay, Jeoff Long, Ernie Broglio, Ray Sadecki, Alex Johnson, Ed Spezio, Larry Jaster, Carl Taylor, Leron Lee, Nelson Briles, Julian Javier, Joe Hague, Ed Crosby, Scipio Spinks, Luis Melendez, Hector Cruz.