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Broadcasting career Shannon's Cardinal Hall of Fame induction in 2014 In 1970, he contracted nephritis, a kidney disease, which ended his playing career. Shannon also hit the last home run in Sportsman's Park in 1966 and the first one for the Cardinals in Busch Memorial Stadium.
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In Game 7 of the 1968 World Series against the Detroit Tigers, Shannon's solo home run off Mickey Lolich was the Cardinals' only run off Lolich as the Tigers clinched the series.
In Game 3 of the 1967 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, Shannon hit a home run off Gary Bell. 266 in 156 games, with 15 home runs and 79 RBIs he finished in seventh place in voting for the NL Most Valuable Player Award, behind teammates Bob Gibson, Curt Flood, and Lou Brock, as well as Giants Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal, and Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds. He was named the National League's (NL) Player of the Month in July (.395, seven home runs, 23 RBIs). 288 in 137 games played with 16 home runs and 64 runs batted in (RBIs). He hit a game-tying two-run homer off Whitey Ford in Game 1 of the 1964 World Series against the New York Yankees, which St. Shannon played in three World Series for the Cardinals. In 1964, he became the team's regular right fielder, shifting to third base (in order to make room for the newly acquired Roger Maris) in 1967.
Shannon began his big league career with the St. His former coach Frank Broyles said that had he stayed in school, Shannon might have won the Heisman Trophy.
Baseball commentator dying alone in a hotel room professional#
Shannon, a quarterback, believed himself to be a better football player, and has said that if football players had been paid better during his era, he probably would have stayed at Missouri and sought a professional football career. Shannon attended the University of Missouri and played college baseball for the Missouri Tigers before leaving in 1958 to begin his professional baseball career after signing with Bing Devine, general manager of the St. He was the Missouri High School Player of the Year in both football and basketball his senior year and remains the only athlete to win both awards in the same year. Shannon attended grade school at Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic School and graduated from Christian Brothers College High School in 1957. Louis police officer and after getting his law degree, worked in the prosecuting attorney's office before becoming the Prosecuting Attorney for the City of St. Louis, the second-oldest of six children of Thomas A. Shannon was born on July 15, 1939, and raised in south St. Louis Lambert International Airport, which is run by his grandson, Justin VanMatre. Shannon continued to operate two Mike Shannon's Grill locations, in Edwardsville, Illinois, that closed in 2022, and at St. Louis until it closed on January 30, 2016. Shannon was the proprietor of Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood restaurant in downtown St. He was a part of the 1964 World Series and 1967 World Series champions.
Louis, Missouri, and was an integral part of some of the Cards' most successful seasons. Louis Cardinals from 1962 to 1970, and then worked as a Cardinals radio broadcaster from 1972 to 2021. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Thomas Michael Shannon (J– April 29, 2023) was an American professional baseball third baseman and right fielder. Louis CardinalsĪugust 12, 1970, for the St.
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