{"product_id":"the-1934-st-louis-cardinals-the-world-champion-gas-house-gang-paperback","title":"The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals: The World Champion Gas House Gang - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles F. Faber\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRuss Lake\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLen Levin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1934 St. Louis Cardinals were one of the most colorful crews ever to play the National Pastime. Sportswriters delighted in assigning nicknames to the players, based on their real or imagined qualities. What a cast of characters it was  None was more picturesque than Pepper Martin, the \"Wild Horse of the Osage,\" who ran the bases with reckless abandon, led his team-mates in off- the-field hi-jinks, and organized a hillbilly band called the Mississippi Mudcats. He was quite a baseball player, the star of the 1931 World Series and a significant contributor to the 1934 championship. The harmonica player for the Mudcats was the irrepressible Dizzy Dean. Full of braggadocio, Dean delivered on his boasts by winning 30 games in 1934, the last National League hurler to achieve that feat. Dizzy and his brother Paul accounted for all of the Cardinal victories in the 1934 World Series. Some writers tried to pin the moniker Daffy on Paul, but that name didn't fit the younger and much quieter brother. The club's hitters were led by the New Jersey strong boy, Joe \"Ducky\" Medwick, who hated the nickname, preferring to be called \"Muscles.\" Presiding over this aggregation was the \"Fordham Flash,\" Frankie Frisch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRounding out the club were worthies bearing such nicknames as Ripper, \"Leo the Lip,\" Spud, Kiddo, Pop, Dazzy, Ol' Stubblebeard, Wild Bill, Buster, Chick, Red, and Tex. Some of these were aging stars, past their prime, and others were youngsters, on their way up. Together they comprised a championship ball club.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Gas House Gang was the greatest baseball club I ever saw. They thought they could beat any ballclub and they just about could too. When they got on that ballfield, they played baseball, and they played it to the hilt too. When they slid, they slid hard. There was no good fellowship between them and the opposition. They were just good, tough ballplayers.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Cardinals infielder Burgess Whitehead on \"When It Was A Game,\" HBO Sports, 1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroductory Articles\u003cbr\u003eBrief History of the pre-1934 Cardinals by Parker J. Bena\u003cbr\u003eAssembling the Team by John J. Watkins \u003cbr\u003eSportsman's Park by Scott Ferkovich \u003cbr\u003eSt. Louis in 1934 by Eric Aron \u003cbr\u003e1934 St. Louis Cardinals Season Timeline \u003cbr\u003eThe Cardinals in the 1934 Pennant Race by Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eThe 1934 World Series by Matthew Silverman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Players\u003cbr\u003eTex Carleton by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eRipper Collins by Cort Vitty\u003cbr\u003ePat Crawford by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eKiddo Davis by Don Harrison\u003cbr\u003eSpud Davis by Andy Sturgill\u003cbr\u003eDizzy Dean by Joseph Wancho\u003cbr\u003ePaul Dean by Paul Geisler\u003cbr\u003eBill DeLancey by Thomas Ayers\u003cbr\u003eLeo Durocher by Jeffrey Marlett\u003cbr\u003eFrankie Frisch by Fred Stein\u003cbr\u003eChick Fullis by Jack Morris\u003cbr\u003eBurleigh Grimes by Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eJesse Haines by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eBill Hallahan by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Healy by Greg Erion\u003cbr\u003eClarence Heise by J.G. Preston\u003cbr\u003eJim Lindsey by Alan Cohen\u003cbr\u003ePepper Martin by Norm King\u003cbr\u003eJoe Medwick by Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eBuster Mills by Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eJim Mooney by Charlie Weatherly and Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eGene Moore by Greg Erion\u003cbr\u003eErnie Orsatti by Lawrence Baldassaro\u003cbr\u003eFlint Rhem by Nancy Snell Griffith\u003cbr\u003eLew Riggs by Bob Webster\u003cbr\u003eJack Rothrock by Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003eDazzy Vance by Charles F. Faber\u003cbr\u003eBill Walker by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eBurgess Whitehead by C. Paul Rogers III\u003cbr\u003eJim Winford by Clayton J. Trutor\u003cbr\u003eRed Worthington by Jimmy Keenan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExecutives\u003cbr\u003eSam Breadon by Mark Armour\u003cbr\u003eBill DeWitt by Dwayne Isgrig\u003cbr\u003eBranch Rickey by Andy McCue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoaches\u003cbr\u003eMike Gonzalez by Joseph Girard\u003cbr\u003eBuzzy Wares by Charles F. Faber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSABR is the Society for American Baseball Research, a group of over 6,000 enthusiasts about the game of baseball whose research interests range from the game's history to statistical analysis, records, cultural impact, and more. The BioProject is a SABR effort to research, write, and publish biographies of every player--and every person--ever connected with organized baseball. Anyone with a love of baseball can join SABR and become a part of these efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712608669759,"sku":"9781933599731","price":26.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9ce801b8886390d5e21c8a74ee586e7d.webp?v=1765062129","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-1934-st-louis-cardinals-the-world-champion-gas-house-gang-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}