Lou Brock

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Lou Brock was a Hall of Fame left fielder renowned as one of baseball’s greatest base stealers, starring primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s and 1970s.

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instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Major League Baseball player
human
professional baseball player
AllStarSelection 6
bats left
battingAverage .293
burialPlace Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
careerHits 3023
careerHomeRuns 149
careerRunsBattedIn 900
careerRunsScored 1610
careerStolenBases 938
causeOfDeath complications from multiple myeloma
collegeTeam Southern Jaguars baseball
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1939-06-18
dateOfDeath 2020-09-06
education Southern University and A&M College
familyName Brock
fullName Louis Clark Brock
givenName Louis
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameInductionYear 1985
hallOfFameVotePercentage 79.75%
heldRecordFor most career stolen bases in MLB
jerseyNumber 20
knownFor base stealing
leadoff hitting
speed on basepaths
league National League
MLBdebutDate 1961-09-10
MLBdebutTeam Chicago Cubs
numberRetiredBy St. Louis Cardinals
placeOfBirth El Dorado, Arkansas
surface form: El Dorado, Arkansas, United States
placeOfDeath St. Louis, Missouri, United States
playedFor Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
positionPlayed left fielder
primaryTeam St. Louis Cardinals
religion Christianity
retirementYear 1979
sexOrGender male
singleSeasonStolenBaseRecord 118
singleSeasonStolenBaseRecordYear 1974
team St. Louis Cardinals
throws left
WorldSeriesChampion 1964
1967
1968 National League pennant winner
yearsActiveMLB 1961–1979

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1967 World Series notablePlayer Lou Brock
1964 World Series notablePlayer Lou Brock
Cardinals hallOfFamePlayer Lou Brock
subject surface form: St. Louis Cardinals