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Shannon was born on July 15, 1939, [3] and raised in south St. Louis, the second-oldest of six children of Thomas A. Shannon and Elizabeth W. Richason Shannon. [4] Shannon's father was a St. 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 in the early 1970s.
Shannon, a St. Louis native, spent nine seasons playing for the Cardinals from 1962 to 1970. He helped lead the Cardinals to a pair of World Series wins, first in 1964 as a right fielder.
Many fans around the nation grew up listening to two baseball broadcasters considered among the best in history, Jack Buck and Harry Caray, call Cardinals' games starting in the mid-1940s, into the 1950s and through the 1960s. Jack Buck (with Mike Shannon, starting 1972), remained the voice of the Cardinals through 2001. KMOX dropped Cardinals ...
“Mike’s unique connection to Cardinals fans and his teammates was reflected in his unbridled passion for the game, the Cardinals, and the St. Louis community,” Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt ...
Mike Shannon (1972–2021) Bob Starr (1972–1979) Mike Walden (1972) Jay Randolph (1973–1987, 2007–2010) Harry Walker (1973) ... List of St. Louis Cardinals ...
Mike Shannon won two World Series titles as a player with the Cardinals, first in 1964 and again in 1967. Longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster and World Series champ Mike Shannon dies at 83 ...
May 22—Mike Shannon has seen it all during his 64 years with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. And that's one thing that's kept him in the Cardinals Radio Network broadcast booth for the ...
However, the museum staff designed a new hall of fame and museum. The Cardinals moved the museum to the St. Louis Ballpark Village, which is located across Clark Street from Busch Stadium and opened in 2014. The new facility was constructed within the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum and Cardinal Nation Restaurant in Ballpark Village. [3]