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Louis Clark Brock (June 18, 1939 – September 6, 2020) was an American professional baseball left fielder. He began his 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the 1961 Chicago Cubs but spent most of it as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals .
James Lewis "Lou" Brock (December 9, 1917 – May 7, 1989) was an American football player who played college football for Purdue. [1] He was drafted in the third round of the 1940 NFL draft [ 2 ] and played his entire six-year career with the Green Bay Packers .
And yet he walked SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY SIX times to lead off an inning. He walked more times just leading off in an inning than Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks, Kirby Puckett, Ryne Sandberg and more than 50 other Hall of Famers walked in their entire careers. [127] Henderson was a headfirst slider.
Hall of Famer and longtime St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lou Brock died on Sunday afternoon after a lengthy battle with numerous medical issues, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hall of Famer Lou Brock, one of baseball's signature leadoff hitters and base stealers who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win three pennants and two World Series titles in the 1960s, has died.
Lou Brock (1939–2020) was an American professional baseball player. Lou Brock may also refer to: Lou Brock (producer) (1892–1971), American film producer; Lou Brock (American football) (1917–1989), American football all-purpose back in the 1940s; Lou Brock Jr. (born 1964), American football defensive back in the 1980s
Next, Lou Brock knocked a triple and scored on a ground-out by Roger Maris. The Cardinals' final runs came in the eighth inning when Gibson walked with the bases loaded, forcing in one run, and then Lou Brock drove in three more runs with a double. Brock was just a single short of hitting for the cycle in this game.
Brock was born in Chicago, Illinois and played scholastically at Ladue Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, Missouri, an affluent suburb of St. Louis. [1] He played collegiately at the University of Southern California , [ 2 ] where, as a senior, he was honored by the NEA / World Almanac as a second-team All-American .