Lou Brock (baseball player)

Lou Brock
Outfielder
Born: June 18, 1939 El Dorado , United States
Died on: September 6, 2020
Suggested: Left	Threw: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 10,  1961  with the  Chicago Cubs
Last MLB assignment
September 30,  1979  with the  St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 293
Home runs	149
Hits	3,023
RBI	900
Stolen Bases	938
Teams
Chicago Cubs ( 1961 - 1964 ) St. Louis Cardinals ( 1964 - 1979 )
Awards
6 × All-Star ( 1967 , 1971 , 1972 , 1974 , 1975 , 1979 ) 2 × World Series winners ( 1964 , 1967 ) Babe Ruth Award (1967) Roberto Clemente Award (1975)
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1985
Quota	79.75%
Last update: January 31, 2019

Louis Clark "Lou" Brock , nicknamed The Rocket , (born June 18, 1939 in El Dorado , Arkansas , † September 6, 2020 ) was an American baseball player who was in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1979 for played the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals . Brock was elected to the MLB All-Star Team six times and won the World Series with the Cardinals in 1964 and 1967 . In 1985 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame .

Life

Brock was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, to sharecroppers . At age two, Brock moved to nearby Collinston , Louisiana after his father left the family.

After high school , he went to Southern University in Baton Rouge in 1957 . There he lost his scholarship after a year due to a mediocre grade point average . He then took part in the training of the university baseball team in the hope of receiving a sports scholarship, which he succeeded. With Brock on the team, Southern University became the first black college to win the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship in 1958 . Brock was appointed to the national team for the Pan American Games in 1959 .

Brock left college early in the senior year 1961 because he got an offer from the Chicago Cubs with a guaranteed minimum amount of $ 30,000 upon signing. After he was initially employed with the farm team in St. Cloud , he made his debut in the major league as a center fielder at the end of the season . In Chicago, Brock was criticized for his defensive performance and was transferred to the position of right fielder . 1964 agreed the St. Louis Cardinals with the Cubs a swap, the main part of which was the change from Brock to St. Louis in return for the change from pitcher Ernie Broglio to the Cubs. Brock's new teammate, Ken Boyer, estimated that less than 2% saw the deal as beneficial to St. Louis.

At the Cardinals, Brock was used as a left fielder and won the World Series in his first year and in 1967 , where he also received the Babe Ruth Award for Best Player in 1967 . In 1974 he was runner-up in the National League's Most Valuable Player (MVP) election . With the Cardinals, Brock was allowed to play out his real strength and steal bases on his own . From 1965 to 1974 he led the list of most stolen bases in the National League for one year. In 1977 Brock exceeded Ty Cobb's record with his 893rd Stolen Base. In 1979 he was the fourteenth player to reach the 3,000 Hits Club .

After his career ended in 1979, Brock's jersey number was no longer awarded by the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985. He was the twentieth player who was accepted in the first year of his eligibility.

Web links

Commons : Lou Brock  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  baseball reference  or  fangraphs  or  baseball reference (minor league) (English)
• Lou Brock in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Richard Goldstein: Lou Brock, Baseball Hall of Famer Known for Stealing Bases, Dies at 81. In: The New York Times , September 6, 2020 (English). Retrieved September 7, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Brock, Lou. In: Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved January 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ David Halberstam: October 1964 . Fawcett Publications, 1994, ISBN 0-449-98367-6 (English).
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Brock, Lou. In: Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 30, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Flashback: Cardinals' Lou Brock joins 3,000-hit club ... against Cubs. In: Foxsports. August 13, 2015, accessed January 31, 2019 .