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Thomas Michael Shannon
St. Louis Cardinals
Third Base
Born: July 15, 1939, St. Louis, MO
Signed: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League Teams: St. Louis Cardinals 1962-1970
World Series Appearances: St. Louis Cardinals 1964, 1967-1968
Died: April 29, 2023, Marion, IL (age 83)
For over 60 years, Mike Shannon was a part of the Cardinals organization, first as a player for his home-town team and later as a long-time broadcaster. His biggest hit as a player came in Game 1 of the 1964 World Series when he hit a game-tying home run off the Yankees' Whitey Ford. The Cardinals would go on to win that game and the entire Series. Shannon's best seasons came in the late 1960s. He hit a career high 16 home runs in 1966 as the Cardinals' every day right fielder and then moved to third base where he had successive seasons with 77 and 79 RBIs in 1967 and 1968. He won a second World Series ring with the Cardinals in 1967, but the team fell short against the Tigers in 1968. Shannon played parts of nine seasons in the Majors before a kidney ailment cut his playing career short.
Died: April 29, 2023, Marion, IL (age 83)
For over 60 years, Mike Shannon was a part of the Cardinals organization, first as a player for his home-town team and later as a long-time broadcaster. His biggest hit as a player came in Game 1 of the 1964 World Series when he hit a game-tying home run off the Yankees' Whitey Ford. The Cardinals would go on to win that game and the entire Series. Shannon's best seasons came in the late 1960s. He hit a career high 16 home runs in 1966 as the Cardinals' every day right fielder and then moved to third base where he had successive seasons with 77 and 79 RBIs in 1967 and 1968. He won a second World Series ring with the Cardinals in 1967, but the team fell short against the Tigers in 1968. Shannon played parts of nine seasons in the Majors before a kidney ailment cut his playing career short.
He joined the Cardinals' radio booth in 1972 where he was paired with Hall of Famer announcer Jack Buck until Buck's passing in 2002. Shannon continued to call Cardinals' home games up through the 2021 season. He was inducted into the Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #148
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Cardinals Team Set / Accuracy Index +1
1969 Season
This was Shannon's last full season, and he was the Cardinals' regular third baseman for the third year in a row. In 150 games, he batted .254 with 12 home runs and 55 RBIs for the fourth place Cardinals. Shannon started all but 15 of the Cardinals' games at third base, sharing an infield with Joe Torre (#460) at first, Julian Javier (#497) at second and Dal Maxvill (#320) at shortstop.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1964 Topps #262
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8): 1964-1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2002 Topps Super Teams #76
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 41 in the Beckett online database as of 10/15/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the 71st of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing $1.25.
The Card / Cardinals Team Set / Accuracy Index +1
Topps went back to the well with the photo used here, re-using the same photo from Shannon's 1967 Topps card. The cartoon on the back throws it back to 1960, and Shannon's time playing for the Memphis Chickasaws, instead of using a more likely highlight from one of Shannon's three World Series appearances. His 79 RBIs in 1968 led the Cardinals, with Orlando Cepedea (#385) finishing second on the team with 73.
Accuracy Index: Topps had no choice but to use a photo of Shannon in a Cardinals uniform (+5), but they slipped up by using the same photo twice (-4).
1969 Season
This was Shannon's last full season, and he was the Cardinals' regular third baseman for the third year in a row. In 150 games, he batted .254 with 12 home runs and 55 RBIs for the fourth place Cardinals. Shannon started all but 15 of the Cardinals' games at third base, sharing an infield with Joe Torre (#460) at first, Julian Javier (#497) at second and Dal Maxvill (#320) at shortstop.
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First Mainstream Card: 1964 Topps #262
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8): 1964-1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2002 Topps Super Teams #76
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 41 in the Beckett online database as of 10/15/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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