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The St. Louis Cardinals are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise whose players have sport jerseys with the famous birds on the bat and interlocking StL logos.. The Cardinals first got their name in 1900 from the cardinal red trim on their uniforms, and adopted the image of the cardinal birds perched on the bat in 1922.
Duncan was a graduate of Canyon del Oro High School in the Tucson suburb of Oro Valley, Arizona.While there he was a teammate of Ian Kinsler. [1] The St. Louis Cardinals selected Duncan in the first round (46th overall) in the 1999 Major League Baseball draft as a supplemental pick for loss of free agent Delino DeShields to the Baltimore Orioles.
He is the head baseball coach at Kent State University. Duncan played college baseball at Iowa State University in 1998 before transferring to Arizona State University from 1999 to 2000 to play for coach Pat Murphy. After a standout college career, he would be drafted in the 7th round in 2000 by the New York Mets.
Known as the Cardinals from 1900 to the present, the St. Louis franchise were also known as the Brown Stockings (1882), Browns (1883–98), and Perfectos (1899). [2] A total of 37 players and other personnel associated with the Cardinals have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
An alternate version of this logo with "St. Louis" replacing "Cardinals" appeared in 1930 and was the primary logo in 1931 and 1932 before "Cardinals" returned. In 1940, the now-familiar " StL " logo was introduced on the team's caps.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mark Duncan/AP/Shutterstock (6292991p)Larry Dolan Cleveland Indians owner Larry Dolan, left, talks with catcher Carlos Santana during baseball spring training, in ...
The longest-tenured coach in Cardinals' franchise history is Red Schoendienst, who has filled a variety of roles for the St. Louis Cardinals. First, he played 15 seasons as a second baseman for the Cardinals before becoming an on-field coach in 1962 in his penultimate season as an active player.
After retiring as a player, Duncan served as the pitching coach for the Indians, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals. Four pitchers he coached won the Cy Young Award in 1983, 1990, 1992, and 2005. He was also a member of four World Series champion teams in 1972, 1989, 2006, and 2011.