Continuing this series, we'll look at Cardinal third basemen. No hall of famers at this position, so a little more room for subjectivity here. The top five in games played for the cardinals at 3B are Kenny Boyer, Ken Reitz, Terry Pendelton, Whitey "The other whitey" Kurowski and, finally Arlie "The Freshest Man on Earth"/"The Dude" Latham. Let's consider those guys, plus, for fun, Scott Rolen, Milt Stock, Ken Oberkfell (the third Ken on this list), and our own beloved Mike Shannon.
I got a little sidetracked in researching this, upon finding out a little bit about The craziness of Arlie Latham, who seemed to have the exact opposite temperment as Rogers Hornsby. Once again, stats are as a Cardinal only.
Player OPS+|---R|-HR|-RBI|-SB|-OBP|Games|Tenure
Latham 094|0864|011|0250|371|.318|0847|1883-1889, 1896
Kurowski 125|0518|106|0529|019|.366|0916|1941-1949
Boyer 119|0988|255|1001|097|.356|1667|1955-1965
Shannon 096|0313|068|0367|019|.311|0882|1962-1970
Torre 133|0558|098|0558|012|.381|0918|1969-1974
Reitz 077|0136|018|0169|001|.291|0483|1972-1975
Obkerfell 108|0295|011|210|045|.364|0724|1977-1/2 1984
Pendleton 084|0404|044|0442|099|.324|0927|1984-1990
Rolen 140|0272|081|0300|021|.380|0407|1/2 2002-present
Poll
Who is the Best all time Card 3b?
Ken Reitz 1972-1975 (2 votes)
Ken Oberkfell, 1977- 1/2 1984 (1 vote)
Terry Pendleton, 1984-1990 (3 votes)
Scott Rolen, 1/2 2002 - present (64 votes)
Other (please specify) (0 votes)
Arlie "the Dude" Latham 1883-1889, 1896 (0 votes)
Whitey Kurowski 1941-1949 (3 votes)
Kenny Boyer 1955-1965 (100 votes)
Mike Shannon 1962-1970 (2 votes)
Joe Torre 1969-1974 (12 votes)
187 total votes




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