"Red Bird third baseman Mike Shannon gave some of the youngsters an extra treat Saturday at the Family Action Clinic at Busch Stadium. He took time out from his activity to sign autographs."
World Series heroes Mike Shannon, left, and Barney Schultz whoop it up in the Cardinal dressing room Wednesday after they led the Red Birds to a 9-5 victory over the New York Yankees. Shannon belted a king-sized two-run homer in the sixth to tie the score at 4-4 and the Red Birds went on to take the lead for the keeps. Schultz, who has been the club's bullpen ace the last two months, pitched the final three innings to perserve the victory for Ray Sadecki.
Mike Shannon (left) and Jack Buck in the Busch Stadium broadcasting booth. When he started behind the mike, says Jack Buck, background, "he didn't even know how to keep score."
Mike Shannon outhit fellow Cardinal outfielders Lou Brock and Curt Flood in 1966, his best season at the plate in a nine-year major league career. But because he loved the Cardinals, as he will tell you, and because he loves "the great game of baseball," as he does tell you almost every summer day, Mike Shannon moved from right field to third base for the 1967 season without a whimper. Come to
Turning professional, Mike Shannon, former football and baseball star for CBC and the Mizzou freshmen, prepares to sign a contract with the Cardinals. Scout Joe Monahan (left) gives the lad a pen. An outfielder, Shannon received a bonus estimated at $40,000 to sign with the Cardinal farm at Omaha. He will be assigned to a lower classification team.
Top Tiger Club: Mike Shannon, outstanding prep star at St. Louis CBC and now a freshman at Mizzou, will be the starting quaterback today when the Tiger freshmen face the Kansas yearlings. Shannon also started at quaterback when the Tiger Cubs clipped Iowa State, 8-0, in their only other start.