Did you know that the St. Louis Browns played in the American League from 1902 to 1953 and owned the stadium the Cardinals played in?
Did you know that Cards infielder Greg Garcia's grandfather Dave Garcia was signed by the St. Louis Browns?
Did you know that Browns pitcher Ned Garver is the only pitcher to win 20 games for a last-place team that lost 100 games?
Did you know that Browns pitcher Ned Garver led AL pitchers in Wins Above Replacement during the period from 1948 (his rookie season) through 1951?
Did you know that in 1922 Ken Williams of the Browns denied Babe Ruth his fifth straight home run title by clubbing 39 home runs?
Did you know that the Browns George Sisler's major league record of 257 hits in a season was broken by Ichiro Suzuki?
Did you know that the St. Louis Browns Fan Club holds a player reunion every year for all living Browns players (and that there only 20 players left)?.
Did you know that the St. Louis Browns once sent Eddie Gaedel, a midget with a legal major league contract,to bat (he walked on four pitches)?
Did you know that Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson was signed by the Browns but was sent back to the Giants in a peace deal between the AL and NL?
Did you know that Don Larsen, the only pitcher to pitch a perfect game in World Series, started his career with the Browns?
Did you know that the last former-St. Louis Brown to play in the major leagues was pitcher Don Larsen in 1967 for the Chicago Cubs?
Did you know that Branch Rickey was a Browns catcher, manager and general manager?
Did you know the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals met in the 1944 World Series?
Contributed by Emmett McAuliffe
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