Willie McGee is one of the most important players in the St. Louis Cardinals in terms of the decade of the 1980s, but he was a lot more than a few good seasons as a Redbird.

Lave Cross was a very good baseball player for his day, but because he bounced around so much, his 2,651 career Hits, then fifth-most all time, are largely forgotten.

Cross played for nine different teams in four different leagues (American Association, Players League, National League & American League), with Philadelphia being represented in all four!  Also playing for St. Louis, Washington, Louisville, Cleveland, and Brooklyn, and had thirteen 130 Hit years, batting .292 overall.

Defensively, Cross usually played at Third Base, though he was exceptionally versatile, and he easily played at Catcher and the Outfield.  He finished in the top ten in Defensive bWAR six times.  Notably, he had 1,378 Runs Batted In over his career, an incredible number for any era, especially for someone who only had 47 career Home Runs.

A Louisville Colonel for the first season of his career (1899), Deacon Phillippe was one of many players to be transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates when the Colonels folded before the century's turn.  In Western Pennsylvania, Phillipe played the rest of his professional career, which as it turned out to be a pretty good one.

Ed Konetchy’s Major League career began in St. Louis in 1907, and the First Baseman would show remarkable consistency in the National League.

Konetchy played for the Cardinals from 1907 to 1913, had two .300 seasons, and led the NL in Doubles in 1911 (38).  He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1914, but that stay was only one year, as he was one of the many players to bolt for the short-lived Federal League, playing one season for the Pittsburgh Rebels.

Konetchy came back to the NL, playing for Brooklyn, again providing plenty of Hits and above-average defense at First.

Konetchy was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1921 Season, and he retired afterward with 2,150 career Hits and a respectable .281 Batting Average.