Mike Shannon, a St. Louis local who invested his whole nine-year MLB profession with his home town Cardinals prior to ended up being a component in the group’s broadcast cubicle, has actually passed away at the age of 83.
His death early Sunday was verified by the group.
Shannon, a 3rd baseman and best fielder throughout his playing days, belonged to 2 World Series champion groups in 1964 and 1967 prior to signing up with the Cardinals radio broadcasts in 1972– where he stayed for 50 years.
” Mike’s special connection to Cardinals fans and his colleagues was shown in his unchecked enthusiasm for the video game, the Cardinals, and the St. Louis neighborhood,” Cardinals owner and CEO Expense DeWitt Jr. stated in a press release.
” On behalf of the whole Cardinals company, we share our acknowledgements with Mike’s friends and family, and his lots of fans.”
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Shannon initially signed up with the Cardinals in 1962 and ended up being the routine best fielder throughout their champion 1964 season. When the Cardinals obtained slugger Roger Maris in 1967, Shannon relocated to 3rd base as St. Louis won another World Series.
His playing profession was interrupted by kidney illness, however he stayed with the group– initially as an assistant director of promos and after that as a broadcaster. He was called Missouri Commentator of the Year 3 times and was later on inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Popularity.