Lifelong National Leaguer Bill Sherdel pitched for the Cardinals for 14 of his 17 big league seasons. Winner of 165 games, Sherdel won 15 or more in six big league seasons including a career high 21 in 1928.
Sherdel pitched in both the 1926 and 1928 World Series. His Redbirds beat the Yankees in ’26 but dropped to New York two seasons later.
A good hitting pitcher, Sherdel batted .223 (214-for-960), with 35 doubles, 5 triples, 9 homers, and 86 runs batted in. Used as a pinch hitter 33 times, Sherdel also played a handful of games at first base and right field.
Shown here is the reverse of the postcard that is signed by Cardinals legend Bill Sherdel. Government postcards such as these remain highly valued by collectors because of the postmark.
A quick glance reveals that Serdel dropped this in the mail on December 12 1951. It’s postmarked from McSherrytown, Pennsylvania, where Sherdel was born, spent most of his life, and died in 1968.
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