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The 1965 season was quite fruitful for Brock as well. St. Louis fans cheered as the “Running Redbird” scored
107 runs, hit .288 and stole 63 bases. Perhaps his best season was in 1967 when
he blasted away his competition with 113 runs, 52 steals, 21 home runs and drove
in 78 runs. That year, he also helped the Cardinals win the World Series against
the Boston Red Sox in seven games. In that World Series he stole e14 bases, setting
a new record.
Brock went on to lead the National League in stolen bases from 1971 until 1974. In 1974 he broke Maury Willis’s single season stolen base record when he stole 118 bases (his record was broke in 1982 by Rickey Henderson, who stole 130 bases). Accomplishing this feat at the age of 35, Brock became the oldest player to steal over 100 bases. In 1977 he continued his mind-boggling success when he broke baseball legend Ty Cobb’s career stolen base record. In his final season in 1979, Brock batted .304, stole 21 bases and became a member of the elite 3,000 club. Then, after 19 illustrious seasons in the Major League, Lou Brock retired from baseball.
Lou Brock stole 938 bases, scored 90 runs in ten seasons batted .300 in eight different seasons and captured eight stolen-base titles in his career. As a result of his many accomplishments, Brock was selected to the All-Star team six times, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985, named as one of the Top 100 Players in the century and the only baseball player to have an award named in his honor while still an active player. The Lou Brock Award is bestowed to the National League player with the most stolen bases each year. Brock was even honored by the St. Louis Cardinals with a statue in commemoration of his accomplishments.
Today Brock lives in St. Louis with his wife Jacqueline. They are both ordained ministers and elders at Abundant Life Fellowship Church in St. Louis. In addition, Lou Brock is a spring training instructor for the St. Louis Cardinals and the owner/CEO of Brock World in St. Louis. Brock is regarded as one of baseball’s finest players and considered an ambassador to the sport. He will surely go down in recent history as one of the most determined and accomplished players of his time.
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