Mike Gonzalez

With just two hits in his previous 38 at-bats, Mike Gonzalez was an unlikely hero when he stepped to the plate in the 15th inning of the Cardinals’ June 11, 1917, game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Combined with a remarkable 15-inning performance from “Spittin’” Bill Doak, Gonzalez’s theft of home lifted the Cardinals to a 5-4 […]