Louis Clark Brock

Louis Clark Brock was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, in 1939 to Maud and Paralee Brock and, from age two, grew up in Collonston, Louisiana. He attended Union High School and Southern University, married Jacqueline Gaitor, and was the father of Wanda, Lou, Jr., Emory, and Daniel. In 1959, he led Southern University to the NAIA World Series championship and was selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee for the Pan American Games baseball team. He played for the Chicago Cubs from 1961 to 1964 and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1964 to 1979, and was a member of the Cardinals' World Series championship teams in 1964 and 1967. He held World Series records for most stolen bases in a single Series with seven, most stolen bases in a lifetime with 14, most hits in a single Series with 13, most hits in back-to-back World Series, and highest batting average in 21 or more games at .391. He held the National League record for most stolen bases in a season with 118 in 1974 and for most stolen bases in a career with 938 in 1977, was named The Sporting News Player of the Year in 1974, and received the Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente Awards in 1975. He reached the 3,000-hit milestone against the Chicago Cubs on August 13, 1979, and the Lou Brock Award was established in 1979 for the National League player with the most stolen bases each year. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1985, was named one of Major League Baseball's Top 100 Players of All-Time in 1999, and had a statue unveiled at Busch Stadium in St. Louis in 1999. He was also a member of the Arkansas Sports, Missouri Sports, Louisiana Sports, NAIA Baseball, and Negro Black College Sports Halls of Fame, the Horatio Alger Hall of Fame for Distinguished Americans, the St. Louis Walk of Fame, and the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, and was recognized as a Missouri Sports Legend in May 2006.

Missouri · United States