Lou Brock

Lou Brock
Left fielder
Born: (1939-06-18)June 18, 1939 El Dorado, Arkansas
Died: September 6, 2020(2020-09-06) (aged 81) St. Louis, Missouri
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 10, 1961, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1979, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average	.293
Hits	3,023
Home runs	149
Runs batted in	900
Stolen bases	938
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1961–1964) St. Louis Cardinals (1964–1979)
Career highlights and awards
6× All-Star (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979) 2× World Series champion (1964, 1967) Roberto Clemente Award (1975) 8× NL stolen base leader (1966–1969, 1971–1974) St. Louis Cardinals #20 retired St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1985
Vote	79.75% (first ballot)

Louis Clark "Lou" Brock (June 18, 1939 – September 6, 2020) was an American former professional baseball player. He began his 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing in 1961 for the Chicago Cubs, and spent the majority of his career playing as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Brock was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 ^[1] and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014. He is currently a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals.

In April 2017, Brock was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow's plasma cells.^[2] In July 2017, Brock said that he was "absolutely cancer-free".^[3]

Brock died in St. Louis, Missouri on September 6, 2020 at the age of 81.^[4]

1. ↑ "Lou Brock at The Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
2. ↑ "Hall of Famer Lou Brock treated for blood cancer". MLB.com. April 13, 2017. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
3. ↑ "Brock says that his cancer is gone". stltoday.com. July 28, 2017.
4. ↑ Lou Brock, Baseball Hall of Famer Known for Stealing Bases, Dies at 81