Mike Shannon
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Thomas Michael Shannon (born July 15, 1939) is an American former professional baseball infielder / outfielder who spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1962-1970) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1962-1970).
Shannon has been a Cardinals radio broadcaster since 1972. Shannon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and he was integral in some of the Cards' most fruitful seasons in the 1960s.
Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood restaurant, located in downtown St. Louis, was the owner until its closing on January 30, 2016.
Shannon still has two Mike Shannon's Grill locations in Edwardsville, Illinois, and the St. Louis Lambert International Airport, which is managed by his grandson, Justin VanMatre.
Early life
Shannon was born and raised in Winona Avenue, the second-oldest of six children of Thomas A. Shannon and Elizabeth W. Richason Shannon. Shannon's father, a St. Louis police officer, served in the prosecuting attorney's office before becoming the City of St. Louis' Prosecuting Attorney in the early 1970s.
Shannon attended Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic School and graduated from Christian Brothers College High School in 1957. He was the Missouri High School Player of the Year in both football and basketball during his senior year, and he remains the only one to win both football and basketball in the same year.
He played for baseball at the University of Missouri before graduating in 1958 to begin his professional baseball career after he signed with Bing Devine, the St. Louis Cardinals' general manager. Shannon, who claimed to be a more reliable football player during his time, has said that if football players were paid more during his time, he may have stayed at Missouri and pursued a professional football career. Shannon may have been crowned Heisman Trophy if he had stayed in school, according to his former coach Frank Broyles.
Playing career
Shannon debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1962, beginning his career in the big leagues. He made the team's regular right fielder by moving to third base in 1964 in order to make room for the newly acquired Roger Maris). Shannon appeared in three World Series for the Cardinals. In Game 1 of the 1964 World Series against the New York Yankees, where St. Louis defeated 9-5, he hit a game-tying two-run homer off Whitey Ford.
Shannon batted.288 in 137 games with 16 home runs and 64 RBI in 1966. In July, he was named NL Player of the Month (3.95, 7 HR, 23 RBI). He batted.266 in 156 games, with 15 home runs and 79 RBI; such performances were enough to earn him seventh place in MVP voting, behind teammates Bob Gibson, Curt Flood, and Lou Brock, as well as Giants Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal, as well as Seattle Reds' Pete Rose.
Shannon hit a home run off Gary Bell in Game 3 of the 1967 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. Shannon's solo home run off Lolich in Game 7 of the 1968 World Series against the Detroit Tigers was the Cardinals' sole run off Lolich as the Tigers clinched. Shannon also played in the original Busch Stadium (Sportsman's Park) in 1966 and the first one for the Cardinals in the second Busch Stadium (Busch Memorial Stadium). He had nephritis, a kidney disease that had ended his playing career in 1970.
Broadcasting career
Shannon joined the Cardinals' promotional staff in 1971; a year later, he moved to the team's radio booth. Shannon was partnered with Hall of Fame announcer Jack Buck on AM 1120 KMOX and the Cardinals Radio Network for nearly three decades. Shannon became the team's lead radio voice after Buck's death in 2002, assisting Joel Meyers (2002), Wayne Hagin (2003–2005), and John Rooney (2006–2021). He then moved to KTRS (550), which had won television rights for the Cardinals and ownership of the station. Shannon returned to his former employer during the 2011 season.
Shannon was given a local Emmy Award for his work on Cardinal broadcasting in 1985 and inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2002 and 2003, he was named Missouri Sportscaster of the Year.
Shannon hosted a sports talk show from the Cardinals' home radio booth on Friday nights after a Cardinals home game.
Shannon's most popular home run call is "Here's a long one to left/center/right, get up baby, get up, and get up..."
Shannon served as a back-up analyst behind Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek on NBC's Game of the Week telecasts in the 1980s, most often working with play-by-play expert Jay Randolph.
Shannon spent 64 years—nearly his entire adult life—with the Cardinals in some capacity, counting his time in the minor leagues. He's also called Cardinals games longer than anyone else but Buck.
Shannon was inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame on August 8, 2014.
Shannon played for the Cardinals from 2016 to 2021, and he didn't call home games until his retirement in 2021. Shannon said on January 14, 2021, his 50th in the broadcast booth, would be his last. Shannon was honored in a farewell service by the Cardinals on October 3, 2021.