Tom Brunansky

Cardinals trade Tom Brunansky for Lee Smith: May 4, 1990

For more than a month, the Cardinals and Red Sox discussed a trade that would send St. Louis’s top home run hitter, Tom Brunansky, to Boston for closer Lee Smith. Cardinals general manager Dal Maxvill declined the trade proposal in early April, hopeful that his club could re-sign Brunansky and keep in him an outfield […]

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How Tom Brunansky was traded to St. Louis for Tom Herr

3 Comments / '80s

Tom Herr knew that the Cardinals needed to shake things up after winning just four of their first 15 games in 1988. Still, he was just as shocked as Cardinals fans when he entered the clubhouse following a 4-0 loss to the Mets and was informed that he had been traded to Minnesota for power-hitting outfielder

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