I wasn’t a MaCarver super fan, I found him and Joe Buck to be a bit irritating. I did watch him play for the Cardinals and he was a good catcher. It never occurred to me, he was that old. Bob Gibson is gone too. Lots of memories of the Cards in the ‘60s. RIP
He was an arrogant broadcaster.
McCarver was a very good catcher. But was traded by the Cards to the Phillies in the infamous Curt Flood trade.
October 7, 1969: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Byron Browne, Curt Flood and Joe Hoerner to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson and Cookie Rojas. Curt Flood refused to report to his new team. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Willie Montanez (April 8, 1970) and Jim Browning (minors) (August 30, 1970) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
Steve Carlton’s personal Catcher on the Phillies.