Longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon will retire after 2021 season Longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon will retire after 2021 season
01/15/2021 Mike Shannon’s 50th season calling radio broadcasts for the St. Louis Cardinals will apparently be his last. St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Dan Caesar reports that Shannon, 81, will close out his broadcasting career with the 2021 season. Beginning in 1972, the longtime announcer began calling games on KMOX with legendary play-by-play man Jack Buck following a nine-year playing career with the Cardinals. In those nine seasons, Shannon mostly played third base and right field, compiling a .255 average and .698 OPS with 116 doubles, 68 home runs, and 367 RBI. He played on two World Ser...
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