• Card series: Pilgrims
• City: St. Louis
• Team: Browns (AL)
• League: American League
• Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

Rhoderick John Wallace (1873-1960) had a Hall of Fame career as a premier shortstop for 24 years before going on to one of the longest tenures in MLB as coach, manager, scout & even a short stint as an umpire. Playing primarily in St. Louis for the Cardinals & Browns, Wallace set records, including a mournful one: longest career by a player to never make the World Series.

• Too good a fielder to stay on the mound, became the premier defensive SS of his era
• In 1911, Pirates’ owner declared Wallace the one player in the AL he desired above all others
• Elected to Hall of Fame: 1953