Fred Saigh Jr. (1905 – 1999) was the part-owner, then sole owner, of the St. Louis Cardinals of American Major League Baseball from 1948 through 1953. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Major league affiliations National League (1892–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 2, 6, 9, 14, 17, 20, 42, 42, 45, 85 Name St. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

A native of Kewanee, Illinois, Saigh became a highly successful tax and corporate lawyer and investor based in St. Louis. At the end of the 1947 baseball season, he and Robert Hannegan, a prominent St. Louis businessman and politician, purchased the Cardinals from longtime owner Sam Breadon, who was ill with prostate cancer. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... See also: 1946 in sports, other events of 1947, 1948 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto racing Wally Parks founds the Southern California Timing Association, to better organize drag racing. ... Robert Emmet Hannegan (June 30, 1903–October 6, 1949) was a St. ... Sam Breadon (July 26, 1876, New York, New York – May 8, 1949, St. ... Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. ...

But the Cardinals, then just one year removed from their ninth National League pennant and sixth World Series championship since 1926, had begun to decay as an organization -- finally feeling the effects of the loss, five years before, of legendary general manager Branch Rickey, who had moved on to run their arch-rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Hannegan, a former Postmaster General and confidante of President Harry Truman’s, suffered from poor health and sold his share of the team to Saigh in January 1949. And, ironically, Saigh became embroiled in tax troubles in the early 1950s. He was convicted in 1953 of owing over $19,000 in back taxes and sentenced to 15 months in prison (serving five months at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana). The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada and the worlds oldest extant professional team sports league. ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... The term general manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. ... 1914 E145 Crackerjack Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive best known for two things: breaking baseballs color barrier by signing the African-American player Jackie Robinson, and later drafting the first Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente; and creating... Major league affiliations National League (1890–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 2, 4, 19, 20, 24, 32, 39, 42, 53 Name Los Angeles Dodgers (1958–present) Brooklyn Dodgers (1932-1957) Brooklyn Robins (1914-1931) Brooklyn Dodgers (1911-1912) Brooklyn Superbas (1899-1910), (1913) Brooklyn Grooms... For the victim of Mt. ... See also: 1948 in sports, other events of 1949, 1950 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto racing The first 24 hours of Le Mans is held since the beginning of World War II. Luigi Chinetti and Lord Seldson win the race in a Ferrari 166M. Baseball... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

These misfortunes spelled the end of Saigh’s term as owner of the Cardinals, and he put the team up for sale. While the Redbirds were clearly the more beloved of St. Louis’s two MLB clubs, Saigh’s financial problems – and the fact that the Cardinals were still tenants of the lowly American League Browns at Sportsman's Park – made their future in the Mound City seem tenuous. American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 4, 5, 8, 20, 22, 33, 42 Name Baltimore Orioles (1954–present) St. ... Sportsmans Park was the name of a former Major League Baseball ballpark in St. ...

But Saigh accepted less money ($3.75 million) from Anheuser-Busch, the brewery, than from out-of-town suitors and the Cardinals remained in St. Louis. By the end of 1953, the Browns had been driven out of town, to become the Baltimore Orioles. The Cardinals bought Sportsman’s Park, and have ruled St. Louis’s baseball world since. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 4, 5, 8, 20, 22, 33, 42 Name Baltimore Orioles (1954–present) St. ...

After his release from prison, Saigh resumed his career in private business, amassing a large amount of stock in Anheuser-Busch – the largest shareholder outside the Busch family itself. He died a wealthy man, in St. Louis, at the age of 94. Saigh left $70 million to charity in his will, establishing the Fred Saigh Foundation.^[1]

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