St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock 1976 MLB Baseball Jersey (40/Medium)

St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock 1976 MLB Baseball Jersey

Size: 40 (Medium)

Brand/Model: Rawlings Team Issued Authentic

Condition: 8/10.

This was a game worn minor league jersey for one of the St Louis Cardinals’ affiliates. Possibly a St Louis gamer that was sent to the minors at some point. This was not worn by Brock to my knowledge, but instead worn by whoever #20 was on that minor league team. The jersey was #20 with no name when I originally purchased it. I sent it to Bill Henderson’s The Dream Shop for restoration. They moved the back numbers down and added the name. Name/number fonts and spacing was based on Brock’s actual game worn 1976 jersey. There are two super small holes where the “2” was originally sewn as shown in the closeup photo.

You may have noticed that the 1976 Cardinals uniforms featured some interesting striped hats and batting helmets! For a single season- the National League’s centennial season- the Cardinals, Pirates, Phillies, Mets, and Reds wore pillbox hats with horizontal stripes. Judging by the header image for this article, apparently the Cardinals extended the look to the batting helmets. It wasn’t the only time they’ve done the pillbox hat with horizontal stripes. As late as 1922, they had a similar hat that they wore on occasions.

**Bat/ball not included**