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St.Louis Cardinals 2001 Roster By Statistics

Batting (135 AB)AvgABRHHRRBISBAlbert Pujols*.329590112194371301J.D. Drew.32337580121277313Placido Polanco.3075648717333812Jim Edmonds.30450095152301105Fernando Vina.3036319519195617Miguel…

Aranjuez

(Encyclopedia) Aranjuez Aranjuez äränghwāthˈ [key], town, Madrid prov., central Spain, on the Tagus River. As a market for the irrigated horticulture nearby, it is known…

Prester John

(Encyclopedia) Prester John, legendary Christian priest and monarch of a vast, wealthy empire in Asia or in Africa. The legend first appeared in the latter part of the 12th cent. and persisted for…

Gustavus VI

(Encyclopedia) Gustavus VI (Gustaf Adolf), 1882–1973, king of Sweden (1950–73), son and successor of Gustavus V. After the death (1920) of his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, he married (…

Bradford, Gamaliel

(Encyclopedia) Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863–1932, American biographer, b. Boston. After many unsuccessful years as a writer, he achieved literary fame as a biographer with his Lee, the American (1912).…

Renan, Ernest

(Encyclopedia) Renan, ErnestRenan, Ernestĕrnĕstˈ rənäNˈ [key], 1823–92, French historian and critic. He began training for the priesthood but renounced it in 1845. His first trip to Italy (1849)…

Ozick, Cynthia

(Encyclopedia) Ozick, Cynthia, 1928–, American writer, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ. (B.A., 1949), Ohio State Univ. (M.A., 1950). Her fiction, written with high intelligence, elegant…

Blake, William

(Encyclopedia) Blake, William, 1757–1827, English poet and artist, b. London. Although he exerted a great influence on English romanticism, Blake defies characterization by school, movement, or even…

Jacob, François

(Encyclopedia) Jacob, FrançoisJacob, FrançoisfräNswäˈ zhäkôbˈ [key], 1920–2013, French biologist and geneticist, educated at the Sorbonne. His medical studies were interrupted by World War II. He…

Donen, Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Donen, Stanley, 1924–2019, American film director, choreographer, and producer, b. Columbia, S.C. He is best known for directing some of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's finest musicals. In 1940…