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Lou Brock (born June 18, 1939, El Dorado,
Arkansas) is an American former player in Major
League Baseball.

Lou Brock was a left fielder for the St. Louis
Cardinals in the 1960s and 1970s. He batted and
threw left-handed, breaking into the major leagues
with the Chicago Cubs in 1961 and later traded to
the Cardinals during the 1964 season. Brock was
traded to the Cardinals for pitcher Ernie Broglio.
To this day, the trade is considered by Cubs fans
to be the worst in franchise history. His last
season of play was 1979. He batted .293 in 19
seasons, amassing a total of 3021 hits.

Blessed with great speed and baserunning
instincts, Brock helped the Cardinals win the
World Series in 1964 and 1967, defeating the New
York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, respectively,
before a Series loss to the Detroit Tigers in
1968.

Brock held the record for career stolen bases
(938) until it was broken by Rickey Henderson. He
led the National League in stolen bases seven
times, with his best year being 1974 in which he
stole 118 bases (a new single-season record, also
later broken by Henderson).

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in
1985.

After retiring from baseball, Brock prospered as a
businessman, especially as a florist in the St.
Louis, Missouri area. Lou Brock is a member of Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.