Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Cal Eldred's career reads like a quiet endurance test. Coming out of his home-state University of Iowa and pitching fourteen seasons in the majors from 1991 to 2005 is no small feat for an arm that takes that kind of punishment year after year. What I respect even more is the second act: returning as a special assistant with the Cardinals to mentor minor leaguers through both on-field mechanics and off-field struggles. That tells me longevity wasn't luck but discipline, and that he genuinely wanted to pass it on. He strikes me as the steady, big-brother figure every clubhouse needs.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cal Eldred
- Name (Japanese)
- カル・エルドレッド
- Reading
- かる・えるどれっど
- Born
- November 24, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- University
- University of Iowa
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Cal Eldred born?
Born November 24, 1967 (age 58).
Where is Cal Eldred from?
Cal Eldred is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.
What does Cal Eldred do?
Cal Eldred works as baseball player.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.