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My Take
Lou Brock is one of those players who genuinely changed how baseball was played — not with power, but with pure audacity on the basepaths. Growing up in Arkansas and making it to Southern University before the Cubs gave him his shot, Brock found his true home in St. Louis, where he spent the heart of his career turning stolen bases into an art form. He swiped 938 career bases and held the all-time record for years, and he was an absolute weapon in the World Series — his 1967 and 1968 postseason performances were legendary. Six All-Star nods, a Hall of Fame induction in 1985 on the very first ballot — that's the résumé of a guy who flat-out forced the game to respect speed. He passed away in September 2020, but his fingerprints are all over every fast outfielder who ever made a pitcher sweat.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lou Brock
- Name (Japanese)
- ルー・ブロック
- Reading
- るー・ぶろっく
- Born
- June 18, 1939 – September 6, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rabbit
- Origin
- El Dorado, Arkansas, United States
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- University
- Southern University
Awards & achievements
- Horatio Alger Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.loubrock.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
Frequently asked questions
When was Lou Brock born?
June 18, 1939 – September 6, 2020.
Where is Lou Brock from?
Lou Brock is from El Dorado, Arkansas, United States.
What does Lou Brock do?
Lou Brock 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.