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Francis Laux Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1897-12-03</span>)</span>December 3, 1897<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Guthrie,_Oklahoma" title="Guthrie, Oklahoma">Guthrie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 16, 1978<span style="display:none">(1978-11-16)</span> (aged 80)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Eureka,_Missouri" title="Eureka, Missouri">Eureka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Sports commentary career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a><br /><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Genre" title="Genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">Play-by-play</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>J. Francis</b> "<b>France</b>" <b>Laux Jr.</b> (December 3, 1897<sup id="cite_ref-jcpt_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jcpt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – November 16, 1978) was an American sportscaster, notable as the first full-time radio voice of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_Laux&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_Laux&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Laux was born in <a href="/wiki/Guthrie,_Oklahoma" title="Guthrie, Oklahoma">Guthrie, Oklahoma</a>, the son of a local judge, J. Francis Laux Sr., and his wife. The nickname "France" came from schoolmates. Heavily involved in sports, Laux won 16 letters in baseball, basketball, and football in Oklahoma City and Bristow schools before entering <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_University" title="Oklahoma City University">Oklahoma City College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jcpt_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jcpt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served in the <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Service">Army Air Service</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>; after the war, his jobs included managing a semi-pro baseball team in <a href="/wiki/Guthrie,_Oklahoma" title="Guthrie, Oklahoma">Guthrie, Oklahoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jcpt_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jcpt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also worked as an insurance and real estate broker in <a href="/wiki/Bristow,_Oklahoma" title="Bristow, Oklahoma">Bristow</a> (a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Tulsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulsa">Tulsa</a>), refereeing <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> games part-time. </p><p>On the eve of the <a href="/wiki/1927_World_Series" title="1927 World Series">1927 World Series</a>, <a href="/wiki/KTSB_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KTSB (AM)">KVOO</a> station manager Fred Yates did not have anyone to recreate the games. Someone mentioned Laux' name. Yates found him and took him to the studio. Later in the year, he began broadcasting <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners" title="Oklahoma Sooners">Oklahoma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_Cowboys" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma State Cowboys">Oklahoma A&M</a> football games as well. He was the first to introduce <a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a> on the radio. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_in_St._Louis">Career in St. Louis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_Laux&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career in St. Louis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Laux' work soon came to the attention of the management at <a href="/wiki/KMOX" title="KMOX">KMOX</a> in St. Louis, who invited him there for a 30-day trial as the voice of both the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">Browns</a> in 1929. This arrangement was possible because the Cardinals and Browns shared <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Sportsman's Park</a>, and almost never played on the same day. As it turned out, 30 days became 24 years. </p><p>Laux became very popular, in large part because, at the time, the Cardinals were the southernmost and westernmost team in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>. As such, their radio network blanketed large chunks of the Midwest and Southwest. Also, KMOX was a 50,000-watt <a href="/wiki/Clear-channel_stations" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear-channel stations">clear channel</a> powerhouse, with virtual coast-to-coast coverage at night. </p><p>A 1936 newspaper article about Laux noted that his work at KMOX included "broadcasting all baseball, football, hockey, boxing, wrestling, basketball and horse races besides carrying on his regular duties as chief announcer."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to broadcasting live sporting events, Laux had his own daily 15-minute program on KMOX in the late 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1940s he wrote the <i>Hyde Park Sports Letter</i>, a four-page publication that highlighted national and St. Louis sports. </p><p>Laux was the voice of both the Cardinals and Browns until 1942. He broadcast solely for the Cardinals in 1943. After only one season, he stepped down, but returned in 1948 as the voice of the Browns. He went into semi-retirement after that season, but called weekend games until the end of the 1953 season, the Browns' last in St. Louis. In the late 1950s he and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Buck" title="Jack Buck">Jack Buck</a> hosted a program called <i>Batting Practice</i>, which served as a pre-game show for telecasts of Cardinals road games on <a href="/wiki/KTVI" title="KTVI">KTVI</a>-TV.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Career_at_CBS_and_Mutual">Career at CBS and Mutual</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_Laux&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Career at CBS and Mutual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His popularity soon gained Laux notice with <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, which had bought KMOX shortly after the start of the 1929 season. He called the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> for CBS from 1933 to 1938, and the first eight <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Games</a> from 1933 to 1941, the last three of those for <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Broadcasting_System" title="Mutual Broadcasting System">Mutual</a>. He turned down offers to broadcast for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">Giants</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, preferring to stay in St. Louis, where he had a huge following. He won the first <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">Sporting News</a></i> Announcer of the Year Award in 1937. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_Laux&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After 1953, Laux turned his attention to a bowling house he bought in St. Louis after the war. He also served as secretary of the <a href="/wiki/American_Bowling_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="American Bowling Congress">American Bowling Congress</a> for many years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_Laux&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 3, 1928, Laux married Pearl Genevieve Boyer (1900–1976), a professional singer. Laux had two sons with Boyer, France Albert Laux (1929–2012) and Roger Harry Laux<sup id="cite_ref-jcpt_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jcpt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1930–1981). His remains are interred, with those of his wife Pearl, in Calvary Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois" title="Edwardsville, Illinois">Edwardsville, Illinois</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_Laux&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patterson, Ted (2002). <i>The Golden Voices of Baseball</i>. 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href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Ralph Kiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Matthews" title="Denny Matthews">Denny Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Messer" title="Frank Messer">Frank Messer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Murphy_(sportscaster)" title="Bob Murphy (sportscaster)">Bob Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Martin" title="Ned Martin">Ned Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Nelson" title="Lindsey Nelson">Lindsey Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Porter_(sportscaster)" title="Ross Porter (sportscaster)">Ross Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Robinson_(sportscaster)" title="Ted Robinson (sportscaster)">Ted Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rooney_(sportscaster)" title="John Rooney (sportscaster)">John Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Score" title="Herb Score">Herb Score</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vin_Scully" title="Vin Scully">Vin Scully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_White_(first_baseman)" title="Bill White (first baseman)">Bill White</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Sparky Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bench" title="Johnny Bench">Johnny Bench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Cerone" title="Rick Cerone">Rick Cerone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Downing_(baseball)" title="Al Downing (baseball)">Al Downing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Robinson" title="Brooks Robinson">Brooks Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Snider" title="Duke Snider">Duke Snider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Torborg" title="Jeff Torborg">Jeff Torborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-<a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a> commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Allen" title="Mel Allen">Mel Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Barber" title="Red Barber">Red Barber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boake_Carter" title="Boake Carter">Boake Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Elson" title="Bob Elson">Bob Elson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Graney" title="Jack Graney">Jack Graney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Hoey" title="Fred Hoey">Fred Hoey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Husing" title="Ted Husing">Ted Husing</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">France Laux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_East_tie-breaker_game" title="1978 American League East tie-breaker game">1978 American League East tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_West_tie-breaker_game" title="1980 National League West tie-breaker game">1980 National League West tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_American_League_West_tie-breaker_game" title="1995 American League West tie-breaker game">1995 American League West tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Double_(Seattle_Mariners)" title="The Double (Seattle Mariners)">The Double (Seattle Mariners)</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Series games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth%27s_called_shot" title="Babe Ruth's called shot">Babe Ruth's called shot</a> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ladies_and_Gentlemen,_the_Bronx_Is_Burning" title="Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning">Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Call_(Kansas_City_Royals)" title="The Call (Kansas City Royals)">The Call</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sergio" title="Michael Sergio">Michael Sergio</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Buckner%27s_1986_World_Series_error" title="Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error">Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson%27s_1988_World_Series_home_run" title="Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run">Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">1989 Loma Prieta earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirby_Puckett%27s_1991_World_Series_home_run" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirby Puckett's 1991 World Series home run">Kirby Puckett's 1991 World Series home run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Carter%27s_1993_World_Series_home_run" title="Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run">Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">LCS games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Slide_(Atlanta_Braves)" title="The Slide (Atlanta Braves)">Francisco Cabrera game</a> (<a href="/wiki/1992_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1992 National League Championship Series">1992</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Maier" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeffrey Maier">Jeffrey Maier</a> (<a href="/wiki/1996_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1996 American League Championship Series">1996</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Championship Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1976 American League Championship Series">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1977 American League Championship Series">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 American League Championship Series">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1979 American League Championship Series">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1981 American League Championship Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1982 American League Championship Series">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1983 American League Championship Series">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1984 American League Championship Series">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 American League Championship Series">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1986 American League Championship Series">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1987 American League Championship Series">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1988 American League Championship Series">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1989 American League Championship Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1990 American League Championship Series">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1991 American League Championship Series">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1992 American League Championship Series">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1993 American League Championship Series">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1995 American League Championship Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1996 American League Championship Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1997 American League Championship Series">1997</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Championship Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1976 National League Championship Series">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1977 National League Championship Series">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1978 National League Championship Series">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1979 National League Championship Series">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 National League Championship Series">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1981 National League Championship Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1982 National League Championship Series">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1983 National League Championship Series">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1984 National League Championship Series">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1985 National League Championship Series">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1986 National League Championship Series">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1987 National League Championship Series">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1988 National League Championship Series">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1989 National League Championship Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1990 National League Championship Series">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1991 National League Championship Series">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1992 National League Championship Series">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1993 National League Championship Series">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1995 National League Championship Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1996 National League Championship Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1997 National League Championship Series">1997</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Division Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1981_American_League_Division_Series" title="1981 American League Division Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_American_League_Division_Series" title="1995 American League Division Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_American_League_Division_Series" title="1996 American League Division Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_American_League_Division_Series" title="1997 American League Division Series">1997</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Division Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1981_National_League_Division_Series" title="1981 National League Division Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_National_League_Division_Series" title="1995 National League Division Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_National_League_Division_Series" title="1996 National League Division Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_National_League_Division_Series" title="1997 National League Division Series">1997</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1933_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1935 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1997</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1927_World_Series" title="1927 World Series">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_World_Series" title="1928 World Series">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_World_Series" title="1931 World Series">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_World_Series" title="1932 World Series">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_World_Series" title="1933 World Series">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_World_Series" title="1934 World Series">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_World_Series" title="1935 World Series">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_World_Series" title="1936 World Series">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_World_Series" title="1937 World Series">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_World_Series" title="1938 World Series">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_World_Series" title="1976 World Series">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_World_Series" title="1977 World Series">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_World_Series" title="1979 World Series">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_World_Series" title="1981 World Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_World_Series" title="1983 World Series">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_World_Series" title="1987 World Series">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_World_Series" title="1988 World Series">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_World_Series" title="1989 World Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_World_Series" title="1990 World Series">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_World_Series" title="1991 World Series">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_World_Series" title="1992 World Series">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">1993</a></li> <li><s><a href="/wiki/1994_World_Series" title="1994 World Series">1994</a></s></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_World_Series" title="1995 World Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_World_Series" title="1996 World Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_World_Series" title="1997 World Series">1997</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small>The <a href="/wiki/1994_World_Series" title="1994 World Series">1994 World Series</a> was cancelled due to a <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Major_League_Baseball_strike" title="1994–95 Major League Baseball strike">strike</a>.</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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