St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals appear in How we got free agents in baseball as Curt Flood’s team before the 1969 trade to the Philadelphia Phillies. Under the reserve clause, the Cardinals effectively controlled Flood’s MLB labor market even after his existing contract period, making the team the source’s concrete example of labor monopsony.

Connections

• Curt Flood, Philadelphia Phillies, and Major League Baseball - source case.
• Baseball Reserve Clause, Labor Monopsony, and Baseball Free Agency - concepts illustrated by the trade.