On this date in 1859, Cardinals Hall of Famer Charles Comiskey was born.
A player/manager for the American Association St. Louis Browns, Comiskey piloted the Browns to four straight AA pennants and defeated the National League’s Chicago White Stockings (now known as the Cubs) in the 1886 World’s Championship Series in a prelude to the modern-day World Series.
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939, Comiskey went on to play an integral part in the founding of the American League in 1901 and was the sole owner of the Chicago White Sox from 1900 until his death in 1931.