out because of the reserve clause, which eventually led to Free Agency, so the players nowadays should thank him for their 300 million dollar contracts. He was one heck of a ball player. He played in a total of 15 seasons between 1956-1971, but he played the lionshare of his career in 12 seasons from 1958-1969 with the St. Louis Cardinals. Flood had 1,861 hits, and batted .293. I know that a lot more players are more deserving to get into the Hall on the Vet Committe votes, like Ron Santo, Bert Blyleven, Tommy John, Jim Kaat, etc, but Flood deserves another look, don’t you agree?http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floo…