Dave Ricketts, 1968 baseball card Dave Ricketts, a longtime coach with the St. Louis Cardinals, died early Sunday after a long battle with cancer.  The 73 year old helped groom and teach several catchers that came up through the Cardinals organization including Mike Matheny and Yadier Molina.

Ricketts played for the Cardinals in the 1960s, winning a World Series with the club in 1967, after his player career ended in Pittsburgh returned as a coach for the Cardinals in 1974.