Willie McGee was already cemented in St. Louis Cardinals lore even before returning for his final hurrah. The electrifying center fielder ranks among the longest tenured Cardinals even to this day, and had elite productivity to go with it
He was drafted by the New York Yankees in 1977 as an 18 year old out of Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA, but was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1981 for Bob Sykes in what would go down as one of the greatest trades in Cardinals history.
At that point, McGee have already proven his talent by cruising in Double A.