Subject(s): Anonymous Sport: Baseball Location: Ballpark Village by Busch Stadium, St Louis, MO Unveiled: 13/8/2022 Sculptor: Harry Weber Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque: ST. LOUIS. HARRY WEBER (B. 1942) NANJING 40, 2019, BRONZE AND GRANITE. THIS STATUE IS A GIFT FROM THE CITY OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA, TO THE CITY OF NANJING, JIANGSU, PRC FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SINO-AMERICAN SISTER-CITY RELATIONSHIP. A CHINESE BATTER IS SEEN HERE READY TO HIT A PITCH FROM ADAM WAINWRIGHT WHOSE STATUE STANDS IN NANJING, CHINA. THIS NANJING/ST. LOUIS BASEBALL CONNECTION SIGNIFIES THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION THAT HAS BEEN A HALLMARK OF THESE TWO CITIES FOR 40 YEARS AND COUNTING. SPECIAL THANKS TO: TIM HERMANN, CEO, COLLINS & HERMANN INCORPORATED. JIANPING HE, RETIRED NANJING MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER. VANESSA WINTERS, COLLINS & HERMANN INCORPORATED. NEAL F. PERRYMAN, LEWIS RICE LLC. SAINT LOUIS-NANJING SISTER CITY COMMITTEE, INCORPORATED. EMERSON ELECTRIC. ST LOUIS CARDINALS. Links: Sculptor