Busch Stadium

Home of St. Louis Cardinals, 1966 to present

(Also known as Civic Center Stadium 1966 and Busch Memorial Stadium 1966 to 1982)

BUILT: 1966 (Busch Stadium II built in 2006)

CAPACITY: 46,861 (Busch II)

Busch Memorial Stadium, circa 1970

FIRST GAMES: Busch I: May 12, 1966, vs. Atlanta Braves (Cardinals 4, Braves 3, 12 innings).

• Ray Washburn vs. Wade Blasingame, WP: Don Dennis, LP: Phil Niekro; HR: Felipe Alou 2

• First Hit & Single: Gary Geiger
• First Double: Geiger
• First Triple: Mike Shannon
• First HR: Alou (off Washburn)
• First Run: Jerry Buchek
• First RBI: Shannon

Busch II: April 10, 2006 vs. Milwaukee Brewers (Cardinals 6, Brewers 4)

• Mark Mulder (W) vs. Tomo Ohka (L), Jason Isringhausen (Sv); HR: Bill Hall, Albert Pujols, Mulder

• First Hit: Carlos Lee
• First Double: Hall
• First Triple: David Eckstein (April 13th, 2006)
• First HR: Hall (off Mulder)
• First Run: Lee
• First RBI: Hall

LAST GAME: Busch I: October 19, 2005 vs. Houston Astros (Astros 5, Cardinals 1 - NLCS)

Close-up of the scoreboard at new Busch stadium

Old Busch stadium in 2000.

OTHER OCCUPANTS: St. Louis Cardinals (NFL), 1966 to 1987; St. Louis Rams (NFL), 1995; St. Louis Blues (NHL), for the 2017 Winter Classic

LONGEST HOME RUN: Busch II - 449 ft. to left by Dan Uggla

The St. Louis Cardinals played their final game in Busch Stadium during the 2005 NLCS. In 2006, the club started to play in a new park of the same name located adjacent to the previous stadium.

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