St. Louis Cardinals

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Also known as St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883-1898), and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

Franchise Record:

  • (1882-2022) 11,203-10,323-149-2 (.520)
  • (1882-1891) 781-432-20-0 (.647)
  • (1892-2022) 10,422-9,891-129-2 (.513)

Post Season Record:

  • (1885-2022) 148-144-1 (.507)
  • (1885-1900) 16-21-1 (.434)
  • (1926-2022) 132-123-0 (.518)

Pre-World Series Title: 1886

Pre-World Series Appearances: (1885), (1886), (1887), (1888)

World Series Titles: 11 (1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, 2011)

National League Pennants: 19 (1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013)

Postseasons: 30 (1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park I (May 2, 1882-October 13, 1892), Robison Field (April 27, 1893-June 6, 1920), Busch Stadium (July 1, 1920-May 8, 1966), Busch Stadium II (May 12, 1966-October 19, 2005), Busch Stadium III (April 10, 2006-)

Franchise Players: Harry Brecheen, Ken Boyer, Lou Brock, Bob Caruthers, Dizzy Dean, Jim Edmonds, Curt Flood, Bob Gibson, Rogers Hornsby, Ray Lankford, Joe Medwick, Johnny Mize, Yadier Molina], Stan Musial, Albert Pujols, Red Schoendienst, Ted Simmons, Enos Slaughter, Ozzie Smith, Adam Wainright

Retired Numbers: 1 Ozzie Smith; 2 Red Schoendienst; 6 Stan Musial; 9 Enos Slaughter; 10 Tony LaRussa; 14 Ken Boyer; 17 Dizzy Dean; 20 Lou Brock; 24 Whitey Herzog; 42 Jackie Robinson (retired throughout Major League Baseball); 42 Bruce Sutter; 45 Bob Gibson; 85 August A. Busch Jr.; no number Rogers Hornsby

St. Louis Cardinals Logo

Team History[edit]


Awards[edit]

Famous Feats[edit]

Post-season play[edit]

World Championships: 11[edit]

  • 1926 Beat New York Yankees 4-3
  • 1931 Beat Philadelphia Athletics 4-3
  • 1934 Beat Detroit Tigers 4-3
  • 1942 Beat New York Yankees 4-2
  • 1944 Beat St. Louis Browns 4-2
  • 1946 Beat Boston Red Sox 4-3
  • 1964 Beat New York Yankees 4-3
  • 1967 Beat Boston Red Sox 4-3
  • 1982 Beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-3
  • 2006 Beat Detroit Tigers 4-1
  • 2011 Beat Texas Rangers 4-3
  • Overall World Series Record:
    • Won 11 Series, Lost 8 Series
    • Won 58 Games, Lost 60 Games

National League Pennants: 19[edit]

  • 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013

Division Championships: 11[edit]

  • NL East: 1982, 1985, 1987
  • NL Central: 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2019
  • NLCS Record: Won 34 Games, Lost 35 Games

Since 2000, the St. Louis Cardinals have won the National League Central eight times.

Wild Card Winners: 4[edit]

  • 2001, 2011, 2012, 2020
  • NLDS Record: Won 20 Games, Lost 9 Games

Team Owners[edit]

St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame[edit]

The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame was created in 2014, with annual inductions held ever since. The following persons are members; they were inducted as players unless otherwise noted:

Further Reading[edit]

  • Gary W. Abbott: The Lost Decade: Players of the 1970s Cardinals, Bluebird Publishing, St. Louis, MO, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9905-9741-4
  • Parker J. Bena: "Pre-1934 St. Louis Cardinals History", in Charles F. Faber, ed.: The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals: The World Champion Gas House Gang", SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2014, pp. 4-11. ISBN 978-1-933599-731
  • Jon David Cash: Boom and Bust in St. Louis: A Cardinals History, 1885 to the Present, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2020. ISBN 978-1-4766-8083-5
  • Robert W. Cohen: The 50 Greatest Players in St. Louis Cardinals History, Taylor Trade Publishing, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2013. ISBN 978-0-8108-9215-6
  • Doug Feldmann: St. Louis Cardinals Past and Present, MVP Books, Osceola, WI, 2009.
  • Doug Feldmann: Whitey Herzog Builds a Winner: The St. Louis Cardinals, 1979–1982, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4766-6780-5
  • Mel R. Freese: The St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940s, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2007.
  • Peter Golenbock: The Spirit of St. Louis: A History Of The St. Louis Cardinals And Browns, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 2000. ISBN 978-0380976607
  • Benjamin Hochman: The Big 50: St. Louis Cardinals', Triumph Books, Chicago, IL, 2018. ISBN 978-1-6293-7536-6
  • Donald Honig: The St. Louis Cardinals: An Illustrated History, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1991. ISBN 0138400261
  • Greg Marecek and Myron Holtzman: The Cardinals of Cooperstown, Reedy Press, St. Louis, MO, 2010.
  • Howard Megdal: The Cardinals Way: How One Team Embraced Tradition and Moneyball at the Same Time, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 2016. ISBN 9781250058317
  • Mike Mitchell: Mr. Rickey's Redbirds: Baseball, Beer, Scandals & Celebrations in St. Louis, self-oublished, 2020. ISBN 978-0-578-69387-3
  • Richard Peterson, ed.: The St. Louis Baseball Reader, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, 2006.
  • John Snyder: Cardinals Journal: Year By Year and Day by Day with the St. Louis Cardinals, Clerisy Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2010.
  • Mark Stang: Cardinals Collection: 100 Years of St. Louis Cardinals Images, Orange Frazer Press, Wilmington, OH. ISBN 1-882203-85-2

Sources:

  • Peter Filichia: Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebrations of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present, Addison Wesley Publishing Company (March 1993)
  • John Thorn: Total Baseball, Total Sports Publishing, 1989, 1995

Related Sites[edit]

  • [1] Article on the 1960s St. Louis Cardinals in The Hardball Times.


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