St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball team, are one of six teams in the Central Division of the National League. The Cardinals were formerly called the Brown Stockings and the Perfectos. They play at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and wear white, red and yellow uniforms.
St. Louis won its first World Series championship in 1926 guided by infielder Rogers Hornsby, who won the Triple Crown twice by leading the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in, in 1922 and 1925. Hornsby’s lifetime batting average of .358 is 2nd only to that of hall of famer Ty Cobb.
During the 1930s and 1940s the club won seven pennants and five World Series championships with such stars as Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Frankie Frisch, Joe “Ducky” Medwick, Johnny Mize, Stan Musial, and Red Schoendienst. Stan Musial, collected 3,630 career hits and recorded a .331 lifetime batting average.
The St. Louis Cardinals compiled three pennants and two World Series championships in the ‘60s, led by base-stealer Lou Brock, and slugger Orlando Cepeda. Gibson’s 1968 season, which earned him both the Cy Young Award and the NL most valuable player award, ranks among the finest pitching performances in modern baseball.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s Ozzie Smith won 13 consecutive Gold Glove Awards. He also played in more games, compiled more assists, and turned more double plays than any shortstop in major league history. The Cardinals won their ninth World Series in 1982. In 1998 first baseman Mark McGwire hit 70 home runs, breaking the single-season record of 61 set by New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris in 1961.
During the 1998 season McGwire and Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa both threatened to surpass Maris’s 37-year-old single-season home run record. McGwire broke the record on September 8, 1998, with his 62nd home run, off Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel. McGwire finished the season with a total of 70 home runs and Sosa finished with 66. In 1999 McGwire hit 65 home runs but the Cardinals finished with a losing record. In 2000 St. Louis won the NL Central Division to earn a postseason berth, but the team lost in the NL Championship Series to the New York Mets.
St. Louis made the postseason in 2000, 2001, and 2002 but lost in the playoffs each year. In 2004 the Cardinals won 105 games during the regular season, the most in baseball, and reached the World Series before losing to the Boston Red Sox.
Team Names
· St. Louis Cardinals (1900 – Present)
· St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882 – 1899)
Stadiums Played In
· Busch Stadium III (2006 – present)
· Busch Stadium II (1966 – 2005)
· Sportman’s Park (known as Busch Stadium from 1953-1966) (1920-1966)
· Robinson Field (1892-1920)
Titles
World Series (1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006)
National League Pennants (1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2004, 2006)Central Division Title (1982, 1985, 1987, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009)
Active Roster
Mitchell Boggs
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Franklin
Jaime Garcia
Ben Jukich
Kyle Lohse
Trever Miller
Jason Motte
Adam Ottavino
Brad Penny
Adam Wainwright
Francisco Samuel
Bryan Anderson
Jason LaRue
Matt Pagnozzi
David Freese
Tyler Greene
Mark Hamilton
Felipe Lopez
Julio Lugo
Albert Pujols
Brendan Ryan
Allen Craig
Matt Holliday
Jon Jay
Ryan Ludwick
Joe Mather
Colby Rasmus
Shane Robinson
Nick Stavinoha
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