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Albert Pujols #1 - Top player of the decade!
Albert Pujols #1 - Top 100 players of the decade!
Veterans Committee votes Herzog into the Hall!
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Cardinal fans!!
Welcome to my Cardinal site! I have been a die-hard fan all my life and the following pages represent my tribute to greatest team in baseball history. Even the players today can sense, even if just in passing, that it means something special to wear the "Birds on the bat" uniform!!
Your comments are welcome (address at the bottom of the page...) Enjoy!
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Some of My Cardinal Favorites!
Ted Simmons | Bob Forsch | Bruce Sutter | George Hendrick | Ray Lankford | Ken Reitz | Jack Clark | Darrell Porter | Pedro Guerrero | Tony Pena | Jose Oquendo | Brian Jordan | Gary Gaetti | Bake McBride | Todd Worrell | Bob Forsch | Vince Coleman | Terry Pendleton | Keith Hernandez | Joe Torre | Al Hrabosky | Tommy Herr | Whitey Herzog | Albert Pujols | Jim Edmonds | Scott Rolen | Yadier Molina | Rick Ankiel | Chris Carpenter | John Mabry | Matt Morris | Mike Matheny | Woody Williams
The Sporting News has ranked Stan Musial number 10 in their list of the top 100 greatest players of all time!!!!
New Ballpark Pictures Old Busch Stadium Tribute (in progress)
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Cardinal's Recent Memorable Years
World Champions:
1926
1931
1934
1942
1944
1946
1964
1967
1982
2006
National League
Champions: 1928
1930
1943
1968
1985
1987
2004
National League
Central Champions: 1996
2000
2002
2005
2009
National League Wild Card: 2001

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Cardinal (or Baseball) Trips:
Cincinnati - 2005 Chicago White Sox - 2006
Pittsburgh - 2006 Detroit - 2006 Florida - 2007
Atlanta - 2007 Cooperstown - 2008 Boston - 2008
Twins - 2009 Field of Dreams - 2009
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(No pics: 1991 1992 1993 1994)
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Where they finished (since 1964)
| Yr. | Finish | W | L | Attendance | Manager |
| 1964 | 1 | 93 + | 69 | 1,143,294 | Johnny Keane |
| 1965 | 7 | 80 | 81 | 1,241,195 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1966 | 6 | 83 | 79 | 1,712,980 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1967 | 1 | 101 * | 60 | 2,090,145 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1968 | 1 | 97 + | 65 | 2,011,177 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1969 | 4 | 87 | 75 | 1,682,583 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1970 | 4 | 76 | 86 | 1,628,729 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1971 | 2 | 90 | 71 | 1,604,671 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1972 | 4 | 75 | 81 | 1,196,894 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1973 | 2 | 81 | 81 | 1,574012 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1974 | 2 | 86 | 75 | 1,838,413 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1975 | 3T | 82 | 80 | 1,695,394 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1976 | 5 | 72 | 90 | 1,207,036 | Red Schoendienst |
| 1977 | 3 | 83 | 79 | 1,659,287 | Vern Rapp |
| 1978 | 5 | 69 | 93 | 1,278,215 | Vern Rapp, Jack Krol, Ken Boyer |
| 1979 | 3 | 86 | 76 | 1,627,256 | Ken Boyer |
| 1980 | 4 | 74 | 88 | 1,385,147 | Ken Boyer, Jack Krol,Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst |
| 1981 | 1T | 59 | 43 | 1,010,247 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1982 | 1 | 92 + | 70 | 2,111,906 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1983 | 4 | 79 | 83 | 2,317,914 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1984 | 3 | 84 | 78 | 2,037,448 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1985 | 1 | 101 * | 61 | 2,637563 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1986 | 3 | 79 | 82 | 2,471,817 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1987 | 1 | 95 + | 67 | 3,072,121 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1988 | 5 | 76 | 86 | 2,892,629 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1989 | 3 | 86 | 76 | 3,080,980 | Whitey Herzog |
| 1990 | 6 | 70 | 92 | 2,573,225 | Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst, Joe Torre |
| 1991 | 2 | 84 | 78 | 2,448,699 | Joe Torre |
| 1992 | 3 | 83 | 79 | 2,418,483 | Joe Torre |
| 1993 | 3 | 87 | 75 | 2,844,328 | Joe Torre |
| 1994 | 3 | 53 | 61 | 1,866,544 | Joe Torre |
| 1995 | 4 | 62 | 81 | 1,756,127 | Joe Torre, Mike Jorgensen |
| 1996 | 1 | 88 | 74 | 2,654,718 | Tony LaRussa |
| 1997 | 4 | 73 | 89 | 2,658,357 | Tony LaRussa |
| 1998 | 3 | 83 | 79 | 3,194,092 | Tony LaRussa |
| 1999 | 5 | 75 | 86 | 3,230,356 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2000 | 1 | 95 | 67 | 3,336,493 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2001 | 1T | 93 + | 69 | 3,020,046 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2002 | 1 | 97 | 65 | 3,011,216 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2003 | 3 | 85 | 77 | 2,910,386 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2004 | 1 | 105 * | 57 | 3,048,427 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2005 | 1 | 100 * | 62 | 3,537,713 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2006 | 1 | 83 | 78 | 3,407,104 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2007 | 3 | 78 | 84 | 3,551,778 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2008 | 4 | 86 | 76 | 3,432,917 | Tony LaRussa |
| 2009 | 1 | 91 | 71 | 3,343,252 | Tony LaRussa |
* Best record in baseball! + Best record in the NL!
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#1 -- Ozzie Smith #17 -- Dizzy Dean
#2 -- Red Schoendienst #20 -- Lou Brock
#6 -- Stan Musial #42 -- Bruce Sutter (& Jackie Robinson)
#9 -- Enos Slaughter #45 -- Bob Gibson
#14 -- Ken Boyer #85 -- August A. Busch, Jr.
We'll
miss you DK!
Farewell,
Jack...
32 - Josh Hancock
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Cardinals team info. (Hall of Fame)
| Players | Year Inducted | Position | Years with Cards |
| Walter Alston | 1983 | 1B | 1936 |
| Jake Beckley | 1971 | 1B | 1904-07 |
| Jim Bottomley | 1974 | 1B | 1922-32 |
| Roger Bresnahan | 1945 | C | 1909-12 |
| Lou Brock | 1985 | LF | 1964-79 |
| Jesse Burkett | 1948 | LF | 1899-1901 |
| Orlando Cepeda | 1999 | 1B | 1966-68 |
| Roger Connor | 1976 | 1B | 1894-97 |
| Frank Frisch | 1947 | 2B | 1927-37 |
| Chick Hafey | 1971 | LF | 1924-31 |
| Rogers Hornsby | 1942 | 2B | 1915-26,33 |
| Miller Huggins | 1964 | 2B | 1910-16 |
| Rabbitt Maranville | 1954 | SS | 1927-28 |
| John McGraw | 1937 | 3B | 1900 |
| Joe "Ducky" Medwick | 1968 | LF | 1932-40,47-48 |
| John Mize | 1981 | 1B | 1936-41 |
| Stan Musial | 1969 | LF | 1941-44,46-63 |
| Wilbert Robinson | 1945 | C | 1900 |
| Albert "Red" Schoendienst | 1989 | 2B | 1945-56,61-63 |
| Ozzie Smith | 2002 | SS | 1982-1996 |
| Enos Slaughter | 1985 | RF | 1938-42,46-53 |
| Bobby Wallace | 1953 | SS | 1899-1901,17-18 |
| Pitchers | Year Inducted | Career Wins | Years with Cards |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1938 | 373 | 1926-29 |
| Mordecai Brown | 1949 | 239 | 1903 |
| Steve Carlton | 1994 | 329 | 1965-71 |
| Jerome "Dizzy" Dean | 1953 | 150 | 1930,32-37 |
| James "Pud" Galvin | 1965 | 361 | 1892 |
| Bob Gibson | 1981 | 251 | 1959-75 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 1964 | 270 | 1930-31,33-34 |
| Jesse Haines | 1970 | 210 | 1920-37 |
| Charles "Kid" Nichols | 1949 | 361 | 1904-05 |
| Arthur "Dazzy" Vance | 1955 | 197 | 1933-34 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 1985 | 143 | 1957 |
| Denton "Cy" Young | 1937 | 511 | 1899-1900 |
| Dennis Eckersley | 2004 | 197 | 1996-1997 |
| Bruce Sutter | 2006 | 68 (wins)/300 (saves) | 1980-1984 |
| Managers | Year Inducted | Cardinal Wins | Years with Cards |
| Roger Bresnahan | 1945 | 255 | 1909-12 |
| Roger Connor | 1976 | 9 | 1896 |
| Frank Frisch | 1947 | 457 | 1933-38 |
| Rogers Hornsby | 1942 | 153 | 1925-26 |
| Miller Huggins | 1964 | 346 | 1913-17 |
| Bill McKechnie | 1962 | 128 | 1928-29 |
| Charles "Kid" Nichols | 1949 | 94 | 1904-05 |
| Branch Rickey | 1967 | 458 | 1919-25 |
| Albert "Red" Schoendienst | 1989 | 1042 | 1965-76,80,90 |
| Billy Southworth | 2008 | 620 | 1929,40-45 |
| Whitey Herzog | 2010 | 822 | 1980-1990 |
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| Year | Player |
| 1925 | Rogers Hornsby |
| 1926 | Bob O'Farrell |
| 1928 | Jim Bottomley |
| 1931 | Frank Frisch |
| 1934 | Dizzy Dean |
| 1937 | Joe Medwick (Triple crown winner, too!!!) |
| 1942 | Mort Cooper |
| 1943 | Stan Musial |
| 1944 | Marty Marion |
| 1946 | Stan Musial |
| 1948 | Stan Musial |
| 1964 | Ken Boyer |
| 1967 | Orlando Cepeda |
| 1968 | Bob Gibson |
| 1971 | Joe Torre |
| 1979 | Keith Hernandez * (shared with Willie Stargell) |
| 1985 | Willie McGee |
| 2005 | Albert Pujols |
| 2008 | Albert Pujols |
| 2009 | Albert Pujols |
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| Year | Player |
| 1968 | Bob Gibson |
| 1970 | Bob Gibson |
| 2005 | Chris Carpenter |
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Cardinal Rookie of the Year Winners
| Year | Player/position |
| 1954 | Wally Moon, of |
| 1955 | Bill Virdon, of |
| 1974 | Bake McBride, of |
| 1985 | Vince Coleman, of |
| 1986 | Todd Worrell, rhp |
| 2001 | Albert Pujols, 3B |
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| Year | Player | Strike Outs |
| 1906 | Fred Beebe | 171 |
| 1930 | Bill Hallahan | 177 |
| 1931 | Bill Hallahan | 159 |
| 1932 | Dizzy Dean | 191 |
| 1933 | Dizzy Dean | 199 |
| 1934 | Dizzy Dean | 195 |
| 1935 | Dizzy Dean | 182 |
| 1948 | Harry Brecheen | 149 |
| 1958 | Sam Jones | 225 |
| 1966 | Bob Gibson | 268 |
| 1989 | Jose DeLeon | 201 |
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| Year | Player | Games | Innings Pitched | ERA |
| 1914 | Bill Doak | 36 | 256 | 1.72 |
| 1921 | Bill Doak | 32 | 209 | 2.58 |
| 1942 | Mort Cooper | 37 | 279 | 1.77 |
| 1943 | Howie Pollet | 16 | 118 | 1.75 |
| 1946 | Howie Pollet | 40 | 226 | 2.10 |
| 1948 | Harry Brecheen | 33 | 233 | 2.24 |
| 1968 | Bob Gibson | 34 | 305 | 1.12 |
| 1976 | John Denny | 30 | 207 | 2.52 |
| 1988 | Joe Magrane | 24 | 165 | 2.18 |
| 2009 | Chris Carpenter | 28 | 192.2 | 2.24 |
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| Pitcher | Opponent | Score | Date |
| Jessie Haines | Boston | 5-0 | 7/17/24 |
| Paul Dean | Brooklyn | 3-0 | 9/21/34 |
| Lon Warneke | at Cincinnati | 2-0 | 8/30/41 |
| Ray Washburn | at San Francisco | 2-0 | 9/18/68 |
| Bob Gibson | at Pittsburgh | 11-0 | 8/14/71 |
| Bob Forsch | Philadelphia | 5-0 | 4/16/78 |
| Bob Forsch | Montreal | 3-0 | 9/26/83 |
| Jose Jiminez | at Arizona | 1-0 | 6/25/99 |
| Bud Smith | at San Diego | 4-0 | 9/3/01 |
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They said it...Fun Facts...
Albert Pujols reached 1,000 career hits and 200 career home runs in fewer games than any player in Major League history (806 games).... the record had been held by Willie Mays, who notched 1,000 career hits and 200 home runs in 825 games.
Albert Pujols holds the Cardinals record for the most HRs (37 in 2001) by a rookie.
"I believe he's been reincarnated. That he played before, in the twenties and thirties, and he's back to prove something" - Mark McGwire, speaking about Albert Pujols.
"The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up." -- Bob Uecker
"Baseball has been very good to me since I quit trying to play it." -- Whitey Herzog
"Tradition here in St. Louis is Stan Musial coming in the clubhouse and making the rounds. Tradition in San Diego is Nate Colbert coming into the clubhouse and trying to sell you a used car." -- Bob Shirley
"He has an upper body like Charles Atlas and a lower body like Lana Turner." -- Whitey Herzog talking about Pedro Guerrero
"You can't worry if it's cold. You can't worry if it's hot. You can only worry if you get sick, because if you don't get well, you die." -- Joaquin Andujar
"There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is 'You never know.'" -- Joaquin Andujar
"It has options through the year 2020 -- or until the last Rocky movie is made." Reliever Dan Quisenberry, describing his 1990 contract with the Cardinals
"Stan Musial could have hit .300 with a fountain pen." -- Joe Garagiola
"How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away." -- Vin Scully
Stan Musial leads the Cardinals with 12 walk-off home runs.
Stan Musial led the NL in; batting average 7 times, slugging 6 times, hits 6 times, doubles 8 times, triples 5 times, runs 5 times, RBIs 2 times.
Stan Musial played in the All-Star game 24 times in his career, tied for the most ever with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
Stan Musial's 3,630 career base hits.... 1815 came at home, 1815 were on the road...
Stan Musial (3,026) and Lou Brock (2,289) are the only two players to have played in 2,000 or more games with the Cardinals.
Stan Musial was the first National League player to win three Baseball Writers MVP awards.
Stan Musial was the first Cardinal to have his uniform number retired. (#6 in 1963)
Stan Musial was given the Lone Sailor Award by the US Navy Memorial in 2007.
Stan Musial played himself in a 1970 episode of "That Girl." (Season 5, Episode 7)
Bruce Sutter was the second pitcher to reach the 300-save mark and his 300 ranks him 11th all time; his lifetime 2.83 ERA is actually among the lowest for relievers with 300 or more saves.
Bruce Sutter and Tommy Herr are both from Lancaster, PA.
Bruce Sutter was the winning pitcher in the 1978 & 1979 MLB All-Star game.
Bruce Sutter was the first Cardinals player to wing the Rolaids Relief Man Award.
Al Hrabosky was cut from his Little League team three years in a row and two consecutive years from his junior high school team.
"One paragraph on obstruction and I'm asleep." -- Whitey Herzog
The Cardinals hold the ML record for the most consecutive errorless games, going 16 straight contests, from July 30th to August 16th, 1992.
Keith Hernandez was the 42nd-round pick in 1971, the 783rd player selected in the draft. The team's first-round choice that year also was a first baseman, Ed Kurpiel.
For most players, one game in which they get five hits is the highlight of their careers. In the 1948 season alone, Stan Musial did it four times.
"The difference between playing at home and on the road is that on the road, you can't go down to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee in the morning in your underwear." -- Andy VanSlyke
In 1985, Tommy Herr drove in 110 runs with just eight homers. He's one of three players in the post-WW2 era to collect 100 RBIs on less than ten home runs.
On August 1st, 1985, Vince Coleman steals two bases, running his season total to 74 and breaking the rookie record of 72 set by Juan Samuel in 1984. St. Louis loses to the Cubs, 9-8.
On August 9th, 1972, Ted Simmons finally gets around to signing his contract, though he's been playing all season. It's believed that Simmons is the only big leaguer ever to play without a contract.
Ted Simmons has more career hits (2,472) and doubles (483) than any other catcher in big league history.
Ted Simmons led the team in RBIs for seven consecutive seasons. (1972-78)
When former Cardinals pitcher John Denny posted a NL-best 2.52 ERA mark in 1976, he tied for the youngest ever to win an ERA crown. He was 23.
On May 22nd, 1970, Steve Carlton fans 16 Phillies, but the Cardinals still lose, 4-3.
Vic Davalillo set a National League record (since surpassed) with 24 pitch-hits in 1970. Davalillo's manager was Red Schoendienst, holder of the old NL record of 22.
On September 13th, 1964, during a 15-2 blowout at Wrigley Field, the Cards become the first team to score in every inning in more than 40 years. It had last been done on June 1st, 1923, by the Giants.
Specs Toporcer, a shortstop for the Cards, was the first non-pitcher to wear glasses. On June 12th 1922, Specs hit his first big league homer, but was called out when he passed a base runner.
On September 29th, 1952, Stan "The Man" Musial makes his only pitching appearance. He has his 6th batting title wrapped up (he will finish at .336) and asks to pitch to the runner-up, Cubs outfielder Frankie Baumholtz. Baumholtz reaches base on an error, and Harvey Haddix relieves Musial.
On September 7th, 1993, Cards outfielder Mark Whitten goes 4-for-5, with four home runs and 12 RBIs. The home run performance puts him in company with 11 other players, including Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays, and Mike Schmidt. The RBI tally has been equaled by only one other player in baseball history. Jim Bottomley, also a Cardinal, did it in 1924.
After the Yankees, which have 22 World Series titles, the winningest teams are the As and the Cardinals, with nine apiece.
Five teams in baseball history have managed 300 stolen bases in a season. The only ones in the past 80 years: The 1976 As with 341 and the 1985 Cards with 314.
Stan "The Man" hit 475 career home runs, but never once won a home run title. He also led NL outfielders in fielding percentage three times: once each in the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
For a season of complete hitting dominance, it's hard to top Stan "The Man" Musial's 1948 campaign. Stan led his league in average (.376), slugging (.702), on-base percentage (.450), hits (230), doubles (46), triples (18), runs (135), and RBIs (131). The only thing he didn't lead in was homers, as his 39 were one short of the 40 that led the league. Not surprisingly, Musial won that year's MVP award going away.
In 1963, his 22nd and final season, Stan Musial passed a few milestones. Early in the season, he collected his 1357th extra-base hit, passing Babe Ruth for the all-time lead (to that point). In July, he played in his 24th All-Star Game. And on September 12th, he hit a home run in this first at-bat as a grandfather. He finished the year hitting .255 with 12 homers and 58RBIs in 337 at-bats.
An aggressive slide in Game 7 of the World Series by Joe Medwick results in a set-to with third baseman Marv Owen. When Medwick returns to his outfield post, angry Tigers fans pelt him with fruit. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis makes Medwick leave the game "for his own safety." The Cards go on to an 11-0 win to clinch the Series.
In 1924, Rogers Hornsby goes 2-for-5 on opening day against the Cubs. He will remarkably end up improving on the .400 clip during the rest of the season and will wind up the year hitting .424. In a two month stretch between June 28 and August 28, he went an astonishing 149-for-302 (.489) at the plate.
In each of his first 10 full Major League seasons (1916-1925), Rogers Hornsby led the Cardinals in batting, slugging, and on-base percentage. He repeated the feat with the 1927 Giants, 1928 Braves, and 1929 Cubs.
In 1906, Jack Taylor threw the last of his 187 consecutive complete games. He had not required bullpen help since June 13th, 1901.
Harvey Haddix was the only Cardinals pitcher to have a 20 win season in the 1950s.
George Hendrick hit the most HRs for the Cardinals in the 1980s.
"We could finish first or in an asylum." - Frank Frisch, manager of the wild and talented "Gas House Gang" Cardinals, on the team's prospects for 1936
"Hoo-ee! I been to two county fairs and a goat roast, and I ain't never seen nothin' like this." -- World Series MVP Darrell Porter, amid the celebration in 1982.
Boastful bumpkin Dizzy Dean hurls a three-hit shutout (9/21/1934) against the Dodgers in the first game of a doubleheader. Brother Paul Dean, a rookie, then completes the sweep with a no-hitter. "If'n Paul had told me he was gonna pitch a no-hitter," Dizzy says, "I'd of throwed one too."
"The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm and a weak mind." - Dizzy Dean
On May 14th, 1988, after using up seven pitchers, the Cards bring in utility man Jose Oquendo to pitch the sixteenth inning of a tie game with Atlanta. Oquendo manages to shut out the Braves for three innings before giving up two runs in the nineteenth and suffering the loss. It's the first decision by a non-pitcher in the major leagues in twenty years.
On July 26th, 1900, Gus Weyhing is released by the Cards. He claims to have been cheated out of ten days pay and persuades a sheriff to seize the St. Louis share of gate revenues for a game at Brooklyn. The money winds up being less than the $100 Weyhing claims he's entitled to.
Under Branch Rickey's direction, the Cardinals were one of the first teams to experiment with uniform numbers, adopting them briefly and then abandoning them in the mid-1920s.
On July 12th, 1931, 45,715 fans are admitted to Sportsman's Park (seating capacity: 34,000) for a Cards-Cubs doubleheader. The extra bodies are corralled in the outfield, with any hits into the throng counting as ground-rule doubles. Thirty-two doubles are hit in the twin bill, 23 of them in game two, won by the Cards, 17-13.
Curt Flood won seven Gold Glove Awards in his last seven years with the team.
Curt Flood was the only Cardinals player to lead the league in hits in the 1960s.
Robinson Field, the park where the Cardinals played from 1893-1920, featured a wooden roller coaster encircling the outfield.
Geronimo Pena was the last Cardinals player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a single game. (4/17/1994)
Tom Pagnozzi was the first Cardinal catcher to win a Gold Glove. (1991)
Marty Marion is the only Cardinal shortstop to win a NL MVP (1944).
Larry Walker is the only (modern era) Canadian-born player ever to win a ML batting title.
Lee Smith is the all-time franchise leader in saves for both the Cardinals (160) and the Cubs (180).
Bob Tewksbury had almost as many wins (17) as walks given up (20) in 1993.
Scott Rolen was once named Indiana's "Mr. Baseball."
During his 15 years in St. Louis, Ozzie Smith led all NL shortstops in assists five times, double plays four times, and fielding percentage seven times.
Hall of Famers, Bob Gibson and Stan Musial spent their entire careers with the Cardinals.
From 1957, the first year for the Gold Gloves, to 2003, the Cardinals have claimed 64 awards, more than any other franchise!
In 2003, Albert Pujols held the second best slugging percentage (.6667) ever for a 23 year old. Willie Mays holds the best. (.6673)
Garry Templeton became the first player in history to lead the league in triple three years in a row. (1977-79)
Garry Templeton became the first player in history to have 100 hits from both sides of the plate in the same year. (1979)
The Cardinals retired uniform number 85 in honor of longtime owner August Busch. The number corresponds with Busch's age when the franchise bestowed the honor on him in 1984.
John Tudor holds the franchise record for career winning percentage. (62-26 over 5 seasons)
In 1964 the Cards were 5 games out of 1st place on September 23rd. Then they reeled off 8 straight wins, including 3 against the Phillies, to claim the NL pennant by one game over the Phillies and the Reds.
All three Cruz brother, Jose, Hector, and Tommy, played for the Cardinals together in 1973.
The "birds on the bat" logo was first worn on the Cardinals jersey in 1922.
The starting infield for the NL in the 1963 All-Star Game was an all-Cardinals affair... Bill White (1B), Julian Javier (2B), Dick Groat (SS), Ken Boyer (3B)
Butch Yatkeman served as Cardinals equipment manager for 50 years, 1932-1982
Paul Molitor originally signed with the Cardinals in 1974, but never played for the Cards.
Pitcher Bob Tewksbury won the most games (66) for the Cards in the 1990s.
Pitcher Donovan Osborne struck out the most batters (535) for the Cards in the 1990s.
Stan "The Man" Musial holds the club record for the most grand slams. (9)
Willie McGee has the most hits (1,194) for the Cards in the 1980s.
The Cards play their first night game on July 31st, defeating the Reds 4-3 in ten innings. (This was also the first-ever extra-inning night game.)
Tim McCarver was the first catcher ever to lead the National League in triples, 13 in 1966.
Cardinals 3rd baseman, Ken Boyer, had an uncredited guest appearance in the 1960s movie The Odd Couple.
As of 2009, the Cardinals were the last team to steal at least 300 bases in a season. (1985)
At the 1963 MLB All-Star game in Cleveland, the NL starting infield was all Cardinals; Bill White (1B), Julian Javier (2B), Ken Boyer (3B), and Dick Groat (SS). The NL won the game, 5-3.
Jack Clark hit more HRs off of Don Robinson than any other pitcher.
John Tudor struck out Daryl Strawberry more times (18) than any other hitter.
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Team Pages
USA Today CNNsi Yahoo Sports The Sporting News ESPN CBS SportsLine
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Cards Extra Sports Network Fox Sports
Baseball Reference Sites
WorldSeries.com Baseball Hall of Fame Ballparks.com The Sporting News 100 greatest players
This Day in Baseball History Baseball Reference Todd's Dugout Baseball Archive Baseball Almanac
Baseball Think Factory This Great Game Love of the Game Productions
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Albert Pujols Family Foundation
Tony LaRussa's Animal Rescue Foundation
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(If you have a "Cardinal" site and would like to submit a link, please e-mail me!)
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Maybe one of the greatest regular season games (at least for shear excitement) I can remember the Cardinals playing was played on June 23rd, 1984 against the Chicago Cubs. This was a NBC "Game of the Week" and Bob Costas was the play-by-play announcer.
This was an amazing game from the start and many have called it one of the greatest games ever played! Even though the Cards eventually lost 12-11 in eleven innings, I too think it was a great game. Here are the some of the many highlights:
- The Cards go up 7-1 off of Steve Trout and then take a 9-3 lead towards the middle innings.
- Apparently there was some controversy early in the game between Whitey Herzog and the home plate umpire, Doug Harvey. (It may have had something to do with Herzog wanting some balks called.)
- Willie McGee had 6 RBIs and hit for the cycle.
- Ozzie Smith put on a defensive show up the middle early in the game.
- Ryne Sandburg goes 5 for 6 with 7 RBIs and 2HRs.
- Due to an injury, the Cubs only have 24 players available.
- The Cards give the Cubs 9 walks and 1HBP.
- Sandburg ties the game with his first home run of the game in the bottom of the 9th, 9-9, off of Bruce Sutter.
- In the top of the 10th, the Cards score two runs off of big Lee Smith.
- In the bottom of the 10th, Bruce Sutter gets the first two Cubs batters out easily, and up comes Bobby Dernier. Sutter battles Dernier to a 3-2 count. The next pitch is close enough for a strike and Dernier looked like he went around as well with a check swing, but the umpire (Harvey) called neither and he walked. The next batter, Sandburg hits the first pitch from Sutter out of the park for his second home run against Sutter in the game and ties up the score again. (This was an unbelievable at-bat because the Cards should have had him struck out on the called third strike, or at least on a the check swing and they probably would have gone on to win the game... instead the game is tied and goes into the 11th!!!)
- In the bottom of the 11th, Leon Durham leads off the inning with a walk (and we all know what happens with a lead off walk...) from Jeff Lahti. Durham then steals second and goes to third on Porter's throwing error. Herzog then decides to walk the next two to load the bases and brings the infield in for the play at the plate. Frey counters with his last position player, Dave Owen, and he sends a little flare to right field to win the game... Unbelievable!!!!
There were tons more story lines in this game, but these are some of the best!
(Please e-mail me with your most memorable game!)
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Books (that I own) about the Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals - Yesterday & Today, Bruce Herman, West Side Publishing, 2008 (ISBN: 1-4127-1504-0)
The Gashouse Gang, John Heidenry, Public Affairs Books, 2007 (ISBN: 1-58648-419-2)
Tales from The Cardinals Dugout, Bob Forsch with Tom Wheatley, Sports Publishing LLC, 2003 (ISBN: 1-58621-671-X)
For Cardinal Fans Only!, Rich Wolfe, Lone Wolfe Press,2003 (ISBN: 0-9729249-4-9)
Whitey's Boys, Rob Rains & Alvin Reid, Triumph Books, 2002 (ISBN: 1-57243-485-6)
A Special Season, Rob Rains, Sports Publishing LLC, 2002 (ISBN: 1-58261-657-4)
Remembering Jack, Rich Wolfe, 2002 (ISBN: 0-9664912-5-4)
Ozzie Smith - Road to Cooperstown, Ozzie Smith & Rob Rains, Sports Publisher,LLC, 2002 (ISBN: 1-58261-598-5)
Cardinal's Collection, 100 years of St. Louis Cardinals Images, Mark Strange, Orange Fraizer Press, 2002 (ISBN: 1-882203-85-2)
You're Missin' a Great Game, Whitey Herzog & Johnathan Pitts, Simon & Schuster, 1999 (ISBN: 0-684-85314-0)
The I-55 Series, Cubs vs. Cardinals, George Castle & Jim Rygelski, Sports Publishing, Inc. 1999 (ISBN: 1-58261-032-0)
The St. Louis Cardinals Encyclopedia, Bob Broeg & Jerry Vickery, Masters Press, 1998, (ISBN: 1-57028-171-8)
Celebrating 70: Mark McGwire's Historic Season, Bernie Miklasz, Ron Smith, Mike Eisenbath, Dave Kindred, The Sporting News Publishing, 1998, (ISBN: 0-89204-622-8)
Redbirds - A Century of Cardinals' Baseball, Bob Broeg, Walsworth Publishing, 1992, (ISBN: 1-56166-075-2)
If I were a St. Louis Cardinal, Joe D'Andrea, Picture Me Books, Inc, 1994, (ISBN: 1-878338-65-X)
Jack Buck - That's a Winner, Jack Buck with Rob Rains & Bob Broeg, Sangamore Publishing, 1997, (ISBN: 1-57167-110-0)
This Date in Cardinal History, John Leptich & Dave Baranowski, Stein and Day Publishers, 1983, (ISBN: 0-81286-133-7)
Baseball - An Illustrated History, Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns, Knoff Publishing, 1994, (ISBN: 0-67940459-7)
The St. Louis Cardinals, Rob Rains, St. Martins Press, 1992, (ISBN: 0-312-07089-6)
Snap me Perfect - The Darrell Porter Story, Darrell Porter with William Deerfield, Thomas Nelson Publisher, 1984, (ISBN: 0-8407-5367-5)
Wizard, Ozzie Smith with Rob Rains, Contemporary Books, 1988, (ISBN: 0-8092-4594-9)
October 1964, David Halberstam, Villard Book Publishing, 1994, (ISBN: 0-67941560-2)
St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Trivia, Morris Jenkins, 1989
White Rat - A Life in Baseball, Whitey Herzog & Kevin Horrigan, Harper & Row, 1987, (ISBN: 0-06080710-8)
Red - A Baseball Life, Red Schoendienst with Rob Rains, Sports Publishing Inc, 1998, (ISBN: 1-57167-200-1)
Where's Harry, Steve Stone with Barry Rozner, Taylor Publishing, 1999, (ISBN: 0-87833-233-2)
The Mac Attack: The Road to 62 and Beyond, Trade Life Book, 1998, (ISBN: 1-57757-062-6)
Mark McGwire, David Fisher, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1999, (ISBN: 0-8362-1462-5)
Mark McGwire - Mac Attack, Rob Rains, Sports Publishing Inc, 1998 (ISBN: 1-58261-004-5)
Home Run Heroes, Simon & Schuster, 1998, (ISBN: 0-684-86357-X)
The Cardinals Fan's Little Book of Wisdom, Rob Rains, Diamond Communications, 1994, (ISBN: 0-912083-77-8)
Musial - From Stash to Stan the Man, James N. Giglio, University of Missouri Press, 2001, (ISBN: 0-8262-1336-7)
Baseball from A-Z, A children's book by the Cardinals wives. 2003
"Bullet Bob" Comes to Louisville, John Morris, Diamond Communications, 1999, (ISBN: 1-888698-20-9)
A View from Second Base, Tom Herr, Double Day Press, 1998, (ISBN: 09663875-0-3
Fleeter Than Brids, Doug Feldmann, McFarland Publishers, (ISBN: 0-7864-1165-1)
The Long Season, Jim Brosnan, Dell Publishers, 1960
Where Have You Gone?, Rob Rains, Sports Publishing Inc, 2005, (ISBN: 1-58261-155-6)
A Painted House, John Grishham, Bantam Dell, 2001, (ISBN: 0-440-23722-X)
3 Nights in August, Buzz Bissinger, First Mariner Books, 2005, (ISBN: 0-618-71053-1)
Cardinals Journal, John Snyder, Emmis Books, 2006, (ISBN: 1-57860-254-8)
We Shocked the World, St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2006, (ISBN: 0-9661397-7-1)
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Sources:
- The St. Louis Cardinals: the 100th anniversary history / Rob Rains / 1992
- St. Louis Cardinals Encyclopedia / Bob Broeg, Jerry Vickery / 1998
- The Cardinals Fan's Little Book of Wisdom/ Rob Rains / 1994
- St. Louis Cardinals GameDay Magazine (many issues)
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