St. Louis Cardinals

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The St. Louis Cardinals are a Major League Baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The team was founded in 1882 as the St. Louis Brown Stockings in the American Association, a 19th-century major league. In 1892, as the St. Louis Browns, they moved to the National League. [1] [2] [3]

Championships

The team has had a total of 11 championship-winning seasons since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern World Series in 1903, winning the World Series in the following years. [4]

  • 2011
  • 2006
  • 1982
  • 1967
  • 1964
  • 1946
  • 1944
  • 1942
  • 1934
  • 1931
  • 1926

They were also National League champions, but lost in the World Series, 8 times, in the following years.

  • 2013
  • 2004
  • 1987
  • 1985
  • 1968
  • 1943
  • 1930
  • 1928

Prior to the start of the modern World Series, the team did not win any National League titles. They won 4 American Association titles, in 1885, 1886, 1887, and 1888. [5] [6] (The American Association was a baseball major league active during the period 1882-1891.) In each of these years, they appeared in a 19th-century version of the World Series, playing against the champion from the National League. They won the series once (1886) and lost 2 times (1887 and 1888). In 1885 they tied the National League champion Chicago White Stockings by winning 3 games, losing 3, and tying 1.

Locations and Nicknames

The team has been based in St. Louis since its inception in 1882. There is disagreement among references as to the home-game stadiums used up through 1898; the list below follows the chronology presented at mlb.com. [7] [8] [9]

  • 1882-1891 / mlb.com & baseball-reference.com: Sportsman's Park I (In 1881, an exhibition game was played before the team began professional play in 1882)
  • 1892-1897 / mlb.com & baseball-almanac.com: Union Park
  • 1898 only / mlb.com & baseball-almanac.com: League Park
  • 1899-1920: Robison Field
  • 1920-1952: Sportsman's Park
  • 1953-1965: Busch Stadium
  • 1966-2005: Busch Stadium II
  • 2006-present: Busch Stadium III

The stadium locations according to three sources are detailed in the table below.

Seasons mlb.com Baseball Almanac Baseball Reference
1882-1884 Sportsman's Park n/a Sportsman's Park I
1885-1886 Sportsman's Park Union Park Sportsman's Park I
1887-1891 Sportsman's Park n/a Sportsman's Park I
1892 Union Park Union Park Sportsman's Park I

& Association Park

1893-1897 Union Park Union Park Robison Field
1898 League Park League Park Robison Field
1899-1919 Robison Field Robison Field Robison Field
1920 Robison Field

& Sportsman's Park

Robison Field

& Sportsman's Park

Robison Field

& Sportsman's Park III

1921-1966 Sportsman's Park, renamed

Busch Stadium (Grand Avenue)

starting in 1953

Sportsman's Park, renamed

Busch Stadium (Grand Avenue)

starting in 1953

Sportsman's Park III 1921-1952

Busch Stadium I 1953-1966

1966-2005 Busch Stadium II Busch Stadium (Stadium Plaza) Busch Stadium II
2006-present Busch Stadium III Busch Stadium (II) Busch Stadium III

They have been known by four different nicknames: [10]

  • 1882 only: St. Louis Brown Stockings in the American Association
  • 1883-1898: St. Louis Browns (in the American Association up through 1891, then in the National League starting in 1892
  • 1899 only: St. Louis Perfectos
  • 1900-present: St. Louis Cardinals

Retired Numbers

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [11] [12]

  • (No number) Jack Buck (broadcaster)
  • (No number) Rogers Hornsby
  • 1 Ozzie Smith
  • 2 Red Schoendienst (manager and player)
  • 6 Stan Musial
  • 9 Enos Slaughter
  • 10 Tony LaRussa (manager)
  • 14 Ken Boyer
  • 17 Dizzy Dean
  • 20 Lou Brock
  • 23 Ted Simmons
  • 24 Whitey Herzog (manager)
  • 42 Bruce Sutter
  • 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)
  • 45 Bob Gibson
  • 85 August Busch, Jr. (owner)

Notes