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St. Louis Cardinals
1882
Major league affiliations
1892 –present) Central Division (1994–present)
Retired numbers	1, 2, 6, 9, 14, 17, 20, 42, 42, 45, 85
Name
St. Louis Cardinals ( 1900 –present) St. Louis Perfectos (1899) St. Louis Brown Stockings/Browns (1882-1898)
Other nicknames
The Cards, The Redbirds, The Birds
Ballpark
Busch Stadium (III) (2006–present) Busch Stadium (II) (1966-2005) aka Busch Memorial Stadium (1966-1982) Sportsman's Park (III) (1920-1966) aka Busch Stadium (I) (1953-1966) Robison Field (1893-1920) aka Cardinal Field (1917-1920) aka League Park (1899-1911) aka Sportsman's Park (II) (1893-1899) Sportsman's Park (I) (1882-1892 )
Major league titles
World Series titles (10)	William DeWitt, Jr. and Fred Hanser
General manager	John Mozeliak
Manager	Tony La Russa

The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional

The Cardinals' fortunes in the National League began to improve in

The Cardinals returned to their winning ways in 1981, however a rule change because of the strike-shortened season left the Cardinals out of the playoffs. Despite having the best overall record in the NL East, the Cardinals finished in second in both halves of the strike-split season. But just like in 1964, a trade would propel the Cardinals upward. Before the 1982 season began the Cardinals acquired shortstop Ozzie Smith from the San Diego Padres via a trade. With Smith, and playing a form of baseball nicknamed Whiteyball after manager Whitey Herzog, the Cardinals won the 1982 World Series over the Milwaukee Brewers. Whitey's Cardinals return to the 1985 World Series against the Kansas City Royals. The series was nicknamed the "I-70 Series" after the highway that connects the in-state rivals. The Royals won in seven games, but the series in most remembered for a blown call by umpire Don Denkinger in Game 6 that turned the tide of the series for the Royals. The Cardinals would also reach the 1987 World Series, losing to the Minnesota Twins.^[8]

The Cardinals hit another period of little success in the early 1990s. That changed in

The 2000's also brought an incredible amount of tragedy to the Cardinals as several deaths struck the franchise. On June 18, 2002 long-time Cardinals radio broadcaster Jack Buck passed away at the age of 77. Just four days later, and much more shockingly, Cardinals starting pitcher Darryl Kile died the night before a game in Chicago against the Cubs. Kile was only 33 years old when he suffered heart failure in his sleep. Five years later, on April 29, 2007, Cardinals relief pitcher Josh Hancock, age 29, was killed in a car accident while driving drunk when his vehicle collided with a stopped tow truck that was aiding a disabled motorist.^[10]

Ballpark

The Cardinals play their home games at Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. Busch Stadium, also called Busch III, opened for the 2006 season at a cost of $346 million^[11] and can hold 46,861 people.^[12] The Cardinals finished their inaugural season in the new Busch Stadium by winning the 2006 World Series, becoming the first team since the 1923 New York Yankees to win the World Series in their first season in a new ballpark. The ballpark has numerous statues of great former Cardinal players outside, including the iconic statue of Stan Musial in front of the third base entrace.

Busch Stadium is the Cardinals fourth home ballpark and the third to be named Busch Stadium. The Cardinals' original home ballpark was

The Cardinals have had few logos throughout their history, although those logos have evolved over time. The first logo associated with the Cardinals was an interlocking "SL" that appeared on the team's caps and or sleeves as early as 1900. Those early uniforms usually featured the name "St. Louis" on white home and gray road uniforms which both had

• Cardinal pitchers have thrown ten
  Jose Jimenez (1999), and Bud Smith (2001). The Cardinals have never been involved in a perfect game
  , win or lose.

• Three Cardinal pitchers have won Cy Young Awards: Bob Gibson in 1968, Gibson again in 1970, and Chris Carpenter in 2005.

• Fifteen Cardinal players have won Most Valuable Player awards, the most recent being Albert Pujols in 2009. Bob Gibson won the both the Cy Young Award and MVP award in 1968.

• Six Cardinals have won the Rookie of the Year award: Wally Moon in 1954, Bill Virdon in 1955, Bake McBride in 1974, Vince Coleman in 1985, Todd Worrell in 1986, and Albert Pujols in 2001.

• Twenty Cardinal players have
  hit for the cycle, the most recent being Mark Grudzielanek in 2005.^[14]

Hall of Famers

Players elected with Cardinals logo on plaque Lou Brock, LF, 1964-1979 Dizzy Dean, P, 1930-1937 Bob Gibson, P, 1959-1975 Stan Musial, LF-1B, 1941-1944, 1946-1963 Red Schoendienst, 2B, 1945-1956, 1961-1963 MGR 1965-1976, 1980, 1990 Enos Slaughter, RF, 1938-1942, 1946-1953 Ozzie Smith, SS, 1982-1996 Billy Southworth, MGR 1929, 1940-1945 Bruce Sutter, P, 1981-1984

Players elected with Cardinals as primary team Jim Bottomley, 1B, 1922-1932 Frankie Frisch, 2B, 1927-1938 Chick Hafey, LF, 1924-1931 Jesse Haines, P, 1920-1937 Rogers Hornsby, 2B, 1915-1926, 1933 Joe Medwick, LF, 1932-1940, 1947-1948 Johnny Mize, 1B, 1936-1941

Other Hall-of-Famers associated with Cardinals Grover Cleveland Alexander, P, 1926-1929 Walter Alston, 1B, 1936 Jake Beckley, 1B, 1904-1907 Roger Bresnahan, C, 1909-1912 Mordecai Brown, P, 1903 Jesse Burkett, LF, 1899-1901 Steve Carlton, P, 1965-1971 Orlando Cepeda, 1B, 1966-1968 Charlie Comiskey , MGR, 1882-1889, 1891 Roger Connor, 1B, 1894-1897 Leo Durocher, SS, 1933-1937 Dennis Eckersley, P, 1996-1997 Pud Galvin, P, 1892 Burleigh Grimes, P, 1930-1931, 1933-1934

Miller Huggins, 2B, 1910-1916 Rabbit Maranville, SS, 1927-1928 Bill McKechnie, MGR, 1928-1929 John McGraw , 3B, 1900 Kid Nichols, P, 1904-1905 Wilbert Robinson, C, 1900 Billy Southworth, RF, 1926-1927, 1929; MGR, 1929, 1940-1945 Dazzy Vance, P, 1933-1934 Bobby Wallace, SS, 1899-1901, 1917-1918 Hoyt Wilhelm, P, 1957 Vic Willis, P, 1910 Cy Young, P, 1899-1900

Retired numbers

Rogers Hornsby 2B, Mgr. Honored 1937	Ozzie Smith SS Retired 1996	Red Schoendienst 2B, Mgr., Coach Retired 1990	Stan Musial 1B, LF Retired 1963	Enos Slaughter RF Retired 1996	Ken Boyer 3B, Mgr., Coach Retired 1984
Dizzy Dean SP Retired 1974	Lou Brock LF Retired 1979	Jackie Robinson Retired by Baseball 1997	Bruce Sutter RP Retired 2006	Bob Gibson SP Retired 1975	Gussie Busch Owner Retired 1984

Hall of Fame

earlier in the year.

Cardinal stockholders honored Busch with the number 85 on his 85th birthday, in 1984. Also, while not officially retired, the number 25 of Mark McGwire (1B, 1997-2001) has not been reissued since he retired, the number 51 of Willie McGee (OF 1982-1990, 1996-1999) has not been reissued since late in the 2001 season, and the number 57 of Darryl Kile (P, 2000-02) has not been reissued since his death in the middle of the 2002 season. (Kile is honored with a small circular logo bearing his initials and number on the wall of the Cardinal bullpen, as is deceased pitcher Josh Hancock.) The team also honored longtime radio commentator Jack Buck by placing a drawing of a microphone on the wall with the retired numbers.

The Cardinals are tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers as having retired the second-most numbers in baseball with 10, behind only the New York Yankees' 16.

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