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The St. Louis Cardinals play in the Central Division of the National
League. They play their home games at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO.
The Cardinals have won the World Series 11 times. Their first World
Series win came in 1926 when they defeated the New York Yankees in 7
games.
In game 7 of this series the Cardinals were ahead 3-2 in the bottom of
the ninth inning with 2 outs. The Cardinals caught Babe Ruth trying to
steal second base. Catcher Bob O’Farrell threw the ball to
second
base and Rogers Hornsby caught the ball and tagged Ruth out to win the
game and the series.
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In
the 1931 World Series, the Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia
Athletics in 7 games. (The
Athletics would later move to Kansas City and eventually to Oakland to
become the Oakland Athletics.)
The Cards had lost the Series to the
Athletics in 1930. This victory would avenge their loss from the year
before and give them them their second World Series Championship.
The
Cardinals third World Series was won in 1934 when they defeated the
Detroit
Tigers in 7 games. The last game of this series was played in Detroit
and the Cards embarrassed the Tigers by shutting them out by a score of
11 to 0.
The
1942 Cardinals were
led by Stan “the Man” Musial. Stan Musial and the
rest of
the St. Louis Cardinals were matched up against the New York Yankees in
the 1942 World Series.
The Cardinals took care of the Yankees in 5
games which gave them their fourth World Series title.
In
the 1944 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals were matched up against
the St. Louis Browns. The Cards won the Series in 6 games giving them
their fifth World Series title.
The St. Louis Browns later moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore
Orioles.
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Two
years after the
Cardinals won the 1944 World Series, they won their sixth World
Championship by beating the Boston Red
Sox in the 1946 World Series.
One of the highlights of this series came in the eighth inning of the
seventh game. Enos Slaughter was on first base with the score tied at 3
to 3.
A double was hit to center field and Enos Slaughter ran all the way
home to score. This run would end up winning the series for the
Cardinals.
From
1947 to 1963 the
Cardinals failed to win a National League Championship and therefore,
were unable to make it into the Series. This would change in 1964. The
Cardinals acquired Lou Brock who replaced Stan Musial who had retired
at the end of the previous season.
With Lou Brock and pitcher Bob
Gibson, the Cards won the 1964 World Series against the New York
Yankees in 7 games. This ended their World Series drought and gave them
their seventh World Championship. Bob Gibson was named MVP.
In
1967 with pitcher
Bob Gibson still on the team, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the
Boston Red Sox to win their eighth World Series title. This was the
Cardinals second World Series victory over the Red Sox. Bob Gibson was
again named Series MVP. The following year he won a Cy Young Award and
was also named the 1968 National League MVP.
In
1982 with Whitey
Herzog at the Helm and newly acquired shortstop Ozzie Smith on the
team, the St. Louis Cardinals secured their ninth World Championship by
beating the Milwaukee Brewers in 7 games.
The
2006 World Series was a match up between the St Louis Cardinals and
the Detroit Tigers. This was the third time that the Tigers would play
the Cardinals in the World Series. Although the Detroit Tigers were
favored to win, manager Tony La Russa and the St. Louis Cardinals were
able
to defeat the Tigers in 5 games. This would give the Cardinals their
tenth World Series Championship.
In the 2011 World Series the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Texas
Rangers in 7 games. In game 6, the Rangers
were leading the
series 3 games to 2. They were 1 strike away from winning the World
Series 2 different times in extra innings. The Cardinals managed to
hang on and win the game. This forced game 7 which the Cardinal won
by a score of 6 to 2,
giving them their eleventh World Series Championship. David Freese was
named World Series MVP. |
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