Based in St. Louis Missouri, United States - the St. Louis Cardinals are the professional baseball team that was established back in 1882. They won a total of ten wins, a record in National League and second to New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. The team was called St Louis Brown stockings from 1882 to 1899. They change their name to the Cardinals in 1900.The Cardinals became the first ever team to become victorious in the World Series in their first season in a new ballpark since 1923 when they began to play in the current Busch Stadium in 2006,



Important moment and accomplishments:

1880s?1900s

The Cardinals were founded in 1882 as St. Louis Brown Stockings. They immediately won four AA pennants in a row from1885-1888. The first two matches were played against the National League's Chicago White Stockings, now the Chicago Cubs. The match ended in dispute in 1885. St. Louis won the game in 1886 series. St. Louis-Chicago started a rivalry that continues until today. After these, St. Louis played in an early version of the World Series. In 1899, the club changed its name to the Perfectos. It was immediately changed to the Cardinals in 1900.

1900s?1930s

In the 1920s, Sam Breadon bought the club and named Branch Rickey his general manager. The Cardinals, led by Rogers Hornsby, who won the Triple Crown in 1922 and 1925, improved drastically during this decade. The club won their first National League pennant in 1926. The next year, 1927, they defeated the favored New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.

1940s?1970s

The Cardinals dominated the National League, winning three straight pennants from 1942?1944. The 1942 they won a franchise record 106 games and defeated the Yankees in the World Series. They were defeated by the Yankees in their rematch the next year, 1943. They won again in 1944 against the cross-town rival, St. Louis Browns, for their fifth World Series title.

Pitchers in the current roster:

Mitchell Boggs

Chris Carpenter

Blake Hawksworth

Kyle Lohse

Braden Looper

Mike Parisi

Joel Pi?eiro

Adam Wainwright

St. Louis Cardinals recent news:

Albert Pujols led the cardinals to win the National League in six out of seven years as the team started a new era of success in the new millennium. They fail to advance in the post-season in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and even missed the playoffs in 2003 but won 105 games in 2004 to set a new best record in baseball. They won the NLDS, defeating the Dodgers and the NLCS, defeating the Houston Astros in seven games to set a match with the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 World Series. The Red Sox, however, swept the series to win their first World Series in 86 years. The Cardinals won the Central Division title in 2005, but lost in an NLCS rematch to the Astros. When the Cardinals moved to the new Busch Stadium in 2006, they finally overcame the playoffs. They defeated the San Diego Padres in the NLDS and the New York Mets in the NLCS. The Cardinals faced the Detroit Tigers in the 2006 World Series. They won in five games to claim the franchise's tenth World Series title.

St. Louis Cardinals' fans will be more than eager to see their favorite team win more games in their bid to add more titles to their list.