2005 St. Louis Cardinals season

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2005  St. Louis Cardinals
National League Central Champions
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Busch Memorial Stadium
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place1st
Owners William DeWitt Jr.
General managers Walt Jocketty
Managers Tony La Russa
Television FSN Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter)
Radio KMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
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The 2005 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 124th season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 114th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 40th and final in Busch Memorial Stadium as they moved to the Busch Stadium III the next year.

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The Cardinals went 100–62 during the season and won the National League Central by 11 games over the NL Wild-Card Champion and eventual NL Champion Houston Astros. In the playoffs the Cardinals swept the San Diego Padres 3 games to 0 in the NLDS. However, the Cardinals lost to the Astros 4 games to 2 in the NLCS.

The Cardinals moved their radio broadcasts from KMOX after a 55-year affiliation to KTRS after the season. After the 2010 season, the Cardinals would move their radio broadcasts from KTRS back to KMOX, starting in 2011.

First baseman Albert Pujols won the MVP Award this year, batting .330, with 41 home runs and 117 RBIs. Chris Carpenter won the Cy Young Award this year, with a 2.83 ERA, 21 wins, and 213 strikeouts. Outfielder Jim Edmonds won a Gold Glove this year. The Cardinals pitching staff led Major League Baseball by having the lowest (ERA) (3.49), conceding the fewest earned runs (560) and pitching the most complete games (15). [1]

Offseason

Regular season

A herniated disc in Larry Walker's neck prevented him from turning his head to the left. He received a second cortisone shot to alleviate the pain on June 27. With eight previous surgeries and now playing with pain that impeded his ability to continue to produce at a high level, he signaled that he would retire from playing after the season. He had $12 million team option for 2006. [4]

On August 4, the Cardinals announced that they had bought a 50% share of KTRS 550 AM and was leaving the longtime flagship station KMOX 1120 AM after 52 years and transferring the games to KTRS in 2006.

The Cardinals clinched their fifth National League Central division title in six years on September 17 when they beat the Cubs 5-1. The final regular season game at Busch Memorial Stadium took place on October 2, a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Rookie Chris Duncan hit the final regular season home run at that version of Busch Stadium.

Game log

2005 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (100–62)
April: (15–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Astros 7–3 Carpenter Oswalt Isringhausen 43,5671–0
2April 6@ Astros 1–4 Qualls Tavárez Lidge 28,4961–1
3April 8 Phillies 6–5 Reyes Madson Isringhausen 50,0742–1
4April 9 Phillies 4–10 Floyd Suppan 39,2422–2
5April 10 Phillies 4–13 Lieber Carpenter 37,9712–3
6April 12 Reds 5–1 Marquis Harang 33,6173–3
7April 13 Reds 5–6 Belisle Mulder Graves 28,7723–4
8April 15@ Brewers 3–0 Suppan Sheets Isringhausen 22,6764–4
9April 16@ Brewers 5–3 Carpenter Davis Isringhausen 30,7325–4
10April 17@ Brewers 3–2 Marquis Adams Isringhausen 21,1446–4
11April 18@ Pirates 11–1 Mulder D. Williams 11,2207–4
12April 19@ Pirates 7–1 Morris Fogg 12,2858–4
13April 20 Cubs 1–3 Zambrano Suppan Hawkins 44,8558–5
14April 21 Cubs 4–0 Carpenter Dempster 46,1199–5
15April 22 Astros 8–7 Marquis Duckworth Isringhausen 44,80510–5
16April 23 Astros 1–0 Mulder Qualls 40,05811–5
17April 24 Astros 8–5 Morris Backe Isringhausen 39,02012–5
18April 26 Brewers 5–3 Suppan Davis Flores 28,78713–5
19April 27 Brewers 6–3 Carpenter Santos Tavárez 38,34314–5
20April 28 Brewers 3–4 Capuano Marquis Turnbow 26,02614–6
21April 29@ Braves 6–5 Mulder Hudson Reyes 33,83315–6
22April 30@ Braves 2–3 Kolb Journell 35,78915–7
May: (18–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1@ Braves 1–2 Smoltz Suppan Kolb 34,30415–8
24May 2@ Reds 10–9 Flores Graves Tavárez 15,96116–8
25May 3@ Reds 4–2 Marquis Harang Reyes 16,51217–8
26May 4@ Reds 7–3 Mulder Claussen 17,24118–8
27May 5 Padres 3–8Hammond King 30,50718–9
28May 6 Padres 5–6Williams Flores Hoffman47,16018–10
29May 7 Padres 4–5Eaton Carpenter Hoffman18–11
30May 8 Padres 15–5 Marquis Redding Thompson 46,44419–11
31May 9 Dodgers 4–2 Mulder Perez Reyes 37,19420–11
32May 10 Dodgers 8–9AlvarezJarvisBrazoban38,98420–12
33May 11 Dodgers 9–3 Suppan Penny35,67121–12
34May 12 Dodgers 10–3 Carpenter Lowe45,65622–12
35May 13@ Mets 0–2 Glavine Marquis Looper 43,49522–13
36May 14@ Mets 7–6 Tavárez R. Hernandez Isringhausen 40,92123–13
37May 15@ Mets 4–2 Morris Heilman Isringhausen 32,94924–13
38May 17@ Phillies 5–7 Lidle Suppan Wagner 32,10324–14
39May 18@ Phillies 8–4 Carpenter Lieber 29,13025–14
40May 19@ Phillies 4–7 Myers Marquis 38,22925–15
41May 20@ Royals 7–6 Mulder Greinke Isringhausen 31,51326–15
42May 21@ Royals 6–5 Morris Cerda Isringhausen 39,78127–15
43May 22@ Royals 2–9Jensen Suppan 29,26927–16
44May 23 Pirates 4–2 Carpenter D. Williams Isringhausen 33,07328–16
45May 24 Pirates 2–1 Reyes Mesa 36,28529–16
46May 25 Pirates 11–5 Mulder Redman 34,89530–16
47May 27 Nationals 6–3 Morris Armas Isringhausen 47,38331–16
48May 28 Nationals 3–1 Suppan Loaiza Isringhausen 49,12332–16
49May 29 Nationals 2–3 L. Hernandez Carpenter Cordero 47,01232–17
50May 30@ Rockies 5–4 Marquis Witasick Isringhausen 34,23933–17
51May 31@ Rockies 1–2 Jennings Mulder Fuentes 23,51933–18
June: (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Rockies 8–6 Morris Neal Isringhausen 22,26634–18
53June 2@ Rockies 7–8 Fuentes Isringhausen 21,38134–19
54June 3@ Astros 2–0 Carpenter Pettitte Tavárez 34,09235–19
55June 4@ Astros 11–9 Marquis Rodriguez Isringhausen 39,28836–19
56June 5@ Astros 4–6 Clemens Mulder Lidge 34,00936–20
57June 6 Red Sox 7–1 Morris Wakefield50,27037–20
58June 7 Red Sox 9–2 Suppan Clement47,49638–20
59June 8 Red Sox 0–4Wells Carpenter 46,92838–21
60June 10 Yankees 8–1 Marquis Wang50,25039–21
61June 11 Yankees 0–5Johnson Mulder Rivera50,17739–22
62June 12 Yankees 5–3 King Sturtze Isringhausen 50,37240–22
63June 13@ Blue Jays 1–4Halladay Suppan 20,03240–23
64June 14@ Blue Jays 7–0 Carpenter Gaudin37,53641–23
65June 15@ Blue Jays 2–5Lilly Marquis Batista22,90841–24
66June 17@ Devil Rays 6–4 Mulder Harper Isringhausen 19,09942–24
67June 18@ Devil Rays 5–2 Morris Hendrickson Isringhausen 20,41643–24
68June 19@ Devil Rays 8–5 Suppan Waechter Isringhausen 21,27544–24
69June 20@ Reds 6–1 Carpenter Harang 22,03545–24
70June 21@ Reds 4–11 Claussen Marquis 22,26845–25
71June 22@ Reds 6–7 Ortiz Mulder Mercker 31,56645–26
72June 23 Pirates 7–11 Williams Morris R. White 43,59045–27
73June 24 Pirates 8–1 Suppan Wells 48,18446–27
74June 25 Pirates 8–0 Carpenter Redman 48,41347–27
75June 26 Pirates 4–5 Grabow Reyes Mesa 45,05047–28
76June 28 Reds 2–1 Mulder Claussen Isringhausen 38,64048–28
77June 29 Reds 11–3 Morris Ortiz 39,29849–28
78June 30 Rockies 0–7 Francis Suppan 44,03649–29
July: (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1 Rockies 6–0 Carpenter Kennedy 40,12850–29
80July 2 Rockies 1–3 Wright Marquis Fuentes 47,91350–30
81July 3 Rockies 5–4 King Witasick 47,81151–30
82July 4@ Dbacks 10–3 Morris Webb 31,19752–30
83July 5@ Dbacks 7–1 Suppan Estes 23,59053–30
84July 6@ Dbacks 2–1 Carpenter Vazquez Isringhausen 21,07654–30
85July 7@ Dbacks 1–2 Cormier King 21,95954–31
86July 8@ Giants 3–1 Mulder Schmidt Isringhausen 41,40555–31
87July 9@ Giants 0–2Hennessey Morris Walker42,42355–32
88July 10@ Giants 4–3 Suppan Lowry Isringhausen 41,92556–32
89July 15 Astros 4–3 Thompson Harville 48,42057–32
90July 16 Astros 4–2 Marquis Oswalt Isringhausen 48,03458–32
91July 17 Astros 3–0 Carpenter Clemens 46,58459–32
92July 18 Brewers 11–4 Morris Santos 41,82760–32
93July 19 Brewers 4–5 Wise Tavárez Turnbow 44,27060–33
94July 20 Brewers 4–2 Mulder Sheets Isringhausen 40,90461–33
95July 21 Brewers 7–12 Capuano Marquis 44,00261–34
96July 22 Cubs 2–1 Reyes Mitre 49,84062–34
97July 23 Cubs 5–6 J. Williams Morris Dempster 49,94262–35
98July 24 Cubs 4–8 Dempster Reyes 49,76262–36
99July 26@ Padres 4–2 Mulder Williams Isringhausen 36,65963–36
100July 27@ Padres 1–2Hoffman Marquis 37,59263–37
101July 28@ Padres 11–3 Carpenter Stauffer38,76064–37
102July 29@ Dodgers 5–7Sanchez Morris Brazoban53,78364–38
103July 30@ Dodgers 9–4 Suppan Lowe47,80565–38
104July 31@ Dodgers 7–5 Eldred Alvarez Isringhausen 44,54366–38
August: (19–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1 Marlins 5–6 Valdez Marquis T. Jones 43,40366–39
106August 2 Marlins 3–1 Carpenter Willis 43,55767–39
107August 3 Marlins 9–6 Morris Villone 43,11168–39
108August 4 Marlins 3–4 Burnett Suppan T. Jones 44,20168–40
109August 5 Braves 11–3 Mulder Smoltz 47,83869–40
110August 6 Braves 1–8 Hudson Marquis 48,56569–41
111August 7 Braves 5–3 King Reitsma 47,71470–41
112August 8@ Brewers 8–4 Flores Wise 30,26071–41
113August 9@ Brewers 5–2 Reyes Davis Isringhausen 28,55672–41
114August 10@ Brewers 3–0 Suppan Sheets Isringhausen 37,65073–41
115August 11@ Cubs 4–11 Maddux Mulder 38,17073–42
116August 12@ Cubs 1–4 Zambrano Marquis 39,71773–43
117August 13@ Cubs 5–2 Carpenter J. Williams 39,92374–43
118August 14@ Cubs 4–5 Prior Morris Dempster 39,31174–44
119August 16 Dbacks 8–2 Suppan Halsey 42,19875–44
120August 17 Dbacks 5–0 Mulder Webb 41,40776–44
121August 18 Dbacks 2–9 Vargas Marquis 44,62576–45
122August 19 Giants 5–4 Tavárez Accardo46,20077–45
123August 20 Giants 4–2 Morris Correia Isringhausen 47,16978–45
124August 21 Giants 2–4Schmidt Suppan Benitez46,11378–46
125August 22@ Pirates 3–1 Mulder Fogg Isringhausen 23,75179–46
126August 23@ Pirates 0–10 Torres Marquis 23,94879–47
127August 24@ Pirates 8–3 Carpenter Wells 21,50680–47
128August 25@ Pirates 6–3 Morris D. Williams Isringhausen 24,62681–47
129August 26@ Nationals 1–4 Loaiza Suppan Cordero 37,88581–48
130August 27@ Nationals 6–0 Marquis White 44,25482–48
131August 28@ Nationals 6–0 Thompson Halama 41,13083–48
132August 29@ Marlins 6–1 Carpenter Burnett 18,38884–48
133August 30@ Marlins 6–7 Mota Morris T. Jones 20,07384–49
134August 31@ Marlins 10–5 Suppan Vargas 20,65685–49
September: (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 2@ Astros 5–6 Qualls Tavárez 38,51185–50
136September 3@ Astros 4–2 Carpenter Springer 42,81786–50
137September 4@ Astros 4–1 Marquis Rodriguez 38,27787–50
138September 5 Cubs 6–4 King Novoa Tavárez 49,64688–50
139September 6 Cubs 2–5 Rusch Morris Dempster 47,29288–51
140September 7 Cubs 1–2 Maddux Mulder Dempster 47,78988–52
141September 8 Mets 5–0 Carpenter Benson 47,42289–52
142September 9 Mets 3–2 Marquis Seo Isringhausen 45,61690–52
143September 10 Mets 4–2 Suppan Trachsel Isringhausen 48,46591–52
144September 11 Mets 2–7 Martinez Morris 45,88491–53
145September 12 Pirates 4–3 Isringhausen Torres 40,06492–53
146September 13 Pirates 5–4 Thompson R. White 40,59993–53
147September 14 Pirates 3–5 Vogelsong Marquis M. Gonzalez 40,17293–54
148September 15@ Cubs 6–1 Suppan Prior 37,84994–54
149September 16@ Cubs 3–5 Rusch Morris Dempster 38,08094–55
150September 17@ Cubs 5–1 Mulder Maddux 39,26995–55
151September 18@ Cubs 4–7 Zambrano Reyes 38,18295–56
152September 20@ Reds 5–6 Hancock King Weathers 16,58795–57
153September 21@ Reds 5–1 Marquis Ortiz 16,78496–57
154September 22@ Reds 2–6 Coffey King 17,46196–58
155September 23@ Brewers 6–9 Capuano Carpenter Turnbow 22,47296–59
156September 24@ Brewers 7–8 Glover Mulder Turnbow 33,50696–60
157September 25@ Brewers 2–0 Suppan Davis Isringhausen 20,15097–60
158September 27 Astros 1–3 Oswalt Morris Lidge 40,26097–61
159September 28 Astros 6–7 Qualls Isringhausen Lidge 40,61697–62
160September 30 Reds 12–6 Reyes Hudson 47,25798–62
October: (2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1 Reds 9–6 Flores Simpson Isringhausen 49,48799–62
162October 2 Reds 7–5 Thompson Claussen Isringhausen 50,434100–62

Postseason Game Log

2005 St. Louis Cardinals Postseason Game Log (5–4)
NLDS: (3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 4 Padres 8–5 Carpenter Peavy 52,3491–0
2October 6 Padres 6–2 Mulder Astacio 52,5992–0
3October 8@ Padres 7–4 Morris W. Williams Isringhausen 45,0933–0
NLCS: (2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 12 Astros 5–3 Carpenter Pettitte Isringhausen 52,3321–0
2October 13 Astros 1–4 Oswalt Mulder Lidge 52,3581–1
3October 15@ Astros 3–4 Clemens Morris Lidge 42,8231–2
4October 16@ Astros 1–2 Qualls Lidge 43,0101–3
5October 17@ Astros 5–4 Isringhausen Lidge 43,4702–3
6October 19 Astros 1–5 Oswalt Mulder 52,4382–4

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10062.617—50‍–‍3150‍–‍31
Houston Astros 8973.5491153‍–‍2836‍–‍45
Milwaukee Brewers 8181.5001946‍–‍3535‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs 7983.4882138‍–‍4341‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 7389.4512742‍–‍3931‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795.4143334‍–‍4733‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona —3–35–22–411–72–43–313–52–41–63–43–410–97–112–52–48–10
Atlanta 3–3—6–17–32–410–85–13–33–313–69–104–31–54–23–310–97–8
Chicago 2–51–6—6–94–35–49–74–27–92–42–411–54–35–210–61–56–9
Cincinnati 4–23–79–6—3–32–44–123–46–103–33–49–74–23–55–115–17-8
Colorado 7–114–23–43–3—3–31–511–81–53–42–43–77–117–114–42–46–9
Florida 4–28–104–54–23–3—4–35–23–48–109–103–42–44–23–49–910–5
Houston 3–31–57–912–45–13-4—4–210–55–56–09–74–33–45–115–27–8
Los Angeles 5–133–32–44–38–112–52–4—5–13–33–35–211–79–102–52–45–13
Milwaukee 4–23–39–710–65–14–35–101–5—3–34–59–73–44–35–114–48–7
New York 6–16–134–23–34–310–85–53–33–3—11–73–34–23–32–511–85–10
Philadelphia 4-310–94–24–34–210–90–63–35–47–11—4–36–05–14–211–87–8
Pittsburgh 4–33–45–117–97–34–37–92–57–93–33–4—3–42–44–121–55–7
San Diego 9–105–13–42–411–74–23–47–114–32–40–64–3—12–64–35–17–11
San Francisco 11–72–42–55–311–72–44–310–93–43–31–54–26–12—2–43–36–12
St. Louis 5–23–36–1011–54–44-311–55–211–55–22–412–43–44–2—4–210–5
Washington 4–29–105–11–54–29-92–54–24–48–118–115–11–53–32–4—12–6

Transactions

Roster

2005 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Yadier Molina 11438597.252849
1B Albert Pujols 161591195.33041117
2B Mark Grudzielanek 137528155.294859
SS David Eckstein 158630185.294861
3B Abraham Núñez 139421120.285544
LF Reggie Sanders 9329580.2712154
CF Jim Edmonds 142467123.2632989
RF Larry Walker 10031591.2891552

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
So Taguchi 143396114.288853
John Mabry 11224659.240832
Scott Rolen 5619646.235528
John Rodriguez 5614944.295524
Héctor Luna 6413739.285118
Einar Díaz 5813027.208117
Scott Seabol 5910523.219110
Mike Mahoney 266410.15616
Roger Cedeño 37579.15808
John Gall 223710.270210
Skip Schumaker 27246.25001
Chris Duncan 9102.20013

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Carpenter 33241.22152.83213
Jason Marquis 33207.013144.13100
Mark Mulder 32205.01683.64111
Jeff Suppan 32194.116103.87114
Matt Morris 31192.214104.11117

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Anthony Reyes 413.1112.7012
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jason Isringhausen 6312392.1451
Ray King 774403.3823
Julián Tavárez 742343.4347
Al Reyes 654232.1567
Randy Flores 503113.4643
Brad Thompson 404012.9529
Cal Eldred 311002.1929
Gabe White 60002.161
Carmen Cali 600010.505
Jimmy Journell 501010.385
Bill Pulsipher 50006.751
Tyler Johnson 50000.004
Kevin Jarvis 401013.502
Adam Wainwright 200013.500

NLDS

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres

St. Louis wins series, 3-0.

GameScoreDate
1St. Louis 8, San Diego 5October 4
2St. Louis 6, San Diego 2October 6
3St. Louis 7, San Diego 4October 8

NLCS

Down to their last out and strike and facing elimination in game 5 of the 2005 National League Championship Series, David Eckstein hit a single in the hole on the left side off of the Astros' Brad Lidge to bring the tying run to the plate. The next batter, Jim Edmonds, worked a base on balls. Albert Pujols followed with a 412-foot home run onto the train tracks behind left field (had the game been played with the roof open, the drive would have exited Minute Maid Park, as it first hit off the glass wall which forms part of the roof),[ citation needed ] to put the Cardinals ahead 5–4. The roar of the crowd, anticipating the end of the game that would signal the Astros' entrance into the World Series, was hushed as they watched Pujols' home run (one of the announcers described it as a "vacuum" from the sudden intake of air by the crowd). Houston was then shut down in the bottom of the 9th by the Cardinals' closer Jason Isringhausen to preserve the win, guaranteeing at least one more game at old Busch Stadium. However, the Astros dominated Game 6, shutting the Cardinals down 5–1 for their first berth in the World Series in franchise history. Walker struck out in the ninth inning, his final major league at bat. He retired shortly after the game. [6]

GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord

(HOU-STL)

1 October 12 Houston 3 St. Louis 50-1
2 October 13 Houston 4 St. Louis 11-1
3 October 15 St. Louis 3 Houston 42-1
4 October 16 St. Louis 1 Houston 23-1
5 October 17 St. Louis 5 Houston 43-2
6 October 19 Houston 5 St. Louis 14-2
HOU won 4, STL won 2.

Houston wins the National League Championship
and advance to the 2005 World Series

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Danny Sheaffer
AA Springfield Cardinals Texas League Chris Maloney
A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Ron Warner
A Quad Cities Swing Midwest League Joe Cunningham Jr.
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Mark DeJohn
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Tom Kidwell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Palm Beach [7] [8]

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The St. Louis Cardinals' 1982 season was the team's 101st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 91st season in the National League. Making up for the previous season's near-miss, the Cardinals went 92–70 during the season and won their first-ever National League East title by three games over the Philadelphia Phillies. They achieved their first postseason appearance since 1968 and defeated the National League West champion Atlanta Braves in three straight games to claim the NL pennant. From there, they went on to win the World Series in seven games over the American League champion Milwaukee Brewers. It was the Cardinals' first World Championship since 1967, and their last until they opened the current Busch Stadium in 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1970 St. Louis Cardinals season</span> Major League Baseball season

The 1970 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 89th season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the 79th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76–86 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 13 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The season was also the first of 26 seasons for AstroTurf at Busch Memorial Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1969 St. Louis Cardinals season</span> Major League Baseball season

The 1969 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 88th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 78th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–75 during the season and finished fourth in the newly established National League East, 13 games behind the eventual NL pennant and World Series champion New York Mets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1967 St. Louis Cardinals season</span> Major League Baseball season

The 1967 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 86th season in St. Louis, Missouri, its 76th season in the National League, and its first full season at Busch Memorial Stadium. Gussie Busch hired former outfielder Stan Musial as general manager before the season. Featuring four future Hall of Famers in Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, and Orlando Cepeda, "El Birdos" went 101–60 during the season and won the NL pennant by 10+1⁄2 games over the San Francisco Giants. They went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1966 St. Louis Cardinals season</span> Major League Baseball season

The 1966 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 85th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 75th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83–79 during the season and finished sixth in the National League, 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 13th season for the franchise. The team finished with the best record in MLB (95–67) and won their first and only American League pennant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 New York Mets season</span> Major League Baseball team season

The 2000 New York Mets season was the 39th regular season for the Mets. They entered the season as defending National League runner ups, losing to the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. They went 94–68 and finished second in the National League East, but earned the NL Wild Card. They made it to the World Series where they were defeated by their crosstown rival the New York Yankees. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

The 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS. Fernando Valenzuela set a major league record for most consecutive innings at the start of a season without allowing an earned run (41).

The 2005 San Diego Padres season was the 37th season for the San Diego Padres. For the first time since 1998, the Padres qualified for the postseason after six straight losing seasons. The 2005 team is noted as having the weakest record among any team to qualify for the postseason, finishing 82–80, tied with the 1973 New York Mets for the fewest wins ever in a non-shortened year since Major League Baseball expanded to a 162-game season in 1961, and the fewest of any team since 1885. The National League West was weak in 2005, with all teams finishing below the .500 mark except for the San Diego Padres, who only finished two games above the .500 mark. The closest team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, were five games back. Three teams in the Eastern Division finished with better records than San Diego but failed to qualify for the playoffs, such as the Philadelphia Phillies, who won 88 games and won all six of their games against the Padres. There had been some speculation that the Padres would be the first team in MLB history to win a division and finish below .500, but their victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 30 gave them their 81st victory, guaranteeing a split record. They were swept in three games by the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 St. Louis Cardinals season</span> Major League Baseball season

The 2010 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 129th season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 119th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 5th at Busch Stadium III.

References

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  3. 1 2 Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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